In the eight years of his reign, except for some small frictions between the early days of his accession to the throne and neighboring countries, it can be said that the whole country was peaceful, the wind and rain were smooth, and the people were thriving. This is not easy for a newly established dynasty.

The Han Dynasty was established only more than ten years ago, the former dynasty was called "Huai", and the later lord Feng was still a nine-year-old Huangkou child when he ascended the throne. In the last dynasty where the ministers were in power, it was not uncommon for an emperor with no real power to die unexpectedly, so various forces began to divide and fight in the name of the Qing monarch.

Fortunately, the war did not last long, less than five years, the founding emperor of Dahan, the former Dahuai Anguo Gong, was obscure, overcame the heroes, stood out, and finally quelled the civil strife and won the emperor's crown.

It's a pity that the founding emperor had the destiny to lay down the country but was not blessed to sit and enjoy, ascended the throne for three years and collapsed, at the age of forty-eight, nicknamed "Emperor Kaiyun Kuanyi Emperor Jitian", and the temple name "Gaozu". The 29-year-old crown prince Duan Yulin succeeded to the throne in September of the fourth year of Chengping, and changed his name to "Shunjing" the following year.

Although the previous dynasty was calm, the harem of the Great Han Heavenly Dynasty was turbulent.

There is a magnificent palace in the north direction of the meridian line of the palace garden, and the flat forehead hanging above the main entrance of the palace is engraved with three lacquered gold characters - Fengwu Palace. This is the dormitory of Queen Dahan Fengwu.

On the chaise longue in the inner hall was a woman in palace costume, who looked less than thirty years old, with a graceful face and a graceful temperament, and the carved silk clay gold and silver Ruyi moire satin dress she wore was very gorgeous.

There were two maidservants in blue clothes around her, and one of them said respectfully while offering the prepared snow top Hancui: "Queen Mother, the three-year show girl election is here again, and after a while, our palace will be busy." Moreover, this year, the third lady has also reached the age of participating in the election, and the lord also intends to let the third lady enter the palace. ”

The woman paused and said, "What the master means, why didn't the mother take the third lady into the palace as soon as possible and let her be selected in the palace?" You can also take this opportunity to let the third lady meet the emperor first, if she gets the blue eyes of the saint, she may be crowned in one fell swoop. This not only eliminates the cumbersome process of the draft, but also can be higher than the status of the new show girls, even if there are high lintel or more favored among the show girls, they can't easily overshadow our young lady. ”

Feng Wu raised her eyes and looked at the maid who had just spoken, and said lazily: "Miao Lu, Miao Lu, you have followed the palace into the palace for many years, and you still can't see the current situation in the palace clearly?"

"The slave is stupid, please make it clear." The maid named Miao Green bent her knees slightly and blessed her body.

"Miaoqing, tell me about it." Feng Wu didn't answer Miao Lu's question, but instead asked the woman in Tsing Yi on the other side for her opinion.

"The slave maid thinks that when the draft is used to position the show girl, the emperor is afraid that he will be promoted to Li Zhaoyi's position again." Zhaoyi Li, the only daughter of Li Jian, the minister of the guard, has been favored since she entered the palace.

"Re-promotion? Li Zhaoyi is just Zhaoyi, who was promoted a few months ago, and is going to be promoted so soon? But this Li Zhaoyi has only been in the palace for more than a year! Miaolu was surprised at first, and then puzzled: "But what does this have to do with the general election and the situation in the harem?"

"You, you still haven't grown up after so many years, so let's learn from Miaoqing." Feng Wu shook her head helplessly, and then explained: "Since Li Jingxi entered the palace, can you see that the emperor still loves the other concubines very much? In addition to the first and fifteenth days of each month, the emperor stays in Fengwu Palace as usual, have you ever seen the emperor come to the palace again? Before Li Jingxi entered the palace, Feng Yi was not unfavored, at that time, the emperor always had to go to Ganquan Palace several times a month, but if you look at it now, the emperor only turned over Feng Yi's brand once last month. Looking at the other old men who have already been promoted to the concubine position, they have almost not seen the sky for a few months. Do you think you can change the situation with just a few new people? Do you think Feng Qing can be more favored than Li Jingxi? ”

"Niangniang, even if the third young lady can't do it, there are always other younger and more beautiful women, can the emperor not be moved? Besides, our emperor is not a long-term person. The last sentence was said by Miao Green sticker in the queen's ear. It was a big sin to talk about the monarch behind her back, but this Miao Lu Miaoqing was a confidant who had served Feng Wu since she was a child, so Feng Wu did not blame her.

"It's not that our emperor doesn't have affection, but he doesn't have affection for us. He treats Li Jingxi very differently from us, and the emperor really likes Li Jingxi. Feng Wu sighed.

"The emperor just likes Li Zhaoyi's beauty. The most important thing in the harem is beauty! Miao Green was a little indignant.

"There is no shortage of beauty in the palace, but have you ever seen a more beautiful woman than Li Jingxi? In this harem, as long as there is Li Jingxi, who is outstanding, will the flowers next to her still bloom well? After Feng Wu finished speaking, she got up and paced to the window, picked up the little golden scissors, and cut off the stems of a blooming peony in a flower pot on the windowsill.

"The matter of the third lady ......" Miaolu was a little unsure of the master's plans in this matter.

"With Li Jingxi here, even if you take Feng Qing into the palace one step earlier, you won't be able to get any bargains, and if you let the emperor lose her freshness in advance, it won't be beautiful. You went and sent someone back to your father, saying that this matter is not urgent, and this palace has its own plans. "Feng Wu and the emperor have been married for many years, although they have become queens, but after all, they are getting older. Now that it is close to the age of standing, it is already a flower that has already bloomed in the eyes of the emperor.

No wonder my father wants to send his sixteen-year-old daughter into the palace, I am afraid that my father also knows that in the past year, Feng Wu, the queen, and Feng Yi, the concubine of the noble concubine, have withered away. Now the grace of the daughter of the Feng family in the palace is no longer able to compete with Li Zhaoyi, so now the Feng family is imminent to send the only daughter who has not yet left the cabinet into the palace to consolidate the emperor's favor.

Miao Lu saw that Feng Wu cut the peony, and knew that the master was also unhappy, so she persuaded him: "I don't know which slave who is not long-eyed, dares to send such a bewitching and shapeless flower into Fengwu Palace!" After a while, the slave maid went to the Internal Affairs Office and asked them to pick two pots of dignified peonies to show the mother. ”

But it is said that in this Guanju Palace, Li Jingxi, who was newly promoted to Zhaoyi a few months ago, was turned over by the emperor tonight, and at this time, her two personal maids Liuli and Amber were busy helping Li Jingxi choose jewelry and match dresses.

"Master, the slave thinks this is the best!" Wearing a water-green shirt and combing a double-ring bun, Liuli is Li Jingxi's domestic slave maid, who is intimate with her and her temperament, and her personality is also lively and cheerful, and she is always happy when she speaks. Liuli held a lilac gold silk soft smoke skirt in her hand, the cuffs, waist and hem of the skirt were embroidered with gold thread with gorgeous pattern piping, the collar was a two-color compound silk style, and the end was soft and charming.

"The slave maid also thinks this is very good, and with this pair of gold silk inlaid with purple beads, lotus flowers and tassels on the sideburns, it is even more gorgeous." This pair of gold silk inlaid with purple beads lotus flower sideburns tassels is newly rewarded by the emperor today, if the emperor is fortunate to see the master wearing them tonight, he will be even happier. Amber thought to herself.

"That's right, let Sister Amber comb your hair with a butterfly love flower, there is no more beautiful woman in the world than the master!" Liuli happily served Li Jingxi and put on the skirts one by one. After Liuli took care of her dresses neatly, Li Jingxi opened her mouth: "Okay, Amber is left to comb her hair for the palace, and Liuli, you go to the small kitchen first to watch the dinner prepared for the emperor." ”

"Okay!" Liuli went to the small kitchen in a hurry. Seeing Li Jingxi spread the glass, Amber knew that the master had something to say to her alone, she kept working on her hands, and asked respectfully while combing Li Jingxi's bun: "The master has something to say to the slave?" ”

"It's not an explanation, it's a consultation with you." Li Jingxi picked up a pair of earrings in the dresser and compared them on her ears, and talked about the draft: "This year is the general election, and the palace will be lively in a few days." ”

"When the slave maid went to the Internal Affairs Office yesterday to take the example, I saw a set of concubine dresses, and in a few days, the new little masters are afraid that they will not have this blessing, and the slave and maid are here to congratulate the master." There have long been rumors in the harem that the emperor plans to take advantage of the draft to make Jin Zhaoyi Li Jingxi a concubine, and it wasn't until yesterday that Amber saw the concubine dress with her own eyes that she really believed this rumor.

Although Zhaoyi and the concubine are only one grade apart, their actual status is very different.