Chapter 436 Xiao Shen
In the palace, the beautiful ladies changed batch after batch.
Zhao Xing sat behind the screen, feeling a little bored.
The beautiful girls who can be sent to Bianjing are naturally beautiful.
There were beauties of all shapes and sizes, whether they were fat or thin, but he didn't know if there were too many beauties around him. Zhao Xing was a little tired of aesthetics, and there was no one who stood out to him.
The old woman who was accompanying Zhao Xing saw that Zhao Xing had watched several batches, but no one had been selected. She waited for the replacement and said, "Your Majesty, the next batch will include the daughter of Zhengzhou Zhizhou. I heard that this girl is very beautiful, especially She is good at singing and dancing. In addition, the sister of the new commander of the Shenwu Army is also among them. ”
Zhao Xing didn't care when he heard this, which lady from a famous family would teach singing and dancing.
As for being good at singing and dancing, just listen to it.
This nanny must have received money from others and specifically brought it up in front of him to deepen his impression.
Zhao Xing didn't bother to delve into this kind of thing. When the water was clear, there would be no fish. It was normal for officials to inquire about news from the palace and have some contact with some eunuchs and nuns in the palace.
Let's not talk about selling, these eunuchs are not stupid. Generally, they will do it if there is no risk but there are benefits.
Even if they get rid of this nanny, they can still win over others.
Some of the maids and eunuchs in the palace who often went out of the palace to do errands had contact with officials, and some were even instructed by Zhao Xing to do so for Liu Sanshi.
However, when Zhao Xing heard his mother-in-law talking about General Shen, the commander-in-chief of the Shenwu Army, he was stunned.
Previously, Shen Congxing was transferred to the Forbidden Army due to his meritorious service and served as the commander of the Shenwu Army.
So Shen Congxing sent Xiao Shen to participate in the draft?
Zhao Xing was not very impressed by Xiao Shen, and in fact he didn't appear much.
Judging from her performance, she is also a woman who is similar to Ru Lan and has no scheming intentions.
Shen Congxing still has some abilities, so since he sent his sister here, he can accept it.
However, given Shen Congxing's status, he should not have the ability to give gifts to the nanny in the palace and ask her to mention it specifically in front of him. This matter will have to be investigated later.
Thinking in his mind, Zhao Xing watched calmly.
After a while, eight show girls walked into the room. The three nuns in charge of judging first called their names one by one, and then instructed the show girls to do what they said.
First, the etiquette was tested, and then the palace maids came forward to carefully examine their appearance.
Plastic surgery did not exist in ancient times, but there were congenital or acquired defects in appearance.
This defect is not obvious and can be covered up with makeup, but it must be screened carefully.
If the selection is preliminary, there will be more stringent screening later. Not only will the body be checked for scars, etc., but also whether the body is in perfect condition.
Mammy called the roll, and the ladies responded one by one. Zhao Xing also identified who was the little Shen family.
Xiao Shen is the least beautiful among the eight beautiful girls. Even compared with the previous batches, she can only be regarded as average.
Among them, the most beautiful one is the daughter of Zhengzhou Zhizhou that Mammy mentioned before.
After checking the appearance, the nun asked a palace maid to come forward and dance a dance, and then asked eight people to dance according to the dance of the palace maid.
This level tests physical coordination. It doesn't matter whether a show girl knows how to dance before entering the palace, but she must learn it before entering the Chu Xiu Palace.
To become a beautiful girl, before she gets the favor of the emperor, she is actually similar to a dancing girl.
If the emperor has a whim, he will call the beautiful ladies from Chu Xiu Palace to perform dances.
Even if she becomes a concubine later, whether it is requested by the emperor or to please the emperor, dancing skills are necessary.
As the saying goes, marrying a virtuous wife and taking concubines requires beauty. This color refers not only to appearance, but also to various skills.
If the body is not coordinated, it is equivalent to being inherently weaker than others, lacking competitiveness, and basically not being selected.
In this aspect of the test, the daughter of Zhengzhou Zhizhou performed best.
Little Shen's limbs were stiff, and the three nuns looked at her and shook their heads.
"You go down first and wait for the news." After the show girl finished showing off, a nun asked the palace maid to lead a few people down.
Zhao Xing, who was behind the screen, took a pen and circled the names of Zhou and Shen, put down the pen and said: "Arrange this Shen to sleep with you tonight. It's up to you to decide on the draft. No more than a hundred candidates can be selected. ”
"Yes!" The nanny who was accompanying him quickly responded.
After Zhao Xing finished speaking, he stood up and left.
He originally thought the draft was interesting, but after watching it for a long time, he found it boring.
He doesn't plan to come later. Maybe after the selection is completed, it will be more interesting to open the blind box by himself.
After Zhao Xing left, the nun who accompanied Zhao Xing walked out, spoke to the three nuns who were in charge, and then went down to make arrangements.
Zhao Xing circled Zhou and Shen, and the two women passed directly.
Moreover, Zhao Xing wanted Shen to sleep with him tonight, so he naturally had to give some instructions and preparations.
In the side hall of Chuxiu Palace, dozens of beautifully dressed women were sitting.
These are all those who have already participated in the assessment. They have to wait until the end of today's assessment. After the grandma announces the selected list, the selected ones can stay in the palace for the final inspection.
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Those who fail will be sent out of the palace.
Some of those who had performed poorly in previous assessments were already crying.
And those who thought they had performed well looked proud.
However, there was almost no communication between them. After all, they were not familiar with each other directly and were still rivals.
Although Xiao Shen did not perform well, she did not look depressed at all. Instead, she pulled a crying woman and whispered: "Why are you crying? It doesn't matter even if you don't win."
"Don't you know? If you fail to choose, the rest will become palace maids."
The woman said with a sad face: "You must be doing well if you are so happy. Of course you are not worried."
"I didn't perform well either, but you were wrong. Even if someone from an official background is not selected, they will not join the palace as a maid." Xiao Shen said.
Little Shen didn't care about the result at all. When Shen Congxing returned to Yuzhou, he told his sister and brother-in-law that Song Dynasty asked him to send his sister to participate in the draft.
His sister disagreed with this matter. She knew her sister's temperament and it was impossible to survive in a place like the palace.
If one person is not good enough, it will cause great trouble to the family.
But Zhao Zongquan said that Shen Congxing had no foundation in Bianjing, and if he refused, he would offend the Song Dynasty.
In the end, it was Shen Congxing's wife Wren who said something to dispel everyone's concerns.
She said that although little Shen didn't look bad, she had a carefree temper, and the female workers didn't know how to do anything.
You just need to participate normally, the chance of being selected is low, and it doesn't matter if you participate.
And Xiao Shen didn't even think about entering the palace, let alone made any preparations in advance.
Therefore, she did not care at all when she performed poorly in the physical coordination test just now.
It can be said that among the women present, she is the least stressed.
"But I'm not from an official family." The woman felt even more uncomfortable after hearing this.
If she came from an official family, how could she not know this?
Officially, because I didn’t know, I thought that all those who were not selected would join the palace as maids.
Now hearing what Xiao Shen said, naturally she felt even more unhappy.
"Uh..." Little Shen was a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say.
At this moment, several palace maids walked in with a nun in their arms.
(End of chapter)