For the sake of fairness, everyone changed into a uniform costume, with hair layered on top of the head, and the top end was wide and flat, making it look dignified and generous. The outfit is a green high-waisted, foot-length dress with a drooping belt and a pink drape over her shoulders. Although it is simple and elegant, it is tailor-made and uses good fabrics, especially when walking like a fairy, silk shoes are looming, adding to the woman's charming style.

Everyone dresses the same, the only difference is that you can wear your own jewelry. Of course, most people use jade hairpins, most inlaid with rubies.

Like those girls who were born in official eunuch families, they naturally have all kinds of rare treasures, and they still compete for beauty on weekdays, but today's concubines have chosen to be low-key? In fact, there are scruples.

First of all, as a member of the family, without any title, you can't overdo it, especially if the queen is present today, you must know that the queen's status is unshakable. Which one is full enough to dare to compete for the limelight in front of the queen, and the gold, silver and jewelry are inserted, which is self-defeating, so the more virtuous and virtuous the performance, the more popular it is.

On the other hand, the green dress is plain and elegant, and it is not suitable for graceful and luxurious decorations such as gold beads and emeralds, even if it is jade, it is better to be light-colored.

After the group was ready, they lined up in five rows and walked towards the Yong'an Palace where the queen lived with a smile.

It can be seen that Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty still respects his queen very much, and such a major matter as choosing a concubine is handed over to his daughter-in-law.

Everyone is very apprehensive in their hearts, but the palace maid has explained over and over again before, the appearance on the road is the time to test you, you must not be hippie and smile to each other, which lady of the concubine has seen it, and it is not beneficial.

Therefore, under the leadership of the eunuchs, everyone came to the gate of Yong'an Palace quite politely.

Yong'an Palace is not as grand as imagined, at least compared to other palaces around, it looks slightly old. The palace gate is not large, and it can accommodate ten people at the same time.

This is indeed not small for ordinary people, but this is the residence of the mother of the country, or the daughter-in-law of Yang Guang, who spends a lot of money, in other words, her husband's world, and hers, from this aspect alone, it is really a bit shabby.

Entering the Yong'an Palace, it is renovated, clean, pavilions, birds and flowers, everything seems to be quiet, and it still has nothing to do with luxury.

After that, there is the main hall, and everyone takes a deep breath and enters in order. There are thousands of square meters, carved beams and painted buildings, copper crane oil lamps, although it is not magnificent, but spacious and bright, spotless, if it is changed to an ice rink, it is an old stick.

Which one, back to the main story.

Yuan Ziyan found that Zhou Shanshan still did something about this. First of all, she is in the position of ten and twenty, neither being rigorously selected at the beginning nor neglected at the end due to aesthetic fatigue. This bit of thought has been used since she was re-elected.

And Zhou Shanshan has a pearl hairpin on the top of her head, which is moderately tall, low-key and luxurious, and slightly tilted upwards than usual, which is more attention-grabbing. In addition, compared with other people's jade sapphire rubbers, the pearl hairpin looks much more elegant, and it seems that there is no less thought.

After everyone stood still, there was a palace maid about forty years old walked out, her hair was not messy, she walked without shaking, very majestic, she stood still and bowed to everyone slightly, and said without humility or arrogance: "You have worked hard for days, and today you can see the holy face, and it is worth the hard work." The Emperor and Empress will be here in a moment, so please wait a moment. ”

I heard that the palace maid who served the queen was the queen's personal maid, who had never married in her life, and was the queen's loyal servant, called Xinlian.

said that she was a girl, looking at her appearance and bearing, she was not much worse than a third-grade lady. It's just that why didn't you marry Yang Guang as a concubine in the first place? It should be that the queen doesn't allow it, right?

Be!

Yuan Ziyan was distracted, and everyone else politely replied to the heartfelt lotus, and then stood still, not daring to come out, for fear that something would go wrong at the last moment.

Half an hour has passed, another half an hour has passed, and there is still no shadow of the emperor and queen, it can't be that no one reminded him, right?

Xinlian stood motionless like a wooden man, with no expression on her face that still had charm. Everyone speculated in their hearts that there must be a general election every year, and the emperor and queen don't take it seriously. Hey, in this way, it will be more difficult to compete for favor in the future.

It was another half an hour, because of nervousness, not sleeping well or eating well, the three girls rolled their eyes and fainted on the spot. Immediately, someone carried them out silently.

Poof, and then another girl fell to the ground, vomiting and looking very pale. Again, it was unceremoniously put out, and the filth on the ground was immediately washed away, and then dried with a dry cloth, without a trace. It's just that an extra handful of spices have been added to the incense burner.

Just when everyone reached the limit of physical fitness, finally, with the shouting of the chamberlain: "The emperor and the queen have arrived!" ”

Everyone immediately stood respectfully, and the hall was silent, and they could hear each other's heartbeats, and their emotions were high, sweeping away the fatigue just now.

Yuan Ziyan stood at the back, originally because his eyes were red and swollen, and the longer it was, the more it could subside and not attract attention, who knew that he stood for several hours for no reason. With such a good physique, she felt that her legs and stomach cramped and unbearable, not to mention those delicate young ladies. Now that my eyes are swollen, I knew that I should have stood in the first row, so why wait so long.

Just thinking about it, the historical Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty finally entered the main hall accompanied by his wife Empress Xiao and a large group of palace maids!

Yuan Ziyan was excited, don't think that the female pig's feet that crossed were all bulls in ancient times, and no one thought they were impressed.

After all, it was a face-to-face communication with ancient celebrities, and I don't know what others thought, anyway, Yuan Ziyan was excited.

Because he couldn't raise his head casually, Yuan Ziyan felt itchy in his heart, and he could only listen to the footsteps and feel that the emperor and queen were sitting still on a high place, and no one made too much movement during the period.

"See the emperor, the queen. I wish the Emperor St. Ann and the Empress Jin'an. The girls saluted the emperor and queen in unison.

"Hurry up, hehe, sisters, I've been waiting for a long time." A voice came, sweet and can melt people's hearts, no matter how comfortable it sounds, in modern times, it is the material of the announcer, and it has to be national.

It was the famous Empress Xiao who spoke: "Shicai deliberately notified your sisters in advance." The royal ceremonies are cumbersome, worshipping ancestors, praying for blessings, and naturally there are also city gates to welcome and send off the soldiers of the three armies, as well as to receive foreign envoys and so on. If you don't have a strong physique, it's like a few people fainting on the spot, or vomiting, wouldn't it be a joke? ”

"Follow the Queen's teachings." Everyone said in unison, Yuan Ziyan sweated, it turned out to be a deliberate test of everyone's endurance, there are so many things.

"Then you don't have to be restrained, just keep your head up." Empress Xiao said unusually gently.

Yuan Ziyan was the first to raise his head, almost losing his temper in surprise. Counting that Queen Xiao is one year older than Yang Guang, according to the current words, she is going to run for five, I didn't expect it to be so well maintained, just like twenty-seven or eighteen, with bright eyes and bright teeth, small and exquisite, delicate and ruddy skin, sitting uprightly in the ......

Well, the majestic man next to the queen surprised Yuan Ziyan even more, it must be Emperor Yang Guang of Sui. Wearing a crown on his head, the beaded curtain blocked his face, and he couldn't see clearly, but from the pursed lips, it could be seen that this was a very domineering person.

Yuan Ziyan didn't dare to be sure that behind the bead curtain, there seemed to be a pair of sharp eyes staring at him unscrupulously, which made people's backs chill, could it be that the matter of the handkerchief was reported and goofed? That's death, sin!

The next step is the selection work, the queen first looks at the register, then looks at the person's appearance and demeanor, and then asks some questions at will, such as specialties and hobbies. After all the processes, the queen has a sweet voice, a smile, and a very kind appearance.

It is basically a ratio of one out of ten, and the queen recommends it to Yang Guang, Yang Guang glanced at it casually, and the one who nodded was given the title on the spot, most of them were below the sixth grade, and those who could not be selected stayed in the palace as a palace maid, as for whether they could climb up in the future, it would depend on the opportunity.

Those who were selected did not dare to show joy, and those who were not selected tried their best to hold back their disappointment, and there was no room for any presumptuous in front of the emperor.

When it was Zhou Shanshan's turn, I saw her low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and she gave a courtesy. Because she was the daughter of the Governor of Luoyang, the queen arrived at Yang Guang without asking too much. Yang Guang's eyes swept over Zhou Shanshan two more times, and finally nodded.

Yuan Ziyan knew that Zhou Shanshan was ecstatic in her heart, but this guy was too good at pretending, and he was very well-behaved, and he pretended to be pampered.

What was even more unexpected was that Yang Guang beckoned to Zhou Shanshan, Zhou Shanshan was stunned, and Empress Xiao smiled: "The royal family motioned for you to come forward." ”

Zhou Shanshan couldn't hold back her excitement anymore, her eyes were filled with tears, and she hurriedly stepped forward and took a few steps. I saw Yang Guang take a closer look at her a few times, and then stretched out his hand to her hair.

Everyone didn't know why, but they didn't expect that next, Yang Guang took off Zhou Shanshan's bead hairpin, looked at her twice, and put it on for her again.

Empress Xiao giggled: "Sister Zhou, thank you Emperor yet!" ”

Thank you, thank you, Emperor!

As soon as Zhou Shanshan's legs were weak, she knelt down, kept kowtowing, and fainted happily. Yuan Ziyan sneered, knowing that her plan had succeeded, she deliberately wore the pearl hairpin a little crookedly, which was easy to attract attention.

Hmph, don't be happy so early, what if Yang Guang has obsessive-compulsive disorder, and he can't get used to seeing crooked beads, it is Zhou Shanshan's own amorousness.

"Sister Zhou is well-behaved, good at dressing up, and well-behaved, I feel pitiful, no wonder the emperor favors it." Empress Xiao said to Yang Guang on the side.

Yang Guang just smiled slightly, and then signaled that Zhou Shanshan could go down, and then choose again.