On the ninth day of the first month of April, the morning light slowly opened, and the clear and moving light diffused.

The pale blue sky was dry and untouched, glowing red

Spread the entire sky overhead. It was as if the light veil had been lifted with his hands.

Emperor Yongxu has been on the throne for more than four years, because he delayed the draft for the first emperor and the Empress Dowager Zhangde, and now the state affairs and government are no longer what they were when the emperor first ascended the throne, and they are gradually stable.

The queen is virtuous, personally to the queen mother, into the words, intends to hold a draft, select unmarried women with both talent and appearance, and good morality and good work to enter the palace, for the royal branch, Bi Zhang Emperor has been on the throne for more than four years for the first large-scale draft, and there are not many children in the harem.

As soon as this remark came out, all the former dynasties and harems praised the queen, virtuous and generous, and thousands of phoenixes, worthy of being an example for a country.

Therefore, all the women of the official eunuch family of the right age are waiting eagerly, hoping that they can be selected into the palace gate one day, so as to glorify the lintel.

The Ministry of Rites posted a notice in the capital, announcing that those show girls could enter the palace to participate in the show girl election.

The oldest of those show girls was about eighteen years old, and the youngest was only fifteen years old.

So, a group of young faces, in their respective carriages, stopped outside the palace gate of the capital and gathered.

Due to the different family backgrounds, there are all kinds of carriages parked outside the palace gate.

When the show girls arrived, they waited for the order of their parents' official positions.

Early this morning, Nan Xi (the heroine's name) put on a decent phoenix robe and sat in front of the mirror to make up.

After Momiji entered the house, he whispered, "Niangniang, the show girls are all outside the hall." ”

The queen said lightly that she knew, and then took Momiji's hand and walked out.

Maybe in the eyes of those show girls, it is a supreme glory to be able to enter this palace.

"It's another group of women who want to enter the palace with their heads out, they only know the glory and wealth in the palace, but they don't know how many women's youth and lives are buried in this palace. In this palace, it's not easy to get in, but it's too difficult to get out, a group of naïve girls. The queen couldn't help but sigh.

In the end, there is no escape from a dead word.

It doesn't matter if you're framed to death.

It's better to die on your own.

Or die of old age.

From the moment they were selected as show girls, they could only be buried in the royal family until they died.

And Hongye on the side heard this and hurriedly said, "Niangniang, what kind of nonsense is this, there is an official family in this world that does not want to be married to the royal family, so that the glory of the ancestors." ”

Nan Xi smiled lightly, but she didn't say anything.

After layers of screening, a new group of official women stepped into the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty with expectation, nervousness, or calm mood.

The daughter of the prefect of Yangzhou - sixteen years old

The daughter of Yasukuni Hou - seventeen years old

The daughter of the waiter on the left side of the third product - sixteen years old

The daughter of the second rank of the military department Shangshu - sixteen years old

The daughter of the general of Zhenguo - seventeen years old

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The show girls are wearing overalls with aqua blue flowers and butterflies, and the cutting and decoration are decent, but they are very smart. Hearing the eunuchs calling their names, the show girl who was called entered the warm pavilion. Waiting for the royal personal review.

The ladies of the show saluted, knelt down to pay respects, and then got up and stood in a row, bowing their hands and waiting for the Ninety-Five Venerable to decide their fate on the throne.

"Your Majesty, the show girl on the left in lilac clothes looks beautiful. The concubine likes it very much, but I don't know if it's the daughter of that family. The solemn hall resounded with Nanxi's pleasant but majestic voice.

"Back to the queen's mother, that show girl is the daughter of Su Zhifang, the prefect of Yangzhou, and I heard that there seems to be the title of the first beauty in Yangzhou." The eunuch on the side replied with his head bowed.

"Oh! It looks like it's pleasing to the eye, and since the queen likes it, let's stay. Nangong Yi hurriedly glanced at it, and sat on it very carelessly

"Look at what the emperor said, if that's the case, let's stay!" The queen snorted softly.

As soon as the queen's words fell, the eunuch next to her said to the show girl below, "Don't thank you yet." ”

And the show girl at the bottom saluted, and said respectfully, "Thank you for the grace of the emperor and queen", but there was a hint of joy in the corner of her eyes, and she retreated from the warm pavilion.

In the second roll call of the eunuchs, the inner eunuch led another row of people up.

"It's not bad that the girl from Pei Hou's family has arrived, what about the queen?"

"It's not bad, it's worthy of being the daughter of the lord's mansion, and her temperament is good. It's also pleasing to the eye. "It was originally predetermined. The queen said expressionlessly

The emperor showed a hint of a smile at this time, nodded and said, "Since the queen has said so, let's stay." ”

Another victim of politics. In the harem, the most important thing is the woman in this world.

Nan Xi sat on a high seat, with a crown of pearls and hairpins and a brocade robe and a phoenix robe, calmly watching the flower-like girls coming in and out, her eyes were still as calm as ever.

In this way, until dusk, the number of show girls outside the hall gradually decreased.

Finally, the inner supervisor screamed: "The last row of show girls enters the hall to read the selection!" "Wait until the last ten show girls enter the hall.

The emperor didn't even raise his head, just looked down at the booklet in his hand.

Then he waved his hand, seeing that this meant that the last row of show girls were all put off the signs.

Then he got up impatiently and said, "The rest is all up to the queen." He walked out of the hall with his legs raised.

Now that the big bosses who chose people are gone, Nan Xi naturally got up, planning to return to Fengyi Palace with a few random orders, "Okay, let's all disperse." After speaking, he walked out of the warm pavilion, and then took Fengluan back to Fengyi Palace.

On the way back to the palace, Ruixin whispered, "Niangniang, I calculated just now, the emperor's show girls seem to have a very good family background, and there are few people with bad family backgrounds. ”

Nan Xi lazily propped herself on the phoenix, and replied with a smile, "Ruixin, don't think so much all day long, no matter what, when you come to the palace, they don't even have the slightest foundation, how can they threaten the palace?" If the palace does not make mistakes in principle, the emperor and courtiers will not issue an order to abolish the palace. The emperor, the woman in the harem! None of them are good. No matter what, they have to live until the end. ”

On the road behind, Nan Xi didn't speak, just sat on the phoenix chariot and leaned on it, thinking that the harem would be lively in the future.

A moment later, Feng Yuan stopped at Fengyi Palace.

I saw Xiao Songzi hurriedly stepped forward to report, "Niangniang, the prince is here." ”

"Yi'er is here, hurry, go in" I saw Nan Xi hurriedly running to the hall with a skirt in her hand, and a six or seven-year-old boy was sitting on a chair in the hall, wearing a light blue brocade robe. Sitting upright, he was very straightforward, looking at the majesty of the prince.

"See the queen mother, please say hello to the queen mother" The milky tone of the milk voice is also a glance, and people can't help but laugh when they hear it.

"Come, Yi'er hurry up, how can Yi'er be free to come to the queen mother today." Nan Xi pulled the prince and sat on the collapse.

"Queen Mother, the homework left for me by Taichuan today, Yi'er finished it, read the book for a while, and saw that it was still early, so I came over to accompany my mother, and I will go back to review it for a while." And this tone of tone at a glance reveals admiration.

"Na Yi'er don't patronize and study, but also pay attention to her body, if she gets sick, the queen mother will be distressed" Nan Xi heard her son's words, her eyes were full of distress.

"Okay, don't worry, Yi'er will definitely pay attention to her body," Nangong Yi replied helplessly, after hearing this thousands of times.

"Yi'er, this is the answer to me every time, every time it is perfunctory, look at you were sick a few days ago? It's only been two days. Nan Xi said angrily on the side, and then secretly angry on the side.

"Mother-after, I'm really fine, it's just that I caught a cold a few days ago, and after drinking a few pairs of medicines, won't it be all fine?" Nangong Yi seemed to be very unaccustomed to being coquettish on the side.

"That's it, now that Yi'er knows something, I won't say anything, Yi'er just needs to take care of herself, and the queen mother is the queen for other things! You won't worry so much! Nan Xi said helplessly on the side.