It's just that this "palace selection" was a bit beyond Shu Jin's expectations. She had been prepared to observe it carefully, but to her surprise, the palace selection was...much more hasty than she imagined.
The palace selection process is as follows. First, the eunuch leads a row of six beautiful girls - all of them are underage girls with no more than three pieces of jewelry on their heads, and an identity tag hanging on the lapel - with a certain flag written on it,
A certain daughter of a certain official added a certain surname.
These are normal, but what is abnormal is the emperor's speed of selecting the articles.
At that time, before Shu Jin had time to see clearly whose family these beautiful girls belonged to, Yong Zheng had already shaken his head with a serious face.
Then eunuch Ma Liu led this group of beautiful girls down, and then the second wave of beautiful girls entered the palace!
That speed is only a few seconds!
And in such a short time, of course there is no time to salute!
That's right, when a beautiful lady saw the emperor, she didn't need to salute! She stood up straight and punched the emperor in front of him, and then was dismissed by waving or shaking her head in less than three seconds! This was considered to have given up her sign, and she didn't give anything.
reward.
Shu Jin was Spartan at that time!
Don't you ask how old you are, what books you have read, etc. Don't you have to take a closer look at whose family's character?!
In these few seconds, I'm afraid I can only take a cursory look at my face, right?!
It turns out that palace selection is actually about face selection?!
To be honest, there are very few girls who can look pretty to a picky creature like the emperor at a glance, right?!
Shu Jin was in a trance, and the show girl had been eliminated for more than ten rounds.
At this moment, His Majesty Yongzheng spoke for the first time: "The second one from the left."
Shu Jin quickly came to his senses and saw that she was a young girl with delicate features. At this moment, the eunuch in front of the palace had taken her aside to wait, and the other five beautiful ladies were invited to go down.
Then comes the next wave of showgirls.
Shu Jin breathed a sigh of relief. She knew that the elimination rate of the draft was high, but she didn't expect it to be so high! She couldn't help but look at the little show girl waiting in the corner again - this show girl had already lowered her status.
Shu Jin could only see her smooth little forehead... Hmm...
This show-stopping talent show gradually made Shu Jin understand why a girl from a banner family who had not yet left the imperial court had a higher status. Look, she didn't even have to kneel down when she met the emperor!
Of course, this is just a superficial reason! Nailizi is still because of this draft. Although the emperor's draft is like choosing cabbage, for the girl from the Banner family, this is the only opportunity in life to change her destiny. Although this
The chances are so slim.
But as long as you are beautiful, you can pass the palace selection. Even if your family background is low, you can still be married to the prince, grandson, clan nobles, and be the concubine and concubine. If you have a decent family background, then you can be the direct descendant.
Fujin is also very possible. There is even a chance to enter the palace and become the empress.
With Yongzheng's speed of just a few seconds, it took only an hour to finish selecting the beautiful women of two banners.
In the end, only six or seven beautiful girls were selected.
Yongzheng also glanced at the beautiful ladies and said to Shu Jin: "That's it for today, we will continue tomorrow."
Continuing to just watch the show? I don’t think my existence is necessary!
He screamed in his heart, but his face calmly responded with a "yes".
The Eight Banners of Manchu, Mongolia and Han, a total of twenty-four banners, two periods a day, that is to say, you have to choose twelve days...
Well, she finally understood why it was at such a speed! Because if she didn’t go faster, she would have to wait until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse!!
Anyway, choose the face first, and then choose the one with the best family background among the pretty ones!
There seems to be no problem with this.
As for character and etiquette, you can slowly observe them during the following period of staying in the palace to learn the rules.
After the palace election, it's not like you won't be kicked out.
However, after this round, even if you lose again later, it is still a decent thing, and you will not have to worry about getting married in the future. At least these are beautiful girls who have been appraised by the emperor.
"Concubine, I send you off to your Majesty!" Shu Jin hurriedly knelt down to send him off.
And the beautiful ladies who passed the palace election today also knelt down to see off the royal chariot.
Watching the emperor go away, Shu Jin slowly breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the eunuch Zhang Shoufa: "Send the beautiful ladies to Huifang Pavilion."
Huifang Pavilion is a palace that she has prepared in advance to accommodate beautiful ladies and learn the rules. She has arranged for Aunt Lan Ruo to teach etiquette in Huifang Pavilion - of course, the main purpose is to let Lan Ruo help her control her eyes.
Then Shu Jin didn't take a closer look at these beautiful ladies, and went straight back home. She had already carefully read the identity cards of these beautiful ladies, and among them was the Fucha family - and the one who was ranked first by the emperor.
A handsome little girl who was chosen.
The Fucha family is the daughter of Li Rongbao, the general manager of Chahar with a yellow flag in Manchuria.
Although Chahar is not particularly high-ranking, he is only a third-grade military officer, but his uncle is quite awesome! Li Rongbao's second brother Ma Qi was deeply trusted by Yongzheng, and he was a bachelor of the Baohe Hall and a Taibao.
The pinnacle of civil servants!
Oh, by the way, Fujin of the Twelve Belles is the daughter of Ma Qi, that is, the cousin of this little Fucha family.
Hey, wait a minute, if Li Rongbao's daughter is betrothed to a prince, wouldn't that mess up the hierarchy?
Well...it doesn't matter, it would be a strange thing if the hierarchy of the Qing Dynasty was not messed up.
It's no wonder that this twelfth master killed Hongshi. He was doing it for his eldest nephew and his brother-in-law.
After thinking about a lot of things in his mind, Shu Jin immediately took off the heavy royal crown on his head when he returned to Danning Hall.
She let out a long breath, but she didn't expect that the Empress Xiaoxian in history looked... not very outstanding, but after all, she didn't wear makeup, so if she dressed up carefully, she would be a little beauty.
Lu Xue fanned beside her: "Today's selection is Zhenghuangqi and Xianghuangqi. There are indeed many nobles from aristocratic families in them. Is there anyone you would like to choose?"
Shu Jin smiled and said: "I just took a few glances. I have to take my time to see my character and talent."
Lu Xue whispered: "Family background is the most important thing."
Shu Jin was noncommittal.
The next palace election was still so boring and boring. Seeing these young and tender girls with no makeup in their teens, running around at a speed that made Shu Jin feel dizzy.
But among them there are some really outstanding ones, even if they don't wear makeup, they are enough to make people's eyes brighter. Although Yongzheng was old and his eyesight was a bit blurry, he still picked out all the beautiful ones.
The number of showgirls in Huifang Pavilion is increasing day by day.
Shu Jin, on the other hand, sat beside him like a mute, never interrupting. These past ten days were extremely tiring. From beginning to end, he had to wear luxurious and heavy court clothes, stern and solemn, and sit upright, which was very tiring on his neck.
Waist, tired butt!
At first, Shu Jin carefully wrote down the family background and surnames of the beautiful girls one by one, but later he just couldn't be bothered to remember them.
Anyway, the palace election is just about choosing your face. You will have to stay in the palace for a few months to learn the rules slowly, so there is no rush.
