Chapter Eighty-Seven: Broken Jade Grapes
It is called a ghost dream because Emperor Yong'an asked Lingxi why he called these two words when he gave birth.
Wen Po told Emperor Yong'an about this, Lingxi was not surprised at all, after all, this is the harem, and theoretically all the masters of the slaves are Emperor Yong'an.
Lingxi, who was asked at that time, was moved, and only lied that it was the nickname she gave to the dragon heir in her womb.
Emperor Yong'an didn't think much about it after hearing it, although he felt that the name Youmeng was too daughter's family, but it was just a small name, so he followed Lingxi.
After Lingxi gave birth, the configuration of palace maids in his palace had reached the position of concubine. In addition to the palace maids, there are also two nurses who are responsible for taking care of the five princes.
As a modern person, Ling Xi is well aware of the various benefits of breast milk for children. But she was impatient, her body was weak, and she didn't get milk down for a few days, and in the end she could only feed the five princes by the nurse.
The five princes were born lovely, their eyes looked like Emperor Yong'an, their eyes were slightly slender, and a pair of eyes were as clear as the stars in the sky. When you laugh, it is like a spring breeze in March, and when you don't laugh, it is unfathomable. Its eyebrows are very light, sticking to a thin strip above the eyelids, like caterpillars. Its lips follow the spirit rhino, not thin or thick, and when it is pouted, the cherry blossoms are red and red.
Whenever the fifth prince pouted, Lingxi couldn't wait to lie down and bite her son, it was so cute.
When Lingxi had not yet given birth to the five princes, the palace people cleaned up the east side hall of the Lingyan Palace, so that the five princes could live, so as not to disturb Lingxi's recuperation.
But Lingxi's beloved son was heartfelt, so he begged Emperor Yong'an to raise the five princes in his own bedroom. Whenever the fifth prince cried, she had to lift the curtain of the bed to take a look. In her heart, even if the five princes cried, their voices were like heavenly sounds.
The five princes love to cry. Crying when you are sleepy, crying when you are hungry, crying when you pee, and even crying when the posture of the palace maid is slightly wrong. But when Dudu Lingxi or Emperor Yong'an hugged him, no matter what, he would open his toothless mouth and laugh rattling, it was really blood and family.
The dependence of the five princes on Emperor Yong'an won the love of Emperor Yong'an. This greatly satisfied Emperor Yong'an's pride in being a father, and the psychology of 'I have a son, except for me, you can't' made Emperor Yong'an take his father's love to the extreme. All kinds of rewards are moved into the Lingyan Hall like water, not to mention, if it weren't for the ancestral system being limited there, Emperor Yong'an would probably give this newborn baby a prince.
This kind of favor fell in the eyes of Queen Zhu and Rou Guifei, and naturally became all kinds of jealousy. They couldn't figure out how a person with congenital deficiency could give birth to a child safely!
On the tenth day of August in the sixth year of Yong'an, it is the day of the final trial of the three hundred new women who have entered the palace.
In the first year of Yong'an, the final trial was presided over by the Empress Dowager Xiaohe, and now the Empress Dowager Xiaohe is not in the harem, and this matter falls on Emperor Yong'an himself.
As soon as the end came, Emperor Yong'an set up the imperial garden. He sat on the orchid pavilion, surrounded by eunuchs and palace maids, and conducted the final review of these three hundred women.
It is necessary to ask his name, look at his appearance, check his conduct, test his talent, and finally determine which ones can directly live in the East and West Sixth Palaces, and which ones will live in the Chuxiu Palace and continue to wait.
Asking such things as eunuchs can do it, Emperor Yong'an only sat on the Lan Pavilion, eating tea leisurely, and watching groups of beauties walk in front of him.
The three hundred show girls were divided into five teams and sixty groups, and each group of five people stepped forward to accept the selection and questioning of Emperor Yong'an.
These 300 girls have all passed the third trial, and there will be no problems in their appearance, conduct, and net worth. Now let Emperor Yong'an look at each other, it is nothing more than to see who can be the first to enter the dragon's eye and win the favor of the saint.
The three hundred girls are well aware of the importance of this day, so they are all dressed up on this day. There are also those who take the cold route, dressed in plain color and a few points of red makeup. This kind of outfit is extremely eye-catching in this thousands of purples and thousands of reds, but the three hundred girls inevitably have the same thoughts, so this plain dress is not new, but makes people dressed like this look bland, and they really respond to their thoughts that they don't want to win the favor of the saint either true or false.
Gonggong Feng held a roster of three hundred women who recorded the net worth, name, height and other detailed information, and stood beside Emperor Yong'an. Whenever a group of pickers stepped forward, Father-in-law Feng would briefly talk about the net worth of the pickgirls in this group in advance. If there is a daughter of everyone, he wants to stay, and he directly seals the position. If not, Emperor Yong'an will pick those who are compatible with him to stay and seal his position. As for whether they can get the favor of Emperor Yong'an after living in the East and West Sixth Palace, it depends on their means and skills.
The final review was never held until three o'clock in the morning.
Emperor Yong'an selected a total of two fourth-grade Jieyu for himself, seven beauties from the fourth-grade beauty, eleven fifth-grade talents, and nineteen from the fifth-grade Baolin, a total of thirty-nine concubines.
The two Jieyu, one is the daughter of the family of Empress Jingren, the biological mother of Emperor Yong'an, who is sixteen years old and named Wang Zhenzhen. According to his generation, he should be called Uncle Yong'an. Emperor Yong'an sealed his treasure Jieyu.
The other is the daughter of King Ping's biological mother, Concubine Jinghui, who is fifteen years old, named Dong Shi'er, and was named Yi Jieyu.
Emperor Yong'an was already tired from sitting on the Lan Pavilion for an afternoon, and after asking Gonggong Feng to make sure that there was no daughter among the remaining people, he raised his hand and asked the eunuch in charge of the interrogation to inform him of the end of the final trial. Gonggong Feng handed over the list of women selected by Emperor Yong'an to the eunuchs on the side, and asked them to be sent to Weiyang Palace, and handed them over to Empress Zhu to arrange a residence.
The selected women stood in a row, some with excitement on their faces, some with cold faces, and some with tears in their eyes. The unselected pickers stood in three rows, some of them were unwilling, some were indifferent, and some were chuckling at the corners of their mouths.
In less than two hours, their future fate has been rewritten.
After all the women stood neatly, they stood on both sides of the white jade stone road in the imperial garden, and saluted Emperor Yong'an in unison, "Congratulations to the emperor." ”
Emperor Yong'an stood up from the dragon chair, got off the Lan Pavilion and stepped on the snow-white white jade road, and walked in the direction of the Zichen Palace.
Suddenly, he stepped on something, and Emperor Yong'an's footsteps were paused.
Gonggong Feng hurriedly squatted down and picked up a broken jade earring that had been trampled on from the feet of Emperor Yong'an. Emperor Yong'an took the earrings and lazily handed them to his eyes, and was immediately attracted by their peculiar style - it was actually a bunch of grapes.
These bunches of grape earrings are made of light green crushed jade, and the sleek and carved crushed jade of different sizes are arranged together in a staggered and orderly manner, forming a bunch of small grape shapes.
The fineness of the broken jade is not good, barely medium. The ear hook is made of plain silver, unlike other earrings that use red gold. It can be seen that the owner of his earrings has a very low lintel.
The craftsmanship of the earrings is also very rough, and it must not be made in some famous silver building. Emperor Yongan even suspected that the owner of the earrings made it himself.
Seeing that Emperor Yong'an was holding the earrings for a long time, Gonggong Feng looked up at the pickers who were still blessing on both sides of the road, and said in a sharp voice, "Which picker girl dropped an earring, made of broken jade, which looks like grapes." ”
As soon as Gonggong Feng's voice fell, all the girls whispered in their hearts, I don't know which one had the mind, and actually came up with such a trick to attract the emperor's attention.
Suddenly, a woman came out of the unsuccessful selection of women. He wore a sandalwood waist-cinching tight-fitting placket skirt with an aqua green gauze over the skirt. The head is tied with Changgong bun, two small pale pink bead flowers are obliquely hairpinned, and a hibiscus hairpin is placed on the left side of the bun.
Its clear eyes are like springs, thin eyebrows are like willows, there is a smile at the corner of his mouth, and there is affection between his eyes, which has a unique style. As he walked, a grape-shaped earring on his left ear swayed gently, leaving a spot of light on the woman's cheeks as the setting sun shone. The woman walked up to Emperor Yong'an and bowed down with a slightly restrained body, "Concubine An Xiaowan, see the emperor." ”
After entering the palace and becoming a woman, she is the emperor's woman. Regardless of whether you have a position or not, you must call yourself a concubine when you talk to the emperor.
Gonggong Feng took out the roster, turned to the page that recorded An Xiaowan, and whispered beside Emperor Yong'an, "An Xiaowan, sixteen years old, is selected for Gaoyang County." After Gonggong Feng finished speaking, he said in a low voice, "There is no one in Ancai's family who is in business, and no one is in the government, she is a poor girl." ”
Gaoyang County is a small and remote county. Every time there is a general election, each prefecture and county will send women with good looks and talents in their management circles to the capital to participate in the general election. If they are elected, their parents will follow suit, and if they are not selected, most of these unsuccessful women will be accepted by the officials as concubines in the house.
Therefore, the general election every five years is not only for the emperor to choose concubines, but also for officials to choose small houses.
Emperor Yong'an bowed slightly, handed the earrings to An Xiaowan and said, "You can be flat." ”
An Xiaowan thanked her, stood up straight after taking the earrings, and stood on the side of the road without speaking. Emperor Yong'an put his hands behind his back and walked straight in front of An Xiaowan.
The newly sealed Yi Jieyu showed a trace of disdain in her eyes, no matter how much you think, what can you do, what the emperor can't look down on, just can't look down on.
The unselected girls couldn't help but sneer in their hearts. In the end, when a small family goes out, what kind of tricks are made, and they are not afraid of losing their identity.
An Xiaowan stood on the side of Yonglu, watching Emperor Yong'an and the eunuch palace maid pass by her, her mind was all on the earrings that were trampled on by Emperor Yong'an.
The earrings were worthless, but the broken jade from which the earrings were polished was a jade bracelet left to her by her mother before her death. She was reluctant to throw away the bracelet after it was broken, so she polished such a pair of earrings.
Emperor Yong'an walked twenty steps away, suddenly turned around, pointed to An Xiaowan shrouded in the setting sun, groaned slightly, and said, "Just, Wan Baolin!" ”
The girls on both sides of the road smacked their tongues, and Emperor Yong'an actually ordered this An Xiaowan who was playing tricks.
An Xiaowan was also stunned, a trace of surprise appeared on her beautiful face, and she was stunned for a while on the white jade road.
Seeing this, the head of Chuxiu Palace came over, blessed An Xiaowan, and reminded, "Wan Baolin is not ready to thank you." ”
An Xiaowan was pushed back to her senses by the lady in charge, and hurriedly knelt on the road, saying, "Concubine, concubine thank the emperor!" ”
Emperor Yong'an looked at An Xiaowan's panicked appearance, and suddenly laughed loudly in a good mood, turned around and led the eunuch and palace maid to stride away.
An Xiaowan raised her head, her fair face was reflected in the fire clouds in the sky. At this time, the Yong'an Emperor in her eyes was so tall and mighty under the support of everyone.
An Xiaowan's heart was suddenly hit twice by the deer, and then a hint of sweetness flashed at the tip of her heart.
Her face turned even redder......