Qu Ziru said boldly: "The minister thinks that he should be sealed first, and then set up a concubine, and always come first and then come, if the emperor first seals the concubine tomorrow, and then seals it after three years, at that time, if the concubine gives birth to the dragon first, and has the support of a foreign family, its power is arrogant, and how can the queen who has just entered the palace be in charge of the six palaces in the future, and how can she stand up in front of the concubine." ”

Jun Mowen gently put down the brush, "Master Qu is reasonable, I naturally understand this truth, but this is my family matter, and I have my own decision." Needless to say, Mr. Qu. Let's go down! ”

Qu Ziru had no choice but to shake his head and sigh, bow his head and retire. Jun Mowen looked at his distant figure and smiled, what a nerd.

Zhang Shaoqing smiled, "Brother Jun has already had an idea in his heart and thought about how to arrange some women tomorrow!" ”

"Those who know me, Shaoqing. Those old things all want to stuff their daughters into the palace for family rights. How could I possibly let them succeed? Shaoqing, you will send more people tomorrow to check the women in the roster for me. ”

"Obey."

"Go down and rest, I'm done with this, and I'll have to get some sleep. I'm exhausted. Jun Mowen stretched his waist, threw the music in his hand, and fell asleep, only a moment later, he snored loudly.

The great eunuch Qian Yi saw that he was already asleep, and hurriedly withdrew from the outside room to wait. Early in the morning of the second day, Jun Mowen came to the main hall after washing up and saw the civil and military officials or whispering, or patting the sycophants of the ministers who brought women into the palace. Qian Yi said that the emperor arrived. The officials hurriedly knelt on the ground to greet them, shouting long live.

Jun Mo asked, and the dragon swept his eyes, and the dragon sleeve waved and said goodbye. The officials thanked him after getting up. Jun Mo asked with a smile and asked, "Have you ever brought your beloved daughter?" ”

Most of the officials replied in unison, "They are all waiting outside the palace for the emperor to summon them." ”

Jun Mowen smiled slightly, "All of them are brought into the harem, as long as they can pass the assessment, all of them will be crowned concubines in five days." Are you satisfied with my arrangement? ”

When the officials heard that all the concubines would be crowned as long as they passed the assessment, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, thinking that the assessment items were nothing more than the same as usual, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry, song and dance, and so on. All of them are full of confidence in their daughters. So they replied in unison, "The ministers have no opinion, everything is subject to the emperor's arrangement." ”

Jun Mowen waved his hand, and the eunuch had already brought into the palace a group of young ladies who were whispering outside.

Jun Mo asked after the draft was handled, and then opened again, "What else is going on in the Qing family?" ”

As a result, some officials handed over excerpts, which were concerned with the people's livelihood and spring ploughing, the recruitment of new recruits by the Ministry of War, and the promotion and transfer of officials.

Jun Mowen looked through it a few times, and gave instructions on the spot to close the people's livelihood, and ordered the household department to handle it as soon as possible, and the other relevant officials were promoted and transferred before they were discussed. After the processing was completed, he ordered to retreat from the court. Back in the inner palace, Qian Yi cautiously came over to ask for instructions on how to arrange those women to be selected.

Jun Mowen smiled slightly, "Let them stand outside the hall for two hours, and wait for me to wake up." ”

Qian Yi was stunned, "Your Majesty, the slave didn't hear it wrong!" Standing in the cold wind for two hours on such a cold day, I am afraid that many women are frozen and sick. ”

Jun Mo asked, "Since you want to be prosperous and rich, then pay a little price for me, and if you don't want to wait for two hours, then send them home immediately." ”

"Yes, the slave will go down immediately to spread the emperor's words." Qian Yi finally understood the emperor's thoughts, and secretly sweated for those women, when you meet such an emperor, you can ask for more blessings! This is just a dismount, and I don't know what new tricks the emperor will come up with in the future assessment! Qian Yi hurriedly went out to give the emperor's words.

The women outside the hall were shocked, and some women stood for a moment in order to show their slender posture and thin clothes, and they were already shivering from the cold. For the glory of the family and their own wealth, everyone is unwilling to quit, gritting their teeth and persevering in the cold wind. Only half an hour later, the thinly dressed women froze to the ground.

Qian Yi ordered them to be placed in a palace and instructed the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat them. After two hours, he had already gone most of the way while standing outside the temple. Qian Yi instructed to lead the women who were still insisting to another palace to rest. Tell them to rest and prepare for tomorrow's assessment. After speaking, he turned around and went back to report the situation of the remaining women to Jun Mo.

Jun Mo asked me when I heard that most of the time I went, but he didn't speak, but nodded, is it good? That's how I went for the most part. The tube is self-opening, and the fold bows its head to instruct. Qian Yi didn't dare to disturb, and served by grinding ink on the side.

After the second day of dispersal, Jun Mo asked to deal with the government affairs, and after lunch, he sat outside the hall and looked at every woman standing below, and saw that they were all trembling and did not dare to squeak.

Jun Mo asked a bright smile, "Today's test is the piano skills, everyone plays a song together, who can hold on to two hours to stay, if you can't hold on, you will be eliminated, today is not how the piano skills are, but whose mind is more tenacious, if someone doesn't want to compete, you can also raise your hand and take the initiative to quit early." ”

As soon as Jun Mo's voice fell, the woman below was in an uproar, and she kept playing in the cold wind for two hours, the emperor was obviously deliberately making things difficult, but when he secretly saw the emperor's appearance, no one raised his hand to withdraw.

Jun Mo asked and glanced at it, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, very good, no one is willing to quit, see how long you can hold on. So with a wave of his hand, the little eunuch was in a hurry, and set a table and a piano in front of each woman, but no chairs were placed.

When the daughters looked at it, they were all dumbfounded, how to play the piano without a chair, standing too high, hunched over and unable to play, sitting on the ground and too low, out of reach, it seemed that they could only play on their knees.

Qian Yi raised his sharp voice, "Ladies and gentlemen, please get ready, start counting down tens of seconds." With Qian Yi's countdown to the end of the tens of seconds. The woman kneeling on the ground plucked her jade hand, and the melodious sound of the piano sounded one after another, the heart of the piano is an ordinary practice piano song, as long as you practice the piano, you will play a song of the piano heart, so you are familiar with it. At the beginning, the tune was quite neat, but after half an hour, the piano sound was messy, and the tune was different. The other eunuchs listened to the messy and piercing sound of the harp, and they were simply sinned, and they covered their ears one after another.

Jun Mowen closed his eyes, listening to the messy sound of the piano gradually weakening, and some people couldn't hold on and fell to the ground one after another. Waiting for the end of the two hours, those who were still gritting their teeth and continuing to insist on it had already broken out in a cold sweat and the sound of the piano was messy.

Jun Mowen listened to the sound of the piano in the mess and still played it unhurriedly, and there was not a single syllable played wrongly. Jun Mowen glanced at a woman kneeling at the back, and her eyes flashed with appreciation, yes, she is a woman with a firm will, but unfortunately I already have a beloved.

Jun Mowen patted the dragon robe, got up slowly and said, "Yes, I will continue the assessment tomorrow, I hope you can persist until the end." After speaking, he didn't look at the woman kneeling on the ground below, and brushed his sleeves away.

As soon as the kneeling women saw the emperor leave, they sat down on the ground one after another, rubbing the knees of the bed wood that had experienced pain, and only after a while did they stand up and staggered back, all of them were pale, and they did not have the excitement when they had just entered the palace, and they collapsed on the bed without saying a word. The interest was so great that even the delicacies sent were tasteless.

Jun Mo asked the girls to be drafted outside the hall at noon on the third day, and saw that they were all holding their heads, listless, and there was no idle talk with each other. Jun Mo asked the corners of his lips, hum, very good, after today's assessment, it seems that there is not much left. So he nodded to Qian Yi.

Qian Yi cleared his throat and said sharply: "The emperor has a decree, today's test is guts, who can pass these three hemp ropes and insist on reaching the opposite side, within the time limit of two pillars of incense." ”

All the show girls looked up at the three ropes hanging high above their heads, constantly shaking in the cold wind, and below was the hard bluestone floor.

The show girls trembled and climbed onto the stage, looking at the constantly shaking ropes, no one dared to step forward to try.

One of the bold show girls shouted, "The emperor's move is obviously deliberately making things difficult, this is the selection of concubines, even if it is to pick guards, it is not so strict." ”

"It's good, someone dares to refute it." Jun Mowen opened his slightly closed eyes, glanced at her, and found that she was the woman in green who didn't play the wrong syllable yesterday. couldn't help flashing a hint of appreciation, and his lips hooked, "That's right, I just deliberately made things difficult, my wife was born and died for me, and she was seriously injured several times." And since you want to be my woman, of course you have to pay a little bit for me! I don't want you to give everything to me like her, I just want to see how far you can do for me, I didn't force you to do this, if you don't want to, you can quit automatically, otherwise tomorrow's project will be dancing on the tip of a knife, you think it out for yourself and then make a decision. ”

The show girl standing on the steps looked at the eunuchs in the chamberlain, tied a small knife that flashed with cold light to the stake, and one of the little eunuchs accidentally touched the knife, screamed, and hurriedly retreated with her bloody fingers.

At this moment, all the show girls were frightened, their faces turned pale, they trembled, and they all raised their hands to withdraw. Qian Yi took them down and ordered them to write a letter of guarantee for voluntarily giving up their candidacy for the concubine assessment. Send them out of the palace. There is only the woman who boldly refutes on the price.

Jun Mo asked, "Why don't you write?" ”

The woman in green hesitated for a moment and gritted her teeth, "Since the emperor doesn't want to be a concubine, the courtiers want to ask the emperor for a holy decree." ”

"What a holy decree." Jun Mo asked with interest, and asked with a smile.

"A decree for marriage."

"Is the marriage decree given to you? Who is the husband's family? What's your name? ”

The woman in green knelt on the ground with a thud, "The courtier's original name is Zheng Rong, her current name is Shangguan Yu, her biological father Zheng Bo, her stepfather Shangguan Zheng, and she is currently a lieutenant." ”

"What, you are the granddaughter of Taifu Zheng, didn't you have a marriage contract with Sun Wenjie, the son of Sun Yong, the general of Huben, why did you change your name and surname to participate in the selection of concubines?"