Transmigrated Female Official

After several more groups passed by, Chu Yilin, a big shot, finally made his appearance. His group included Ling Nan, Bayue, and Dongxu. It seemed they had arranged to enter the palace together while still outside the palace gates.

As soon as this group appeared, everyone's eyes were drawn to Chu Yilin, their eyeballs practically popping out of their sockets.

Those who came to participate in the selection, even if they weren't dressed in fine clothes, were at least neat and clean, but Chu Yilin was different.

He was dressed in a mud-colored coarse linen robe, with two strands of hair hanging down from the sides of his face, and straw sandals on his feet... While it couldn't be called beggar's attire, he was certainly as wretched as could be!

Chu Qingluo almost burst out laughing, quickly clenching her fists to suppress it. This second brother was truly hilarious; even dressed like this, the Eighth Princess wouldn't let him off the hook. If it was just to annoy the Eighth Princess, then… Chu Qingluo quickly glanced at the Eighth Princess again…

The Eighth Princess frowned, glaring angrily at Chu Yilin, looking as if she wanted to use him as a snack! Chu Qingluo then realized that the Eighth Princess was indeed disgusted.

After they all introduced themselves, He Qi asked as usual, "May I ask which young master has a special skill they would like to demonstrate?"

After waiting a moment and seeing that no one spoke, a man in green standing to the side stepped forward and replied, "This humble servant can prepare a table full of delicacies."

Before the princesses could speak, Chu Yilin suddenly chuckled and said, "Then you should really try to get a position as a tenth-rank female official."

Upon hearing this, everyone covered their noses and chuckled.

Upon hearing this, the man in green stiffened and asked in return, "May I ask if this gentleman possesses any extraordinary abilities?"

Chu Yilin laughed, a wild and unrestrained laugh, and shouted, "My greatest skill is—eating!"

"You..." The man in green was speechless for a moment, and could only mutter under his breath, "Shameless!"

Seeing this, He Qi cleared his throat and asked, "Are there any other people with special skills?"

After Chu Yilin's outburst, everyone else lowered their heads and fell silent.

At this moment, the Eighth Princess stood up and was about to speak when the Sixth Princess spoke first: "In my opinion, being able to eat is a special skill. If he dine with me in the future, the meals will definitely become more delicious."

"Sixth Sister! What do you mean by that?" The Eighth Princess didn't expect the Sixth Princess to suddenly pull such a move on her.

The Sixth Princess smiled and said, "My meaning is quite clear. I've chosen Chu Yilin."

"Chu Yilin is clearly mine!" The Eighth Princess was furious! She had finally managed to win Chu Yilin over, and now that he was practically in front of her, someone had to interfere at the last minute!

"Eighth Sister, I was the one who saw it first."

"I've had my eye on it for six months now!"

Seeing the two arguing so fiercely, the Fourth Princess suddenly chimed in, "Oh dear—this Chu Yilin is such a hot commodity, I've got my eye on him too, what should I do?"

Anyone could see that the fourth princess's involvement was purely for fun. Seeing something in high demand, she couldn't resist grabbing it, regardless of whether she actually needed it.

The scene immediately spiraled out of control, and Chu Yilin could no longer laugh.

Chu Qingluo stood up and said, "Please, the three princesses, be patient. Let's finish the final selection on this last day first, and then decide who will go. Besides, we can't even say for sure whether he can pass the Imperial Hospital's examination."

The Sixth Princess nodded: "Lord Chu's words make sense. Let him go to the Imperial Hospital first."

The fourth princess raised an eyebrow, indicating that she had no objection.

The Eighth Princess was already furious and didn't care about anything else. She swept the teacup off the table and stormed out. "You can choose for yourselves! I'm not choosing!"

Chu Qingluo was hesitating about whether to continue when she heard the Sixth Princess gently stroking her large belly and softly say, "Lord Chu, let's continue." Her tone seemed completely unaffected by the argument that had just taken place.

“…Yes.” Chu Qingluo gestured for He Qi to continue.

Apart from Chu Yilin being kept at the Imperial Hospital for examination, Ling Nan and the others managed to get through the ordeal without any major incidents.

……

After finishing the last of the selection matters, Chu Qingluo immediately went to the Imperial Hospital to find Chu Yilin, but he had already completed his examination, so she went to the Cloud Palace to find him instead.

Upon meeting, she sighed, "It seems that Second Brother is indeed cured and can't run away now."

Chu Yilin smiled wryly: "Not only is he healthy, he's as strong as an ox."

"Pfft—hahaha!" Chu Qingluo knew that laughing at this moment was really inappropriate, but he insisted on teasing her, and with his mud-colored coarse linen clothes... it was really hard to hold back!

"Hey, can't you have a little compassion?" Chu Yilin glanced at her and protested.

"Sorry, sorry." Chu Qingluo finally stopped laughing and said, "Your outfit is absolutely stunning, I give you full marks."

"Sigh—there's nothing I can do, even so, it can't hide my dashing charm."

"No matter how dashing he is, he's now just a piece of meat on a chopping board, waiting to be slaughtered."

"Third sister, do you have a good way to get rid of this fat?"

"Have."

"Oh?!" Chu Yilin exclaimed with delight, "Tell me quickly!"

"If we divide the fatty meat into three equal pieces, then each princess will have a share."

Chu Yilin couldn't help but flick Chu Qingluo's forehead with his finger, gritting his teeth as he said, "You heartless brat!"

"Alright! I'll stop teasing you." Chu Qingluo smiled and touched her forehead, continuing, "I haven't come up with a solution yet. But all three princesses want to take you, which might alarm the Emperor. We must find a way to stop them."

"How can we stop this?"

Chu Qinglu shook her head uncertainly: "Now that the selection is over, if I'm not mistaken, they'll all come directly to Yun Palace to snatch him away." After saying that, she looked him up and down a couple more times and said disdainfully, "Why don't you go inside and change your clothes first?"

"Sigh—" Chu Yilin sighed helplessly as he followed his attendants into the inner hall.

No sooner had Chu Yilin left than the Eighth Princess appeared, followed by the Fourth and Sixth Princesses.

The Eighth Princess was still very unhappy. With her arms crossed in front of her chest, she said as soon as she entered the hall, "Forget about it, I'm going to have Chu Yilin!"

The Fourth Princess chuckled: "According to seniority, I am above you all, so Chu Yilin should belong to me."

The Eighth Princess plopped down and said, "I saw it first! Fourth Sister, don't even think about taking it!"

The Sixth Princess joined in unhurriedly: "For this selection, Fourth Sister and Eighth Sister have chosen quite a few people. Why don't they be generous and let me have him?"

"Absolutely impossible!" The Eighth Princess remained adamant, continuing, "If you insist on arguing with me, then let His Majesty be the judge!"