The old men of the Ministry of Rites really didn't say anything about their efficiency, but in just more than ten days, the concubine candidates proposed in Nianyun's booklet have been sent to the capital.

Except for one Boling Cui who was not cured for a long time and his health was deteriorating, so he was not suitable to enter the palace to serve His Majesty, and Wu Shi, the daughter of Wu Shaoyang, the envoy of Huaixi Jiedu, had just made a family appointment not long ago, and the remaining six young girls were all admitted to the Yeting Palace.

Soon, the eight concubines hired by the emperor had been sent to the palace, and the concubine Niangniang sent twelve elderly aunts to the palace to teach them etiquette, and sent dozens of clever palace maids to serve.

In addition to teaching them court etiquette, this aunt also has an important purpose, which is to understand the temperament and temperament of each newcomer for the concubine. In addition to teaching each person according to their temperament and aptitude, the concubine Niangniang didn't want to ask these new little girls to turn out some demon moths.

Similarly, the girls in the Yeting Palace are also full of curiosity about the emperor and concubines in the Daming Palace.

Among the various deeds they heard, about how handsome the emperor was, the young man was very favored by the first emperor, and he had a deep love with the concubine and his wife for more than ten years; After marrying into the East Palace, he was benevolent and filial, pursued frugality, and used the accumulated money to help the victims, and managed the East Palace in an orderly manner......

It's no wonder that before they entered the palace, their families said that the girl was really blessed, and she could marry a person like today's saint, and there were no three palaces and six courtyards, and the concubine was also very kind.

These girls are all well-informed ladies, not as difficult as the girls bought outside, so in just a few days, you can take them to meet Your Majesty and the concubine.

After they rested for a while, there were several small sedan chairs to take them out of the palace and go to the Zichen Hall to face the saints.

When they arrived in front of the Zichen Palace, His Majesty and the noble concubine had not yet arrived, so in order to avoid meeting the foreign ministers, an old eunuch had already led them to the side hall to wait. At this time, although they were already familiar with each other in the Yeting Palace, they didn't dare to talk much, so they had to stand honestly in the side hall and wait.

At this time, a palace maid brought tea, and some well-informed people had already smelled that the tea was Gu Zhu's purple bamboo shoots, which was the best tribute tea, and it was the elders of their family.

After a while, I heard the eunuch raise his voice and shout from afar: "The emperor has arrived-the noble concubine has arrived-"

These few people hurriedly followed the old eunuch to the main hall in an orderly manner, knelt down to take the car.

After His Majesty the Emperor and the concubine Niangniang were seated, they reported their names and surnames one by one.

The emperor only said, "Flat, get up." Then he never spoke again, and the man remained seated in the dragon chair without moving, his eyes swept over several young faces one by one, not knowing what he was thinking.

However, the concubine asked a few words kindly, then stood up and walked in front of them, and the palace maid beside her hurriedly touched the tray and came over, and there were beads and purses in the tray.

Those women didn't dare to look up, only to see the embroidered phoenix skirt with bright yellow trim of the concubine Niangniang in front of them, picked up the things in the tray, and each of them rewarded one, and they hurriedly thanked her.

Only then did the concubine say softly: "Raise your heads." ”

The girls timidly raised their chins, still following the instructions of their aunts, lowering their eyelids and not daring to look at the faces of the emperor and the concubine.

Nian Yun looked at these newcomers, several delicate flowers with different postures, and they were extremely beautiful.

Her gaze fell on a girl in Tsing Yi.

This girl is the daughter of Li Qiang, the envoy of Zhenhai Festival, and she was originally hired as a concubine, but unfortunately the concubine said that she was sick, so she called the sister of the concubine to replace her. She is not dressed like them, her makeup looks very casual, and even a little reluctantly, and she doesn't even have rouge on her lips.

When I looked closely, under the eyebrows of the two distant mountains, a pair of eyes were rippling, as if I had cried not long ago. Seeing her gestures, she was also faintly cowardly.

Nianyun sighed secretly in his heart, a person like Li Jian raised such a weak daughter, and he must have suffered a lot of grievances at home.

Thinking like this, she picked up a purse in her hand, hesitated for a moment, and replaced it with a bead hairpin and put it in her hand.

Then the eunuch announced the decree, which was the will of the canonization, these six girls, three of them were the sixth-grade Baolin, and the third was the seventh-grade royal maiden. Only then did they know that the reward was the concubine's will, Baolin rewarded the pearl hairpin, and the purse was the maid.

Immediately afterwards, there was a decree of the eunuch to give them a place to live, and Lu Longjiedu made Liu Ji's granddaughter, that is, Liu Qingqing, the niece of Liu Shu, the Taishou of Qinzhou, and the niece of the Empress Taishang, and Lu Muying, the daughter of the Lu family of Fanyang in the north, a treasure forest and a royal maid to live in the water hall; Linlang, the queen of the Taiyuan Wang family, the granddaughter of Princess Yongqing, the daughter of the Pei family in Hedong, Pei Yuner, a Baolin, and a royal daughter live in the Zilan Palace; Zhenhai Jiedu made Li Moyang, the daughter of Li Ji, a treasure forest and lived in the Chengxiang Palace; Xiao Mei, the daughter of the Xiao family of Lanling, a southern wang clan, remembers to be a royal maid and lives in Wangyun Tower.

The concubine gave another cup of tea, asked a few words at random, and then instructed the palace people to take them to their residence, and ordered several eunuchs to carry their luggage and items for them, and then moved into the harem of Daming Palace.

Everyone was originally surprised how Li Baolin and Xiao Yunu lived alone, but when they arrived at the place, they learned that there was a beautiful Ji family in the Chengxiang Palace, and there was also one in Wangyun Tower, but it was just an eight-grade girl who was not favored.

The three halls of the Water Palace, the Purple Orchid Hall and the Chengxiang Hall are not far apart, but it is expected that the Cloud Tower is slightly farther away. These four palaces are all in the north of the Taiye Pool, but they are a little far away from the Penglai Hall of the Guifei Niangniang and the Zichen Hall and the Xuanzheng Hall of the Emperor's Japanese Dynasty across the Taiye Pool.

But there are also far advantages, that is, the concubine does not have to stare at them all the time, but she is also at ease.

The new concubine moved into the Daming Palace, and the concubine Niangniang ordered that she could rest for a while that day, and she didn't have to come to see her first. From the next day, it is necessary to go to the Penglai Hall every day to greet him.

When the newcomer first arrived, the palace maids of the palace bureau immediately sent the corresponding clothes and jewelry according to their grades, and the reward of His Majesty the Emperor then arrived, and the Ji Cai people also sent gifts respectively, and even the Empress Taishang of Xingqing Palace also sent people to congratulate.

The concubine Niangniang was even more generous, and rewarded many rare treasures, even the bronze palace lamp in the Weiyang Palace of the Han Dynasty, the five-foot gilt inlaid treasure dressing table, and the Kunlun jade carved screen with agarwood base.

The treasures in the Penglai Palace were sent out one by one, and even the fennel who had seen too many treasures couldn't help but exclaim: "It's just a few six-grade and seven-grade palace concubines, and the reward of the mother is too rich!" ”

The concubine, who was leaning on the couch and drinking tea, wrapped the fox fur on her body tightly, smiled, shook her head, and said, "What if it is rich or not, it is a priceless treasure?" Life does not bring it, death does not bring it. I just looked at the things that had nowhere to put them, and thought that they liked them, so I took them to their house and put them on display. ”

Fennel thought about it for a moment and understood.

When these women entered the palace, they could never leave again for the rest of their lives. Even if you are lucky and get favored, the number of times you see your mother's family in the rest of your life can only be counted on one hand.

These valuable items are recorded in the Ins and Outs of the Imperial Palace, whether they are rewarded by the concubine or by the emperor, they can only be placed in their own rooms, and they can neither be given away or sold for money.

When they are old and die, they still take back the palace and keep it, waiting to be rewarded to the next person. It's really "just take it to their house and put it on display", but there are many people who can't see through it.

Fennel bowed in her heart.

In the early morning of the next day, Nianyun sent the emperor to the morning court, and returned to Penglai Hall unhurriedly. At this time, it was only the beginning of the day, and although several newcomers were far away, they had already arrived one after another, saluting the concubine according to the rules, and reporting their names again.

Nian Yun didn't debunk it, but in fact, although it was the second time she saw them, she knew their backgrounds well, because these were all people she personally selected one by one, and each one had its own specific meaning.

The daughters of the two Jiedu envoys naturally wanted to contain the forces of all parties and drag down the local separatist forces. A few days ago, Liu Shu personally tied up Luo Lingze to enter Beijing, so he chose a Baolin at his house to appease.

A few months ago, when Uncle Wang was new, the first knife was cut on the body of Li Qian, the envoy of Zhenhai Jiedu, and he was removed from his position as a salt and iron transport envoy. Now that Li Chun has ascended the throne, he naturally doesn't want to make any trouble, which is the reason why he chose his daughter to enter the palace.

In the nearly 200 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the most famous family of "five surnames and seven hopes" is the Li family of Longxi, the Li family of Zhaojun, the Cui family of Boling, the Cui family of Qinghe, the Lu family of Fanyang, the Zheng family of Xingyang, and the Wang family of Taiyuan, namely the five surnames of Li, Cui, Lu, Zheng and Wang.

Emperor Dezong's Empress Zhaode and the current Empress Taishang are both from the Taiyuan Wang family, so another Baolin is the niece of Empress Taishang. Like the Fan Yang Lu clan, these two are to win over the big families in the north.

Lanling Xiao is a family in the Wei and Jin dynasties, and in the Sui Dynasty, the four major families of the Wei and Jin dynasties have declined, but the queen of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty came from the Lanling Xiao family, so it has become the only surname in the south of the Yangtze River that can be called a family.

Most of the descendants of those declining families now plan to rely on the imperial examination to take their careers, and Uncle Wang's new failure and the demotion of the two kings and eight Sima are a blow to the Jiangnan scholars, and winning over the Lanling Xiao family means that the new emperor is showing goodwill to the old Jiangnan clan again.

Although it is also a big family, Pei's identity is somewhat special. If you only talk about the strength of the Pei family in Hedong at this time, in fact, Li Chun does not need to choose a concubine from their family at all.

But this Pei's grandmother is Princess Yongqing, the daughter of Emperor Daizong, and Princess Yongqing's concubine was convicted in the past, and her children and brothers were implicated, so that the family fell into the middle of the road. Li Chun hired the Pei family, that is, to show the world his friendly attitude towards the Li clan and the old ministers.

The concubine Niangniang admonished the newcomers according to the routine, which is nothing more than to have women's virtues, self-cultivation, and good service to the emperor. Ji Cairen also chatted casually with the newcomers, and then sent back.