Chapter 209: The Emperor Sends an Envoy to Choose, Who Can Be the Queen?
After the three hundred beauties were trained, they were arranged by the female officials of the Shang Sleep Bureau to live in these five three-entry houses, and they needed to live a collective life here for a period of time, and the place where they slept was naturally a chase shop.
After completing the allocation of accommodations, the female officials of the palace shoji led them to the east.
This time it is no longer so winding and winding, from the palace road of the outer north road from east to west, and then to the end of the five east of the Qianqing Palace, turn south is where the palace is the division and the six Shangju.
One Division and Six Bureaus, which was the main institution for the management of the harem in the Ming Dynasty, and they happened to be located on the east side of the East Sixth Palace.
The courtyard here is unremarkable, and even a little declining.
Although the palace and the Liushang Bureau are the management bodies of the harem, the female officials have little contact with the emperor after all, and the female officials are not suitable for the emperor to go out on errands, so a lot of power has been divided between the eunuch functional departments.
Gong Zheng Gong Zheng is a middle-aged woman with a very dignified figure, and the whole person is like a compass that makes people unable to find fault, and she seems to be unsmiling and admonishes: "During this time, you all have to come here to learn etiquette and palace rules and other subjects, and if you enter the palace gate, you must abide by the rules of the palace, do you understand?" ”
"Yes!" The three hundred beautiful girls knew that the priest in front of them could affect whether they could be promoted, and they understood that the rules of the palace could not be broken, so they responded in an orderly manner.
He Shangyi's waist is straight, but it is not as strong as Gong Zheng, and he obviously released a little kindness: "Everyone come with this official!" ”
It's not that she doesn't want to shake off Shang Yi's majesty, but this batch is not an ordinary show girl. Not to mention that there are noble daughters with good families in it, and there will be a queen and two noble concubines here, who will control her fate.
If you offend people now, then you will wait for others to wear small shoes later.
It's just that she also knows in her heart that she has to do her duties seriously, otherwise I'm afraid she doesn't need to choose the queen to end, and she is already cold.
But there are always more solutions than difficulties. Although it is difficult for her to know the true origin of these show girls, who is good-looking and who has a good figure, these show girls who can be used as queen seed players naturally have to focus on taking care of them.
If you meet a show girl with the temper of the eldest lady, you can't be easily offended. It is said that after the founding of the country, the draft depends on the family situation after all, and the queen's candidate is likely to be in it.
After all, training and supervising show girls is actually a hard job, don't offend anyone easily, just do your job seriously.
The three hundred beauties followed behind He Shangyi in an orderly manner, and this time they entered the east six areas to the west, where six courtyard buildings of the same form were also distributed in a regular manner.
They passed by the gate of the Longevity Palace, looking at this courtyard waiting to be entered, but it was inevitable that they would not be moved.
Passing through the laneway of the Longevity Palace, it is the East One Long Street, and going south along the East One Long Street, after passing through the two gates, the eyes suddenly opened up.
Although the square in front of the Qianqing Palace is not as good as Fengtianmen Square, the area here is not to mention only 300 beauties, even if it can accommodate 1,000 people.
When the girls came to this square, they saw the magnificent gatehouse in the north and two lifelike bronze lions, and immediately felt the royal atmosphere of the Forbidden City.
"You've been practicing court etiquette here all this time!" After He Shangyi brought the three hundred beauties here, he announced the content of the first lesson.
The reactions of the three hundred beauties were mixed, some seemed to have already guessed, some people had a flat reaction, but many more were slightly surprised.
In fact, when they came to the capital for screening, they had already learned this kind of simplest walking, and even asked them to walk a few steps as early as the local screening.
However, when they actually started the class, they found that the trend they thought was very standard earlier seemed to be full of flaws here.
"Is that one so unqualified?"
"It's over, it's over, this one is too hard!"
"This lady is walking well...... What a standard! ”
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The three hundred beauties quickly devoted themselves to training, but after encountering the standards of the palace, they couldn't help but secretly complain, especially when they saw a female official from Shangyi Division demonstrating, they were immediately shocked.
It's just that this is the reality, even if they become one of the best 300 beauties in the country, they still need to overcome many difficulties if they want to ascend to the throne of the queen or concubine.
Ah......
Due to the increased standards and the fact that they had to wear high heels when training, many palace maids soon fell.
"Wow! That show girl, and that show girl, is so beautiful! ”
I don't know when, several beautiful palace maids came out of the Qianqing Gate, led by a goose-faced little palace maid holding a little flower cat, who was staring at this side with a happy face.
Niu Mengmeng learned that three hundred show girls had entered the palace today, and they were all ready to go to watch, but when they learned that they appeared in front of the door of "their own house", they also hurriedly ran out with the little flower cat in their arms.
is different from Fan Jinling's sense of crisis, but now seeing so many people pouring into the Forbidden City at once, her whole face looks very excited.
This year's 300 beauties were selected from all over the country, each of them is one in a million beauties, and there are even several peerless beauties with national beauty and fragrance.
In the past, it may have been possible to deceive, but with Wang Yue's daily beheading of hundreds of officials in Yangzhou, local officials today do not dare to deceive. At least in the affairs of the emperor, he is not willing to risk his own head.
The two beautiful little palace maids beside her were actually Niu Mengmeng's little followers, and after hearing Niu Mengmeng's feelings, they also nodded lightly in agreement.
The three hundred beauties actually have a greater sense of crisis than others, and if they put aside their respective family strengths, the appearance they had been proud of earlier would become worthless here.
As the first beauty of Jingchu, Qilan undoubtedly has the right to speak in this matter.
Last year, Wang Yue almost killed the king of Chu, so that she successfully got rid of the entanglement of the king of Chu, and she was lucky to restore her civil status. Because of the imperial court draft at the beginning of this year, and her age is in line, she can only go to the government to apply for the election.
Thanks to her excellent physical condition, she stood out in the draft in Huguang, and when she arrived in the capital, she also defeated other players from all over the country, thus becoming one of the three hundred show girls.
The more she went to the back, she found that her physical advantage was becoming less and less obvious, even if her appearance as the first beauty of Jingchu was not very outstanding among the three hundred show girls.
At least, five of the three hundred beautiful girls are above her in figure and appearance, so that she knows in advance that she has no chance with the queen's throne.
Meow!
The little flower cat crawled lazily in Niu Mengmeng's arms, and was also admiring the show girls who were walking the palace steps, but suddenly barked, as if in protest.
In fact, not all of these 300 show girls are beautiful and fragrant, some women with blessed faces are also selected, and there are even a few show girls who look suspicious of their eyes.
"Everyone rest for a quarter of an hour!" He Shangyi of Shangyi Bureau pinched the time and announced to everyone.
Although there is no sun today, after the high-intensity training just now, especially some show girls are wearing high heels for the first time, and they are complaining at this time.
Now that they have rested, they suddenly dispersed.
Several sharp-eyed show girls saw the steps on this side and hurriedly walked over. Because of the frequent cleaning, and the heavy rain last night, the steps are very clean.
He Shangyi of Shangyi Bureau has been silently watching the reaction of this show girl, and when he saw those show girls walking towards the steps, he couldn't help frowning slightly.
It's just that most of the quality here is very good, especially the five show girls with outstanding appearance, but they can always maintain their own appearance and appearance.
In fact, before entering the palace, he had solemnly told them that if they wanted to go to the end, then they had to restrain themselves with the queen's standards from the moment they stepped into the palace.
"Give me your place!" An obese woman approached and commanded one of the maids.
The palace maid Zhu Hong was a timid person, and when she heard the words, she stood up timidly and gave up her steps to this show girl who seemed to be of extraordinary origin.
The obese show girl had a powerful aura of a noble girl, and asked Zhu Hong lightly: "Are you the palace maid of the Qianqing Palace?" ”
"That's right! All three of us! Zhu Hong was intimidated by the aura of the show girl in front of her, so she responded seriously.
Niu Mengmeng sat on the top steps with the little flower cat in his arms, although he knew that one of the three hundred show girls would become their heroine, but seeing the fat show girl in front of him so arrogant, he couldn't help frowning.
She never likes to be bullied, but she also doesn't like to be bullied.
"I'm thirsty, you bring me a cup of tea!" The fat show girl was obviously more thirsty than ordinary people, so she commanded Zhu Hong directly.
When Vermilion heard this, she reluctantly agreed: "Okay! ”
"Xiaohong, don't go!" Niu Mengmeng couldn't help but stop it, and then turned his head to the fat girl and said, "Why? You're just a show girl now, so it's not certain if you can be chosen? Why do you tell our palace maids to do things now? ”
Because the square here is not large, and the identity of the palace maid of the Qianqing Palace is relatively special, the dispute here immediately attracted the attention of many show girls.
It's just that everyone knows very well in their hearts that this show girl named Wang Zhu seems to have a lot of background.
In fact, this person had already been eliminated in the front, but I don't know what the reason was, but he suddenly appeared again and directly became one of the three hundred show girls.
Although this phenomenon seems very unfair, this is the way of the world, and the children of powerful families can really do whatever they want.
But she never expected that this Wang Zhu would be so arrogant, and now she is still a show girl, so she dares to instruct the palace maid of the Qianqing Palace to bring her tea.
However, the palace maid of the Qianqing Palace is not a soft persimmon, especially the cute little palace maid with a goose egg face, but she does not sell this Wang Zhu's account at all.
Wang Zhu didn't expect a little palace maid to dare to disobey her little request, so she turned around and threatened: "It's sharp-toothed, do you know who I am?" ”
"The first day you entered the palace, how do I know who you are?" Niu Mengmeng is a kind of temperament that is not afraid of heaven and earth, and he responded naturally.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has arrived!"
It was at this moment that a sharp voice came from the Qianqing Gate.
When He Shangyi learned that the Queen Mother and the Emperor were coming, she hurriedly regathered the three hundred beautiful girls and prepared to welcome the Emperor and the Queen Mother together.
Wang Zhu, who was still arrogant just now, was sitting on the steps with her back to the palace gate, and her shoes were also taken off by her, and she was climbing up to the ground at this moment.
In fact, many palace maids fell down one after another because they were too panicked.
Niu Mengmeng's reaction was very fast, because of the small cloth shoes under his feet, he ran to the side of the bronze lion with small steps in his arms, holding the little flower cat, which was very inconspicuous here.
Zhu Youzhu had just returned from the Heart Cultivation Palace, and today he was wearing a set of majestic dragon robes, after all, he was a handsome man of eighteen years old, with fair skin and a masculine body.
When the three hundred beauties saw that Emperor Hongzhi was born so good-looking, while secretly remembering this man who decided their lives, their hearts also swelled with joy.
Even Qilan, the first beauty in Jingchu, was beating in her heart when she secretly saw Zhu Youji's appearance, and suddenly found that God was not thin on her.
As for the other beauties, the reaction is roughly the same, but when a big beauty saw Zhu Youji, her whole face looked very calm, but I don't know if she has a strong psychological quality or if she and Zhu Youji are "old acquaintances".
Today is actually a large-scale blind date scene, when the three hundred beauties secretly looked at the emperor, why wasn't the emperor looking at them?
Zhu Youzhu stood in front of the gate of the Qianqing Palace, looking condescendingly at the three hundred beauties in the square, and felt very surprised.
In his previous life, he had seen photos of the harem concubines of the emperor of the later dynasty, and after taking a closer look, the figures and appearances of some of the concubines really couldn't bear to look at them directly.
It's not that they look ugly, it's just that they can't live up to their status as concubines.
Originally, he didn't have too high expectations for this draft, but when he saw the appearance and figure of the three hundred beauties, he found that he was a little peek at the quantity and quality of the beauties in China.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty is like an emperor who can hold a national election, which is really a great thing in a man's life.
Zhu Youzhu actually showed his face here, but he didn't need to say anything, and the Queen Mother gave a simple lecture to the three hundred show girls present.
Although there are several descendants from the founding martial arts this time, whether to choose queens from among them still needs to be observed in their performance in the court.
Facts have proved that only the queen who has been screened out by layers of criteria has a higher gold content, and Queen Qian in the Yingzong period was of the same mind as Yingzong, and now she also needs such a Queen Qian.
"Your Majesty, is there anything else you have to say?" After the queen mother finished speaking, she looked at Zhu Youzhi next to her.
Zhu Youzhu was about to shake his head and leave, but suddenly noticed the three figures next to the bronze lion, but he coughed lightly and said, "Niu Mengmeng!" ”
"The slave is here!" Niu Mengmeng has been renamed by Zhu Youji, and now that Zhu Youji noticed it, he responded with his head drooping.
Wang Zhu knew that the rules of the palace were strict, and this palace maid had just been idle here, and now she was caught by the emperor again, and she must be severely punished.
There are many show girls who have the same mind as Wang Zhu, so they all cast the same gaze, and Zhu Youzhu confirmed their guess as soon as he spoke.
"Have you been too idle lately?"
"Don't slaves and maids do their jobs well?"
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The voice spread in this Qianqing Palace Square, and there were only the majestic emperor and the weak little palace maid.
Zhu Youzhi didn't really want to blame this palace maid who had stood up to defend herself and was slapped, so he instructed lightly: "I am no longer in Dongnuan Pavilion to deal with government affairs, and you don't have much to do during the day now, this time I will inspect the show girl with the palace Zhengji and the Liushang Bureau, and by the way, I will learn court etiquette next to me!" ”
(End of chapter)