Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 80
Both Shangguan Haitang and Ouyang Jing stood behind Bai Xue. In order to prevent any forces in the palace from secretly poisoning Bai Xue, Zhu Houzhao ordered Shangguan Haitang to protect Bai Xue personally.

Ouyang Jing saw many beautiful girls standing in the center of the square, and a slight smile appeared on her face.

After these beautiful women entered the palace, the harem became lively. At that time, there must be many beautiful women who will be canonized as concubines.

Nearly five hundred beautiful women stood on the Baiyu Square, they nodded and put their hands in front of them, feeling extremely excited.

This is the Forbidden City with red walls and yellow tiles. From the moment they enter the wealthy family, their fate will be completely changed from the moment they enter the palace gate.

They are selected from thousands of young girls, each of whom is beautiful, and more importantly, they are all between 14 and 16 years old.

They are different from court ladies, their status is show girls, which is much stricter than the selection of court ladies. Of course, those girls who are really not outstanding in the end are also sent to be palace maids.

However, among these show girls, there is a possibility of producing a queen. This is something that all show girls are full of expectations.

Some bolder girls looked towards Fengyi Hall, and they saw a woman sitting under the canopy of Fengyi Hall. She looked graceful and luxurious, but she was about the same age as them.

In their hearts, this is full of respect.

They have already heard that the one sitting under the canopy is Empress Zhaoyi, the lord of the Chuxiu Palace, second only to the Queen Mother in the harem, she controls the fate of these beautiful women like them.

Whether they can pass this test or not, only Empress Zhaoyi has the final say. To them, Empress Zhaoyi is like the final examiner.

However, they didn't know at all that this Empress Zhaoyi was just like them a few months ago, and, to put it bluntly, her status was even lower than theirs.
Standing behind Bai Xue, Shangguan Haitang looked at the many beautiful girls outside Fengyi Hall, and thought to herself: "Life in this palace is really colorful, even more exciting than the fighting outside. She I feel that the women in this palace are really happy to live, they don't need to see swords and swords, they don't need to think about the country's ruin and family death, and all uncertain external factors are ignored.

They don't know that the Wala tribe is about to move, they don't know that Jianzhou privet is going south, and they don't know that there is an ambitious person outside the palace.
In a peaceful environment, the border guards fought bloody battles to guard the tranquility of the palace.

Just when Shangguan Haitang was thinking wildly, Bai Xue stood up, and the red cloak that was more than one foot long behind her was lifted by the maids, and slowly walked towards Fengyi Hall.

Many eunuchs and maids followed behind her, and the scene was spectacular.

Many show girls lowered their heads when they saw Bai Xue appearing in the sun.

When Bai Xue walked in front of these five hundred ladies, she felt that the tests these court ladies had experienced were far higher than hers.
They are all carefully selected by various state government offices, and have gone through at least [-] tests. Their appearance and temperament are all superior people, and they are definitely not inferior to her.

However, due to a coincidence, she, Bai Xue, is now the director of Chuxiu Palace, and the fate of these beautiful girls is in her palm.

"You have gone through many tests, and now you have finally come to this step, but now I want to tell you that this is just the beginning of your just beginning, and there is still a long way to go"

"Originally there are only 100 beautiful girls in the harem, but it is not easy for me to read your way. I will give you half a month. If you can stay in half a month, you will stay later. If you stay If not, I will give you a generous allowance and send you out of the palace and back to your place of origin."

Although Bai Xue's voice was not loud, it was extremely clear and sounded particularly beautiful when it reached everyone's ears.

"Thank you, Lady Zhaoyi."

Bai Xue turned her head to look at Ouyang Jing, and said, "Arrange them all in Chuxiu Palace, and then teach them palace etiquette one by one."

"Yes, ma'am..."

Bai Xue was not in a hurry to choose these beautiful women. This was the first task taught to her by the Queen of Heaven. She must do her best and never leave a gorgeous woman behind. She would select the most beautiful woman among them. Leave.

Looking at these beautiful girls, Bai Xue was filled with emotion in her heart. She was able to go through many tests and finally enter the Forbidden City. Which woman is not gorgeous?
Inside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The nearby eunuch reported to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, the first batch of beautiful women have been selected into the palace, and Empress Zhaoyi has placed them in Chuxiu Palace."

Listening to the eunuch's words, Zhu Houzhao raised his head and asked, "What about Shangguan Haitang?"

"Report to Your Majesty, Shangguan's guards are protecting Empress Zhaoyi at every step."

"Well, summon Yuhuatian to come see me!"

"According to the order!"

After the guards and eunuchs left, Zhu Houzhao continued to review the memorials. With the Empress Dowager in charge of the affairs of the harem, Zhu Houzhao was able to spare energy to deal with state affairs. However, these beautiful women entered the palace, which made him feel novel.

The harem, which has been dull for a long time, has finally been injected with fresh blood.
In the Palace of Compassion and Ning, Empress Dowager Zhang smiled from ear to ear, and rewarded her younger brother Zhang Heling lavishly, because he handled this matter from the beginning to the end.

A eunuch next to the queen mother quickly came up and said to the queen mother: "Your Majesty, after these beautiful girls enter the palace, you will not be lonely anymore. After the queen Zhaoyi has selected them, they will come to the Palace of Compassion and Peace to greet you." , then you will not be lonely, you can listen to each of them tell stories outside the palace."

"Well, you are quite clever. The Ai family thinks so too. This harem has not been lively for a long time. When will these beautiful girls enter the palace?"

"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, I heard from Lady Zhaoyi that they will have to wait half a month for them to study palace etiquette in Chuxiu Palace."

"Well, this arrangement is good. Zhaoyi is really hardworking. Let's go and accompany Ai's family to Chuxiu Palace. Is there any beautiful girl that Ai's family likes?"

"Yes!" The eunuch bowed to answer, and then he heard a burst of laughter like silver bells.

Empress Dowager Zhang turned around to see that Zhu Xiurong, the owner of Yunluo County, walked in holding Zhang Xuan's hand.

The Empress Dowager seemed to be interested in the Chuxiu Palace. Zhu Xiurong and Zhang Xuan just proposed to visit the Chuxiu Palace together, but the Empress Dowager refused on the spot.

"What are you going there for? This is the draft. What can you do there?"

Zhu Xiurong, the owner of Yunluo County, muttered for a while, looking a little unhappy, she was rarely rejected by the Queen Mother, and felt that she was always in a panic.

But there is no way to answer Queen Mother Zhang's question, yes, what can they do when they go to Chuxiu Palace?

The Empress Dowager looked at Princess Yunluo, sighed and said, "Oh! The older you are, the more ignorant you become. In two years, I will find you a husband's family and marry you off."

The close eunuch accompanied Queen Mother Zhang to Chuxiu Palace.

Since Bai Xue was canonized as Zhaoyi, the Queen Mother has never been to Chuxiu Palace again. She went there this time for the show girl affairs.

Outside Chuxiu Palace.

"The Empress Dowager is here!"

After the sound of the horn, Bai Xue and Ouyang Jing came out to greet her.

The queen mother looked at Ouyang Jing and said, "What a handsome female official, hehe..."

She had to admit that this Ouyang Jing was truly overwhelmed. Among the many female officials, she could be said to stand out from the crowd, not even losing to her own Zhang Xuan.

In the Xiyuan of Chuxiu Palace, many beautiful ladies were placed here.

Just pick one from here, and it will be worthy of Zhu Houzhao.

In the Ming Dynasty, the concubine was the wife that the emperor Mingmei was marrying. To put it bluntly, Zhu Houzhao wanted to choose his favorite wife from among the more than 500 beautiful women. Who would not want to do this?

Outside the palace, how many people wanted to enter the palace, but they were blocked outside the palace gate in the end. According to folk rumors, the emperor is a graceful and suave young man, which has stirred up the hearts of many girls.
(End of this chapter)