Unlike other places, there are three official posts in Xi'an, and only one in other places.

The reason why there are three official posts is mainly because Xi'an is where the king of Qin is located, from the palace to the local officials, there are quite a lot of people coming and going, and one official post is not enough.

One of the official posts was specially used to receive people from the palace. It is conceivable that this official post is much more deserted than the other two.

But recently, this official post has not only been inhabited, but also guarded by officers and soldiers outside.

The officials and eunuchs sent by the palace to procure show girls lived here, and just yesterday, 35 show girls who were preparing to enter Beijing to run for election also came one after another and lived here.

Among the thirty-five show girls, only ten are from the official eunuch family, and the remaining twenty-five are ordinary women from good families, although they are all called show girls, but their origins determine the nobility and cheapness, and the ten official eunuch women, once selected, will become the emperor's concubines or palace officials, and some will be assigned to marry the children of the clan; The twenty-five women from ordinary families are going to be palace maids.

Among them, the ten eunuch ladies all have family members to follow them into Beijing, and there is an order in the palace that only female dependents can follow the show girl into the palace together, so the family members who live in are all female dependents, either the grandmother, mother, sister-in-law and sister-in-law of the show girl, or the elders with noble status in the clan. They have lived in the official post one after another, and they will follow the people in the palace to the capital in the past two days, firstly, they are not worried that their daughter will go out alone, and secondly, they will also go to the capital to do some work.

Today's saint is a young son of heaven, although he has not yet been pro-government, but fortunately, there are few people in the harem, and there is no child, take advantage of the current palace to enter the palace, once the prince is born, whether it is the holy favor or the prologue teeth, they are all in front, the mother is expensive by virtue of the son, and the prince's family can also follow the light, just look at the current Yang family.

All of a sudden, the official post that has always been cold became lively, and today the eunuch in the palace came to inform that he was going to leave for Beijing early the day after tomorrow, and Mrs. Meng, who was choosing clothes for her daughter, loosened her hand and fell to the ground.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?" Miss Meng was taken aback, she had never seen her mother's gaffe.

Miss Meng is a concubine, since she was a child, she was recorded in Mrs. Meng's name, she was born beautiful, Mrs. Meng has high hopes for this daughter, since she was a child, she invited a special master to teach piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing and dancing, originally wanted to send her to the Qin Palace, but the relationship was entrusted a lot, and a lot of money was spent, but she still failed to send her daughter in.

Miss Meng is in time for this year, and she can't wait any longer, but fortunately, the east is not bright and the west is bright, and the palace is drafted.

It's been twenty years since the palace had a draft on such a large scale.

Mrs. Meng went to Deyin Temple to donate 500 taels of incense money.

"It's okay, it's okay, my mother is just happy for a while, and I'm finally going to enter Beijing, alas, when I get to the capital, it's difficult for my mother to see you."

Miss Meng's face was slightly red, and she hugged Mrs. Meng's arm and coquettishly said, "Mother, maybe I can't choose it." ”

"Nonsense! Look at the few people who were selected this time, who can compare to you, in terms of appearance and talent, not to mention in Xi'an, even when you arrive in the capital, you are also top-notch, besides, the head of the Qing Dynasty has already made a guarantee, even if you can't send you to the emperor, you can stay in the palace as a female official. Isn't the concubine Gao in the palace now a female official? Over the years, the Gao family has been smooth sailing, isn't it because Concubine Gao is in front of the Queen Mother? ”

Concubine Gao is a native of Shaanxi, originally a female official around the Empress Dowager, and was later named a concubine, although only a princess was born, but also because she had no children under her knees, she was able to avoid disasters again and again after the funeral of Emperor Taizu, and later the little emperor ascended the throne, she was named the imperial concubine, and several nephews were all promoted, two of them also became Beijing officials, and the Gao family also moved from Shaanxi to the capital.

The year before last, the Empress Dowager decreed that Concubine Gao should leave the palace and give her a house to be raised by her nephews. But the Empress Dowager let Concubine Gao wait for her, and every once in a while she would call Concubine Gao into the palace, play leaf cards with her, and listen to her say something outside the palace.

Mrs. Meng and Mrs. Gao are old acquaintances, every time I think of these, I will feel uneasy, I think back then, when the Gao family was still in Shaanxi, the sixth Mrs. Gao went out as a guest, and she couldn't even make up a set, but when she came back to worship her ancestors last year, the nobility of that body was no longer comparable to her.

Before that, Mrs. Meng wrote a letter to Mrs. Gao Liu, mentioning that she was going to Beijing and wanted to visit, which meant that she wanted Mrs. Gao Liu to introduce her to Concubine Gao, but Mrs. Gao Liu did not reply, and Mrs. Meng was so angry that she was half dead.

Fortunately, the head of the Qing Dynasty gave her a reassurance, and in the first two years, in order to send her daughter to the Qin Palace, the silver was finally not in vain.

"By the way, have you arranged that little girl?" Mrs. Meng asked.

"My daughter let her live with Xianglan, but I don't know if it will be okay to take her into the palace at that time, you see that the youngest of the palace maids selected this time is also thirteen years old, and Xiangxue is also nine years old." Miss Meng gently stroked the newly sewn clothes, which were the most fashionable in the south, and her mother specially asked the master of Suzhou to sew them for her.

"Xiangxue? Is this the new name you changed for her? Mrs. Meng laughed.

"Yes, her original name was Ah Xue, and her daughter changed her to Xiangxue, and she and Xianglan just made up a pair." Miss Meng chuckled softly.

"What can't be done, although she is only nine years old, there are also little palace maids in the palace. Besides, she was brought over by you from her mother's house, and she didn't enter the palace by draft, since the Taoist chief asked us to bring her in, then we will definitely be able to get her into the palace. Mrs. Meng put aside a few pieces of clothing, and began to clear her head jewelry, which were also newly made Su samples, for which she also took out a dozen ruby sapphires that had been treasured for many years.

"Mother, why did you say that the chief let her enter the palace, she is young and her appearance is not very good, and she is a little palace maid when she enters the palace, what can she do?" Miss Meng interrogated Xiangxue carefully, but she didn't ask anything.

"Alas, you kid, you know too little about those kings and grandsons", there were only mother and daughter in the house, but Mrs. Meng still lowered her voice and said, "When your grandmother is alive, you still have to release people into our house, not to mention that Prince Qin has a heavy army in his hands, that is, those adults in the court, who doesn't want to put people in the harem?" When there is a disturbance, they can know in advance and make arrangements in advance. Although this little girl is inconspicuous, the more such a person is, the longer she can stay in the palace, and if she is an outstanding-looking person, she will be targeted early on. ”