Chapter 17: The Lady of the Show Selection
After the eldest princess went to tell the emperor that she was going to move out, this matter naturally became a foregone conclusion, and in the next few days, Pear Ling was busy cleaning up her new palace for the eldest princess, and only waiting for an auspicious day of the zodiac, the eldest princess could move in.
On April 16 of the seventh year of Tianping, the lord is auspicious, it is appropriate to sacrifice, consecrate, pray, travel, break ground, decorate, enter the house, move, make a bed, and hang a plaque, and the eldest princess moved into the Yongfu Palace in the palace where the princes and princesses lived.
Yongfu, from this name, you can see the emperor's love for the eldest princess.
After the eldest princess moved away, there was an indescribable feeling in Liling's heart.
When I first saw the eldest princess in the past, the eldest princess was only three years old, and she was a lively, cute and adorable child, and in the blink of an eye, so many years have passed, An Guifei went from a Zhaoyuan to a concubine, and then fell down, and was imprisoned forever, which also made the eldest princess change a lot, and became a scheming person with interests first, and the eldest princess lived in Moshang Palace for more than a year, and Li Ling never taught her well, so that the eldest princess became what she is today.
Well, if you can protect this child in the future, you can protect some.
Li Ling didn't sigh for long, because, April 18, it was the day of the new show girl who entered the palace.
Probably because of the presence of the pear ling, or for some other reason, the queen mother sent someone early to say that she would not go to today's palace.
The Queen Mother didn't go, which was exactly what Liling wanted.
The emperor was still in the early court, so Liling went to the main hall of Chuxiu Palace first.
Because the palace election has a charter, so the pear is also very relaxed, this son because the emperor has not yet arrived, so the show girls waited in line outside, and after waiting for a long time, they were no longer quiet just now, and there were familiar show girls who chattered and spoke.
Lian Yu wanted to go out and scold a few words, but was stopped by Liling, there is no need to offend people at this juncture.
After a while, the emperor walked into the main hall with the support of everyone.
After a greeting, the selection of the palace officially began!
The first people who came in were the daughters of a prince, and they were nobles and grandchildren, and nothing more.
"The courtiers Guan Lijia, the courtiers Song Yanfang, and the courtiers Zhou Jingyue see the emperor, the virtuous concubine Niangniang, the emperor, the mother, and the mother Wanfu Jin'an." Three show girls came in as a group to run.
"Get up." Dong Qilin raised his hand and asked the three of them to get up.
"Let's all raise our heads," Seeing that the three show girls were all bowing their heads and not speaking, the atmosphere was a little depressed, so she spoke, "Let the emperor and the palace take a look." ”
The three show girls raised their heads according to their words, but they didn't dare to look directly at the emperor and the virtuous concubine, otherwise it would be disrespectful, only the show girl in the middle, Song Yanfang, inadvertently glanced at the two people sitting above, and stayed on Dong Qilin's body for a while, and then like the two people next to her, she didn't squint, but a sense of joy came out of her heart, and there was a trace of shyness on her face.
"But what kind of talent do you have?" Dong Qilin spoke.
From left to right, the three of them performed piano art, pipa, calligraphy and painting, all of them behaved decently, echoing their identities as daughters of the family, only the one in the middle was named Song Yanfang, and when she played the pipa, her eyes flowed, and there was an indescribable sense of Qi Ran and delicateness.
"What does Concubine Ai think?" Dong Qi Lin asked the pear ling.
Liling's heart jumped, wasn't it already decided that these family girls would not be included in the harem? Why did Dong Qilin still ask her opinion?
"It's good if the emperor likes it." Pear smiled gently.
"Let's keep all the cards!" Dong Qilin said lightly.
Leave the card, that is, all three of them have been selected by the emperor and want to be included in the harem.
The show girls in the back also entered the hall in groups of three, or performed talents, or showed other aspects of style, and the east prayer also left flowers, or left cards, or nothing.
After seven or eight rounds like this, the ladies of the family and some of the ladies of the mansions of the powerful ministers have almost participated in the election, and the rest are the show girls selected by some states and counties, which are insignificant.
Dong Qilin left the remaining show girls to Li Ling to decide, and he left first.
As soon as the emperor left, the rest of the show girls were a little uneasy, originally they were not high-born show girls, and they still thought that they could impress the emperor with their good faces and outstanding talents, even if they could not be included in the harem, they could also marry into the mansions of some powerful civil and military ministers, but now that the emperor is gone, the decision is in the hands of the virtuous concubine, it is estimated that the virtuous concubine would like to have fewer talented and good-looking concubines in the harem, and their abacus is afraid that it will be in vain.
For a while, the rest of the show girls were a little interested in the palace selection behind them.
Li Ling was also a little helpless, although she knew that Dong Qilin handed over the show girls behind her to decide to respect her, but in this way, no matter what she did, she would be criticized.
Choose some with ordinary faces, you will inevitably be said that the virtuous concubine is intolerable, choose some beautiful ones, maybe it will be said that she wants the emperor to be in the gentle countryside all day long, ignoring state affairs.
After lunch, Li Ling let people announce that Concubine Ning and Concubine Li came, Concubine Ning and Concubine Li have been helping Li Ling to manage the harem, and with the two of them choosing the remaining show girls with Li Ling, I don't think anyone will talk nonsense anymore.
Li Ling, Concubine Ning and Concubine Li, the three of them were busy together for most of the afternoon, and then this batch of show girls was selected.
The rest of the thing is to arrange for someone to send away the show girls who were not selected, and the show girls who were left with flowers or cards are waiting at home, waiting for the emperor's holy decree.
After the palace was selected, Li Ling took the roster and went to Chengqian Palace to find Dong Qilin.
The position of these show girls has to be determined by Dong Qilin, especially those show girls from the palaces of the princes and ministers who are well-born, as for the show girls selected by Concubine Ning and Concubine Li behind the pear Ling, it is estimated that they are also the positions of the maids and the royal maids.
"It's hard to love the concubine!" Seeing the pear Ling coming, Dong Qilin, who was in the criticism of the folding, came to the door in person, took the pear Ling's hand, and the two walked in together.
"I can share the worries of the emperor, and the concubines are willing to work hard." Li Ling will not hide her hard work, she just wants to let Dong Qilin know her hard work, now that the newcomers have entered the palace, presumably the harem will not be peaceful, although she is not afraid of these newcomers, but if there is Dong Qilin to protect her, she will be much easier.
"Deqing is like this, and I am lucky!" Dong Qi Lin took the pear ling.
"The concubines are here to deliver a booklet to the emperor, and these show girls are still waiting for the emperor to come and set a position!" Li Ling didn't say more, and directly presented the roster to Dong Qilin.
"Decide what is important, and the rest is up to you!" Dong Qilin took the roster from Liling's hand and began to set a place for these show girls.
"And the show girls who leave flowers, who has the emperor thought about giving them to?"
"I have to think about this, if you are fine, let's take a look with me!" Let's say, Dong Qilin took out a list of some children of unmarried families.
"Good!"
Unconsciously, the night was already deep, and the figures of the two were imprinted on the window, which was very harmonious.