Unexpectedly, Sirou walked forward and gave Chu Anyun a subtle smile.
"Sister Chu, please follow me."
"..."
"..."
"..."
There was silence all around.
Those women were like clay or wooden sculptures, strictly following the eunuchs' previous teachings, not saying what they shouldn't say and not looking at what they shouldn't look at.
Just like that, Chu Anyun left the team.
She was a little surprised.
"Your Highness?"
Si Rou smiled and shook her head, made a gesture to keep quiet, then took Chu Anyun to the side and entered the small courtyard next to it.
At the same time, a figure flashed out from the courtyard.
It was the seventh prince.
The smile on Sirou's face was even brighter than before.
"You guys chat."
After saying that, he left.
For a moment, the courtyard fell into absolute silence.
a long time,
"Seventh~Prince~"
Chu Anyun spoke word by word.
goo...
The Seventh Prince couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
"Ahem... I didn't mean to lie to you, but... um... I'm here incognito, so for safety reasons, it's inconvenient to reveal my identity."
"That's what His Highness said."
"..."
Chu Anyun's face was so serious that the Seventh Prince didn't know what to say.
He scratched his head and remained silent.
Chu Anyun bowed,
"But thank you, Your Highness, for not having to put me under quarantine."
According to the rules, the second round of selection:
The eunuchs carefully inspected the ears, eyes, mouth, nose, hair, skin, neck, shoulders, and back;
The eunuchs asked about the family origin, surname, age, and listened to the voice;
The eunuchs held measuring instruments and measured the hands and feet of the beautiful women, then looked at their steps and postures to see their size;
If there is anyone who is illegal, remove him and eliminate him.
This process does look a bit like the quarantine before slaughtering pigs, no wonder Chu Anyun said that once.
The Seventh Prince found it funny and couldn't help laughing out loud.
Chu Anyun raised his eyebrows.
stare--
The sight is anxious.
The Seventh Prince just shut up.
Chu Anyun pondered and said, "So, you were able to easily crack the questions posed by Li Qingcha before because you already understood his thinking?"
The Seventh Prince nodded.
"Yes."
There's nothing wrong with admitting it.
But for some reason, he was very worried that the girl's opinion of him would decline.
did not expect……
"'The water of Canglang is clear, it can wash my hat; the water of Canglang is turbid, it can wash my feet.' Although Your Highness is inferior to Li Qingcha in terms of intelligence, he is better at using people."
Chu Anyun's eyes sparkled.
The Seventh Prince suddenly raised his head.
Then, he sighed with some regret.
"My mother would not agree."
Chu Anyun smiled.
"What do you disagree with?"
"Ah this..."
"Humph! It's fine if you just want to do good things, but you even told Concubine Lin about it, defiling the reputation of someone else's daughter out of thin air."
The Seventh Prince was speechless.
He asked, "So...what do you think?"
Chu Anyun glanced at the Seventh Prince and complained in his heart that he was a straight man.
She said, "Empress Lin is against it. Wouldn't it be embarrassing for me to ask me what I think now?"
Having said this is like saying nothing.
Seventh Prince: "..."
I feel like it’s so hard to guess what a girl is thinking.
Chu Anyun said: "Actually, it's quite normal for Concubine Lin to object."
The Seventh Prince nodded slowly.
Concubine Lin was walking on thin ice in the harem, and the rule for survival was three words:
Don't cause trouble.
Although she hoped that her child would be successful, she was also worried that being too successful would bring disaster upon herself.
The rapidly rising prince and the only daughter of the cabinet's chief minister...
It's too eye-catching no matter how you look at it.
The Seventh Prince pondered for a moment and changed the question: "What do you think we should do?"
This is another probing question.
Chu Anyun's mind was like a mirror, and he glanced at the other person.
"If you really want to marry...(ˉ▽￣～) Tsk~~, let me put it this way, you must break free from the shackles of your current identity."
Seventh Prince: ???
Get rid of the shackles of identity? !
Does the other party want him to compete for the throne?!
He cleared his throat,
"Is this what Mr. Chu meant?"
Chu Anyun shook his head.
"My father is a man of integrity. He would never resort to such crooked methods."
Crooked ways...
The Seventh Prince was a little confused.
He thought about it again and again, and felt that he might have misunderstood the other party's meaning, so he asked: "What is your solution?"
Chu Anyun glanced at him and replied, "There is a precedent in the previous dynasty. A prince became a monk and severed his ties with the royal family. Although it was only in name, he would not be criticized for doing anything out of line in the future."
It turns out that he was a Taoist priest...
The Seventh Prince has already figured it out. He is just teasing him.
Ugh……
Was it a wrong payment after all?
At this moment, there was a commotion outside the courtyard.
He suddenly raised his head and looked around.
Sirou walked in quickly, lowering her voice.
"Seventh brother, something happened in Concubine Lin's Zhongcui Palace, you go and take a look. As for Miss Chu, I will take her out of the palace."
Chapter 403 The smell of conspiracy
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In the Qianqing Palace,
The emperor just finished listening to the eunuch's report and nodded slowly.
"Best friends have endless things to talk about. Chu Anyun and Sirou chatted so much that they forgot the time and failed to participate in the second round of selection, so she was eliminated. Yes, this excuse is pretty good."
The eunuch bowed.
"However, Princess Sirou brought Miss Chu to meet the Seventh Prince."
"Will Lao Qi apologize in person?"
"This... this slave doesn't know."
"He should apologize in person. After all, Chu Anyun was involved because of the Seventh Prince's selection of concubines. If he wants to have a good relationship with Chu Daxueshi, he will definitely apologize."
The eunuch was silent, like a statue without thoughts.
He reported the contact between the Seventh Prince and Chu Anyun completely truthfully. As for how the Emperor judged it, it was not something he could influence.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside.
The emperor knew as soon as he heard it that it was a palace guard.
He pushed the door open and walked out.
"Why are you panicking!?"
The guard leader rushed forward a few steps, knelt on one knee,
"Your Majesty, a skeleton was found in the dried-up pond in Zhongcui Palace!"
"What did you say?! Skeleton?!"
"Yes."
The emperor's first reaction was that someone saw Chu Anyun entering the palace to participate in the second round of selection and determined that she might marry the seventh prince. He couldn't sit still.
He pondered and said, "Who discovered it?"
The guard leader said in a loud voice: "It was discovered by a maid from Zhongcui Palace when she was drying flower petals."
The emperor was stunned at first, then suddenly realized.
Every August, Concubine Lin would take out the pickled osmanthus flowers stored in the previous year, turn them over and dry them in the sun, then make them into osmanthus cakes and send them to various palaces, of course the emperor would not be left out.
The emperor said: "First, take control of the Zhongcui Palace."
