Queen's favorite

The summer is hot, and the fine sunlight shines on the ground through the layers of leaves, leaving mottled light and shadow, which brings hot temperature.

Outside the Tiyuan Hall, there are dozens of well-dressed beauties sitting or standing; there are men and women, with different faces, and each looks beautiful in its own way, like a hundred flowers blooming, so beautiful.

It was supposed to be a scene of beauties gathering and bustling, but at this moment, strangely, no one made a sound, and everything was quiet.

It is summer now, although it is only the beginning of the year, the weather has risen and it is already making people feel uncomfortable.

Some people couldn't bear the heat, some beads of sweat oozed from their foreheads, and their complexions turned pale. They looked pitiful and moved, but even so, they still didn't dare to say anything, just carefully wiped the sweat beads with a handkerchief , looking tense, holding his breath.

Some noble ladies held teacups in their hands, but only dared to lower their heads and take a sip, and did not dare to drink more. They were even very careful when putting down the tea cups, so that the porcelain cups touched the table without making a sound.

And this is all because of the person who was seated in the Tiyuan Hall a moment ago.

The only female monarch of Dayou Country.

Dayou Country has never had a female monarch, this one is the first one.The events of the past are recorded in history books, and what is passed on to the people of Dayou is naturally a beautified version——

The late emperor's heirs were scarce, and there were not many princes, but none of them lived to adulthood.The sons of the clan were eyeing the throne again, and the brothers of the first emperor were like ferocious beasts in a cage, staring at the position under the first emperor's buttocks all day long, so the first emperor was naturally unhappy.

Therefore, before his death, he drew up an imperial decree to expel the princes and kings from the capital, trap them in fiefdoms, and leave without summons.Then, pass the position to Zhong Liyu.

That is the current queen.

However, this is not the end, but the beginning.

The tyranny of the female monarch began with the suppression of rebellious officials and thieves since she came to the throne, and kicked off the prelude.

Because of her status and gender, many old-fashioned ministers are opposed to the female monarch's ascension to the throne. In addition to persuading the female monarch to give up the position to the clan's children, they always persuade the female monarch to reproduce as soon as possible so that the throne of Dayou can be handed over to the crown prince. .

At the beginning, the female monarch did not say a word, with a calm expression and dark eyes, but after the ministers finished playing, she changed her sitting position with a half-smile, and then directly called out the guards of the imperial army, dragged the ministers to the Golden Temple, and beheaded them for public display.

More than a dozen ministers died on the first day of the female monarch's early court; the red blood soaked the steps in front of the Golden Luan Hall, and it took three or four days to clean them up.

Then, it was a series of drastic operations to take all the military power under his own hands, so that all civil servants and admonishers could no longer speak out against it.

From then on, the government only listened to her alone, and there was no second voice.

From then on, in everyone's hearts... the name of the female monarch as a tyrant is beyond doubt.

Qi Changle withdrew his thoughts, his eyes skipped those officials' children who were cautious and afraid to speak out, and then he curled the corner of his lower lip without emotion.

It seems that even the children of aristocratic families who are arrogant, noble and arrogant on weekdays will still put away those false and ostentatious appearances when facing the queen, and be as timid and quiet as a quail.

I just don't know if her sister-in-law would look like this if she entered the palace.

Thinking of this, Qi Changle's eyelashes slightly retracted, covering the cold eyes in his eyes.

Today is the female monarch draft.As a rule, any unmarried children in the families of officials in the DPRK and China should enter the registration form and enter the palace for selection.

The female monarch is cruel and has an unpredictable temperament. Since she came to the throne, the name of the female monarch's tyrant has been spread like catkins blown by the wind.

Not only those noble sons and noble daughters are afraid, but the court officials also absolutely do not want to send their beloved sons and daughters into the palace.

If it was okay in the previous dynasty, sending a child into the palace, at least he could fight for his life and fight for his future, and if he gave birth to a royal heir, it would be the glory of shining on the lintel and rising to the top.

But... now.

But no one dared to think about the queen's harem anymore.

Perhaps, in the past two years, there were people who did not give up and made these ideas desperately, but with the news that kept coming out year after year, no one dared to make ideas about the queen.

After all, those princes and ladies who entered the palace either died, went crazy, half-dead, or hid in their own palaces, living a miserable and lonely life.

So everyone regretted it, and really didn't dare to send their children into the palace anymore.

However, this is not something they can do if they don't want to.

Since the female monarch has not stopped the draft, these ministers have no choice but to obey.

Moreover, the female monarch also issued a new order, which is not to... "Shoddy as good".That is to say, if there are legitimate sons and daughters in the family who meet the requirements, they must all sign up, and there must be no mistakes.

In contrast, those concubines and concubines are not so valued.It can be regarded as another degree of escape.

Originally, Qi Changle should also be the one who escaped the catastrophe.

She is a concubine in the family, even though she has reached Jiji's age, she has never been married, but because of this imperial edict, Qi Changle didn't have to enter the palace to be drafted.

All she wanted was to find a good family after Jiji and get married, so she didn't have to worry about it from now on.

But things will not go as she wished.

Because this year happened to be the year when her sister-in-law, Qi Tianxiang, was born.

In other words, Qi Tianxiang was supposed to enter the palace draft this year.

However, her parents regard Qi Tianxiang as a treasure, and they are not willing to let her suffer in the palace, and they are even more worried that she will be executed by the unpredictable queen after entering the palace, so they have a crooked idea.

Although the female monarch ordered that all qualified daughters must enter the palace, she did not say that before the list was submitted, the daughters had not yet reached the age of Ji, and after the list was submitted, the daughters who had just reached the age of Ji must also enter the palace .

Because this is just the time to make a fuss, so strictly speaking, the Qi family is not considered to be obedient and obedient, or to deceive the emperor.Therefore, with the help of her father, Qi Tianxiang escaped this catastrophe.

He only thought that as soon as this matter was over, he immediately looked for a marriage for Qi Tianxiang, so that she could get married early.

But if the Qi family doesn't "make friends" this year, it will inevitably attract the attention of the empress, and there will be more accidents, and Qi Tianxiang will be called to the palace, which will be troublesome.

Therefore, Qi's father did not stop doing two things, and recorded Qi Changle under the name of the mistress, and then reported her list... let her enter the palace as the Qi family's daughter-in-law.

However, Qi Changle was soft-spoken, dependent on others, unable to resist, and worried about his biological mother's life in Qi's family. Finally, he had to recognize the status quo, gritted his teeth and agreed, got into the carriage, and entered the palace wall.

In the end... even the name on the genealogy was recorded under the name of the aunt, not the biological mother.

But she can only accept her fate.

Thinking of this, Qi Changle took a slight deep breath, bit the tip of his tongue, and pulled himself away from his thoughts.

In any case, it was a foregone conclusion now that it would not help her to dwell on those past events.The most important thing is the present moment.

It is rumored that the female monarch is tyrannical by nature, and she will kill if she disagrees with her. She must find a way to settle down and save herself.

In fact, it's not that Qi Changle has never thought about using her beauty to win the favor of the female monarch for herself, so as to gain the favor of the monarch.

After all, Qi Changle is beautiful, but she rarely goes out on weekdays and rarely meets outsiders, so no one in the capital knows her color.

Although the daughter of the Qi family's concubine is named Tianxiang, if there is a comparison, it is Qi Changle who is more worthy of the term "national beauty and heavenly fragrance, overwhelming the country and the city".

Her appearance is the best, her skin is like creamy fat, her eyes are like autumn waves, every part of her face is just right, her temperament is quiet, like a jade cloud, which is lovable.

But at the same time, she had a pair of slightly slanted peach blossom eyes. When she looked at people with tenderness, her bones went numb.The unconscious charm drawn from the corners of her eyebrows and eyes added a lot of color to her.

Once you see it, you will never forget it.

But... Qi Changle is not sure that his appearance can be seen by the female monarch.

After all, judging from the previous rumors of the other party, the female gentleman does not seem to be a person who likes beauty.

Not to mention, the other party is also a woman, whether she will like her who is also a woman remains to be seen.

Of course, Qi Changle wasn't too worried about this.Maybe it's because... If the queen really didn't like women, she wouldn't call them into the harem.

At this time, a servant came in.

The originally quiet atmosphere like stagnant water finally changed for a moment.

The servant didn't talk nonsense, and directly asked them to line up according to the father's official position in the family, from top to bottom, and then followed him into the hall to pay homage to the queen.

Hearing this, some people were shaken for a moment, but soon, the wavering was overwhelmed by fear, and she suppressed herself again, but her face was pale, she bowed her head and quietly lined up.

Qi Changle was also in the mix. She roughly calculated that there were about [-] people who "successfully registered" this year, which is not too small, but she didn't know how many people would enter the palace after the palace selection.

Her father is the servant of the household department, and the official position of the fourth rank is not small, but because there are many daughters and sons of second and third rank officials in front, Qi Changle is ranked in the middle.

Of course, it is only because there are more high-ranking officials in their families this year and there are fewer qualified children in the families of low-ranking officials.

Soon, the group of people who had arranged their order followed the servants into the hall in an orderly manner.

Ice cubes are placed in the hall, incense is lit, it is neat and tidy, quiet and peaceful; as soon as you enter the hall, you can feel the refreshing coolness, which immediately relieves the heat wave that you just stayed outside.

However, they were even more nervous than when they were outside, and they didn't dare to relax in the slightest.

At this time, the servant standing above shouted, "Kneel."

A group of people knelt down and saluted.

Qi Changle lowered his brows and eyes, sniffing the incense, his heart moved slightly.

... She seems to have smelled this fragrance somewhere, and it also has a faint smell of lavender.

Then Qi Changle remembered that one day when she went to the old lady's house to pay her respects, she seemed to have smelled this fragrance.

What was the situation?

It seemed that the old lady had a headache and was weak and unable to sleep, so she lit this incense to relieve her spirit and help her sleep.

At that time, in order to please the old lady, Qi Changle even gave her a head press.

This incense is also burning in the hall now, could it be that...

Qi Changle squeezed her fingertips, her heart jumped.

But this time it was not fear, but mixed with a little eager anticipation.