Although the capital in January is not as cold as Liaodong, snowflakes will occasionally fall, and the silvery snowflakes make this ancient capital even more desolate.

It has been five days since Zhang Yan arrived in the capital. During these five days, she lived in a royal village west of the city with girls from all over the country. Although she was uneasy, the environment here was quite good, which made Zhang Yan feel much calmer.

"Miss, a father-in-law is here." Zhang Yan was sitting in the room reading a book, and Xiao Huan ran over quickly, came to Zhang Yan's side, and said with a heavy breath.

"You! You are always so irritable. This is not the home here, so you can't do this in the future. If you violate any rules, I can't protect you, do you know?" Zhang Yan grew up in a deep courtyard. Her biological mother died early. The one around her was this close maid. Although the two were named master and servant, their relationship was like sisters. At this time, she couldn't help but worry.

"Miss, Huan'er knows." Blinking playfully, Xiao Huan said with a smile: "Miss, a father-in-law has come over. I heard that he seems to be starting to choose."

After glanced at Xiaohuan who was excited, Zhang Yan sighed helplessly and said in a deep voice: "I can't decide many things in my own way, wait!"

Not long after, I remembered the sound of footsteps outside the house, and three eunuchs came in. The leader was a eunuch in his forties, and two young eunuchs followed behind him.

He gently shook the whisk in his hand, and the eunuch said seriously: "Who is here?"

The little eunuch who was following him flipped through the books in his hand and said with a smile: "Go back to Eunuch Cui, this is Miss Zhang from Henan."

Zhang Yan had already arrived not far from the eunuch at this time, looked at the eunuch, gently helped him, and whispered: "I have met my father-in-law."

"Miss, my family can't bear it. Maybe one day you will be the master. We slaves don't have this blessing." The eunuch seemed very kind, smiled at Zhang Yan and said softly. He glanced at Zhang Yan, and the eunuch smiled and said, "Miss Zhang, although he said that, there is still a process that should be done."

The old man named Cui said, while winking at the little eunuch behind him, as if he was going to do something.

"I don't know what I need to do?" Zhang Yan winked at the small ring behind her and said softly.

"Miss, don't have to do anything, just follow my instructions." At this time, the smile on the face of this Eunuch Cui was no longer on his face, and he looked like he was doing business.

"Okay, follow us!" What Zhang Yan didn't expect was that she was going to leave here. She quickly took the things handed over by Xiao Huan and gently stuffed them into the hand of the eunuch named Cui. It was an emerald green jade pendant.

The little ring on one side also stuffed two silver ingots into the hands of the two eunuchs. None of them spoke, as if this was not happening.

Eunuch Cui touched the things in his hand, slowly stuffed them into his sleeves, turned around and said to Zhang Yan, "Miss Zhang is not only beautiful, but also kind-hearted, gentle and virtuous. I think she will definitely be able to choose this time."

"Then I'll thank you Eunuch Cui!" Zhang Yan smiled softly. At this moment, there was an inexplicable light in her eyes. It seemed that the young girl had a lot more things at this time, but the smile on her face was even brighter.

On this day, Zhang Yan and some young girls underwent a check and only looked at the appearance. Their group was responsible for the eunuch named Cui. A group of 100 girls stood by age. The eunuch surnamed Cui walked past them, a little taller, a little shorter, a little fatter, and a little thinner. None of them were needed. This way, a thousand people were killed.

The next day, the facial features were checked, and the eunuch was still responsible. However, this time the person was not responsible for the eunuch Cui, but a younger eunuch was replaced. As on the first day, a group of 100 people stood together and looked at each girl's ears, eyes, mouth, nose, hair, skin, waist, shoulder width, etc. In one place, one person who failed, even if a mole on her body would be eliminated. The girl was asked to report to her house and listen to her voice, and whether she was stuttering. In this way, two thousand people were wiped out.

On the third day, we use tools to measure whether the body meets the proportions and see how its temperament is. Anyone with thick wrists, fat toes, and frivolous behavior cannot pass. In this way, another thousand people will be wiped out.

Three days passed, and the five thousand girls who came to the capital were wiped out by 4,000 people, and in the end, there were still 1,000 people left.

The fourth day of the inspection was something that Zhang Yan never expected, because it was a "naked inspection". The remaining 1,000 girls were summoned to the palace for a good choice. The elderly female eunuch took them to the secret room and pressed the room to check whether they looked straight; smelled the armpits and whether there was body odor. Finally, they touched the whole body and tried to see if they were well-developed. In this way, another 700 people were wiped out. At this time, only three hundred girls were left. Of course, Zhang Yan passed these inspections and took a step towards that position.

At this time, the remaining process is a bit long. Long-term observation focuses on temperament. Three hundred selected girls stayed in the palace for a month to observe their living habits, speaking attitude, intelligence, and character. The first four procedures focus on observing "body", and this focus is on "morality" and "wisdom". Fifty girls were selected with excellent virtue, intelligence and physical fitness. These fifty girls were the concubines of Emperor Tianqi, which was the final result of this time choosing a concubine.

From five thousand people, fifty people were selected. In this way, it was exactly what the saying goes, "one in a hundred". In the Ming Dynasty, it was estimated that such an "elimination method" was adopted to select the palace concubines.

In the following days, Zhang Yan will live in the palace with the remaining 300 girls. One month is not long or short, but this month is one month that determines the fate of a life.

However, this time the selection of a concubine is different from the previous ones. This time, a very important person has to be selected, that is, the queen who is the mother of the world.

Two flowers bloomed, each with one branch. The selection of concubines was in full swing, but Emperor Tianqi was lying bored on the dragon throne in the imperial study room, with only Chen Hong standing beside him. Li Lan, who had always been with Emperor Tianqi, was no longer here and went to Shuqing Palace to participate in the election.

Of course, she was just going to see the steps of her last month of life, and I believe she was just a process. The person in charge of the final election was Liu Kejing, the eunuch of Silijian. Emperor Tianqi did not believe that this old eunuch dared to wipe out Li Lan. That was really an old birthday star and arsenic.

There were three flowers blooming, and one branch was on the watch. At this time, a prison car came to the gate of the capital. Xiong Tingbi, who had traveled a long distance, finally arrived in the capital.

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