Reborn as King again

As for Xiu Nu's preparations, it can't be said to be troublesome, but there are also many tedious things.First of all, the paperwork is issued, and all young masters and ladies who have reached the age of 80 to 80 and have a good fortune have the opportunity to apply. The father-in-law and nuns specially sent by the palace will go to the local area for the first selection, and those who are selected for the first time will Follow the father-in-law and nurses to the capital to conduct re-selection, which includes determining the perfect body, measuring whether the height and weight are within the standard range, whether there are scars on the body, and whether there is a hidden disease. There are many things that need to be determined, such as proficiency, so that the most outstanding 80 people are selected, and these [-] people are settled in a house in the suburbs of the capital.Then order the painter to draw portraits of these eighty beautiful girls, and then hand them over to Jia Wanru. Jia Wanru will then give these portraits to my mother and me for review. Entering the palace, I will select [-] young princes who I like from among the [-] people, let them learn palace etiquette, and wait for luck.

Once when I had nothing to do, I opened a few portraits at random. After reading them, I finally understood why so many ministers were eager to send their children to the palace. There are many, it can be said that all of them are stunning beauties from famous families, and a few newcomers caught my attention just because of their portraits, not only because of their beauty, but also because of the family power behind them, which made me aroused a lot of vigilance I did some consideration.

It's the midsummer of August, the hot summer season, and it's the second draft girl since my rebirth.This time I didn't want to be late because of business like I did before. I went to the front yard of the Changting Hall in the imperial chariot after the morning meal.

When I arrived at the Changting Hall, I was helped off the imperial chariot by Wanfu, and I saw Lan Mei standing beside the imperial chariot, as if the queen mother had asked her to pass on a message.

Lan Mei stepped forward, bowed to me and said, "Your Majesty, the empress dowager feels a pain in her chest when she wakes up this morning, so let her servants tell the emperor that she will not come. The empress dowager said that as long as the empress dowager likes it People, she has no opinion."

I nodded to show that I understood, and by the way, I asked Lan Mei to go to the imperial doctor to see her again. In the past year, my mother's chest disease has been attacking from time to time, and I am still very worried about her.

Then I walked towards the Changting Hall.The queen mother did not come, and the concubine was still in charge. This year, like last time, Jia Wanru and He Wenliu attended as representatives of the concubines.From the very beginning of the draft girl, Jia Wanru took care of everything, no matter how big or small she did it, she did it in an orderly manner, and would report to the queen mother every once in a while, and would humbly ask the queen mother for advice when she was in doubt, which made the queen mother I have more trust in her ability to handle affairs, and she is the biological mother of the prince, so Jia Wanru, whom I enshrine like a queen, will naturally be present.As for He Wenliu, another favorite concubine, needless to say, the queen mother herself ordered He Wenliu to participate in the final selection of today's show girls.My purpose is to let those newcomers know who is the favorite in the harem, so as not to be bullied by some people who don't have good eyesight.

He Wenliu and Jia Wanru are sitting on the phoenix chair next to the dragon chair on the left and the right. Today, Jia Wanru is wearing a pink and pink brocade skirt embroidered with wishful thinking, and is wearing a Lingyun bun. The eight-branch bu Yao inlaid with rubies, she was already a beauty, but now she is even more gorgeous than usual, she is waiting for my arrival openly, with the demeanor of a queen.Compared with her, He Wenliu is much more simple and elegant. He Wenliu is wearing a blue gown and skirt, which is embroidered with rich and noble peonies that only belong to him. There is a jade tube in his head. He has been carefully dressed. He Wenliu's eyes He has been sizing up the new show girls standing opposite him.When they saw me, they all got up quickly and greeted me, and the eighty beautiful women standing in the open space of the Changting Hall also greeted me. I asked them to get up and sit on the dragon chair as usual.

I said: "The queen mother will not come today, let's start now."

So the final round of the show girl election began.Each show girl came forward slowly, saluted to me first, then to Jia Wanru on the left, and finally to He Wenliu on the right, then the show girls would raise their heads, with their chins slightly down, and start to introduce themselves briefly Name genealogy and such.After the introduction, Jia Wanru would sometimes ask a few symbolic questions so that I could learn more about it, and then I would tell Wanfu whether to keep him or not.

These eighty beautiful girls all want to enter the palace and become concubines, and hope to become phoenixes one day. Of course, they are still young daughters, and of course they will quietly look at the three people sitting in front of them.In private, they often gossip about secret matters in the palace, such as my preferences as the emperor, which concubines are the most favored in the harem, and how many favored concubines are favored by the emperor.

The beautiful women just entered the palace in the morning, and then stood outside the Changting hall to wait, and then Jia Wanru and He Wenliu arrived separately, sitting on the phoenix chair and waiting for my arrival.Those beautiful girls only need to raise their heads slightly to confirm many rumors of their gossip.Today, Jia Wanru came in a "dog-horse man". All the show girls know that the "dog-horse man" is a pet given to Jia Wanru by the emperor himself, and Jia Wanru, who is not a queen, actually sits on the queen's phoenix chair. Coupled with her flowery face, which is almost unmatched by anyone, it is enough to let the show girls know Jia Wanru's position in the harem.And He Wenliu's aura is obviously much weaker than Jia Wanru's, but after the show girls saw He Wenliu wearing a long gown embroidered with rich and noble peonies, the discerning people among them understood that He Wenliu's status was not lower than Jia Wanru's, because in the harem There is an unwritten rule, except for the Qingluan Hall, except for He Wenliu, no peony pattern will appear on the palace or body of any concubine or concubine, even Jia Wanru, as if the peony is a symbol of He Wenliu, anyone who touches it no.

As an emperor, I don’t have a queen, but Jia Wanru and He Wenliu, who are concubines, can accompany the king and choose new people to enter the palace with me. This is enough to let the ladies know that Jia Wanru and He Wenliu’s status in the harem is almost unshakable , How difficult it is to win the grace from them.

At this time, a man in snow-white brocade clothes came forward and saluted me, then he raised his head, looked at me with his eyes, and smiled slightly.I have to say that my heart trembled, he is really beautiful, with soft black hair, jade-like skin, eyes shining like two black gemstones, his lips are not as thin as ordinary men, but plump and bright red , with his white clothes, like a fairy in the sky, he should be the best-looking among this group of newcomers.But soon, I regained my composure, he is very beautiful, but so what?In my previous life, I accepted many beauties into the palace, and I have seen too many beauties.

The man smiled at me, and said: "My slave, Zhou Ling, is eighteen this year. He is Xu Chengren of Jianglin, the son of Xu Cheng's prefect." Zhou Ling is very confident in himself. Indeed, I was amazed by him. No matter how beautiful Jia Wanru is, she will like to try something new after watching it for a long time.

But being too confident in yourself is conceited. Zhou Ling only saluted me, but did not salute Jia Wanru and He Wenliu, as if he regarded them as air.And Zhou Ling boldly looked into my eyes and talked to me, which would actually offend Long Wei, he thought that with his beauty, I would not blame him.

I glanced at Jia Wanru from the corner of my eye first, Jia Wanru still had a smile on her mouth, she didn't intend to express any opinion on Zhou Ling's attitude of ignoring her, as if she didn't see anything.Then I looked at He Wenliu, but He Wenliu frowned slightly, even if he didn't care about the outside world, he still understood the etiquette in the palace.He Wenliu's current expression was obviously dissatisfied with Zhou Ling's attitude.

Zhou Ling still stood there, staring at me, he was waiting for my answer, he felt that it was obvious that I would keep him because of his appearance.I said, "Concubine Wen, you haven't said much, what do you think of this beautiful girl?" After Zhou Ling listened to my words, his smile froze on his face. He didn't expect that I would ignore him and instead go to the silent concubine beside him. question.

He Wenliu was also stunned, he looked at me inexplicably, shook his head at me, and wanted me to let him go.For similar occasions, such as dinner parties, sacrifices, etc., He Wenliu just sat quietly beside me. I know he is not used to expressing his opinions in front of a large audience, so I usually let him sit there. Well, when you talk to him, you just put your head down and say it privately, never like this.

I pretended I didn't see it, and continued, "Does Concubine Wen have any opinions?" He Wenliu frowned at Zhou Ling's attitude just now, so I asked that on purpose.

"No..." He Wenliu replied softly.

Jia Wanru also understood that He Wenliu didn't like to speak in public, so she laughed at me and said, "Your Majesty, don't make things difficult for Concubine Wen."

"That can't be done," I refused to buy Jia Wanru's account, and said, "Even if Concubine Wan helps to speak, I won't agree. Concubine Wen must tell me something, otherwise I will waste time with you." That's what I really planned At worst, let Zhou Ling stand in front of the stage, waiting for He Wenliu to speak.

"Your Majesty, don't..." He Wenliu didn't want to be delayed by himself in the selection of girls, but he really didn't know what to say.

Jia Wanru saw that I was really going to waste here, so she said to He Wenliu: "Concubine Wen, why don't you just say something." After thinking about it, Jia Wanru gave He Wenliu an idea: "You can ask him anything you want. , or tell him some precautions."

He Wenliu really accepted Jia Wanru's opinion. He was silent for a while, and then asked Zhou Ling who was left in front of us, "You just said your name is Zhou Ling, right?"

It took Zhou Ling a long time to react, and quickly replied with a smile: "The slave family is right."

He Wenliu asked solemnly: "If you are lucky enough to be selected as the prince to live in Chuxiu Palace, then this palace suggests that you learn palace etiquette from the nuns in the palace. Don't be like today, or you will suffer."

As soon as He Wenliu finished speaking, Jia Wanru and I burst out laughing, but Zhou Ling's face turned green and white. He just ignored the two concubines on purpose and gave me a sneaky glance, but he also Knowing that these two concubines would not get angry about this matter in front of me, that's why they acted boldly just now, but he never thought that He Wenliu would express his dissatisfaction in this way.In fact, He Wenliu didn't think much about it at all, he just followed Jia Wanru's opinion.

Jia Wanru laughed for a long time before she stopped laughing, and said to me: "Your Majesty, I feel that you have to let Zhou Ling enter the palace even if it is to let Zhou Ling learn the etiquette in the palace." It was a joke, but there was unavoidably a derogatory meaning to Zhou Ling in it. It seemed that she was also very dissatisfied with Zhou Ling's attitude just now.

And I listened to Jia Wanru's joke, I smiled and said: "Okay, since Concubine Wan has said so, I agree." Then I said to Wanfu who was holding the roster: "Leave this person to me."

At this moment, Zhou Ling couldn't laugh anymore, not even a fake smile.Although the result was the same as what he thought, the process was completely different. Instead of winning my favor, I was ridiculed by the two concubines.After he answered, he still only saluted me and went down.

If the beautiful women below just confirmed the identities of the two favorite concubines around me through observation, then after Zhou Ling's provocation just now, they realized what a favorite concubine is, what is the emperor's holy favor, and after becoming the emperor's favorite person , Just a word of a joke can decide the life or death of others.They are all envious of these two people sitting beside me, and they also hope that one day they can sit beside me like these two people and become concubines.

Then I continued to draft girls, and nothing like Zhou Ling just happened again. The girls know that to win my favor, appearance alone is not enough. Zhou Ling is the best example.

Just like the last time I drafted girls, I still let those young masters who are about to move into Chuxiu Palace understand two things clearly. First, I love He Wenliu very much, and no one can bully him. Queen, she (ostensibly) can make decisions for me.

When a newcomer enters the palace, a series of bloodbaths will occur in the harem soon after.