Chapter 4 The Concubine Selection Ceremony
This Feng Yanhao was powerless to resist the secret arrangement of the Empress Dowager, and over there, the palace basically thought that the emperor had agreed with the Empress Dowager's decision, so the matter of choosing a concubine in the palace was prepared.
The Empress Dowager stipulated the requirements for the draft girl: first, the show girl must be a healthy woman aged 13-20 in Wu Zhuguo who has no marriage match and no marriage contract; second, among the three clans of the show girl, there must be no one who has been imprisoned, or who has a bad record during the reign of the Feng clan; Third, the appearance of the show girl must be passed layer by layer, and the talent must also pass the investigation of the palace people, and all kinds of talents must be recorded, especially those with kung fu skills.
These conditions are just the most basic, after the show girl is selected, there will be more stringent requirements, and they must be met one by one before they can pass the selection step by step and become a member of the harem. Becoming a member of the harem does not mean that you will be the master of the harem, it depends on the emperor's intentions, if you are lucky, it is not impossible to be promoted to the seal layer by layer, but once you enter the palace gate, you will be lonely for a lifetime, and you will never see what the emperor looks like until you die.
However, that's it, as soon as the conditions come out, it is enough to make Wu Zhuguo's eligible girls ready to move. If you don't believe it, if you go to the silk and satin villages, garment shops, embroidery shops and jewelry shops in Enhai City, there are countless girls who squeeze their heads to buy things for the draft here every day, and the income of any boss in one day is far more than the sales of three or four months on weekdays.
The palace was bustling like this, and the palace was not idle, and the palace people were invited to point around, and for a while they brought flower pots and placed them here, and for a while they swept the ornaments on the shelves more and more carefully...... In short, the days of the palace people were as leisurely as usual, they were tired to death, but the Empress Dowager sitting on the high platform looked at the lively harem, but she was very satisfied.
In the eyes of the officials of the court, this is naturally a good opportunity to get the moon first, who is willing to let it go? This time, those who have daughters are stepping up their cultivation more and more, and some are at home with a full set of rules for the master and mother; If you don't have a daughter, you can find those dignified girls in the folk song workshop to recognize them as daughters, train them and send them to the palace, just for the future, if these girls are angry, they can get the Tao alone, and the chicken dog ascends to heaven.
The ministers are busy, the empress dowager is also busy, the Dong family is now in decline, Dong Wenyuan, as a member of the Dong family and the identity of the empress dowager, should contribute to the revival of the Dong family. No, on the roster of candidates, Dong Yingxue, who was originally hated by Feng Yanhao, is on the list, not only that, but this time she also has a distant cousin by her side, named Dong Qingqing.
This Dong Qingqing said that she was Dong Yingxue's cousin, but she was actually a folk woman, because her family was poor, and when the courtiers were competing to recognize the folk girl and send it to the palace for the draft, she thought about using her beautiful daughter to make a fortune. The person sent by the Empress Dowager saw Dong Qingqing when she was dragged to the market by traffickers, but the moment she went out, when the scene of her stubborn refusal to leave fell into the eyes of this person, she was suddenly chosen.
The day of the draft was soon set, and there was not much time left at this time, Feng Yanhao would run to Jingzhenyuan when he was still idle, or he would stay quietly in the study, and he would not go anywhere else.
As for the day of the draft ceremony, Feng Yanhao didn't remember the day at all, if it wasn't for the Empress Dowager calling someone to invite her early in the morning, Feng Yanhao would probably be in Jingzhen Garden, and the day would have been wasted.
Letting people wash and scrub, dress up, Feng Yanhao looked lacking in interest: "How is the crown princess preparing......" Feng Yanhao suddenly yawned and asked.
When the palace people who were waiting heard the emperor's question, they didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly replied truthfully: "Back to the emperor, the crown princess has always been sleepy, and this time she is still resting in her own bedroom, and she has never come out ......"
"What?" Feng Yanhao immediately frowned when he heard this: "Today is my draft ceremony, and the crown princess actually doesn't participate, how can this be?" Go, ask someone to dress up the princess and send her to the main hall to participate in the draft! ”
The emperor spoke, where did the little palace maid dare to hesitate, and replied in a low voice: "Yes", and then ran to Jingzhenyuan: "Emperor, emperor, call the crown princess...... Dressed up, go, go to the draft ceremony...... "Panting and finally finishing what she was going to say, the little palace maid couldn't wait to sit on the ground all at once, but Feng Yanhao's side hadn't been cleaned up yet, so she had to support her legs with great effort and trot back.
What is Jing Zhen Yuan? Jing Ning said that there is no other place. Jing Ning can't afford it, who dares to urge it? Moreover, since Feng Yanhao broke into Jingning's bedroom and was injured by a sharp weapon, the guards were even more secretive about Jingning's bedroom and were discouraged.
Here, Feng Yanhao was taken to the main hall by the people sent by the Empress Dowager, and the bottom was densely packed with all kinds of women. Did you follow his instructions and obediently come to the draft ceremony?
"Hao'er, today is your draft ceremony, why are you always so depressed? The palace people and the show girls are watching, what's the matter with you all the time? Dong Wenyuan sat aside, and when he saw Feng Yanhao sitting down, he looked absent-minded, and he had to say a few words to him.
Feng Yanhao has been worried about Jing Ning, where do you have the heart to look at the beauties in front of her seriously: "Queen Mother, why do you require that the woman in the draft must be Wu Zhu's woman, aren't you obviously targeting Jing Ning?" ”
Dong Wenyuan heard this, pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "You are young, you always eat your feelings as food, do you know that the draft is not only for choosing the queen concubine for yourself, but also for a very important reason, the power behind them." If you can use the women of the harem to resolve the unhappiness of the previous dynasty handily, it is the best policy, the mourning family has never thought about who to target, the mourning family just wants to help you sit firmly on this dragon chair, so, it can be regarded as your father's father, you can comfort the heart of the mourning family. ”
"If that's the case, you can look at the women of Wu Zhuguo, and only impose those powerful and powerful ones on me? Where can you still use these ceremonies, it is the labor and the loss of money! Feng Yanhao complained unhappily and stood up, this momentum seemed to be leaving.
It just so happened that the new show girl came up in public, and a person named Fang Tian came up sweetly, who looked fresh and lovely, and smiled shallowly, but there were two deep pear vortices, which were very cute.
This Fang Tiantian is also the person arranged by the Queen Mother, seeing that Feng Yanhao is leaving, and the Queen Mother is looking like she wants to speak and stop, she has an idea, smiled lightly and boldly greeted Feng Yanhao, and said: "The weather is sunny today, but the sun is rising in the hall this time, it is very stuffy, the emperor has been sitting here for so long, I'm afraid I also feel panicked, if so, why not move the back garden, so, so that the new sisters and sisters can enjoy the flowers, I don't know what the Queen Mother wants?" ”
When Fang Tiantian said this, Feng Yanhao unconsciously glanced up at her, with a disdainful smile in his eyes: "Hmph, which family are you, you just entered the Forbidden City, you just look like a hostess, where do you put me?" Where to put the Queen Mother? ”
Feng Yanhao became serious, there was a compelling coldness between his eyebrows, if you looked at him, you could easily be shocked by his slightly furrowed eyebrows, so that most people would bow their heads and submit, even if they were unhappy in their hearts.
Fang Tiantian was different, when she met Feng Yanhao's gaze, she did not bow her head shyly like an ordinary woman, but met Feng Yanhao's gaze loudly, and there was a kind of willful pride in her eyes. The moment Feng Yanhao looked at her, he suddenly felt that such a gaze was so familiar, it was...... Who it is, but it can't be said for a while.
However, Fang Tiantian's boldness was very useful here in Feng Yanhao, he took Fang Tiantian's words, and naturally said: "Since Miss Fang has such a beautiful intention, then, why should I be stingy, wouldn't it be a pity to spoil the flowers in this courtyard for the sake of an imperial garden?" ”
Fang Tiantian smiled very naturally, and continued: "What the emperor said is very true, so, Tiantian has thanked the emperor for his grace for her sisters and sisters." Saying that, Fang Tiantian bent down and bowed, but this worship made Feng Yanhao wake up, it turned out that he confused the feelings captured by Fang Tiantian with Jing Ning, so that he would indulge this bold girl like this.
As soon as he understood this, Feng Yanhao suddenly lacked interest again, but the main hall was indeed panicked, and he had already said something like that, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with moving the imperial garden. It's just that with Jing Ning in mind, Feng Yanhao was afraid that Jing Ning would not come, and as soon as he said that he wanted to go to the Imperial Garden, Feng Yanhao hurriedly sent someone to inform Jing Zhenyuan.
But it is said that Jing Ning has always developed a habit of leaving the door of the dormitory at noon, this dormitory is forbidden, that person dares to break in so recklessly? Even if Feng Yanhao commanded, don't forget, the owner of this Jing Zhenyuan, but Jing Ning, even if Feng Yanhao came, there was no exception, so everyone would not dare to disturb Jing Ning, but I was afraid that after the worst, Jing Ning would get angry, and Feng Yanhao would treat them as cannon fodder if he wanted to save face, and he would really die unjustly.
Therefore, this concubine selection ceremony has become a ridiculous joke. Here, the emperor accompanied the beauties to the garden, but the people who the emperor had been waiting for were sleeping.