Chapter 474 The pain of deceiving comes to an end 22
Xue Pinggui's expression was not strange at all: "The queen has been guarding the cold kiln alone for 18 years. She just wants to find a few people to accompany her."
"That's right!" The Minister of Etiquette helped to speak: "Besides, the queen only asked them to accompany them for one year, two years at most. When the time comes, they will arrange a suitable person to marry based on their knowledge and conduct. What's wrong?"
The Protector rolled his eyes. There were two legitimate daughters and four concubine daughters in the house of the Minister of Rites. Everyone in the capital knew that his daughters were beautiful, good at writing, painting, and singing poems. All of them were outstanding, except for four who were married when they reached the age. Yes, there are two left, who are just fifteen or sixteen years old. I originally thought about sending her to the palace, but I waited and waited but couldn't wait. I could only arrange to get married, but now I found the opportunity.
Ling Xiao added: "The queen has paid a lot for the king, and this request is not too much. But why does she have to live in the palace? She can be sent to the palace to accompany her every day, and then sent back to the house at night."
Tsk, in this case, if you get pregnant, you won’t be able to tell whose child is the baby in your belly. Raised in the palace, besides the king, who else could it belong to?
Xue Pinggui looked at Ling Xiao. He was Dai Zan's cousin. His elbows were naturally bent inward.
Prime Minister Zhou took a step forward: "General Ling, there must be a reason for the king's move. After all, the queen is from the Tang Dynasty, and her coming and going may spread the news. Therefore, letting these official ladies live in the palace is not necessarily a bad thing. ”
Xue Pinggui immediately climbed up the ladder: "It was Gu's decision to live in the palace. Gu believes that the queen's heart is towards Gu, but she is from the Tang Dynasty after all. If there is any trouble, she will be suspected first. In order to avoid words, I thought The transferor lives in the palace.”
Prime Minister Zhou bowed: "Your Majesty is wise!"
Ling Xiao paused and was speechless.
Xue Pinggui looked at Concubine Xian's father, Prime Minister Zhou. Prime Minister Zhou was from Ling Xiao's party. He usually had the most objections, but why did he help him today? Oh, by the way, there are several young ladies in Prime Minister Zhou’s family who have not yet left the government. So that’s it, hehehe...
Discussions went on and on, and the ten people were finally reduced to four.
During the selection, Xining deliberately put it in the afternoon and asked Xue Pinggui, saying that he would check it for him.
A total of more than 100 people signed up, which greatly exceeded the estimate. Knowing that there are risks in entering the palace, one must be cautious when registering, but in order to increase the family's status in the court, even the most suitable harem girls of Prime Minister Zhou and General Hussar who have not left the palace were sent.
Even Xue Pinggui was dazzled by the sight of hundreds of people, all crowded in the courtyard of Zhaoyang Courtyard, with birds and birds, pink flowers and willows.
And these ladies in the boudoir, looking at the vegetables and fruits grown all over the yard, thought they had come to the wrong place. This is Zhaoyangyuan where the queen lives. With a few chickens and pigs, it looks like a farmhouse.
Naturally, you have to choose when someone comes. Since you are choosing someone to accompany you when reading and writing, then let’s take the exam and delete the selection!
In the first round of writing, select the best ones to keep.
The second round is drawing, the third round is musical instruments.
After three rounds, there are only forty people left, and there will be more competition items. Take a part of the painted scroll and give it to the forty people to inscribe on the spot.
Xue Pinggui simply asked a few civil servants to come over and comment on the spot.
This is not like choosing a reading companion, it is simply comparable to the imperial examination.
Writing inscriptions is not easy. To write down the artistic conception of a painting requires a certain amount of understanding and literary talent. The fourth round passed and twenty were left.
Xining made a quick decision and tried again, choosing the project of his own choice. So the twenty official ladies showed their respective strengths, such as dancing, singing, riding and shooting, writing poems and paintings with outstanding literary talent, and also brought out the embroidery they wore or carried with them.
An official lady was dancing the Hu Xuan Dance. This dance requires extremely light and fast steps and is extremely difficult. Concubine Yang is good at this dance.
After one dance, another one appears. Darling, this one is actually doing a dance with raised sleeves and folded waist! The long sleeves are tossed, the limbs are twisted and the waist is bent, and the figure is delicate. This requires an extremely soft waist and years of practice, so that you can appear charming and graceful when dancing, and have long sleeves that fly when you bend the waist.
Not to mention that Xue Pinggui's eyes almost flew out, even Xining was enjoying it with relish. She dances so well. Could it be that a professional dancer from some company came here with the title of Miss Official?
If you come to the palace, Dai Zan's Jinghong Dance is just a ball and cannot be compared at all.
After several rounds of brushing, these twenty women are all versatile and outstanding. It's best to accept them all... Xue Pinggui could only swallow a mouthful of saliva and said softly: "Only four people can be chosen, leaving two places for the fifth lady of Prime Minister Zhou's family and the seventh lady of the General Hussars. It is best to also have the Ministry of Etiquette. A scholar.”
Four minus three quotas, wouldn’t there be only one left? Then choose Mao.
It seemed that it was too difficult to pick one out of the remaining 17 people. Xue Pinggui gritted his teeth and said, "I can add one more, just think of a way."
It won’t work if you add one more!
Everything that needs to be done is done, even the optional extra test is over. Everyone looked at the queen, waiting for her final choice.
Xining smiled: "Everyone has worked hard today. It turns out that there are many talents in Xiliang, and the talents of the women in the boudoir are as good as those of the men."
She stood up suddenly and waved her sleeves: "The twenty shortlisted people will live in Zhaoyang Yuan to study etiquette. After three months, they will be selected based on their grades. The others will be given palace flowers, go back!"
ah? Suddenly everyone's eyes widened. Instead of four people, there were now twenty people left.
Not everyone is suitable for life in the palace. Learn the etiquette and get used to it at the same time to choose the most suitable person to stay. There's nothing wrong with it!
He kept all twenty of them, good wives and good wives, and it was the wretched ones that he liked the most. Looking at this group of beauties, although Xue Pinggui maintained his grace on the surface, he was actually so happy that his heart almost jumped out of his chest.
And what Xining thinks is: Only if more women entangle the scumbag, will she have a chance... Hehehehe...
Before the twenty people settled in, Xi Ning specifically asked if there was anything in their family that they couldn't get rid of. If so, they could give palace flowers home like other women, and they would never reveal a word to their families. Half a sentence.
As a result, four of them wanted to go back, and the others all said they wanted to stay in the palace. Even if they lost the election in three months, they would be lucky to stay with the queen and learn the rules of the palace.
Everyone has his own ambitions. Although he knows that the palace is a dragon's pool and a tiger's den, there are many people who are willing to jump into it. Xining, just give them this chance!
Although Zhaoyangyuan is large, if sixteen people are squeezed in at once, the room will not be enough.
When everyone learned that Xue Pinggui was "considerate" and allowed them to "temporarily stay" in the place where his family used to live.
The family member is a newly selected show girl who has not yet been canonized.
If you don’t live there, where can you live? It has the most rooms there and can accommodate 16 people at once. But that’s right! Moreover, Xue Pinggui has decreed that if a woman is selected after three months, she will be named a female officer.
She's not a concubine, she's a female official, that's right!
But everyone felt that the drunkard's intention was not to drink; Sima Zhao's intention was known to everyone on the road.
When Dai Zan heard that the queen left 16 women in the end, he was so angry that he smashed the ropa in his hand.
(End of chapter)