The Legend of Zhen Huan through Xuan Ling

In August of the 12th year of Qianyuan, Emperor Qianyuan ushered in the third general election of beautiful girls.

On the day of the draft, the weather was very sunny.Seeing so many children in the harem, the Empress Dowager didn't care about anything else, she only cared for her grandchildren in Yining Palace, so in the Yunyi Palace, the Empress Dowager sat on top, looking at the rows of beautiful girls.

Xuan Ling or Zhu Yixiu took a fancy to a few and left a sign. At this time, an internal servant reported to Xuan Ling what happened in the warm pavilion of Changchun Palace before the next batch of beautiful girls came in. When it was cold, just as I was about to speak, the next batch of beautiful girls was about to come in, so the servant hurriedly bowed and left.

The female officer: "Xia Yuejing, the daughter of a soldier in Xinfu who joined the army, is seventeen years old." Xuan Ling looked at the girl's face, and then heard the internal servant's report of what happened in Changchun Palace just now, his face turned cold, and he said, "I Seeing that this girl looks good, let's bestow it on King Qishan as a child." Xia Yueqing was startled, she even forgot about Xie En, and finally was pulled by the people next to her, and said tremblingly: "Minister...Mr. Thank you, Your Majesty!" In the end, his body softened, and he was taken down by the palace guards beside him.

As if nothing had happened just now, the female official said blankly: "Du Peiyun, the daughter of the prefect of Tanzhou, is sixteen years old." Ling looked at the beautiful girl's face and said, "Let's stay."

The female official: "The daughter of the prefect of Tanzhou left a sign and gave me a sachet!" "Thank you, the queen." The female official: "Liang Xinyue, the sister of the magistrate of Xunyang, is seventeen years old." "Xuan Ling didn't speak, Zhu Yixiu nodded, and the female officer said, "The sister of Xunyang magistrate left a sign and gave me a sachet!" "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Female official: "The daughter of Anbihuai, the Prime Minister of Songyang County, An Lingrong, is fifteen years old." The name came alive, and she said with great interest: "Look up." The beautiful girl shook her head, raised her head, with tears in her eyes, looking very pitiful, Xuan Ling's eyes darkened, and said: "It looks Looks good, let's keep it." The female official: "The daughter of Songyang County Cheng left a sign and gave me a sachet!" The queen reminded: "Your Majesty, An's name is a taboo. The emperor gave it a name." Xuan Ling nodded, "Since An's name violates a taboo, I will give An Lingrong the name An Ning Rong, and Wang Qing will be calm and clear in the future, peaceful and far-reaching." name."

Female officer: "Fang Chunyi, the daughter of the Jiangsu Salt Transport Envoy's dialect, is twelve years old." "The emperor is blessed with golden safety, and the queen is auspicious for a thousand years." Zhu Yixiu saw that Xuan Ling did not speak, so he asked, "What does the emperor think?" Not bad, but..." It seemed that Fang's age was too young, Zhu Yixiu thought about it, and said: "I remember that the ninth brother will leave the palace to build a mansion on the [-]th of this year, and there is no one around him, why don't you give the Fang family to the ninth brother?" "Fang Chunyi, the daughter in the dialect of the Jiangsu Salt Transport Envoy, bestowed Pingyang King Xuanfen as a side concubine, and married after Jiji." "...my minister thank you."

Female official: "Fu Shuping's daughter, Fu Xiaotang, the magistrate of Xuancheng, is thirteen years old." Xuanling looked at the woman's appearance, and said: "The daughter of Fu Shuping, the magistrate of Xuancheng, Fu Xiaotang gave Xuanfen, the king of Pingyang, as his side concubine, and married after Jiji." Thank you, daughter-in-law."

There are so many candidates for this year's show, and it's not over until dusk, both Xuan Ling and Zhu Yixiu are a little tired.

Female official: "Ye Fangchun, the daughter of Yandao Yejian in Jiangsu, is eighteen years old." Xuanling said, "Ye Fangchun, the daughter of Yejian in Yandao, Jiangsu Province, bestowed Qinghe King Xuanqing as a side concubine, and she will be married on the same day." Queen."

Female official: "Sister of Suzhou Weaving Sun Changhe, Sun Miaoqing, seventeen years old." The queen nodded, "The sister of Suzhou Weaving left a sign and gave me a sachet!" "My lady, thank the emperor and the queen."

Female official: "The daughter of the governor of Jeju, Shen Zishan, Shen Meizhuang, is sixteen years old." A young girl came out of the line, with a light figure, bowed her head and gave a blessing, and her voice was like a warbler: "My daughter, Shen Meizhuang, sees the emperor and queen. Long live the emperor, and good luck to the empress." Xuanling sat up straight and asked, "Have you ever read any books?" Shen responded politely and politely: "My daughter is dull, she seldom reads, only read " I know a few words of "Women's Rules" and "Women's Training." Xuanling said "uh", "These two books focus on women's virtuous virtues, not bad." Zhu Yixiu agreed with a pleasant face: "My daughter's family mostly uses needles and thread. It's very good for you to know a few characters." Shen smiled slightly and replied, "Thank you, the emperor and queen, for your appreciation." Xuan Ling thought for a while, and said, "Very good, just about the same age as the ninth brother." He paused, "Give Shen Meizhuang, the daughter of the governor of Jeju, Shen Zishan, to Pingyang King Xuanfen as his concubine, and we will get married in May next year." Mrs. Shen seemed surprised, but quickly reacted, and saluted, "My daughter, Shen Meizhuang, thank you, the empress." Xuan Ling nodded secretly, hoping that this Shen family could be a good housekeeper.

Female official: "Zhen Huan, the daughter of Zhen Yuandao, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, is fifteen years old." Zhen took two steps forward, prostrated herself prostratingly, bowed her head and said: "My daughter Zhen Huan sees the emperor and the empress. May the emperor live forever and the empress a thousand years auspicious." Xuan Ling said softly "Oh", and asked: "Zhen Huan? Which 'Huan' is it?" Lady Zhen lowered her head and said, "Cai Shenci: Huan Huan curls around Chu Palace's waist. It's the name of a minister's daughter." Xuan Ling Yi raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Why do I remember reading Xuan? But this word can also be read huan." Zhu Yixiu gave him a blank look, "My concubine sees that the Zhen family knows some poetry and books, but I don't know. How does it look?" Zhu Yixiu looked slightly sideways, "Come on, Miss Zhenxiu, let me and the emperor have a look." The palace man next to him understood, and took a cup of tea and poured it in front of Zhen.I saw that Mrs. Zhen turned a blind eye and stepped forward two steps steadily with the tea.Zhu Yixiu said with a smile: "It's very dignified." Xuan Ling raised his hand and slightly raised the twelve-pronged white jade beads hanging in front of him, he was taken aback for a moment, this beautiful girl looked familiar, but he still praised: "So soft, charming and charming You really deserve that name." Zhu Yixiu only laughed in his heart, but Shiro didn't realize that this beautiful girl was somewhat similar to his elder sister, but he didn't say anything, and just said along with him: "The dress is also very elegant. "It seems that after being praised by Zhu Yixiu, the face of Zhen's face is red, and she looks very good-looking.Xuan Ling nodded, "Then stay." The female officer: "The daughter of Zhen Yuandao, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, left a sign and gave me a sachet!" Zhen Shi bowed and bowed, and silently withdrew.

Because it was very tired and it was very late, after Xuan Ling and Zhu Yixiu selected some beautiful girls, they all put down their names.Thus, Qianyuan's third draft ended.

At night, in Fengyi Palace, Zhu Yixiu showed Xuanling the prepared positions. The positions are as follows: Liu Lingxian was conferred the title of "Shen" and lived in Yunzhao Palace; , living in the Shouqi Palace; Ji's conferred the title of Xiaoyuan, the fifth rank, and lived in the Zhongcui Palace; Talented person, living in Hexu Hall; Mu's conferred the title of beauty of the sixth rank, living in Chengfu Hall; Liang Xinyue, conferred the title of talented person of the sixth rank, living in Youlan Palace; An Ning Rong was conferred the title of Regular Residence of the seventh rank, living in Changyang Palace; Li's family was named Zheng Qipin and lived in Yanxi Palace.

The next day, Xuanling decreed that Xia Wei, who joined the army, was not strict with his daughter and was not worthy of his position, so he was demoted to lieutenant of Qipin Yihui.

Because Xuanling thought that some beautiful women came to the capital from afar, he built a show storage hall near the palace gate for the beautiful women to stay in. The failed beautiful women left in disappointment, and the homes left behind were not in the capital. The show girls will stay in the Chuxiu Pavilion to wait for the canonization will, and then learn the palace rules.

In the Xiuxiu Pavilion, An Ningrong, Sun Miaoqing, Du Peiyun and Liang Xinyue were kneeling to receive the order.

"On August 12, the 22th year of Qianyuan, the office in charge of internal affairs was copied from the respect room, and it was ordered: Du Peiyun, a 16-year-old girl from the prefect of Tanzhou, was named a sixth-rank nobleman and entered the house on September [-]th. Here."

"On August 12, the 22th year of Qianyuan, the General Office of Internal Affairs was copied from the Jingshifang, and it was ordered: Sun Miaoqing, the 17-year-old sister of Suzhou Weaving Sun Changhe, was named Cong Liupin Cairen, and entered on September [-]th. Qin here .”

"On August 12, the 22th year of Qianyuan, the Office of Internal Affairs in charge was copied from the respect room, and it was ordered: Liang Xinyue, a 17-year-old girl from Xunyang County, was named Cong Liupin, and she entered on September [-]th. Qin here .”

"On August 12, the 22th year of Qianyuan, the Office of Internal Affairs was copied from the Jingshifang, and it was ordered: An Ningrong, a 15-year-old daughter of Anbihuai, the prime minister of Songyang County, was sealed as the seventh-rank regular, and entered the house on September [-]. . This is it.”

"Your servant accepts the order to thank you." After the salute, the servant introduced a young woman dressed as a court lady, with an ordinary appearance and a very gentle look, and said, "This is your aunt for the next month, Sandalwood Aunt." This aunt just blessed her body and didn't kneel down.According to the rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Yin aunt has a special status. During the period of teaching the little lord the etiquette in the palace, it is not necessary to kowtow to the concubine and the little lord, but you have to kneel down when you meet for the first time, so the beautiful girls present were all stunned. , the servant next to him respectfully said: "Aunt Tanxiang has a special status, so she is different from the usual aunt who teaches and guides, and there is no need to kneel down." Here with a few palace people.

Liang Xinyue was bolder, stepped forward and asked, "Auntie, how many people are selected this time?" Tan Xiang just smiled: "There are ten young masters in total." "Then Auntie, tell us something about the palace." It was Du Peiyun.Sandalwood didn't reprimand, but just let the show girls sit down, and began to talk softly.

Emperor Xuanling is twenty-five years old this year, and he married Zhu Yixiu, the cousin and niece of the current Empress Dowager 12 years ago.Although the queen is two years older than the emperor, she is dignified and elegant, and has a deep relationship with the emperor and his wife, and is quite popular in the harem.The queen has two sons and one daughter, the eldest prince Yu Ze, the fourth prince Yu Hong, and the fourth princess An Jia, who is He Le Di Ji.

Next, Mrs. Duan Qi Yuebin has a daughter, the third princess An Yu, and Yang Diji, who are quite favored.

Ning Concubine Gan Jiahui has a daughter, the Eldest Princess An Lan, and Zhi Di Ji; Ming Concubine Miao Liyan has a daughter, the Second Princess An Rong, and Ya Di Ji, who are considered favorites.

Jing Zhaoyi and Li Xin had a son, and the second prince was Yutian; Shushuyi, Tang Jingyan had a son, and the third prince was Yuli. It was Shuyi who was entrusted by the mother with the son.

The respected concubine Feng Ruozhao has a daughter, the seventh princess Anhui, and Kang Diji; the honored concubine Cao Qinmo has a daughter, the sixth princess An Jin, and Wendiji.

Li Jieyu Fei Yunyan has a son, the fifth prince Yuhao, who is quite a favorite; Xin Jieyu Lu Yingfeng has a daughter, the fifth princess Wenyun, and Feidi Ji.

The other ones still ranked were Lu Ronghua and the Lu family, who were not favored but had a high status, followed by Concubine Yun Zhao Xianhui and Shi Liangdi Shi Yiyun, and the rest were not considered favored.

In addition, the concubines in the palace are divided into eight ranks and sixteen ranks.Only the noble concubines of the third grade can be called "Master" or "Niangniang", and are eligible to become the head of the inner court, occupy the main hall, and take charge of the affairs of the first palace.Those below the third rank can only be called "little masters", who live in the attic courtyard of the palace, and have no main hall to live in.

Since the emperor made a decree, only concubines of the third rank and above can visit the queen mother, concubines of the fifth rank and above can meet the queen, and concubines of the fifth rank and below can only go to Fengyi Palace the next day after going to bed. Titles can only be given to rank five or above, so the title of concubine can always follow.Moreover, all the princes and princesses in the palace, except their own mother, only call concubines from the third rank and above as concubines.

Seeing that the show girls were all quiet, Tan Xiang smiled and comforted: "Generally, those who give birth to children will be sealed up to the third rank or above. Those who have favors but no children or those who have no favors and virtues will be sealed to Ronghua at most. No longer entrusted to the Jin Dynasty, because the emperor once strictly stated that only concubines with meritorious virtues can take the main position in the harem." Liang Xinyue asked curiously: "What counts as meritorious deeds?" Meritorious service. Keeping one’s place in the palace and being senior can be regarded as virtuous.”

So before entering the palace, the beautiful women listened to their aunt explaining the rules of the palace in the morning, and got up after taking a nap in the afternoon to practice etiquette, standing, walking, greeting, eating and other postures.