Travel To The World Of Ca Li
Peony.., King of Flowers!
The grand hall of the side palace was so majestic. The polished roof of the building with meticulous precision forms the head and tail of the majestic yellow dragon as well as tall pillars with a dense ceremonial atmosphere making a glorious pressure. People would involuntarily feel bogged down by the air of his majesty.
It's crowded here yet very quiet. In some corners, dozens of eunuchs wearing green brocade robe uniforms stood solemnly with their hands cupped.
Inside the hall, the girls put on a graceful posture full of dignity. They all immediately stood up as the sound of the senior eunuch shrieking loudly made the announcement of the arrival of the Empress, the Crown Princess, and the Emperor's Second Beloved Consorts Wei Guifei and Shang Shufei.
"Bless to the empire! We welcome Her Majesty the Empress, Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, and both Niang Niang!"
In unison they bowed respectfully, with both eyes fixed on the floor and not looking up before it was allowed.
"Lift your heads!" The voice of a dignified woman sounded commanding, her tone so clear and sharp, so loud and deep, brilliantly cold.
Everyone followed his words obediently. They raised their heads carefully looking ahead.
Among the fourth row of court ladies who had the highest status in the harem. Xiu Qixuan's eyes revealed more interest in the Crown Princess.
He had just seen the Crown Princess directly. Rui Minglan, having a petite stature with her motley body, she was beautiful and naturally exuded elegance even in all the small movements of her body, her round eyes had the shape of an almond seed, she was beautiful, with her small thick red lips, she looked charming.
It was just that one that caught Xiu Qixuan's attention. She was the Crown Princess, yet there were no phoenix-shaped accessories that should be attached to her body.
Rui Minglan wore a delicate and rather simple looking red dress with sparkling red ruby stone accessories on top of the golden flower buds.
Xiu Qixuan suddenly came to a realization from her daydreams about the Crown Princess when the voice of the Empress could be heard speaking.
"All the gifted flowers of the empire were present and gathered fragrant here. But, among all the flowers, all that will be left is the peony." The empress said calm and slowed down. "Why is that?" Ask.
When the Empress speaks naturally everyone will listen solemnly. The atmosphere became suppressing silence.
The Empress stood upright on the podium, her gaze heading towards the girls lined up, when seeing no one answering her question, the Empress' finely drawn and beautiful brows tightened slightly.
However, a girl eloquently displayed her cleverness. "Answer, Your Majesty. Peony is elegant and luxurious. They are known as the kings of all flowers." This is Helan Qianyu. He answered the Empress's question calmly, his speech was polite, his attitude was respectful, definitely not low but also not high. Cleverly he did not show any pride.
"Very good, I've seen you before, met and expressed your cleverness today, truly a clever girl." The empress nodded slightly, she smiled smugly at the blushing Helan Qianyu, yet her serious face still remained the same.
The empress slowly said a sentence aimed at all the girls. "Peony, king of all flowers. I was hoping to find a peony that became the greatest of the greats." His calm voice echoed like flowing water. In this substance, he emphasizes many things to make the turmoil of competition more pronounced. It's like he'll just be watching from a distance, no matter if someone does a dirty way to win, he only cares who among them is clever and survives to crawl to the highest position.
The competition has several stages as well as regulations. Only seven to ten winning girl candidates who have passed the various selection can be selected to be engaged and married to the prince. They have to go through various assessments such as music, chess, calligraphy, embroidery, painting, and dancing. At the end, there will be a tea banquet with the seven princes for dating approaches for the winning girls who have been selected through selection.
And after that.., at the end of the season, it was the princes' turn to compete. There will be a special hunting competition for the princes, it is done to win a girl they will choose to marry.
It's ridiculous, isn't it? It looks like the girls are the goods that become the center of the scramble and exchange.
Isn't it crazy when the girl they want instead ends up being their brother-in-law because they lost the order of applying for positions. In a sense, the concept of competition is deliberately created to ignite civil war, right?
Takk...
The brush within Xiu Qixuan's hand broke into two pieces when she gripped the object too firmly to vent her visibly dusty emotions.
"Miss, do you need anything new?" The senior servant came over to his chair to ask politely.
"No need, thanks!" Xiu Qixuan smiled faintly, she immediately waved her commanding hand of the servant back.
This is the first stage of assessment, painting. Xiu Qixuan was obviously not trying but was also not relaxing.
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At the same time, in the Cold Palace. The hot weather outside stung in through the weathered window grille. Inside the building, this was hot like fire, there was not a hint of wind blowing.
"Hey, Ban Xia!" The gleaming silver girly man made a loud noise, calling out.
He who had previously looked lifeless, was now clearly a little different.
"Yes, Your Majesty?" Ban Xia immediately came over with a polite reply.
Those deep lake-like dark eyes were staring at Ban Xia sharply. His expression was solemn as his forehead wrinkled, he said: "You put a lot of rats in the palace. However...," His index finger raised pointed at Ban Xia ferociously, ". I command you to properly organize those rats! And, don't make it difficult for Qixuan! Understood?!" His words were snaking ketus.
"Oh, and also you should help Qixuan a lot when Qixuan is in trouble. Don't be ignorant of Qixuan!" Added again.
He repeatedly mentioned the name 'Qixuan' as if it was a spell.
It was strange and funny to see that Shen Yuan Zi was not the reigning Mozi. Ban Xia blinked silly, listening to this for the first time in his life.
When Mozi is ruling it will feel cool because it is full of spooky authority pressure. However, when Shen Yuan Zi did that herself it became an adorable blur.
He straightforwardly asked Ban Xia to organize their scattered subordinates properly. Don't make things difficult for Xiu Qixuan.
Ban Xia cleared his throat suppressing an amused smile as he complied, "Good, understood!"
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