So when Zhang Erzhen saw the vivid Li Zhuozhuo standing in front of him, he had to sigh that it was creation that made people, Li Zhuozhuo got rid of the tragic fate of marrying into Wanrong, and now as a concubine, she is naturally not among the draft girls, so Li Zhuozhuo counted with his fingers on his face: "...... The three girls of the Liang family don't have to go, they have to go in the evening, the Anjia Wang family, the Shang Mansion, the Yao Mansion, the Shao family, the Gao family, and the Nanjing Hou Mansion and the Northern Qi Hou Mansion...... Then accompanied Zhang Erzhen, holding his head and feeling unenergetic, he suddenly exclaimed: "Zhenzhen, as long as you are not selected, it is fine, since there are so many girls here, it is possible for you not to be selected, after all, you are only thirteen years old, and the saints are all ...... today" The saint still doesn't know if he can live until two years later, so the thirteen-year-old Zhang Erzhen thinks that it should be very safe, and he basically comes back after a walk.

The cowardly Zhang Erzhen crouched on the low table and said listlessly: "Sister Zhuo, I can save all this." It's just a little sad, looking at Sun Gongzi's appearance that day, he was almost dying, and he felt uncomfortable. ”

Li Zhuozhuo persuaded: "As long as the Sun family is good, things will not come to this point." Let's get married, not only to see how the son is, but also to see his family style and character, after all, it is a major event in a lifetime, and it is always good to be cautious. ”

Zhang Erzhen looked at Li Zhuozhuo in surprise, Li Zhuozhuo said angrily: "You didn't see my sister when she returned to the door in the third dynasty, the two girls were still unstable on their feet, and their exposed arms were still slightly blue, which was also caused by herself, and she couldn't complain about others." ”

"Sister Zhuo, what will you do in the future?" Li Zhuozhuo is already sixteen years old, and he will never really marry into the Liang family to be a little wife, right? With the reputation of a concubine, there is probably no good family to be found.

"I probably won't stay in Kyori in the future, so let's see each other less, Zhenzhen, look at us both old, but we've never played a game of polo. Li Zhuozhuo said with regret.

Zhang Erzhen thought that Sister Zhuo was not suitable for Beijing, and she could be happier away from the capital, so she should marry the general.

The people of Beijing are panicked, and the dark tide is surging. From the news of the draft to the posting of the royal list, two months have passed. Two months is enough time for those who marry their own girls, and enough for those girls who are gearing up to enjoy the glory and wealth.

Mama Hua looked worried and hesitant, but Zhang Erzhen seemed to see a smile and satisfaction in her wrinkled face and experienced eyes. Zhang Erzhen finally came out of the shadows, and on a drizzly afternoon, she wrapped the "Z" necklace that Sun Baijian gave her, and ordered Liwei to send it back. Zhang Erzhen, who recovered her spirits, accompanied the Jin family to her uncle's house for a walk, and then went to see her younger brother Zhang Yanling's academic progress, and then went to Qingfeng Yuan to see Er Shu, and secretly went to the Treasure Pavilion again, Yi Qian still did not come back, and the girl who received her many times was no longer waiting at the door, but wearing a more delicate dress, looking like a supervisor.

Everything is going well, and Zhang Erzhen is also resigned to waiting for the day of the draft...... Because her name appears on the list.

Taizu rose from the recklessness, unveiled the uprising and established the Ming Dynasty, the establishment of the regime is not easy to make him more and more cautious, once formulated the basic requirements for the selection of concubines, that is, not to choose the women of the noble family, but to choose the ordinary good family women, the best family background. But today's saint obviously does not intend to follow Taizu's intentions, and the girls from the families above the fifth rank specified in the imperial list can be seen to be completely against Taizu's requirements. Zhang Erzhen doesn't know if the court has quarreled over this, but judging from Zhang Luan's occasionally solemn expression, there are definitely not a few powerful girls who participated in the draft this time. Because the saint's health has become more and more unsafe in recent years, there is also a sense of joy in the selection of concubines this time.

"One look at the face, two look at the shoulder, three look at the hair, four look at the buttocks, five look at the walk, six look at the hands, seven listen to the voice, eight smell and smell......" Hua Mama is naturally familiar with this, she has also followed the Queen Mother to see the holy concubine several times, at this time she is pulling the girl with a serious expression, a pair of strong hands holding Zhang Erzhen's cheeks left and right, and then nodded with satisfaction. The girl in front of her has a face like a hibiscus, eyes like autumn waves, narrow shoulders and a thin waist and beautiful buttocks, her hair is black and shiny like a waterfall, her slender hands are white and slender, and her voice is like a yellow bird.

Zhang Erzhen took a few steps in Mama Hua's admiration and command, and Mama Hua shook her head frequently: "Girl, the swing of the arm should not be too large when walking, the wide cuffs should not rub the sound, the skirt should not swing, and the handkerchief in the hand can be slightly shaken back and forth......" Zhang Erzhen was taken care of all morning, but for the sake of Mama Hua's rare interest, she said helplessly: "Mama, if I do a good job, what if...... , what's the matter? ”

Mama Hua said with a sense of concern: "Do you think you deliberately did a bad job, and those palace maids who have become fine will not be able to see it? When the time comes, what will the girl do if the hat of a bully is buttoned down?"

Zhang Erzhen felt quite reasonable when she heard it, those old spicy eyes couldn't see the ugly appearance of her own paint? Then she worried: "Mama means that I want to sit and lie down and walk beautifully? I'm really worried, what if something goes wrong in the middle?" The kind of one-way multiple-choice questions that give you a sign and leave, or leave you with a flower are really worrying. Zhang Erzhen silently slandered, today's saint Ming Ming was brave and martial in the early years, fulfilled his duties, diligent and loved the people, since he played the exclusive favor of Wan Zhen'er, he gradually appeared in the dim state of the king, obviously he is almost fifty people, what kind of tossing and turning!! Wan Guifei Wan Guifei, you are not Daji!

The day of the draft is the first day of October in the late summer and early autumn, and the ladies on the list have all settled in Beijing early, and the clothes and jewelry shops in Beijing are very busy in those days, especially the Treasure Pavilion, Jade Ruyi and Tianxiangyuan. Zhang Erzhen felt that there was no need at all, and he couldn't see the emperor directly at the first level, so he wanted the old fathers-in-law and adults to look at their faces, and those serious old women in the palace had to check the women's hands, eyes, mouths and noses one by one, listen to the sound of talking, and stutter the bad breath of the big tongue. Those girls with slight physical defects feel extremely difficult, they know that they can't choose, but they have to come here to be examined, if there is the courage not to come, disobey the emperor's order to implicate the family, compared to death, there is no way to run all the way to be disliked.

This is the first time that Zhang Erzhen has approached the vivid, vivid and magnificent Ming Imperial Palace so closely. Because of the "re-examination" first (the audition is the daughter of a five-grade official or above), the treatment is not so good, and they are all sent to the city gate by their own carriages, and then the father-in-law in the palace leads a team to enter through the Shenwu Gate. As soon as he stepped into the Forbidden City, there was no sound around quietly, and the footsteps of the girls walking could not be heard. Even Zhang Erzhen, no matter how fat she was, only dared to look at it so much, so she hung her head and stepped on small steps to obediently follow the sister in front of her. Then everyone stood at the side door of a hall with black tiles and white walls, waiting for a group of ten people to enter, and all the girls were like fish on a knife board, led in by their fathers-in-law, and sent out after half an hour.

When Zhang Erzhen entered, because the room was not as bright as the outside, there were many lamps on the walls and tables, and the fluff on the directly illuminated surface was clearly visible.

A grandmother in palace clothes stretched her face, looking at the selfless Rong Mama, first looked at Zhang Erzhen carefully up and down, did not nod or shake her head, and then took an agarwood-colored wooden ruler, and measured Zhang Erzhen's neck, shoulders, legs, and buttocks in turn, Zhang Erzhen was like a marionette, raising her arms for a while, cocking her neck for a while, and her long skirts were lifted up for a while. Zhang Erzhen slandered in her heart, the emperor may not be so handsome and chic, and the requirements for finding a little wife are really high.

Zhang Erzhen was secretly proud, and when she went out in the morning, she strongly encouraged the nurse to turn the original curved willow eyebrows into coarse caterpillars, and her lips were also dotted with exaggerated vermilion, and then got into the carriage and horse in the nurse's extremely complicated eyes. Who knew that at this time, "Mama Rong" didn't even react to her "beautiful and amazing" face, it seems that the girl Zhang in front of her is not a woman, but a thing, to put it bluntly, as long as the girl is not too ugly, the rest will be handed over to the saint and the queen to cut.

"Girl, let's go to the next room. ”

Zhang Erzhen respectfully followed a little palace maid to the inner room, and she didn't like it, because it meant that she had passed the inspection just now, and the next thing was to verify her body. When Mama Hua said this process, she first coughed lightly, and then Ai Ai's narration, Zhang Erzhen concluded that "she will be touched all over her body by the old mama", which is a little ashamed. But this is different from the strict inspection just now, there is a smiling old woman standing in the bright yellow soft pavilion in the room, who just looked at Zhang Erzhen slightly, and did not let her clothes fade. Zhang Erzhen's hands hanging on both sides grabbed the hem of the skirt and comforted herself, if she had a small birthmark on her buttocks, she would be disgusted, don't be shy, don't be shy, let it take off! It was made by herself, it hurt when she was ground with cinnabar powder, and Mingyue fell into tears when she saw it, and afterwards Zhang Erzhen gritted her teeth and held back her tears, with this "birthmark" that can't be washed off, she will definitely be defeated. But Mama Hua's iron-faced and selfless physical examination Mama seemed to want to invite her to sit down and have a cup of tea at this time.

Zhang Erzhen asked quietly: "Mama...... That one...... Don't I have to take it off?"

The kind old lady actually smiled gently: "The girl has passed this level, please go out." ”

Zhang Erzhen didn't want to leave, she wanted Mama to check her results, so she gritted her teeth and said, "Don't hide it from Mama, I have a birthmark on my body." ”

Mama seemed to be selectively deaf, and repeated: "Girl, please go out." It was still a gentle tone, and Zhang Erzhen became more and more unhappy when she heard it, but before she could ask, she was led outside by two little palace maids who came out of the back curtain. Zhang Erzhen had to endure it, she couldn't shout "This grandma cheats", she looked at the respectful and solemn scene around her, and pressed her wheezing chest, she really didn't have the guts.

This time it was considered to have entered the final selection, and everyone had a peony blossom cherry red four corners decorated with golden spikes on their shoulders, carried by two eunuchs, and walked smoothly to the corner of the imperial garden, a special place for the draft. Of course, those failed girls will be sent out directly, so there are many family servants waiting outside the palace gate, and they have complicated hearts when they see their girls come out, and they don't know whether they are happy or sad.