After nightfall, martial law began to be imposed in the inner city of Jingshi, and on the wide and quiet streets, from time to time you can see mule carts with long lanterns inserted one after another, and the lanterns are all marked with 'the daughter of a certain flag and a certain leader', which is the mule cart that sends the draft girl.

The order of the mule cart of the show girl is also very particular, before the departure, the order is arranged by the leaders of each flag, the leader and so on, according to the order of Manchu, Mongolian, and Han arrangement. The front is the relatives of the concubine in the palace, followed by the woman who was selected to leave the sign before, the woman who was re-selected this time, and finally the show girl who was newly selected this time, arranged in order of age, and walked through the tail, and was escorted by various flag soldiers before and after, and the entire convoy was orderly and not chaotic at all.

According to the rules, the show girl mule convoy of each flag must enter through the Di'an Gate at night, wait at the Shenwu Gate, wait for the Shenwu Gate Palace Gate to open, and then get off the car, under the guidance of the eunuchs in the palace, enter the Shunzhen Gate in order.

Shunzhen Gate is located at the north end of the middle road of the inner court, is the north gate of the imperial garden, is an important passage of the inner court to the Shenwu Gate, it is forbidden to open for no reason, it is the place where the female dependents of the harem relatives will meet the relatives, the Shunzhen Gate is three glazed doors with the wall, each of them is a double solid couch gate, outside the door is the North Heng Street, the opposite of the Shenwu Gate across the street, the south of the door is facing the Chengguang Gate, there is an east-west glazed door on the left and right of the door, the name Yanhe Gate, the Jifu Gate. These three gates are connected by a low wall with a glazed roof, and form a large-scale courtyard in front of the Shunzhen Gate.

Around dawn, the palace gate began to slowly open, and the officials of the household department and the internal affairs department immediately sorted out the flags and girls according to the order of the five flags under the three flags, and then entered the Shenwu Gate in turn under the guidance of the eunuchs, passed through the door hole, and came to the Shunzhen Gate to wait for selection.

Shunzhenmen can be described as heavily guarded at this time, and there are guards standing like wooden stakes standing all around, although the eunuchs are in a hurry, busy and busy, but they are brisk, not smelling phlegm and coughing. Occasional conversations, but also whispers, after the show girls came in, seeing this situation, they didn't even dare to breathe a mouth, let alone talk in a low voice.

The sky was bright, and the eunuchs in charge of the draft came slowly under the embrace of a group of young eunuchs. The draft officially began, and with the assistance of officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the show girls were soon divided into groups of five, with a small eunuch leading them to line up in front of the eunuchs, and the eunuchs carefully examined them.

When the sick, disabled, ugly-looking, and unsightly women began to register, each flag was guaranteed layer by layer, and the reason was stated, and the household department was consulted by the capital, and the household department played the emperor. After obtaining permission, he is exempted from the obligation to be elected, so. The show girls who can stand in front of the eunuchs will at least not affect their appetite and mood.

The eunuchs are all experienced, and they are familiar with the selection of show girls, and they can quickly make a decision after a little scrutiny. Moreover, the little eunuchs and officials of the household department and the Ministry of Internal Affairs who are responsible for leading them also take special care of the show girls who have been spotted, a team of five show girls. If there is a dot, most of them must hint in advance, so as not to make a mistake in quoting the eunuchs.

Soon, the street in front of Shunzhen Gate sounded one after another "leave the brand, leave the brand" shouting, the so-called leave the brand, is through the primary election, each show girl with a small sign, which is written the specific situation of the show girl, a flag Manchuria, Mongolia, Han Army, the daughter of a certain official, age, etc., put the sign, naturally it is unsuccessful, go home and marry yourself.

Zhao Mengtong, who was inlaid with the blue flag and the Han military flag, soon came to Shunzhen's door with the team, looking at the busy selection scene in front of her, she couldn't help but be very nervous, she knew very well in her heart that her father Zhao Can was just a pen paste in the household department, and she was not able to dot up and down for her.

She slightly tilted her head to look at the other show girls in the queue, and found that several show girls next to her also had nervous expressions, which made her feel a lot more at ease.

However, after just watching it for a while, she became nervous, because she found that there were really a lot of show girls who were put off the brand, and there were many beautiful ones, often a group of five people, and most of them would have three people who were put off the brand, which made her immediately nervous.

Zhao Mengtong has been well-behaved since she was a child, knowing that her father has high hopes for her, counting on her to be able to enter the palace to win the emperor's favor, in order to change the status quo of the family, she is not disgusted with entering the palace, the daughters of the banner family have known since childhood, they are all emperors, this is the glory of the Eight Banners woman.

Today's emperor is in his prime, not only full of legends, the harem is also very empty, this draft girl, for the age of the Eight Banners women, can be described as a rare opportunity for decades, I don't know how many Eight Banners show girls are eager to be elected to the palace, for the family and for themselves to win a future.

At this moment, a show girl next to her gently pulled her sleeve, and then, her chin raised slightly to the front, Zhao Mengtong looked in the direction, but saw a beautiful and refined show girl whose appearance was not inferior to her was under the leadership of the little eunuch, and she couldn't help but be very nervous and stared tightly.

The show girl who was stared at by Zhao Mengtong was Zhou Roujia, the daughter of Zhou Daoxin, the political envoy of the General Political Envoy, at this time, Zhou Roujia was also quite nervous, although his father was a member of the three products, but he was not a high-ranking official in the Eight Banners, however, she was still very confident in her appearance, she didn't know that her father had been up and down, and bought the eunuch to buy out, intending to let her lose the election.

Under the scrutinizing gaze of the eunuch, in a short moment, Zhou Roujia seemed to have passed half an hour, and finally, the little eunuch began to roll call according to the roster. ”

Pick up the brand? Zhou Roujia couldn't believe her ears, she would be brushed off in the first round of selection? Am you mistaken? She hesitantly raised her head and glanced at the eunuch, but the eunuch looked solemn, didn't look at her, and shouted in a deep voice: "Next." ”

Zhou Roujia was convinced that she had indeed been brushed, and her heart was very unhappy, the two show girls in their group who left a brand could not be compared with her in appearance at all, what kind of choice is this? However, she didn't dare to protest, and numbly followed a few show girls to turn around and retreat.

Seeing Zhou Roujia being put off the brand, Zhao Mengtong was also surprised, with such outstanding appearance, she was put off the brand in the primary election, what is going on? What will be the outcome that awaits her? Thinking of this, her heart couldn't help but sink, it seems that this primary election is far more difficult than she imagined in her heart.