Yi Xin as a concubine

Xin Baoer was dressed very formally, with so many accessories on her head that her hair was almost invisible, and her makeup was so heavy that you couldn't tell her original appearance. Although she didn't look ugly, there was an indescribable awkwardness to her.

After bidding farewell to his parents and relatives at the gate of the house, he followed the angel step by step, carrying his package, with his head lowered, looking well-behaved and timid.

After sending the person to the carriage, the angel was still a little dazed. He felt that there was something strange about this girl, but he couldn't figure out what it was. So he simply closed his eyes and stopped thinking about it.

Xin Baoer got on the carriage, looked around, and saw that no one was staring at her, so she quickly took out a peculiarly shaped small bag from the package.

She pulled out a hairpin from her head, and somehow she moved it, and a small and exquisite double-edged sword appeared in Xin Baoer's hand. Xin Baoer smiled with satisfaction.

After she knew that she was on the autumn selection list, she asked her second brother to help her find an extraordinary person to make a set of sword hairpins for her at a huge price. However, this sword hairpin was not in the shape of a traditional sword, but a small hidden weapon with a sword hidden inside.

I originally thought that I wouldn't need it anymore, but I didn't expect that I still couldn't escape it after all.

But she didn't have time to study it carefully. She deftly cut a small hole in the colorful cloth on the side of the small bag one by one, stuffed the things in, and then sewed them up one by one.

Xin Baoer was quite grateful to the original owner's biological mother at this moment. The original owner's biological mother, Qin Lirou, was a real lady from a noble family, the eldest daughter of a prominent family, and was trained to be the head of the family since she was a child. She was good at playing the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, songs, needlework, and managing the family affairs. She was an outstanding existence in everything.

Although she intended to raise her daughter in a wrong way and let her stay in the backyard to save her life, she did not expect that her daughter was really illiterate, ignorant of the world, stupid and foolish, and could be easily deceived.

Qin was very good at educating her daughter. She taught her everything she could do and understood, but she was very strict and always suppressed her, not letting her stand out. This made her always feel inferior to others, so that she became more and more timid, self-abased and cowardly, cautious and unwilling to have too much contact with others.

Although Xin Baoer couldn't understand why Qin Lirou treated her daughter like that, judging from the Xin family's unconditional tolerance and love for the original owner, there must be some unknown story behind this matter, otherwise a proud, bright, elegant and intellectual woman like Qin Lirou would never raise her daughter like that.

However, since Qin left, although the Xin family found various masters for her, the master and mistress loved her and were not so strict with her, so that now Xin Baoer's skills are only half-baked.

While Xin Baoer was thinking, she kept working and soon put all the medicine packets in.

Shaking the small bag in her hand, Xin Baoer smiled with satisfaction. The original owner's sewing skills were passable, but Xin Rubao's sewing skills were learned through practice and she was very good at it. After all, every time she was bullied, she had to sew the torn clothes herself, and the sewing looked like it was done by a machine, and you couldn't tell that they were not original.

Just as Xin Baoer was rummaging through the small bag in her hand with satisfaction, the carriage slowly stopped.

Xin Baoer immediately put down the bag in her hand, tidied her bundle, straightened her dress, and sat aside properly, as if she had not moved at all along the way.

After about an incense stick of time, the curtain was lifted and a woman in a pink skirt walked in.

The woman obviously didn't expect that there was someone else in the car. She was stunned for a moment, nodded politely, and sat down on the other side.

The angel looked at the two quiet women in the car from outside, nodded with satisfaction, and said in a rare friendly manner, "After picking up the next person, we can go back to the Palace of Etiquette and Law."

The carriage started moving slowly again. Xin Baoer looked at the woman opposite and said nothing. She was not afraid of meeting strangers now, but it was still a bit difficult for her to take the initiative to talk to them. So she simply lowered her head and looked at her toes.

Fortunately, the woman opposite had no intention of talking. She lowered her head in a daze, with dried tear marks on her face.

Xin Baoer cursed in her heart, "What a bastard emperor, he's in his sixties or seventies, half buried in the ground, and yet he still ruins a beautiful young girl, isn't he afraid of dying in a woman's belly?"

After cursing, I remembered that I was also a lamb to be slaughtered.

Oh! I should worry about myself first.

Soon they arrived at the next house, and after the last woman got on, the carriage began to sway again.

This time the journey took a long time. Just when Xin Baoer almost couldn't maintain her manners and was about to stretch her arms and legs, the carriage finally stopped.

"Ladies, please get off the car and take your things. You can enter the palace after inspection."

The three girls in the carriage had different expressions when they heard this, but in just a moment they began to tidy up their clothes, picked up their packages, and got off the carriage.

Xin Baoer was the last one to get out of the carriage. When she lifted the curtain, she found that they were being taken to a vermilion gate with a plaque on the door inscribed with three large gold-painted characters - Palace of Rites and Laws.

After getting off the car, he was led by a eunuch in blue eunuch uniform to a tent nearby for inspection.

It was only then that Xin Baoer realized that there were quite a few candidates. Although they arrived late, there were still more than a dozen people queuing up. Together with those who had already entered, the number of candidates was probably no less than a hundred.

The girls were dressed in bright colors and had different looks and figures. Just from these dozen or so people, Xin Baoer could imagine what kind of grand scene she would face after entering.

After waiting in line for a while, it was Xin Baoer's turn.

Only then did Xin Baoer come out of her messy thoughts, and then she became nervous. She tightened the bag in her hands and went into the tent.

Two palace maids impatiently stepped forward to take Xin Baoer's bag. Xin Baoer subconsciously pulled it back, but was glared at by the old nanny waiting on the side. She was so scared that she immediately let go.

The old nanny looked down upon Xin Baoer's timid appearance, and when she saw her staring at her package timidly, as if she was afraid that they would steal her things, her expression became very unhappy.

If you are in a bad mood, your tone will certainly not be good either.

"Search carefully."

"Yes." The two little palace maids responded obediently.

"Search her body, make sure she doesn't have any weapons or poisons. If she tries to kill herself, we won't be able to explain ourselves."

"Yes." The little palace maid waiting on the side responded and walked towards Xin Baoer.

Xin Baoer shrank her neck and silently took a small step back. Her look made people feel that she was guilty.

"Hey, what's that smell?"

As soon as the little palace maid came to her side, she smelled a strong scent of perfumed powder, and she pinched her nose and muttered in disgust.

Xin Baoer opened her mouth but didn't dare to say anything. She just looked at the palace maid in front of her pitifully.

The palace maid became even more impatient with her gaze, and she felt her body up and down with one hand, and took out several purses of different sizes.

He glared at Xin Baoer and handed the purse to the nanny in charge. The nanny took it cautiously, and seeing Xin Baoer's anxious eyes but not daring to step forward, she opened them one by one and looked.

There were five or six purses, which were filled with silver coins, copper coins, gold melon seeds, silver peanuts, and even several silver bills of varying denominations.

Xin Baoer clearly saw the greed in the eyes of several palace maids. Although she intended to use silver and money to divert the inspectors' attention so that the medicine packages would be safer, she never thought of really spending money!

That was all her possessions now, and she would feel bad if she gave it all away.

"I...I didn't bring...anything dangerous. My second sister and the prince's husband said...that if I bring some money, I won't be...bullied."

The sentence was spoken discontinuously, but it clearly stated that her brother-in-law was the prince, and the prince knew that she had brought money. You'd better not be too greedy, because she has a powerful backer.

Sure enough, after hearing what she said, everyone's faces changed.

"Don't worry, young lady. We are just doing a routine inspection. This is how we check. That's all. Young lady, take these. There are many people in here and they are talkative. You have to be careful."

The old lady was experienced and immediately put on a smile, sorted out the purse in her hand and handed it back to Xin Baoer.

Xin Baoer had been staring at her, so naturally she did not miss her unwilling look.

Xin Baoer took it tremblingly, and trembled several times before she opened one of the purses, took out most of the golden melon seeds, and distributed them to everyone one by one. She even gave a few more from the old nanny.

"During this period of time, I'd like to trouble Madam and the sisters to take good care of me. I'm a bit stupid... stupid. I can't do anything well."

"Oh, look at what the young lady said. We are here to serve the nobles, so we will naturally do our best."

After getting the benefit, the few people became much more talkative. They stopped rummaging through the packages and packed them up neatly, then smiled and asked Xin Baoer to leave.