I am the carpenter king

() Although the capital city in January is not as cold as Liaodong, there will be occasional snowflakes falling, and the silvery white snowflakes make this ancient capital city even more desolate.

It has been five days since Zhang Yan came to the capital. During these five days, she lived with girls from all over the city in a royal villa in the west of the city.Although I was uneasy, the environment here was not bad, which made Zhang Yan feel a lot calmer.

"Miss, a father-in-law is here." Zhang Yan was sitting in the room reading a book, Xiaohuan hurried over and came to Zhang Yan's side, panting heavily.

"You! You are always so frizzy, this is not home, you can't be like this in the future. If you break any rules, I can't keep you, you know?" Zhang Yan grew up in a deep house compound, and her biological mother died early. The one next to her is this personal servant girl. Although the two are named master and servant, their relationship is like sisters.Seeing Xiaohuan like this at this moment, he couldn't help feeling worried.

"Miss, Huan'er knows." Xiaohuan blinked playfully, and said with a smile: "Miss, a father-in-law is here, and it seems that the selection process is about to start."

Glancing at the excited Xiaohuan, Zhang Yan sighed helplessly, and said in a deep voice, "There are many things that I can't decide on my own, just wait!"

Not long after, I heard footsteps outside the house, and three eunuchs walked in.The leader was a eunuch in his 40s, followed by two young eunuchs.

Gently shaking the whisk in his hand, the eunuch said solemnly: "Who is here?"

The little eunuch following behind him flipped through the book in his hand and said with a smile, "Back to Eunuch Cui, this is Miss Zhang from Henan."

Zhang Yan had already arrived not far from the eunuch at this time, glanced at the eunuch, gently helped him, and said softly: "I have seen the eunuch."

"Girl, please, our family can't afford it. Maybe one day you will be the master. We slaves don't have this blessing." The eunuch seemed very kind, smiled at Zhang Yan, and said softly road.Glancing at Zhang Yan, the eunuch smiled and said, "Miss Zhang, although I said so, there are still necessary procedures."

While talking, this father-in-law surnamed Cui winked at the little eunuch behind him, as if he was about to do something.

"I don't know what I need to do?" Zhang Yan winked at Xiaohuan behind her, and said softly.

"Girl, you don't have to do anything, just follow my orders." At this time, the smile on the face of this Eunuch Cui was gone, and he looked business-like.

"Okay, follow us!" What Zhang Yan didn't expect was that he would leave here, and quickly took the things that Xiaohuan handed over, and gently stuffed them into the hands of the eunuch Cui. emerald pendant.

Xiaohuan on one side also stuffed two silver ingots into the hands of the two young eunuchs, none of them said a word, as if it didn't happen.

Eunuch Cui touched the things in his hand, slowly stuffed them into his sleeves, turned around and said to Zhang Yan: "Ms. Zhang is not only beautiful, but also kind-hearted, gentle and virtuous. I think I will definitely be able to do it this time." Can be chosen."

"Then thank you, Eunuch Cui!" Zhang Yan smiled lightly. At this time, there was an inexplicable light in her eyes. It seemed that this young girl had a lot of things at this time, but the smile on her face But it is even more brilliant.

On this day, Zhang Yan and some young girls were inspected, only from the appearance, and they were in charge of this eunuch named Cui.A group of one hundred girls stood in line according to their age.The eunuch surnamed Cui walked in front of them, taller, shorter, fatter, thinner, all of them were rejected, and 1000 people were wiped out like this.

The next day, the five sense examination was carried out, which was still in charge of by the eunuch.It's just that it's not that Eunuch Cui who is in charge this time, but an older eunuch.Just like the first day, a group of hundreds of people stood up and carefully looked at each girl's ears, eyes, mouth, nose, hair, skin, waist circumference, shoulder width, etc. If there is one place that fails, even if there is a mole on the body, it must be inspected. disuse.Let the girl report to the house again, and listen to her voice to see if she is stuttering.In this way, another 2000 people were wiped out.

On the third day, borrow tools to measure whether the body is in proportion and see how its temperament is.Anyone with stubby wrists, big toes, and frivolous behavior cannot pass the test.In this way, another 1000 people were wiped out.

Three days passed, and 4000 of the 1000 girls who came to the capital were wiped out, and [-] remained.

Zhang Yan never expected the inspection on the fourth day, because this day was a "naked inspection".The remaining 700 girls were all called into the palace for selection.The old female eunuch took her to the secret room, pressed her breasts to see if she looked good, and smelled her armpits to see if there was body odor.Finally, touch the whole body to see if it is well-developed.In this way, another 300 people were wiped out.At this time, there are only [-] remaining girls. Of course, Zhang Yan has all passed these inspections and has taken a step towards that position.

At this point, the rest of the process will be a bit long, long-term observation, focusing on temperament.Three hundred girls selected from the palace stayed in the palace for a month to observe their living habits, speaking attitude, intelligence, and character.The previous four procedures focused on observing "body", and this level focuses on "morality" and "wisdom".Fifty girls with excellent morality, intelligence, and physique were selected. These fifty girls are the concubines of Emperor Tianqi, which is the final result of this concubine selection.

Out of 5000 people, 50 people were finally selected. In this way, it is exactly the "one in a hundred" as the saying goes.In the Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that such a "elimination method" was used to select concubines.

For the next few days, Zhang Yan will live in the palace with the remaining [-] girls. One month is not long or short, but this month is a month that determines the fate of one's life .

However, the selection of concubines this time is different from the previous selections of concubines. This time, a very important person must be selected, that is, the queen who is the mother of the world.

Two flowers bloom, each representing a branch.The selection of concubines was in full swing, but Emperor Tianqi was lying on the dragon chair in the imperial study room a little bored at this time, with only Chen Hong standing beside him.The Li Lan who had always been by Emperor Tianqi's side was gone at this time and went to Shuqing Palace to participate in the election.

Of course, she is just going to see the steps of the last month of life, and I believe it is just a process.The person in charge of the final election was Liu Kejing, the eunuch who was in charge of the ceremony. Emperor Tianqi did not believe that this old eunuch dared to brush Li Lan down.

Three flowers bloomed, and one branch was on the table. At this time, a prison car came to the gate of the capital. Xiong Tingbi, who had traveled a long distance, finally arrived in the capital.

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