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The Qing Dynasty had a strict drafting system for the selection of concubines in the harem, which was roughly divided into three steps. The first was the folk audition, the second was re-watching, and then the qualified girls were sent to the harem for observation for a period of time to assess whether they were virtuous and virtuous. , to satisfy the noble status of concubines.

During this period, girls between the ages of 13 and 17 were not allowed to marry without permission. If they violated the system, once they were found out, they would be held accountable from the local village head to the officials of the relevant provinces. , so no one dares not to do their best.

Counting this time with fingers, it will take at least two to three months.

The official start of the talent show is usually in July, because this time is the hottest, and the heat of the sun will clearly reveal the figure and appearance of all the show girls.And the hot sun will also make people upset and irritable, and conflicts will easily occur. In this way, Xiu Nu's true character will be revealed at a glance.

On the way, Jia Wenwen saw officials in some small towns walking around the town with their household names in their hands. Whenever they saw a beautiful girl, they would come to ask about something.

Jia Wenwen opened the window of the carriage and poked his head out to chat with the little official walking beside the carriage.

"Why do you still have officials in small towns in the Qing Dynasty going to people's homes to ask if they have daughters? Is it because the county magistrate is looking for beautiful girls to be offered as concubines in the palace?" Jia Wenwen's eyes blinked. It's like an innocent little girl who asks when she doesn't understand.

Jia Wenwen is only 13 years old this year. Even because of the nutritional supplements some time ago, he still looks like a child, and he cannot be compared with those young girls over 16 years old.

The little official looked at Jia Wenwen's popped head, then glanced at Nanny Zhang who was walking behind the sedan chair and couldn't see Jia Wenwen, and replied in a low voice: "Those are all maids who will be selected into the palace, because they will soon be The concubine show in the harem is going to be held once every three years, there are not enough maids in the palace, and all the ladies are very picky, this court lady must not only work efficiently, but also look good!"

"That much?" Jia Wenwen asked in disbelief, as there were several such behaviors in the towns he saw.

"Of course not. It's just a preliminary screening now, and we'll make a careful selection later." The small official replied.

"Now it's just picking the maids?"

The little official replied without thinking: "It should be. According to the past practice, now is the time to choose the maid."

The girls who were asked to participate in the selection of maids were generally ten years old, and some were slightly older, but there were not many of them, and the officials would not be too polite to them, after all, they were just lowly court ladies.

But just after Jia Wenwen finished asking, he looked up and saw several officials in official uniforms respectfully asking a girl in ordinary clothes to get on the sedan chair in a residential alley, so he took another look curiously and asked: "That's strange, isn't it about choosing a palace lady? Why are there still such people who are treated with courtesy by officials, are they also candidate palace ladies?"

When the little official turned his head, he saw the official robes that the group of people had left to serve, and after a glance, he found that they were worn by the household department.

The Ministry of Household Affairs is the main department responsible for the selection of harem concubines, and generally does not intervene in the selection of palace ladies, so it is a bit strange to appear here.

He bowed his head slightly and thought for a while, and then he had the answer.

"This is also to select the people who enter the palace, but they choose the concubines in the harem. Some people don't look very ordinary in clothes, but maybe they are distant relatives of the Eight Banners' family, and they are also qualified to choose concubines! "

"It's also a coincidence. Counting the time, this is the time for the audition for the best girls. The time for the selection of court ladies and the best girls collides."

The little official answered cheerfully.Now is the time for the audition of young girls, and those selected girls are not the same as this one from Qianxiang Country. She is already the emperor's woman.

Even if the status should not be too high in the future, it doesn't prevent people from being kind. Anyway, they won't lose a piece of meat if they get along well, and there may be additional benefits.

Jia Wenwen didn't know if there were any additional benefits. What he knew was that there would be more chances for heresy to appear in the future, and he would have more things to worry about.

It was only the end of June when Jia Wenwen and others arrived in the capital, because Jia Wenwen and Li Muyin were "foreign" beauty girls from Qianxiang Kingdom, so they didn't have to participate in the selection of beauty girls in Qing Dynasty just because of their identities.In name, they have long been a member of the emperor's harem.

It’s just that they came from afar, and it’s inconvenient to directly enter the harem’s enfeoffment level now. It’s much more convenient to wait until all the beautiful women in the Qing Dynasty have finished watching, and then go in together. The woman, this is not without a criminal record.

Therefore, after Jia Wenwen and others met the officials in charge of this matter from the Ministry of Household Affairs, they were arranged to live in a courtyard in the capital.

One is because Jia Wenwen is still young, only 13 years old, and she was originally an "expensive" girl to fill the quota. Nanny Zhang knew that even if Jia Wenwen entered the harem, it would be impossible to get favor within three years. Therefore, It's not particularly tight to guard him.

On the other hand, because Li Muyin is already 20 years old physically, and she is handsome, cute, gentle and shy, compared to Jia Wenwen, she is more likely to be favored as soon as she enters the harem, so Mammy Zhang and others are imposing strict rules on Li Muyin again.

Jia Wenwen is free!

What are you going to do when you are free?

Of course, go out and hang out while you still have time!

Since coming to ancient times, Jia Wenwen could only wander around Zhuangzi when he was in Qianxiang country. Even when he came to Qing country later, he only looked at the scenery along the way, and he still didn’t see the famous customs of Qing country at all. of.

Moreover, Nanny Zhang was not strict with her, and the servants around him were replaced by a few little girls who hadn't grown up yet, and they were in the stage of being unfamiliar and afraid of him.

Although the small courtyard where Jia Wenwen lives now is said to be a transitional courtyard prepared by officials of the Qing Dynasty for Qianxiang Guoxiu, but because the strength of Qianxiang Country is really rubbish, and was frightened casually by the Qing Dynasty, he offered gold, silver, jewelry and Beautiful women, so the Ministry of Household Affairs really doesn't value this small country very much.

From the first day Jia Wenwen moved in, he already knew that there were not many guards waiting outside. Even Madam Zhang didn't need to go through any cumbersome procedures when she went out, she could go out casually.

It's just that for the two beautiful women who are destined to enter the harem, the guards will definitely not let them out.

Jia Wenwen had already thought about his way out of trouble in the future, so it was very simple to go out for a stroll first.

After Jia Wenwen told the little maids around him to take a nap and told them not to disturb him, he quietly bypassed everyone through the window and went out through the unguarded back door.

As soon as he went out, Jia Wenwen wanted to see the two people he had rescued on the back mountain of Qianxiang Country, so he took the jade pendant that the uncle gave him back then.

Looking at the pattern on the jade pendant, that uncle must be of the same clan as Jia Daishan, he can pretend to mention his own background unintentionally, like this, even if he has no cronies in the Qing Dynasty, someone will rush to tell him about his existence. Jia Daishan.

But first, he wants to let that uncle know that he has come to the Qing Dynasty!

Jia Wenwen chuckled inwardly, it was the right thing to mention that his father might be from Jia's mansion inadvertently.

Jia Wenwen thought a lot in his mind, thinking that his plan would work, so he took the banknotes and jade pendant that he had blackmailed Qingzhu to the most prosperous place in the capital.