The Empire ;Noble Consort Ling

The Selection;Very beautiful

I hurriedly went to the main hall to meet my Father and His wife.I bowed saying greetings to Father and Main wife (refusingvto call her mother). My father says come sit beside me ling'er.The main wife interrupts saying that it's not proper for a concubines daughter to sit where the main wife's daughter should , my mother comes in saying why is it not proper Jingzi wasn't your daughter a concubines daughter too from what I heard you weren't originally the main wife right. She bows saying greetings to Master, the main wife says you jinx I knew I should have kicked you out sooner, The Master hit the table and then nobody uttered a word my mother took her seat quietly and summoned me to come sit beside her the master then said that Sing Lian (my mother) will permanently reside in Shining courtyard and officially become a concubine under Liang Zi( my father) the main wife was furious but said nothing, my mother smiled. Then the eldest daughter of the main wife came dressed in gold jewelry while I only had a gold hairpin but I didn't care I always liked simple things my older sister said her greetings and sat with her mother, we all ate then my grandmother who doted on me very much came and gave me a lot of jewelry and clothes for me to carry and she gave me one of her most trusted maids Aingme and she kissed me goodbye along with my mother. My eldest sister who was always mean to me told me that if we were both selected from that moment on we would never be known as sisters to the public I agreed because I never thought of us as sisters even before that we reached and went our separate ways. We were told to line up I was in the middle of the line. An eunuch then said liang ling daughter of liang Zi ,Minister of Archives. I bowed as my mother had taught me and said Humble girl Liang ling greets His Majesty , Her Highness The Empress Dowager and Her majesty I was asked by His majesty to raise my head he said you're a beauty I kept the same position saying thank you your majesty but I don't think I deserve that complement, he claps and says your beautiful calm and modest I'll grant you a pouch and confer you Lady Florinda your as graceful as the flower and your beauty can match as well. I Kneel saying I thank his majesty for showering me with complements  I'm really grateful. I lead of with the rest of the line and head home to share the news with my mother ,I reached home and shared the news with my mother but she didn't look excited my mother sat me down and told me about her eldest sister....................