Chapter 40 The Wei Palace Chooses Concubines
After Wei Si talked with Su Qin, he naturally appreciated his talent even more, so he said to Su Dai that he wanted to leave this Su Qin in Wei to cultivate well, so he sent him to Meng Ke's side, so that he could learn more knowledge, after all, Su Qin was still too young at this time.
On the second day, the grandest selection ceremony of palace maids in Wei in recent years also began, and nearly 10,000 women aged 13 to 17 from all over Wei and surrounding countries participated in this selection meeting.
Because the families of these palace maids who are participating in the election know that there is only one queen and a lady Qin in King Wei's harem, and if their daughter is selected, it is very likely to become the concubine of King Wei, isn't that equivalent to flying directly on the branch to be a phoenix? Who wouldn't want that?
These nearly 10,000 young women from all over the world lined up outside the palace to outside the Daliang City Gate, and the onlookers on both sides even blocked the entire Daliang City a little impassable, and the person who presided over this selection of women was the queen guard Ji.
These young girls are a group of chamberlains led by Zhang Xiao at the side gate of the Wei Palace, first of all, after the first preliminary examination in terms of facial features and figure, the qualified enter the closed wooden house temporarily built on the right side of the palace gate, and change a set of palace clothes under the gaze of several palace maids led by the queen's personal servant rabbit girl and cat woman, for a more detailed inspection, and finally these remaining women will go to the harem to let the queen guard Ji make an important selection, and the rest will be sent to the king of Wei.
Zhang Xiao was at the side door at this time, and he was also looking at these beauties from all over the world who came to participate in the election, and he also knew the type that his master, King Wei, liked best.
First of all, the first woman who came over was a woman with an apricot face and peach cheeks, danfeng eyes, and a big mole under her eyes, Zhang Xiao immediately gestured with his hand:
"Next, next!"
The woman looked at Zhang Xiao with some unconvinced:
"Zhang Neiguan, isn't my Qi Huan good-looking?"
Zhang Xiao replied:
"My king doesn't like a daughter with a mole right now!"
This is called Qi Huan, and the woman had to leave unwillingly.
Then the second woman was a woman with some sharp-beaked monkey gills, big eyes, and a slightly thin figure, Zhang Xiao looked at the woman and said:
"Next, next!"
All of a sudden, the woman went straight to the side and burst into tears, and the woman who was running for election behind her came out and said:
"Zhang Neiguan is my cousin, this time we heard that Wei Hei is going to choose a palace person and a concubine, he came from Yan Country all the way, and my cousin is not bad looking, can't we give him a chance?"
Zhang Xiao replied:
"Girl, I can't do anything about this, we are all happy with the king!"
After speaking, he looked at the woman who had just interceded with him:
"Girl, apricot face and peach cheeks, moth eyebrows and phoenix eyes, body like spring willows, steps like lotus flowers, good ...... Good...... Good! ”
The woman looked at the official Zhang who was staring at her with some puzzlement:
"What do you mean by that?"
Zhang Xiao was very satisfied and said:
"You're qualified, you can go over there to register your name, and you're in!"
The woman replied:
"I don't want to, I don't, I'm not here to run, I'm here to accompany my cousin to run!"
But these attendants naturally ignored the woman's words, and forcibly took her in to register her name and enter the next ring.
Then Zhang Xiao began to pick the other women in the queue behind.
At this time, when Wei Si was dealing with government affairs in the palace, he was also a little concerned about the selection of women outside, so he asked a waiter who had just come in and was named Xiwang:
"How are the palace maids who are running for election today?"
Xiwang replied:
"Qi my king, there are all these women running for election today, but when it comes to the upper echelons of appearance, it should be Han Nu and Wei Nu!"
Wei Si then asked again:
"Can Han Nu and Wei Nu look like Xi Shi?"
Xiwang hesitated:
"It's hard to say, isn't everything based on your preferences? But I just heard that today there is another woman named Lingyu, who is very beautiful and quite simple, and now she has passed the double palace inspection, and she should have gone to the queen! ”
At this time, Wei Si happened to see a volume of documents presented from Hedong that wrote the current actions of the Qin State, so he said to Xiwang:
"Go to the widow and find Dr. Ru'er, the widow has something to discuss with him!"
Xiwang didn't go quickly, but asked Wei Si:
"My king, didn't you send Dr. Ru'er to Korea?"
Wei Si shook his head at Xiwang:
"You, it's still too far from the big nose, don't you know the news that Mr. Ru'er has just returned to Daliang?"
Xiwang was shocked:
"My king, how did you get the news so quickly?"
Wei Si made a gesture:
"You don't have to ask, just call it!"
As soon as Xiwang left, a pigeon flew in from Wei Si's table, and Wei Si tore a roll of sheepskin off the pigeon's leg, and then let the pigeon fly out again.
I only heard Wei Si looking at the broken parchment book while muttering to himself:
"I didn't expect that the information method of the pigeon transmission that I have researched during this period of time is really useful, it seems that even if the widow sits in this palace and does not go out, he will be able to do the affairs of the princes and countries in the future!"
After a while, Ru Er entered the palace and came to Wei Si:
"King Qiqi, why are you in such a hurry?"
Wei Si handed the document he had just finished reading on the table to Ru Er:
"Doctor Ru'er, take a good look!"
After reading the paperwork, Ru Er said to Wei Si:
"According to the information obtained from the Qin State by this Hedong official, the Qin State actually only sent 20,000 soldiers and horses to attack Shu this time, it seems that this Qin State is too contemptuous of the Shu State?"
Wei Si nodded:
"Yes, the widow also thinks that this Qin State is too underestimating the Shu State But the widow also expected that this time the Qin State would definitely be able to annex the Shu State, and it would also be destroyed by the Ba State!"
Ru Er immediately said:
"Then according to your wishes, the king, do you have to let Ru Er go to Pakistan?"
Wei Si smiled:
"Doctor Ru'er, you're right, but Doctor Ru'er, you don't need to be in a hurry, you can rest in Liangdu for a few days and wait for the news that the Qin army has arrived in Shudi, and then it's not too late to go!"
Ru Er asked again:
"Since the king, you want Pakistan to block the Qin army's way back to the division, but I'm afraid you can't do it close to Pakistan, and you don't dare to do it?"
Wei Si pointed to the south:
"Doctor Ru'er, have you forgotten the Chu State?"
Ru Er was stunned for a moment:
"King, don't you want to count on the Chu State to support the Ba State?"
Wei Si nodded:
"Yes, so the widow has already sent Dr. Chen from the Song capital to the Chu State directly, after all, Dr. Chen has a lot of relations with the Chu State, and he will definitely be able to do this!"
If you approve in your heart, but you are a little worried:
"That's good, that's good, but if the Chu army supports Ba this time, won't you worry about Chu occupying Bashu and making it stronger?"
Wei Si replied:
"The king of Chu is now the only one who favors Zheng Sleeve, he is deaf, and he is greedy for small profits, although there are countless virtuous ministers and good generals in the country, but he trusts and rebels, so even if he is allowed to own the world, I am afraid it will be a ruin, so the widow is not worried about the Chu State at all!"
If you ask:
"Then the king, you must be worried about the Qin State, right?"
魏嗣 says:
"Yes, there is also the Qi State, but it is the Qi State that the widow wants to deal with first for the time being, otherwise the widow will not let you go to South Korea before!"
Ru Er nodded knowingly:
"Your Majesty, you are indeed the wisest monarch in all countries today!"
Wei Si responded with some modesty:
"Can't say that, who doesn't know that the King of Qin is the most virtuous monarch today?"
As soon as Ru'er left, a palace maid came to Wei Si with a dozen or so beautiful young women.
Wei Si glanced at these young women, and then asked the palace maid in front of him:
"Is this the lady that the queen chose for the widow?"
The palace maid replied:
"Yes, my lord, these are the best girls that the queen has just chosen for you!"
Wei Si came over and counted the number, there were thirteen people, although they were all in the upper echelons, but none of them could really make themselves fall in love at first sight, so he asked the palace maid again:
"Aren't there any other women?"
The palace maid replied:
"There are several batches, the queen said that she will send them to the king one by one, so that the king can choose them!"
Wei Si nodded:
"Oh...... Then remember to tell the queen that if there is a good-looking Korean girl, remember to bring it over to the widow first, do you know? “
The palace maid replied:
"Yes, my lord, I will definitely remind the queen!"
When leaving, I didn't forget to ask Wei Si:
"King, what should we do with these thirteen palace maids? The queen also specially reminded me to inquire! ”
魏嗣 says:
"Then let's line up according to the female queen and the world's wife, and these thirteen people will be sealed according to the female emperor, right?"
As soon as the thirteen girls heard that King Wei was so cheerful, they directly sealed a few of them, and naturally they were overjoyed, and quickly knelt on the ground to thank them, and went out with the palace maid.
In the afternoon, after the eighty-one women and the twenty-seventh women were full, Catwoman came over to ask Wei Hei again:
"King, do you still want to continue to choose concubines?"
Wei Si asked:
"Isn't that enough?"
Catwoman replied:
"The king, now there are only nine concubines and two ladies left vacant, and there are nearly 3,000 women queuing up outside to be inspected, so the queen asked me to ask the king for your opinion!"
Wei Si hesitated for a moment and said:
"The position of these two ladies, I'm afraid the widow has to be left for the marriage of the allies, the nine concubines, now they are also chosen, let the queen send people over, if they can't choose, if they are good-looking, if they are willing, stay in the palace to be palace people or marry to the children of the clan!"
Catwoman replied:
"Okay, I'll go back and report to the queen!"
When Queen Wei Ji heard Catwoman's return, she couldn't help but sigh and said:
"You kings are really strange, do you choose your own wife, or do you let me, the queen, choose it for you? Actually, all the ones sent before were named the female queen and the world's wife, it seems that these nine concubines still let me help it pick it carefully, otherwise he will have to give this important nine concubines to others at will!
It happened that the queen Wei Ji found that among the fifty young women who had just entered the harem, there was a girl who was walking at the end who seemed to be holding her stomach, so she asked her to be brought over and asked:
"What's your name, what are you doing with your stomach covered?"