Doting concubines is a disaster: Your majesty, you are happy

Chapter 59 Draft
Du Mingyue soon received congratulatory gifts from various palaces. Du Mingyue was very satisfied seeing the many gifts piled up on the table.

"Ma'am, Eunuch Xiao is here."

"Please."

When Du Mingyue heard that Eunuch Xiao had arrived, she was so excited that she almost stood up.But in an instant Du Mingyue realized that she was a concubine after all, and it would be inappropriate to meet a chief eunuch again.

"The emperor has a reward."

When Du Mingyue heard this, she quickly got up and knelt down.

"The emperor rewards Concubine Rou with a hundred taels of gold, a pair of jade Ruyi, a pair of pearls and jasper heads, and five bolts of Su brocade!"

"I thank the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

"Congratulations to Concubine Rou, the emperor said tonight to see how Concubine Rou is cleaning up here."

Du Mingyue hadn't recovered from the reward just now, but being hit by such good news again, Du Mingyue felt that today was really a happy day.

So Du Mingyue said to Xiao Jin: "Thank you, Eunuch Xiao, I hope Eunuch Xiao will save face and try the tea from Changning Palace."

When Xiao Jin heard this, it was difficult to leave.

Du Mingyue quickly signaled the palace servants to pack a big purse for Xiao Jin.

"Eunuch Xiao has worked hard, I hope you don't want to dislike him."

Xiao Jin knew that these were routines, so he prepared to put them away without thinking, but the heavy weight in his hands made Xiao Jin stunned for a moment.

"This"

"Eunuch Xiao will accept it."

Xiao Jin thought for a while and had to accept it.

"Well, thank you, my servant, for your kindness."

After Du Mingyue left, all the furniture in Changning Palace were very happy, and the smile on Du Mingyue's face couldn't be stopped no matter what.

"Everyone will be rewarded another ten taels of silver."

Now the people in the womb are even more excited.

But beside Du Mingyue, Qiu Tang had a smile on her face, but she was not very happy in her heart.Everyone was rewarded with 20 taels, so where did she find her sense of superiority as a first-class court lady?She worries a lot every day and takes great risks, but in the end, she doesn't step forward like those sweepers?

No matter how life goes, Du Mingyue is now a very popular figure in the palace.

Needless to say, Lin Jingshu, there will be no big improvement for a while.Although Wang Xiuyan has a childhood friendship with the emperor, most of the time Chang Yuliang is with Du Mingyue, that is, Jia Ruchu is the only pregnant woman in the palace if there are not many people in the palace. It might as well be forgotten.

Such days continued until a sunny day in March.

There were many horses and chariots parked at the gate of the palace that day.I heard that this year's draft is not very large in order to take into account the death of the late emperor.

"Your Majesty, you don't know. I heard that the horses and chariots in this year's draft took a long time at the gate of the palace. You can't see the end at a glance."

At this time, Tao Zhuo in front of Du Mingyue was reporting to Jia Ruchu what he saw today.

Aunt Feng heard Tao Zhuo's words and said quickly: "Actually, it's not as exaggerated as Tao Zhuo said. During the draft, there was a long line of carriages, so it looked long. But the servants also inquired carefully. There are only more than 50 people in the draft, not many."

Jia Ruchu didn't know the specific concept of the draft, but after hearing Tao Zhuo's words, Jia Ruchu couldn't help but think of the talent market.Now when Aunt Feng explained that more than 50 people participated in the draft, Jia Ruchu was a little confused.

"Then how many people are in the normal draft?"

Aunt Feng said: "Under normal circumstances, there are usually two or three hundred people in the draft. After the first round of screening, only one or two hundred people can be retained. Then in the second round, there are only about one hundred people. In the end, only about one hundred people are left. The order is only 300 people."

Jia Ruchu felt that he was even more fooled. There were so many people trying to grab a cucumber that didn't belong to him. Jia Ruchu said that he was drunk, deeply drunk.

But what Jia Ruchu said was: "The competition is so fierce!"

"Then why there were only eight in my palace at that time?"

Aunt Feng really wanted to say that you were not formal at the time.

"Generally, the draft is held in spring or autumn. Because summer is too hot, the makeup of the show girls is easy to smudge, and the empress and the emperor will not stay in the sun for a long time. Winter is because it is too cold, and it is not suitable for nobles to draft. .”

Jia Ruchu seemed to have come to her senses: "Does that mean that the Qi family was not considered a real beauty pageant at the time?"

Aunt Feng said: "Originally, we shouldn't talk about the late emperor, but since the lady asks about it, the slaves will talk about it. In fact, the late emperor had more concubines, and the previous kings were elected every three years. But the late emperor was elected once a year. However, after all, the draft is a waste of money and people. In the end, the first emperor was only selected once every three years, but the scale was larger. But in the end, the scale became smaller. But the first emperor still had no children, so some ministers chose what they liked and came up with the It’s a way to present beauty. Although it’s similar to a draft, the number of people is not large each time, and most of the expenses are paid by the candidates themselves. So no one said anything.”

What Aunt Feng didn't say was that this was one of the reasons why Jia Ruchu and the others were just one step away from being the late emperor's concubines, but Chang Yuliang was able to bring them into the palace without anyone saying anything.After all, those ministers at that time said that they would dedicate their beauty to the king.These people are not under the responsibility of the internal government, so they are naturally not considered show girls in the strict sense.

Jia Ruchu felt a little unbelievable.

Giving one's own daughter to a crappy old man, and paying the money back, such a thing would be unimaginable in Jia Ruchu's era, and even those men would think that it was raining red.You must know that in Jia Ruchu's era, the ratio of men to women was uneven, and it became more difficult to marry a wife later on. Jia Ruchu didn't know how many people complained about the difficulty of marrying a wife.

"In that case, there won't be many people entering the palace this time."

Aunt Feng said seriously at this time: "The minimum number of people entering the palace this time is no less than ten. Although there are few people participating in the draft, they are the daughters of prestigious ministers after all. In fact, not many people can be deleted.”

Jia Ruchu had heard from Aunt Feng earlier that this batch of showgirls had a great family background, and now that she heard about the details of the showgirls' draft and the circumstances of this draft, Jia Ruchu felt more and more in danger.

"Aunt Feng, please pay more attention to the draft. I will ignore other matters for now. The most important thing right now is the child in my womb."

After Jia Ruchu finished speaking, she lovingly put her hands on her slightly protruding belly and said solemnly.

Aunt Feng also felt that Jia Ruchu was right.

"What the lady said is."

(End of this chapter)