Mo Rongzhan enjoyed her gentleness and flattery with a blank expression, looking at her unmoved.
"It won't be like this in the future." Ye Zhen promised, sitting on him and hugging his neck. "Ah Zhan, Ah Zhan …"
"You also know that this is not good …" Mo Rongzhan's voice was a little hoarse. He held her in his arms, bowed his head and kissed her soft neck.
Ye Zhen cried out in his arms, looked up and glared at him. "It hurts."
Mo Rongzhan held her pink lips and kissed her deeply until she was almost out of breath. "If something happens to you, I will feel more pain."
"How is that woman?" Ye Zhen gasped, deeply afraid that he would torture her again.
"Which woman?" Mo Rongzhan bit her earlobe and sucked on it. His eyes and heart were full of her now. For a moment, he couldn't remember who she was talking about.
Ye Zhen pushed him away to avoid his scorching breath. "It's that woman, Qian Luocha. She was taken away by Shen Yi today. Didn't he bring her into the palace to see you? Didn't you say that she used to be a palace maid?"
Mo Rongzhan nodded lightly. "You mean Qianxue?"
"So her name is Qianxue. She looks really smart. She must have helped you a lot in the past." Ye Zhen asked with a smile. In her heart, there was no dislike for Qianxue. On the contrary, she felt that it was fortunate that Mo Rongzhan was not so lonely in the palace at that time.
"Well, I ordered people to lock her up first, but she still didn't want to say anything." Mo Rongzhan said lightly. He didn't want to tell Ye Zhen too much about Qianxue.
Ye Zhen wanted to ask more about who could turn a palace maid into a killer, but Mo Rongzhan didn't give her a chance to ask again. …
When the exhausted Ye Zhen remembered this matter again, it was already the next morning. She wanted to ask Mo Rongzhan again, but he had already gone to the morning court.
After two days, she put this matter to the back of her mind.
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and the second round of screening of the beauties was about to begin. The Empress Dowager was in a particularly happy mood these days. As long as the second round of beauties was determined, the next step would be the conferring of titles.
"Empress Dowager, the beauties are waiting outside the hall." Steward Wang walked in and whispered to the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager looked with a smile at Hu Yue 'er who was sitting at the side, "Wan Pin, since you are here on behalf of the Empress to select the female candidates, then in a while, open your eyes wide and choose a few beauties for the Emperor."
Originally, she thought that she would have to compete with Lu Yaoyao in this selection. She didn't expect that Lu Yaoyao would retreat in the face of difficulties. Not only did she not interfere in the selection, she even left such an important matter to Wan Pin. Would Wan Pin dare to disobey her?
"Yes, Your Highness." Hu Yue 'er respectfully acknowledged. In the past half month, she had been managing the selection for the Empress in name, but in reality, there was very little she could do. It was basically the Empress Dowager who made the decisions. Other than obeying, she didn't dare to say anything else.
The Empress Dowager was very satisfied with her tactfulness. Perhaps after this selection, she could put in a good word for this Wan Pin in front of the Emperor. Didn't the Emperor dote on her for a while before? Perhaps the Emperor would take pity on her again.
"Then let Xiu Nu in." The Empress Dowager said with a smile. She could almost foresee that in the future, Lu Yaoyao would no longer be the only one favoured in the palace.
There were a total of thirty palace maids waiting to be selected. Originally, there were two hundred. Some of them could only become palace maids because of their status. Those that could participate in the second round of the selection today had the right to become a feipin in the inner palace.
"Five people in a group, go in first for the Empress Dowager to see." The Discipline Aunt said expressionlessly to the xiu.
Liu Zhihua, who was standing at the very front, had a satisfied smile on her face. After such a long time of worry, it was finally going to be fulfilled. For her, it was a good thing that the Empress did not interfere in the selection.
She straightened her back and walked into the hall, raising her eyes to look at the Empress Dowager sitting at the top. In these days in the palace, she was even more certain that this was the most suitable place for her. She had been pampered since childhood and learned the best. Only this place was worthy of her. Only the Emperor was the man that she was willing to give her heart to.
No matter how many setbacks there were in the future, she would let the Emperor know that she was the best. So what if Lu Yaoyao was beautiful? She was just a country bumpkin that grew up in a border town. Other than having a beautiful face, what did she have?
"Empress Dowager, these are the tokens of the xiu." Steward Wang handed over the tray with five wooden tokens on it, each with the name of the xiu.
The Empress Dowager looked up at Liu Zhihua. After these days of teaching, Liu Zhihua looked more gentle and dignified than before, just like her favorite daughter-in-law. She picked up Liu Zhihua's token and was about to say that she would stay when the eunuch's voice came from outside.
"The Empress Dowager has arrived."
The Empress Dowager's face was slightly cold as she looked outside the hall.
Ye Zhen was wearing a large peony emerald green dress, a daffodil skirt that dragged on the floor. The jade-inlaid gold buyao on her black and soft hair shone with a dazzling light. Her beautiful eyes were full of brilliance and her lips were rippling with a faint smile. Her every movement was full of unparalleled charm, instantly suppressing the limelight of all the people in the hall.
Liu Zhihua's self-confidence and smile froze the moment she saw Ye Zhen appear. There was only nervousness in her eyes.
"This concubine greets the Empress Dowager." Ye Zhen smiled and saluted the Empress Dowager. "This concubine is late."
The Empress Dowager's face was cold. "What are you doing here?"
"Aren't we going to select the beauties today? This concubine suddenly remembered this matter. Thinking that you have been busy all the time, I feel a little guilty. How can I come to help today?" Ye Zhen said with a smile.
"What can you do to help? You are not needed here." The Empress Dowager frowned.
Ye Zhen had already sat down in another position next to the Empress Dowager. "How can that be? After all, the selection is now the top priority in the palace. How can I ignore it?"
The Empress Dowager was so angry that her face was almost crooked. "Empress, you didn't care about it from the beginning. Why are you only here now?"
"This concubine is doing this for the Empress Dowager. Don't be too tired." Ye Zhen said with a smile, raising her eyes to look at the five young women in front of her. "These beauties are all as beautiful as flowers and jade. Even this concubine likes them. I think the emperor will also like them." Ye Zhen said with a smile.
"That is natural." The Empress Dowager said coldly. She wanted to drive Lu Yaoyao away, but she was afraid that it would be impossible. She was the Empress Dowager and could legitimately choose the beauties. Even the Empress Dowager could not drive her out.
Ye Zhen smiled. "Mother, let's choose the beauties."
The Empress Dowager glanced at Liu Zhihua. "Ai Jia has chosen these days. Continue."
"This seems to be Miss Liu." Ye Zhen looked up at Liu Zhihua, a slight smile on her lips.
(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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