[Red Mansion] The occupation of Huangsang!

Since marrying into the Zhen family, Zhen Shishi has maintained her status as the daughter of the Shi Hou family's daughter, and everyone in the Zhen family's eyes does not deny her status, and she is also domineering. Usually, because Zhen Shishi helps Zhen Yingjia's official career, Mrs. Zhen also Don't care about the temper of Miss Zhen Shishi.It's just that Shi Dalong and Shi Xiaolong were sent back to Shihou's mansion by Shui Lan, Zhen Shi's mother was grounded, and his other married sisters who were still in the capital couldn't make any effort, not only failed to get Zhen Shi to come out, They also paid themselves out one after another, especially the Jia Shishi who married into Rong Guogong's mansion, it was just a decoration, and it was not useful.

Because of not being able to bring obvious benefits to the Zhen family, the status of the Zhen Shi family in the Zhen family is also declining. Fortunately, the prostitute daughter she gave birth to was bestowed by the relationship between Mrs. Zhen and the Supreme Emperor. The crown prince's Shui Lan is the side princess, so Zhen Shi naturally straightened up and continued to dominate the Zhen family.

Zhen Shishi, who is domineering in the Zhen family, thought that her daughter could not become a noble concubine, but must be one of the four concubines, but she never thought that Zhen Xiaowan was first demoted to Chenghui because of a mistake, and later became the crown prince. At that time, only Shuyi, who was of the fourth rank, was sealed. How could this not disappoint Zhen Shishi.

If this is the case, then Zhen Shi will only be disappointed and will not be disappointed.It wasn't until the news came from the capital that the current empress was going to choose ladies for her majesty and had filled the harem. Somehow, people from the Zhen family who were so dissatisfied with themselves actually persuaded Zhen Yingjia and Mrs. Zhen to adopt a lady from a branch. At the age of fourteen, the pretty girl was adopted under her own name and was about to be sent to the capital to participate in the draft.As a result, Zhen Shishi, who was already unpopular in the Zhen family, became even more unpopular.

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In May of the first year of Baotai, Empress Chunhui, who had just taken office, gave an order to the Ministry of Rites: "The list tells the Ministry of Rites, inside and outside the capital, that in the families of virtuous officials and common people, they must choose their parents who are virtuous and kind, and have a good family law. Eighteenth, if the appearance is clean, the temperament is pure and beautiful, the words and actions are serene, and the manners are moderate, ask their parents to send them, and I will personally read them."

That's what I said, but inside and outside the huge capital, whose parents are virtuous and mean, not everyone has investigated clearly even the Ninth Five-Year Master, and this is the first draft in the Yong Dynasty, if it is valued by the nobles , soaring into the sky, that is a major event for the whole family.Therefore, after the imperial edict of the Empress Chunhui was posted, all people inside and outside the capital took action. Regardless of their appearance, as long as the daughters of the concubine and concubine were within the prescribed age, they all flocked to the mansion where the Ministry of Rites was located, and reported to the chief responsible for recording the incident. The book history of the Ministry of Rites signed up for the draft, not to mention the wives of various officials in other states and counties who received the news and brought their girls and children of the right age to the capital.

Seeing that things were getting bigger and bigger, the Empress Chunhui, who was not brain enough, was dumbfounded. After discussing with the intelligent Empress Wu Tingfang, Wu Tingfang issued an order to postpone the time until July of the Baotai Year, so that The wives of officials from other places can arrive.

In July, almost all the female family members of officials from all over the country gathered in the capital, and Wu Tingfang issued another decree: to send the unoccupied palace ladies and eunuchs to the Ministry of Rites, and cooperate with the servants of the Ministry of Rites to conduct auditions to eliminate unqualified people—such as Man with obvious flaws and imperfections.

This large-scale "sea selection" eliminated more than [-] candidates (most of whom were eliminated were the daughters of wealthy businessmen in various states and counties and the daughters of ordinary people inside and outside the capital), leaving only about There are less than [-] show girls.These beautiful women were welcomed by the palace attendants to the open-air imperial hall, where they accepted the primary election.

Before the primary election, Shui Lan had asked Wu Tingfang out of curiosity, but was baffled by the plan Wu Tingfang handed over.Nima, isn't this the Eight Banners draft of the Qing Dynasty model? It's just that it's not limited to a small range of selection, but is selected from all over the country and from virtuous families.

Shui Lan, who was bewildered by Wu Tingfang's generous handwriting, stared blankly at Wu Tingfang, and under Wu Tingfang's puzzled gaze, Shui Lan asked stupidly. "Ting Fang, are you okay!"

"?????" Wu Tingfang looked back at Shui Lan with question marks in her eyes, not understanding why she asked such a question.

Shui Lan, who felt a little square, said meaningfully. "Didn't you say that women in the harem don't have sisterhood? Why do I feel a little cold towards Shi Linlin when I see you treat Jia Guiyi kindly and kindly?"

"Your Majesty has come to talk about me. Didn't you let me live on the big face and don't have to treat everyone equally, so the courtiers and concubines are treated differently according to their personal preferences."

Speaking of this, Wu Tingfang burst out laughing. "Don't talk about courtiers and concubines, it's time to talk about Your Majesty. Does Your Majesty think this draft is good?"

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How can I answer this, say yes, if it gets to the ears of the courtiers, those rigid and pedantic Confucian scholars should write a letter saying that a gentleman should not be greedy for beauty. It is necessary to clamor that His Majesty has no heirs now, and it may endanger the stability of the country in the long run.

Shui Lan hesitated for a while, then turned to ask Wu Tingfang with a smile. "Ting Fang is imitating Empress Changsun..."

"That's right~ Could it be that His Majesty is not satisfied with how virtuous your concubine is?" Wu Tingfang said with a smile, staring at her phoenix eyes that had softened a lot due to pregnancy. "The concubine has been familiar with the women's precepts since she was a child, and knows that a big woman should not be jealous. The concubine has been married to His Majesty for so many years, and the majesty is almost in his prime, so he has this child who is currently unknown whether it is a boy or a girl... The concubine is really uneasy!"

Wu Tingfang knew that Shui Lan was staying elsewhere, so she made her concubines drink her son-in-law soup afterward. After such a big incident happened, Wu Tingfang didn't try to suppress it, but took advantage of the trend to expand the scale of the draft, making sure to select good girls to fill the harem and increase her queen's reputation as a virtuous queen.

In fact, Shui Lan also knew Wu Tingfang's plan. The reason why he asked this question was because he was joking with Wu Tingfang, and secondly, he was sincerely asking what Wu Tingfang was thinking. What about Flower Heart ╮(╯▽╰)╭, is this the difference between a virtuous queen and a poisonous queen!Forget it, anyway, this matter is not bad for me.

Shui Lan, who didn't get the answer she wanted, went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation located in the front hall of Yugan Palace to deal with political affairs. Even the first-time draftees didn't have time to watch the excitement during this busy schedule.

The first draft of the Great Yong Dynasty, the so-called primary selection was divided into three rounds. In the first round, every hundred people were a group, in order of age, standing neatly from young to old, and the eunuchs in the palace checked them one by one.

When the eunuchs are checking each one, they will report to the maid in charge of the record that so-and-so is taller, so-and-so is shorter, so-and-so is fatter, and so-and-so is taller than so-and-so. Slightly thinner.After the first round of the primary election, more than 1000 show girls were eliminated.

The rest of the show girls were placed in Chuxiu Palace in the East Sixth Palace to rest.There are still more than 3000 show girls, after a few days of rest, they immediately started the second round of primary selection.

The second round of selection was still carried out in the tents set up on the open-air imperial hall, and this round was still in groups of one hundred people.Compared with the rough selection in the first round, this round of selection is much more refined.In the tent, the experienced eunuchs inspected the ten items of the audition girls' ears, eyes, mouth, nose, hair, skin, waist, collar, shoulders, and back, and those who failed in one item were eliminated.This time there were more unqualified, and about 2000 people were eliminated.

Immediately after the second round, the third round of selection begins.It is also a group of one hundred people, and the remaining more than 1000 show girls are checked again by Lao'e in the palace.The elders in the palace observe their body, check their breasts, smell their underarm odor, caress their skin, and then order them to walk dozens of steps in a circle to observe the lady's walking posture and demeanor. Those who fail to pass are eliminated. Fewer than 300 remained.

The remaining less than 300 people will live in the palace for a month.Their speech, behavior, temperament, etc. are all related to the old eunuchs in the palace, and the old eunuchs reported to Wu Tingfang one by one.After a month of secret selection, the final list of show girls was only fifty.Some of them can be the emperor's concubines and selected servants, and some of the noble ones will be assigned to marry princes, ministers and princes who have not yet married, and become legal wives.As for the beautiful women who were born for more than 100 years and have not been named, they will stay in the palace and become court ladies, and will not be released from the palace until they reach the age of 25.

Most of the [-] beautiful women named here are the concubine's daughters of officials and eunuchs, and only a small number of them are the daughters of rich merchants from various states. Among them, a daughter of the imperial merchant Xue's family after Ziwei Sheren is also on the list.This Xue family is Xue Luoyi, the younger sister of Xue Zhi, the current head of the Xue family, after the late Ziwei Sheren Xue Gong.

This Xue Luoyi looks round, dignified and beautiful, and vaguely resembles the shadow of (future) sister Bao. Wu Tingfang's first impression of her is that she is good-born, suitable for being accused by courtiers of being empty under her knees and not yet mature. The water of the heirs.

Of the fifty outstanding girls, except for Xue Luoyi and Zhen Yuer who were selected by Wu Tingfang, Wu Tingfang handed over the list to Shui Lan for him to decide.In terms of female sex, Shui Lan has gone through thousands of sails in her previous life, and has seen women of all levels. In this life, she was born as a prince, and now she is in the rank of ninety-five. She has never seen any type of woman.To be honest, if it weren't for the occasional needs, Shui Lan would have thought that she was actually sexual~cold~indifferent.ヾ(｀Д′) Nima is forced by various problems that emerge one after another.

Before becoming emperor, Shui Lan felt that since she was qualified for the position of prince, she would definitely be able to adapt to the job of emperor.As a result, when I first became a member, I felt good when the excitement was not out of date, but now I look at it, Nima goes to bed later than a dog, wakes up earlier than a chicken, and finally has to work as a stallion in the harem to sow seeds because of problems with offspring, Nima Who let labor and capital now have nothing under their knees, and their only son or daughter is still in her mother's womb.

In fact, being a stallion is fine. For now, I have just ascended the throne, and I have to evaluate various forces and consider various political disputes. I can't favor the harem concubines according to my own preferences.Take Zhen Xiaowan, whom I already despise, as an example, in order to appease the Zhen family, no matter how much I loathe her, I still occasionally stay in the Shufang Building where she lives. If he is destroyed, he probably can only wait for the day he passes away...

If you think about it, maybe you have to wait decades before throwing Zhen Xiaowan to the cold palace, Shui Lan's face will be bloody!

Li Goudan, you stinky boy, the smallest thing you need to do is to manage the dark guards in brocade clothes seriously, otherwise the emperor will definitely leave you a place in the palace - far away in the south of the Yangtze River, Li Wei, who is stationed in Qing~lou, who understands the dynamics of people's livelihood, also It was Li Goudan who sneezed violently.Does anyone miss me, could it be Xiao Hua who misses me...