At the beginning of the 17th day of March in the 31st year of Qianlong, the show girls in deep and light blue flag uniforms got off the carriage one after another.

According to the regulations, show girls can only wear blue and oblique placket styles, with three-inch blue flowerpot bottom shoes, and in terms of hairstyle, small two heads, one head, and shelf head can be used, but the jewelry worn including earrings shall not exceed five pieces.

Although the regulations are so strict, it is still easy to distinguish between high and low in wear.

The Gege of the family is made of top-notch silk satin, and the wisps of gold silk embroidery are often made by the top Suzhou embroidery embroidery girl. Even if there are no more than five pieces of jewelry on the flag bun, the hairpin with gold and silk inlaid with gems is definitely more expensive than the silver hairpin.

The eyes of the people in the palace are the sharpest, and you can tell at a glance whether the jewelry on your head is pure gold or gilt.

Ying Yue and Bao Rong were at the forefront, glanced at each other, and then walked to the door of Shunzhen side by side, and bowed generously to Ying Ying, the eunuch who wore the top of the six ranks.

The eunuch only needs to glance at the green head tag worn by the show girl, you can know the family background of the show girl, and then look at the dress, you can know what the family background is.

Seeing that it was the Gege of the Fucha family's mansion, the eunuch smiled, his expression was extremely kind, and he bowed slightly, "The Gege of this family is unusual at first glance. ”

Smiling and nodding, the eunuch walked past Ying Yue and Bao Rong with his hands in his hands, and looked at the show girl behind him.

This is the primary election, assign a certain level of face eunuch to be responsible for the selection, the primary selection is grooming, as long as the appearance is correct, the demeanor is good, it is considered to have passed.

Not really. For example, the daughter of a high-ranking official, who looks very sorry, can still pass the primary election.

After all, the primary election was brushed down, but it was very unseemly to not even enter the palace gate.

The primary selection is actually a hasty screening, and the show girls only need to line up, stand upright, and wait for the selection of eunuchs to come to the front, and salute and say hello.

Of course, the selection of eunuchs will not directly say the word "elimination", just a face, a frown, and immediately a little eunuch stepped forward, raised his hand and said the word "please", which means that you should go home.

Ying Yue stood in front, naturally she had to not squint, and she couldn't see the situation behind her.

However, soon there was a sobbing sound behind it, and it was conceivable that a certain show girl was eliminated.

It's really pitiful, I didn't eat or drink all day, but I was glanced at and I was defeated.

The show girls who had passed the primary selection in front of them were marked on the book by a special pen post, and then politely led by the eunuchs into the Shunzhen Gate.

After entering the Shunzhen Gate, he was led into a small and delicate side hall, and there were a few slightly old grandmothers wearing light brown palace clothes waiting in it.

Here's the check.

The content of the second selection is really red-faced.

The second selection requires that the show girl has no odor or scar, and is a virgin, so it is necessary to untie her clothes.

As a modern person, Yingyue can face it calmly. But Baorong was so ashamed that he was about to get angry.

In the face of their character, the selection of grandmothers is not too much, the grandmothers are all experienced people, whether they are virgins or not, they will know at a glance. As for whether there are any blemishes such as odors and scars, even if there is a little bit, Mama will turn a blind eye. Of course, the premise is that the red envelopes are sufficient.

For example, Baorong was accidentally stabbed by scissors last year and injured Hao's wrist, leaving a shallow scar. Mama Xuan glanced at it and saw it clearly, but she didn't see it.

Stuffed with silver, Baorong patted his chest and came out.

The two rounds of primary selection and secondary selection alone are enough to brush down ninety percent of the show girls, and the further back, the higher the elimination rate.

Next, there is the third round, which is the selection of the temple.

The one who has always presided over the palace election is either the emperor or the queen mother, and the location of the palace selection is varied, sometimes in the Tiyuan Palace, sometimes in Jingyixuan, if the climate is warm, it will even be directly located in the imperial garden.

Yingyue and Baorong are both people who have entered the palace, and they still understand the basic pattern of the palace, so they are not flustered.

After the re-election, the lady in charge personally led a group of show girls to march along the zigzag path of the imperial garden, and the basic direction was to the southwest. I walked all the way to the west wall of the Imperial Garden, and came to a hanging flower gate.

Ying Yue finally understood in her heart, and glanced at Baorong, and both understood that the palace was chosen in Jingyixuan this year.

Jing Yi Xuan is located on the west side of the Imperial Garden, which is relatively close.

Entering the Hanging Flower Gate, it is an extremely spacious courtyard, and more than 100 show girls are silent, some quietly trim their clothes, and some hurriedly touch up their makeup sideways. After all, this is the palace selection, although most of the show girls here will be eliminated in the first round of the palace selection, but there is no shame in making a sign here.

The main hall of Jingyixuan is five rooms wide and the courtyard is extremely spacious, so it is very suitable for selecting show girls.

The main hall is surrounded by corridors, three rolls of hooked roofs, beautiful curves and gentle slopes, unlike the top of the palace and the top of the rest hill with high ridges, which does not seem to give people a huge sense of pressure.

Out of the hall came a grandmother with a stubborn look, clinging to the booklet, reading six names, and waiting on the front porch of the temple. Among them are Yingyue and Baorong. And this grandmother, she has seen before, is the grandmother of Shoukang Palace.

In other words, this time the palace election is the queen mother?

The palace selection is also a very serious matter, Ying Yue didn't dare to slack off, and quickly stood under the corridor with small steps.

Mama glanced at it, and her tone was quite gentle: "You don't have to be nervous, the Queen Mother is very kind and gentle." ”

Sure enough, it was the Queen Mother who chose to see this year's show girl.

Then Mama led them into the temple.

On the three-layer Sumeru platform of the main hall, it is the throne of the red sandalwood group, the queen mother is wearing a formal dress, the Xun mink crown is a layer of golden phoenix, the east pearl is brilliant, and the nine dragon pattern five-color auspicious clouds and bright yellow court robes, I don't know that I think this is the emperor. In fact, it is bright and yellow, and the queen mother and queen can also enjoy it.

The robe is covered with a stone blue sleeveless dragon pattern gown, which is a large shoulder, which is particularly majestic and solemn. There are three strings of pearls with court clothes, two strings of red coral crossed on the chest, and a string of the most noble Dongzhu pearls, which is even more extraordinary.

There is a rosewood armchair next to the Queen Mother, and on top of it sits a person dressed the same as the Queen Mother. The same gorgeous crown, the same bright yellow robe, even if you don't know it, just by the crown is enough to guess that this is the queen of the middle palace.

On the steps below the queen mother and the queen, there are two embroidered piers, and the two on the embroidered piers are dressed in golden dragon robes, although they are also wearing a Xun mink crown, but the top of the crown is only two layers, and the number of golden phoenixes and the number of inlaid eastern pearls are obviously much less.

The clothes of these two are obviously the third concubines.

The vast majority of show girls must not recognize these two concubines.

But Ying Yue recognized it at a glance, and the one sitting on the right side was clearly her aunt in the small hall, Shu Fei Nala. As for the other one, Guan Zhi's face seems to be slightly younger than Concubine Shu, with Danzhu in his mouth and willow eyebrows slightly raised, which is quite bright and sharp.