Not far away, there was a woman who was obviously over 200 pounds standing there, wearing heavy makeup, trying to use cosmetics to enhance her beauty, but it had the opposite effect.
Li Qingcha: ￣□￣｜｜
She coughed awkwardly.
As a result, before I could even start talking, the other party took over the conversation.
"Lord Li, I am from the capital."
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The atmosphere at the scene was extremely weird.
Middle-aged swordsman: "!@#*￥%..."
He seemed about to explode with rage.
Li Qingcha had no choice but to lower his voice.
"Don't worry, she won't even make it through the primary election. But this is the best I can do. Rules are rules."
On the surface: rules are rules.
I thought: Fortunately, the restriction was added to the Gyeonggi region only, otherwise, with the current workload, I am afraid I can't finish it even if I work 996. Thank you for the imperial decree!
She looked very businesslike and uncompromising.
The middle-aged swordsman was helpless.
"Forget it. I just hope Lord Li will be fair."
Li Qingcha nodded slowly and walked towards the Palace of Kings under the respectful gaze of the people of the capital.
Xiao Lang looked at her disappearing back, his gratitude overflowing with words.
He turned around and looked at the junior sister he had been thinking about.
Unexpectedly, the junior sister was looking at the direction where Li Qingcha left with an infatuated look in her eyes, whispering: "He is fair and just in his work. This is what a real man should do! Besides, he looks so handsome when he holds the cat."
Xiao Lang: ???
Chapter 390: The Preliminary Election Begins
Li Qingcha "killed" his way into the kings' pavilions.
Behind her, Xie Chengxuan finally rushed in, stuffed his handkerchief into his official hat, and wiped his sweat with the brim.
“It’s really terrible…”
He muttered as he sat down next to Li Qingcha.
Xiao Hui: “Meow~”
Seeing it, Xie Chengxuan suddenly felt calm and smiled.
"I'm afraid the other adults in the Ministry of Rites will be bored today."
It's really boring without a cat to suck.
Li Qingcha let go of Xiao Hui.
The cat jumped onto the table, not afraid of the strange new environment at all, and strolled around the Pavilion of Kings.
Xie Chengxuan waved his hand and asked the officers to move some chairs and tables out.
At this time, a voice came from outside.
"The Earl of Xinxiang has arrived."
Li Qingcha and Jie Chengxuan quickly stood up.
A young man wearing a Qilin patched robe came in from outside. He looked to be in his early thirties, with a tall figure and extremely handsome appearance. However, he was a little embarrassed by the crowd outside.
He should be Xinxiang Berlin Sicong,
From a genetic point of view, her sister, Concubine Lin, should also be a rare beauty.
Li Qingcha bowed,
"Uncle."
When Lin Sicong saw her, his eyes lit up.
I have heard of Li Qingcha's name for a long time. He helped Xiaoqi stand out among the princes and was a great benefactor of the Lin family.
He stepped forward and said, "Lord Li, the emperor has chosen you as the wedding angel. This is a sign of his trust in you. We will definitely listen to you in choosing the prince's consort."
Li Qingcha coughed lightly.
"Master, I have just been transferred to the Ministry of Rites and have little experience. I still need to listen and learn more."
"In that case..."
"???"
Li Qingcha was a little confused.
She didn't expect the other party to really take advantage of the situation and make some suggestions.
The rules are clearly there, what's the point of making suggestions?
Xie Chengxuan was stunned, and his eyes moved to the gate. He seemed to have suddenly developed a strong interest in the open space outside, and he muttered to himself, "The wind is very noisy today."
Li Qingcha and Xinxiang Bo were doing something behind the scenes, and he could only pretend not to see it.
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For a moment, the atmosphere was a little weird.
Lin Sicong smiled, suddenly stepped forward and stuffed an envelope into Li Qingcha's hand.
Li Qingcha weighed it.
"Bank notes?"
puff!
Lin Sicong vomited blood, thinking that Lord Li was indeed a newborn calf that was not afraid of a tiger.
He shook his head quickly.
"Ah this... Sir Li, please don't misunderstand."
Li Qingcha: ￣□￣｜｜
It was clearly the other party's behavior that caused me to misunderstand first.
She looked around and found that the officials and runners of the Ministry of Rites were all very conscious and looked away, treating her as air. So she simply opened the envelope and read it.
a long time,
"This... the Seventh Prince is... uh... serious? Are you not kidding?"
Lin Sicong nodded seriously.
Li Qingcha was speechless.
The paper in the envelope was indeed not a banknote, but a letter, which detailed the Seventh Prince's request for the Crown Princess.
A beauty of national beauty, graceful and elegant, a beautiful girl from a small family, bright eyes and white teeth, a beautiful body, a graceful lady...
Basically all the idioms that can be listed have been used.
Damn...
"Isn't this right?"
Li Qingcha asked.
Lin Sicong asked back: "What's wrong?"
"For example... By the way, Master, these two words are clearly contradictory! How can a woman be both 'slender' and 'voluptuous'?"
While speaking, Li Qingcha lowered his head and looked at his chest.
Impossible!
Even I, a monk, can't do it.
Lin Sicong lowered his voice.
"I don't know what happened. I didn't change a single word of the note Concubine Lin gave me."
Li Qingcha: “…”
She saw that the Seventh Prince was afraid of marriage.
Putting forward so many conditions for the prince's wife obviously shows that he does not want to succeed in selecting a wife.
However, it is not impossible to cooperate.
Li Qingcha couldn't help but feel a headache when he thought about the tens of thousands of candidates out there. He just took this opportunity to eliminate a group of them.
Anyway, Lin Sicong agreed.
Xie Chengxuan was his superior, but the imperial edict said that the Ministry of Rites was only an assistant and would not raise any objections.
Anything that can reduce workload is a win-win for everyone.
Li Qingcha pondered.
The first step of the preliminary selection is to observe the woman's body shape and appearance. Those who are ugly will definitely not pass.
However, this stage is controlled by the internal supervisors, and it is impossible for the three to raise the threshold of beauties and increase the proportion of those who are rejected.
So, they can only spend more time on the latter part.
Li Qingcha suddenly had an idea.
"In that case, why don't we start with a question?"
When Xie Chengxuan heard that there was going to be a question, he immediately became interested.
"What does Li want to do?"
"Hmm... let me think... by the way, since literacy is required to select the prince's consort, it's easy to do. We can just give a literacy question and let all applicants answer it within the specified time."
"So...it seems feasible."
Li Qingcha pondered for a moment, then asked someone to get the Four Books for Women, and read while sketching.
After a while, he took out a piece of paper and wrote a line on it:
The gates of Zhai Zheng were closed.
Xie Chengxuan came up,
For a long time,
"Zhai...Zheng...Jian...Dan...Qi...Guan...Que..."
Li Qingcha nodded, then turned to the officer beside him.
"How many breaths did it take, Master Jie?"
The officer replied: "One breath."
"Very good. The requirements for the women who sign up will be very simple. Three breaths will be enough. As you all know, Master Jie is from the second class. We cannot make such strict requirements for those young ladies."
"promise!"
All the officers responded in agreement.
Xie Chengxuan was stunned.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, Mr. Li, you test them on these uncommon characters... um..."
Halfway through his words, Xie Chengxuan also reacted.
