Chapter 65 Draft 1
Two days later.
This day happens to be the summer solstice. The color of the sky is not so blue by the warm light. Occasionally, birds fly across the sky and glide a few arcs in the sky.
The peach blossoms in Taoyuan Hall have been defeated, and they have long lost the lush appearance of the beautiful girls when they first entered the palace. The pink petals withered into old pink, just waiting for the flowers and bear fruit.
With the withering of this peach blossom, this year's actresses will also leave the Taoyuan Hall. Perhaps from then on, they will ascend to the sky and reach the position envied by others. Maybe they will be alone in the empty room. In the second half of her life, they will be silent in this deep palace. Maybe this will be her last day in the palace, and this grass will never be seen again. .
I'm afraid everyone has their own thoughts about how to achieve perfection.
As soon as the sky was bright, the Taoyuan Hall became lively. The girls are busy drawing their eyebrows and gently touching their red lips. They can't wait to exchange their ten years of life for thousands of times more beauty on this day. Suddenly, the red and willow green scene in the Taoyuan Hall is rare.
"Sister, why don't you prepare quickly?" Ji Shuidong asked anxiously that she was busy losing a sharp crescent bun, but Yao Yulu didn't move for a long time and occasionally helped her.
"Well, Shuidong, you know what I'm thinking. Just find a dress casually." Yao Yulu has long lost confidence in this deep palace. Although she and her mother tried their best to have such an opportunity today, it is futile to participate in the draft now. It's better to simply end herself neatly.
"Sister, we can enter this palace and go through so many ups and downs. How can you finally give up today?" Ji Shuidong advised eagerly.
"Sister, my way in this palace has been broken, and it is my only way out of the palace now." Yao Yulu knew very well that the emperor had nostalgia for her and even had some disgust. She had no hope for a long time.
"Well... maybe I won't see my sister after today's winter." Ji Shuidong thought about it, and his heart was sad.
"Yes, if you succeed in the draft, the two of us will leave from now on. You are simple-minded. You must be careful in this harem and take care of yourself more. At that time, I will also ask the Empress Yufei to give you some care." The more Yao Yulu said, the more she couldn't let go of her young sister, for fear that something would happen to her when she left the palace.
"At this time, my sister is still thinking about Shuidong. It is the happiest thing for me to meet my sister in the palace."
Yao Yulu said with a warm smile, "Well, the more you talk, the more sad it becomes. Come on, I'll help you draw your eyebrows."
Yao Yulu helped Ji Shuidong paint a very colorful makeup, which is both quiet and charming. Ji Shuidong took out a water-blue silver silk tobacco feather satin skirt that he had prepared for a long time, all for today.
However, Yao Yulu just applied a little pink to make her look less haggard. She found a light-colored snow forging skirt, but she didn't notice the bamboo pattern embroidered on the end of the skirt.
"Sister, even if you don't dress up like this, you are more touching than Shuidong." Ji Shuidong looked at Yao Yulu's sheep fat-like face, with a pair of big flashing eyes, coupled with such light clothes, she was very charming.
"Don't say that. It's getting late. I'm afraid it's about to enter the hall."
"In less than half an hour, there will be guidance to take us to the Qiankun Hall. It is said that the previous portrait must be presented to the emperor first." Ji Shuidong will tell Yao Yulu what he heard from Lv Pangxiao.
"Portrait?" Yao Yulu asked doubtfully.
"Yes, it was painted by the painter last time, and I heard that the emperor would pick people into the hall according to the portrait and enter in batches." Ji Shuidong continued to say.
"How have the rules been changed this year?" Yao Yulu muttered that in previous years, they went into the hall together, and then stepped forward one by one to let the emperor see. This year was novel.
"Sister, the more I think about it, the more nervous I am." Ji Shuidong's forehead actually came out of a few beads of sweat, and it could be seen that her mood was very complicated.
"Silly sister, wouldn't it be more urgent for you to sweat and put on makeup again?" Yao Yulu looked at her appearance and deliberately joked.
"Sister, don't make fun of me." Ji Shuidong lowered his head slightly and said, the more he wanted to calm down, the more nervous he was.
The voice of the maids gathered outside the door: "Please gather in the courtyard."
In the courtyard, today's beautiful women's dresses are more eye-catching than before. Gorgeous dresses and dazzling jewelry win the originally dry yard.
"Today is the day when all the actresses participate in the draft. After a while, Grandpa Li of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will lead everyone to the Qiankun Hall. You will wait in the garden of the Qiankun Hall. Every time the guild leads three people specified by the emperor to enter the Qiankun Hall. See the emperor, the Empress Dowager and the Empress. The emperor will explain that they are leaving a sign to return. If you put down the sign, the person who put down the sign can pack up his bags and leave the palace, and the person who left the sign will first praise the Taoyuan Hall and move to the hall according to the branch seal within a day or two. Lv Pangxiao stood in front of the beautiful women and said.
Everyone nodded. At this time, Grandpa Li had come, and the girls came out of the Taoyuan Hall. Some people also looked back at the temple that had lived for many days. The fallen peach blossoms withered in the warm sunshine.
Along the way to the Qiankun Hall, the girls were silent. The team looked very quiet. Although the days of these little girls entering the palace were very short, they have seen a lot of ups and downs and impermanence these days. At this moment, they all have their own thoughts and rarely talk.
Yao Yulu looked at the blooming imperial garden and thought that summer was coming. She had experienced too much these days, and she was very tired.
Today's Qiankun Hall has not changed as usual, but as the beautiful women entered the courtyard, the yard suddenly became much more lively. Some beautiful women seemed to be talking to relieve their nervous mood, and some looked around and wanted to see what kind of golden the palace the emperor lived in.
Yao Yulu looked at today's Song Jinzhi, a pink princess sleeve smoke gauze skirt, tied with a golden jade belt around her waist, and a gold carved jade hairpin inserted in her bun, and the makeup on her face became more and more delicate, which looked even more beautiful.
"Yao Xiunu, you are really dressed plainly today." It was not surprising that Song Jinzhi looked at Yao Yulu dressed like this. Yao Yulu had already made clear her attitude when she hit the stove that day, but she still couldn't hide her young and beautiful face.
"Song Xiunu knows my mind. You must be loved by the emperor today, and you are very decent from head to toe."
Song Jinzhi blushed and smiled lightly when she praised her. At this time, Liu Feifei came over. Although Liu Feifei was mediocre, he was wearing a pink and orange carved silk skirt today, and the jewelry on his head was also noble and exquisite, but it was also a little smelly.
"It's strange today. How can Yao Xiunu dress so uninformly?" Liu Feifei looked at Yao Yulu contemptuously and looked at her clothes. He couldn't help but be full of chances of winning and was even happier.
"It's a pity that Liu Xiunu's dress is still mediocre." Yao Yulu also looked at her and said.
"Well, you are already an ominous person with the empress dowager. What opportunities do you expect? It seems that you are quite self-aknowledge. You don't have to think about it today, and it's in vain. Liu Feifei said meanly that she was holding the victory of today's draft. Yesterday, the Empress Dowager had promised her that the emperor would give her a position. What should she worry about today?
But when her eyes met with Song Jinzhi beside her, she couldn't help but be a little gloomy. Today's Song Jinzhi, even she has to admit that such beauty is rare.
"Liu Xiunu doesn't want to ridicul others like this. It's useless to know how the result is when she enters the hall. It's useless to say more." Song Jinzhi was a little inaudible to Liu Feifei's aggressive energy and said.
"Please stand up once, and the girl with her name will follow Duke Liu into the hall." Grandpa Li said in a sharp voice.
"Sister, it seems that the emperor is already selecting a place to enter the palace." Ji Shuidong held the handkerchief tightly in his hands, and his voice trembled slightly.
Yao Yulu no longer paid attention to Liu Feifei and said, "Yes, sister, relax and have nothing to do."
"The first few girls to enter the hall are: Liu Feifei, Song Jinzhi, Li Lingyun." Grandpa Li held the list written on rice paper in his hand and shouted.
If Liu Feifei and Song Jinzhi expected, it was unexpected that Li Lingyun could enter the hall in the first batch. Today, she was dressed very eye-catching, not because of how luxurious the dress was, but under these many purple and red smoke gauze skirts, only she wore a purple snow forging skirt with The silver silk is embroidered with orchids. In this way, it is more eye-catching than those bright colors such as red and green.
The girls have all paid attention to these three people, some of which are lost and a little envious. After all, I'm afraid that these three will become the most fruitful winners today.