Empress Dowager Zhao's eyes swept over the faces of the two without a trace, but she didn't say anything, just sat up straight and waved her sleeves slightly. Zhu Qing took a few steps forward and announced loudly, "Xuanxiu girl goes to the palace." ”

His Royal Highness's little yellow door was naturally passed down one by one, and the first batch of show girls came to the front of the palace in a short time.

This draft is not limited to women from the family, it is a civilian background, as long as the background is innocent and the appearance is good, you can also participate in the draft, and naturally the civilian background depends on the recommendation of various states and counties. Xiao Mingze also specially ordered that officials were not allowed to forcibly recruit women to be selected, and they would be dismissed once they were found.

The one who read out the roster in front of the hall was Si Zheng of Si Yan Division, an old man who had been in the palace for many years, with a bright voice and clear words, and soon introduced this batch of show girls one by one.

Xiao Mingze, who was at the top, waved his hand, obviously not interested, and the Empress Dowager Zhao also shook her head slightly, so the eight people took the silk flowers together and replaced them with the second batch.

A group of peasant girls and a group of family girls are ranked according to the level of their official positions, and there is Zhao Mei in the second batch.

Xiao Mingze's hand stretched out and pointed at Zhao Mei, but suddenly moved to a melon seed face next to him, who was the granddaughter of Wang Taishi.

"The queen Jinyin, the grandson of the first master, the grandson, will keep the sachet."

Zhao Mei was shocked that something was wrong, and couldn't help but look up, only to look down again. Empress Dowager Zhao saw everything in her eyes, sighed secretly in her heart, and turned to look at Xiao Mingze, "Is the emperor unintentional about Mei'er?" ”

Xiao Mingze turned to the eyes of the Empress Dowager Zhao, revealing a little hesitation, "Erchen only thinks Mei'er is sister, I don't know she will come to the draft." ”

There was a stalemate for a moment, and Empress Dowager Zhao turned back and pointed at Zhao Mei.

"From the second grade of Jiangnan political envoy Zhao Mei, keep the sachet."

Two more batches were selected, Xiao Mingze was not interested, or Empress Dowager Zhao picked a few good looks to stay. Another group of show girls went down, and Empress Dowager Zhao twisted her eyebrows and looked at Xiao Mingze

"Doesn't the emperor have a fancy to any of them?"

Xiao Mingze shook his head, "It's all rouge vulgar powder." ”

"In the end, it is the emperor's harem, and they will all serve you in the future, so what's the matter with letting the mourning family choose?"

The new batch of show girls who spoke came to the palace again, and the words of the Empress Dowager Zhao were put there, Xiao Mingze couldn't help but listen, his eyes swept over, and finally he pointed to two casually, one with a goose egg face, and the other with a slender body, "Then the two of them." ”

"Cheng Runyi, the son of a good family in Yongzhou, keep the sachet."

"Xue Mingzhu, the daughter of General Huaihua in Pingxi, keeps the sachet."

After watching a few rounds patiently, Xiao Mingze really felt bored, they were all two eyes, a nose and a mouth, and they had to settle down in just one eye, which was not rash.

Xiao Mingze stood up and saluted the Empress Dowager Zhao, "The son-in-law is unwell, and everything is bothered by the mother, so the son-in-law will retire." ”

After saying that, Xiao Mingze walked straight from the apse, Xie Wan hurriedly glanced at the Empress Dowager Zhao, and could only follow Xiao Mingze out of the Yiyuan Palace.

The sky in September was getting hotter, Xiao Mingze got on the sedan chair, and Xie Wan on the side was holding a fan to fan Xiao Mingze on the side, and after walking out of a little distance and not hearing the sound of Yiyuan Palace, Xie Wan spoke softly,

"There are so many beauties today, but not one of them can enter His Majesty's eyes?"

Xiao Mingze closed his eyes on the sedan chair and didn't speak, just when Xie Wan gave up waiting for Xiao Mingze's answer, Xiao Mingze opened his mouth slowly, "Sitting alone in the hall and looking at them from a distance, there is only a vague outline, they can't look directly at Gu in His Royal Highness, just such a dozen eyes will decide where they will stay in the future." But whether the temperament is compatible, whether the speech can be compatible, I don't know, and they don't know.

Lone can have three palaces and six courtyards, and there is always a good idea, but they have no choice when they enter the palace. ”

Xiao Mingze sighed lightly, "Lone has no intention of accepting concubines, and he doesn't want to delay them." ”

Xie Wan's fan movement paused slightly, his drooping eyes also raised a little, and he pursed his lips, as if he didn't expect Xiao Mingze to answer like this.

"Your Majesty is willing to be kind to women's hardship, and it is also their blessing to have a wise monarch like Your Majesty."

Xiao Mingze slowly opened his eyes and glanced at Xie Wan on the side, and chuckled, "What you said is insincere." ”

Xie Wan lowered her head and didn't say anything more, if she hadn't listened to the reading of that Si Yan, she really wanted to believe what Xiao Mingze said.

After a few months, Xie Wan struggled to maneuver between Xiao Mingze and Empress Dowager Zhao, and finally managed to find a delicate balance, Xiao Mingze only regarded Xie Wan as the same as Amber and others. Xie Wan is also happy to see it, sometimes it is better to be special and outstanding, and it is not better to be hidden in the crowd so that people will not notice.

In the end, eight people were left in the draft, and it stands to reason that the Shanggong Bureau would draw up the title and residence and then report it to the emperor and Empress Dowager Zhao for the final decision.

When Xie Wan handed over the roster, Xiao Mingze waved his hand and didn't answer, "The affairs of the harem are handed over to the Queen Mother, so you don't have to ask Lone." ”

Xie Wan sent the roster to Shoukang Palace again, and the Empress Dowager Zhao took the roster and looked at it carefully, because the harem was vacant, there was only one Empress Dowager Zhao left in the former court, and the six palaces in the east and west were empty.

The Shang Palace Bureau has decided that there are four people in the East Sixth Palace, four people in the West Sixth Palace, and each person lives in one palace alone, although it is a little troublesome, it can also avoid many unnecessary quarrels.

Empress Dowager Zhao nodded, her eyes were as calm as water, "The errand is done carefully, so it's decided." ”

Xie Wan lowered his eyelashes to cover the thoughts at the bottom of his eyes, only answered in a deep voice, and then asked someone to submit the roster to the Ministry of Rites, and then the Ministry of Rites sent people out of the palace to announce the decree.

Xie Wan was about to leave the hall after making a salute, but was called by the Empress Dowager Zhao, so Xie Wan stopped and bent down to stand quietly.

"The holy decree of canonizing Mei'er, the mourning family wants you to go to Zhao's house to read it in person."

Xie Wan was silent for a while, and a sneer appeared on Empress Dowager Zhao's lips, and her eyes turned cold, but her voice was still as usual, "Xie Gong Ling is busy, these things really shouldn't be left to you, but you have to know what you're busy with." Don't be like the fish raised in the pond of the mourning family, it is hard to swim every day, but there is no inch. ”

Xie Wan's eyes also darkened, and he replied warmly, "The slave obeys the order." ”

The next morning, Xie Wan took a few palace maids and eunuchs out of the palace and went straight to the Zhao family's mansion, this time the scene was the same lively and prosperous as the last time, but Xie Wan had no intention of stopping and appreciating.

Xie Wan was welcomed into Zhao's house, and he didn't wait long to see Zhao Mei coming from the backyard, with undisguised joy on his face, but this joy disappeared the moment Zhao Mei saw Xie Wan.

"How are you?"