Houmen's step-wife

Chapter 462: Selection (2)
When Su Wan heard that Caizhu was not in any danger, she was naturally very happy, and said: "Get up, as long as she is fine, let her rest at ease, and wait for her to recover if there is anything to do."

After Caiyue thanked her, she wiped away her tears and stood up.

Su Wan asked her to accompany Caizhu first, and come back to be on duty tomorrow, and Caiyue went there gratefully.

"Mother Qiu, you order someone to go to the suburbs to buy some private land. It's best to connect them together. The ordinary low-grade land is fine. It doesn't matter if you pay more money. This palace will be useful in the future." Su Wan instructed.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Mother Qiu first responded respectfully, and then asked: "I dare to ask, what is Your Majesty buying these lands for?"

Su Wan said: "I feel that it is not easy for palace maids to survive. In the future, if there are palace maids who do not want their ashes to go into the well, they will be buried here, and it will be safe in the soil."

This master, Su Wan can still do it.

When Mother Qiu heard this, her complexion changed suddenly, and then her eyes turned red, and then she turned her head away, wiped her tears with her sleeves, then turned around, knelt down and said, "Your servant will help you a few thousand times for the palace." Sister, thank you for your mercy and kindness."

Who in this world would not want to be buried in the ground?Because only in this way will the dead rest in peace.

But these court ladies, even this is an extravagant hope.

Su Wan asked Cai Qing to help her up, who knew that Cai Qing also knelt down, not only her, but also the other court ladies, all of them had red eyes, and said in unison: "My servant thank you for your kindness."

Su Wan spoke several times before letting them get up.

To Su Wan, this was just a trivial matter, but they made them very grateful.

Although these court ladies are still young, no one dares to say how long they will live. Most of the court ladies will not live to old age, and they all die at a young age.

This also made Su Wan more determined to improve the system in the palace. This matter must not bypass Emperor Xian De, so Su Wan decided to find an appropriate time to talk to him about this matter.

Su Wan never thought that this opportunity would come so soon.

Unlike other concubines, Su Wan has to pay her respects to the empress every day, she only needs to go once every ten and a half months.

One day in early February, Su Wan went to Kunning Palace to greet the Queen.

The relationship between Su Wan and Queen Ning has always been neither cold nor cold. Su Wan has no intention of dealing with Queen Ning, nor does she have any intention of fighting for power with her. So, well water does not violate river water.

Before, Su Wan didn't stay long after paying her respects, but this time, Empress Ning took the initiative to talk to her about other things.

"Sister, do you know that the selection will be held in the palace soon?" Empress Ning looked at Su Wan who was sitting on her lower left head and asked.

Su Wan frowned slightly when she heard the words: "Caixuan?"

"It seems my sister doesn't know about this yet." Empress Ning suddenly laughed, she seemed very happy, and continued: "After His Majesty ascended the throne, he was only selected once in the first year of Xiande, and now these maids are also older. Now, it's time to select a new batch of maids to enter the palace, and by the way, we can also enrich the harem, and then we will have a few more sisters, and the palace is getting more and more lively."

The folk talent show not only selects palace maids, but also concubines.

Generally, the selection is like this. Most of the show girls are 13 to 16-year-old girls from innocent families. They are not doctors, witches, merchants or workers. 5000 people are selected from all over the world. After strict screening, only 1000 people can enter. After the palace ladies entered the palace, the emperor ordered the stable woman in the palace to lead them into the secret room to explore their breasts, sniff their armpits, feel their texture, and then select 300 people as the leaders of the palace ladies.After living in the palace for more than a month, 50 people were selected as ladies according to their temperament, words and deeds, and the emperor's preferences. They belonged to the lowest rank of concubines.

In the first year of Xiande, he was chosen in this way.

In addition to women from good families, there are also some court ladies who come from bureaucratic noble families. Some bureaucratic nobles try their best to send their daughters into the palace to win the favor of the emperor, so that the whole family can climb up by virtue of nepotism. Such women, Compared with ordinary court ladies, it is easier to attract the attention of the emperor, and there are families behind them, so they are promoted faster.At that time, among the 50 ladies, there were indeed a few favorite concubines, but unfortunately, they have already disappeared in the strife of the harem, and some of them have also entered the cold palace like Concubine Huo Xian.

Although it is said that the draft girls are girls between the ages of 13 and 16, in fact, there are many girls under the age of ten, and many concubines also like young maids to serve them, so they can be cultivated faithfully.

However, now that nine years have passed, those court ladies under the age of ten are almost seventeen or eighteen years old, let alone others.

This is the second selection after Emperor Xiande's ascension to the throne, but when the first emperor was there, he had selected court ladies many times.There is no rule in this dynasty to release and return maids of honor, so there are more and more court ladies.However, when the first emperor died, many court ladies were buried with him, even a few young concubines who were childless, and a favorite concubine of the late emperor were also buried together, so that the number of court ladies would not be so large.

The reason why Empress Ning said these words to Su Wan was just to make things difficult for Su Wan and disgust her.Because, the imperial concubine is jealous, it is no longer a secret, who let her dominate the emperor every day?
If the imperial concubine heard that she was going to pick a beautiful girl, she didn't know how to feel uncomfortable.

The maids who entered the palace were carefully selected from all over the world, and all of them were good-looking. There were so many fresh and beautiful court ladies appearing in front of His Majesty, she did not believe that His Majesty would only guard the imperial concubine alone. .

As long as someone shares the favor and changes the dominance of the imperial concubine's family, she will be happy to see it succeed.

At that time, with the jealous temperament of the imperial concubine, she will definitely not be able to sit still.

Thinking of this, Empress Ning looked at Su Wan with a smile, and found that her expression had changed slightly, and she felt more at ease immediately, and the depression in her chest also dissipated a lot.

But Empress Ning didn't know that what Su Wan thought was totally different.

What she thought was that her chance had come, maybe before this draft, she could mention to Emperor Xian De about releasing the palace maid.

Su Wan can also think about the matter of the final draft.

The existence of palace maids is inevitable. The palace needs fresh blood, and it is normal to replace them. Otherwise, there will be old palace maids around, so it will definitely not work.

However, the palace maids are selected, and as for the concubines, there is no need.

If there are still unsightly families who insist on sending their daughters to the palace for selection, expecting their daughters to become concubines, she can only send them a word, committing a crime of their own accord!
Of course, if her proposal can be accepted by His Majesty, maybe she can be released and re-assigned when she is 25 or [-] years old. If not, let them ask for their own blessings!

(End of this chapter)