The second round of the draft begins!

A group of beautiful ladies gathered in the palace. Liu Rouniang was now on the high platform.

"Your Highness, the Princess, is a thousand years old!"

Liu Rouniang stood up, took two steps forward and said, "First of all, congratulations to all the girls for passing the first round of the draft. Now let me tell you the rules for the second round.

The second round is a talent show. You can do anything, whether it's playing the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, embroidery or cooking. Write your name and the specialty you choose. We will select the top three in each specialty to enter the next round of palace examinations."

After the words fell, the girls below began to lower their heads and whisper:

"How do I choose this?"

"I heard that Wen Jingyi is known as the most talented woman in the capital, so we must avoid her choice."

"I'm done. I can't do anything."

……

A quarter of an hour later, everyone had made their choices. After statistics, the most people were good at playing chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs. After all, most of those who could come to the talent show were daughters of wealthy families who grew up in pampered homes. Not many of them could do other things, so the number of people who were eliminated doubled.

For the ranking and scoring, Liu Rouniang specially invited famous and outstanding elderly people in the relevant fields to serve as judges, striving for fairness and impartiality.

In about ten days, there was wailing and two-thirds of the concubines left!

Liu Rouniang was under a lot of pressure during this period. Those who were eliminated and wanted to have a way out were all turned away by Rouniang!

However, when Zhou came, she couldn't refuse and had to meet her.

In fact, Rou Niang knew why Zhou came, and Zhou Ruxue was not selected.

But she had no choice. Her skills were not as good as others, and how could she be partial to others in public?

"Rouniang, I shouldn't have come, but my mother is making a fuss again, oh~" Zhou sighed.

Rou Niang nodded: "Aunt, I know you are in a dilemma, but please understand my dilemma."

"Rouniang, Ruxue is fourth this time, just a little short, can you ~"

"Aunt, please stop talking. If you continue, it will be difficult for us to handle this." Rou Niang stopped her immediately: "The verdict is in public. I can't do anything about it."

"Ah~" Zhou sighed and said, "Rouniang, you actually know the third one. I wonder if you still remember him?"

Rouniang was at a loss. She had met too many beautiful ladies recently and couldn't remember them all.

"Do you still remember that I saved Miss Chen at Baihua Villa last year? Later, at the poetry gathering, her good friend Miss Chu came to help. The third place this time is Miss Chu." Zhou said.

Rouniang then remembered that it was at the poetry gathering when Miss Chen was making things difficult for her, that there was a girl who had always been helping Miss Chen, but she couldn't remember what she looked like.

"Rouniang, if Miss Chu really enters the palace, it will be bad for you. Why don't you go?" Zhou didn't say anything else, but her meaning was very clear.

Rouniang sighed, "I know my aunt did everything for my own good, but this is so unfair to Miss Chu. She was able to be among the top three among so many girls, which shows that she really likes to write poetry. I can't do this."

Zhou sighed and said nothing more. Seeing that it was getting late, she stood up and said goodbye.

Mrs. Zhou naturally made a fuss again, but the situation had already been decided and it was of no use.

Zheng Wanru was also eliminated, also ranking fourth, but in the dancing event.

Madam Zheng came to Madam Liu with a worried look on her face. She was not as bad as Madam Zhou. In fact, she loved her daughter very much and did not necessarily want to enter the palace. She was just worried about her daughter's marriage.

Finally, Old Lady Liu agreed to wait until the selection was over and help her see the other person. This made Zheng feel relieved.

However, man proposes, God disposes. The lady ranked third suddenly fell ill, and as a result, Zheng Wanru unexpectedly entered the final round!

Let's not talk about how happy the Zheng family was. When Madam Zhou heard about this, she would never believe this luck. She said that Rou Niang knew how to distinguish between relatives and strangers. By rejecting Zhou, she was helping Madam Liu, etc.

Zhou frowned. She didn't like to hear this, but she had to think more about it. She felt upset and aggrieved anyway!

Rou Niang didn't have time to take care of her feelings because she was also busy. Liu Lianxing entered the next round without any surprise.

In this way, there were about thirty beauties entering the next round. Before meeting the emperor, these thirty beauties entered the palace and were placed in the Chuxiu Palace to learn etiquette and rules for seven days. After seven days, the final round was settled.

Rou Niang was also busy during these seven days. She had to take good care of the diet and daily life of the concubines.

But even so, something went wrong!

The person who got into trouble was Li Biyue, but the people involved were Liu Lianxing and the young lady of the Chu family.

"What's going on?" asked Rou Niang.

The housekeeper replied, "Your Highness, someone tampered with Miss Li's rouge and put a drug that can damage the face. After investigation, the drug was found in the boudoirs of Miss Liu and Miss Chu."

"Miss Liu, what do you say?" Rou Niang didn't believe that Liu Lianxing could do such a thing.

"Princess, it was Liu Lianxing who did it!" Without waiting for Liu Lianxing to reply, Miss Chu stepped forward and said, "I admire Liu Lianxing's talent and have always been on good terms with her, but she often complained in private that she was jealous of Li Biyue's looks, so I did it!"

"I didn't do it. It's not me, Princess. I'm innocent." Liu Lianxing felt aggrieved and surprised, and her look was so adorable!

"Then how did you get this medicine?" Rou Niang asked. Liu Lianxing came to the palace from her house, so she naturally knew that she didn't bring any medicine.

"Princess. I don't know either. I don't have this kind of medicine." Liu Lianxing said.

"Princess, don't listen to her nonsense," Miss Chu said anxiously.

"If you don't want to listen to her, then let me hear you tell me why there is this medicine in your room?" Liu Rouniang asked.

"Princess, I was framed by Liu Lianxing. She must have secretly put it in my room!" Miss Chu said.

Liu Rouniang was helpless: "Everyone is searched before entering the palace. Her family and friends are far away from the capital, how could they be brought in? It's you, on the other hand, who is very suspicious!"

"Princess, I am innocent!" Miss Chu said.

"Your Highness, I identify Miss Chu!" Just at this moment, Li Biyue stepped forward to identify.

Liu Rouniang was surprised: "Do you have evidence?"

Li Biyue nodded: "I saw that she bribed Princess Rongrong to bring her medicine."

Rouniang waved her hand and ordered someone to bring the palace maid Rongrong. The little palace maid was frightened and became greedy for money. Unexpectedly, the matter became more serious.

Without waiting for Rou Niang to ask, she confessed everything: "Princess, please spare my life. It was Miss Chu who gave me money to buy medicine. I was bewitched for a moment. Please spare my life, Princess!"

Liu Rouniang was very angry and ordered people to deal with her according to palace rules. Miss Chu lost her qualifications and was expelled from the palace.

After this incident, Rou Niang summoned all the concubines and announced the incident of Miss Chu and the result of the handling: "I don't want there to be any more such things of secretly framing others here. The emperor also doesn't like people with cunning minds. I hope you all will take care of yourselves!"

It is also a pity that Miss Chu was expelled from the palace and Lord Chu was demoted by the emperor.

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