Chapter 154: The Draft (1)
In the days since the emperor came up to discuss with me about Yuxiu on that day, the emperor has not come to Xianfu Palace. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 It's not that I went somewhere else, but these days I'm busy with government affairs, and I gather ministers all day long to discuss political affairs until the evening, and then I stay in the imperial study.
I filled the purse with fragrant jasmine, and then asked Rong Yan to send it over. When Rong Yan returned, he brought back a peculiar reward - several travelogues.
Xu was afraid that I would be bored in the palace, and he was busy with political affairs, and there was a small note in the travelogue, which was written in a beautiful and familiar font: Passing the time, after reading it, let Rong Yan come over and change.
The emperor's intentions make me feel very comfortable. In addition to the purse that was given to him that day, I began to cut another piece of cloth, which I was going to use to make a profane dress for the emperor.
If it is in an ordinary family, these are all made to their husbands only if they are housewives, but now in the palace, the queen mother will naturally not do these things, while others do it easily, but it is difficult to accept. did it, but the emperor may not use it.
With the previous purse in front, this dress will not be worn, and it will be accepted. The people in the palace are busy with the draft, and the emperor is busy with political affairs, so I will pass the time.
As for Jing Zhaoyi...... I thought about this sworn sister, but I still went a lot less. It's not that I am angry and hold a grudge, but going to Changchun Palace always makes me feel a little weak.
I promised her that I would not accept her favor when I was married. Now...... I not only accepted the favor, but also won the emperor's favor. Just like this time, the emperor was busy with political affairs, and he remembered to send me a few travelogues to pass the time. And when he is free, he often comes to my Xianfu Palace.
The emperor cares, and I can inquire about some things. For example, where did the emperor stay on which day. Carefully calculate the days, in fact, there are not many days to spend the night in Xianfu Palace, and the most is Concubine De.
But sometimes the emperor came over before dinner, and had dinner with me before going to other palaces to stay. In this way, if you count the days that the emperor has lived, the amount is simply amazing. And why the emperor is like this, I didn't understand it at first, but now I understand a little.
He cares about me, that's why he wants to protect me in this way. lest they attract envy and come back against me.
The emperor treats me well, and over time, I was a little excited when I first saw him, and I felt even more difficult to hold myself. I asked myself: Do you like it? The answer is self-evident, yes.
One woman and another woman will become good sisters, but it will be a little awkward if two people are in love with the same person. The same is true for the reason why I don't want to go to Changchun Palace.
I know how much Sister Yi likes the emperor, but I also like him now. Now that the emperor has come to me, there are naturally more places than hers, if I go over, won't I feel uncomfortable for her? But after all, I am a latecomer, and in the face of Jing Zhaoyi, I always feel a little weak in the heart of the love.
After being idle in Xianfu Palace for a while, the specific draft list was decided. After that, the palace began to get busy. Because there are many show girls who want to participate in the draft this time, the palace will naturally not place a residence, but let them be taken into Beijing by a eunuch in each province and placed in the palace outside the city, and then the show girls who participate in the draft every day will be taken into the palace by a sedan chair to participate in the election.
There are many show girls, naturally there is no end to the selection in one day, according to the list, read a batch every day, a total of seven days. The daughters of the powerful and ministers' families in Kyori were lined up on the morning of the first day. This morning, the emperor will also personally choose to see it, and after passing the eye, it will be good to arrange the position in the palace in the future.
The other show girls are waiting in the palace in order. In addition to the first morning of the emperor, he has to read it in person, and at other times he can give it to the queen, the concubine De, and the lady to choose to see. The candidate was selected, the position of canonization was drafted, and then handed over to the emperor for review.
My best friend Jiang Yuxiu ran for election on the morning of the first day. However, her father's official position was not high, so he naturally came back in line, about close to noon. But none of this has anything to do with me, because the draft is presided over by three mothers, and on the day of the draft, I can only stay in my own palace.
When the show girls who left the sign moved into Chuxiu Palace and learned the rules from Mama, I could go to visit.
After the list was sent to the palace, show girls from all over the country have entered Beijing one after another. For example, in the Jiangnan region, especially in the southeast coastal area, if you want to send people to the capital to run for election, you will inevitably have to go through the schedule for more than half a month.
This is still by water. If you use a horse-drawn carriage, the time can only be longer. Therefore, when the list started to communicate with the capital from the local area, the people over there also began to rush to the capital with the show girls.
Along the way, not only to go to the capital before the draft, but also to take care of the physical condition of these show girls. They are all ladies who do not go out of the door, and they are very delicate on weekdays, which is rushed from the southernmost side to the north, and there are also water and soil adaptations along the way.
These girls were originally delicate like flowers, tossing and turning along the way, and when they arrived in the capital, they became much haggard. In previous years, most of the concubines in the palace were northern women, and they were even selected by the provinces near the capital, which also had something to do with this.
But even so, there are a few outstanding ones, even after these twists and turns, they have not been able to lose a bit of brilliance, but they are delicate and weak, which is even more distressing.
I once heard that there was a lotus concubine in the palace during the first emperor's time, who was a person from Jiangnan. When he was running for the election, he wore a crescent-white brocade robe, which was simple, like a lotus flower that came out of the mud and was not stained, and he was named the lotus concubine. The dust along the way failed to stain her posture with dust, but became her foil.
Thinking about it like this, it's actually just fate. No matter how delicate this flower grows in the south, when it comes to the north, what should wither will still wither, and what should bloom will still bloom. Like me entering the palace, isn't it all fate?
In this draft, I don't know how many future "sisters" will enter the palace. If the emperor likes any of them, when the time comes, I don't know how many times the emperor will set foot in this Xianfu Palace.
After some struggle, I persuaded myself. Thinking about the future, let's talk about it later. Now that these show girls have not yet entered Beijing, what do they want to do so much? Honestly sew the dirty clothes they sewed at hand one by one, and hid all the threads into the seams of the clothes, so that the emperor would not get into his body when he wore them. Then he folded it neatly and set it aside, but he didn't want to send it to him.