[1] Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

Ch 681 - 685

Chapter 681: Invitation to the Empress Selection        
   
At this moment, Nan Hua was reading the report of what had happened in Shangguan Family. Their movement was not completely surprising for her. And it was indeed more beneficial for Shangguan Xian and Shangguan Xiao to separate from the other family members.    

After all, they were not too close and those people would only take advantage of these two youths.    

Nan Hua put down the bamboo strip. She looked at her busy servants. Tomorrow will be the Empress Selection, so they took it upon themselves to prepare the best dress for her as if she was going to a war. Even though she had said that she was not there to participate in the selection and only accompany her fiancé, they seemed to be treating her words to be thin air.    

They continued to prepare everything so meticulously.    

Thus, Nan Hua decided to turn blind eye and let them do whatever they wanted to do. They would be happy this way too. She also didn't really mind.    

"Second Young Miss is buying new jewelries today." Xiao Yun pursed her lips. "She seems to be dreaming of becoming an Empress."    

Nan Xin was also invited because she was 13 years old and without fiancée. If she managed to perform spectacularly, it meant that she would be able to become the Empress. The highest position women could reach in this would be the Empress, but it was also a position riddled with so many dangers.    

However, Nan Hua knew for sure that Nan Xin wouldn't be selected. Emperor Yang Zhou needed someone who was already over 15 years old or at least at that age in order to be able to get married in a few more months. That way, he would be able to hold his inauguration before this year ended.    

If he picked Nan Xin, he would have to wait another two years.    

Would the ambitious Emperor Yang Zhou waste two more years just because of a woman? From Nan Hua's perspective, he wouldn't. If he did, it would be stupid. It was not like he loved any woman in particular to the point that he would sacrifice a lot of things just because of her.    

Well, she wouldn't explain this to anyone.    

Those ladies wouldn't even listen to her even if she said anything.    

Nan Hua looked at the dress that the servants prepared and her eyes blinked. It was a peach colored dress and had been embroidered in beautiful vines and flowers pattern. The meticulous stitches made the embroidery looked alive.    

Mu Yan and Chu Yue were still busy cleaning the embroidery while Nan Hua silently wondered whether she would be able to reach that level or not. Looking at the rather ordinary embroidery in front of her, Nan Hua silently tucked it away. There was no point in learning right now.    

She better had some rest.    

While Nan Hua was choosing to rest, it was not the same for many other girls in the Capital City. The fact that tomorrow would be the Empress Selection had caused them to be so nervous. Emperor Yang Zhou wanted to hold selection and all women close to marriageable age who didn't have any fiancée would be able to come.    

This naturally included his own concubines. They definitely didn't want to have a woman from outside suddenly come and claimed that seat.    

In Nan Shu Cheng's Residence, Nan Xin was the most nervous.    

"You'll surely do well tomorrow." Concubine Mei looked at her daughter filled with hope. She really hoped that the Emperor would pick her daughter. That way, it would be like a sparrow turned into phoenix.