Expensive marriage: The concubine is begging for peace again today

After the new year, just after the Lantern Festival, beautiful girls from all over the world arrived in Beijing one after another.

Xiulan got the roster of beautiful girls, flipped through it, and asked in surprise: "Your Majesty, do you know how many beautiful girls there are?"

"How much? Five thousand? Ten thousand?" Jiang Changning guessed casually.

"Less than 690, there are [-] nine people."

"Hey, why don't you choose one more, it would be more than 700." Jiang Changning laughed.

"Your Majesty." Xiulan called out reproachfully.

Jiang Changning smiled indifferently and said, "Don't worry, it's impossible for all these 7000 people to enter the palace."

Living in the palace is not bad, but Emperor Xuanzhi should say that the treasury is empty and cannot support people.

Among the more than 600 people, there are about 13 in the capital and nearby towns, and the other 16 are beautiful women sent from various places, all of whom are young women between the ages of [-] and [-].

On the sixth day of February, the draft officially began, and the primary selection was done in batches according to grades. There were too many people, and it took seven days for the selection.

The empress dowager was worried, so Jiang Changning didn't pay too much attention, but she knew that she would definitely participate in the selection made by the empress dowager.

Letting the first wife choose a concubine for her husband in person, is it really something normal people can do?
In mid-March, seven hundred beautiful women entered the palace.

There were too many people, the show girls were divided into two groups, one group lived in the Jingyi Palace where the show girls stayed, and the other lived in the Gantang Palace.

Knowing the queen mother's arrangement, Jiang Changning said calmly, "Very appropriate."

The show girls learned the rules for two days, and then it was the day of the palace election. The queen mother sent someone to Qiyuan Palace early in the morning to "remind" Jiang Changning that he must attend.

Jiang Changning was having breakfast, upon hearing this, he smiled and said, "I'll definitely go later."

After hearing this, it was time for the maid to return to the Ciren Palace to answer, but she waited there and did not leave.

This similar situation immediately reminded Jiang Changning of the incident that year, when the Princess Runan went to the Zhuang's house to find a daughter-in-law, Guixi was also ordered by the old lady of the Zhuang to guard her like this.

Annoyed for a while, Jiang Changning grabbed the cup at hand and threw it at the foot of the palace maid, "If I don't go, will the Empress Dowager send guards to escort me there?"

That palace nanny is an old man in the palace, and those who followed into the palace knew Jiang Changning's art of imperial control, simple and rude, and never listened to people's nagging, when they saw her get angry, they secretly groaned.

She didn't want to take this job, but the Empress Dowager ordered her to come, so she had to come.

"The empress dowager saw the old slave's dressing skills, and specially asked the old slave to comb the empress's hair." The palace nurse explained.

Jiang Changning sneered, "Is this asking me to dress up and compete with the show girls?"

The palace nurse knelt down, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has absolutely no such thoughts. Presumably the old slave is stupid and misunderstood the meaning of the Empress Dowager, so the old slave will leave now."

"Are you in such a hurry to report to the Queen Mother about this Palace?" Jiang Changning asked in a deep voice.

"The old slave dare not." The palace nurse was lying on the ground, not daring to move.

Jiang Changning didn't attack her immediately, and ate his breakfast slowly.

After she finished her meal, rinsed her mouth, pressed the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and said slowly: "Since you are good at combing your hair, let me give you a unique bun today."

After a pause, he added: "If you comb it to your liking, I will reward you. If you don't like it, I will definitely not forgive you."

Hearing this, the palace nurse couldn't help showing embarrassment, this matter is difficult to handle.

But she didn't dare not to wait, so she got up tremblingly and said, "I'll do my best."

She is old, her hands and feet are not flexible, and she has long since stopped serving the Queen Mother to comb her hair. Just now, she just made up a random excuse and wanted to prevaricate it, but she didn't expect Jiang Changning to be so serious.

Fortunately, Jiang Changning is not a sincere and ruthless person, seeing her clumsy hands and legs, he said: "Forget it, you stand aside and wait, I am used to Fangju, let Fangju comb my hair for me. "

The palace nurse handed over the jade comb in panic, and stepped aside.

"Empress, should you wear the coiled bun, or the phoenix bun?" Fang Ju asked while helping her smooth her hair.

"Turn a high bun." Jiang Changning said calmly.

Fangju's hand paused for a moment, and then she quickly pulled her hair back.

Jiang Changning picked out from the jewelry drawer, a pair of pearl-bearing phoenix hairpins, combs inlaid with red jewels, white jade bracelets, and earrings inlaid with hibiscus jade.

Jiang Changning has the status of the emperor's favorite, and she is too lazy to wear the bright yellow queen's uniform to show her status. She wears a pink jacket with a stand-up collar, a blue satin jacket, a scarlet and a hundred colorful butterfly skirt, and a stone blue cape.

This attire looks dignified and elegant. She is going to choose others today, not to be chosen by others. Naturally, she will not dress up beautifully, charmingly and charmingly.

"Follow me." Jiang Changning squinted at the palace nurse.

When Jiang Changning arrived at the Zhaoyang Hall, the Empress Dowager had already arrived, wearing a navy blue tunic-patterned jacket with large sleeves and a phoenix crown on her head, she was majestic and noble.

"My daughter-in-law has met her mother, please greet her." Jiang Changning bowed his knees and saluted.

"Come on, sit down," said the Queen Mother.

"Yes." Jiang Changning walked to the empress dowager's right, sat down gracefully, and took advantage of the opportunity to look at the chair on her left.

Palace selection, how could Emperor Xuanzhi be missing.

"Why hasn't the emperor come yet?" asked the Queen Mother.

Jiang Changning didn't answer the Queen Mother's words, leaned back, raised his hand, Banqin took out a handful of dried fruit from his purse and handed it to her, she was here to see a play.

At this time, there was the sound of the Qing Dao whip outside the hall.

Jiang Changning swallowed the dried fruit and said with a smile, "Queen Mother, Your Majesty is here, you don't need to be impatient."

In front of the Queen Mother, Jiang Changning stood up obediently and waited for Emperor Xuanzhi.

When Emperor Xuanzhi entered the palace and saw the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, he deliberately asked: "Mother, is the son late?"

"It's not late, it's not late." The Queen Mother just wanted him to come.

Emperor Xuanzhi sat down on the left hand side of the Empress Dowager, "Mother, let's start."

Jiang Changning glanced at him, so impatient?

Ho, man's mouth, deceitful ghost.

Away from the queen mother, Emperor Xuanzhi didn't notice that Jiang Changning rolled his eyes at him, and he didn't even know that he wanted to cut the mess quickly and leave early, which was misleading.

The Empress Dowager signaled to her servants to go to the apse and bring in those beautiful women who had been waiting for a long time.

A group of five people, each dressed in their own style, summed it up in one sentence, highlighting their own strengths and beauty.

The queen mother worked very hard. In order to choose a pleasing person for her son, she changed the rules. These beautiful women don't need to wear beautiful women's clothes, and they can dress up freely.

The eunuchs called names one by one, and asked the beautiful women to come out to pay homage.

On this first day, the show girls who participated in the palace selection, their father and brother are not low in grade, and there is also the daughter of Xungui's family.

Wen Wanzhen, the niece of Duke Daijian, was the first in the third group. She was wearing a pink dress and a bun with a floral nobile on the side of her bun, and a plum blossom painted on her forehead.

Seeing the grace and tranquility, the Empress Dowager felt that Emperor Xuanzhi should be able to take a fancy to him, so she asked aloud, "Emperor, what do you think of this?"

Emperor Xuanzhi casually looked at Wen Wanzhen, "The eyes are too small, can she see the road clearly?"

Jiang Changning almost choked on the dried fruit, these words are a bit poisonous.

The queen mother took a closer look, the slender eyes were not too small.

Well, the emperor didn't like it, she waved her hand, this group went down, and the fourth group came up.