Chapter 335: Divide (Part 1)

August of the second year of Dacheng Hongwu

When the genius was dawn, the city gates opened, and merchants opened the door early, while the vendors set up seats, with carriages and horses like dragons, and passengers like ants, carrying continuous shouts.

It was noon, and a Taoist was walking slowly. When he arrived at a street, he saw this kind of prosperity and looked at it. He felt like he was like a different world. This man was Tongxuan. He murmured: "In a blink of an eye, the world is peaceful..."

"Isn't this Taoist Master Tongxuan?" someone suddenly stepped forward and said, beating.

Tongxuan looked at him. This man was thirty years old and was wearing an ordinary coat, but he was lucky. He was not an ordinary person. After a moment of shock, Tongxuan remembered that this was Chai Zhengxin and Xue Yuan's relative. He had not seen him for several years and was also an official.

He said with a smile: "It turned out to be you. I remember seeing you in Xue Mansion last time, but now it's different."

Chai Zhengxin stretched out his thumb and said, "The Taoist Master is not ordinary. I can see through it at first sight and I am not afraid of you laughing. I will follow Lord Xue and get the official position first. After a few years, I have also accumulated officials to the eighth rank... Please, Lord Xue happens to come out and go together."

Tongxuan followed him and saw a middle-aged man in the distance, dressed in ordinary clothes and a clear face. It was Xue Yuan.

Xue Yuan smiled slightly and arched: "It turns out to be the Taoist priest."

Tong Xuan bowed and said, "I just returned to Jinling. You are not a foreign official. Now you have been transferred back to Beijing?"

"No, it's just that the emperor has issued an order to discuss the title. The court summons us back." Xue Yuan said dullly: "It's okay for others, I'm sorry!"

He said and laughed at himself.

"Oh?" Tong Xuan trembled all over and stared at Xue Yuan, and his heart was filled with turmoil, but he smiled faintly and said, "The world is peaceful, and the title is awarded according to merits. This is a grand event for the founding of the country."

Chai Zhengxin said, "It's getting late. This hotel is good. What do you two think?"

Xue Yuan said, "No, go in and sit down!"

There was a hotel in front, three floors, and downstairs were lively. Upstairs, I saw the screens separated by the elegant seats. After ordering dishes, I took the seat together. Xue Yuan knew that Tongxuan had an official position and asked, "I heard that you were also sent out, so I'm back now?"

The fifth grade of the mantra of the ban, now the sixth grade of Tongxuan Zheng, received salary and light yellow luck, and said, "Yes, I'll get back!"

After saying that, he raised his glass to persuade him to drink. At this moment, the cruise ships were continuous, the carriages and horses were like dragons, and the passengers were like ants. The smell of the troubled times could not be seen at all. The three of them were drunk and hot.

Xue Yuan sighed and said, "In the blink of an eye, it's a prosperous place. I heard that Youzhou has been calm, but now the aftermath of the grassland has not yet subsided, and I haven't enjoyed peace. However, this year's talent show has been held again."

Wang Hongyi ascended the throne for two years, but including becoming king, there were five or six years, the world was pacified this year. Even if there were still chaos in the grasslands, the Central Plains never included the grasslands in their own territory. In the eyes of the world, Dacheng has already unified the world.

Tong Xuan smiled slightly and looked at Xue Yuan's luck carefully, but saw that the two green luck were confused, and they were not the same. He knew that this person would have the title of Hou Bo, and said with a smile: "Where can the grassland be able to be wiped out."

But he didn't say what had been wiped out.

He paused and said, "The matter of talent show is about the national unity and the reproduction of the royal family. Most of them are used as female officials and will be released when they are old."

After the decline of the Great Yan Dynasty, the emperors were known as emperors but not as majestic as emperors. The vassal states and princes from all over the country had long overwhelmed the country and continued to fight with each other.

Wang Hongyi won the world, and families from all over the country showed goodwill to the court.

One of the ways to show off is to cooperate with the talent show and select the right daughter to participate.

The emperor had a legitimate wife and son, and the queen was enthroned and held a phoenix seal in her hand. The concubines who entered the palace early were ranked among the imperial concubine and the imperial concubine Jin. Although the number of other concubines was not small, they were not high, and most of the positions of the four concubines were vacant. This situation made some people happy and worried.

Secretly, many nobles from aristocratic families were busy with this matter.

Xue Yuan sighed and said, "I have a daughter, twelve years old, who is the age of being selected, but I don't know whether to go or not."

After hearing this, Tongxuan persuaded him: "This is a court rule. Should the Lord follow the old minister of Long? It is better not to disobey. Besides, the emperor is not in Jinling at this time, so the queen will handle it, and it is not even better to do this at this time."

Xue Yuan nodded silently after hearing this.

Imperial Palace

The new dynasty was first established, and two years after the new emperor ascended the throne, although some girls were selected in the harem, most of them were palace servants, not many concubines, and only a few descendants of the emperor.

As state affairs gradually stabilized, in order to stabilize the hearts of the people, the Empress Dowager held a talent show to select unmarried girls with both talent and appearance, good moral character and good manners, to enter the palace, enriching the palace and spreading branches and leaves for the royal family.

Because the emperor is not in Jinling, the talent show will only be the primary and secondary elections, and the final candidate will be decided by the emperor. Because all the women of the official families with appropriate age are waiting for it, hoping that they can be selected to shine on the lintel.

These daughters were spoiled by their families since childhood, so they could benefit the family when they married one day.

Concubine Jin Su'er's light blue palace dress, with a normal accessories. Seeing that the palace in front arrived, she ordered the palace servants to stop and let the eunuch report to it.

After a moment, he was summoned into the palace.

This day was the re-elected election. The girl was sent to the palace and showed her talents in front of the queen, imperial concubine, and Jin concubine. The selected person was registered and the emperor finally chose. Those who were not selected could choose to serve as a female official or go home.

"Sister is here, hurry up and take your seat!" The queen sat in the middle, and the imperial concubine Zhao sat on one side. The seat on the other side of the queen was vacant, probably for her to be kept.

Su'er bowed to the queen and the concubine in turn and was given a seat to sit down.

Then the queen nodded to a eunuch, and the eunuch immediately walked out and shouted, "Scroll name!"

A group of show girls who were called by the song entered the hall and waited for the queen to review. The show girls followed the etiquette and knelt down to the three of them above, stood up and stood in a row, and waited with their hands down when no one asked.

For a moment, the atmosphere became quiet.

I don’t know what the queen and the imperial concubine look at these beautiful girls, but Concubine Jin’s eyes remained calm.

She sat upright with a calm smile on her face and glanced at the row of girls below. These girls were all wearing quintessential clothes. This summer quintessential clothes were very thin, revealing a large area of ​​skin, revealing a swaying and moving figure.

Most of these girls are between the ages of twelve and fifteen, either charming, cute, cold, or holy, with various shapes and breathtakingness.

If you can get here, your face is not bad. Concubine Jin doesn’t look at anyone’s beauty. With her cultivation, you can see who is the noble of Keyuelongting, and who is just a little noble.

These nobles are very important elsewhere, but the emperor is the lord of fate, and he is mysterious in itself, so it will not work. Moreover, today the hosting of the talent show is the queen. If the queen doesn't ask, Concubine Jin will not speak casually, and she doesn't want to interfere.

The Empress of the Palace also has her own helplessness.

In the audition in front of him, Concubine Jin naturally saw that this was to stabilize the political situation, and that more women would be added to the harem, so that the vassal families that respected the court and balanced the hearts of the people.

The queen looked at her as usual, and her eyes stopped on a pretty figure: "Raise your head!"

Concubine Jin swept over her eyes. In terms of her face, this girl was only the middle-class among these girls, with a pure and beautiful look, and her eyes seemed to be able to speak.

The queen asked quietly: "Whose daughter are you?"

The woman stepped forward and saluted: "When you say to the queen, my daughter Xu Juan, my father Xu Mao, the prefect of Qingshi County!"

The queen nodded and said with a smile: "It turns out that she is the daughter of Xu. I heard that Qingshi County is very talented and smart."

Xu Juan hurriedly thanked her. The queen asked a few questions and asked Xu Juan to retreat.

Several showgirls and queens also asked their names to show their talents. It was nothing more than a girl with a piano painting. The more women in the harem saw, it was just a formality.

The most inseparable thing in the harem is the beautiful and talented girl.

The queen sat upright in a high position, asked a few questions from time to time, and watched the beautiful girls come in and out one after another, and there was no strange expression on her face.

When the last group of beautiful women left, a trace of fatigue appeared on the queen. Although there was ice in the hall, the summer was hot, it still made people tired. Looking at the imperial concubine and Jin Concubine, the queen sighed rarely and asked: "The two have seen some beautiful women, but what are you interested in?"

In fact, this is just a question. People who have some relationship with the two can also take this opportunity to choose.

But Concubine Gui and Concubine Jin had no family, and this matter was not mixed. They both said, "It looks good, and it will be decided by the queen."

The queen ordered the eunuch to take the list, circle the names of some girls, and ordered the names, origins and families of these girls to be recorded in the book, waiting for the emperor to return before making a decision.

The selected candidates, including Xu Juan, are thirty-six, the daughters of local families and officials.

After the palace retreated, Concubine Jin turned her palace.

The palace where you are located is covered with thousands of green bamboos. The entrance is a winding corridor, with flowers and springs in the courtyard. The palace is circling around the bamboo forest, which is the most quiet.

As soon as I entered, I saw five continuous memorial halls above, accompanied by a hall in the middle, with green vines climbing the walls on all sides, which were extremely elegant and elegant. The female official came forward: "Empress, I just made some ice plum sauce, do you want to use some?"

"Supply some, the weather is really hot, so you can drink some of them!" Su'er said with a smile. After hearing this, the people around her were thanking each other.

This ice is a rare item in summer. Only the empress dowager, emperor and concubine in the palace, and the amount given is based on the grade. Although Concubine Jin is not the main concubine, the treatment is based on the fourth main concubine.

Where can they eat ice unless they are rewarded by female officials and palace servants?

After a long time, these female officials and palace servants became accustomed to it. Although they served less here, they were comfortable and comfortable, and there was not much struggle.

The palace servants below moved quickly. After a while, Concubine Jin held a small bowl in her hand and took a sip. The taste was pretty good, but at this moment, suddenly, a "boom" sounded shocking her whole body.

Concubine Jin suddenly stood up and picked up the curtain himself and saw a heavy line of clouds like ink, rolling with a faint thunder.

Ning looked for a moment and said, "I want to rest for a while, you can retreat first. If you have any questions, I will call you in."

"Yes!" Everyone retreated.

At this time, the sky was filled with thick clouds. With a "bang", the raindrops swept down, and the entire palace became dark. Seeing that no one was around, Su'er looked at the north and showed a complicated expression: "Born of a natural change, the black dragon fell?"
Chapter completed!