coobybook Chapter 118 Attention
Chapter 118 Attention
"Zhang Deli, let's go to Chuxiu Palace and take a look."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Go to Chuxiu Palace."
Qin Zhi waved his hand and said, "Choose a few people and we'll go quietly."
In October of the seventh year of Jingzheng, after Qin Zhi celebrated his holy day, the second beauty pageant officially presided over by the Queen was organized.
After the new year, on the first day of April in the eighth year of Jingzheng, the 120 beauties who remained in the palace after being carefully selected were awaiting a month-long observation by the Shanggong Bureau and the Gongzheng Bureau. About half of them would be eliminated.
The importance of this draft was far less than the first one for Qin Zhi. After quickly flipping through the roster, Qin Zhi only paid attention to two of them.
Yu Xieyue and Bai Liangyu.
Yu Sheyue made Qin Zhi hesitate. Because of her special status, she would definitely not be deposed before Qin Zhi made the decision. Should he choose her or not?
As for Bai Liangyu.
As early as the first talent show, after the contestants had gone through the open audition, preliminary selection, re-selection and final selection, and before staying in the palace, Qin Zhi noticed two young ladies who were participating in the selection from the mansion of Wannianling Li Ren'an, the eldest lady Li Xihua and the cousin Bai Liangyu.
It was also because Li Renan and his wife Zhao's actions were too outrageous to be understood, so Qin Zhi paid a little more attention to Li Xihua and Bai Liangyu.
Because of this attention, Qin Zhi watched the entire process of Li Xihua's secret plan to harm Bai Liangyu from beginning to end.
With nothing to do and in the mood for fun, Qin Zhi brought people to act out the scene of a hero saving a beauty, and then leisurely returned to the palace.
Li Xihua's plan to destroy Bai Liangyu and prevent her from entering the palace did not succeed, because although Bai Liangyu did not lose her innocence, she was also frightened. After returning home, she fell seriously ill and missed the opportunity to enter the palace.
Generally speaking, the draft is held every three years. If you are lucky, a person can have two opportunities to participate in the draft.
This year's talent show is Bai Liangyu's second and last chance to go through a formal talent show and enter the palace as a concubine.
When Qin Zhi heard that Li Xihua went to Chuxiu Palace, he couldn't contain his excitement and wanted to run into them.
These two cousins have a mortal feud.
Before this, Bai Liangyu sent someone to secretly inquire about the young man who saved her. When Li Renan was secretly investigating the murderer who ambushed the carriage of the women of the Li Mansion, Qin Zhi had someone secretly reveal the evidence of Li Xihua's attack on Bai Liangyu to the father and daughter.
After Li Renan found out the truth, he suppressed the evidence in his hands.
However, with Qin Zhi's private help, Bai Liangyu also found out about Li Xihua. She had already had a vague suspicion, but had no evidence, because she herself was not sure whether she was suspecting her neighbor of stealing the axe.
Back to the day before the first selection of beauties was to be brought into the palace to be observed by the Shang Gong and Gong Zheng, Madam Li had already chosen a date, prepared the carriage, counted the accompanying personnel, and was going to take the sisters Li Xihua and Bai Liangyu to Guangde Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings.
Unexpectedly, before leaving in the morning, Li Xihua suddenly felt unwell. She said she felt dizzy and vomited continuously, and could not go. She also pulled Mrs. Li, Zhao, and insisted that Zhao stay with her.
Zhao originally planned to cancel her trip to Guangde Temple to burn incense, but Li Xihua tearfully asked Zhao's maid, Madam Zhao, to burn incense for her and pray for her and her cousin to be successfully selected in this talent show.
Madam Zhao was the daughter of a distant branch of the Zhao family, and her family was very poor.
Her mother went to the Zhao family's original home and became the wet nurse of Madam Li Zhao. Madam Zhao grew up with Madam Zhao, and was later brought to the Li Mansion by Madam Zhao and married to the current chief steward of the Li Mansion.
Zhao had a deep affection for Nanny Zhao. They were master and servant, as well as close friends. Nanny Zhao was steady and prudent, so Zhao didn't think much about it and entrusted her with the task of taking Bai Liangyu to Guangde Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings.
As a result, the group was attacked on the way back.
Fortunately, he was there, Qin Zhi chuckled.
He felt grateful for his own kindness. Not only did he save people, he also secretly guided the victims to find out the truth. He was worthy of being called me, a benevolent monarch.