Chapter 117: Selection

"The slave came to be elected, but he met a liar. //..”

The girl's eyes were red and swollen, and she couldn't cry: "It's not just a slave, it's Sister Cao, who is already married next door, and she was also selected and let Master Qu forcibly take it away...... He took a fancy to the slave's appearance, and he was going to sell the slave to Yicui Building, but fortunately, Mrs. Zhou's wife chose a wife for Zhou Gongzi, so he paid to buy the slave and let the slave survive, but Zhou Gongzi was simply a stupid idiot, and the slave really didn't want to commit himself. ”

Gu Wan and Mu Banniang looked at each other for a long time before they understood the meaning of this woman's words.

Mu Banniang was extremely surprised: "I remember that last year, someone proposed to restart the selection system, and the emperor's brother also agreed, preparing to start next year, a general election every five years, now, it's not time yet, right?" ”

At the beginning of the previous dynasty, the court began to select women from good families to enter the palace, but at the beginning of the Mu family's world, there were not many masters in the palace, and there were not many people needed, so it was delayed for a while.

Gu Wan also knew that as time passed, the palace women in the palace grew older and gradually released out of the palace, and the children of the royal family gradually grew up, so it was inevitable to choose concubines, and it was imperative to select them, but she really didn't expect that the selection in the palace had not yet begun, and there were people below who deceived the little girl everywhere in the name of selection.

"You said, you participated in the selection and came to Dayong after being selected?" Mu Banniang frowned and asked, "What Lord Qu brought you here?" Do you know his official rank? ”

The girl hesitated: "Master Qu came to Xue County and said that he wanted to recruit a beautiful girl for the Long Live Lord, as long as there is a daughter in the family, he must participate, and also said that once he is selected, he can enter the palace as a mother to enjoy Qingfu, many sisters are very happy, because my sister has been engaged, and my father and mother want me to run for election!" ”

When she said that she wanted to enter the palace as a mother, she was obviously a little shy, and then. His face turned pale again, "Lord Naqu only said that he was the messenger of the Long Live Lord, and did not tell us the official rank, that is, he said it." We are from a small family, where can we understand, but he is courteous to the county master, and he wants to be a big official! ”

Gu Wan smiled bitterly - another girl who dreams of flying on a branch and becoming a phoenix!

Since the beginning of the previous dynasty, every time the election is selected, there will be a wave of people marrying their daughters. As long as the men who are a little more thoughtful are robbed back to be sons-in-law, but even so, it is inevitable that some families will take the initiative to send girls to be selected, just hoping that one day, their daughters can become mothers, and one person will ascend to heaven. //..

Actually, where is the harem so easy to enter.

Batch after batch of teenage delicate women. was selected into the palace, except for a few who are very outstanding, or have excellent opportunities. can be registered as a concubine, or pointed to the prince, the kings as concubines, most of them are ordinary palace maids, but they have been in the palace all their lives.

This is not bad, in case a few people are favored, but turn their heads and let the emperor forget about them, then they will never want to leave this palace for the rest of their lives, even if the saint occasionally gives grace and is willing to let people out. These women have no chance.

Mu Banniang's head was full of confusion: "Sister Wan'er, are there really many people who want to be selected?" I remember when I was a child, Yazhou also came to the flower and bird envoys of the Emperor of the Feng Dynasty, and the people of Yazhou went to the street to arrest Langjun, and even the fourth brother let a family in the east of the city rob him. Later, I learned that the fourth brother became a relative, and the other party even cried and shouted that he wanted to be a concubine, just so as not to be selected into the palace. ”

"Then what messenger can't choose someone, and even put down his words, if there is an outstanding color, if he is chosen, even if he is promised, he will still be taken away, and many girls are scared to commit suicide by throwing themselves into the river."

"Later, it was the eldest brother who directly drove out the messenger, saying that our good daughter in Yazhou would not enter the palace to be a slave, at that time, but many people breathed a sigh of relief, and even the sister-in-law said that the eldest brother was so courageous!"

Gu Wan took Mu Banniang's hand and calmed her slightly solemn mood.

"Drunk and straight into the secretary's house, the boudoir must not be evaded. The beloved concubine Gu said goodbye to her heart, and the little girl cried for her father's blood. One out of ten has to change clothes, and nine are equipped with deep palaces as palace maids. ”

The common people really love their daughters, and those with clear minds don't want girls to be elected to the palace, this part of the people still accounts for the majority, but there are also some people who don't take their daughters seriously, or the family is too poor to support their daughters, and would rather send them into the palace, better than selling them elsewhere, life is better, if there is a big creation, it is even more amazing.

Mu Yanxu himself took this into account, so he deliberately stipulated that the five-year selection will not send the so-called flower and bird envoys, and those who are innocent and intend to enter the palace can go to the county order office to register, and the county will choose those who have no disabilities and good facial features among the registered daughters, and send them to the capital, and then carry out the second selection, and the royal family will provide the travel expenses, even if they are not selected, they can also get the entanglement to go home.

Unexpectedly, before the selection began, someone would take advantage of this reason to make trouble.

Mu Banniang was silent, she is no longer young, she grew up in the Mu family, she is not such an ignorant little daughter, if she thinks about it a little, she can guess most of the cause and effect, but this kind of thing can never be broken at all, today this girl is lucky, she was met by the two of them, and she didn't know how many of them met.

Soon, the carriage arrived at Jingzhao Mansion.

Jingzhao is not good, since Mu Yanxu ascended the throne, Jingzhao alone has changed five, and the first few were either dismissed because of not fulfilling their responsibilities, or they resigned due to too much pressure, and there were activities, so quickly change positions, it really doesn't work, I would rather decentralize.

Right now, this one, just done for three months, surnamed Wu, is a young man, only forty years old, and he is quite energetic, as soon as he received Gu Wan's post, he was immediately scared into a cold sweat, as Jing Zhao, where would he not know Gu Wan?

It can be said that among the powerful people in the entire capital, those who can't be offended are ranked, and Mu Qi and Gu Wan can be ranked in the top five.

Gu Wan and Mu Banniang are not good at staying outside for a long time, Jing Zhaoyin also has eyesight, and immediately sent someone to invite the girl to interrogate, and immediately asked someone to go to Zhou's house to invite Zhou Yuanwai and his wife together, and then respectfully sent away the second of the most difficult women in the entire Dayong.

Before the girl was taken down, she cried heartbroken, pulling Gu Wan's sleeve and not letting go, for fear that as soon as they left, she would enter the fire pit again, or Mu Banniang soothed her with a smile and told her that this was Dayong, not Xue Jun, and no official could cover the sky with one hand, and Jingzhao was the same, so the girl followed the person step by step.

Out of Jingzhao Mansion, Mu Banniang lost the interest of shopping, Gu Wan sent her back to the palace, and then returned to the palace.

It was late autumn, and the moon was full.

Gu Wan personally went to the kitchen to cook a bowl of sesame paste, drank it slowly, and took another bowl to see her man.

Mu Qi was sitting in the study, looking at the information sent by Dingzhou.

Recently, the Dawa people have changed frequently, and the intelligence over there has also changed from being sent every three days to being delivered every day, and the operation of the Mu family's intelligence system is getting smoother and smoother, and a special amount of funds has been allocated, and some manpower has been combined with the car dealership to establish a full-time letter delivery agency, in addition to transporting intelligence, as well as delivering letters from soldiers in the army, Mu Qi is also thinking about making it convenient for ordinary people.

This idea was come up with by himself, Gu Wan was not surprised when he heard it, the Mu family actually didn't need to remind themselves, they made the 'post office', if it works well, it is a big business to make money.

Gu Wan held the sesame paste and handed it over.

Mu Qi raised his head and smiled: "Lady, I'll hold my hand." ”

Gu Wan smiled and put the bowl on the table, "It's just right, drink it when it's cold, it's not good to drink it hot." ”

Mu Qi blinked, and put the book in his hand ... [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］