Chapter 30: The Palace Gate Primary
As soon as she explained this, Chunliu understood, but she was worried in her heart. Xiao Manning looked at her with some surprise, these things were still heard by others halfway, and she only knew a rough idea, she was good, she knew so much, she naturally wanted to look up to her in her heart, after Shen Erjin said these words, all Chunliu's previous enthusiasm was dispelled, and she began to worry about whether this first round of screening would be brushed down. Shen Qing also looked back at her when he heard this, and said with some curiosity:
"I didn't know that I would start screening today, which is too hasty."
There was worry in his voice that could not be concealed, and Shen Erjin immediately said:
"I'm just guessing, but looking at the current formation like this, the progress is not too fast, if you go directly to the palace gate, it shouldn't take such a long time."
This was a bit conservative, but it was also reasonable, and the people who listened to it were silenced, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little heavy.
In the afternoon, the group had been standing at the gate of the palace for nearly two hours, and the sun above their heads had already slanted, and a few people had arrived at the ceremony.
There is a table of eight immortals at the gate of the palace, and there is a palace attendant in green clothes sitting in it, with a small hollow hat of antelope, looking at his age. On the Taishi chair behind him was an elderly palace attendant, also wearing a cyan palace robe, but the chest and sleeves were embroidered with some patterns of flowers, birds and fishes...... If you ignore his face that is too oily and powdery, he can be regarded as a relatively kind person. At this time, Shen Erjin was still looking at it, and someone sang:
"Next, Qiao Yuzhen."
When Shen Qing heard this, he immediately took two steps forward and walked to the palace attendant who was the leader, and the man opened his mouth and asked:
"Where did the years come from? What is the net worth? Report them one by one! ”
"The little girl's name is Qiao Yuzhen, she is from Mancang Town, Yicheng, and her family has been in business for generations, and now her father is an official businessman named by the government."
The man squinted and listened without speaking, and estimated that the little eunuch had already written it, so he opened his eyes and nodded, and immediately heard the little eunuch sing:
"Qiao's daughter, Yu Zhen, stay. Next, Xiao Manning. ”
When Shen Qing heard this chanting, he immediately let go of his heart, and slowly stepped into the palace gate, never thought that he would have this day, he was indeed a little hesitant when he promised Master Qiao, but now looking at the majesty of this city, there is a little excitement in his heart, or he is about to move, since he has come in, maybe the real wealth is still to come.
Xiao Manning deliberately took two steps forward, and looked at the leading palace attendant who had not yet opened his eyes, and said crisply:
"I've seen adults, the little girl is the daughter of the Xiao family in Mancang Town, Yicheng, and I hope you will take care of it in the future."
As he spoke, the red sleeve flicked over the man's sleeve, and a silver ingot was shoved into his hand. The man quietly checked it secretly, and then slowly opened his eyes and carefully looked at the person in front of him, and opened his mouth to say a word.
"Stay."
Xiao Man smiled triumphantly as he froze.
"Xiao Manning, the daughter of the Xiao family, stay, the next one, Shen Taoyao."
When Shen Erjin heard this, he stepped forward immediately, and his apricot eyes lowered and clearly reported his own door:
"The little girl is from Shenjiazhuang, Mancang Town, Yicheng, her name is Shen Taoyao, and her father is a fifty-year-old talent."
simply reported the name, the palace attendant did not make a sound, and Shen Erjin waited patiently on the side, waiting for so many years, and must not be folded at this pass. The palace attendant was stunned for a while, and then muttered:
"Peach, peach, this name is ......"
As he spoke, he opened his eyes, narrowed his eyes, and after careful examination, he changed his words:
"Although the name is not very good, fortunately, the person looks quite good, so let's stay!"
The string that had been stretched in my heart finally loosened after hearing this, and when I entered the palace gate, I only heard the song behind me:
"Shen family girl, Tao Yao, stay. The next one, Lee's White Lotus. ”
After the first round of screening, there are only about 50 foreign show girls left, all of whom live in the Shang Fang Division, and the palace is divided into six bureaus, including the Shang Fu Bureau, the Division Decoration Bureau, the Division of Decoration, the Shang Food Bureau, and the Shang Fang Division, of which the Shang Fu Bureau, the Division of Decoration, and the Shang Food Bureau are located in the second gate of the palace, and the rest of the Si Jian Division is located outside the two gates of the palace, and the Si Jian Division is specially in charge of the ceremonial guard used by the emperor and his concubines, and is in charge of all the processes of all the royal red and white ceremonies, so when it is busy, there are often not enough people. I need to borrow someone from Shang Fang to help.
In addition to being in charge of the punishment of all the palace maids and eunuchs who have made mistakes, Shang Fangsi is also responsible for selecting show girls and teaching palace rules, so Shang Fangsi's methods have always been feared by all eunuchs and palace maids in the palace. There seems to be some truth to that.
Because Shang Fang Si is outside the Zhao'an Gate, the place is very vast, and all the places between the Anguang Gate and the Zhao'an Gate are equally divided by the Shang Fang Division and the Si Zhan Division, to be precise, the Shang Fang Division is larger. Entering the Anguang Gate, whether it is the palace or the city wall, it is all yellow glazed tiles, the vermilion palace wall three zhang high, five steps and one post, all the guards on duty are holding spears, and their faces are expressionless, even the beauties passing by this road are not squinting, standing there and looking at not only well-trained, but even the self-control ability is not comparable to ordinary people.
Shang Fang Division is composed of five courtyards in front and back, and the last courtyard is inhabited by those palace attendants who have made mistakes and have been sent here to be punished, so whether it is food, clothing, housing or transportation is extremely simple. The penultimate courtyard is where all the palace maids of Shang Fangsi live, a total of 16 people, and the conditions of the penultimate courtyard are slightly better, living in all the housekeepers and eunuchs, one of the stewards and eunuchs is the first choice of the first round of eunuchs in Anguangmen, and someone must respectfully shout Yuan Gonggong when they see it. In addition to this, there is also a master and three housekeepers, who are responsible for managing the rules of the show girl, if they don't learn well here, it will inevitably affect Shang Fangsi's reputation, so these three mothers have never been soft when disciplining the rules. The remaining two courtyards are all the residences of the girls to be drafted, but the show girls are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, the first courtyard is the daughter of all officials above the fifth grade of the official residence, this treatment is naturally the best, and the second courtyard is a lot inferior, and the courtyard where the housekeeper lives is not much different, if you really want to distinguish it, it will only be at the time of the general election, an average of five people in a room can be divided. This courtyard is like Shen Erjin's identity to live, all the Xiucai and the daughters of merchants all live here, Zhao has gradually paid attention to agriculture and commerce in recent years, so as long as the government personally reported the officials and businessmen over the years, they must be approved by the emperor, in order to show the emperor's importance to these merchants, so they specially issued an order to give them this opportunity.