After the rebirth, Aijia and Bamboo Horseshoe printed him

In the 20th year of Taiping, winter.

There is little snow this winter, and there may be a drought in the beginning of spring. The officials of the former court are very busy, and the emperor has no time to relax. He pointed out that the new concubine entered the palace in the twelfth lunar month to let him relax a bit.

Whenever this matter happened, the emperor was always in high spirits, but at any rate, this person was not in a hurry, but rather enjoyed the fun of waiting.

Beautiful women are like flowers, and they can always add some bright colors to the piles of political, state, and world affairs.

So the three-day selection and registration became the emperor's natural rest day, to escape from the heavy government affairs, and watch nearly a thousand beautiful women from all over Daning. More than twenty were selected from them.

It's a young age.

Although there were not many people this time, there were all kinds of beauties around, fat, swallows and thin. The emperor felt at ease and smiled more.

Although Zhou Shuhe is beautiful, but in terms of appearance alone, among the tens of thousands of people in Daning, he can't be regarded as stunning. Although he was selected by the emperor after careful preparation, he was only a lady of the eighth rank. Lanfang Pavilion in Yihe Palace.

Even the position of the eighth-rank lady was given by the emperor after careful consideration.

It has been three days since the selection and reading ceremony, and Zhou Shuhe still remembers looking at him, with probing and weighing, and even a bit of inexplicable vigilance and suspicion.

If she hadn't been selected... She didn't know what else to do to keep her father from being framed and avoid the ruin of the family.

Fortunately, although the emperor was hesitant, the queen beside him seemed to like Zhou Shuhe quite a lot, and said some compliments, which made him make up his mind.

"I see, our Majesty has the same vision. You are so bright and lovely, and you are only given the position of lady."

The speaker was dressed in a sixth-grade treasure forest, leaning against Zhou Shuhe's side, eating and drinking tea with one hand and refreshments in the other. It was clearly an irregular posture, but this person acted as if he was wearing a hook, which was completely captivating.

Zhou Shuhe recovered from his thoughts, shook his head with a smile and joked, "I don't think it can be blamed on Your Majesty, after all, you have your famous Chen Xiaoxiao in front of you, and I am only a glimmer of firefly, even if I can win the emperor's fancy." It was Sister Baolin who taught me well."

After being praised by her, Chen Xiaoxiao's face turned pale, and she stopped talking in arrogance.

This can't be considered false.

Unlike other beautiful girls who were raised in deep boudoirs, when others mentioned Chen Xiaoxiao, they would inevitably praise her for one thing, and they would often exchange a tacit ambiguous smile.

On the mid-autumn night of the seventh year of Taiping, Chen Qingzhu, the four-year-old concubine of Chen Guogong's mansion, and her six-year-old sister-in-law got lost while they were playing in the street. Twelve years later, it was still Mid-Autumn Festival night, which was the big day for the girl Xiaoxiao in the Yanyu alley and the attic by the willow.

The old men who knew Fengyue went early, and although no one embraced the beauty in the end, they all satiated their eyes and watched a bloody show.

The Miss Di who was lost in the Duke's mansion turned out to be a charming lady in Yanliu Lane.

There was a talented poet who composed lyrics and music, and an anecdote about falling into the world was sung in the capital.Chen Guogong was ashamed and angry to death, but although he had a title, he only received a leisurely yamen, and even though he was exhausted, he couldn't stop the rumors, and even spread to the emperor's ears.

And the emperor's response to this is consistent with his absurdity when facing women.

On the grounds that Chen Xiaoxiao was sixteen years old but had never participated in the election, he first fined Chen Guogong three months' salary, and then set up a separate draft for Chen Xiaoxiao, quickly went through the process, and then entered the Chuxiu Academy.

Today, Miss Qianjin, who has been reduced to prostitution, is carried into the palace wall again, becoming the emperor's woman, and her stage name "Xiao" in Yanliu is her title.

The emperor didn't care about this, after finishing today's papers, he casually flipped through this collection of poems, and thought of Xiao Baolin when he read it.

"Are the concubines who entered the palace today settled?"

Waiting in the Hall of Mental Cultivation is Yao Huai'an, the eunuch of Bingbi. This man is not very old, but he has been in this position for two or three years, and he has always had a wink.Although the emperor is asking about all the concubines today, the collection of poems in his hand is written by a talented scholar from Suzhou who has recently become famous for writing about Chen Xiaoxiao.

He picked up the words and replied: "Several ninth-rank female pickers are still waiting in Liangyi Palace, and the other ladies and royal ladies went to Yanxi Palace, Yihe Palace, Zhongcui Palace, and Yuxiu Palace respectively. Xiao Baolin is in Shangyang Palace. But Mrs. Baolin is on good terms with Lady Zhou, and she just went to Yihe Palace to talk to Lady Zhou, so I don’t know if she has returned.”

The emperor nodded, turned back a page of the book in his hand, and said casually: "Send someone to both Shangyang Palace and Yihe Palace to have a look, and tell Xiao Baolin to sleep tonight, let her prepare first."

"And that lady Zhou..." The emperor paused, looked away from the book, thoughtfully, "Forget it, let the queen arrange the rest of the newcomers' sleeping quarters."

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In the early morning of the next day, the couple went to see the ceremony as usual. Zhou Shuhe followed the concubine Xiang from Yihe Palace, Liu Jieyu, and Chen Baolin to Kunren Palace to meet the empress and concubines.

With the addition of Zhou Shuhe, Yihe Palace has four high-ranking concubines, which is considered to be more than half full.

It is said that where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. In Zhou Shuhe's view, the small rivers and lakes in Yihe Palace are full of wind and clouds.

The Xiang concubine in the main position was originally a maidservant brought in by Liu Jieyu from her home. Since she is a slave and not a daughter of a good family, she cannot take the path of the general election.But this person has a graceful appearance and looks like a fairy, and what's even more surprising is that she still has a strange fragrance. Every spring, there are butterflies dancing around her.

When Liu Jieyu was just Baolin, the emperor once went to eat in her room, but since then he turned his attention to Caiwei, the maidservant beside her, who is now the concubine Xiang.

Whoever is favored by His Majesty now only sees his own happiness, regardless of his status and status. Soon Caiwei will have a title, and his status will gradually surpass that of the old master Liu Rujin.This is proper to throw people's face on the ground and step on it casually, but the emperor is used to wanton in this respect, and the others didn't say much, and the gossip was only directed at Liu Rujin and Caiwei.

But even so, it took the emperor a lot of effort to get Xiangfei to climb up to the concubine position.

In addition to her humble background, Xiangpin also has some mental defects.You may not notice it at first, but once you get along with her, you will find that this person speaks and acts like a child. To put it mildly, it is childish and innocent. It is not too much to call her stupid directly.

Such a woman, just love her for as long as she is beautiful and pampered, but if you want to make a second-rank concubine the lord of the first palace, what kind of lord can she be?Don't be a joke.

At this time, it was actually Liu Rujin who resisted all opinions and used her status as a beauty to help her as a concubine. She usually took good care of this old servant, saying that she was as close as a sister when she grew up together, and the concubine Xiang also took care of her. A sister Jin is very affectionate.

This Liu family is the emperor's confidant's Shaobao's concubine's daughter, and she was granted the title of sixth-rank Baolin at the beginning, but because of her mediocre appearance, although she is talented, she has only been promoted to fourth-rank beauty after entering the palace for more than ten years.Seeing that the two of them had a good relationship, the emperor promoted Liu Rujin to be Jieyu. Although the headship was still given to Concubine Xiang, Liu Jieyu took care of the affairs of the lord of the first palace.

In addition to this deep love between master and servant who does not know the truth or falsehood, there is Chen Baolin who entered the palace in the last general election, but has little favor, and Chen Qingming, the concubine daughter of Chen Guogong.

Chen Qingming and Zhou Shuhe walked side by side, behind the two high-ranking concubines in the same palace. She looked anxious, and after a while, she approached Zhou Shuhe and called her in a low voice.

"Sister He, I'm still worried. According to etiquette, concubines in the harem are not allowed to go to bed before serving tea to the queen. Although His Majesty called the name, it is against etiquette after all. Your Majesty will not be wrong, the ancestors' rules will not be wrong, wrong It can only be Qing...Xiaoxiao."

Zhou Shuhe also lowered his voice: "Sister Ming, you said that the empress is lenient, and Xiaoxiao knows it in her own heart, and nothing will happen."

Although Chen Qingming is Chen Xiaoxiao's biological sister, she hasn't seen her for more than ten years, so Zhou Shuhe is far less familiar with her.It's just about to meet again now, and my mind is still full of the Chen Qingzhu who played with her when I was a child, I just feel that "Xiaoxiao" sounds very awkward.

However, Chen Xiaoxiao thinks the word "clear bamboo" is too plain and clean. Although it is both elegant and charming, it lacks the carefreeness of Xiaoxiao when it rains. People always call her "Xiaoxiao".

"I'm not worried about the Empress Dowager," Chen Qingming murmured uneasy, "It's just Concubine Zhuang..."

Zhou Shuhe did not tidy up until yesterday evening, and he only had time to ask Chen Qingming about the empress and the people in Yihe Palace, and then listened to Wu Zhiqian, the envoy of Lanfang Pavilion, say something.

Zhuang Concubine Ning Chan, as one of the four concubines, naturally had to mention it, but it was all in an official tone, talking about her beauty, loyalty, virtue and courtesy, Zhou Shuhe had to work hard to stay awake.

She was just about to ask Chen Qingming how Concubine Zhuang was doing, but she saw a person walking towards this side with the concubine's guard of honor, and hurriedly followed Liu Jieyu to bow to the person, "Hello, Concubine Zhuang."

Concubine Zhuang wore a maroon palace attire and a crown embroidered with oriental beads on her head. She was so upright and somewhat old-fashioned, but her expression was frivolous.

She stared at Zhou Shuhe for a while with a half-smile, until her scalp became numb, and she took a long while to look away.

"Get up, and follow me to Kunren Palace to meet that girl Xiaoxiao who couldn't wait to 'light a big candle' as soon as she was carried in."

Lighting big candles is a jargon in the brothel, which refers to the first time the girls in the brothel have intercourse. These girls are not married, so they can only use a big red candle as an anthurium in the bridal chamber.

These words were harsh enough, ridiculing Chen Xiaoxiao's background, and belittling the emperor by the way.

But even if these words fall into the ears of others, it's nothing. With Chen Xiaoxiao's temperament, she will not feel ashamed at all. The emperor probably doesn't mind too much, but Chen Qingming blushed, Impulse will come forward angrily.