C18 (1/2)
When Xi Tao walked in softly, Wang Rong had already finished her morning yoga on the brick bed. She had already put on her clothes, and was using a comb to gesture on her head in the mirror.
”Why didn't you ask me to serve you?” Xi Tao hurriedly stepped forward and said.
”As for the rest, I'll do it myself. You came at the perfect time. Otherwise, I really would have had to wait for you to come before I could fix my hair.” Wang Rong said with a smile.
Under the oral guidance of Wang Rong He, Xi Tao tied up his hair and chose to place it into a hairpin. Miss, please wait a moment, I will bring in hot water and breakfast. ”
”There's no rush. It's fine even if you take your time.” Wang Rong was still smiling merrily, it was a good start to sleep.
The morning in the palace was quiet, and the girls who hadn't checked yesterday had just finished their breakfast and were preparing the meal. Wang Rong and the hot porridge that Xi Tao had brought over, which was still fresh in color, were touched. ”Shang Yu Division, are you far from the Chuxiu Palace?”
”It's not that far.” Xi Tao said that it was really a long distance, but yesterday she took Wang Rong and the silver to find the young eunuch from Shang Shang Guan and told him to deliver the morning meal to her Chuxiu Palace as soon as it was ready, and she picked it up halfway along the way without delaying anything.
did not understand, and Wang Rong said with a smile, ”I can't possibly let you help me settle my own matters.” In the Imperial Palace, it was necessary to make some preparations in order to make things convenient.
”It's not worth it. It's all the girl's silver.” Xi Tao said. ”Miss, are you saying that I'm too nosy?”
”Thank you, but it's too late.” Wang Rong smiled. ”I only care about two things, eating and sleeping. If you don't like these two things, your mood will be downcast and you will be able to bring out a few points in your conduct.” It's precisely because I'm worried that I can't directly go to the people from the Shangnang Imperial Caterpillar Academy. Just treat it as helping me out and helping me do some stuff. ”
”Does this lady have anything to eat?” Xi Tao was a little hesitant, ”The only person I can come in contact with right now is this young eunuch. I had already decided on the food that Shang Cui Division would give me for Chuxiu Palace since a long time ago, I'm afraid that I can't change it too much.”
”Do I have to eat and drink in the palace now?” ”Wang Rong smiled.” ”Nothing much, just that I like hot food, especially in the morning. I like eating soup and water.”
Xi Tao sighed, ”That's easy to deal with.”
Wang Rong He stuffed the bag into Xi Tao's hands. ”Don't refuse, I'll have to send you to wash your clothes. You'll have to trouble yourself with all these, walk around everywhere and take care of them. If you feel that you can't take them back on the day I leave the palace, you can just return them.”
Xi Tao could only place the bag back down, and only looked at Wang Rong He with a suspicious gaze, why doesn't the lady want to stay in the palace?
Last night, the five young ladies who slept in the Eastern Branch Hall had come to find Wang Rong He. After they had exchanged names and places of origin, the people who had come had invited Wang Rong She to accompany them on a tour around the Chuxiu Palace.
Wang Rong refused, saying that after yesterday's tiring day, her body was still very tired, so she wanted to take a rest. After last night's interaction, the five of them naturally became familiar with each other and didn't force Wang Rong to leave.
Wang Rong leaned against the table and looked out the window, as if she was looking out at a tree, but she also didn't seem to be looking. All sorts of thoughts raced through her mind. How would she perform, how would she naturally lose, and how could she lose? Your Majesty, he was the one who brought her into the palace. If he did not care about her, wouldn't she be pitiful?
But what reason did she have to look for it? Tell His Majesty that she did not want to be his woman, and that he wanted to give her a name by bringing her into the palace? He was really tired of living.
How many people would remain in the selection this time? Three hundred, two hundred, a hundred … that should not be less than a hundred. Only the last fifty people would be able to become the emperor's concubine. The remaining fifty people, if they were lucky, would be able to leave the palace and freely mate with each other. If they weren't lucky, they would be able to stay in the palace and work as a palace maid or a female official.
Wang Rong pressed her hands against her head, not knowing for a moment whether it was better to be one of the fifty concubines or the other one fifty percent.
People were being led to the Chuxiu Palace one after another, but it seemed that their first choice was not to go to the main hall. It wasn't until the afternoon that the first girl was brought into the main hall. She saw Wang Rong He give a faint nod and chose the western compartment.
Wang Rong was lost in her thoughts. It seemed like there were many people who took the cold route as well. She did not want to be the one to pick and choose, she only wanted to be the mediocre one. How could he grasp this speed?
Wang Rong told Xi Tao that she had a sister who was also participating in the selection. When she came to Chuxiu Palace, she would come over to inform Wang Zhixi that Wang Zhixi would recognize her easily, and that she should be the prettiest person in this year's Imperial Consort Candidate.