Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

"The audition begins~Hold the sign~"

As the voice of the eunuch Mu Dai sounded, the brides put the wooden plaques with their names on them in their palms, with their names facing up and stretched their hands out in front of them. Then ten palace maids carried the scrolls and walked to the corresponding brides, unfolded the scrolls and held them next to the brides, with the brides' names also written on the edge of the scrolls.

Although it was a beauty contest, because these women were already wearing their bridal clothes, General Bai did not want to lift their veils one by one to see their appearance. Although Xiao Zuoming said it was okay, doing so would always be bad for the women's reputation.

According to what was said before, General Bai did not need to look through them one by one. He only needed to choose the Gu Yingning that Xiao Zuochen had agreed with him in advance. However, at this moment, his mind was all on the memories that Xiao Zuoming had described to him. But when he looked at Xiao Zuoming just now, he felt that Xiao Zuoming's expression at that time was that of Emperor Mingren, and he could not figure it out at all.

"General Bai?"

At some point, Mu Dai had walked behind General Bai and whispered a reminder to him. General Bai came to his senses, looked around at the wooden plaques of the concubines, and finally picked up Gu Yingning's wooden plaque and turned to show it to Mu Dai.

When Mu Dai saw that General Bai had finished his selection, he stretched his neck and shouted.

"Gu Yingning, the second daughter of the Gu family, was selected~"

The second daughter of the Gu family, this must be something that the emperor asked Mu Dai to change in order to save face. If she is chosen, she will be the second daughter of the legitimate wife, and if she is not chosen, she will still be a concubine's daughter.

Gu Yingning didn't expect that she would be chosen. The moment General Bai took away her wooden sign, she was so scared that her hands shook.

General Bai had not returned to the palace for ten years. When he came back ten years ago, he only stayed for more than forty days to recuperate. Few people had seen General Bai's true appearance, so everyone naturally thought that the general was a rough man in his forties.

The eldest daughter of the Gu family was in her prime, and of course she didn't want to marry a 40-year-old man, so Gu Yingning, the concubine's daughter, took over.

At Mu Dai's signal, the maids rolled up the scrolls in their hands, and then helped the ladies beside them to walk to Chuxiu Palace. Gu's daughter was led directly to the main hall by the maids, where she was going to marry General Bai today.

The selection site is close to Chuxiu Palace, but a bit far from the main hall.

General Bai also walked towards the main hall under the guidance of the eunuch. The task Xiao Zuochen gave him was the same as what he said at the time, just get married peacefully. But he also said that if there was an emergency, remember the identity of the general, but don't kill anyone. So what exactly did Xiao Zuochen want to do?

General Bai was just thinking about it when Gu Yingning's legs suddenly went weak behind him and her head with the veil on top of it hit the back of General Bai in front of her.

"My young master~"

The palace maid at the side exerted force and quickly grabbed Gu Yingning who was about to fall. She shuddered in her heart, thinking, what should she do if the future general's wife fell in her hands!

"what happened?"

General Bai turned around and asked with concern. Gu Yingning said that he was fine, but he found that his body was a little weak and he couldn't even lift his arms.

General Bai frowned upon seeing this and said to the young eunuch beside him.

"Go and ask the imperial physician to come~"

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, the young eunuch ran towards the Imperial Hospital. The emperor, who was walking in front, and Mu Dai, who was behind him, also turned around and looked around. Mu Dai came over to inquire about the situation and reported it to the emperor.

"Let the imperial physician take a look first. If there is nothing serious, we can postpone the wedding for an hour. If there is really any disease, we can wait until after the New Year."

"Yes~"

Fortunately, the imperial physician came to check and said that the girl was just feeling a little weak because she hadn't eaten for a long time. She would be fine after a rest and a bite to eat. There was nothing serious.

General Bai secretly breathed a sigh of relief, not because he had any feelings for the Gu family girl, but because he thought Xiao Zuochen had drugged the Gu family girl and hurt innocent people in order to escape. Fortunately, it was just a misunderstanding.

"Mudai, pass it on and postpone it for an hour. Let's all have a good rest."

"Yes~ Your Majesty~"

On the other hand, Qingya went to the empty kitchen to get food and changed into the clothes of the imperial maid that Yanluo had hidden for her in advance, and then went to Fengqi Palace pretending to be an imperial maid. Because she didn't dare to go directly to the South Study while pretending to be an imperial maid. If she ran into the emperor, she would be in trouble!

When the guards at Fengqi Palace saw Qingya wearing the clothes of a royal maid, they just stopped her and asked her what she wanted. Qingya looked around and said mysteriously.

"Today is General Bai's wedding, and the ceremony should have been held by this time, but something went wrong in the front hall. The emperor was worried that the person inside might take the opportunity to escape, so he ordered me to come and check it out."

When the two guards at the gate heard this, they immediately spoke.

"We are standing guard here. No one will escape from here!"

Qingya waved her hand.

"Of course the emperor trusts you two to give you this job~ But women are cunning. You two are guarding the door, but what if the person inside wants to climb over the wall? What if other helpers come in to help them? The emperor is afraid of any special situation, so he specially asked me to go in and take a look. After all, you two brothers are men, so it's not convenient."

The guard at the gate nodded and let Qingya in. Qingya smiled and nodded to thank them, but just after taking two steps inside, she was suddenly stopped again, and she was so scared that she thought she had let something out.

"You just said that something went wrong in the front hall?"

"Ah, yes~ What's wrong?"

Qingya's palms suddenly began to sweat and she replied nervously.

The two guards looked at each other and leaned towards Qingya together.

"Tell it to us quietly, and promise not to tell anyone else!"

"...So that's what you're asking~" I was shocked!

"Yes, tell us about it~"

Without exposing herself, Qingya instantly regained her relaxed state.

"Of course I have no problem telling you two, but you have to make it clear that you are not allowed to tell anyone else!"

"Don't worry, don't worry~"

"Originally, General Bai had chosen the daughter of the Gu family, and the two were preparing to go to pay their respects. Halfway through, the daughter of the Gu family suddenly felt unwell and couldn't walk. The imperial physician came to check her pulse and said it was because she hadn't eaten for a long time!"

"Haven't eaten for a long time? This..."

"Although these young ladies had to enter the palace in the morning, during those long ceremonies, everyone would secretly eat something to prevent themselves from fainting. However, after sending their daughter in, they just ignored her."

When the two guards heard this, they immediately shook their heads, indicating that they definitely did not hide the food secretly. Qingya rolled her eyes at them.

"Come on, when I came here just now, I saw you two secretly eating some cakes~

Hey! The point is, I heard that the daughter of the Gu family is a concubine! You said that General Bai, with his status, has guarded the border for the country for 20 years, but he doesn't even have a wife, how can a concubine's daughter be worthy of him? The emperor must have allowed the legitimate daughter of the Gu family to enter the palace for the election, but it turned out to be a concubine's daughter. What do you think the Gu family meant by secretly switching the daughter?"

After Qingya's introduction, the two guards had already started to imagine: the Gu family married off the concubine, the Gu family abused the concubine and didn't give her food, the Gu family looked down on General Bai...

"Alright, alright, I have to go in and take a look. The Emperor has something else for me to tell the person inside~"

"Okay, okay, come in girl!"

The two young men ate the melon and respectfully invited Qingya to enter Fengqi Palace. Qingya took two steps forward, and this time she took the initiative to stop and turned her head to look at them. The guard was stunned.

"Don't tell anyone else~"

Qingya had a wicked smile on her face. She knew that people in the palace were gossipy. The more you forbid them to talk, the faster they will spread the news.

"Don't worry, don't worry~ I'll keep my mouth shut!"

After seeing the two young men's repeated "assurances", Qingya walked into the gate of Fengqi Palace with peace of mind.