In the blink of an eye, winter goes to spring, and a hundred flowers bloom! When people gradually put on spring clothes, the Li Dynasty also ushered in the eye-catching spring festival and draft one after another.

If Chunqiu is a battlefield for talented people, then this draft is a battlefield for the girls participating in the draft.

As for the draft of the Li Dynasty, at the beginning, it was the girls of the right age in each newspaper, and the imperial court would send selected officials to various states and counties for selection, and it was necessary to select a total of 5,000 women between the ages of 13 and 16 to enter Beijing to participate in the election.

When they arrived in Kyoto, there was nothing to do with the selection officials, and they had to hand over these people to the old eunuchs in the palace for physical examination. On the first day, the show girls stood in order of age, and the old eunuch visually judged that those who were tall, short, fat and thin and those who had greater requirements would be defeated.

In the next two days, the old eunuch will ask the show girl to report her age and place of origin, measure the woman's hands and feet, short wrists, long toes, etc., and the show girls who are too low and average in appearance will be eliminated.

Three years ago, Yi Ruonan was brushed down at this level because of her identity background, but this year, Yi Xiangxiang asked the seventh prince Zhao Ziqian to help escort her, so she didn't have to worry.

After the strict primary election in the first three days, the number of remaining show girls will not exceed 800. These 800 people will be introduced into the inner palace by a qualified old woman for a physical examination, checking their facial features, hair, skin, neck, back, and whether they are virgins. After this selection, there are generally only two or three hundred qualified show girls.

After that, these two or three hundred people will be arranged to live in the inner palace, and there are female officials to observe their living habits, and spend a month to inspect their personalities, words and deeds, and finally select the better fifty people to stand in front of the palace, so that the ladies in charge of the draft will ask questions and evaluate. If a sign is left, it can be canonized.

It is conceivable that the show girls must have snatched their heads for these fifty places.

Of course, in addition to a group of show girls who participated in the draft, there are also the ladies in the harem! Why is this a statement? Because almost every noble girl's appearance was rushed to leave a sign.

The regular draft of the Li Dynasty is presided over by the queen, or a high-ranking concubine is selected together, and sometimes the saint will also come. Except for the people who must stay in the "unspoken rules", the rest is up to them to be happy. But because this draft is not only to fill the harem, but also to select princesses and concubines for several princes, there are not only queens present, but also concubines, concubines, and concubines.

The saint has already said that as long as it is in the eye, several mothers can leave the brand of the show girl. So at first, the ladies were still more restrained, just fighting some verbal battles, but until noble girls like Ye Manwen and Pei Yuyan appeared, it was that every lady wanted to leave each other's brand!

Of course, it's not okay to be up for grabbing. The final result was naturally that the queen reported the situation to the saint, who made a commanding deployment to stabilize the result.

In fact, everything is certain.

Tongzhou Yifu, Yongle House.

In the bright spring yard, two little girls lay lazily in the red sandalwood carved chaise longue, half-squinting in the sun. The two of them move in unison, and the legs of Erlang are all rubbed one by one, which is really uncomfortable!

"Big sister entered the Four Princes' Mansion? Or a prince and concubine? Yi Ruofu was one of these little girls, she sat up from the recliner and looked at the other little girl incredulously, Yi Xiangxiang.

As soon as her words fell, Qing Xuan washed a plate of clean green dates and brought them over, and put them on the carved table between Yi Xiangxiang and Yi Ruofu, and then she also brought water to the two young ladies to clean their hands, so that they could grab dates and eat them.

Yi Xiangxiang sat up and washed her hands, then nodded and complained: "What's not credible about this?" I'm not idle, so why bother to fool you on purpose! Didn't you see that there were more guests coming to your door in the past two days? They all got the news in advance! Wait, no more than three days, there will be a courtesy official to report the good news. But the rank of this prince and concubine is not high, why are they all blind! ”

After she finished speaking, she took out a clean handkerchief to wipe her hands, and then threw the silk to Yi Ruofu. The latter didn't dislike it at all, quickly wiped his hands dry, and then threw the handkerchief to Shumei, who had just walked over.

Shumei looked at the appearance of these two young ladies and was very helpless.

Yi Ruofu wiped her hands and glanced at Yi Xiangxiang and said: "You don't believe it if you want to study more, according to common sense, people like us, even if you run for election as your identity, it is estimated that you are just a Zhaorong or Wanyi and the like, and it is already very good to be able to mix with noble concubines, okay!" ”

Even if an ordinary woman enters the palace after passing many checkpoints, unless she is really beautiful, she is only enough to be a palace maid. There are very few commoner women who can be selected as the prince's concubine, let alone a noble concubine! Yi Xiangxiang's father is the governor of Tongzhou, if she hadn't been brushed off in the election, her mixed position would not be too high.

"Don't worry, I won't run if I am killed! Fortunately, this draft is also once every three years, just like the Spring Festival, and when it's my turn, I'll get married early! Yi Xiangxiang reached out and took a green jujube from the colorful fruit bowl and gnawed it up.

This green jujube was sent over early in the morning from the Chuanhe Courtyard, crisp and sweet, but it is very suitable for gnawing on such a spring day. When Yi Xiangxiang received the dates in the morning, she called Qingxuan to go to the library to get some ice, and at that time she wanted to take a nap and bask in the sun and eat dates, which was simply beautiful!

"Can you get a face! A big girl's family says what marriage matches every day, and you are not ashamed! After Yi Ruofu finished speaking, she also began to nibble on dates.

was complained that Yi Xiangxiang shrugged indifferently when she heard this, and didn't take Yi Ruofu's words to heart at all. If it weren't for the restrictions of the times, she would be able to pounce on whatever she liked! God knows, the one she envies the most is Liu Chuyu, the princess of Shanyin! Now it's just about a normal marriage, it's already very restrained, okay!

Thinking like this, she said to Yi Ruofu, "You know what? I used to read a book in which the heroine is named Liu Chuyu, who is the princess of Shanyin! She once said to her royal brother: The concubine and Your Majesty, although men and women are different, both support the first emperor. Your Majesty has six palaces and tens of thousands, and the concubine is only one concubine, and things are too uneven! When these words came out, her brother prepared thirty noodles...... That is, the handsome man gave it to her! I really envy me! ”

The people around him touched their foreheads one after another when they heard this, and even the shadows hidden in the shadows staggered under their feet.

However, his eyes swept to Yi Xiangxiang and found that she was really full of envy!

"Niu Niu Niu, Niu Niu! You have the ability to get thirty beautiful men to come to Yongle Residence! See if you drown in spittle! Yi Ruofu smiled and continued to eat dates.

"Humph! You pedantic human beings just don't know what a good life is! When I make enough money, I will hide in the mountains and forests! No spittle can drown me! Yi Xiangxiang said proudly.

Her plans for the future are always changing, but she has really considered seclusion. Think about the second half of your life between the mountains and rivers, go to the poor place of water, and sit and watch the clouds rise! How wonderful!

Yi Ruofu finished eating another jujube here, she waved her hand and said, "Come on, don't be poor!" Seriously, what about the others? I know that Hu Xuehui also participated, and Zhu Qianqian, the young lady of the Zhu family, also participated, right? ”

These two people have a good relationship with Yi Xiangxiang, and they have a little friendship with Yi Ruofu.

"Hu Xuehui, who entered the East Palace, is now the crown prince Liangdi. Sister Qianqian also entered the Four Princes' Mansion, and her position is the same as our eldest sister. Speaking of which, it would be better if the two of them could support each other in the Four Princes' Mansion, but they were afraid that they would embarrass each other, which would be very embarrassing. ”

is the same prince and concubine in the same mansion, and even the position is the same, it is really difficult to ensure that the two are indisputable. And the most difficult thing is that these two are related to her, and Yi Xiangxiang is very worried that they will play tricks and fight to the death.

"It depends on what kind of person the mistress is, if the mistress can do things, it won't be the turn of these little vixens!" Yi Ruofu, who kept eating dates, grabbed another date, and she was about to eat up all the plates.

Following Yi Xiangxiang's face-to-face remarks, the people around heard Yi Ruofu actually say that her sister was a little vixen, and her three views were really shattered into slag!

Shadow Sha was speechless again, this Yi family sister is really a living treasure!

Yi Xiangxiang picked up the plate on the desk, took the remaining dates for herself, and then said: "If you want to know who the prince and concubine are, just ask directly, what kind of bend is it!" ”

She knows Yi Ruofu too well, what her fifth sister is thinking in her head, Yi Xiangxiang knows it clearly!

"Who are the concubines of the princes?" Yi Ruofu was not annoyed by being exposed, but begged for popular science with a gossip face.

"The concubine of the second prince Zhao Ziyu is Ye Manwen, the daughter of the military department. The concubine of the fourth prince, Zhao Zixiu, is Pei Yuyan, the daughter of the Hubu Shangshu. The seventh prince, Zhao Ziqian, did not choose a concubine, but his side concubine was Lin Zhimeng, the daughter of the prime minister. The saint is also a very interesting person, he is very evenly divided! The four most noble sons born to the four highest ranking mothers in the harem, one of them gave a name, one gave a soldier, one gave money, and one gave power! Our saint is such a wonderful person! Yi Xiangxiang said slowly with a colorful glass plate.

The Imperial Balance Technique, the Holy Envoy is very perfect!

Yi Ruofu and the others didn't understand what it meant at first, but after turning the corner, they thought about it, isn't it! The crown prince occupies the position of the East Palace, which is the name; The father-in-law of the second prince is the secretary of the military department, which is a soldier; The father-in-law of the fourth prince is the head of the household, which is money; The father-in-law of the seventh prince is the prime minister, and he has protégés all over the court, this is right!

It's really evenly divided! The people around him nodded in agreement.

But isn't it really inappropriate to criticize royal affairs like this? Shumei is very helpless!

"What do you think? Which prince does the saint value more? Yi Ruofu's gossip is no longer limited to parents, and Yi Xiangxiang is very pleased with this.

Yi Xiangxiang pinched her chin and thought about it and said, "This is not good, the Holy Lord should be strong, everything will change!" Eh, wait, I remember, there is one of the show girls that you know! Li Yanqing of Showa County was named into the Second Prince's Mansion and became the prince's concubine. ”

Because she didn't have much friendship with Li Yanqing, Yi Xiangxiang almost ignored the fact that she was in the message delivered by Huanxi Pavilion.

Yi Ruofu patted the armrest of the circle chair and said, "I didn't expect her to be selected, and I don't know what the second sister-in-law's expression was when she heard this." ”

The second sister-in-law she said was Li Yanping.

A month ago, Yi Hanchen, the second young master of the Yi family, married Li Yanping, the daughter of Li Zhi County, Showa County, as his wife. In the same month, the third young master, Yi Luochuan, married Jiang Jingshan, the young lady of the Jiang family in Tongzhou! The wedding banquet of the two young masters was very lively, and when Jiang Jingshan got married, his father Jiang Chengshen also asked for leave to come back from Kyoto, and he was a virtuous son-in-law in front of Yi Luochuan, as if he loved Jiang Jingshan very much! It wasn't until after the excitement passed that Jiang Chengshen returned to Kyoto, accompanied by Yi Hanxi, the fourth young master of the Yi family, who was going to Kyoto to take care of business.

Yi Xiangxiang and the others ate this plate of green dates at this time, which was sent by Jiang Jingshan from Chuanhe Courtyard.

Oh, I should say Shizukawa-in! Yi Luochuan listened to Yi Xiangxiang's words and played a romantic game, and after Jiang Jingshan entered, he renamed Chuanhe Courtyard as Jingchuan Courtyard!

"What expression can you have, the path you choose, you have to finish it on your knees! Besides, our family doesn't have as many things as the Prince's Mansion, it's a big dye vat. "Yi Xiangxiang disagrees with Yi Ruofu's words that are similar to the ambition of others to destroy their own prestige, the prince's mansion is amazing! Maybe it's not as arrogant as she is listening to Hailou! Really!

"That's right! Whatever! It's spring, looking for a chance for us to go out and play? After a winter at home, my bones froze. Yi Ruofu didn't continue the topic anymore, and instigated Yi Xiangxiang to take her out to play.

She thinks so, what about her eighth sister, she has ideas and abilities, and the key is to be rich! Going out to eat, drink and have fun with her, that's the coolest! There are no classes in the academy yet, so I just took this opportunity to go out and have fun.

Hanging out? Where to go? In this ancient time when transportation was inconvenient, it was really troublesome to travel, and it was better to lie down at home. But, the heart is also a bit wild! It's a pity not to go to the waves in the good spring! Yi Xiangxiang also agreed with Yi Ruofu's words.

"Why don't we play polo?" Yi Xiangxiang thought for a while, and looked at Yi Ruofu with burning eyes.

This season is just right to play polo, the sun in the spring is not dry, playing polo is sweaty, not to mention how cool!

"I'm going to the racetrack to play polo, I have to make an appointment for this time, right?" The surname Yi Ruofu is full of interest, but it also takes into account the reality.

There are not many racetracks in Tongzhou, and everyone goes out to exercise this season, and there must be very few empty venues. They wanted to play polo temporarily, but it was really different and there was a field to play.

Yi Xiangxiang waved her hand when she heard this: "I know their boss well, I don't need to make an appointment to go with me!" ”

Hehe! Since Yi Luochuan knew that the Wuda firm was Yi Xiangxiang's industry, he didn't want anything else, so he just asked Yi Xiangxiang to set up a special field for him in the racecourse, so that he could practice riding and archery on weekdays. That field is the same as the Fusheng Pavilion, exclusive to the Yi family, of course, it is naturally a long-term lease of the Yi family.

Because of this start, many people moved the idea of renting a field, Yi Xiangxiang could only make up a story in the name of Wuhan University to say that when she was playing in the racecourse, she accidentally startled the horse and was accidentally rescued by Yi Luochuan, so she gave the Yi family a privilege.

Eh, it takes a thousand lies to tell a lie! Yi Xiangxiang said that she was so tired that she could only make up for it when she counted the money.

Just do it and do the stinky problem shared by Yi Xiangxiang and Yi Ruofu, Yi Ruofu immediately called the little maid to go back to her Fu courtyard to get the riding clothes, and the two quickly changed their clothes and prepared to go out, but before they left the yard, they ran into Jiang Jingshan who came to talk to Yi Xiangxiang.

"The two sisters are going to go out for horseback riding?" Jiang Jingshan asked.

Yi Xiangxiang replied very cheerfully: "It's going to play polo, if the third sister-in-law has nothing else to do, she will go with us?" ”

Jiang Jingshan is not a bad person. She has never had a father's love since she was a child, but she is more sleek than other peers, and she is also a rare smart person. Since she married into Yifu, she has been very conscientious and filial to her elders, loves her husband and spoils her younger brothers and sisters, and she is also hearty and generous, and she is also very friendly to her subordinates, so Yi Xiangxiang is quite satisfied with this new sister-in-law.

"I'm not going, you guys go play." Jiang Jingshan said with a smile.

After all, she is a wife now, so she still has to pay attention to her identity, so as not to leave a handle and be blamed and smear the faces of the Yi family and the Jiang family.

Yi Xiangxiang naturally knew Jiang Jingshan's concerns, so she said, "It's okay, I'll ask Qingxuan to call my brother, and then invite the second brother and sister-in-law, and let them all come together." If you go to the racetrack and circle the field directly, then you are all your own people, and you can have fun. ”

The racecourse of Wuhan University is quite high-end, and Yi Xiangxiang deliberately set up a hoarding screen that can be controlled and moved for privacy protection. At the beginning, she painstakingly found a skilled craftsman to design a mechanism control, as long as the hoarding was raised, people outside could not see the situation inside the field.

Jiang Jingshan was also a little hesitant when she heard this, she wanted to take this opportunity to have more with the Yi family brothers and sisters. Seeing her hesitation, Yi Xiangxiang directly helped her make a decision, and pushed her back to Jingchuan Courtyard to change her riding clothes with Yi Ruofu, and called her brother to accompany her by the way.

Playing polo, no matter what, you have to have more than two people as a team to be interesting. Originally, Yi Xiangxiang and Yi Ruofu wanted the maids to play with them, but now two pairs of brothers and sisters-in-law have been added, and there is no shortage of manpower. However, to their surprise, after arriving at the racecourse, they also met Jiang Xuanrui and Wu Feng, who were running horses, so today's polo team has grown again.

As for Wu Feng, he also married Cui Yaoyi, the young lady of the Cui family, a month ago, and now Wu Feng took his beautiful lady out to ride a horse to relax. In the racecourse, I first met Jiang Xuanrui, who was practicing riding and archery alone, and then saw the Yi family who came together, and I sighed that I had a good idea.

Yi Xiangxiang didn't see anything outside, only to see her say with a smile: "Wu Gongzi and we have a good understanding, so we are not afraid that your lady will be angry and jealous?" ”

"Hey! You little girl, dare to make fun of me! Cui Yaoyi said and made a gesture to beat Yi Xiangxiang.

Cui Yaoyi is also a student in the women's school of Lusheng College, and she and the people present are also acquaintances, and because she and Yi Xiangxiang are at the next table, the two often chat and fight, so they are more familiar. This is also why, Yi Xiangxiang was very angry when she knew that Yi Ruonan designed Wu Feng! Because once Yi Ruonan's plan is completed, Cui Yaoyi must be the most hurt.

Yi Xiangxiang was chased and ran, so she naturally hid behind Yi Luochuan and Jiang Jingshan, and this brother and sister-in-law naturally protected Yi Xiangxiang.

Now Wu Feng didn't let go: "Hey! You're still teaming up to bully my mother, aren't you? Saying that, he also joined the joke of "cleaning up Yi Xiangxiang".

Jiang Xuanrui was standing in the direction of Wu Feng's side, so that he could see Yi Xiangxiang on the opposite side at this moment. The corners of his mouth unconsciously rose, and all he saw in his eyes was Yi Xiangxiang's smile.

Jiang Xuanrui already understood what his different feelings for Yi Xiangxiang represented, originally because of his sister's marriage to Yi Luochuan, he decided to let go of this emotion. But it wasn't until his sister got married last month that he went out as an elder brother and arrived at the colorful Yifu. At that time, he watched his sister being led out of the wedding sedan chair by the groom's official Yi Luochuan, and the first thought that came to his heart was "I hope that one day I can marry your sister like this", and at that time he understood that he couldn't let it go.

It was during this month that he rejected the noble daughter of the family that his grandmother and mother had chosen for him.

He wanted to wait, wait for this little girl to grow up.

He also knew that neither their Jiang family nor the Yi family would easily agree to him and marry Yi Xiangxiang. Because he knows that in a family like theirs, the affairs of children and relatives are all chains of interests, and the two families will not repeat this chain of interests. Therefore, he needs to work hard to climb up, and only when he has the right to speak can he have the right to choose.

At this moment, he was extremely eager for fame and fortune.