My concubines are talents

Chapter 55

Lying on the bed, Cai Xin tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

It wasn't because he was lying on the bed for the first time these days, nor was it because there was no accompaniment beside him, but he was curious about where His Majesty slept tonight and how to record his daily notes.

Before dark, she asked the four major court ladies as usual, which palace sign His Majesty had turned over, but Meihua told her that no one had turned over the signboard tonight.

Cai Xin was surprised, there is still a day for the hungry wolf to be a vegetarian?
"Which palace do you live in? I'm going to record my daily life notes."

Plum Blossom laughed and said, "Girls are like flowers and jade. Your Majesty said that a single man and a widow live in the same room for fear that he will not be able to control himself, so he won't let the slaves speak."

Recalling Meihua's words, Cai Xin always felt that there was something tricky in it, that he was as beautiful as a jade, but the emperor didn't turn over his card today, so naturally his body was hollowed out, so how could he not be able to hold it?
Since you can't sleep, let's go for a walk.

Cai Xin lived in Tiantongyuan in Aotunying today, passing by Yingzi's room, the door was ajar, she took a curious look, expecting to see Yingzi's long jade white legs, but found that there was no one on the bed.

"Why isn't she here?"

Could it be that these two secretly found a place where no one was around...to practice martial arts?
After turning around and not finding these two people, Cai Xin went back to sleep.

When I woke up the next day, the sound of swishing a sledgehammer could be heard outside the house.

When Cai Xin went out, she saw Ao Tunying practicing kung fu. At this time, she was wielding two sledgehammers weighing [-] catties each, and she was indeed born with supernatural power.

"Sister Ying, where did you go last night?" Cai Xin asked with a pen and paper.

"Oh," Ao Tunying put down the sledgehammer, "Brother Lu and I went to bed."

"Uh~ sleep?" Cai Xin paused with the pen in her hand, looking at Ao Tunying's tall and straight figure, "Who is sleeping with whom?"

"It's because he's sleeping, so I'll stand by and protect him," Ao Tunying explained, "I'm His Majesty's personal bodyguard, and people's defenses are weakest when they're sleeping, so I want to protect him."

"Then why does His Majesty not see you when he sleeps?"

"It's not dangerous to sleep with a few sisters-in-law on weekdays." Ao Tunying spread her hands.

"Is it dangerous to sleep last night? Did His Majesty really sleep alone last night?" Cai Xin discovered the blind spot.

Ao Tunying realized that she had made a slip of the tongue, and yawned, "I stood on guard all day last night, and I'm tired. I'm going to catch up on sleep."

As soon as Ao Tunying left, Cai Xin looked at the sledgehammer on the ground, and was motivated to try it out of curiosity.

"Hey!"

It moved, but I still can't lift it up, let alone swing it, but it's much stronger than before. Such a huge hammer must have been completely motionless before.

At breakfast, Cai Xin met Hu Lu. He was in a good mood. He hadn't gone to court for five or six days, and he didn't read the memorial. The semi-retired life was simply a paradise on earth.

Cai Xin wanted to ask the emperor who she slept with last night, but there were six princesses around her, so she couldn't ask such a question.

Finally, when the breakfast was over, the queen mother sent someone to look for the emperor. She thought that she could chat for a while on the way, but the emperor picked up Ji Xiangruyi, and this topic could not go on. Moreover, Cai Xin guessed that even if he asked, he would Most likely will not say.

Hu Lu held Jixiang Ruyi mainly to prevent the old lady from getting angry. With these two babies standing in front of her, she would give the emperor some face.

Sure enough, seeing the twins, Empress Dowager Xiao couldn't stop smiling, and teased them for a long time before she started to talk about business.

It is not a big deal to find the emperor this time, but to tell him, "The best girls from all over the country have gathered in the capital. They will receive court etiquette training in the old palace for a period of time, and conduct background checks, and then select some of them who are innocent and dignified. Enter the palace with good conduct."

Hu Lu had no expectations, he just wanted to find a place to cultivate quickly. Seeing that Cai Xin's condition was getting better and better, he felt that the time was not waiting for him.

"Does the emperor want to go and have a look in person, and choose some that you like?" the queen mother asked again.

Hu Lu waved his hand, "It's all up to the queen mother and the second concubine Xianshu to decide."

Xiao Guo'er and Wan Linglong had agreed a long time ago that they would personally select girls for their husband, and Hu Lu also agreed, I believe they would not cheat themselves.

"Then how many people will be elected, it is better to determine the number."

Hu Lu thought for a while, "There are already four in the palace, so let's choose another forty."

He felt that once the other party entered the palace as a beautiful girl, even if he did not have a status, he would be responsible for her. In order to avoid debts of love, he could do as little as possible.

The queen mother shook her head directly, "There are too many."

Hu Lu was taken aback, is this still my old mother, didn't she always hope that the harem would be as big as possible?
The Empress Dowager said, "Ai's family discussed with Concubine Shu and thought that there should not be too many people. If there are too many people, if you don't get close to them, you will have an extra status as a beautiful girl. If you live in the palace for a few more years, you may not be able to leave the palace in the future." It's not appropriate, it's better to stop thinking about it from the beginning."

"The queen mother thinks how many are suitable?"

Empress Dowager Xiao, "Eleven."

Hu Lu said with a satisfied smile, "It's all arranged by the queen mother."

Eleven he can take it completely, even if he can't digest it in a short time, it will take a few years to digest it.

Just choose 100 girls from more than 11 young girls and give them honorary titles. Why does this routine feel so familiar?
And Empress Dowager Xiao was actually persuaded by Wan Linglong. Wan Linglong thought that instead of stuffing so many beautiful women into the palace at the beginning, it would be better to bring those equally outstanding women into the palace with other identities.

For example, those who can dance and write are stuffed into Tianlu Pavilion to be teachers for the princesses.

Those who are good at singing and dancing will form a royal song and dance troupe to dance and entertain His Majesty.

Those who are proficient in martial arts will be incorporated into the Imperial Guard.

Those who like flowers and plants can be put on duty in the Royal Garden, and they can always meet His Majesty.

Also, the four maids-in-waiting around His Majesty will be dispatched soon, and four of them can be selected to be dispatched carefully to His Majesty's side again. As time goes by, His Majesty will inevitably be tempted.

If you don't have any skills, you can also choose to be a maid in the palace. As long as you are beautiful, you may have a chance to be favored by His Majesty in the future.

The empress dowager called Dashan directly, the emperor had few women, in the final analysis, the maids and female officials in the palace were mediocre and uninteresting.

If he filled the palace with beauties from all over the world who were selected by thousands of people, and was surrounded by these Yingying and Yanyan all day long, even a saint would not be able to control it!

And not only these girls, but also Cai Xin!
The emperor was about to leave, and the queen mother left Cai Xin behind and cared for her carefully. When she was released by the queen mother, the emperor would have been lost for a long time.

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Yuegong, the old imperial palace that has been silent for more than 20 years, is bustling again. It is about to welcome 140 girls to be drafted from [-] provinces and the capital city.

Previously, only some concubines of the late emperor lived here, and they still had a normal relationship with the queen mother. Those who were close to the queen mother had long been brought into the new palace to enjoy their blessings.

Middle-aged and elderly women with dull eyes and desolate figures stood at the gate of the palace, looking at the fresh and lively lives, with envy and more sighs.

So what if you enter the palace, what if you become a master, it’s not like our fate~
(It’s a bit stuck, this chapter is a transition, the number of words is less, sorry, sorry, see if I can return it tomorrow~)

(End of this chapter)