The Queen's Beggar's Wife

Just as Chu Yueyin continued to look at the crowd, someone in the crowd raised his head slightly and looked at her steadily.I haven't seen her for a while, she has become a little thinner, and her figure has become more and more slender. Although she can't see the face under the veil, the watery eyes in her memory are still as bright as before, and she looks bright.

He knew that she liked plain clothes, but when she was a queen, she often had to wear gorgeous palace attire. Just like this time, in order to match such a "festive" day, she dressed gracefully and luxuriously, wearing a bright red palace attire. Although there is no complicated bird embroidery pattern, there are still a few elegant lilies embroidered with silver thread on the cuffs and skirt.Most of the black silk is twisted into a cloud bun, with a few golden hairpins adorning the hair, a phoenix spreading its wings and a golden step is inserted obliquely on one side of the bun, and a crystal and round big east pearl hangs below the phoenix's mouth.

Chu Yueyin felt an undisguised gaze shooting at her from the crowd, and couldn't help but look over it. Upon seeing it, she was slightly surprised, she didn't expect such presumptuous gaze to come from a beggar, and she couldn't help but frowned. Eyebrows looked him up and down.

Seeing that Chu Yueyin was paying attention to him, the beggar subconsciously straightened his back, and immediately became much more energetic.Xu came to participate in the selection of the princess' son-in-law. Although the beggar's clothes were patched, they were very clean.Moreover, when he and Chu Yueyin looked at each other, there was no stage fright at all because of the disparity in their status.This made Chu Yueyin involuntarily pay attention to him, but that was all.

Chu Yueyin withdrew her eyes from the beggar, and continued to look for Huangfuyan in the crowd, but she couldn't see that familiar figure at all.The hopeful heart began to sink little by little.He didn't even come!

At the moment when Chu Yueyin and the beggar looked at each other, Leng Feng also stared at him. Seeing that Chu Yueyin quickly looked away, he breathed a sigh of relief.Before leaving the palace this morning, the emperor had an explanation, as soon as he found Huangfuyan's trace, he immediately restrained Huangfuyan and took him away from the Xiulou.As a subject, he must obey orders, but he couldn't bear to see Chu Yueyin sad.Therefore, it is best for Huangfuyan not to appear, so that he does not have to choose between loyalty and affection.

Xiulou's son-in-law selection officially began. According to the regulations, the applicants went to the Xiulou one by one, reported their names and family backgrounds, and performed their talents.If the princess is interested, she will give him a flower, and the imperial guards will take him down the embroidered building, and sit in the open space on the left, waiting for the next round of selection; if not, she will reward him with ten taels of silver and send him away.

The first person to enter the stage was a handsome young man in white, holding a paper fan, slowly went up the stairs to the second floor, and first bowed elegantly to Chu Yue.

"Liang Qingyu sees Your Royal Highness. The student is the son of Liang Jing, the Minister of Rites. He was a member of the Ministry of Officials for two years. I don’t have a concubine, I am asking to marry the princess, I hope the princess will be successful. The student prepared a poem for the princess..."

Chu Yueyin lightly raised her hand, interrupting Liang Qingyun.She naturally knew that what he wanted to read was nothing more than love poems, but it was too ridiculous for two people who had never met before to read love poems as soon as they met.

Liang Qingyun's eyes darkened, thinking that the princess was not happy and he was going to lose the election.He has always been proud and arrogant, and thinks highly of himself, and ordinary ladies can't get into his eyes at all.This time, if his younger sister Liang Xiangyu hadn't urged him to run for the election, otherwise he would rather recite poems against his friend than appear here.The reason why he was the first to play was because he wanted to lose the election earlier and leave here earlier.But once he realized that the princess looked down on him, he felt a little lost and felt frustrated.

Seeing Liang Qingyun's expression, Chu Yueyin thought for a while, then parted her vermilion lips, "Thank you."

There was a court lady behind her, who took a beautiful flower from the flower basket, walked down the stairs and sent it to Liang Qingyun.Liang Qingyun accepted it unexpectedly, and couldn't help but look up at Chu Yueyin. Seeing that she was graceful, without showing any hint of admiration, the doubts in his heart deepened.

Liang Qingyun never expected that as soon as he reported his name, Chu Yueyin already knew that he was Mrs. Liang's elder brother.Chu Yueyin saw that he was a talent, but he was a literati after all, and was afraid that he would lose face if he was rejected, so she let him work hard and wait downstairs.

As soon as Liang Qingyun came down from the Embroidery Tower, there was a muscular man who couldn't wait to walk up the Embroidery Tower, and clasped his fists and said, "I'm Xia Hong Quan, I'm the young head of the Hong Family Escort Bureau. He's 24 years old this year. I didn't care about marrying a wife. Today I will perform a set of boxing techniques for the princess." After Hong Quan finished speaking, he started boxing on the stage.Not only did he speak like a bell, but he also fought vigorously with this boxing style, and he didn't even take a breath after the punch.The people waiting downstairs couldn't help applauding after seeing it.

Chu Yueyin watched Hong Quan's boxing with great interest, then turned to Liu Qing who was standing beside him, "Commander Liu, how is this person's boxing skills?"

Liu Qing told the truth, "That's right, her internal strength is solid, and she doesn't have any pretensions."

Chu Yueyin glanced at Leng Feng who was standing outside on the second floor, seeing that he did not pay attention to Hong Quan, but turned his gaze to the crowd downstairs, as if he was looking for someone, she understood, she couldn't help chuckling and said: "It's a pity that Hong Quan is working in his own bodyguard agency, otherwise General Leng could have recruited him to his banner. Commander Liu, if General Leng and Hong Quan fight, which one will win?"

Liu Qing said in a low voice: "Naturally, General Leng is better."

Chu Yueyin nodded, and gave Yinqiao some instructions.Yinqiao took a few steps forward and said: "The princess has orders, reward."

At this time, a court lady took a piece of silver from a silver plate and gave it to Hong Quan.Hong Quan hesitated for a moment, but still took the money, clasped his hands in a salute, and went down the embroidery building.

Immediately after that, the third candidate came on the stage, a merchant who was doing business among different countries, and played a piece of exotic music on the huqin.The fourth candidate was a teacher from a private school. On the spot, he splashed ink to draw a picture of a lady based on Chu Yueyin, and wrote a poem.

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For the first few, Chu Yueyin cheered up and enjoyed their performances carefully. For the latter ones, after listening to the applicant's self-introduction, she became less interested after seeing the person's appearance and figure clearly.After the performance, almost everyone gave silver taels, only a few powerless scholars were selected to enjoy flowers, and none of the men who were strong and strong in martial arts dared to stay.

As a result, the men waiting on the left side of the embroidery building were almost all tall, handsome, frail men, among whom Liang Qingyu was the most outstanding.The crowd who applied for the recruitment also gradually saw Princess Yuehua's preferences, so the hearts of those who practiced martial arts were mostly cold, while those who practiced essays were full of hope, hoping that it would be their turn sooner and be left behind by the princess.

Seeing that noon had arrived, the round of selection had temporarily stopped, and more than half of the more than one hundred people had been eliminated by this time.Leng Feng accompanied Chu Yueyin to Zuixianglou for lunch, and the imperial guards and conscripts maintaining order were not allowed to leave the scene.But the imperial court made proper arrangements in advance, and soon the second shopkeeper of Zuixianglou brought a few staff to deliver the prepared delicious meals.Everyone sat on the ground and had lunch.Those who knew each other from the beginning got together and talked in a low voice while eating.

After lunch and a short rest, Chu Yueyin returned to Xiulou accompanied by Leng Feng and a group of guards.The beggar who had looked at Chu Yueyin before had a whisper with several farmers and hunters nearby, and then dispersed.

Chu Yueyin got ready on the chair again, looked at the crowd below, and felt that the round selection in the afternoon would be a torment, because she had given up hope for Huangfuyan's appearance.But not long after the selection restarted, an unexpected person appeared.

This person kept a low profile in the crowd, until he went up to the Xiulou and took off his ordinary clothes, revealing a gorgeous white brocade robe, and on the brocade robe were big red peonies blooming.Everyone was in an uproar, isn't this Mr. Yunqing from the Lianxiang Pavilion? How could he come to apply for the husband-in-law of Princess Yuehua? This... this is too wrong, and how could the princess like a man who makes fun of men? Little waiter.

Chu Yueyin was also very surprised when she saw Yun Qing, she had never seen Yun Qing before, but the brocade robe on him looked very familiar, very similar to the brocade robes on Yin Hui and Wan Su, although the flowers on the robe were made of peony Or plum blossoms were replaced by peonies, but people with a discerning eye immediately understood Yun Qing's identity at a glance.

Chu Yueyin frowned, and looked at Yun Qing puzzled.Yun Qing turned a deaf ear to everyone's comments, bowed gracefully and began to introduce herself.After he generously reported his name and origin, he stood there and smiled gently at Chu Yueyin. That smile was not as charming as Wan Su's, but it was like the spring breeze blowing in March, bringing a faint smile to Chu Yueyin. fragrance.

As expected, he was the second only to Wan Su in the Lianxiang Pavilion. He obviously didn't deliberately show off his style, but he made all the guards and maids in the embroidery tower blush.Only Chu Yueyin opened her eyes wide and stared at him fixedly, but she was not bewitched by him.

Yun Qing felt a little frustrated, but his face was still full of spring, waiting for Chu Yueyin to speak.

"Young Master Yunqing, don't you intend to show your talents?" After a while, Chu Yueyin said quietly.

This is what he was waiting for!

"Yun Qing is going to perform a sword dance, but he didn't bring a sword today. I wonder if the princess will allow Yun Qing to borrow a sword from this eldest brother." Yun Qing said, turning to look at the guard closest to him.

"Yes." Chu Yueyin nodded.The guard who was picked by Yun Qing went out blushing, took off the sword from his waist, and held it in front of Yun Qing.

"Thank you very much!" Yun Qing took the sword, and after the guard retreated, he raised a few sword flowers casually, and then performed a self-made sword dance on the stage.His sword dance softens the swordplay and dance, and is exquisite. It has always been a repertoire of the Lianxiang Pavilion. Rich sons and sisters often have to pay a lot of money to see it. Now it is free to perform. Naturally, everyone on and off the stage All captivated.

As soon as the dance was over, Yun Qing also got a flower, both expected and unexpected, and got his wish and sat on the stool on the left side of the embroidery building.