Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 209 The emperor sends envoys to choose, who can be the queen?
After the three hundred beauties were trained, they were arranged to live in these five three-entry houses by the female officials who were still sleeping. They needed to live together for a period of time here, and the place where they slept was naturally the Datong bunk.

After completing the allocation of residences, Gong Zhengsi's female officer led them to the east.

This time, I no longer walked in such a winding way, from the outside to the north road, the palace road went from east to west, and then came to the end of the East Fifth Office of Qianqing Palace, and turned south, where Gong Zhengsi and Liushang Bureau were located. .

One Division and Six Bureaus, which were the main institutions for managing the harem in the Ming Dynasty, and they happened to be located on the east side of the East Sixth Palace.

The courtyard here is inconspicuous, even a little bit in decline.

Although Gong Zhengsi and Liushang Bureau were the management agencies of the harem, female officials had little contact with the emperor after all, and female officials were not suitable to go out on business for the emperor, so a lot of power had been divided up by the eunuch functional department.

Gong Zhengsi Gong is a middle-aged woman with a very dignified figure. Her whole body is as flawless as a compasses. She seems to be serious and scolds: "You have to come here during this time to learn etiquette and palace rules, etc. Subject, if you enter the palace gate, you must abide by the rules of the palace, do you understand?"

"Yes!" The three hundred beautiful women knew that the code in front of them could affect their promotion, and they understood that the rules of the palace should not be broken, so they responded in a polite manner.

He Shangyi of the Shangyi Bureau has a tall and straight waist, but she is not as strong as Gong Zheng, and she clearly released a little kindness: "Everyone, come with me!"

It's not that she doesn't want to shake Shangyi's prestige, but this group is not ordinary show girls.Not to mention that there is a noble lady with a good family background, and there will be a queen and two noble concubines here, who will control her destiny.

If he offends others now, then he will wait to be put on by others in the future.

It's just that she also knows in her heart that she has to do her duties seriously, otherwise she might not need to choose a queen to end, and she will be cold.

But there are always more solutions than difficulties.Although it is difficult for her to know the true origins of these show girls, who is good-looking and who has a good figure, these show girls who can be seeded queens naturally need to be taken care of.

If you meet a beautiful lady with a temper like a daughter, you can't easily offend her either.It is said that there are a few of them here who made great contributions to the founding of the country. After all, the draft still depends on the status of the family, and the candidate for the queen is likely to be among them.

After all, training and monitoring show girls is actually hard work, so don't offend anyone easily, just do your own job seriously.

The three hundred beauties followed behind He Shangyi in an orderly manner, and this time they went west to enter the East Liubu area, where six courtyard buildings of the same form were also arranged in an orderly manner.

They passed by the gate of Longevity Palace, looking at this courtyard waiting to be mastered, but they couldn't help being moved.

Passing through the alleyway of Changshou Palace is Dongyi Changjie. Walking down Dongyi Changjie all the way south, after passing through the double gate, the eyes suddenly open up.

Although the square in front of Qianqing Palace is not as good as Fengtianmen Square, the area here can accommodate 1000 people, let alone three hundred beauties.

When all the ladies came to this square, they saw the majestic gatehouse and two lifelike bronze lions in the north, and immediately felt the royal atmosphere of the Forbidden City.

"You are here to practice court etiquette during this time!" He Shangyi announced the content of the first lesson after bringing the three hundred beauties here.

The reactions of the three hundred beauties varied. Some seemed to have already guessed it, while others responded indifferently, but more people were slightly surprised.

In fact, when they came to the capital for screening, they had already learned this simplest way of walking, and they even had to walk a few palace steps as early as the local screening.

But when they actually started class, they discovered that what they thought was a standard trend earlier, but here it seemed to be full of flaws.

"Who is so unqualified?"

"It's over, it's over, this is too difficult!"

"This female officer walks well... What a standard!"

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The three hundred beauties quickly put themselves into training, but when they met the court's standards, they couldn't help complaining inwardly, especially when they saw a female officer from Shangyi Division demonstrate, they were hit hard immediately.

It's just that this is the reality, even if they become one of the top [-] beauties in the country, they still need to overcome many difficulties if they want to ascend to the throne of queen or imperial concubine.

oops……

Due to the increased standards and the fact that they had to wear high heels during training, many court ladies fell down very quickly.

"Wow! That show girl, and that show girl, are so beautiful!"

At some point, several beautiful maids came out from the Qianqing Gate, the leader was a little palace maid with an oval face holding a small tabby cat, staring at this side with joy on her face.

When Niu Mengmeng learned that [-] beautiful women entered the palace today, they were all ready to go to watch, but when they learned that they appeared in front of "my house", they hurried out with the little cat in their arms.

Unlike Fan Jinling's sense of crisis, seeing so many people pouring into the Forbidden City at once, her whole face looked very excited.

This year's [-] beauties were selected from all over the country, and each of them is one in a million beauties, and there are even several peerless beauties who are beautiful and beautiful.

It might have been possible to falsify in the past, but after Wang Yue beheaded hundreds of officials in Yangzhou, today's local officials are less daring to falsify.At least when it comes to the emperor's affairs, he is unwilling to risk his own head.

The two beautiful little maids beside him are actually Niu Mengmeng's little attendants. After hearing Niu Mengmeng's emotion, they nodded slightly in agreement.

The three hundred beauties are actually more dangerous than the others. If one ignores their respective family status, the appearance they have been proud of earlier becomes worthless here.

As the number one beauty in Jingchu, Qilan undoubtedly has a say in this matter.

Last year, Wang Yue almost beheaded the king of Chu, which made her successfully get rid of the entanglement of the king of Chu, and fortunately restored her citizenship.Because of the imperial court's selection at the beginning of this year, and her age is suitable, she can only go to the government to apply for the selection.

Thanks to her excellent physical condition, she stood out in the draft in Huguang. When she arrived in Beijing, she also defeated other contestants from all over the country, thus becoming one of the [-] show girls.

The further she got to the back, she found that her physical advantage was becoming less and less obvious, even though she was the number one beauty in Jingchu, her appearance was not very outstanding among the three hundred beautiful women.

At least, among the three hundred beauties, five beauties were above her in figure and appearance, which made her know in advance that she was not destined to be the queen.

Meow!
The little cat was lazily crawling in Niu Mengmeng's arms, also admiring the beautiful girls who were taking the palace steps, but suddenly let out a cry, as if to protest.

In fact, not all of these [-] show girls are beautiful and beautiful, some lucky girls are also selected, and there are even a few show girls who seem to make people doubt their own eyes.

"Everyone rest for a quarter of an hour!" Shangyi Bureau He Shangyi announced to everyone while holding on to the time.

Although there is no sun today, after the high-intensity training just now, especially some beautiful women are wearing high heels for the first time, and they are complaining endlessly at this time.

Now that they were rested, they all dispersed.

Several sharp-eyed show girls saw the steps here, and hurried over.Because of the regular cleaning and the heavy rain last night, the steps looked very clean.

He Shangyi from the Shangyi Bureau has been silently watching the reaction of this beautiful girl. When she saw those beautiful girls walking towards the steps, she couldn't help frowning slightly.

It's just that the quality of most of the people here is very good, especially the five outstanding girls who are able to maintain their appearance and appearance at all times.

In fact, before entering the palace, I had already solemnly told them that if they wanted to go to the end, then they had to restrain themselves with the queen's standard from the moment they stepped into the palace gate.

"Give me your seat!" A fat woman came over and ordered one of the maids.

The court lady Zhu Hong was a timid character, she stood up timidly when she heard the words, and gave up her own steps to this beautiful girl who seemed to be of extraordinary background.

The obese girl with a strong aura of a noble girl asked Zhu Hong lightly, "Are you a maid from Qianqing Palace?"

"Yes! All three of us!" Zhu Hong was overwhelmed by the aura of the beautiful girl in front of her, so she responded seriously.

Niu Mengmeng was sitting on the top step with the little cat in his arms. Although he knew that one of the three hundred beautiful girls would be their mistress, he couldn't help but frowned when he saw the fat beautiful girl in front of him being so arrogant. .

She never liked being bullied, but she also didn't like being bullied.

"I'm thirsty, bring me a cup of tea!" Fat Xiunv was obviously more thirsty than ordinary people, so she directly ordered Zhu Hong.

Zhu Hong heard this, Dang even reluctantly agreed: "Okay!"

"Xiaohong, don't go!" Niu Mengmeng couldn't help but stop, then turned to the fat show girl and said, "Why? You are just a show girl now, so it's not certain whether you can be selected? Why tell us now Maid doing something?"

Since the square here is not too big, and the identities of the maids of the Qianqing Palace are quite special, the dispute here immediately attracted the attention of many beautiful ladies.

It's just that everyone knows very well that this beautiful girl named Wang Zhu seems to have a lot of background.

In fact, this person had already been eliminated before, but for some unknown reason, he suddenly reappeared and became one of the [-] outstanding girls.

Although this phenomenon seems very unfair, this is the way of the world, and the children of powerful families can really do whatever they want.

But she never expected that this Wang Zhu would be so arrogant, and now she dared to instruct the maids of the Qianqing Palace to bring her tea under her identity as a beautiful girl.

However, the maids of the Qianqing Palace are not soft persimmons, especially the cute little palace maid with an oval face, but she doesn't sell this Wang Zhu at all.

Wang Zhu didn't expect that a little court lady would dare to disobey his little request, and Dang even turned around and threatened, "You are eloquent, do you know who I am?"

"It's your first day in the palace, how do I know who you are?" Niu Mengmeng responded naturally with a fearless temperament.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is here!"

Just at this time, a sharp voice came from Qianqing Gate.

When He Shangyi learned that the Queen Mother and the Emperor were coming, Dang even hurriedly gathered [-] beautiful women to welcome the Emperor and Queen Mother together.

Wang Zhu, who was still arrogant just now, was sitting on the steps with her back to the palace gate, and she also took off her shoes, and now she is rolling and crawling on the ground.

In fact, many palace ladies fell down one after another because they were too flustered.

Niu Mengmeng's reaction was quick. Because of the small cloth shoes under his feet, he ran to the copper lion with small steps while holding the little tabby cat, which looked very inconspicuous.

Zhu Youtang has just returned from the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Today he is wearing a majestic dragon robe. After all, he is a handsome man with fair skin and a masculine body.

The three hundred beauties saw Emperor Hongzhi's good-looking appearance, and while secretly remembering the man who decided their lives, they also felt a secret joy in their hearts.

Even Qilan, the number one beauty in Jingchu, felt her heart throbbing when she secretly saw Zhu Youtang's appearance, and suddenly realized that God was not kind to her.

As for the other beauties, they reacted roughly the same way. There was a beautiful woman who looked very calm when she saw Zhu Youtang, but I don't know whether it was because of her strong psychological quality or because she and Zhu Youtang were "old acquaintances".

Today is actually a large-scale blind date scene. When three hundred beauties secretly looked at the emperor, why wasn't the emperor looking at them?

Standing in front of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youtang was condescendingly looking down at the three hundred beauties in the square, feeling greatly surprised.

In his previous life, he had seen photos of the concubines in the harem of the emperor of the next dynasty. After examining them carefully, he could not bear to look directly at the figures and appearances of some concubines.

It's not that they are ugly, it's just that they feel sorry for their status as concubines.

Originally, he didn't have high expectations for this draft. He just saw the looks and figures of the [-] beauties, and realized that he had a glimpse of the quantity and quality of beauties in China.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty is like an emperor who can hold a national election, which is really a great thing in a man's life.

Zhu Youtang actually showed his face here, so there is no need to say anything, while the Queen Mother gave a simple lecture to the [-] beautiful women present.

Although there are several descendants from the founding Wuxun this time, whether to choose a queen from among them still needs to observe their performance in the court.

Facts have proved that only the queens who have been screened out through layers of criteria have higher gold content, and Queen Qian during Yingzong's period was of the same heart as Yingzong, and now I also need such Queen Qian.

"Your Majesty, do you have anything else to say?" The Queen Mother looked at Zhu Youtang next to her after finishing her lecture.

Zhu Youtang was about to shake his head and leave, but he suddenly noticed the three figures beside the bronze lion, but he coughed lightly and said, "Niumengmeng!"

"The servant is here!" Niu Mengmeng had already been renamed by Zhu Youtang, but now that Zhu Youtang noticed it, he bowed his head in response.

Wang Zhu knew that the rules of the imperial palace were strict, and this court lady was sneaking here just now, and now she was caught by the emperor, she must be severely punished.

There are quite a few beautiful women who have the same thoughts as Wang Zhu, so they all cast the same gaze, and Zhu Youtang confirmed their guess just as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Have you been too free recently?"

"Haven't the servants done their jobs well?"

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The voice spread in the square of Qianqing Palace, only the majestic emperor and the weak little maid.

Zhu Youtang didn't really want to blame the court lady who stood up to defend herself and was slapped, so she ordered lightly: "I am no longer in Dongnuange to deal with government affairs, you don't have much to do during the day, this time Follow Gong Zhengsi and the Liushang Bureau to inspect Xiunu, and learn court etiquette by the side!"

(End of this chapter)