It's rare to be warm, but at present, the celebrities and ladies sent by various families and places have arrived at the palace, and they can't leave people there. ○No matter how obsessed you are, you have to tidy up your clothes.

By the time Yang Rui tidied up his clothes, it was already more than half an hour later. The two left Ye'an Pavilion together and arrived at the Xiucheng Palace where the Xiu Girls gathered, Gu Weipan and Ning Yuan had already arrived, in order to avoid suspicion, the two were just waiting in the hall, and they did not enter the courtyard behind the Xiucheng Palace.

"See His Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of the East."

Yang Ruifeng entered the door in a hurry, no longer the lingering and weak appearance before, but a shrewd and capable face, and his words were not verbose, he directly raised his hand to signal that he did not need to be polite, and immediately asked: "Are all the people here?" ”

"Hui Majesty xià...... Something went wrong. Gu Weipan came to the palace later, and he learned that a beautiful girl had hanged herself later than Yang Rui.

Yang Rui frowned and said, "I already know, it's okay, someone will bring the detailed roster." ”

Immediately, the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette handed over the roster, and Han Jian handed it to Yang Rui, who took it and saw that several people had been crossed out on it, all of whom had been reported to have died by hanging.

"Listen, I now order these families to send Shuyuan to the palace again, if there is any more abnormal situation, I will not tolerate it!" Yang Rui said angrily.

Gu Weipan took the order, and directly took the roster and left to order, for Gu Weipan, who died or who lived had little to do with him, he just obeyed the order. Ke Ning originally thought that there would be more things, there was a show girl who hanged herself before, regardless of whether she died or not, but after all, these families have more or less connections with him, and now Yang Rui suddenly ordered each family to send the show girl into the palace, indicating that Yang Rui will not give up, and a series of effects will probably have to be borne by him.

Instinctive. Ning Yuan looked at Han Jian and asked Han Jian to say something. After all, it was Han Jian who promised him before, even if each family sent the show girl to the palace and married the royal family, if the Eastern Wangfu usurped power in the future, he would not be investigated and investigated, and he would make peace with each family. Let each family send the show girl to the palace. As for the hanging, he didn't know about it, and it was a bit wrong to say that he deliberately obstructed it.

"Your Majesty, the show girl is already waiting outside, it's better to be chosen by Your Majesty earlier." Han Jian ignored the plea in Ning Yuan's eyes, and said directly to Yang Rui.

Yang Rui nodded slightly and said, "You go with me." ”

"Yes." Han Jian followed Yang Rui directly and went to the backyard of the palace.

Ning Yuan was a little hesitant, not to keep up, let alone to stay in the palace. When there is no way to advance or retreat. Han Jian turned around and said, "Ning Shangshu is not coming with you?" ”

"Yes, yes." Ning Yuan hurriedly followed, but he could only follow Han Fitness.

When the three of them arrived in the backyard, they saw that the show girls who came today were already standing in the backyard of the Xiucheng Palace, lined up in several rows, and there were fifty or sixty people at a glance. Everyone is dressed in bright clothes, and they look bright and eye-catching in the sun, but because it is a cold winter, it is only two days apart for the New Year. Standing in the cold wind for more than an hour, these show girls couldn't help but be a little unable to support it. After all, it is raised in the deep boudoir. None of them can stand the weather.

After all, Xiucheng Palace is not the main hall of the palace, and the backyard of Xiucheng Palace is rarely visited, so that there is still some snow around the courtyard that has not been cleaned. As soon as the wind blew, snow immediately flew, which also made Yang Rui a little dissatisfied.

"Everyone is here?" Yang Rui asked again.

Ning Yuan took a few steps forward and saluted respectfully: "Return to Your Majesty." In addition to the show girls sent by His Majesty Xià to each family, there are also filial daughters recommended by the local government but have not yet arrived in Luoyang, and the rest are here. ”

Yang Rui nodded and said, "Okay, move a chair, I will personally select it here." ”

"Huh?"

Ning Yuan was surprised. Shouldn't Yang Rui be selected one by one, but he is sitting and choosing?

"Ning Shangshu is not going to move the chair?" Han Jian frowned.

"Yes, yes, the old minister will go."

Ning Yuan couldn't figure out what Yang Rui was going to do, but he could also see that Yang Rui was a little angry because of the show girl's self-hanging, and it was best not to touch his head at this time. He turned around and entered the hall, and Han Jian approached Yang Rui and asked, "Why don't you go down to the election?" ”

"What the husband said is so easy, it's so cold outside, don't you want to freeze to death if you let the concubine go down?" Yang Rui glanced at Han Jian and said in a low voice, "Now that the concubine is pregnant, it is not a big consideration, but a small consideration, right?" ”

Han Jian sighed helplessly, it was rare that Yang Rui still had the heart to joke with him at this time. Just now, Yang Rui was just a little angry and ordered Gu Weipan to do something, and the people below were already silent. Han Jian couldn't help but think that when the emperor's face was cloudy and sunny for a while, and then stormy, it was really unpredictable.

Soon Ning Yuan personally moved the chair over, followed by two little eunuchs, but he still had to do it himself, indicating that Ning Yuan himself was also panicked, afraid of being held accountable by Yang Rui, so he simply did the little thing of moving the chair himself.

The chair was moved, Yang Rui sat down directly, waved his hand, and handed over a roster.

Yang Rui looked at the roster, clicked a few names and said, "Let these people come over to see me." ”

"Yes."

After all, there are female officials in the palace, all of them are some old palace maids who have been in the palace for decades, they received the roster, went up to find someone, and each show girl has a small square card in front of her, which lists the woman's surname and number, and then according to the number and the location listed, even if the female official does not recognize these women, they can find them out, and then bring them to Yang Rui.

Han Jian looked at these so-called celebrities, and they were also very average in appearance, and there was still a gap between them and Ning Xiuyan and Ning Shun'er, but he couldn't help but glance at Ning Yuan, and said in his heart that Ning Lao'er would give birth, whether it was a daughter or a granddaughter, they were so good, but they were cheaper for him.

When the show girls arrived, the female official said, "Please give your majesty Xià." ”

Several show girls saluted one after another, but they couldn't help kneeling, but used the etiquette of ordinary ladies to salute, which belongs to the first selection, and it depends on whether they understand etiquette, but also depends on their posture.

Several show girls bowed and were about to straighten up, when Yang Rui suddenly shouted: "Don't move!" ”

The show girls no longer straightened up, Yang Rui stood up, walked around a few show girls, looked very carefully selected, and finally returned to his seat, pointed to the farthest show girl and said, "You...... Come and sit down. ”

"Ah...... The folk girls didn't dare. "That scared the girl. The emperor actually let her sit in the past, and some of the details of the draft girl mentioned in some of the previous teachings did not seem to mention such a thing.

"Not yet!" The female officer shouted, and the show girl stepped forward in silence, facing the eyes of many people, and sat down very crampedly. The whole person is in unnature.

Han Jian stood next to the chair, a woman sat in front of him, he saw it most clearly, this woman did not have any fat powder on her body, she looked very elegant, but it was only elegant, because among the first batch of show girls who were found by Yang Rui, he thought that this woman's appearance should be the worst. He couldn't help but think, could it be that Yang Rui deliberately wanted to choose an ugly woman for Yang Xi as a concubine?

"Not bad. Not bad. Yang Rui looked at the show girl sitting on the chair, smiled and nodded, and praised it.

Just when others thought that even if Yang Rui didn't choose this woman, they would let her be a reserve, but Yang Rui waved his hand and said, "Let's all step down and find someone to send them out of the palace." ”

"This ......" Ning Yuan was a little confused, although Yang Rui said it very clearly, he didn't understand it. Yang Rui asked the show girls sent out of the palace to include the one who was sitting.

Han Jian said: "Your Majesty has an order, Ning Shangshu is not going to do it quickly." He said. He also gestured slightly to the sitting one, which meant "send it out together".

Ning Yuan did things immediately, and when the others were taken away by Ning Yuan, Yang Rui immediately ordered a few more on the roster and asked the female official to go down and pass them over. Then he looked at Han Jian and said, "It seems that the husband understands the mind of the concubine." ”

Han Jian heard that there was a little dissatisfaction in this, so he said, "Your Majesty's words." I don't understand it. ”

"How do you know I didn't like those guys?" Yang Rui asked suddenly.

"I don't know which one is what you're happy with, I just know that you're not happy with all of the following." Han Jian said.

Yang Rui's face was also a little cold, but he sighed lightly: "If you have a sister, or a daughter." It's also the age of marriage, which is the best, but unfortunately you don't. ”

Han Jian probably understood the helplessness in Yang Rui's heart, even if Yang Rui wanted to choose a woman with both ability and political integrity as the crown princess this time, after all, there were political considerations for marriage, and now the marriage between the royal family and the Eastern Wangfu is the best choice. But he has no sisters and no daughters, Han Jian will never send the women around him to the palace to choose for Yang Rui, and the marriage with the East Wangfu is empty talk.

Yang Rui suddenly looked at the celebrity lady below again, as if he said inadvertently: "The princess of the Southern Dynasty, it seems that she is still in Luoyang City, right?" ”

Han Jian squinted, he felt that Yang Rui was not unintentional when he said this, but deliberately mentioned it at this time. What does Yang Rui mean by intending to marry Princess Yongdan Xiao Zhan?

Thinking about it again, even if Xiao Zhan is not a famous and powerless princess now, Yang Rui will not consider marrying with the people of the Southern Dynasty, because this will cause a series of political problems, and even if Yang Rui is willing, Xiao Zhan will not choose to marry the prince of the Northern Dynasty.

"Didn't you want to take revenge?" Han Jian said suddenly.

Yang Rui glanced sideways at Han Jian and said, "How could you think so?" Am I the kind of person with a small belly? After a pause, he added, "But a little punishment is also deliberate, if he is deliberately brought into the palace, as Xi'er's partial concubine, it will also help him get out of the shadow of being a proton earlier." ”

This is said lightly, but it is not easy for the listener. Han Jianxin said that Yang Rui was really a bit vicious.

Yang Xi has been languishing because the psychological shadow is too big, but Yang Rui deliberately brought in the princess of the Southern Dynasty, saying that it was to Yang Xi as a "partial concubine", but in fact, she was a slave and a maid, and even more humble than a slave, mainly to find ways to make Xiao Zhan have no face in front of Yang Xi, so that Yang Xi knew that the princess of the Southern Dynasty could also be "inferior to pigs and dogs", stimulate the demonic nature in his heart, and let him get out of the shadows.

This trick is really a bit vicious, or rather inhumane. Yang Xi is a proton, how much does it have to do with Xiao Zhan? The culprits are not Empress Dowager He and Zhu Tongjing? Now Xiao Zhan is also a hard-working person, and he can't return to the country, but he wants to live in Luoyang, Yang Rui does this, and Han Jian obviously won't agree.

"Your Majesty still broke off this thought earlier." Han Jian said suddenly.

Yang Rui glared at him and said, "What's the matter, I can't bear it?" She is an obstacle to the Southern Dynasty, not to mention such a woman, she will also rob men with me in the future. ”

Han Jian said: "This time the prince returned to the court, and King Hui of the Southern Dynasty helped him a lot. King Hui once had a letter, let us take good care of Princess Yongdan, if His Majesty forcibly took Princess Yongdan to the palace as the crown prince's concubine, I am afraid it will not be good to explain to King Hui. ”

Yang Rui snorted coldly and said: "A King Hui is just a hereditary vassal king who is not in the Southern Dynasty, but who can he compare to?" What is the use of what he said? Even if he helped the prince get out of danger, don't forget who put Xi'er in danger! ”

Yang Rui's words were very polite, but Han Jian felt that Yang Rui was angry with him.

Han Jian stopped talking, he would rather not say these things, as long as he didn't say it himself, Yang Rui knew that he would definitely not agree, and often Yang Rui also knew how to be measured and stopped talking.

After that, Yang Rui called the show girl below, which was basically a routine, just looking at the etiquette and figure, and occasionally asking a few to sit down and take a look, but her expression was even colder than before, as if she was angry.

The Son of Heaven was angry in his heart, and the people below were even more cautious for fear of provoking Yang Rui.

Yang Rui looked at it for a long time and said, "Since the people have been selected, let's rest for a while." I'm a little tired, so go in and have a cup of hot tea. ”

As he spoke, he ignored Han Jian and went directly into the hall.

Ning Yuan, who had just sent away a group of show girls, came over and asked, "Your Highness, look at this ......"

"Ning Shangshu, can someone from the Ning family send it to the palace?" Han Jian asked.

"This ...... No one. Ning Yuan looked embarrassed, but he also glanced up at Han Jian slightly, as if to say, didn't you just send one to you, do you want to send it to the palace?

Han Jian sighed: "Ning Shangshu, look at it, this is yours." His Majesty wants to choose a concubine for the crown prince, so he hopes that all the famous ministers in the court will send Shuyuan over, and now you have an in-law relationship with my Dongwang Mansion, but you ignore the prince, which will make Your Majesty angry. ”

Ning Yuan said distressedly: "Can ...... Lao Chen really can't help it. ”

"What's wrong with this, even if Ning Shangshu doesn't have a suitable Shuyuan in your house, it's good to find a maid to replace it, it's a big deal to send a maid in and say that she hanged herself, so that Your Majesty is directly angry with you, it's better than being angry like this, and you can't explain it." Han Jian said.

"This ...... What do you mean by this Your Highness? Could it be ...... The ones that were sent to the palace before...... Corpses...... Isn't it the Shuyuan herself? Ning Yuan looked at Han Jian in surprise.

Han Jian: This is obviously an extraneous voice.

Han Jian sneered: "Ning Shangshu won't also believe that in order not to marry with the imperial court, the poisoners under the various families will strangle their own ladies to death, right?" Or is Ning Shangshu dressed clearly and pretending to be confused, and wants to excuse everyone? (To be continued.)