Xiuqi's marriage made the entire Shilang Mansion immersed in joy, and the old county lord treated this new granddaughter-in-law very kindly, and handed over the power of the housekeeper to Zhilan as soon as he entered the door.

And Zhilan is indeed a person who can afford to be a family, and takes care of the affairs of the house in an orderly manner. Not only can Xiu Qi study with peace of mind, but also won praise from all over the house. Even the clothes that Bo Ming is about to run for the election are arranged and prepared by her personally, all of them are in compliance with the rules, and the patterns are very fresh and high-quality.

Half a month before the draft, the old county lord arranged a ceremony for Ming, that is, a woman's coming-of-age ceremony, according to the etiquette system, the woman is fifteen years old, but Mingming has not yet passed her fifteenth birthday. The old county lord naturally didn't know this, but he also arranged this ceremony, which not only showed that the Nalan clan was a scholarly family, but also that he was "an adult" and could get married.

Although the ceremony was simple, it was put on a hairpin for her by her sister-in-law Zhilan, who had just entered the door, and Zhilan took out a high-quality red agate wishful hairpin from her dowry, and put it on the meticulously combed flag of Mingming. Bang Ming did all the blessings, and thanked him with a smile. In this way, it is also a courtesy.

He Lu Li was originally just a self-run affair and did not invite outsiders, but Prince Kang's Mansion and Pingjun Palace, as well as the clansmen of the Nalan clan of their own family, sent a lot of valuable gifts. Everyone probably understands that Bo Ming is about to be elected, and if he is prosperous in the future, it will naturally be of great benefit to the family and in-laws, and he will naturally not be stingy with good things.

Among them, the Pingjun Wangfu sent a hosta of excellent texture mutton fat white jade in the name of the prince Fupeng, and the mutton fat jade is the texture is like fresh mutton fat, white, delicate, warm, and lustrous like condensed oil. Sheep fat jade is only produced at the foot of Kunlun Mountain, divided into two kinds: "seed jade" and "mountain material", and the pure color of mutton fat is "seed jade", and seed jade is better than mountain material, extremely rare, extremely precious. Even if it is a noble family, it is extremely rare to have a few pieces of mutton fat jade. Therefore, the goods are enshrined in the inner court, so the people rarely circulate. Therefore, an inch of mutton fat is more expensive than 100 gold.

This mutton fat hosta has an extraordinarily warm texture on the tentacles, which is not found in the jade next to it. The hosta has been carefully carved, carved out a half-open lotus flower on the hairpin head, the petals of the lotus flower also carry a little faint yellow skin of the seed jade, it seems that the lotus flower has the beauty of buds, even the stamens inside have been finely carved out, and the hairpin rod is more hollow carved lotus leaves, dragonflies and other things, all are meticulous, it can be seen that the craftsman carves the top.

Standing on the side was Banxia, and her eyes showed surprise: "The prince is really generous, and the mutton fat jade slave with such good material has never seen it." ”

Hao Ming smiled slightly, looked at the Ruyi brocade box containing the hairpin, and looked at the four words "Gift to Bo Ming" posted on the bottom of the brocade box, and Bo Ming knew that this gift of harmony was just a pretence of Fu Peng's hand.

Just looking at the four words, it reminded me of the three stupid big black words of "Bamboo Pavilion" that I saw in the garden of Pingjun Wangfu that day.

In this way, it is self-evident who the giver is.

"It's just ......" Banxia looked at the words and showed a puzzled look, "The slave looks at these words, why is it familiar?"

He smiled, but didn't say much, just asked Banxia to put away the hairpin.

Banxia couldn't help but say, "Aren't you going to wear it?"

Hao Ming smiled and shook his head, "This carving is so delicate, if you accidentally bump into it, I'm afraid it will damage the lotus petals." Let's keep it. As he spoke, he said, "When the draft comes, put it on again." ”

So, the day of the draft has finally arrived.

In the third year of Qianlong, the spring of March, the ninth day of the zodiac is auspicious. In the evening of the day before, Hao Ming rode in a regulated carriage and came to the Shenwu Gate of the Forbidden City.

As for why it was evening......

Because there are many Manchurian and Han show girls participating in the draft, if the show girls gather in a swarm on the day of the draft, it will be impossible to jam the entire long street outside the Shenwu Gate, and it will also delay the draft of the day. Therefore, since the first imperial dynasty, it was stipulated that the show girls should come to Shenwumen in the evening of the day in advance, and according to the flag registration, the leader of each flag was responsible for letting the show girls "line up" according to the sequence drawn up in advance, that is, arrange the carriages.

The carriage in which each show girl rode (there were also those who took the mule cart from a bad family) were hung with lanterns indicating the flag, family background, and identity, and when it was time for someone to direct the carriage to go to their respective positions, such work would last for a whole night, so that all the show girls of the Eight Banners of Manmeng, Mongolia and Han could be properly arranged.

And throughout the night, the show girl has to stay in the car honestly, and wait until the next day of dawn before she will be arranged to enter the Shenwu Gate, enter the Forbidden City, and wait for the primary election and the palace election.

Banxia waited in the carriage with the roar, only to hear the sound of shouting outside, and the twilight gradually came in this shouting, and the lantern outside the carriage was also lit, so that even at night, the words written on the lantern could be seen clearly.

The carriage with the inscription "The second daughter of Nalan Yongshou with a white flag" was written on the carriage, and the white flag to which the Ming belonged was not the first of the three flags, but the first of the five flags. In fact, as long as it is a Manchurian flag, the difference between the upper three flags and the lower five flags is not very big, after all, family background is a little more important than the flag.

Therefore, the inlaid white flags naturally have to be arranged behind the three flag show girls, so Ming Ming jumped out of the curtain and looked at the closed Shenwu Gate from a distance, but there was a long distance.

But before the carriage could be lined up, someone shouted outside the carriage: "Narangege's carriage, please go ahead!"

Humming was stunned for a moment, a little unclear, but the coachman had already obeyed the instructions and slowly drove forward, but Humming was not good at asking anything in the carriage.

Shenwu Gate, is the north gate of the Forbidden City, the red lacquer gate seems to be the closed mouth of a giant beast, on the top is the yellow Chengcheng nine rows and nine columns of door nails, representing the emperor's dignity, and each door nail has a fist as big, under the light of a lamp, flashing with a strange light.

When they arrived at the Shenwu Gate, the roaring carriage was arranged after about the tenth neatly arranged carriage, and then stopped, and behind him, there was still a large chaotic carriage, which was being arranged in order.

At this time, a carriage that followed next to him also jumped out of the curtain, revealing a pretty and gentle little face, the young man looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, with fair skin, reflecting the rising moon, extraordinarily bright. And on the lantern hanging in front of her carriage, it was written "The eldest daughter of Geng Shun, the leader of the Han army with yellow flags".

She smiled and said in a delicate voice, "I'm the niece of Concubine Yugui in the palace, what about my sister?"

Ming was stunned for a moment, and only then did he understand that the people who were transferred to the front were only afraid that they were all relatives of concubines or concubines in the palace. Concubine Yugui is the Yongzheng Emperor Yufei Geng, she is the biological mother of the current Prince He Hongday, and is the highest ranking among all the concubines of the first emperor.

After thinking for a while, he replied, "The Holy Ancestor in the palace, Concubine Wen Huigui, is my aunt. "- Holy Ancestor Wen Huigui's concubine Guerjia, is the concubine of Holy Ancestor Kangxi in his later years, and was a concubine at that time, and she is almost thirty years younger than Holy Grandfather, so she is still alive. Among the concubines of the Holy Ancestor, except for the concubine Tong Jiashi (the sister of Empress Xiaoyiren), she is the most respected.

Now there is only such a concubine in the palace, and she is close to Ming - it's just that Ming has never seen it. This time, Bo Ming was moved to the front, not only as she said hello, but also for him...... After all, the emperor had said before that he would arrange it for her, but at this moment, Hao Ming didn't know who helped her.