After 200 years of Chaoyuan Kingdom to Emperor Jing, the concubine system has been gradually improved, and now under the overall planning of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households, there is a complete screening system to balance the level of concubines - a special queen, a central palace, two imperial concubines, four imperial concubines, eight concubines, nobles, always there, and promised...... There is no fixed number, and they live in the east and west 12 houses.

The east palace has Jingren Palace, Chengqian Palace, Zhongcui Palace, Yanxi Palace, Yonghe Palace, Jingyang Palace, and the West Palace has Yongshou Palace, Yikun Palace, Qixiang Palace, Changchun Palace, Xianfu Palace, Chuxiu Palace.

However, this base standard is to select show girls from the people, official families, nobles, royal families, etc., and at this time, they will deal with the clan princesses who go to the Jiuzhou countries to marry.

Among them, there are powerful countries equal to Chaoyuan Kingdom, and there are also countries that are slightly inferior, but even if they are just a princess of a small country, when it comes to diplomacy, they are not like ordinary show girls who can be in charge of the whole process, so the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household discussed and couldn't make up their minds, so they went into the palace and pouted, asking Emperor Jing for advice.

The dialogue between entering the palace and seeking advice is briefly as follows:

Ministry of Rites: Your Majesty, do you plan to choose a concubine according to the old rules of the ancestral rites, or do you plan to list a new concubine?

Emperor Jing: Do you think the old rules of the ancestral rites can be used on the princesses of various countries?

Ministry of Rites: ......

Damn, I forgot about this stubble, it must be impossible! Just stripping naked and letting the palace grandmother check her body is unacceptable to the proud and noble princesses of all countries, let alone other more mean ways to lose.

The Ministry of Rites was temporarily killed, and the Ministry of Household Construction made some preparations and took it.

Hubu: Does His Majesty plan to set up concubines according to the old practice, or do you plan to temporarily retain important concubines and select only a few top concubines?

Emperor Jing: How many? Do you think the widow is the kind of person who is stupid and lewd, or do you think the widow is the kind of person who will take everything into the harem? There is only one concubine, and that is ...... Empress.

Household: ......

it! Your Majesty's decision is a bit too cruel! There are more than seventy princesses, and you are stunned to leave one left, and a few more brothers-in-law make you so unhappy?!

However, since the head boss gave the order, and he is still a master who says the same, they can only carry all this silently with the attitude of going to death.

However, since the old customs of the ancestral rites cannot be followed, but now the new regulations are very urgent, he can only put this issue back on the table, and the boss who chooses his wife will decide it himself.

Household Department & Rite Department: "What kind of conditions does Your Majesty plan to choose...... Empress? ”

He was about to have a heart attack. Okay, choose the queen, let's choose the queen, let's not choose the concubine, although I have never heard that the draft girl can directly become the mother of a country, but after all, they are not really the draft girl, so it's a little weird.

However, if this news is released, it is estimated that all the countries outside will go crazy.

——Crazy snatching the unique golden plastic noble phoenix seat on the side of Emperor Jing of Chaoyuan Kingdom.

Even if a clear figure appeared in Emperor Jing's mind, he described it according to his appearance: "This emperor doesn't like the daughter of the irritable, the daughter of the hippie smile, the daughter who is as high as the shoulders of the emperor, and the daughter of the of the emperor......"

The corners of Hubu's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he risked death to interrupt: cough cough, Your Majesty, you, do you still want to talk about the conditions you like......

This is not difficult, Emperor Jing seems to have a draft in his belly and all of them all: "This emperor likes the daughter who can embrace him without a trace of a gap, and he also likes the daughter who has a cold personality, the daughter who is as resolute as a stone, the daughter who likes to be calm and calm like a mountain, the daughter who likes long hair and black bright silk, the daughter who likes to wear black, the daughter who likes the poisonous tongue and is not afraid of pain, the daughter who likes to be stupid, the daughter who likes to be fat first and then thin, and likes ......"

The head of the household and the ritual department froze: the first conditions are slightly normal, but the latter conditions are ...... Nima! Do you feel that your majesty's favorite daughter is so ...... Blame?

After coming back to his senses a little, he felt as if something was wrong, just because the following conditions were so detailed, it was as if he meant something, could it be ...... "Your Majesty, isn't there a candidate in your heart?" ”

"Your Majesty, don't you already have someone you love?"

The two "Mo Fei" were put forward by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households, but in fact, they all mean the same thing - Your Majesty, you are full of spring and ready to use the public for personal gain!

Emperor Jing's expression was very calm, but if you look closely, you will find that he is a little stunned.

He quietly looked at the household department and the ritual department below, and saw that the two of them were stiff and sweaty, and he saw that the two of them had written all the wrong things and foolish things they had done in their lives and were ready to kneel and beg for mercy, and when they wanted to kiss themselves and apologize for their sins in order to get rid of them, Emperor Jing glanced at them coldly and arrogantly, and said in a very disdainful tone: "Ridiculous!" Why would this emperor be willing to degenerate and take the initiative to like others, but only liking! ”

Fall, I'm about to pee, dare you have been thinking about this just now!

…… Your Majesty, do you dare to look at us in the eyes and say this sentence again?

Your Majesty, you can readily admit it, no matter how cold your expression is, you can't hide your rippling heart!

can survive under Emperor Jing's obscenity for many years based on submission, even if the household department and the ritual department are suspicious, they dare not question it, at most they secretly spit out in their hearts.

After the household department and the ritual department helped each other out of the palace, Fang Chang took a long breath and touched the sweat on his forehead - finally retreated.

The two people who returned to the house lit the lamp and candle at night, repondered the requirements made by His Majesty today, and then wrote them down, and then summarized the standards set by His Majesty.

But when they re-read the "happy" and "disliked" of Emperor Jing listed on the black and white paper, it was simply "I took it".

They twitched the corners of their mouths with black lines on their heads, if they were to be selected according to His Majesty's requirements, what kind of strange monster would the selected person be, they really didn't expect a good fight at all!

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Late July

The sky is clear, there is no cloud in the sky, the sun will scorch the ground, because the weather is unusually hot, once people walk out of the room, a wave of heat comes, only to feel the whole body with a layer of fire oil as if burning, making people feel suffocated.

In the past, no matter how hot the weather was, there would be some summer rain sprinkled on the head every three or five days, cool and shady, but now the weather is not forgiving at all, the previous countries did not understand, only when the weather was abnormal, and now Emperor Jing suddenly understood - this is the drought is approaching, the envoys of the countries scratched their heads for a night to consider, and finally carefully worded a letter of requirements, eight hundred miles to speed up the return of China, reminding them to do a good job of enemy attack prevention and natural disaster response measures as soon as possible.

Even if they return to China immediately, they won't be able to help much with the rest of the matter, so now none of them has chosen to quit, but they are even more determined to win Emperor Jingdi!

After three days of recuperation in the countries after the trial meeting, the palace sent a staff member to pick up the princesses of the countries for the next round of selection.

Naturally, Yu Ziying also came to pick up, she had changed into a hundred butterflies wearing a flower dark purple arrow sleeve robe, kicked a pair of boots, a bright and soft long hair curled up with a purple jade crown, thin makeup, her face was very bright, Dai Cui eyebrows flying, her eyes were unbiased, but she was awe-inspiring.

Mu Lige saw that she was wearing this heroic outfit, and said with a slight headache: "Xiaofeng, how can you change into this outfit, you are going to choose a concubine, not to go on a parade and hunting, can't you wear a charming and soft outfit?" ”

"Believe me, I have a hunch that my body today will be the most suitable." Yu Ziying straightened her forehead, asked the maid to tie her belt, checked it in front of the bronze mirror, and then turned around.

Mu Lige smiled, stepped forward and knocked her forehead, and then said seriously: "You can rest down, you can't do anything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so if you compete with the princesses of all countries today, you don't want to win, just use your brain to use some unexpected moves to attract Emperor Jing's attention." ”

- Is it really stupid to belittle the sister who is in the same vein as you so much? Your father and mother have inherited all the best genes to you, so you don't want to leave a residual IQ to your sister?

"Don't worry, Emperor Jing is so keen on slaughtering cities and killing people, he shouldn't like to watch Wendou." Yu Ziying said firmly.

“……”

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The princesses of the in-laws of the various countries were brought to the shore of Taihu Lake in the imperial garden and retired, leaving the charming daughters standing under the table in confusion.

A platform half a meter high above the ground was built on the shore of Taihu Lake, and the corners of the platform were tied with red ribbons, and the ribbons were flying and swaying in the hot wind.

The natural scenery of Taihu Lake is beautiful and beautiful, the kites fly and the fish leap on the lake, thousands of acres of lotus and lotus are stacked and green, the flowers are like brocade, the water color is clear and blue, the embankment willow sandwiches the bank, there are pavilions and pavilions dotted in the meantime, the eaves and palaces reflect in the lake, the pavilions and pavilions along the lake, the promenade of the water pavilion is uneven, forming a natural splash of ink painting, which makes people nostalgic and nostalgic.

All the women were stunned by the beautiful scenery in front of them, and one of them had a flash of inspiration, thinking that this time and the last time there were generally people in the dark assessment, so they pretended to enjoy the beautiful scenery and issued a smile and praise, but soon there were other people model, so the original quatrains rose one after another, which shows that all the women are brilliant and full of ink.

Of course, the average literary style will not be willing to lag behind two sentences, and only Yu Ziying on the scene never said a word.

The general took them to the shore of Taihu Lake, but she found that the envoys of various countries were placed in pavilions on both sides of Taihu Lake, this time they were still far away, and even separated by a lotus pond Taihu Lake, what was their intention?

Yu Ziying had good eyes, and when she looked around the lakeside, she found the location of Emperor Jing and the officials, who were not in the high-rise pavilion, but at the other end of the lake across the lake.

"Hey, look at the other side, is that His Majesty Emperor Jing?" There was a woman with sharp eyes, and she asked in surprise with her eyes raised.

"I don't look carefully, it's too far away, but there are people on the other side, why do you think they left us here?" The other asked strangely.

At this time, a group of people came from the path, and the most rearly stepped up to the high platform, but it was the Ministry of Rites Shangshu, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu looked young, about twenty years old, with upright facial features and a stern expression, and there was a stereotypical majesty, he first saluted the princesses, and asked: "I don't know if all the princesses understand water?" ”

"Huh?" The purple and red underneath let out a question.

"Do you princesses know how to do light work?" The Ministry of Rites Shangshu asked again.

"Huh?" The women suddenly had a bad feeling.

"If neither of these works, you can also find another way, now that Your Majesty is on the shore, and the princesses are at this end, you need to rely on your own ability to go to the other end of Your Majesty." The Ministry of Rites Shangshu stood on the high platform and said calmly.

After listening to the next uproar, there was an uproar, such as "this is not fair at all", "we don't want to go into the water", "why should we arrange such an unreasonable thing" and so on.

"Of course, if it is difficult, you can abstain." The Ministry of Rites Shangshu turned a deaf ear to the noisy disturbance below, and only added a sentence very casually.

As soon as these words fell, the noise of discussion disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"By the way, in addition, there is a time limit for this, limited to a pillar of incense, I hope you princesses will work hard, if the incense has not yet reached the other side, it will be equivalent to elimination." The Ministry of Rites Shangshu took an incense burner from his subordinates, with a finger-thick purple incense inserted on it, the incense had just been lit, and a faint smoke was rising.

"It's already time to count, princesses, please work hard." It was rare for the Ministry of Rites to squeeze out a little smile on them, but this smile was too deliberate and ill-intentioned, and the women only felt a chill hit when they saw it.

What is this?! The princesses were dumbfounded.

Is this a concubine or a sports competition! They are such delicate women, how can they bear to rub like this?!

But no matter how dissatisfied and suspicious she was, she could only choose to compromise, since the rules that Chaoyuan had already formulated, they could only abide by it, otherwise there was only one way to abstain.

So, the women could only grit their teeth, "Plop!" Thump! The sound of diving sounded one after another, and many princesses jumped directly into the lake, and they also knew that it was easier to take off their outer robes after taking off their outer robes, but when they thought of taking off their clothes, they could only appear in front of Emperor Jing in disheveled clothes after a while, so they couldn't make up their minds, they would rather be willing to scrape for the sake of beauty, rather than lose face in front of Emperor Jing.

There are also a few princesses who know martial arts, they don't need to fall into the water to destroy the beautiful makeup and gorgeous and graceful clothes, and directly fly the lotus leaves to make them cross the lake.

Of course, there are still some princesses on the shore who are anxiously spinning in place like trapped beasts, and they obviously don't know how to swim and have no martial arts.