According to the tradition of the Han Dynasty, the prince's talent show was usually attended by five young ladies at one time.
Therefore, Liu Che randomly selected three more women.
It was purely because I liked the other person's name or I simply didn't think much about it and just used it to make up the numbers.
To be honest, doing this is very unfair to other girls waiting for the draft!
Because there is a limit to the number of princesses and concubines of the Han Dynasty. Generally speaking, in the first draft of the prince, at most a dozen beautiful girls are selected as the prince's concubines. The queen mother or empress will give them a decree and canonize them as a good person or a good person.
Di.
Then……
The remaining beautiful women who were not selected or even met the prince had no choice but to suffer in the palace with the title of son of a family member.
According to the system of the Han Dynasty, the rank of a family member is higher than that of an official, and the annual salary is one hundred dan...
With such a small salary, it is undoubtedly a dream to live a good life in the palace!
Of course, these women do not have no chance of success from now on.
The prince draft of the Han Dynasty was held every year, and these family members also had the opportunity to appear in front of the prince or even the emperor again.
However, every time the prince drafts, new people will join.
The new couple is younger, more beautiful and has more background.
Therefore, generally, most of the show girls who were not selected ended up in the palace, struggling to survive on a meager salary. Only when the emperor died and issued an edict to release the palace maids and slaves could they have a chance to leave the palace.
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But, where is the real fairness in this world?
While sighing, cheerful and relaxing music sounded.
Under the guidance of several attendants, the five women waiting for the draft filed into the palace one by one, and bowed to the Queen Mother Dou and Queen Bo Yingyingsu: "I am waiting to see the Queen Mother, Queen, your Majesty!"
"Get back on your feet..." Empress Dowager Dou gave a slight order: "Come here, give me a seat for all your family members!"
"I am waiting to thank the Queen Mother for your kindness!" The beautiful ladies bowed in unison. Then, they were led by the eunuchs to sit on a seat not far from Liu Che, almost facing Liu Che face to face.
This design is to make it easier for the prince to observe the appearance of the draft girls.
Speaking of which, the Liu family's selection of the crown prince was much simpler and faster than the cumbersome and complicated processes of later generations.
It is recorded in the Han Dynasty that Liu Xi was depressed after Sima Liangdi died in infancy, so Emperor Xuan and the Queen organized a talent show for Liu Xi to relax after asking for instructions from Emperor Xuan. However, Liu Xi had just died and his concubine had just died, and he felt that he would not be able to do it again.
I fell in love, but I didn’t have any intention at all. It was just because of the favor of the Queen. I had no choice but to deal with it casually and said: I think one of them is still very beautiful.
In fact, this guy didn't even look at the five show girls.
Then, Queen Wang automatically thought of a girl who was sitting relatively close to Liu Si and happened to be wearing a nice dress that day, and sent it to Liu Si overnight.
Then, Liu Shi, the literary young prince who "feels like he will never fall in love again" pushed that girl that night...
Who would have thought that this push would be a critical hit, and soon the girl would become pregnant.
The reason why this story is recorded in the Han Dynasty is because that girl later gave birth to Emperor Xuan’s grandson Liu Wu, who later became Emperor Cheng. She also had a nephew named Wang Mang...
As for this time, the prince draft is more simple and direct.
Basically, who to choose or not to choose depends entirely on the prince's preference.
Therefore, to a certain extent, this draft is probably the most egalitarian thing in this era.
She is beautiful and can be liked by the Liu family's prince. No matter how bad her background is, she can immediately fly to the branches and become a phoenix.
For example, the late Empress Dowager, the later Empress Xiaozhu Wei, Empress Xu of Emperor Xuan, and Empress Zhao of Cheng Emperor were all women from the lowest background. Wei Zifu was even a domestic slave who was not even as good as a commoner. Not to mention sisters Zhao Feiyan
Already...
If you are not beautiful, no matter how noble you are, it is of no use!
Liu Che glanced slightly at the five women sitting opposite him, their heads lowered and feeling uneasy.
Just this glance, even Liu Che, was quite moved.
Liu Che's eyes reflected the five girls sitting in silence opposite him.
Their ages range from twelve or thirteen to ten years old.
Everyone is wearing a black deep skirt with a lapel and a curved train. This kind of clothing is often worn by the concubines in the Han Palace.
In Liu Che's opinion, this is an excellent women's clothing that can be exhibited in Paris fashion exhibitions even in later generations.
It meets the design requirements to set off and highlight the female figure to the greatest extent.
In layman's terms, it is this kind of dark clothing that can undoubtedly show off a woman's graceful figure.
Especially its tightened hem is simply a perfect design.
Why do you say that?
because……
At this time, women's underpants had not yet been invented...
Ahem...
Therefore, in Liu Che's opinion, this kind of design is simply to induce the emperor or prince to commit a crime!
Think about it, men in later generations will be impulsive even when they see black silk uniforms, let alone such subtle and bold clothing?
Therefore, Liu Che also understood why Liu Shi was so unruly.
The answer is simple, as long as it's not Liu Xiahui, you simply can't resist a pretty girl walking around in front of you wearing such clothes.
The most important thing is that according to tradition, the women waiting for the draft can modify and make certain changes to this kind of deep skirt with a lapel and a curved train. This is also the palace's default way of competing for show girls.
The Han people have a strong sense of paranoia when it comes to clothing.
In this era, whether the hem of clothes is turned to the left or right is related to the defense of Huayi.
How can the clothes be elegant, decent, eye-catching, and favored by the prince? This is also a test for all beautiful women.
In this era, if you wear the wrong clothes, you may be annoying at the least, but you may lose the world if you are responsible for the worst!
For example, Emperor Gengshi in the last years of Wang Mang died because he was wearing the wrong clothes. (Note 1)
Liu Che glanced at it casually, and then his eyes stopped on a petite figure.
This is a little girl, about twelve or thirteen years old, and she is the youngest among the five.
Although in later generations, the twelve-thirteen-year-old Loli may not even have entered junior high school, but in the Western Han Dynasty, the legal age for marriage was thirteen!
In many remote rural areas, there are child brides who are seven or eight years old and become mothers at the age of twelve or thirteen. It is not uncommon.
In fact, many sick nobles and businessmen loved this kind of tune and bought many young girls to satisfy their sick needs.
For example, in his previous life, Liu Che had heard that many aristocratic maids and their families gave birth to children, and some of them were somewhat pretty, but they did not end up getting into trouble, and even got pregnant by their hairpins.
Liu Che is certainly not a pervert. No matter how bad he was in his past life, he has never done anything to a girl under the age of fifteen.
However, the moment he saw this little loli, Liu Che's heart skipped a beat, and there was an uncontrollable desire to protect him.
This little loli has a pair of clean eyes, and this cleanliness does not mean innocence or kindness.
It is a kind of cleanliness that can refresh the heart and make people forget their worries.
Liu Che immediately thought of Li Ruotong's version of Little Dragon Girl.
Her eyebrows were combed into a distant eyebrow.
Women in the Han Dynasty liked to draw long eyebrows.
Specific to this little loli's eyebrows, although they are just a simple distant mountain eyebrow, they contrast with her clean eyes. Instantly achieving an effect of one plus one is greater than two.
Then, her face shape is a typical oval face, which looks somewhat similar. It is white and flawless, with the pink and blush unique to girls. There is no pink on her face, and she only has a little rouge on her mouth, which looks like a current social aesthetic.
The most recognized 'Cherry Xiaokou'.
A few strands of black hair hanging down by the ears can instantly make men burst out with a strong desire to conquer.
The most important thing is that she is wearing a black robe with a round collar.
The characteristic of this kind of robe is that the chest is very tight.
So, what appeared in Liu Che's eyes was a girl with a pretty and cute loli face, but with breasts no less than those of a fifteen or sixteen year old girl.
This strong sense of contrast is no less powerful than the most powerful aphrodisiac for men.
Of course Liu Che knew about this little loli. She was Zhuo Wenjun - she was the only one of the five girls present who matched Zhuo Wenjun's age.
"No wonder Zhuo Wenjun has been widowed since he was a teenager..." Liu Che sighed with emotion. Such a woman will indeed drive all the men who get her crazy. Even if Liu Che has a glorious record of killing hundreds of people in his previous life, he will endure the pain of flowers for a long time.
It is difficult to control a person, let alone a young man who has just tasted it?
It can be expected that in a sudden attack, all the people will die.
However, no matter in history or in her previous life, the most famous talented and beautiful woman in Shu County did not have a good life afterwards.
Encountering Sima Xiangru, a seasoned veteran with a strong purpose, Zhuo Wenjun fell into a pit of fire, but he was still happy with it!
"Let Gu come and save you..." Liu Che thought in his heart.
Such a top-notch little loli should naturally be hidden well, cultivated slowly, and then eaten when it is ripe!
Liu Che's eyes paused on Zhuo Wenjun for a moment, and then quickly moved to other targets.
In fact, for Liu Che, the biggest suspense of this draft is gone.
All that's left is to choose as many beautiful women as possible to enrich his harem.
Therefore, he no longer pays as much attention to Zhuo Wenjun as he does to Zhuo Wenjun. He just evaluates the other person's beauty in his heart and then weighs his choice.
So, after a while, Liu Che took up his pen and wrote the word "ke" next to Zhuo Wenjun's name on the silk book. Then, he found the daughter of Cheng Zhengying who was appointed together with Zhuo Wenjun and also wrote the word "ke".
This Cheng Zhengying’s daughter is named Cheng Zhengxuan.
Liu Che looked up at the remaining four women.
As a prince who has inherited the glorious tradition of the old Liu family, Liu Che naturally has to do it and make sure that "the wildness is beautiful".
Well, forget about the beauties who have never appeared in front of me.
If it was discovered and missed, that would be unforgivable!
It's just that maybe after Zhuo Wenjun's attack just now, Liu Che's vision was raised.
In short, the remaining four girls, although they are all pretty, cannot attract Liu Che's special attention.
In this draft, we can only select ten people at most, and at least six or seven.
If there is too much, people will think that the prince is a sensual person, but if there is too little, it will make both the emperor and the Queen Mother Dou feel uneasy.
Two places have been reserved from the beginning.
That leaves only up to eight people to choose from.
Therefore, Liu Che waved his hand, handed the silk book to the eunuch next to him, and said softly: "Follow this!"
The eunuch took the silk book and looked at the name with the word "ke" written on it. Then he came to Empress Dowager Dou and Empress Bo with the silk book and presented it to them.
Empress Dowager Dou has eye problems. She doesn't care about this kind of thing. She is here just to bear witness.
Queen Bo is different.
As the head of the concubines, she may also become Liu Che's stepmother.
These drafted girls will all become her daughters-in-law in the future, so they must be carefully inspected and familiarized with each other to avoid problems with the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the future.
After reading the name of the female draftee and her place of origin and family background on the silk book.
Queen Bo nodded slightly in approval.
Liu Che had already gotten over it with her.
At this time, it was natural to betray the prince to save face.
So he took up a pen and filled in the names of Zhuo Wenjun and Cheng Zhengxuan on the two blank imperial edicts, then asked Empress Dowager Dou for instructions, whispered a few words in Empress Dowager Dou's ear, and obtained Empress Dowager Dou's permission, and then filled in the names of Zhuo Wenjun and Cheng Zhengxuan on the two blank imperial edicts.
Stamped with the Queen's Phoenix Seal.
The identities of Zhuo Wenjun and Cheng Zhengying as the crown prince’s wives and concubines were legally confirmed.
Of course, this procedure still has a complicated process to go through.
For example, this matter needs to be approved by the emperor, and then the queen mother will use the seal, and then the Shaofu Yamen will make the seal and palace records exclusive to Zhuo Wenjun and Cheng Zhengying.
However, generally speaking, this matter will not change again.
The only suspense is the titles of Zhuo Wenjun and Cheng Zhengying.
According to the system, the prince of the Han family had several levels of concubines below the prince.
The son of the Xi family is the lowest one, and Liangdi, second only to the crown princess, has great power and is very likely to become the wife of Jieyu in the future.
It's just that Liang Di is generally only given to concubines who have children.
In this way, only good people can be sealed.
Liu Che knew very well that too high a rank was not suitable for a concubine who had just entered the palace.
Therefore, after communicating with Queen Bo in the past two days, he decided that all the show girls in this draft would be named Beloved, with a rank of eight hundred stones, and belong to the middle level of the concubine hierarchy.
In this way, it will not lose face and can be told to the outside world very implicitly.
The prince is still very cautious.
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So, the eunuch who had received permission walked up to the five beautiful ladies with a silk book in his hand, and said: "Wenjun Zhuo, Cheng Zhengshixuan, move to the Prince's Palace, Bing Palace!"
This would have announced the fate of the other three women to be eliminated.
For a moment, these three women were in a trance.
For them, the gamble in this draft has basically failed.
Some people even couldn't help sobbing.
However, they still had to obey the order, each went out in line, bowed to Empress Dowager Dou, Empress Bo and Liu Che, and then slowly retreated.
As for Zhuo Wenjun and Cheng Zhengying, they went out to pay their respects and said: "I am in the shape of a willow tree and can serve the family. It is really a blessing for me..."
Then, he was led down by the eunuch.
What awaited them was a group of eunuchs and maids who were eyeing them.
According to the system, a good man can have two personal maids and four eunuchs to clean the house and tidy the courtyard.
And every princely draft is a day of change for many palace maids and eunuchs.
If you can meet a concubine who will be favored in the future, you will be very successful.
Even, for many draft losers, this is a good way out.
Taking refuge in a future Liangdi, Madam, can be regarded as a path to heaven.
For example, back then, Tang Ji took refuge in Cheng Ji after failing in the draft. Later, she slept with Cheng Ji under the instructions of Cheng Ji. Finally, she gave birth to a grandson for the royal family, jumped over the dragon gate, and became a concubine. Her family also benefited a lot!
Liu Che naturally knew this, and he was a little curious about what Zhuo Wenjun and Cheng Zhengying, the two daughters of merchants who had opened the back door, would choose.
Especially Zhuo Wenjun, that silly girl with a high IQ but almost zero emotional intelligence, how will she choose? (To be continued)
ps: Sorry, I got stuck yesterday. I feel so uncomfortable~
