Of course, there are also those who are willing to give it a try and want to become in-laws with the royal family. These families have their own considerations. This is not Lianyi's concern. She just needs to let the news out.
Sure enough, because of the news released by Rianyi, the high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the imperial city experienced a wave of marriages and divorces after the new year.
The families who got married did not want to be married to the royal family, while the families who broke off the marriage wanted more, so they would rather break the marriage than keep their daughter until next summer, which is only half a year. time.
After receiving the news, the Ministry of Household Affairs has already started preparations in advance, spreading the news layer by layer, so that the counties below can prepare for the draft. Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner.
Lianyi is now much more leisurely, taking care of her three children every day. After the new year, all three children will be able to crawl all over the floor, and the number of people around her will also increase.
The eldest prince, Jiang Hongji, has the most energy and is the most cheerful one crawling all over the place. The second prince, Jiang Yunshan, is more delicate and follows cautiously behind her eldest brother. The youngest, Jiang Hongye, is weaker and has to sit down and rest for a while before continuing. climb.
Lianyi feels that raising a cub is still full of fun, provided that she does not need to do it herself. Fortunately, she is now the woman with the most power in the harem.
"Queen, after the first round of screening, the Ministry of Household Affairs has sent a list of one hundred beautiful girls. Please take a look."
Mother Sun held a list and respectfully reported.
Lianyi was mixing incense. After hearing what Grandma Sun said, she just said lightly:
"Let me send you the portraits of these beautiful ladies. I will screen them first."
"Yes, the Queen."
As the master of the harem, Lianyi naturally has this right.
A quarter of an hour later, the maids filed into the palace holding picture albums.
"Expand it, let me take a look."
"Yes!"
The Queen spoke, and a long picture album was unfolded in front of Ripple. Ripple glanced at it, raised his hand and said to Lanzhi:
"Pen!"
“Yes, Queen!”
Lanzhi immediately handed over a red pen.
Ripples started to be sketched on the picture album. Lanzhi and Grandma Sun on the side breathed a sigh of relief after reading it.
Because the beautiful women drawn by the ripples are all women with lower official status and average appearance, they can only be said to be just enough to meet the standards of the draft.
It’s just that the two of them were happy a little early, because after Lianyi finished sketching, he said to Grandma Sun:
“Except for the beautiful girl I sketched, the rest have been sorted and sent out. Give it to the Emperor!”
“Queen!”
"This"
The reaction of Ripple's right-hand man was not ordinary.
Lianyi glanced at the two of them, and they immediately realized that he had lost his composure. After gathering their minds, they bowed and exited the hall, taking with them the booklet that Lianyi had sketched.
After reporting the results to the Ministry of Household Affairs, Grandma Sun returned to the palace with a heavy heart. She hesitated to speak to Ripple for a long time, and finally gritted her teeth and asked:
"Queen My dear, I think this is not good for you.”
"What's the disadvantage?"
"The emperor must like fresh colors."
Mother Sun said vaguely, but her meaning was very clear. With so many beauties competing for the queen's favor, It will definitely dilute the emperor's favor for her.
"Mommy, you also said that the emperor likes fresh colors. Besides, he is rich all over the world. What kind of beauty can't be found? Even if I stop it this time, can I stop it next time?" Lianyi asked back. road.
"What this old slave means is to wait for the relationship between the Queen and Your Majesty to become deeper."
Mother Sun didn't understand what Lianyi meant, but she still wanted to try harder.
"Mother Sun, I and the Emperor only have interests and no feelings. It is better now. He likes my understanding and understanding of the general situation. I need his respect and secure my position as queen. , everyone just takes what they need."
Lianyi said clearly.
"Old slave understands."
Grandma Sun nodded.
Lanzhi on the side remained silent, just listening with her ears pricked up. At this time, she whispered:
"My dear, even so, there is no need to choose so many good colors. You can mix in some ordinary ones."
"If the appearance is too bad, how can we attract the emperor's attention, and how can we make them fight? If they don't fight, there will be no good show for me."
Lianyi said jokingly.
If it weren't for the fact that the person who commissioned this mission had already reincarnated, she would have to live this life for him, otherwise she would definitely leave this plane after fulfilling his wish.
In order to have fun for herself and to dig holes for the emperor, she will spare no effort to promote this draft.
Sure enough, when the picture album screened by Lianyi was presented to the royal table, the emperor was very satisfied and felt that his queen was really informed and knowledgeable.
The selected show girls are all the daughters of civil servants that he plans to win over, and all of them have good looks. They are good at playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting. They are rare beauties.
Although they have gone through many layers of screening, there are still as many as fifty draft girls presented to the emperor, and it is impossible for the emperor to include them all in the harem.
So after careful consideration, the new emperor chose twenty daughters to fill the harem, and some of the courtiers' daughters who had greeted them. He took advantage of the situation and granted marriage. For a while, the court and harem were very satisfied, and everyone was happy.
The first thing the twenty selected show girls did when they entered the harem was to pay homage to Lianyi, the queen of the middle palace, commonly known as paying homage to the dock.
Lianyi still dressed as usual and sat in the back seat. After receiving the obeisances of all the concubines, she lightly opened her red lips and said:
"Everyone, please get up and speak. I am not that kind here. There are so many rules.”
The concubines who were bowing below didn’t think so. If there weren’t many rules, they wouldn’t have said this after they had kowtowed. It will appear that they are all smiling and smiling.
"You all entered the palace after several rounds of screening. The first thing you do after entering the palace is to serve the emperor well and contribute to the royal family. There is a shortage of children in the harem. You also know that I am the only one who has heirs. You have to work hard."
Lianyi said cheerfully.
“Yes, I sincerely comply with the Queen’s decree.”
The concubines responded immediately.
“I have already said it before. If you become pregnant, you will be promoted to the rank; if you give birth to a prince, you will be promoted to concubine.”
Lianyi drew the pie first. After all, these beautiful ladies who had just entered the palace usually only had the title of noble, permanent presence or consent, and their status was relatively low. Only when they entered the concubine position could they be qualified to live in the same palace. If you want to The person who managed to get into the main position of the palace had to be the concubine no matter what.
After hearing this, the eyes of the women below were all bright, mainly because they were very attractive.
As the dust of the draft settled, the emperor also began to move around the harem frequently. After all, he had released so many beauties, and all of them were obedient to him. Naturally, he was willing to relax after finishing his official duties.
However, even if he sang and sang every night, the emperor would definitely go to the Queen's Fengqi Palace on the first and fifteenth day of every month. This gave Lianyi enough face, but he didn't want to even if Lianyi did a good job. It chilled the heart of the mother of her three children.
After more than a year of hard work by the emperor, there has been no good news from the harem, which makes all the concubines a little anxious.