These years of being the queen mother!

Taking a few glances at Baiyun Piaoxu and Lang Lang's clear sky, and suppressing her bewilderment about the future, Yang Lingyue carried a thin package and, under the guidance of her maid, went to the back house of the county government office where the beautiful girls lived together temporarily.

Since the county government of Gengjia Village is under the direct jurisdiction of the capital Yanjing, whether it is the front office dedicated to office work or the back house where the female family members live, the area is larger than that of other prefectures and counties.However, although the area is large, it still looks a bit crowded as a residence for hundreds of primary draft girls.No, with the arrival of beautiful girls one after another, there are more people than flowers in the open-air garden of the back house of the county government office, and even the pavilions and paths are more or less full of talented girls who have been selected for the election.

"Our family will allocate the dormitory today. When all the ladies are assembled tomorrow, Master Li Jinzhong, the eunuch of Long Live Lord, will bring the eunuchs to inspect and select."

The one who spoke in a high-pitched voice was a tall, thin, white-faced, beardless eunuch dressed as an eunuch in the East Factory.He squinted his long, narrow, gloomy eyes and sized up the beautiful girls, and carefully noted several beautiful girls with good looks and good temperament, which made all the beautiful girls feel trembling and uneasy. After daring to whisper again, he took out his handkerchief, wiped his hands in a leisurely manner, and lectured in a leisurely manner.

"I don't want to say that there are too many in our family. I just hope that all the ladies will be safe and behave in the past few days while waiting for the ladies to gather. If there is trouble, I am afraid that relatives, friends and the three clans will not be able to please."

Although the eunuch of the East Factory spoke with a smile and a gentle tone, inexplicably, all the beautiful women standing in the open-air garden shuddered, and replied in unison with trepidation: "The father-in-law said that the slaves are all I understand."

The supervisor in the East Factory seemed very satisfied with the effect of what he said. He smiled again, raised his orchid finger, and ordered to the middle-aged maids standing behind him: "Arrange ladies to go rest."

So, under the order of the East Factory Supervisor, who was obviously one of the principals, the show girls followed the court maids to file out of the open-air garden according to the temporarily compiled numbers, and went to different rooms to rest.

Because Yang Lingyue came early and the number came first, the room allocated to her was small, but the lighting and environment were good. Compared to the other seven or eight beautiful girls crowded into one room, Yang Lingyue was obviously very satisfied with the small room plus her. Only three people.

Yang Lingyue briefly said a few words to the two beautiful women who lived in the same room, and after saying hello, she chose a seat by the window, and used the black and blue quilt embroidered with simple flowers and plants that she had received from the steward Gong'e. , laying on a wooden shelf bed that was clearly fixed with wooden boards, and began to pack the luggage.

Yang Lingyue's luggage was very simple, a brand-new bijia made of mountain flower paste into a magnificent color, and embroidered with green bamboo patterns with green silk thread, and a white one with red borders inlaid on the sleeves and embroidered with red plum blossoms. A blouse and a bright red long skirt embroidered with white plum blossoms of the same style, as well as a set of good quality silver jewelry and scattered silver.

The clothes were made by Yang Lingyue herself, while the silver jewelry and scattered silver coins were donated by Zheng's family in the village.Yang Lingyue knew that no one in this world would be nice to others for no reason. The reason why Zheng's family in the village did this was just for investment.Yang Lingyue understood, but she also remembered the kindness of the village's main aunt, so she took these things as a matter of course, and she didn't feel ashamed at all.

Yang Lingyue carefully placed the clothes and jewelry next to the pillow, and sat cross-legged on the wooden plank bed. While taking care of her slightly curly but shiny black hair, she listened attentively to the little girl surnamed Fan who lived in the same room. Twittering and chatting towards the other woman surnamed Wang.

"Hey, your white jade hairpin will look good if I bring it on."

Maybe she felt familiar, the little girl surnamed Fan snatched the white jade hairpin from the woman surnamed Wang's package without any surprise, and stuck it on her head.Yang Lingyue watched clearly from the side, the woman surnamed Wang had anger in her eyes, she was obviously angry but still had a faint smile on her face, as if Miss Fan stole her white jade hairpin to wear, it didn't matter at all.

Miss Fan's skin is a bit yellowish and dark, and she wears ordinary clothes. At a glance, she can tell she grew up in a peasant family, while Miss Wang, with her thin skin and tender flesh, wears finely crafted cloth clothes, and she can tell at a glance that she is from a merchant family.As for the character, Yang Lingyue didn't like to comment when they just met each other, so she just labeled Miss Fan and Miss Wang as 'out of sight' and thoughtful.

No, Miss Fan took Miss Wang's white jade hairpin to wear just now. Although Miss Wang said that she hated Miss Fan for daring to touch her things, she kept her face calm and said with a smile: "Sister Fan is right, the white jade hairpin you are wearing really complements your complexion."

In the Ming Dynasty, ordinary women could only use silver-plated ornaments on their heads. Obviously, this white jade hairpin was not available to Miss Wang who was born in a merchant family.Miss Wang obviously knew about this, and she probably brought this Bai Yuchai because she liked it.Originally, she didn't intend to see the light, but she didn't expect to meet Miss Fan, who was obviously out of sight. She was afraid that the matter would be known by the maid in charge.

As I said before, Miss Fan is a stranger. When she heard that Miss Wang had given her the white jade hairpin, she immediately praised Miss Wang with a smile on her face. I thought to myself that Miss Fan would do the same thing with me sometime.

But I don't know if Miss Wang is too gentle and kind, while Yang Lingyue is cold and difficult to get along with, or she doesn't like Yang Lingyue's shabby luggage, so Miss Fan just takes Miss Wang out of the house and pays no attention to Yang Lingyue. She didn't even think about it, but because of Miss Wang's superficial provocations, she decided that she would be the biggest obstacle preventing her from entering the palace and becoming a concubine.

Speaking of this, Yang Lingyue was a little puzzled. Didn't the history teachers in the previous life always say that when talking about the history of the Ming Dynasty, every time there was a large-scale selection of young women, all the young women who were suitable for marriage were afraid of falling short, and they even appeared on the street to chat with each other casually? matching phenomenon.Why was it that when she ran for the election, all she met were guys who wanted to sneak into the palace? Yang Lingyue couldn't figure it out, so she had to let herself not think about it, and instead lived in seclusion, like the spies of the East Factory who secretly observed the every move of the show girls. Self-abiding, well-behaved side.Although this is a bit hypocritical, Yang Lingyue is unwilling to let Yang Lingyue pinch like a fighting cock all day long like other selected show girls, and make trouble for hours for a little supply of rouge and gouache.

A few days passed, and after the girls from the counties around Yanjing arrived one after another, the primary election officially started.First of all, the internal supervisors of the East Factory led the rough envoys, and with the eyes of picking goods, directly eliminated the ladies who had no obvious physical defects, and then carefully started with the five sense organs, checking the ears, eyes, mouth, nose, hair, and skin. , Collar, shoulders, back, etc. are not correct, if there is one point that is not correct, it will be eliminated.You have to listen to the voice after looking at the facial features, and the emperor's father or concubines can't speak clearly.Therefore, the selected candidates were asked to tell their birthplace, name, age, etc., and those who had a muddy voice, rough voice, or panicked responses would be eliminated.

Yang Lingyue, who was outstanding and articulate, passed this test very easily.However, I don't know if the examiner, that is, the East Factory supervisor who likes to squint his eyes and raise his fingers, is in a hurry or something when he is testing the school's voice, he hurriedly left in the middle of the question. Replaced with Bingbi eunuch Li Jinzhong and Master Li to examine Yang Lingyue.

Bingbi eunuch Li Jinzhong Master Li is the only guy who is handsome, well-dressed, doesn't look like a eunuch, and is about forty or fifty years old.He looked at Yang Lingyue harshly for a moment, then picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and asked slowly, "Name, place of origin!"

"Yang's Lingyue, originally from Suning in Beizhili, now from Gengjia Village in Yanjing."

"Northern Zhili Suning is from the same place as our family." After speaking, Li Jinzhong looked at Yang Lingyue carefully for a long time, and when Yang Lingyue felt more and more confused, Li Jinzhong said lightly:

"I heard that both of your parents are dead, so you traveled thousands of miles to live in Yanjing to find your relatives."

Hearing this, Yang Lingyue's mind suddenly moved, and she replied honestly and honestly: "Before grandma (grandmother) passed away, she once said that grandpa went to Yanjing to beg for a living, so my father favored his concubine, killed his wife, and kissed the slave's mother three times." After being driven out of the house, the mother took the Nu family siblings to Yanjing to look for relatives. Who would have thought that they could not find them, and the mother fell ill and passed away, so the Nu family siblings stayed in Gengjia Village and merged into the obtained the household registration of Gengjia Village."

"Oh, what's your grandfather's name?"

"My surname is Wei, and my first name is Tie Dan."

As soon as this remark came out, Yang Lingyue saw it very clearly, and the eunuch named Li Jinzhong's eyes flashed with astonishment, obviously he knew and knew who Wei Tiedan Yang Lingyue was talking about.

The eunuchs who have no son~grandson~gen have friends with nothing more than eunuchs and court officials. Yang Lingyue has never heard of an official with the surname Wei, so her grandfather, whom she has only heard of, is very likely to be an eunuch. .Well, there seems to be only one Wei Zhongxian among the famous eunuchs surnamed Wei during the Taichang and Tianqi years, that is to say, the [-]-year-old Wei Zhongxian is probably his grandfather... Tsk, thinking of the original name of the iron egg, Yang Lingyue inexplicably wants to laugh—this is, Even if it's called Tie Dan, can't it protect itself?

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