These years of being the queen mother!

Look, isn't there a girl here who doesn't think so.

But what does this have to do with me!

Yang Lingyue once again curled her lips into a sneering smile, but not to others, but to herself.

At this moment, Yang Lingyue realized very clearly that she was indeed a selfish, cold-hearted person.

The gathering ended soon, and the remaining show girls did not wait for the order of the steward, Gong'e, to leave obediently and return to their respective rooms.The number of show girls has decreased by most, so the living conditions of the remaining show girls are naturally much more relaxed. At least the small room where Yang Lingyue lives has not been separated, but she lives with Miss Wang.

Yang Lingyue herself doesn't really want to get in touch with the pretty lady Wang, so the relationship between the two is indifferent, and they can only talk a few words at ordinary times. Yang Lingyue is impatient to dress up every day, strolling in the garden all day long, and simply hides in the house Be a female celebrity.

Just when Yang Lingyue counted with his fingers when the days of "□□" would end, Zhu Changluo, the newly enthroned Ming Guangzong, lived up to his reputation as the emperor of January, and after eating Zheng Guifei ordered Cui Wensheng to report to the emperor as the eunuch in charge of the pharmacy. The offered "tongli medicine, that is, laxatives, has been laxative for thirty or forty times throughout the night, so the already extremely weak body became more deteriorating, and soon fell ill.

The emperor, who had only been enthroned for one month, died. While using means to stabilize the government, the ministers slammed Cui Wensheng's qualifications for taking medicine and whether the medicine he took was in line with medical principles.In the end, when the war of words was in full swing, the ministers (members of the Donglin Party) did not forget to arrange the enthronement of the emperor's grandson Zhu Youxiao with high morale.

It stands to reason that there is no dispute that the emperor's grandson who was established by the will of the first emperor Ming Shenzong himself became emperor, but because Ming Guangzong Zhu Changluo and his favorite imperial concubine Li wanted to listen to the government behind the curtain, they wanted to change themselves The born Huaihui King Zhu Youmo became the emperor, so he dominated the Qianqing Palace and refused to move the palace.

The angry courtiers changed candidates and wrote letters one after another, demanding (west) Li to move to another palace, and to move the Qianqing Palace to Zhu Youxiao, who was about to ascend the throne as emperor.Naturally, Mrs. Xi Li would not do it. She said bluntly that she was used to living in the Qianqing Palace, and she was impatient to move the place. Anyway, the Forbidden City is so big, and she can always find an empty palace for the new emperor to work.

As soon as this remark came out, the officials who dared to control the emperor's words and deeds, clothing, food, housing and transportation were naturally furious. They all rolled up their sleeves and prepared to discuss the principles of three obediences and four virtues for the newly widowed (Western) Li family. , No matter how dare to bully the Qianqing Palace, be careful that they unite, follow the precedent, and bury the (western) Li family.

As a woman and a woman from a small family background, since Mrs. Xi Li became jealous and scheming because of the strife in the back house, she did not dare to be with this group of people who like to go online and scold. The emperor and the eunuchs who put their lives to death for the truth were serious, fearing that they would be in a hurry if they were to be buried, and it would be miserable if they were to be buried. They had no choice but to send Li Jinzong to stop him when the eunuch Wang An welcomed the emperor's grandson Zhu Youxiao to the throne in a high-profile manner. After a few times, he reluctantly gave up the Qianqing Palace, acquiescing that Zhu Youxiao became the new emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao, who became the new emperor, is only 16 years old now, so naturally he has neither married nor concubine.So naturally, the matter of the draft was reincorporated into the charter, and the girls who passed the primary election leaked by the Daxing County government were naturally taken into the palace by Li Jinzhong, who presided over the draft, and joined with the girls who passed the primary election in other states and counties. Xiunu faced the emperor's personal choice all the way.

Entering the gate of the palace, the show girls who wore uniform blue dresses, only with bun styles and headgears were gathered in an open field, sorted by age and checked, based on body size, without mercy eliminated most of them.Those who are too tall will be eliminated, and those who are too short will also be eliminated. Of course, the show girls who are too fat and too thin will not be kept.According to later generations using cultural relics such as Ming Dynasty court clothes and clothing as a reference, the approximate standard height for the selection of queens by the Ming Dynasty royal family is about 1.6 meters [-], that is to say, only a girl with a moderate figure, a well-proportioned body shape, and a pretty appearance can be qualified as a queen .

Yang Lingyue took a cold look, and there were only a few people who conformed to this painful rule, and among them was Miss Wang who lived in the same room. Even she, a cold-hearted person, was only about 1.6 meters tall. Not qualified to be the queen of this Lao Shizi.

Fortunately, Yang Lingyue didn't look forward to being a queen at all, so compared to the uneasiness of Miss Wang who conforms to the rules of being a queen, Yang Lingyue can be said to be quite calm. When the selection process continued tomorrow, she joked with Ms. Wang who was destined to live in the same room.

"I heard that Eunuch Li admired Sister Wang so much. My sister is here to congratulate her and wish her wishes come true." Yang Lingyue knew that according to the original historical trajectory, Zhu Youxiao's queen would be Kaifeng Fuxiang, Henan Province. A girl named Zhang Yan from Fu County, but this did not prevent Yang Lingyue from complimenting this girl named Wang Zhi.And the reason why she called herself younger sister was just because she was really young, and she didn't want to make a big claim, but she didn't try to follow others and flatter her, thinking that Miss Wang Zhi must be higher than herself after entering the palace.

But Ms. Wang Zhi also liked Yang Lingyue calling her elder sister, so she couldn't help but smiled complacently, and joked: "Sister Yang is the same, and elder sister is here. I also congratulate my younger sister for making her wish come true."

To be an imperial concubine, having a common husband is not my wish!

I thought it would be better to be a court lady than Lao Shizi's concubine.

It's a pity, the moment she guessed that Li Jinzong, who is now trusted by Ming Xizong because of Kebaba, is Wei Zhongxian, who will be powerful in the future and avoided by courtiers, she, Yang Lingyue, knew that she would sink in the Forbidden City in this life. She chose to accept her fate, but she was not willing to be a low-level concubine who was bullied, so after she calmed down, she chose (by Wei Zhongxian) to climb up.

Yang Lingyue sneered in her heart, put aside her distracting thoughts and continued chatting with Miss Wang Zhi, and after about a month on the branch, at one o'clock, the two who looked like two sisters went to bed separately.There was no dream all night, and when the sky was just dawn, the two sleeping people were awakened by the rough-sounding Gong'e.

"Ladies, please get up and wash up. After burning incense, Xiao Yuanzi will lead the ladies to the venue yesterday to gather for the third round of selection."

As soon as the words of the rough envoy Gong'e came to an end, the beautiful girls who got up in a hurry began to wash their faces, wash their faces, and dress up. After a lot of busy work, they finally stepped on to the venue for the second round of selection yesterday after burning a stick of incense. gather.

These three rounds of talent selection are mainly based on facial features, including hair, eyebrows, glasses, nose, and the tone of voice. If one fails, they will be eliminated immediately.

In the Ming Dynasty, the emphasis was on color, and virtue was secondary, so the ugly ones were inevitably eliminated, but the beautiful girls were not necessarily safe. If they were too beautiful, they would be considered too "coquettish" and they would be eliminated as usual.Fortunately, although Yang Lingyue's appearance is the most outstanding among all the beautiful girls, it is difficult to find a match, but the desolate temperament she carries makes her feel out of the world, and in addition, she has Li Jinzhong's orders secretly, so her appearance The excellent Yang Lingyue stayed without any troubles. You must know that even Miss Wang Zhi, who conforms to the rules of being a queen, secretly stuffed a lot of silver tickets for the in charge of the medical examination, Gong'e, in order to avoid troubles.

"These maids are really greedy. They took away most of my savings." Maybe because he knew that Yang Lingyue was a strict talker, after returning to the house, Wang Zhi couldn't help complaining in a low voice: "It seems that I have to find a way to get Daddy to send some more money. My aunt privately revealed that tomorrow there will be a foot measurement."

After hearing this, Yang Lingyue asked with some interest: "Measure your feet to see if our beautiful girl is a three-inch golden lotus."

In the feudal era, three-inch golden lotuses were considered beautiful. Yang Lingyue thought she was telling the truth, but she didn't want Miss Wang Zhi to shake her head, and said with a sneer in her eyes and a little secretively:

"The three-inch golden lotus is liked by those officials and scholars. Even if people in the royal family love the three-inch golden lotus, they will not announce the rules. After all, Empress Xiaoci Gao (Empress Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang's original partner) is a big Feet. □□ Well-trained, beautiful women are widely selected from good families in the world. Most of the women from good families are poor, and they will help the family with farm work to some extent. This binds their feet and makes it difficult to walk. Most of the good families are unwilling to accept that. guilty."

Yang Lingyue nodded, expressing that after she understood, she consciously changed the topic, talking about the arrangements for the draft girl, nothing more than the fact that she could not go back and get married on her own, and could only stay in the Forbidden City as a rough envoy.

As soon as this topic came up, both Yang Lingyue and Wang Zhi fell silent.After a while, Wang Zhi suddenly sneered, and said, "Look, the remaining [-] beautiful women after the third round of selection may not all be able to become concubines, and there are probably many female officials among them!"

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