Chapter Twenty-Six: Candidates Enter the House

On the fifth day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, happy events came one after another. The Prince's Mansion, which has never accepted the crown princess, is finally going to welcome five candidates for the crown princess today. Within three days of receiving the order, the government was quickly ready to welcome the candidates. Everywhere is lit up with red silk, and even outside the doors of the houses on the main street are filled with graceful chrysanthemums and fragrant osmanthus flowers.

The five candidates all appeared at the main street entrance one after another at the auspicious time. After waiting for the announcement of the decree, the internal officials read the emperor's decree to the prince in public again, and then the gongs and drums were noisy, the firecrackers rang out, and the five soft public opinions entered the palace from the right side door one after another. After the soft public was carried into the inner garden, the five young ladies got off the sedan chair and entered the warm pavilion to change clothes with the help of the maids they brought with them.

Although their fathers are members of the imperial court above the third rank, they each have the emperor's own decree. But in the end, they are only candidates for the crown princess, not the real crown princess. Therefore, they can only enter through the right door of the Prince's Mansion, change their clothes and enter the main hall to meet His Royal Highness the Prince, and then they can be assigned a residence with the permission of His Highness, and finally return to the residence after thanking him.

According to the level of their father's identity, Luo Chengxiang's daughter Luo Shi naturally ranked first, followed by Jiang Taifu's fifth daughter, the second daughter of Cao Shangshu of the Ministry of War, the third daughter of General Fei and the younger sister of Hua Shilang.

Of the five young ladies, if calculated according to their age, Hua Shilang's youngest sister Hua Yueyao is the oldest, now twenty years old. The second is General Fei's third daughter, Fei Chengcheng, who is now eighteen years old. Prime Minister Luo Cheng's eldest daughter Luo Zijin tips Cheng Cheng Cheng is one year old and is now seventeen. Cao Fu, the second daughter of Cao Shangshu of the Ministry of War, is one year younger than Luo Zijin, and is now sixteen. The youngest of the five is Jiang Ni, the fifth daughter of Jiang Taifu, who is only thirteen years old. She is still childish, and even combs her double peach bun.

As the boss, Hua Yueyao is naturally the most mature and stable of the five. Although her brother's status is the lowest among the five adults. But it's also a Tobe squire, second only to Tobe Shangshu. In addition, the head of the household is old, and he will soon return to his hometown. He was quite scheming and caught up with the second prince Ji Yuan, and it was just around the corner to replace the Hubu Shangshu.

Hua Yueyao, as the younger sister of Hua Shilang Hua Yan, if she hadn't received a little bit of her brother's teachings and true inheritance, then she wouldn't have waited until she was twenty years old to get married. Although twenty years old is not too late, according to the average age of women in Qi State, she is still a little late by one or two years. A woman with high vision, ambition and intelligence, if she is not her own person, then she must be careful.

Hua Yueyao knew that she was the second prince, and of course the other Cao Fu and Fei Chengcheng also knew. Their father had carefully explained this before they came to the Prince's Mansion.

Although Fei Chengcheng is strong in martial arts, he is from the General's Mansion in the end. I don't like to read and I'm not good at reading, and I'm not very good at using my brain. So he could only follow behind Hua Yueyao and Cao Fu and act as their "thugs".

And Cao Fu, she was born in the military department. The father is in a high position and has a lot of involvement. As his only daughter, Cao Fu has naturally been pampered since she was a child, and everything is based on her. Even if her father had told her to work with the other two as much as possible before leaving. But for her, collaboration is okay, but it has to be her lead.

The three of them entered the house in a group, and it seemed to be an unbreakable iron triangle. But since ancient times, gentlemen are harmonious but different, and villains are the same but not harmonious. Although they are not villains, they have different personalities and have their own ideas, and they don't know if they can go to the end together.

In the warm pavilion, the five young ladies changed their clothes in their separate rooms. Changed into a ceremonial dress that had been carefully prepared, and walked out of the room one after another. The people who had changed their clothes early also gathered in the hall of the warm pavilion to greet each other and recognize each other's sisters.

Among the five, the first to change clothes was the neutral Luo Zijin. Fei Chengcheng and Jiang Ni went out after her almost at the same time. However, Fei Chengcheng knew that he was not the same person as Luo Zijin and Jiang Ni, and after coming out, he stood far away from them after seeing the ceremony. I either look at the sky or the ground by myself, or I don't take the initiative to chat with others.

Jiang Ni is still a child after all, seeing Fei Chengcheng's lukewarm appearance, he shrank behind Luo Zijin in fright on the spot, pulling her sleeves and not letting go. Fortunately, Luo Zijin didn't mind Jiang Ni breaking her clothes, but reached out and patted Jiang Ni holding her hand to comfort her. But she didn't take the initiative to say anything.

After all, meeting the prince is the main thing, so although the remaining two people are not as fast as the three of them, they also come out one by one. Under the guidance of the housekeeper's grandmother, the five of them stood in a line according to their father's rank and walked to the main hall of the prince.

At this time, the crown prince was also accompanied by the royal house, changed into a dress and ascended to the throne in the main hall. This kind of occasion was very formal, and Murong Shuo was only a guest of the Prince's Mansion in name, so he could not appear in the palace. Besides, it's just a meeting, and the prince can handle it by himself. Half a month is not long, but the days when we can meet in the future are not short. It's easy to pick the least threatening one. The point is not to let those three people have the upper hand.

Although Murong Shuo is not there, Qiao Zhihan is. The person she likes will welcome five women into the house today, and she will choose one of them as his wife in the end. How could she still sit down. It took a lot of effort for her father to convince her to stay with him. Although I don't dare to ask for too much, I just wish I could stay by his side. But the closest position to him was about to be occupied by a woman he had never seen. She's still not reconciled in the end!

The prince knew Qiao Zhihan's thoughts, and of course he wouldn't think of her being there. But helplessly, Qiao Zhihan insisted, and finally even begged Murong Shuo to help her. Murong Shuo would never say no to her requests. As a result, it only broke his heart and increased the prince's guilt.

There was no way, although Qiao Zhihan couldn't stay in the main hall as Murong Shuo's junior sister, she still pretended to be a maid in the mansion and stood aside under the pretext of protecting the prince. However, in the end, she is the daughter of Sect Master Qiao of Lingyun Peak, and her own temperament will not be confused with all the maids. A discerning person can see at a glance that she is different.

The five young ladies, each with extraordinary backgrounds, different temperaments, and their appearances are all beautiful embryos. Seeing them lining up and walking in the prince's mansion, the curious maids secretly looked at the beautiful scenery comparable to the rainbow, which is simply rare in the world.

"With so many beautiful and good-looking people, it would be nice if they could all marry His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

"But don't you say that you only choose one?Sister Jade, are you too greedy?"

"Really? Don't look at it, we need to hurry up and get ready for the rest of the business. ”

"Yes, sister. ”