No wonder the ministers were so anxious about the emperor's offsprings. However, in the dangerous imperial household, it was not easy to have a prince. Even if it was born, growing up safely was an extravagant hope.
Liu Yinfeng paused and glanced at Yun Shang indifferently. Then he continued, "his majesty had a chat with me a few days ago. It seems that his majesty is planning to stop the selection after this year's selection is over... So it is understandable that we have to get more girls this time."
Yun Shang clenched the chopsticks in her hand. What Liu Yinfeng meant was to remind her that Xia Huanyu would not hold the selection after this year. So if she wanted to recruit some more people in the palace, she must seize the last opportunity.
Yun Shang thought for a while and regained her composure. She bowed her head and ate the food in her bowl in silence.
"The beauty selection this time is also the most spectacular in recent years. Almost all of the three major clans have female candidates. Master of the court Liu's niece, Liu Chuchu, is known as the most talented girl in the Jin City. The Hua clan have a daughter like Hua Yutong, a girl of both literature and martial arts. She is also forthright in character. The Su clan has a girl named Su Ruying, and Su Ruying has the most beautiful appearance. They think she is the most beautiful girl in the Jin City." Liu Yinfeng curled his lips and taunted. Yun Shang thought for a while and realized that the girl named Hua Yutong must be Lord Hua Guo's niece. She had been in the state of Xia for more than three months, but she hadn't seen her yet. She only heard from Shen Yilan that she also liked to wield knives and guns. Two years ago, she fell from the stairs and got hurt. And she was sent away to a place to heal.
As Hua Yutong was not the daughter of Lord Hua Guo, and she was just his niece, Yun Shang had never paid attention to her before, so she knew little about her. But she didn't expect that Lord Hua Guo would send her into the palace. It was not in line with Lord Hua Guo's character.
"What are you thinking?" Yun Shang didn't regain her consciousness until the bowl was knocked lightly by Luo Qingyan. She looked up at Luo Qingyan, smiled, and said, "nothing. I just remembered that when I was at the Lord Hua Guo's mansion, I heard fromShen Yilan that Hua Yutong had a great fall two years ago from the horse, so she was sent to some place for recovery. I didn't expect that she would also join the selection. I haven't been to the Lord Hua Guo's mansion for a long time. I'll go there in the afternoon."
Luo Qingyan nodded his head and said, "go ahead, remember what I told you yesterday."
Yun Shang was surprised. Then she realized that Luo Qingyan said yesterday that she should bring at least forty shadow guards with her if she went out. Thinking of this, Yun Shang smiled. The forty secret guards were usually hidden in the darkness, and most of them were under the eaves, roof, bed and so on. There would be forty guards. Yun Shang was afraid that she would casually enter a room, and if the room was not large, the corridor was full of people. Thinking of this, Yun Shang couldn't help laughing again.
After lunch, Yun Shang left. She went back to her room and prepared some medicine. When she was about to leave, something occurred to her. She stopped and turned to Qian Yin, "ask the secret guards to keep an eye on the traces of the candidate beauties. If they go out in the day, find if someone is monitoring them. If they are followed, arrange for Lin Youran to go out at dusk and let Lin Youran wait for me in a private room of a tavern called Louwailou Tavern in the Xi Ming Alley.
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