Duan Yulin's wind chill finally healed before the first month, in order to make up for last year's shortcomings, this year's New Year was very lively; On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the queen's Qianqiu Festival was also grand, which was regarded as the emperor's compensation and reward for the phoenix dance.

It was perhaps a few plagues in the past year that shook some of the emperor's insistences; Or maybe it was the atmosphere of family reunion that awakened his desire for family affection. On this occasion of national celebration, Duan Yulin finally lifted the crown prince's house arrest and comforted him.

Although the crown prince's authority has not yet been restored, anyone with a discerning eye can see that it will be sooner or later. * Crying with joy and thanking the emperor. The emperor is still reluctant to give up this excellent eldest son of the emperor!

On the twenty-eighth day of February, the birthday of the twin princes, Duanying Court set up a banquet in Lintoe Palace. The emperor did not attend in person, but a decree of reinstatement was enough to express the father's blessing to his son.

There was jubilation up and down the palace, and this joyful atmosphere also spread to the Thai royal palace. However, a few families are happy and a few are sad.

Feng Wu congratulated on the surface, and began to make various calculations in his heart; Xu Ying hardened her heart and taught Duan Yingping, who was clamoring to leave the palace, a hard lesson, and stepped up her contact with the Chu family while being angry; Those who have the idea of the position of "crown princess" have begun to stir again......

The crown prince was reinstated, and everyone couldn't help but focus their eyes on the glorious King Jin. However, Duan Yingjin's moody and indifferent performance surprised everyone! Such a pampered and unfazed attitude provoked the praise of the Manchu civil and military forces. Only Duan Yingjin himself knew that when he greeted people with a smile, the wine glass in his hand was almost crushed.

In an instant, the spring of the thirteenth year of Shunjing came as scheduled, and the Queen Mother and Queen thought that it was time to put the draft on the agenda.

In the Yongshou Palace, Jiang Dong and Feng Wu sat at both ends of the guest couch, with a few short seats in the middle. Jiang Wei silently looked at the roster of candidates, while Feng Wu leisurely drank Xingong's Biluochun.

"There are really a lot of show girls participating in this year's election! There are no less than a dozen Beijing officials and daughters in this Yong'an City alone, not to mention the selection and delivery of foreign officials. Jiang Fang flipped the roster from beginning to end, and the number of this show girl was hundreds.

"Every year, but this year seems to be a lot special. Auntie, look at these ......" Feng Wu pointed to the names of several women who were no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, and sneered: "They haven't reached the end yet, but the family can't wait to send them to run." ”

"The mourning family has removed these people first, and you will send them to the emperor later." Jiang Wei was also very disgusted by this kind of quick success, and immediately picked up the pen and marked the names of these little girls.

Closing the roster, Feng Wu smiled disdainfully: "These people just want to emulate the likes of chastity and concubines, and use the power of the harem to achieve the goal of soaring." ”

"The older the emperor gets, the more suspicious he becomes. He is afraid of the dictatorship of his relatives, and when he sees such a roster, he can't be angry? Alas! Jiang Liang sighed, I don't know whether to worry about Jiang and Feng, or to grieve for the show girl to be selected.

Feng Wu couldn't wait for Duan Yulin to die, she only hated this thin roster or his life! Feng Wu sorted out her thoughts, and suddenly thought of something, so she asked the Queen Mother: "Auntie, is there still a woman of the right age in the Jiang family?" If so, we should find a way to help her get into the palace! ”

"Let the mourning family think about it......" Jiang Yu pondered for a while, and remembered that there really seemed to be such a personal choice: "The mourning family has a distant relative, and his granddaughter just happened to be married this year. It's just ......" Jiang Nan wanted to speak and stopped.

"Guess what Aunt is worried about? Is the aunt afraid that Uncle Tang will not agree to marry her granddaughter to the emperor with a huge age difference? "The girl is fifteen years old, but Duan Yulin is forty-two years old, enough to be a girl's father!

"It's not that I'm worried about age, but I'm worried that the emperor will have more doubts when he sees the name of the Jiang family's woman. You must know that the Jiang family is not as good as before, and the mourning family really doesn't dare to gamble with the future of the whole clan! "Even if the emperor is over the age of six, there are still a lot of young girls who want to enter the palace. I believe that the Jiang family is no exception, but Jiang Luo still wants to be safe.

Hearing Jiang Nan say this, Feng Wu immediately picked up the roster and went through it again, and sure enough, he saw a mark under a name called "Jiang Ke".

"Jiang Ke...... Could it be that this Jiang Ke is the distant granddaughter of my aunt? "Jiang Fang actually removed her, it's really confused!

Feng Wu reluctantly put away the roster and got up to say goodbye.

Before going to Zhaoyang Palace, Feng Wu first went back to Fengwu Palace. She copied the roster of show girls again, and this time, there was no mark under Jiang Ke's name. Feng Wu smiled with satisfaction, put on the new roster and went straight to the emperor's bedroom.

Duan Yulin was criticizing the folds, but Feng Wu stopped Fang Da's communication and quietly entered the main hall, and he didn't know anything about it.

"It's time for the emperor to rest, don't get tired." Feng Wu took the tea from Fang Da and personally served it to the emperor.

"When did the Queen come? Why don't you report it? I'm so slacking off. Duan Yulin glanced at Fang Da, and he was helpless.

"The concubine saw that His Majesty was concentrating on handling government affairs and did not want to disturb, so she made an argument not to let Fang's father-in-law pass it on. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me. After Feng Wu said a few more compliments, she went straight to the point: "Your Majesty, take a look, is there any agreement?" Feng Wu handed the roster of show girls to the emperor.

"What is this?" Duan Yulin opened it and took a look, it turned out to be this year's draft roster. Three years have passed in a blink of an eye, the situation of the last draft is still vivid, and the new one is about to kick off. Duan Yulin suddenly got bored, he threw the roster back, and said, "This year, I don't want to spend more manpower and financial resources on a large-scale draft." Cancel it. ”

"How can this work? The purpose of the draft to expand the harem is to allow the emperor to spread out more, this is a major event related to the national ancestor, I hope the emperor will think twice! Feng Wu also needs young "flowers" to suck the emperor's "bee" dry!

"I'm getting older, and I can't afford the grace of a beauty! Those young girls should be left to the young talents of the court! Duan Yulin's seemingly joking words are actually half-truths and half-truths. First, he really felt that his physical strength was exhausted, and now the number of people in the harem could fully meet his needs; Second, the tail of his relatives is too big, and he doesn't want the harem to become a hotbed for cultivating the power of his relatives.

"The Queen Mother, her old man, attaches great importance to this draft, the emperor canceled it like this, how can the concubines explain to the Queen Mother?" Feng Wu had to carry the Queen Mother out to put pressure on the emperor.

"That's right, anyway, I should give an explanation to the queen mother. Queen, is there anything you can do? Although Jiang Fang is not his biological mother, he has helped him a lot by being called emperor, and he does not want to bear the name of unfilial piety.

"If the emperor doesn't want a large-scale draft, why don't you choose a few daughters and sisters of meritorious ministers to be brought into the palace? This can not only make the Queen Mother feel at ease, but also save the time-consuming and labor-intensive cumbersome, killing two birds with one stone. Feng Wu reacted quickly and made a very "reasonable" suggestion.

"It's a great idea! Thank you, Queen! Duan Yulin patted the back of Feng Wu's hand gratefully, and then stuffed the roster back into her hand: "I won't read this booklet." Tomorrow I will make a list of heroes, and then you will help me choose a suitable woman from their mansion; How many people...... No more than ten. ”

Feng Wu was shocked, the emperor actually let her see the list of heroes! Isn't this quite acquiescing in her interference in court affairs? Feng Wu didn't know the emperor's intentions, so he refused again and again: "Absolutely not, Your Majesty!" The harem can't interfere in politics, this is a rule left by the ancestors, and the concubines dare not violate it! ”

"Where is this politics? Don't be nervous, Queen, I said you can see, you can see it. I will take full responsibility for the affairs of the show girl, and you must take care of it for me! I believe in the Queen. Duan Yulin pinched the soft edge of Feng Wu, and his tone was sincere and unquestionable.

"The concubine obeys." Feng Wu then stopped refusing. Now that the emperor has handed over the power of selection to her, she can't live up to this opportunity, and she will definitely get Jiang Ke into the palace!

Duan Yulin did what he said, and the next day he really sent someone to send the list to Fengwu Palace, and the efficiency was really high!

Feng Wu carefully read the list and found that there was a mystery hidden in it. These so-called heroes are not of high grade and most of them are foreign officials, and the highest official position is only from the third grade!

What a duan Yulin! Has the prevention of relatives reached this level? Picking these women from low backgrounds naturally does not threaten his regime.

Anyway! Anyway, she doesn't care about the background of the show girl, it's good to be low, at least it's not easy to be very self-confident and cause trouble.

"Miaoqing, come and see who are the women of these ministers' families? Compare the roster of show girls and help the palace list it. Then she picks and chooses.

After two hours of proofreading, Miaoqing finally sorted out a complete list. Feng Wu thought for a moment and selected five women from the list, namely: Xie Shan, the daughter of Meizhou Xuanwei, Chen Luyun, the daughter of Yunlu, Pei Ning, the sister of Guazhou Zuoling, Tao Feiran, the sister of the cabinet scholar, and Gu Yingying, the daughter of Tongzhou Tongzhi. Although these five women are not amazingly talented, they are all plump and bumpy "stunners"!

Feng Wu made a mistake with Jiang Ke's name, her father was only the prefect of Xingzhou, and his merits were average, but he was related to the Queen Mother. I wonder if choosing her will attract the emperor's doubts?

As if seeing Feng Wu's hesitation, Miao Qing simply circled Jiang Ke's name for her: "The slave thinks that the emperor probably won't care." Even if the emperor chooses it himself, I'm afraid he will retain this Miss Jiang, after all, he has to give the queen mother's family a little thin noodles. "Jiang Ke's father's qualifications are mediocre, and even if he is a little ambitious, he can't make a big storm.

"You're right, it's Hongu who is overly worried. Jiang Ke's selection is justified. Feng Wu then relieved herself to mention Jiang Ke's maiden name.

I thought that these six women were enough, and I was about to put away my pen, but I was stopped by Miaoqing again: "Niangniang, slow down!" You're missing the next person. Miao Qing pointed to another name on the list.

"Zhou Muya?" This name Feng Wu felt very familiar, and suddenly remembered that there was only one word difference between him and Zhou Mulin, the nobleman of Dengyu Pavilion.

"She is the sister of Zhou Guiren and the daughter of the prefect of Juzhou. This Zhou Governor's political achievements last year were remarkable, and it would be unfair not to choose his daughter! ”

"But she's only fourteen years old, and she's still a child!" Feng Wu didn't notice Zhou Muya, but she was too young.

"What's that? First take it into the palace to raise it, and then it's not too late to sleep after two years. "Although the Zhou family is anxious for quick success, but there is nothing to blame, who can not love glory and wealth?

"Well, then add this Zhou Muya. Okay, that's all there are seven women. "Since the Zhou family dares to send such a young daughter, are they still afraid that they won't be able to accept it? Tomorrow she will present the proposed list to the Emperor.