Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 155 The beautiful girl enters the palace

Maybe God had used up all the good weather yesterday. Early this morning, a cold wind was blowing and the temperature dropped sharply. The atmosphere in the Huang Mansion that morning was just like the gloomy weather, so depressing that it made people feel breathless.

"Don't be like this. I'll be back in a month. I used to be away for several years before coming back. You should be used to it by now."

Huang Ye comforted the family members who had sent her out, including an eagle and several older girls from her Furong Garden. Seeing the worry and reluctance in their eyes, she felt very uncomfortable. She had been accustomed to being together as a family for the past two years, and she was not used to the sudden separation.

It was still dark at this time and there was no one in the alley. Huang Ye was standing at the gate, wearing a large fur cloak. Her carriage was parked at the gate. Due to the cold weather, the driver was wearing a fur hat, which almost covered his face.

Huang Ye, who was about to get on the carriage, suddenly turned around, walked in front of everyone, stretched out his hands and gave each of the three women in the family a big hug, then waved to everyone, and got on the carriage with a smile. The girls who entered the palace to be selected were not allowed to bring maids with them. After arriving at the palace, the servants would be assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Brother Zhao, we will definitely be queuing up when we get there. Don't pay attention to anything you hear or see. Just take care of the carriage." Huang Ye also felt that it was a waste of talent to let Xiao Zhao come today. If Xu Rou was a smart person, she would never make trouble today. But Xiao Zhao was also stubborn. He insisted that he was worried and wanted to send her off personally.

In fact, Xiao Zhao's worries were not unnecessary. Just as their carriage drove out of the alley and entered the main street, a drunk man suddenly ran out at a fork in the road. The drunk man rushed out from the alley next to it, and ordinary coachmen had no way to avoid him.

Fortunately, Xiao Zhao, who was driving, saw the fork in the road in advance and slowed down. He looked very nervous. When he saw the man staggering towards him, he immediately stood up from his seat, spurred the horse, turned the horse's head and rushed into another alley nearby, narrowly avoiding the drunk man.

Huang Ye, who was sitting in the carriage, was knocked all over by the sudden change, but she didn't say anything. After the carriage stopped, she asked, "Brother Zhao, what happened?"

Xiao Zhao squinted his eyes and looked at the drunk who disappeared in a flash. The man didn't look drunk at all at that moment.

"A drunk man suddenly ran out from the alley next to him and almost hit the carriage." Xiao Zhao replied.

"Where did this drunk come from in the early morning?" Huang Ye had no idea. If they ran into him, there was no telling how long the fight would last. If this concubine delayed her from entering the palace, she could also be charged with not wanting to take part in the selection. This Xu Rou really had no moral integrity.

Xiao Zhao got the carriage out of the alley again. This time he drove more carefully. The carriage finally drove into the south gate of the palace. Due to the delay on the road, when their carriage arrived, there was already a long line of carriages in front. There were a total of thirty young ladies entering the palace to be selected this time, all of them were legitimate daughters of officials in the capital.

The south gate of the palace was tightly closed. Due to weather reasons, the ladies in the carriages did not get off the carriages, but just sat in the carriages and waited quietly.

Several more carriages lined up behind Huang Ye's carriage, and it was already dawn.

The first carriage in line was the one from the Marquis of Changning's Mansion. Xu Rou had come to wait for it before dawn. She hadn't slept all night last night. Her wish of many years was about to come true, so how could she sleep?

The heavy wooden door of the south gate was finally opened, and a group of maids in palace uniforms walked out. Leading the group was a maid who looked to be in her early forties and had a serious face: "The time has come, please enter the palace, ladies." Her voice was so loud that even Huang Ye, who was standing at the back, could hear it clearly.

Huang Ye picked up the bag in the carriage, held it in his hand and got off the carriage. There were some small clothes in the bag, but he didn't bring many big clothes. After arriving at the palace, clothes would be distributed uniformly.

The beauties got off the carriages and walked into the South Gate step by step according to the order of the carriages. Some of the people here will be closely related to this palace from today on.

The nanny who led the way stopped in a relatively open space, asked the beauties to stand in line, and then began to introduce them.

"The Chuxiu Palace is not far ahead. There are thirty of you. Your names are written on the doors of the three rows of houses in the front. Find your own house and move in. There are already people assigned to serve you."

"I'm Aunt Xing, who is in charge of the selection. If you have any questions in the next month, you can come to me. I live in the front yard of Chuxiu Palace."

"During this month, I hope that everyone can live in harmony. If anyone causes any trouble, they will bear the consequences themselves. That's all I have to say. Everyone, go away."

Huang Ye was carrying her bag and was about to walk towards Chuxiu Palace when she suddenly heard a surprised voice: "Sister Huang, is it really you?"

Huang Ye turned around and saw that it was an acquaintance, Shi Yaoyao, the daughter of the Minister of Personnel.

By the way, ever since Huang Ye invited those young ladies to dinner, the thirteen of them got together again. They were already very familiar with each other. Shi Yaoyao was two years older than her, so she called her sister.

Huang Ye was also very happy to see her. After all, it was a happy thing to have a familiar person in this unfamiliar place. Then she found two more acquaintances, Xu Rou and He Jiayi from the He family, but they were enemies rather than friends.