In such a selection, all the beauties in the world entered the harem, but Shen Qingqiu chose not to choose anyone. This jealous woman's reputation must be confirmed.
Shen Qingqiu sighed, "I understand."
Reputation was not that important to her, and since he was willing to do this for her, there was nothing wrong with her giving herself for him.
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Soon the day of the audition arrived, but Shen Qingqiu had never thought that he would see someone at the audition who shouldn't be there.
It was Gu Yarong.
"Why is she here?" Shen Qingqiu asked in a low voice to the female official serving beside him.
The female official said, "Young lady from the Gu family came here on the last carriage today. Although she didn't have a name card, she was a girl from the Marquis' Mansion after all. The eunuch outside didn't dare to let her lose face, so he brought her in."
Shen Qingqiu understood it in his heart.
She said that there was no way the Meng family would allow Gu Yarong to enter the palace for the selection. After what happened last time, it was obvious that Gu Yarong was someone who would get into accidents at any time. What would happen if such a person was sent to the palace?
And she clearly remembered that the Marquis's Mansion did not send anyone to the palace for the selection.
It seems that Gu Yarong ran in without telling Meng. Although she is young, she is really independent and capable.
Gu Yarong also looked at Shen Qingqiu in front of her. This selection was a major event for the family and the country. Basically, after passing all the previous levels and reaching the Queen, as long as all the etiquette and other things were in place, she would basically be considered to enter the harem.
If she hadn't done anything wrong, but Shen Qingqiu insisted on getting rid of her, then that meant that as the queen, she was doing things based on her personal preferences. If she really did that, Gu Yarong would have to ask her why in front of so many people and force her to explain it clearly.
Shen Qingqiu didn't have as many twists and turns in his mind as she did. His gaze only stayed on her face for a moment before quickly moving away.
Her eyes fell on the beauties in front of her, there were only about forty or fifty of them.
In fact, when the harem of each generation is said to have 3,000 beauties, this usually includes the maids and servants. Even if the emperor is a bridegroom every night, the number of beauties in the harem is unlikely to reach 3,000. Take the previous emperor for example, there were only a dozen concubines in the harem who could be named.
However, the beauties who were recruited with the efforts of the whole country were extremely beautiful, with all kinds of beauty, including slim and plump.
Shen Qingqiu sighed slightly, then said to the female official next to him: "Let's get started."
The female official nodded, stepped forward and instructed the many concubines, "Please pay your respects to the Queen in turn."
In fact, according to her identity and status, the prime minister's daughter should have been the first to attend.
But firstly, the Marquis's Mansion was short of people, and secondly, for Shen Qingqiu's sake, Gu Yarong was ranked first. Gu Yarong held a hibiscus flower in her hand, stepped forward with lotus steps, and bowed softly, "Your servant greets the Queen."
The rules and etiquette were really followed to the fullest.
Even Shen Qingqiu couldn't help but look at her with admiration. You have to know that Gu Yarong was just a country girl who ran away from the border three or four months ago. It is possible that she has learned all the complicated rules of the capital in such a short period of time. She is really a ruthless person.
Shen Qingqiu picked up the tea in front of him and took a sip.
At last he sighed again.
After all, they are all Gu's family. If she could use her thoughts elsewhere, she wouldn't have to feel so sorry for her.
"Empress?" the female official beside her urged softly.
After all, Gu Yarong has been kneeling for a while, whether to leave or stay, she should give a response. The female official thought that Gu Yarong's etiquette just now seemed to be flawless. There is already a queen in the palace, and sending a daughter to the palace is actually not without precedent.
But generally speaking, either the queen is old and out of favor, or she is childless, and there is basically a big age gap between the two, so the family will send someone to help the queen consolidate her favor.
But Shen Qingqiu was in the most beautiful years of a woman's life, and Gu Yarong was only one or two years younger than her. She was now favored by the emperor, and no matter how desperate the Marquis's Mansion was, they would not offend the Empress just to squeeze in a concubine's daughter, right?
The female official couldn't figure it out.
Shen Qingqiu took the hibiscus flower from her hand, smiled at Gu Yarong, and placed the hibiscus flower on the tray in front of her.
This means that she is not qualified and cannot enter the palace.
Gu Yarong, who originally had a faint smile on her face, suddenly changed color. She knew that this might be her only chance. Otherwise, the audition would be held every four years, and by then she would be too old to have any chance.
"Your Majesty, may I ask what I did wrong that you want to keep my flowers?"
The concubines behind were already nervous when they saw that Gu Yarong was so outstanding. They were even more surprised that she dared to openly question the queen in such an occasion. Even if she was not selected, she couldn't let the queen do this...
Even if Shen Qingqiu had previously eliminated Gu Yarong for no reason, she was the one who ignored it.
But when Gu Yarong asked this, Shen Qingqiu completely covered it up by making the excuse that she didn't know how to respect hierarchy.
"There is no reason, it's just that I can't stand you." Shen Qingqiu said.
Her words made everyone's eyes widen.
The daughters of this mansion... are really more fierce than the other. There is Gu Yarong who dares to confront the queen, and there is also a queen who selects women according to her own preferences? Is this to choose women for the emperor, or to choose women for her? Gu Yarong never thought that she would say this, and she was furious at the time, "Queen, you are taking revenge for your personal grudge..."
Before he could finish his words, he slapped the female official next to him in the face, "How dare you!"
"Who taught you the rules? How dare you speak to the Queen like that?"
The female official looked at him with a frown on her face. Without waiting for Shen Qingqiu's order, she said, "Come here, take the person away first." She then asked beside Shen Qingqiu's ear, "Madam, according to palace rules, you have to slap her face twenty times. But after these twenty slaps, your face will definitely be unbearable to look at."
After all, he is from the Marquis' Mansion, so whether to give him this face or not, of course, one has to ask Shen Qingqiu's opinion.
Shen Qingqiu said: "Whatever the rules are, let's just follow them."
The female official nodded and continued, "When you send him off later, send a sedan chair from the palace to take him out. Don't let anyone see him."
The female official understood. Although the queen did not like Gu Yarong, she did not want the Marquisate to lose face. "Don't worry, queen. I will ask the servants to be careful."
Shen Qingqiu nodded, the eunuchs dragged Gu Yarong away, and the talent show continued.
Seeing Gu Yarong's demeanor just now, the concubines thought that Gu Yarong, the daughter of the Marquis's mansion, had offended the Empress before, which led to today's disaster. People like them who had never had any contact with the Empress before should be able to enter the palace easily.
But what happened next was simply shocking.
No matter which noble lady came forward, Shen Qingqiu would say that she was unqualified. Either he didn't like her, or he thought that the girl walked too small.
The first person walked with too small steps, and the second person took slightly bigger steps, but Shen Qingqiu disliked the other person's big steps.
By the last few, the concubines had given up. Seeing that it was clear that the Queen Mother did not want to stay, they did not have much hope. The last few were just like going to the vegetable market, to see if the Queen Mother could find some new excuse.
Anyway, not a single one was left.
If someone says that he or she was the one who was eliminated, some people might even reply crying.
But now all of them were eliminated. Everyone looked at each other, feeling not very sad at all. Anyway, no one was left out, not just me.
He didn't think much about it and quickly got on the sedan chair and went home.
At this moment, the son felt sorry for Gu Yarong who went first. If she hadn't been the first to go, she wouldn't have been beaten by everyone in advance. She was beaten and probably thought that the Queen was targeting her on purpose. She never thought that the Queen didn't even think of leaving anyone behind!
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Marquis' Mansion.
Gu Yarong's face was covered with a black cloth and she was hurriedly sent back to the backyard of the marquis' mansion.
Meng and Chen had already learned the news and were waiting at the door.
When Gu Yarong entered the yard, the black cloth on her face was removed. Chen saw that she had no wounds on her body, only her face was red and swollen, obviously she was slapped. But she felt relieved to see that she was fine.
Meng Que smiled coldly, "I told you a long time ago that you have nothing to do with this talent show, but you insisted on taking part in it, and you got yourself into trouble for nothing."
Gu Yarong glanced at Meng with hatred, "Shen Qingqiu is the queen, but she is so jealous. After all, I am a member of the Gu family. She doesn't give face to the Gu family, and you are still sneering at her. You are the mistress of the third room!"
Mrs. Meng had given up teaching her a long time ago, and seeing her talk back to her like that, she had no reason to be angry.
He just sneered and shook his handkerchief, "Forget it, since you can't bear to see me, I won't be here to watch you anymore."
Then he looked at Chen and said, "Since she has returned safely, I will leave first. But I will remind you to take good care of your daughter. Even if it's not for her, think about Shaohe."
Chen is busy taking you to vote.
After Mrs. Meng left, he hurriedly took Gu Yarong back to the room.
Gu Yarong broke away from her and walked into the room. "Haven't you already forgotten me as your daughter? Why do you care about my life or death now?"
Chen was naturally angry and hurt when she heard what she said. "I carried you for ten months and gave birth to you. How can I not have you in my heart? I advised you when you left this morning. Now that you have made a fool of yourself, how can you blame it on your mother?"
Gu Yarong looked away angrily.
After all, she was her own daughter, so Chen felt sorry for her. She stopped talking to her and took out the hemostatic ointment to apply on her face.
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