In Ningshou Palace, Wei Qian sat at the table to sort out the roster of the draft.

Seeing Xue Baochai's name, Wei Qian smiled knowingly, holding the roster and handing it to Empress Dowager Chen in another place.

This draft was presided over by Wei Qian and Empress Dowager Chen, and this was the first draft after Emperor Shunde ascended the throne. And when it comes to the future order of the court, Empress Dowager Chen is very cautious.

Each document needs to be reviewed in person.

Wei Qian went over with the roster: "Niangniang, there are a lot of people in the draft this time, and the concubine deliberately ordered another person." As he spoke, he pointed out Xue Baochai's name.

Wei Qian adhered to the spirit of saying nothing to others, and said to the Queen Mother: "This woman offended the five princes in her family, so she was secretly cut off the quota. Later, her family asked for a concubine. Received 8,000 taels of silver from their family, is it considered to be a disaster for people? As he spoke, he asked Hongchun to hand over the money.

Empress Dowager Chen didn't do much about this kind of betrayal of favors back then, but Wei Qian was willing to say it generously, and this attitude was naturally different. Empress Dowager Chen was quite satisfied, and said with a smile: "Since I am asking you for help, you can take it." After taking over the roster, the Queen Mother thought about what Wei Qian said: "The fifth child has that temper, relying on His Majesty's favor, and he loves ......" This Majesty refers to the Emperor.

Empress Dowager Chen swallowed back halfway through her words, pointing to the name of "Xue Baochai": "This person is ......"

"The daughter of an imperial merchant. Now he has lost his father and lives with his mother and brother. If you are given a position as a female official in the palace this time, the threshold for marriage in the future can be raised. ”

The Queen Mother understood and didn't ask any more. Command the people to take the list and call the people to the palace by name.

"It takes three days to observe the draft and enter the palace, and the palace will not show up for the time being, and you will handle it."

"Yes." Wei Qian should go down and go to the Cui Hall with the female eunuch next to the Queen Mother.

The green hall, the place where the show girls rested. Empress Dowager Chen had earlier ordered someone to expand and repair it, which was enough to accommodate these show girls.

Wei Qian said a few words in the past, and let everyone walk into the secret room next to him for a palace inspection.

"If it wasn't for Situ Yun settling down properly, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to escape this step."

Thinking of those palace ladies doing their hands on these show girls, Wei Qian felt a little more pity. instructed Xiangling: "You go in and watch, don't let those palace ladies do too much." ”

Xiangling trotted in all the way, only to see a few palace ladies rudely putting their hands on the show girls. This is the only chance for these palace people of their status to be able to show their majesty against the show girl.

"Niangniang said, let you pay attention. Inspecting the body of the show girl is not the place for you to be majestic! The girl's crisp voice sounded, and the faces of the palace ladies changed, and they didn't dare to worry about the celebrities around the queen mother, so they lightened their hands.

The show girls cast a look of gratitude, Xiangling smiled, stood at the door and waited for everyone to complete the palace inspection, and sent the qualified people to the next place. Those who were not selected were returned to the palace by carriage.

The palace inspection is divided into two categories: body and art, after the body inspection, the next step is a rough investigation of the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and female red miscellaneous servants. Because they are all young ladies of everyone, Wei Qian knows that they can't do heavy work, so she lets them choose one by one, and after the display, the qualified ones will go down.

At the beginning, there was a show girl who couldn't stop shaking her hands when she played the piano because she was nervous, and Wei Qian smiled when she saw it: "That's it, you go down first, you can prepare other skills, this palace is not in a hurry." ”

Sitting on the high platform, Wei Qian slowly screened, and after everyone finished displaying, eighty people were selected. And the rest of the unsuccessful ones were given another chance, and twenty more people were chosen.

These 100 people are preliminarily qualified for the draft, which is also the purpose of these ladies to enter the palace.

At this point, they are considered women with royal recognition. Even if you are brushed down again in the future, you can marry a good family. Many show girls enter the palace not to make concubines and concubines female officials, but to recognize this step.

sent the undrafted girl out, and Wei Qian left the 100 people to eat.

In the afternoon, Wei Qian sent someone to send three types of ornaments: jade hairpins, palace flowers and brocades.

"I believe you have heard about the rules before you came." Wei Qian said: "You should also know the meaning of these three things. ”

"This palace states again, the career in the palace is far from being as easy as you say. Whether it is bitter or happy, you can only taste it yourself. Some concubines have never seen the emperor in the harem for a lifetime. And some palace concubines can often linger on the emperor's side. The joy and sorrow are measurable. ”

"The system of female officials flourished in the Zhou Dynasty, and the Queen Mother was holy and re-established the system of the court. But anyone who is a female official can get married by the queen mother when she leaves the palace three years later. "This is to enhance the influence of the royal family, the queen mother's marriage, in addition to being a gift to these female officials, can also strengthen the control of the powerful, so that the henchmen and female officials can win people's hearts when they marry in the past.

"However, in the past three years, the female official has guarded the palace sand, and there must be no loss of virginity!" Wei Qian's face was fierce: "As a female official, you can't confuse the dragon master, you need to be disciplined and chaste, and abide by the law." If there is a disobedient person, the Queen Mother has a will, and she will be killed directly! ”

If you want to win the emperor's favor and go directly to the path of the palace concubine, you are absolutely not allowed to start with a female official. This is the rule set by the Empress Dowager Chen to ensure the system of female officials in the court.

She and Wei Qian would never allow anyone to sabotage their efforts.

"Of course, it's affectionate, it's polite. If you enter the palace after three years, the palace and the queen mother will naturally not be able to control it. ”

This can be regarded as leaving Situ Yun a little face. Knowing her son Mo Ruomu, Empress Dowager Chen knows Situ Yun's character and knows that he is lustful, I am afraid that she will attack the beautiful female officials in the past three years. So he left him with a way back early. As long as the virginity of the female officials is not touched within three years, they will be sent out of the palace first, and then they will enter the palace again.

In this way, everyone's faces look good, but if the female official is chaste in the past three years, the Empress Dowager Chen will be directly beaten to death.

Zhu Xiunu was frightened by Wei Qian's fierce face, and her little faces turned pale.

"However, although the female official has this kind of constraint, if you are just waiting for a birth after leaving the palace, then for the sake of your future husband's family, this point needs to be observed. I believe that no family will like a daughter-in-law. ”

Wei Qian paused and continued: "Of course, you noble ladies who enter the palace as officials are naturally different from ordinary palace maids. Most of them are concubines or princesses, who are responsible for helping to take care of the literature, or helping to study ink and write. ”

To put it bluntly, it's the secretary. Anyway, the palace doesn't expect these women to do heavy work, and being able to envelop their family is the key.

"When a female official marries after leaving the palace, the treatment varies according to different grades. If a female official marries in the position of female prime minister, not only does the palace add a generous gift, but also has the qualification to enter the palace to congratulate every year. can even be listed in the court women's book, as a model for future generations. ”

The system of female officials in the court is the germ of the rise of women's consciousness. After the operation is done, the reading requirements for women will naturally come up. And the official position comes from his own hard work, so he can't look down on the orders brought by his husband. Gradually become self-reliant and self-reliant, this is what Wei Qian is trying to do.

Wei Qian did her best to plant a seed in the fertile land of Shenzhou.

Rooting, germinating, watering, fertilizing, growing step by step, and finally reaching equal social status for men and women. Of course, this will require the efforts of generations, and all Wei Qian can do now is to set the system in place to ensure that it can operate safely.

"I don't know what your family says, but your life can only be chosen by you. This step will affect your fate for the next three years of your life and beyond. ”

"Mother." When the female eunuch beside Empress Dowager Chen saw Wei Qian say this, she carefully reminded her. This kind of statement seems a little too explicit.

Wei Qian stopped saying a word and ordered everyone to start choosing.

The jade hairpin means that you intend to enter the palace as a concubine, so the requirements for the next inspection are higher. The choice of Gonghua is as a female official, and it is not surprising that most of them can be selected. And the trick means to leave the palace independently and marry freely. But after the palace inspection, it can be said that she has the qualifications of concubines and female officials, and she is the best group of women in the entire dynasty.

Xue Baochai looked at the three ornaments in front of him.

"Forget it. If you want to get out of the palace, although someone will come to the door to propose, the old lady will definitely not look down on it. ”

Xue Baochai has a high vision, although Jia Baoyu has various defects, but if even Jia Baoyu is not as good, Xue Baochai is even less likely.

According to the background of a businessman, it is difficult for a powerful person to propose to her.

"Then fight for your own future." This is what Xue Baochai has thought about a long time ago. But to enter the palace as a concubine or as a female official?

"As Sister Ning said, I only saw the newcomer laughing, but I didn't see the old crying. The water in the harem is too deep for me. And whether you can pass the guò concubine election is still to be said. ”

"Rather than being disliked by the people of Jiafu when the time comes, it is better to choose a female official from the beginning." Xue Baochai calculated in his heart that in the past three years, he could slowly observe Situ Yun as a person. If you feel that it is suitable and entering the palace is better than Jia Baoyu's wife's situation, then you can try to enter the palace again after three years.

And if you feel that it is not good to be a concubine, you can continue to find Baoyu after three years out of the palace.

"I just don't know if Baoyu can wait for me for three years." Xue Baochai was worried in her heart, she did have some affection for Jia Baoyu. But he was worried and confused about the future of the two, and even felt a little sorry for himself, so he had to work hard to fight for a future.

"Wait, it's a draft every three years, and I'm afraid Daiyu will have to come in next time. When the time comes, let her stay in the palace for three years, even if she accumulates affection in the past three years, I can catch up when I turn back. So, Xue Baochai chose to wear the palace flower.

Xue Baochai's plan is also the thoughts of most people, except for some people who just pass the palace examination, most people choose female officials. The remaining twenty-five people chose to enter the palace concubine, and this part is what Empress Dowager Chen and others are most concerned about.

After all, for the concubines. Female officials are only gilded guests in the palace, and only these concubines are the great enemies of the future!

Wei Qian instructed to write it down left and right, and sent everyone who chose the tips out of the palace first: "Gain and lose, only taste yourself." Isn't it wise to wait for such a choice now? Wei Qian ordered someone to send a small purse of golden melon seeds to each person: "This palace and the queen mother wish you all to find a good person as soon as possible." ”

"Thank you, mother." These show girls hurriedly saluted and gratefully accepted the golden melon seeds and went home from the palace.

After leaving the palace, a show girl sighed: "Before I came, I heard that Concubine Ning's demeanor was graceful, which was everyone's style, and now it is really extraordinary." "At least they don't have the demeanor of this mother.

"Isn't it?" Another show girl weighed the golden melon seeds in her hand, although it was not a generous gift for them, but it seemed that they did not have this in the previous draft.

"Add the name of the Queen Mother, who can say no?"

"I heard that the female official system of the court is that Concubine Ning suggested that the Empress Dowager be re-established, and now it seems that there is indeed a bit of a doorway. It's a pity that my family made a marriage contract early, and I will get married next year. Otherwise, I also want to do this female official road. Several show girls were communicating, talking about their future husbands, and the topic became farther and farther away.

Wei Qian didn't know that those people outside the palace were talking about this. She divided the remaining two groups of people into two places: "Those who choose palace flowers live in the Zhucui Palace, and those who choose jade hairpins live in the Zhujing Palace." "After settling down, take the roster and report to the Empress Dowager Chen.