The Honglu Pavilion on this day is different from yesterday. As the first time to choose a concubine, it must be solemn, solemn, and comply with the rules. It cannot be like the selection of a courtesan, but it must also show the royal style and the beauty of the beauties.

For this regard, the ministers of the Ministry of Rites have put their brains into consideration.

Fortunately, in this year-long qualifier, not only did five hundred top-level beauties selected from countless people of the human race, but also tried countless plans. After excluding a large number of unreliable plans, they finally became what they are now.

However, Feng Xue was not the type of playing cards according to common sense. She felt dizzy after taking a look. Beautiful is beautiful, but when there are too many beautiful women, the ultimate aesthetic fatigue comes.

Feng Xue was sure that if he really chose one by one according to the regulations, then everyone in the first few would definitely want it. When it came to the back, it would probably look the same as everything.

So he didn't mean to choose at all, but said directly to Weizi:

"How are these girls learning etiquette and rules?"

"There will be a dedicated person to provide etiquette counseling at the interval between each level of selection. Each masters a complete set of aristocratic etiquette and is proficient in serving tea and water. In addition to their respective talents, they are also proficient in mathematics, painting, and music... There will be no rudeness."

Wei Ziqi said with certainty that if the entire human race has not yet been selected for a year and has not been able to get in with the skills, then the officials below will not have to live.

"That's easy. How many eunuchs and palace maids are there in the harem?" Feng Xue raised her eyebrows and asked directly.

Wei Ziqi roughly understood Feng Xue’s meaning when he heard this, but he was not aware of this and just said:

"Your Majesty has no crown prince yet, nor does he have concubines in the harem. The number of nanny maids and nannies in the harem is not large, but this aspect is under the jurisdiction of the queen, and I don't know."

"Then let's stay all of them. First, be a palace maid. There will be monthly payments every month. Which one do I like? I am promoted to a concubine. If I have not been granted a title at the age of 25, I can choose to leave the palace or stay. The royal family can prepare dowry for them or even arrange marriages. According to their conditions, the wife should be fine, right?"

Feng Xue reached out and patted Wei Ziqi on the shoulder. Although this action was not very etiquette, Wei Ziqi did not pay much attention. His mind was now in chaos, and he was thinking about how to announce this matter to the world so that it seemed more "elegant".

Because the real problem is not this time, but in the future.

Before this, the emperor's empress and concubines were basically the legitimate daughters of major nobles. Emperor Xin's choice of concubine this time was a compromise made by many ministers who were driven crazy by the emperor's life and death without taking the concubine and having children.

But if everyone enters the harem as palace maids, it means that this will become the convention for the palace to choose palace maids in the future. Otherwise, the quality of the next batch of palace maids will inevitably decline. Regardless of the reason, this is the dereliction of duty in the harem.

Moreover, the women selected for the concubine this time are between fourteen and twenty years old. That is to say, at most five years, a group of palace maids will leave the palace. In order to ensure that there are enough palace maids in the palace, they have to be selected again, that is, the interval between each selection is about four to five years.

Although actually choosing 500 people in five years is not to mention the current population, even if it is just a small number within Chaoge City, the problem is that the scope of this selection is too large, so the process is exhausting.

Seeing Wei Ziqi's helpless look, Feng Xue rolled her eyes and said:

"Are you trying to choose a concubine and get rid of money?"

"Your Majesty, I am..." Wei Ziqi was a little frightened, afraid that the boss would not choose based on this excuse, but let him say against his conscience that this matter was promoted, which would be a pity to the people.

Feng Xue smiled and said:

"We can do this, first of all, choose a concubine... Well, since we are a palace maid, not necessarily a concubine, then we will give a talent show. This talent show can be voluntarily registered and can withdraw at any time. What do you think?"

"Is this meaningful?" Wei Ziqi didn't quite understand Feng Xue's thoughts, so he simply asked.

"It makes sense. First of all, we need to create a trend, that is, only women who are excellent in all aspects can participate in the draft. This will improve the status of women who participate in the draft and get ranking in the local area. For example, if a farmer girl rises to the provincial level during the draft, do you think she is very outstanding?" Feng Xue pointed at the Wei Zi and started, and he immediately reacted:

"So that's it! This talent show is actually a woman's imperial examination! And because etiquette tutoring and talent are conducted for free, it can be said that it doesn't even need money for study. Even if you can't enter the harem, you have the opportunity to change your destiny. If a farmer's daughter has achieved grades, her virtuousness will definitely not be inferior to the legitimate daughter of a big family. The wealthy nobles may not care about it, but it is absolutely enough to be the mistress of an ordinary noble or a businessman's family!"

"In addition, you can also contact those big businessmen, such as your brother-in-law's ready-to-wear shop..."

"Your Majesty, this..."

"It's not about trouble for you, I'll tell me, if a specific merchant provides rouge, watermelon, clothing and jewelry, will their products be known to the people as the talent show progress? I think they will be happy to pay for this effect..."

"This is Xu Gong's advertising method!" Fei Zhong, the Minister of Revenue, who was accompanying him, looked in his eyes. "Why didn't we expect that this talent show can be connected to the business road! I'll contact the Yun family now, and I believe they will definitely be willing to participate! In this way, not only will it not cost the people and money, but it can even add a tax revenue account."

"But is it wrong for businessmen to participate in the royal election?" Wei Ziqi is more rational. Although it seems to be beneficial to people's livelihood and finance, he always feels something is wrong?

"What's wrong? As long as the talent show in each region is made public to the public, good is good, bad is bad, then everything is fine. When you go through the review again in the end, if you find any problems, you will directly hold them accountable. If you catch a few typical examples every year, you will be safe!"

King Wu Cheng, who was also the Minister of War, glared at Wei Ziqi with dissatisfaction. The meaning in his eyes was clearly: "At this time, whatever Your Majesty said, it is the main thing to ask him to bring his concubine back to the palace first! Didn't you see my sister still basking in the sun?"

Well, why did Huang Feihu in another place contain so many thoughts in one look? After all, he is a sacred cow, so it is not surprising that he has some special abilities.

In short, Wei Ziqi finally realized it and hurriedly said:

"What Your Majesty is saying is that we will discuss the draft later. I wonder if your Majesty has any one who you are interested in at first sight, so you must first seal two?"

"..." Feng Xue looked at Huang Feihu with fun, then looked at Wei Ziqi again, then took out the list, and flipped through a few pages and said:
Chapter completed!