Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

"Did you get beaten a lot back then, Xin'er?"

Princess Ning looked at the little girls who had dropped their books and saw that they were all whipped by Nanny Chang. She turned around and asked Zhang Xin.

"Okay."

Zhang Xin responded with a pout.

Zhang Xin has rarely been beaten in her life. After going through this experience, she will not make many mistakes again.

It’s hard to describe my past life in a few words.

"You want to run for election yourself?"

Princess Ning was curious and asked again.

She heard from Prince Ning that later when the emperor's grandsons chose concubines, they had the main requirement for the selected women: docility and respect.

But Zhang Xin, my niece-in-law, looks submissive, but in fact she is very determined and doesn't look like the type who would be chosen.

It seems more like the person selected in the meeting of Princess Ning.

Because the one to be chosen at that time was the princess who would accompany the prince to his fiefdom. She would be too docile and indecisive, and it would be difficult for her to manage the palace and assist the prince in guarding the border.

"I ran for the election because my father was from the government. At that time, not many people in Yongcheng volunteered to run for the election, so the chief clerk hinted to my father that I should make up the number."

Zhang Xin imitated Princess Ning's chin-holding gesture and spoke softly.

"And you were chosen? You are quite good at pretending!!!"

Princess Ning praised it highly.

"How can this be called pretending? This is fate."

Zhang Xin retorted that she was not pretending, she just did what was appropriate at the right time.

In her previous life, she was chosen to be the Crown Prince's Consort, purely because of fate and timing.

"Tell me more carefully. We are just sitting here doing nothing."

Princess Ning was very interested.

Prince Ning originally said that Zhang Xin was no ordinary person, and recently he also said that Zhang Xin's face attracted wealth.

"Then Aunt Seventeen might as well beat the child!"

Zhang Xin suggested the opposite.

"Say it or not, say it or not, if you don't tell me, I'll beat you to death today!"

Princess Ning pretended to blow on her hands.

"Come on, come on, you elders don't act like elders at all!"

Zhang Xin was most afraid of being tickled, so she quickly begged for mercy, then smiled and told Princess Ning about the coincidences that had happened that year.

Anyway, her father-in-law had rebelled, so as a daughter-in-law, it was okay for her to talk about her own shady plots back then.

She originally did not want to run for election that year.

It's totally unnecessary.

The entire Zhang family, whether it is the clan or the small families below, are not rich and powerful.

But no family is so poor that it needs to sell its children.

Everyone helped each other, and even in the previous dynasty, people generally lived a good life.

Zhang Xin's family background is considered middle class among the entire Zhang family.

My grandfather's generation found a steady job for Old Man Zhang, and the family had land and money for him to marry off.

As soon as her mother, Bao, married her father, she gave birth to two older brothers.

This would have been a good thing, but it just so happened that almost all of Zhang's brothers and cousins ​​of his generation gave birth to boys.

When the family is well off, the children can live a more carefree life.

My brother and cousin are naughty, mischievous, stubborn and disobedient, which tortured the fathers of Zhang's generation so much that they have no temper at all.

Most boys think of the time when they are seven or eight years old, when even dogs hate them.

Her mother gave birth to her.

The delicate and soft old girl has naturally been pampered by everyone since she was born.

There's nothing her father can't tolerate about his daughter.

Even the uncles, aunts and brothers who were short of daughters spoiled her.

When she was old enough to run and jump, she was a little wild.

She likes to run outside, and her father is reluctant to control her.

In order to prevent outsiders from gossiping, her father made her dress in boys' clothes so that she could study and play with her brothers.

She followed her brothers in doing all the naughty things.

But the brothers are the ones who take the blame.

After she turned eight, Bao felt that she could not let her only daughter continue like this. What if she became so wild and couldn't get married in the future?

So she was kept at home and taught some girlish things.

People outside say that she has never left her house since she was a child.

Anyway, no one has ever seen her wearing women's clothes to play outside. She is one of the boys in Zhang's family when she is wearing men's clothes.

When she was ten years old, Bao started looking for a husband for her.

Old Man Zhang made a list of all the boys of the right age and potential candidates in the entire county and did not hide it from her.

She let herself choose from the little boys.

After selecting ten or eight people who suit his eyes, Father Zhang will check their backgrounds.

Her parents think it's okay and keep an eye on her from time to time.

When she was thirteen, her parents had basically decided on the candidate.

As a result, the imperial court announced that a general election would be held among the people, but Yongcheng couldn't get enough people together. In order to protect her father from being bullied in the government, she joined the election to make up the numbers.

Her father and mother didn't take it seriously.

How could such a naughty girl catch the eyes of the royal family?

Who knew that she would actually be among the thousand people and had to enter the palace.

The thousand people who entered the palace were outstanding no matter where they were, simply in terms of their appearance and conduct.

Zhang Xin's appearance has always been pleasing to the eye, far from being a beauty.

At that time, the whole family was very surprised, wondering how she could be chosen.

Later I found out that her family was harmonious, her brothers were friendly, and she had a good reputation outside, which added a lot of points to her.

Whether she was willing or not, she had signed her name to run for the election, and if she was chosen, she would have to enter the palace.

After entering the palace, they must be trained by the old men in the palace within two months and divided into different levels:

Being a palace maid, a female official, a concubine, and a royal wife.

Little girls who had similar starting points ended up with very different identities and statuses.

Moreover, palace maids, female officials and concubines could basically never return home.

On the last night before entering the palace, Old Man Zhang gave instructions in person.

Being a palace maid is absolutely impossible for her, as anyone could crush her to death. Zhang Xin's personality is straightforward and eccentric.

Being a concubine is not an option either. The emperor is already very old. Even if she is favored for a while, she will be a widow for the rest of her life. What if she is not favored?

The remaining options were only female officials or the wives of the princes and grandchildren.

The competition for the position of the principal wife was bound to be fierce. Zhang's father felt that he had no chance of winning and that marrying her to a wealthy family would not help his parents, so he let Zhang Xin focus on the female officials.

One is that the number of female officials required must be more than that of the queen.

The second one became a female official with a rank, so it was not so easy for them to be bullied in the palace. It was said that during important occasions, the female officials could even meet their parents and relatives at the palace gate.

Zhang Xin went to school with her brothers, and among the little girls of her generation, not many were literate.

This is a huge advantage for Zhang Xin in her fight for a female official position.