"Those who are beautiful and worthy of their appearance will be brought back to the harem to see whether they are suitable or not, and then they will be used to ascend to the imperial throne." Preface to the Queen's Chronicles in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty.
Seeing that the emperor was not very interested, Mu Shun wanted to find some interesting things for the emperor to do to relieve his boredom, so he thought about it carefully in his mind, and suddenly suggested: "Please tell me about the country, I just remembered that the eldest princess is choosing in Yeting today.
It's the day of a good girl. If the country is fine at the moment, why not take a look?"
The eldest princess made a request to the emperor last year to select girls from good families to serve in the court. This year, the eldest princess will leave the palace and live separately. In order to prevent the queen from becoming too powerful and endangering the stability of the palace, it is necessary to arrange competitors for the queen.
I'm very concerned about things.
The emperor was feeling depressed, especially when Mu Shun accidentally reminded him: Wang Bin had intended to ask the emperor to give one or two good daughters to Wang Duan brothers.
Now that this matter could not be done, the emperor had no intention of watching the draft, so he looked at Mu Shun coldly and said impatiently: "Get out."
"Jinnuo." After Mu Shun hit a snag, he knew that the emperor was not interested in this at this time, so he did not dare to say anything anymore and timidly withdrew.
At this time, the Yeting Yunguang Palace has never been so crowded. Inside and outside, there are eunuchs from the Zhonghuang Gate, the Yeting Department, and the Yongxiang Department. There are a group of people wearing unified palace uniforms standing under the steps.
The age range of women is about thirteen years old and below twenty years old. They are all newly selected folk women who come to the palace this time. Because their family background is pure and they are strong and bright, they are called good family girls, also known as Cai girls.
These ladies from good families gathered at the foot of the stairs, unsupervised for a while, and not yet familiar with the rules of the palace. Some were new arrivals and felt that everything in Yeting was so amazing. Some were pretending to be calm, but in fact they were looking forward to the future glory and wealth. Some were timid.
They were frightened. These newlyweds, who had no family background and no ambition, were afraid that this simple and solemn palace might eat people.
Generally speaking, the sons of good families of the right age from Sanfu, Hongnong and other places, as long as they are unmarried and have good legal status, are all concentrated here. The imperial court selected women from good families to enrich the harem, even though the imperial edict stated that virtue should be the basis.
Lord, he is known as a virtuous woman, but his appearance is secondary. As long as he has good qualifications and meets the standards for the appearance of girls from good families, he is qualified to be selected.
But everyone tacitly understands each other that there is only one condition for selection, and that is color!
However, Guanzhong has suffered from years of disasters and insufficient food and clothing. There are not many beautiful women in ordinary families. It is extremely rare to say that the beautiful women entering the palace this time are extremely beautiful.
Yong Xiang, who was standing at the foot of the steps to maintain order, was greatly disappointed. He was a eunuch who had just entered the palace. Since the older generation of eunuchs in the palace were rare, after Yuan Shao killed the Luoyang eunuchs, all the eunuchs in the palace were filled by scholars.
The phenomenon of scholars both inside and outside the palace disgusted the emperor very much. Not long after Dong Zhuo had just started, he asked Mu Shun and Miao Sichao to promote a group of eunuchs at the lowest level in the palace to take over the reins from the scholars.
Originally a eunuch's position.
Yongxiang Ling was originally just a young eunuch who swept the court. By chance, Yongxiang Ling was promoted to the role of a court servant. It was rare to have the opportunity to perform in public on weekdays. At this time, in front of a group of newcomers, he was constantly watching.
He looked around, shook his head, and pretended to say: "I finally understand what beauty is hard to find!"
A young eunuch with no roots said such old-fashioned words in front of his daughters, and some of the people below couldn't help but smile.
"What? Did I say something wrong?" Yong Xiangling asked with his eyes widened on purpose.
However, Yongxiang Ling had a round face that was harmless to humans and animals, and his behavior was not intimidating. There was even a Cai woman who spoke frankly and said: "Isn't there a beauty beside me?"
As she said that, Cai Nu reached out and pulled the person next to her.
"Ah!" A soft cry like the morning call of an oriole sounded from the crowd: "Don't make trouble!"
Yongxiang Ling hadn't seen the person yet, but the sweet voice alone moved him. When he saw the real person, even though he had already lost his roots, he couldn't help but be a little surprised. He asked around: "Who is this?"
"She was selected from Hongnong, her name seems to be" someone next to me recalled.
At this moment, standing on the other side of the same step, Ye Tingling, who was more senior than him, suddenly shouted: "You dare to pull and pull wherever you want, do you still have any rules in your eyes? Pull down!"
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These words seemed to be referring to Sang and Huai, and deliberately slapping Yongxiang Ling in the face. This made him quite unhappy, and he thought even more deeply in his heart, thinking to himself: It's already this time, and I'm still trying to cover it up!
Looking at the two women below who were so frightened that their faces turned pale, Yongxiang Ling generously extended a helping hand: "Stand back first and wait until the eldest princess makes her choice before making her decision."
After that, he said to Ye Tingling: "There is no chance that a noble person will come out here. I advise you to accumulate good karma."
Ye Tingling's face was still as gray as a dead person. Although he still spoke harshly, his tone softened slightly, and he obviously listened to what the other party said: "The eldest princess is so noble, how can she meet everyone one by one?
Choose based on paintings. The most important thing in choosing a girl from a good family is morality."
Yongxiang Ling sneered and retorted: "Even so, they must wait outside the palace, no one is missing."
Ye Tingling did not reply. He only saw the other party giving a few instructions to the people around him, then turned around and walked up the steps to enter the palace. For some reason, this abnormal behavior of the other party made him feel a little wrong.
Princess Liu Jiang, the ten thousand-year-old princess, was sitting at the banquet, with several scrolls placed on the table in front of her. At this time, she stretched out a slender finger to push aside a scroll, and saw that there was a figure painted on the scroll.
The outstanding-looking woman nodded slightly.
At this time, the good girl in the scroll came forward generously. Although her appearance was only 70% of the one in the scroll, she was full of smiles and saluted Liu Jiang meticulously: "My maid, please pay homage to the eldest princess!"
"You are very polite." Liu Jiang found an advantage.
"As long as you understand etiquette!" Miao Si, Dachangqiu, said from the side: "The most important thing in the palace is etiquette."
Chang Yu, who was sent by Empress Dong as a representative, timidly added: "This appearance is quite good."
Liu Jiang was noncommittal, and as if unintentionally, he tapped the scroll with his fingers like a dragonfly, and said, "Yes, who told the painter to have good hands?"
Chang Yu's face froze, and then he forced a smile and said: "I think this is not only the skill of the painter, but also depends on whether the person can be included in the painting."
This was the explanation she had prepared a long time ago, and she was just waiting for Liu Jiang to raise the question, when she happened to bump into it.
"What does it mean to enter a painting?" Sure enough, Liu Jiang asked curiously.
"Back to the princess." Chang Yu bowed down and explained: "Life has different shapes. Even beauties can be divided into cold, elegant, and graceful. Some people are originally very beautiful, but they are only painted in the painting.
To be able to express only seventy percent of the original beauty of the person, but to be able to express ten percent of it in the painting, even more beautiful than the real person, this is painting."
The beautiful things in these scrolls are beautiful, and the mediocre ones are mediocre. Liu Jiang has just seen it, and it is indeed the case. There are no low-level methods such as deliberately making people look ugly. The only few times where the appearance does not match the scrolls, it is also different.
It wasn't big. After watching it all the way, Liu Jiang even had the illusion that there were no particularly outstanding girls in this class.
In fact, she didn't know that if everyone's appearance is high or low, then what the picture shows is an average that has been deliberately adjusted. Chang Yu only needs to let the painter paint a few outstanding looks to look mediocre.
That's it. There are a few good-looking ones mixed in a bunch of scrolls, and the possibility of being picked up by Liu Jiang is really low.
Even if something goes wrong accidentally, it can be explained by the entry into the picture at the beginning.
Even if Liu Jiang doesn't know the secret, it doesn't stop her from trying to choose the person she wants.
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