The news of the election of the crown princess spread, and Ma Xiuying's Kunning Palace has never been clean. The wives of high-ranking officials and nobles, and the harem concubines asked to see each other, and recommended the school-age women in their clan, and even the palace people of Kunning Palace got a lot of benefits, just so that they could say a few good words in front of Ma Xiuying at the right time.

After Xunying found out about this situation, he immediately strictly forbade it, and even severely punished several palace people who took bribes.

"It's better to be sparse, you're wasting!" Ma Xiuying stopped Xun Ying and summoned the palace people together to announce in public that she did not prevent the palace people from taking benefits, but there was a request, all the benefits were opened in twenty-eight, and the palace people in Ercheng got it themselves, and the eight deals came up. It's not that she covets these benefits, it's just that Zhu Yuanzhang is worried about the treasury, since these women are so rich and willing to give up money, she really doesn't mind collecting them and handing them over to Zhu Yuanzhang to solve her urgent needs.

The palace people were overjoyed when they heard this order, and for the first time, they took the benefits with confidence and peace of mind, and some clever palace people immediately expressed their willingness to hand over all the benefits, contribute to the treasury, and do their best.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't laugh at Ma Xiuying's blatant bribery, and bribery was his most disgusting behavior, but when he saw Ma Xiuying proudly registering the benefits he received every day and putting them in the treasury without leaving a penny, he turned a blind eye.

In late March, the flowers outside the palace bloomed one after another, and the family members of the officials heard that the flowers in the palace were even more unique, so they took their daughters into the palace to enjoy the flowers with great interest.

Speaking of which, there are really not many officials above the third rank in the DPRK and China, but their wives and daughters together are not a small number. In this era, family planning was not practiced, and many ladies were several daughters in their lives, all of whom were brought into the palace. I saw that the royal garden was surrounded by fat swallows and thin, with a variety of postures, laughter, and dark fragrance.

The wives of the officials all wore women's crown clothes, combing mountain pine special buns, fake sideburns, and real red large-sleeved shirts. It's like work clothes for work, they are all uniform, the only difference is that the animals on the clothes represent different grades.

Their daughters are not restricted by clothing, they are all carefully dressed, flowery, graceful, and graceful.

Silk gauze long skirts, gold blouses, silk blouses, moire satin, brocade silk jackets...... No matter what kind of fabric, which style can be seen in these girls, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple are all gone.

Mrs. Fate, who has a good relationship, sat together and chatted, but they were all a little absent-minded. Zhu Yuanzhang's courtiers are as many as Zhu Yuanzhang from the end of the world, their wives are not women who have never seen the world, when they saw a yellow rape flower on the left in the imperial garden, a green vegetable seedling on the right, and there were seedlings and vines crawling around, they were all dumbfounded. However, when they entered the palace, they couldn't help it, and they all pretended to be interested, and praised the vegetables in the garden. After the appreciation, I couldn't wait to look away and start chatting about family life.

If there is no background of various vegetables and flowers, then this banquet is no different from the usual banquet, some people knock on the side, some people talk in clichés, some people are restless, and some people are looking forward to it.

The girls have not experienced the upheaval of exile, and were carefully raised by their parents in the boudoir, and were amazed to see these "flowers" that were different from their own house, and ran into the flowers to pick flowers and leaves, chanted poems against each other, and tried to show their most beautiful side.

When Ma Xiuying appeared in the Imperial Garden with a group of concubines, she thought she had come to a fashion show, but fortunately, the heavy makeup and glamorous decorations of the concubines behind her had made her aesthetically tired, so it was not too surprising to see so many young and beautiful beautiful girls.

The concubines were a little breathless, no matter how gorgeous they dressed, they still felt an invisible pressure when they saw these pink and tender little girls. I can't help but be glad that this is just a concubine for the crown prince, if it is a concubine for the emperor, it will not make people break their hearts and tears on the spot. If they knew that thirty beautiful girls had also entered the palace and were arranged to wait in the palace for an audience, I am afraid that their mood would not be so calm.

When the official wives saw Ma Xiuying arrive, they immediately took their daughters to kneel down and salute.

The head full of pearls and emeralds was dazzling, and Ma Xiuying had a headache for the complicated and heavy crown ornaments of the official wives, so she hurriedly told them to get up, and said kindly: "I invite all the ladies and ladies to come today, just to enjoy the flowers." You don't need to be formal, just in your own house, talking about homely things, and chatting about gossip. ”

said so, how dare the official wife take it seriously, one by one she brought her daughters forward to ask for peace, and when Ma Xiuying bowed her head, she sat down gently, and her speech and demeanor were much more restrained than before.

Ma Xiuying deliberately looked at Chang Yuchun and Xu Da's daughters, both girls gave birth to a good appearance like flowers and jade, bright eyes and bright teeth, skin like cream, hands like soft wattles, and fingers like green onions, presumably they were all pampered by their families as pearls in their palms.

Chang Meirong is about fourteen or fifteen years old, with a fairy bun on her head, wearing a light green gauze skirt, a pair of big eyes on her palm-sized melon seed face, bright and clear eyes, a small and straight nose slightly upturned, looking confident and cute, with clear lip lines, faintly revealing a heroic spirit.

Xu Miaoyun is about seven or eight years old, with a hanging hair in a bun, wearing a peach-colored pleated skirt, a round goose egg face, black eyes, a little baby fat on her cheeks, a small mouth slightly open, and an innocent and coquettish demeanor.

Ma Xiuying immediately made a decision in her heart, Xu Miaoyun was too young to bear to "destroy" such a little girl, and she planned to find an assertive wife for Zhu Biao.

The target was selected, and Ma Xiuying sat for a while before returning to the palace to summon thirty show girls. The appearance of these thirty show girls is a few points more beautiful than the daughters of the previous officials, after all, thirty were selected from thousands of women. Ma Xiuying selected three well-read, dignified and decent girls to stay as the prince's concubines, and selected ten beauties to wait for Zhu Yuanzhang's favor in various palaces, and all the rest were sent out of the palace.

drew up a roster of the crown princess and the prince's concubine, and Ma Xiuying asked Zhu Yuanzhang to take a look.

Zhu Yuanzhang has no opinion on the roster, but he regrets that Ma Xiuying sent the other seventeen show girls out of the palace and did not leave him behind.

Ma Xiuying didn't bother to pay attention to his complaints, and asked: "Now that the treasury is tight, is the prince's wedding simple or complicated?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said without thinking: "Of course, the prince's wedding will be held according to the six ceremonies. ”

Ma Xiuying breathed a sigh of relief, she was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would be simple, and immediately let Zhu Biao marry Chang Meirong. If you follow the six rites from Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Najib, Nazheng, and inviting to greet in person, including choosing the auspicious day of the zodiac, it will take at least one or two years for Zhu Biao to really get married. At that time, Zhu Biao will be fourteen or fifteen years old, and he can barely be counted as a person. In fact, according to Ma Xiuying's thoughts, she couldn't wait until Zhu Biao was eighteen years old to get married, but Zhu Yuanzhang urged him to hurry.

In April, a decree came out in the palace to appoint Chang Shi, the daughter of the Duke of Hubei Guo, as the crown princess, and Lu Shi, the daughter of Lu Ben, the Qing of Taichang Temple, as Liangdi, and five other Fengyi.

Ma Xiuying couldn't cry or laugh, Zhu Biao already had six or seven women before he got married, did Zhu Yuanzhang want Zhu Biao to inherit and carry forward his lustful nature? She hurriedly reminded Zhu Biao that before he was 15 years old, he must "guard himself like jade" and keep himself clean.

The will is delegated, and everything goes into the process. Ma Xiuying invited Zhu Biao's teacher Song Lian and Zhu Biao's stepmother Mrs. Wu to be matchmakers, and later she simply handed over the marriage to the two of them, so that she had the energy to manage the harem. Fortunately, during Ma Xiuying's busy period, Concubine Sun Guifei has been doing her best to help manage the harem, and the harem is safe.

Of course, this is only a calm on the surface, in fact, the harem concubines have never given up fighting for power and favor, especially Sun Guifei's rapid promotion has greatly stimulated the concubines, and they have tried every means to please Zhu Yuanzhang.

It's a pity that Zhu Yuanzhang's mind is on the court, and the beauty is endured, but he doesn't say a word about Jin Feng.