Chapter 43: Face the Saint

The closer the time is to the end of October, the more restless the show girls become, because the final round of auditions is approaching. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info everyone was faintly nervous about this reading, because they were about to enter the palace and were about to be determined their fate in the future. Even the female officials and female histories who taught them have talked about "the emperor" and "Concubine Ning" more and more times these days, making the atmosphere can be called low.

Zhang Zhaohua's mood is also a little turbulent, to see Emperor Hongwu, this is naturally the biggest creation she has ever passed, she has been thinking before, it is said that the emperor's face is very unusual, it is a strange long chin, fat ears, and a pockmarked face, she also wants to see if it is really like this, and she can describe it to the villagers when she goes back in the future.

Thinking of being able to go back, she was also happy in her heart, five or six years of life is not long, it should be regarded as adding up the four years of college and the two years of graduate school in the previous life, mixed with high-paying positions, and finally going back with dignity and glory, even if it is past the age of marriage by then, but so what, some female officials in the palace were selected for the court because they swore not to marry, and it is useless for parents to persecute them, Zhang Zhaohua can also swear not to marry, and then he can be a female gentleman for a big family in Yongcheng for the rest of his life.

Jingnan can't hit this place in Henan, and there will be no possibility of conscription, after all, there are many soldiers in the guard, at most it may be a little heavier, and the Zhang family also has a little family background, and if they can carry it, they can live a peaceful life.

Later, it finally came the day to enter the palace to read the election.

After entering from the left door, all the show girls walked with their heads bowed with their faces apprehensive, not daring to look up, but Zhang Zhaohua looked intently at this Ming Palace that could no longer be seen in later generations.

She couldn't restrain the shock in her heart.

There were many things that she couldn't have imagined, for example, inside the palace city, there was actually a Jinshui Bridge, and there was more than one! When they walked on the bridge, Zhang Zhaohua was so surprised that he even stepped on the shoes of the show girl in front of her. Why, because you can see the scale of the three major halls on the bridge, this scale is beyond imagination, the largest Fengtian Palace, about twice the size of the Taihe Hall of the Forbidden City in later generations!

She can't see the front of the three major halls, I don't know if it is the same as the Forbidden City, the glazed gold tiles, the double eaves are heavy ridges, and the carved beams are painted, but look at the decorative buildings on the roof, including tiles, dripping, spine, vertical beasts, intercepted beasts, kisses, etc., which are very similar to the glazed components of the Forbidden City, which can be seen that the architectural style of the Nanjing Forbidden City, the decorative style should be the model of the later Beijing Forbidden City architecture, which has influenced until today.

They were led by the female officer, and they did not know where they went, when suddenly an official in a green robe came out of a small door, and when he saw them, he retreated back into the door. The female official reminded them in a low voice, saying that this place is the Chunhe Palace, that is, the East Palace, and when you see someone here, you must bow down.

They entered through the Kunning Gate, and the last place they walked to was a large hall, and they stood outside the hall and waited when they saw that the plaque said "Rouyi Palace". The forty show girls were divided into groups of five, a total of eight groups, and when they were summoned, they took turns to go in one group after another. The eyes of the female officer have been nailed to them, and if they dare to lose their manners at this time, they must be severely punished.

Originally, there were forty-five people, but after passing the fourth round of selection, five people were sent out, two of them were in trouble and quarreled with each other, and the other three, the show girls couldn't guess the reason.

These forty people stood in the cold wind, and the weather in late autumn and early winter was really unconsciously shivering, especially today, when the thick clouds covered the sun, and only the cold wind was blowing around.

After a while, a female official came out and announced, "Niangniang's order, you will listen to it." ”

The show girls listened respectfully with a proper demeanor.

"Inherit the emperor's order, the world has a division to send the person who is willing to enter the palace to prepare the envoy to enter Beijing, you and others are virtuous parents, known as a family woman, with a clean appearance, pure sex, I will personally read the good one, take the words and move serenely, upright and blessed, chaste and not pretentious, salty and courteous, do the prince and grandson and the princes and princes of the prince and the prince of the county are older and unmarried. ”

Zhang Zhaohua couldn't help but be shocked when he heard the end!

It is not only for the prince to choose the princess and concubine, but also for the prince and grandson, that is, the prince and the prince of the county! That is not very fun, I don't know how many emperors and grandsons to match, if half or more of the forty people entered, Zhang Zhaohua could not escape, she was originally among the seventeen people who could read and write.

After the first group of people entered, the other show girls were even more nervous, and after a while, the sound of the orchestra came from the hall, this should be the examination of talent, this grandmother has never been taught, and it will not be able to learn for a while, hearing this voice Zhang Zhaohua is determined, most of these show girls are talented and artistic, and after they went in, they said that they came out of the small family and had never learned these things, so that they could avoid the election, and the concubines would definitely not look down on their stupidity.

After Zhang Zhaohua's group was brought in, when they entered, they saw that there were silk and bamboo orchestral instruments in the hall, and there were knitting women's red utensils in the west, and the white paper of pepper was used for writing, and the concubines in the palace could not see their faces, because their people were sitting behind the curtains, and they could only see vague figures from the outside, and they didn't know how the people inside looked outside.

"Thou shalt recite thy own name, thy own age. "It's a soft voice.

The show girls suppressed their nervousness, and in various newspapers -- "Minnu Tongzhou Daxing County Wang Shi", "Minnu Jingshi Ying Yangwei Duanshi", "Minnu Yanzhou Ziyang County Zengshi", Zhang Zhaohua's turn said: "Minnu belongs to the Zhang family of Yongcheng County, Dezhou, and is 15 years old this year." ”

The people in the palace seemed to bow slightly, but before she could speak, a eunuch suddenly turned from behind the hall and said, "The emperor is hereβ€”"

The palace hurriedly ordered the curtain to be rolled, and the show girls also avoided it, but the emperor turned from the back of the palace, Zhang Zhaohua raised his eyes and secretly looked, there were actually four women in the palace, the one headed by him was much older, and the clothes were not the same as the others, it should be Concubine Guo Ning who was in charge of the six palaces, and the remaining three women should be the other concubines in the palace, most likely the biological mother of the marriageable prince.

Only daring to glance at this, Zhang Zhaohua lowered his head and lay on the ground and didn't dare to look more, the emperor's face flashed, and he didn't see it clearly at all, but it was certain that his chin was by no means as long as rumored.

"The concubine has seen Your Majesty. After Concubine Guo Ning led everyone to salute, she was also given to sit.

"I'll take a look," Zhu Yuanzhang coughed slightly, and said, "How did you choose here?"

"They are all beauties," Concubine Guo Ning replied with a smile: "The concubine has seen seven or eight people in the past, and it is really difficult to choose, and the emperor has to decide." ”

The Emperor let out a "hmm" and waved them to continue.

The four who read and selected with Zhang Zhaohua were first called to the front one by one to ask about the "Four Books of Women".

The concubine asked, "It is the reason why the colorful clothes are not enough for the body", and the asked show girl replied the next sentence: "Chastity and honesty can enter the woman's virtue." If you don't cultivate your body, you will be evil. ”

When it was Zhang Zhaohua's turn, he asked: "Gao Wenxing Tang, there is Dou Sun's help." ”

Zhang Zhaohua finished the next sentence: "Xuanren of the Song family, who is a husband, can be described as a female Yao Shun." ”

After saying this, the hall suddenly fell silent. Zhang Zhaohua heard an unexplained "um" sound behind the curtain, and suddenly understood what was going on, and couldn't help sweating for a moment.