In the second round of palace selection, the show girl who got the sachet will be led by the eunuch to live in the Xianruo Pavilion, and the silk flower can go home directly from the Shenwu Gate.

Geng Yingyue held the sachet in her hand, and she breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but show a little joy, "The Queen Mother is as majestic as a ceremony, and she is really awe-inspiring." ”

If there is a slight loss of etiquette, it is not as simple as putting up a sign. The Queen Mother is the queen of the first emperor, and the current queen mother is naturally extraordinary. Hao Ming only noticed that the Queen Mother seemed to have looked at something on the case in front of her, and she was afraid that the emperor had given the Queen Mother the list of show girls to be retained early in the morning, so the Queen Mother was not very happy.

In this way, it can also be seen that there are indeed some problems with the mother-son relationship between the emperor and the queen mother.

Xianruoguan is a palace located in the north of Cining Palace, which used to be the residence of the concubines and concubines in the first emperor dynasty, but now it is idle and there are many houses, so it is used as a residence for the beautiful ladies to stay in the palace. The show girls who have passed the palace selection, regardless of the Han family, all live here, and according to tradition, they will generally live for a month to two months to familiarize themselves with the etiquette of the palace.

During this period, there will still be some show girls who do not follow the rules or make mistakes, and those who can be kept until the end are "registered" and "registered". In the evening, the last batch of Han Army Banner show girls who passed the palace selection were also attracted to Xianruo Pavilion, but unfortunately the residence was slightly inferior. Because she came in early, she was arranged to live in a sunny room, and at this moment she had already been sent to the palace. It was a few sets of clothes that had been left in the carriage before, and some jewelry, rouge and gouache and other things. The clothes are prepared in advance, and the three sets of palace costumes that conform to the regulations are all brand new and have not yet been put on the body, and most of the colors and patterns used are plain and elegant, but the material is the best satin, and the embroidery is also the best Suzhou embroidery, which is very in line with the mind of the Ming.

Luckily, Hao Ming was arranged to live in the same room with Geng Yingyue, in this small room, there is an arhat couch near the window, and there is a bib bed inside, which is just right for the two show girls to rest.

Because the hour was not early, so after a short rest, a special palace maid brought dinner. As a show girl, naturally there is no need for any delicacies from the mountains and seas, but it is also clean and hot, one meat and one vegetarian two dishes, fresh and tender stir-fried bamboo shoots and mixed duck shreds, the staple food is a full plate of lotus rolls, just small and exquisite, and no one has a bowl of honey red bean double skin milk, although the amount is not very much, but it is enough to eat enough.

Half an hour later, a special little palace maid came to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and said: "Please rest the two little lords early, get up at three o'clock tomorrow, and the chief eunuch Wu Gong Guild in front of the emperor will come." ”

It's three o'clock, that is, six forty-five, and it's not very early to get up at this hour, probably because I am taking care of the beautiful girls who stay in the palace from last night to this evening.

Geng Yingyue hurriedly asked, "The chief eunuch in front of the emperor, but isn't this year's draft presided over by the Queen Mother?"

The palace maid nodded with a smile, and said in a harmonious voice: "Yes, as usual, the queen mother should have been used to accompany the queen mother to select the draft girl, but the queen mother is pregnant with a dragon descendant, so it is not suitable to work." The emperor has always been filial, but he was afraid that he was worried about the empress dowager's efforts, so he sent Gonggong Wu to tell the palace rules for the palace showgirl, which can be regarded as sharing the hard work for the empress dowager. ”

Geng Yingyue nodded, smiled and took the purse with the silver ticket to reward the palace maid.

Seeing this, Hao Ming also stuffed a purse for the palace maid.

The palace maid couldn't help but show three points of joy on her face, and she bent her knees and said: "The slave is the second-class palace maid embroidery of the Xianruo Pavilion, who is responsible for delivering three meals a day and toiletries to the young masters of the show girl in the east row. He added: "Although tomorrow is stipulated to get up at three o'clock in the morning, you still need to dress up and eat, so ...... Please also ask the two little masters to get up a little earlier in the morning as much as possible. ”

The best sentence is obviously that the silver makes the call work. It can be seen that if there was no silver, this second-class palace maid named Xiu Shu would not have this advice.

Hao Ming and Geng Yingyue looked at each other and smiled, and nodded in unison.

The palace maid put the packed tableware into the food box and withdrew.

Geng Yingyue asked curiously, "Sister Nalan, how much silver did you just give her?"

Ming smiled and said, "Ten taels of silver tickets." This is the order of the old county lord, for ordinary palace maids and eunuchs, it is ten taels of silver, and those stewards will double or more.

Geng Yingyue squinted and said, "I'm also ten taels." It can be seen that in this palace, silver must be made everywhere, and if there is less preparation, I am afraid that it will not be enough. ”

Hao Ming knew that Geng Yingyue was just joking, and with Geng's family background, he would naturally prepare enough silver tickets for his own family. The same is true for Mingming, although the old county lord Su Rili gave her very little silver per month, but this time he prepared a small amount of silver tickets of thousands of taels. Naturally, it will not be used up during the period of staying in the palace, and it will have to be used again after the registration of the position.

In the early morning of the second day, Bo Ming and Geng Yingyue both got up just after midnight and got up early to get dressed. And the second-class palace maid named Xiu Shu was really worthy of the silver they paid last night, the warm water with the right temperature sent early, and the fragrant petals soaked in the water very intimately.

Xiu Ji saw a blessing and said, "If the two little masters don't have the instructions from the side, the servants will also go to send warm water for washing to the little masters in the next few rooms." ”

Bo Ming nodded, and his tone was very gentle: "I'm tired of you, go quickly, don't delay." Although the show girl is also a small master, this kind of "master" is indeed to be gentle, after all, they have not determined their identity or status, and it is unknown if one is accidentally thrown off the brand or even convicted.

As soon as he had just cleaned his face, he suddenly heard a familiar shrill roar from the next room: "Bastard hoof! Why is there only such a little bit of warm water?!"

Geng Yingyue was the most familiar with this voice, and her face showed disgust, "Why is she next door?"

Hao Ming smiled slightly, then pricked up his ears and listened carefully, the second-class palace maid embroidered in a tone that was neither humble nor arrogant: "Back to the words of the little master, the warm water given to the show girls every day for morning freshening is only half a basin, no matter which room it is, it is impartial." ”

Suo Xue Luo snorted coldly, and she said with a sense of arrogance: "Go and bring a basin of warm water again! Bengege washes hands and cleans faces are always separated! How can the water that has been used to wash hands be used to wash faces?!"

Xiu Shu said without being salty: "Then please wash your face first and then wash your hands." ”

"You-" Suo Xue Luo showed a girly knot.

Geng Yingyue couldn't help but hide her lips and smile when she heard this, and she said in a low voice: "When you enter the palace, you still think that you are the eldest lady of the daughter! ”

Mo Ming couldn't help but purse his lips, it was indeed unclear to be majestic in the palace.

After a while, I heard a bang, and it seemed that something fell to the ground, and Suo Xue Luo's voice sounded again: "This ingot of gold will reward you, and then go and fetch a basin of warm water for Bengege!"

I couldn't help but be speechless, the show girl has always rewarded silver, but this Suo Yu Luo is a big deal, and he went directly to gold.