I'm so hard

Chapter 82
In the afternoon, in front of the gate of the Great Zhou Palace, horse-drawn carriages filed in one after another.

And outside the gate of the palace, there were still many family members of Xiunu, all of whom were praying that their daughter would be chosen by Zhao Yan.

After defeating Northern Mongolia, some people said that Zhao Yan would become the Zhongxing Sage King of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

And the current Zhao Yan is young, has a good image, and is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs. Even if he is not an emperor, such an unmarried man is also the object of admiration for countless girls.

What's more, he is still an emperor. Once his daughter becomes the queen of the world, or gives birth to a prince, the status of the whole family will immediately rise.

Not long after, a thousand beautiful ladies came to the side hall under the arrangement of several court ladies.

At this moment, Queen Mother Zhang smiled and handed a list to Zhao Yan.

On the list, the age, family background and talents of each woman were written in detail.

As for appearance, each of them is a superior posture.

If there are some minor physical problems, they will not be selected at all.

Zhao Yan flipped through the list and felt like a wholesaler who wanted to choose a batch of products from many models to take away.

If it was in the previous life, Zhao Yan would be ecstatic when he met this kind of imperial treatment, and he wished to pick a few more beautiful girls.

But now he has seen too many beautiful girls in the palace.

But there are not many people who are more beautiful and spiritual than Lu Nianwei, and Lu Nianwei also has an interesting soul.

Men, there is no shame.

But when his vision is cultivated high enough by a certain girl, few girls can fall into his vision.

This time, due to the large number of concubines, there are ten people in a row.

If Zhao Yan finds a beautiful girl who is pleasing to the eye, he can talk to her directly. If he thinks it is okay, he can just leave the other party's name tag.

Soon, the draft will begin!

As soon as Zhao Yan sat behind the curtain, Empress Dowager Zhang spoke.

"Your Majesty, why don't you choose more than a dozen this time, otherwise you will disappoint the wishes of Aijia and all the ministers!" Seeing that Zhao Yan was not very interested, Queen Mother Zhang specially reminded him.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yan knew that it would be impossible to fool him.

There must be a new way to end this draft quickly and without losing the roughness.

He thought for a while, and said: "Mother, such a draft is just for the skin. I prefer the kind of girl who can chat with me speculatively. How about changing the draft method?"

"As long as you can choose a few good concubines for you, Your Majesty will decide how to do it!" Seeing Zhao Yan's interest, Queen Mother Zhang couldn't help but said with a smile.

Zhao Yan stretched out his hand and said to Xizi, "Xizi, how many beautiful girls can the hall accommodate at most?"

Xizi looked around the hall, and replied: "Your Majesty, if it is a little crowded, two hundred people can stand."

Zhao Yan calculated in his mind that if he stood 200 people at a time, the five rounds would be over, which was much faster than the conventional selection method.

"That time 200 people will come in!" Zhao Yan said.

Soon, there were two hundred beautiful women standing in the hall.

These show girls are all aged between 16 and 19 years old, each with a graceful figure, fair complexion, and even more elegant temperament.

And most of them are slightly plump, because what the royal family values ​​most is not their beauty, but the ability to prolong their offspring.

When each of them walks on the street, they can meet the admiring gazes of countless men.

But when Zhao Yan looked at them, he was very face-blind, and felt that these women had a kind of temperament.

"Ahem..." Following Zhao Yan's dry cough, the hall fell silent instantly.

In this hall, the only man who can cough like this is Emperor Da Zhou.

The show girls hold their breath one by one, and put on the most beautiful postures that have been practiced hundreds of times at home.

Zhao Yan's random finger can change the fate of several generations of their family.

Zhao Yan stood behind the curtain and said, "Those who can recite the "Shangshu" can stay, and those who can't recite can just leave."

Shangshu is one of the Five Classics of Confucianism, with a total of more than 5000 characters.

Zhao Yan still can't read smoothly, let alone recite, and he wants to eliminate a group of them first.

Soon, three breaths passed, and all the show girls remained motionless.

The Empress Dowager Zhang on the side said quite proudly: "Your Majesty, we have a prosperous literary style in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Even the children of ordinary scholarly families can recite the Four Books and Five Classics, not to mention the ones selected by the Ai family for you!"

Zhao Yan blushed, he thought that the proposal he proposed would eliminate at least [-]% of the beautiful girls.

I never thought that my cultural attainments are too low!
Zhao Yan thought for a while, and continued: "Those who are good at cooking stay, and those who are not good at cooking can leave."

As soon as these words fell, more than half of the show girls looked sad, and then hid their tears and left the hall, while the other half were extremely excited.

Cooking is physical work, most of the beautiful women are from noble families, their fingers are not touched by the spring water, and they just play the piano and play chess all day long.

Most of those who are good at cooking have this hobby.

Zhao Yan didn't expect this question to drive away more than 120 beautiful women, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

But Empress Dowager Zhang was a little distressed, but she didn't say anything because she thought that Zhao Yan was always picky about food.

What Zhao Yan never imagined was that his question, which was just to weed out more beautiful women, would cause a culinary frenzy in Da Zhou.

In the next few years, countless ladies will walk into the kitchen and learn cooking skills.

There will also be a large number of talented scholars and celebrities who will make a request first when they marry wives and concubines: those who are not good at cooking will not marry.

Looking at the more than 70 beautiful women below, Zhao Yan scratched the back of his head and said: "Those who can drink more than one pot of wine stay, and those who can't drink or have never drunk leave."

Hearing this, the show girls were all at a loss, they really couldn't understand this condition.

They have accepted Confucian culture since they were young, and most of them think that alcohol is only for men.

Soon, there were only a dozen women left in the hall.

Although the show girls who left were a little depressed, they didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction.

After all, the emperor's preferences are not something they can pick and control.

Before the Great Zhou Dynasty, some emperors liked willow waists, some like plump ones, some like small feet, and some like small round faces.

Zhao Yan likes to drink and can drink more than a catty, which doesn't look weird.

As for the remaining women, they must be able to drink a pot of wine before they have the courage to stand in the hall.

In this place, no one dares to deceive the king.

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at Zhao Yan, hesitated to speak, even though she was the Empress Dowager, she did not dare to change the emperor's golden words, so she could only let Zhao Yan speak.

Zhao Yan smiled slightly, looked at Xizi and said, "Xizi, mention these three conditions to the beautiful girls outside, and only those who meet them can enter the hall."

Xizi let out a long snort and walked out.

After a while, there were only 65 beautiful girls left in the hall, and the other 900 or so were all eliminated.

Those who enter the temple are all excited, feeling that they have already stepped into the threshold of the harem.

But Zhao Yan had a headache, and he even wanted to say: Those who stepped into the palace gate with their left foot just now, you are eliminated!
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