In March of Kangxi's 40th year, the draft began lively.

The Eight Banners Show Girl is selected once every three years, presided over by the Ministry of Households, and each time the selection of Show Girls is approached, the Ministry of Household Affairs issues an official document to the Flag Capital, and the Metropolitan Department then notifies the subordinates to review the qualifications of the Show Girls, and then counts the age and origin of the women participating in the election, and reports to the Ministry of Households.

After the emperor approves the date of the selection of show girls, he will send a document to the commanders of each flag and order each flag to make a roster of show girls.

According to the regulations of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, all officials of the Eight Banners of the Manchu, Mongolian, and Han armies, sergeants from other military households, and women from the families of idle and strong men must participate in the draft.

The future of these women is to be the choice of the queen's concubine, or to marry the prince's children and grandchildren.

However, there are a series of requirements for the qualifications of show girls, first of all, only women between the ages of 13-17 are eligible to be selected, too young or too old.

And the famous saying stipulates that all women in the flag must participate in the draft, these women must first go through the draft, and only after losing the draft can they marry on their own, if the woman in the flag does not participate in the draft first, she will marry in private, then not only the woman, but also the entire family will be punished.

In the early years of Kangxi, a new provision was added, and the daughter of the close branch of the descendant clan or the mother clan Jueluo could be exempted from the draft and still have to participate in the selection. Banner women who have not been selected are not allowed to marry without permission even after they have passed the age of marriage, and if they violate the law, the women and their families will be punished.

But there is also an exception, that is, if the woman in the banner has a disability, she can be exempted from the election after the patriarch, the leader, the Xiao riding school, and the assistant leader report to the flag at all levels, state the reason, and report to the household department, and the household department Zou Zhun Emperor.

The show girls selected by each flag should be sent to the capital in advance by mule cart. Due to the different family backgrounds of the show girls, there are still vehicles to see them off at the official palace's house, but the soldier's family can only hire a car to take a seat.

The day before the election, the show girls sat on a mule cart waiting for the palace, and two lights hung on the mule cart, on which the girl's family identity was written. Each flag is arranged according to the order of Manchu, Mongolian, and Han, called "Pai Che", the first is the sister of the concubine in the palace and the daughter of the brother, followed by the woman of the second selection, and finally the newly selected show girl, in order of age from the youngest to the oldest.

Show girl mule cart at sunset to distribute the car, at night to the Shenwu Gate, the palace gate is opened and get off, by the eunuch into the palace, in front of the Shunzhen Gate to gather, and then according to the pre-arranged order, into the Shunzhen Gate alternative.

Generally, only two flags are read every day, usually five or six people in a row. Each person carries a wooden plaque with the flag of the show girl, her father's name, her own age, etc., which is called the green head card. If there is a person who is fancied, she will leave her name tag, which is called leaving a brand; If you don't have a choice, you will sign it. The show girl who is left with a sign is re-selected regularly, and those who are re-selected but do not stay are also known as taking a brand.

The show girls who are re-selected after the second selection are either given to the royal family or the clan as wives and concubines, or they stay in the palace and become candidates for concubines. If you become a candidate for the concubine, the procedure will be more complicated, and those who are selected to leave a sign after repeated "re-looks" are called "registered".

And the selected show girl who is named stays in the palace to see if there are any vices or temperament, and finally selects the number of people, and the rest are signboards. The title of the first show girl is generally promised, always present, noble, and a few are named jealous concubines, and they can be promoted step by step in the future.

The first round is the audition, which is to go in and see the family background and appearance of the people in the draft, that is, to eliminate those who are too tall, too short, too fat or too thin and malnourished, and those who are very ugly and have scars on their faces are also eliminated, although the first level is good, basically as long as you have good facial features, you can stay, and many people have been brushed off in this way.

In a blink of an eye, Xin Yao and Xin Yi are about to have a draft, and Xin Yao and Xin Yi are also in Suoluo. Ziqian and Suo Yuluo. Hongxuan's escort went all the way to the palace gate.

"Sister, be careful, my brother will be waiting for you outside when you come out" Hongxuan instructed uneasily.

"Well, I know, brother, you can rest assured. And you don't have to wait for me in person," Xin Yao thought that with her family background, she shouldn't be able to take her turn on the first day.

"Brother knows what to expect", Sojuro. Of course, Hongxuan knew that it was impossible for his sister to read the selection on the first day.

"Xinyi, you and Xin Yao are good, support each other, you must know the truth of both prosperity and loss, I hope you remember this sentence", the other Suo Yuluo. Ziqian didn't want to say any more.

Xin Yao and Xin Yi waited until noon the next day to be read, with her family background and appearance, she easily passed the first level, Xin Yao waited for Xin Yi to come out, and then went out of the palace gate under the leadership of the eunuch, and looked up to see her brother waiting outside, "Brother".

"My sister came out, but it went well?" Sojuro. Hongxuan said worriedly.

"It's okay, it's just the first level, who is embarrassing me? went home", she is not a particularly good family background, although her family background is also good, but it is not as good as Hesheri and so on.

"Good" Sojuro. After Hongxuan waited for Xin Yao and Xin Yi to get into the carriage, they consciously sat outside.

"How's it going?" When the Guerjia clan saw Xin Yao, he spoke first, which showed that he was in a hurry.

"Eniang, my daughter is fine, don't worry", Xin Yao looked at the appearance of the Guerjia clan and was very moved.

Sojuro. Ziqian didn't say anything on the side, but he didn't leave either.

"It's okay, it's okay, then you go back to rest early, and you have to prepare for tomorrow's re-election", Guerjia was much more relieved when he heard that it was okay, thinking that he would have to re-elect tomorrow and let them go back to recuperate.

Xin Yao thought that tomorrow's re-election would be more important than today's, and it would be stricter, and the eunuchs and grandmothers would check all aspects of the body. Xin Yao thought that she would have to wrap a big red envelope tomorrow, but she couldn't be inspected by various checks because she didn't send a red envelope like in TV, so she quit and returned to "Xinyuan".

On the third day of the re-election, Xin Yao and Xin Yi followed the re-selected show girls to get out of the carriage outside the Shunzhen Gate, and then the household officials first maintained order, and then the eunuchs introduced them into the palace.

Then the show girls lined up in order according to the eight flags of Manchu, Mongolia and Han, and those who were read by the eunuchs were led into the room to check their bodies.

Finally: "The full eight flags are inlaid with red flags, and the concubine of the three-grade general, Suo Yuluo. Xin Yao: "With the voice of the eunuch coming, Xin Yao felt that this was simply a divine sound!"

Xin Yao followed the visitor into the room, and first gave the pre-prepared purse to the grandmother, and the grandmother took it without any reaction, thinking that she was used to doing this often.

Mama checked Xin Yao's eyes, ears, nose, hair, neck, shoulders and back, and then asked Xin Yao to take off her clothes to see if there were large moles or scars on the skin on her body, whether the woman was innocent, and she was immediately removed if she was unqualified. didn't particularly embarrass her, maybe because the ticket worked, sure enough, money is water, people are fish, how can fish leave boiling water?

Xin Yao successfully passed the second level, recorded her name and left a book, and after she came out, a eunuch came over and arranged for her to live in Heming Xuan, and Xinyi was arranged to live next door to her.