Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is already the early winter season, and the day of selecting pets is also ushered in the palace.

As the yamen in charge of this matter, the Ministry of Rites searched all over the world and carefully selected hundreds of outstanding men for the empress, and sent them all to the palace.

These people need to go through the selection process of the Inner Chamber to select the best ones, and then they will face the empress' personal selection.

They all have different origins, some are ordinary people, and some are sons of aristocratic families. Although they know that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, for the sake of the family's glory and rapid rise, many people will still squeeze their heads to stand for election at this time.

For the sake of so-called vanity, they even put life and death at risk, which makes people sigh.

Yunxiao Palace.

In the main hall, a total of twenty men wearing only simple nightgowns were standing in four rows in the center of the main hall. Although each of them looked nervous, they still did not forget to pose and try their best to attract the attention of the empress.

The empress stood at the front, her eyes blazing as she carefully looked at everyone present. She always had an excited smile on her lips and uncontrollable greed in her eyes.

Facing twenty carefully selected men, no matter their body shape or appearance, all of them are different. After taking them into the harem, wouldn't they not have sex every night? That scene is simply unimaginable.

Chunsheng stood in the last row, his head lowered nervously, his heart beating fast.

After training hard for so long, success or failure depends on this. If he loses the election, he will lose the only chance to avenge his tribe.

I don’t know why, but ever since Li Wuji changed his appearance, there is always a trace of temperament similar to Li Wuji’s between his brows. Looking at him for a long time can easily make people confused, thinking that they are seeing Li Wuji, but the two of them

The appearance is completely different.

After a while, the empress finally finished admiring the tools of pleasure in front of her and began to choose people herself.

Among the more than one hundred people sent to the palace every year, only ten were eventually admitted into the harem by the empress.

These ten people must be the most versatile.

Although the empress had a smile on her face, she looked at her carefully and occasionally asked a few questions.

Soon, the first lucky person was born, and everyone looked at the chosen companion with jealous eyes as he walked out of the queue, proudly puffing up his chest.

Then came the second, third...

As more and more people were selected, and it was almost ten people, Chun Sheng, who was standing in the fourth row, had sweaty palms nervously and wanted to rush directly in front of the empress to attract her attention.

When the empress reached the fourth row, she had already selected nine people. According to the conventions and rules of previous years, there was only one person missing!

Chun Sheng straightened his back, showing off his heroic posture as much as possible, clenching his fists tightly.

"he!"

Immediately afterwards, the empress glanced over and spoke again.

Chun Sheng looked excitedly from the corner of his eye, but was instantly disappointed because the tenth person chosen by the empress was not him, but another pretty boy next to him who was taller than him and fairer in skin.

When the man saw that the empress had chosen him, he almost jumped up with excitement. After bowing to thank him, he was picked out of the queue.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Chunsheng felt a little desperate. He wished he had to rush to the empress at all costs and directly kill this sworn enemy.

But without the strength to restrain a chicken, how could he be a match against the ruthless red fish guards around him?

He might have been killed by random knives before he could reach the empress!

After selecting ten people, the empress turned to Cui Yunqi, the Minister of Rites, and nodded, indicating that the selection was over.

"Okay, the remaining people can leave."

Cui Yunqi bowed his hands and saluted, turned around and looked at the remaining people, waved his hands and said.

The remaining ten people bowed, lined up neatly, turned and walked out of the hall.

The empress watched these people leave slowly, with a faint smile on her lips, and nodded thoughtfully.

According to the usual practice, although these people fail to be selected, they will still be favored by the empress and receive some rewards.

"etc!"

But at this moment, the empress accidentally saw Chun Sheng in the crowd, because Chun Sheng looked at the empress deeply when he turned to leave.

Upon hearing the Empress's words, Cui Yunqi hurried forward and stopped everyone. He looked at the Empress in confusion, not understanding what was happening.

The empress frowned, stepped forward with a solemn expression, and walked straight towards Chun Sheng.

Looking at the empress's face, Cui Yunqi swallowed and showed a trace of nervousness.

The reason why Chunsheng was chosen as a favorite was because Li Wuji bought Cui Yunqi under coercion and inducement.

Originally, Cui Yunqi was still feeling lucky that Chunsheng was not selected, but at this time, he was almost fainted from fear, thinking that the empress had discovered something.

"What's your name?"

The empress quickly came to Chunsheng's side and asked in a deep voice.

"Spring joy."

Chunsheng bowed, lowered his head, and replied respectfully, his heart almost beating out of his throat.

"Where is your family name?"

The empress continued to ask.

"Qingping County."

Chunsheng answered softly, trying to keep his voice calm.

After hearing Chunsheng's answer, the empress turned and glanced at Cui Yunqi.

Cui Yunqi nodded hurriedly, confirming that what Chunsheng said was true.

Li Wuji had already forged a copy of Chunsheng's identity, so no one would find out.

"Keep your head up."

After the empress confirmed it, she said again hesitantly.

Chunsheng took a breath, mustered up the courage to slowly raise his head, and looked at the empress affectionately.

As Chunsheng raised his head, the empress opened her eyes wide in surprise, and couldn't help but see the figure of Li Wuji in her mind.

Immediately afterwards, the empress couldn't help but reveal a knowing smile, and there seemed to be a hint of excitement in her eyes.

"You can stay too."

After the empress stared for a long time, she said slowly, then turned and left.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Chunsheng was overjoyed and hurriedly knelt down to thank him.

Cui Yunqi on the side was already stunned, because this was the first time in history that the empress had chosen eleven people!

And it’s time to leave!

Soon, Cui Yunqi, who had come back to his senses, could not care so much and hurriedly left the hall with the remaining nine people.

As for what will happen to Chunsheng next, he doesn't know, and he doesn't want to know. He just wants to have nothing to do with the whole thing.

From now on, he will forget about Chun Sheng and keep the fact that he was bribed in his heart.

That night, the Empress visited Chunsheng. After a night of spring supper, Chunsheng immediately became the most favored one among all the eleven selected people.

Not only because he is proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also because in his work, he would not be able to reach the top of his skills without being trained by the madam and the maiko in Wuji Tower.

At this point, Chun Sheng finally got what he wanted and established a firm foothold in the palace.

However, he always remembered what Li Wuji once told him. Even after entering the palace, he must be careful and not be careless. If he makes a wrong step, he will only die.

…

Leaving Anhou Mansion.

Li Wuji was sitting in the study, drawing on a piece of paper. The picture showed a delicate and small porcelain vase with novel patterns printed on it.

Next to the bottle, there are some materials and minutes for making cosmetics.

Ten days later, it will be the birthday of the empress, and Li Wuji is also invited. He has to prepare a gift, and it has to be unique.

He knew that yesterday was the day to choose his favorite. Although there was no news from the palace yet, he was already very sure in his heart, knowing that Chun Sheng would definitely be chosen.

He understands women, and he understands the empress better.

Moreover, there was no news from Cui Yunqi, indicating that the matter was already half successful. He knew that the reason why Cui Yunqi did not reveal the process of selecting his pet yesterday was because he wanted to draw a clear line with him in this way.

After all, if the matter of secretly manipulating the selection of pets is exposed, it will be a major crime that will destroy the nine tribes!

At this moment, the sound of footsteps was heard, and Cao Zian hurriedly walked in from the outside and bowed respectfully to Li Wuji, with an unstoppable smile on his face.

"Sir, good news, Chun Sheng has been selected, and he went to bed last night! He worked hard until dawn!"

Cao Zian looked at Li Wuji happily and said excitedly.

Tianyuan's eyes are everywhere, including the palace. These days, more and more dormant people have been in contact with Cao Zian.

Although they are just minor characters, it is not a problem to get some information.

"Keep your voice down, are you afraid that others won't know?"

Li Wuji curled his lips and said dissatisfied.

Seeing Li Wuji's cold reaction, Cao Zian couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

"Young Master has already guessed that he can be selected?"

Cao Zian asked hesitantly.

"Everything is within my master's plan."

Li Wuji raised his head, glanced at Cao Zian, and said something meaningful.

"Why?"

Cao Zian couldn't help but ask at a loss.

"Because he looks like me."

Li Wuji smiled and said casually, and then continued to draw pictures.

After listening to Li Wuji's answer, the confusion on Cao Zian's face became more and more obvious, and he was confused.
Chapter completed!