On the morning of the first day of April, Tianqi and the queen first went to the old queen mother of the Qianqing Palace and asked the old queen mother to go with them to choose a concubine for King Xin. The old queen mother's surname is Liu, and she was named Concubine Zhao about fifty years ago, and her qualifications are quite old, although she is old, she is healthy and spiritual, her face is kind, and she is old and strong. It is said that a woman was keen to talk about her feelings in person when she was young, and when she was old and had no capital to talk about feelings, she liked to watch young people talk about feelings, and the Empress Dowager Liu was old, but the interest in watching young people match was not reduced at all.

Beijing in April is a good time to be lukewarm, and the weather is good today, and the apocalypse has already ordered Tan Jing to send people to arrange it on the high platform outside the gate of the Qianqing Palace. A few chairs were placed in the middle for the Apocalypse and the Empress Dowager Liu and other concubines to sit on, and after a while, more than 70 ladies would come to salute everyone in turn under the leadership of the eunuchs and the accompanying female officials, and the ones they liked were set.

After Tianqi sat down, he looked left and right, and saw that there were already many people standing outside the gate in the distance, knowing that the candidate lady was already waiting. Seeing that everyone was seated, Tianqi was about to send a message to ask Tan Jing to bring people inside, when suddenly a little eunuch hurriedly ran over, everyone looked at it and saw that it was King Xin, only to see that his eyes were slightly red but his face was calm, and occasionally he kept smiling, and Tianqi smiled and beckoned him to stand beside him.

At this time, a little eunuch beside the queen said: "King Xin's eyes are so red, did he not sleep all night last night because he was so excited?" ”

Everyone looked for a look, it turned out that Princess Ningde also disguised herself as a little eunuch to come to see King Xin's concubine, looking at her as if she had bad intentions and wanted to make trouble, King Xin said: "Who said that? I just slept a little late last night for something. ”

Empress Dowager Liu said at this time: "This is the sixth sister, right?" How do you dress up like this? Yo! The fifth brother is also dressed like this today, what happened to you two sisters and brothers today? ”

The queen smiled and said: "The old queen mother doesn't care about them, one of them wants to choose a daughter-in-law in person, and the other is here to help, so that they can come forward to see people." ”

Empress Dowager Liu smiled and said, "Then let's start, Your Majesty, look at my brother and sister, I'm in a hurry." ”

Apocalypse also smiled: "Then let's start." ”

Hearing the apocalypse say this, Tan Jing immediately shouted loudly: "Xuan Shufang is here." ”

I saw a group of little eunuchs running to the door to lead people with Tan Jing's shouting, and soon they were brought in in groups and groups.

Each candidate lady was accompanied by a eunuch and a palace maid, and although these women were young, they still had some flavor along the way. When the group walked in front of everyone, the eunuch who followed them signed up for the words and place of origin, and the palace maid next to them reminded these girls to salute, and if someone could see what to ask, the girl should try to answer in an elegant voice.

Apocalypse wanted to laugh when he saw these little girls, but he was still a child and wanted to pretend to be an adult and salute and speak. King Xin is not yet sixteen years old, and many of these little girls are fourteen or fifteen years old, which is simply a minor. Seeing these women coming and leaving one by one, Tianqi looked back at King Xin and asked him in a low voice if he liked it, King Xin frowned and shook his head.

Princess Ningde said beside her: "Can't you see that some people have a very high vision, haven't you taken a fancy to more than a dozen of them?" Do you want me to choose a few for you, sister? ”

King Xin glanced at Princess Ningde and said, "Thank you Sister Huang, brother, I want to choose by myself, and I choose it steadily." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that King Xin's eyes were straight, and everyone followed King Xin's gaze and saw a thin girl walking over slowly. Although the little girl is thin, she is not short, and her eyes are very large, her eyes are also very bright, she is not timid or arrogant when she looks at everyone, it is very natural, she is also polite and generous, giving people the impression of an old man who has been familiar with her for a long time.

Tianqi also nodded secretly when he saw it, and was about to ask when he heard King Xin coughing loudly next to him, knowing that King Xin was intended, he asked the old empress dowager Liu: "This girl looks good, how does the old queen mother think?" ”

Before the old Empress Dowager Liu could speak, Princess Ningde whispered: "No, it's too thin, just like the Jurchen county lord rib girl that the imperial brother told us, King Xin, you want the rib sister too, aren't you afraid to chop your meat?" ”

King Shin blinked his eyes and said, "Don't be afraid, I like to eat pork ribs, the ribs are fragrant and delicious!" ”

Princess Ningde smiled and said: "It's a pity that it's not hot now, and they are all dressed too much, so I can't tell if they are developing well, in case this rib girl is not developing well, she won't be able to breastfeed when she gives birth to a child." ”

Tianqi frowned and said, "Why does the eldest girl who is going to marry still say such unashamed words?" ”

Before Princess Ningde could defend herself, the old Empress Dowager Liu spoke, and she said: "Sixth sister, you don't understand this, although this girl is thin but has a suitable male appearance, she will develop well in two years." As for breastfeeding, there must be no problem, the place where the child should be big will be big, and whether the steamed bun is soaked or not depends on the craftsmanship of the noodle master. ”

When Tianqi heard this, he thought: "This old and young are all living treasures, does King Xin look very similar to the noodle master?" After thinking about it, Tianqi opened his mouth and asked, "Where is this lady from?" How old is this year? ”

Tan Jing said: "Your Majesty, the first report was from the Zhou family in Nanzhi Suzhou, and he is eighteen years old this year. ”

Tianqi said: "King Daxin is one year old and will care more about people, so she will be one for the time being." ”

Princess Ningde whispered to King Xin: "It turns out that King Xin chose a sister, and my sister is so good at hurting people." ”

King Xin counterattacked: "I heard that Liu Youfu, who the imperial brother chose for the imperial sister, already has three concubines, so the imperial sister should care more about herself." ”

Princess Ningde smiled and said, "That's great, just put together a table of mahjong so that you don't have to be idle." ”

The queen smiled at this time: "I can't see that the sixth princess still has this belly." ”

Princess Ningde was about to say something, but saw King Xin suddenly run out, it turned out that at this time there was a little girl again, born with a baby face that people liked when they looked at it, but because she was small, she stepped on her skirt when she saluted. She didn't see the situation under her feet clearly, but she couldn't stabilize her body and immediately fell forward to the ground, and King Shin was satisfied with the girl, and when he saw that the situation was wrong, he immediately rushed over and helped him up.

The little girl saw that she fell to the ground when she saluted the emperor and the queen, although she was helped up in time by a little eunuch, but it was also rude, and the pain in her body was still second, thinking that this time the candidate must be out of play, she couldn't help but shed tears in her heart. A woman's tears are the best weapon against a man, King Shin was originally interested in this girl, and when he saw her crying with pear blossoms and rain begonias, his heart was broken on the spot, and he turned his head and coughed violently towards the apocalypse.

When Tianqi saw King Xin's signal, he smiled and said, "This one is also temporarily selected, so let's help it to the side and rest." ”

The little girl saw that although she fell but was unexpectedly selected, she said that her fall was worth it, and she said to King Xin in a good mood: "Thank you for this father-in-law, please help me to rest and he will be rewarded in the future." ”

Seeing that the eunuch and the palace maid were looking at him with a smile, King Xin gritted his teeth and continued to pretend to be a eunuch to help the little girl to the side and let the eunuch and the palace maid take care of it. After returning to the stage, Princess Ningde asked, "Isn't it different to hug someone else before you have a cave room?" ”

King Xin said nonchalantly: "What's the matter with this, it's a matter of time before you hug her anyway." ”

Tianqi thought to himself that this king of letters also knew that the matter was in a hurry, which showed that the books in the past six months or so had not been read in vain, and Huang Zunsu and Qian Qianyi seemed to be attentive, and they could be allowed to serve in the court at the appropriate time.

Everyone continued to watch some more, and the people behind didn't seem to be very good, and there was no crooked melon and cracked dates, but there was no one that could make people feel tempted at first sight. Apocalypse felt a little uncomfortable at this time, neither pain nor dizziness, just a little hollow heartbeat, as if feeling some danger coming.

At this time, the queen also saw that something was wrong with the apocalypse, and asked softly, "What's wrong with the emperor?" Isn't it too tiring for a while? Need to take a break? You are thinking about everything inside and outside the palace, you must be tired. ”

Apocalypse said: "It's okay, I'm not tired, ah, King Xin, look, how is this girl?" ”

Everyone looked at the hand of the apocalypse, only to see another girl coming up, and King Shin was stunned when he saw it. The girl looked very white, with a thin neck and thin lips, and raised her head just as the book says, "The eyebrows are like spring mountains, the eyes are like autumn water, the nose is like hanging gall, and the skin is like clotted fat." Empress Dowager Liu asked her a few words, and her voice was also very good, and everyone nodded secretly.

Apocalypse's uncomfortable feeling became stronger and stronger, as if a great danger was approaching, and he held back this uncomfortable feeling and asked King Xin, "How about this?" As soon as he finished asking, he felt that the danger was coming from behind him, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look.