Although the capital in January is not as cold as Liaodong, there are occasional snowflakes falling, and the silver-white snow flakes add a bit of gloom to this ancient capital.

Zhang Yan has been in the capital for five days, and in these five days, she has lived in an imperial village in the west of the city with girls from all over the world. Although she was apprehensive, the environment here was not bad, which calmed Zhang Yan's heart a lot.

"Miss, my father-in-law is here." Zhang Yan was sitting in the room reading a book, and Xiaohuan ran over in a hurry, came to Zhang Yan's side, and gasped.

"You! It's always so frizzy, this is not home, and it can't be like this in the future. If you break any rules, I won't be able to protect you, you know? Zhang Yan grew up in the courtyard of the deep house since she was a child, her biological mother died early, and it was this personal maid by her side, although the two were called master and servant, their relationship was like sisters. At this time, seeing Xiaohuan like this, I couldn't help but worry.

"Miss, Huan'er knows." Winking playfully, Xiaohuan smiled and said, "Miss, a father-in-law has come over, and I heard that it seems that the selection is about to start." ”

Glancing at the excited Xiaohuan, Zhang Yan sighed helplessly, and said in a deep voice: "There are many things that you can't decide, just wait!" ”

After a short time, the sound of footsteps came from outside the house, and three eunuchs walked in. At the head was a eunuch in his forties, followed by two young eunuchs.

Gently shaking the dust in his hand, the eunuch said solemnly: "Who is here?" ”

The little eunuch who followed behind him flipped through the book in his hand and said with a smile: "Back to Grandpa Cui, this is Miss Zhang from Henan." ”

Zhang Yan had already come to the eunuch not far from this time, glanced at the eunuch, gently helped him, and said softly: "I've seen my father-in-law." ”

"Girl, please get up, our family can't afford it, maybe one day you will be the master, we slaves don't have this blessing." The eunuch seemed to be very kind, smiled at Zhang Yan, and said softly. Glancing at Zhang Yan, the eunuch smiled and said, "Miss Zhang, having said that, there is still a process that should be in place." ”

The father-in-law, surnamed Cui, said as he glanced at the little eunuch behind him, as if he was going to do something.

"I don't know what I need to do?" Zhang Yan glanced at Xiaohuan behind her and said softly.

"The girl doesn't have to do anything, just do what I tell you." At this time, there was no smile on the face of this Father-in-law Cui, and he looked like he was doing business.

"Alright, follow us!" What Zhang Yan didn't expect was that she actually had to leave here, so she hurriedly took the thing handed over by Xiaohuan and gently stuffed it into the hand of the eunuch surnamed Cui, which was an emerald green jade pendant.

The small ring on one side also stuffed two silver ingots into the hands of the two little eunuchs, and none of them spoke, as if this had not happened.

Gonggong Cui touched the things in his hand, slowly stuffed them into his sleeve, turned around and said to Zhang Yan: "Miss Zhang is not only beautiful, but also kind-hearted, gentle and virtuous, I think I will definitely be able to choose this time." ”

"Then thank you Grandpa Cui!" Zhang Yan smiled lightly, at this time her eyes flashed with an inexplicable light, it seemed that this young girl had a lot of things at this time, but the smile on her face was even brighter.

On this day, Zhang Yan and some young girls were examined, only from the appearance of the general examination, their group is responsible for the eunuch surnamed Cui. A group of 100 girls stood according to their age. The eunuch surnamed Cui walked in front of them, taller, shorter, fatter, thinner, all of them, and a thousand people were swept away.

The next day, the facial features were examined, and the eunuch was still in charge. It's just that this time it's not the father-in-law Cui who is in charge, but an older eunuch. As on the first day, a group of 100 people stood up and carefully looked at each girl's ears, eyes, mouth, nose, hair, skin, waist circumference, shoulder width, etc., and those who were unqualified in one place, even if they had a black mole on their body, would be eliminated. He also asked the girl to report to the house and listen to her voice, whether she was stuttering or not. So another two thousand people were swept away.

On the third day, borrow a tool to measure whether the body is in proportion to see how good its temperament is. Anyone with stubby wrists, fat toes, or frivolous demeanor will not be able to pass. In this way, another thousand people were swept away.

Three days passed, and the five thousand girls who came to the capital were swept away by four thousand, and there were still one thousand left.

The fourth day of inspection was something that Zhang Yan never expected, because this day was a "naked inspection". The remaining thousand girls were all summoned to the palace to prepare for the ** choice. The old female eunuch took her to the secret room, pressed the room, and checked whether she looked very strong; Smell the armpits, whether there is a fox odor. Finally, touch the whole body and see if it is developed. So another seven hundred people were taken away. At this time, there were only three hundred girls left, and of course Zhang Yan had all passed these inspections and took a step towards that position.

At this point, the rest of the process is a bit long, long-term observation, focusing on temperament. Three hundred selected girls stayed in the palace for a month to observe their habits, attitudes of speech, intelligence and character. The first four procedures focus on observing the "body", and this key focuses on "morality" and "wisdom". Fifty girls with excellent morality, intelligence, and physique were selected, and these fifty girls were the concubines of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, which was the final result of this concubine selection.

From 5,000 people, 50 people were finally selected, so it is exactly the saying "one out of a hundred". In the Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that such a "elimination method" was used to elect palace concubines.

In the following days, Zhang Yan had to live in the palace with the remaining three hundred girls, a month is not long, it is not short, but this month is a month that determines the fate of a lifetime.

However, this concubine selection is different from the previous concubine selection, and a very important person will be selected this time, that is, the queen of the world.

There are two flowers, one on each branch. The selection of concubines was in full swing, but the Emperor of the Apocalypse was lying on the dragon chair in the imperial study a little bored at this time, and only Chen Hong was standing beside him. Li Lan, who had always been by the side of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, was no longer there at this time, and went to Shuqing Palace to participate in the election.

Of course, she is just going to see the steps of the last month of life, and I believe it is just a process. In charge of the final election is Liu Kejing, the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch of the celebrity, the Emperor of the Apocalypse doesn't believe that this old eunuch dares to brush Li Lan down, it is really an old birthday star and arsenic.

At this time, a prisoner car came to the gate of the capital, and Xiong Tingbi, who had traveled a long distance, finally came to the capital.

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