It's almost time to wear it. The soft beauty relies on the child-bearing system to favor her

This time, the queen selected six women and included them in the harem.

These six women entered the palace in two batches. Three women entered the palace yesterday. They were Jiang Cairen, Sui Meiren and Chi Guiren.

The ones who entered the palace with Su Wanti today were Wen Cairen and Ning Changzai.

The residences for the newlyweds were all arranged by the Queen.

Su Wanti and Wen Cairen moved into Yuxiu Palace together.

The head of Yuxiu Palace was Concubine Chun, who was originally from the Prince's Mansion. After Rongzhou ascended the throne, there were not many concubines in the harem, so he appointed all the old people in the palace as high-ranking concubines.

Concubine Chun was about thirty years old. She had a pretty face, elegant manners, and didn't talk much. After talking gently with Su Wanti and Wen Cairen for a while, she went back to the main hall to read.

Wencairen is also a beautiful person, but she is also shy. When she talks to Su Wanti, her face is always flushed and her eyes are watery, but she hardly dares to look up at Su Wanti.

Today is the first day in the palace. The two talked for a while, got to know each other briefly, and then separated and returned to their own residences.

Su Wanti lived in the Yufu Hall of Yuxiu Palace. The hall was not big, but it was decorated very delicately and elegantly.

There is also a small stone pond in front of the hall. The pond is backed by a rockery. The water in the pond is clear, and there are several goldfish and a pond of lotus in it.

There is a patch of hibiscus planted on the other side of the rockery. When the flowers bloom, they look like peonies, with many and beautiful petals.

The color of the flower changes several times. It is white in the morning, like white jade, pink at noon, and deep red in the evening. It is as beautiful as clouds and very special.

Because there was a hibiscus plant there, Rong Zhou renamed the hall the Yu Fu Hall.

According to the regulations of the harem of this dynasty, a noble lady should have a head aunt, two maids in the outer palace, two maids in the inner palace, and one personal maid.

There is one eunuch in charge, one eunuch in the outer palace, and one eunuch in the inner palace.

Because Su Wanti brought a personal maid with her, when she entered the Yu Fu Palace, she saw two rows of eight people, bowing and standing in the courtyard to greet her in a polite manner.

The aunt in charge was called Qingye. When she and the eunuch in charge saw Su Wanti arriving, they hurried over with smiles on their faces.

"I am Qingye, the maidservant in charge of Yufu Palace."

"My servant Xiao Anzi is the eunuch in charge of Yufu Palace."

"Your servant/servant pays respects to the noble lady."

Su Wanti smiled and asked the two of them to stand up without any formalities.

Before she left home, Madam Su prepared some silver for her to use for managing matters and rewarding servants.

Su Wanti raised her hand to Yuzhu and asked her to give rewards to every palace servant in the Yufu Palace.

These people were arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Su Wanti didn't know their character or background, so she didn't want to say much. She just gave them a few instructions and let them go.

Today is her first day in the palace and there is nothing to do, so she asked Yuzhu to go and talk to Qingye to familiarize herself with the situation in Yufu Palace, and she went into the bedroom to rest.

Tomorrow morning, the newlywed will go to Changle Palace to pay her respects to the Queen Mother. She has to stay in good spirits and be careful when facing the concubines in the palace.

The next day, the six new brides who had entered the palace got up early, washed and dressed, and waited outside Changle Palace at dawn.

None of them wanted to be late or break the rules when paying their first respects to the Queen.

This time, Su Wanti wore a jade-colored wide-sleeved blouse, a sky-blue skirt, and a blue jacket. She wore a white jade hairpin and a pearl flower made of blue and green tourmaline beads in her hair.

As fresh as the mist in the mountains and the breeze on the sea, it brightens people's eyes and makes them forget their worries.

She originally thought that her fourth sister won the emperor's favor because of her beautiful and colorful dress.

She thought that when the empress was selected, and even after entering the palace, she dressed herself according to her fourth sister's preferences.

Ever since she knew that the emperor was Rong Zhou, she completely gave up this idea.

Rong Zhou didn't spend much time with her, they only met when they practiced sword in the bamboo forest.

The time for sword practice is always at noon in summer.

Practicing sword skills is hard, and the clothes are thin, so Su Wanti would sweat profusely every time, and her clothes would be soaked with sweat.

Rong Zhou had seen her at her most miserable state, so in front of him, Su Wanti decided to just be herself.

The other people were not dressed too fancy, they all wore light-colored, plain clothes, and their jewelry was not gorgeous. They all wanted to avoid being too outstanding and not attracting attention.

They waited for about half an hour, during which time other concubines in the harem arrived one after another. When their legs were sore from standing, the gate of Changle Palace was finally opened.

The well-dressed palace maid politely invited the concubines in.

The six newlyweds stood in front of the hall, while the other concubines took their seats in order according to their rank.

They cast their eyes on the six newcomers in the hall with critical and scrutinizing eyes.

Some of the newlyweds felt uncomfortable, some were shy, but Su Wanti looked indifferent. She seemed not to care about anything. She just stood there properly with her head down, waiting for the queen to arrive.

"The Queen is here!"

The concubines all stood up and bowed to greet him.

Inside the hall, the empress sat at the top, with the royal concubine and virtuous concubine sitting on her left.

Sitting on the right are Concubine Shu and Concubine De.

Then came Concubine Chun, Concubine Shen, Liang Ronghua, and He Shunyi.

There is also a Xiaoyi and a talented person.

Including the six new concubines, there are seventeen concubines in the harem, which is not too many.

The number of concubines is less than half of that of the previous emperor.

This was mainly because in previous years, Rong Zhou was first busy stabilizing the political situation and then leading the army in person. He was not interested in women, nor did he indulge in the harem.

Therefore, he was unwilling to take more concubines.

During his reign, he held only one draft.

Only four people were selected in that draft.

There are not many concubines in Rongzhou's harem, which is why the queen insisted on selecting women to fill the harem.

If there are too few concubines in the harem, it would seem that the queen is not virtuous enough.

After the concubines greeted the queen, the newlyweds would greet the queen and perform the formalities.

Then, the newlyweds paid their respects to each of the high-ranking concubines in turn.

After one round, the legs of several newcomers were completely sore and beads of sweat appeared on their faces.

At this time, the queen smiled slightly and said, "Sisters, you can sleep with me in three days. Then, you just need to wait for the eunuch's message in the palace."

Hearing this, the imperial concubine and the others couldn't help but look at these beautiful newcomers with a hint of jealousy.

The emperor did not enter the harem very often. With the arrival of these young and beautiful newcomers, how could the old concubines have any chance to sleep with him?

Only Concubine De gave birth to a princess, and the other concubines had no children. If they don’t fight for the emperor’s favor, then what’s the point of living in this harem?