Everyone in my harem is talented

After Qin Zhi left Luanyi Palace, he went straight to Ci'an Palace where the Queen Mother lived.

As I passed through the gate of Ci'an Palace and was about to enter the hall, I heard the empress dowager's hearty laughter.

"My son is here to pay his respects to the Queen Mother. What interesting story are you talking about? She is laughing so happily. My son is far away in the Imperial Garden and has been attracted by her laughter. Can you share it with me?"

Qin Zhi spoke loudly with a smile before he even stepped into the palace.

Hearing that the strange cousin had entered the palace, he had to come and see.

It was impossible for Qin Zhi to be unaware of any disturbance in the palace. When he was the crown prince, Qin Zhi set up two secret agencies, the Jingjisi and the Xiuyiwei, to verify each other.

The emperor's grandfather knew about it, but he indulged him and often provided him with various conveniences. Gradually, the entire Kyoto was filled with Qin Zhi's eyes.

After he became emperor and the Jingjisi and Xiuyiwei were legalized, this pair of eyes could see more and farther.

Qin Zhi said that he needed a full sense of security.

And fresh joy.

The gossip in each household is even more exciting than the stories in the vernacular novels.

"My son is here. You are such a cramped child. The Imperial Garden is three miles away from my Ci'an Palace. Could it be that you were born with a pair of super hearing ears? When I gave birth to you, I didn't realize that you had such a miraculous thing."

When the Queen Mother heard Qin Zhi's voice, she turned towards the entrance of the palace and said with a smile.

The Empress Dowager was already past the age of fifty (people are considered fifty years old), and she sat in the main seat on the left side of the main hall. She looked vigorous, not showing any signs of old age, and was fully graceful and elegant.

Only the fine lines at the corners of her eyes show the traces of her years. The peerless beauty of her youth has now been precipitated by the years.

"That must be because my mother and I are closely connected, so I can feel her joy from afar." Qin Zhi walked towards the main seat on the right side of the main hall with a smile, turned around and sat down.

"Don't be so joking. Your aunt and cousin have come to the palace to visit me. I was just talking to your aunt about your cousin's childhood. She was such a lovely girl."

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you, Your Majesty. May Your Majesty stay healthy."

The emperor and the empress dowager were talking, and the wife of the Marquis of Cheng'en did not dare interrupt. She had to stand up with her daughter and wait. After the emperor finished speaking, he turned around and sat down, then she and her daughter knelt in greeting.

"Zhen An, get up."

Qin Zhi reached out to take the tea brought by the empress dowager's maid, took a sip and put it down casually. He only glanced at the wife of the Marquis Cheng'en and her daughter, then withdrew his slightly scrutinizing gaze.

Qin Zhi's uncle, Marquis Cheng'en Lu Jingren's second wife and their legitimate daughter Lu Xiyin.

According to convention, the queen's biological father would be conferred the title of Duke Cheng'en, but the title of Duke Cheng'en was not hereditary. When Qin Zhi's grandfather passed away, the title of Duke Cheng'en was revoked.

The title of Duke Cheng'en could not be inherited, but the Queen Mother had only this one younger brother. Although he was not good at either literature or martial arts, he looked honest and had never caused any trouble. So Qin Zhi conferred the title of Duke Cheng'en on his uncle.

The wife of Marquis Cheng'en was an unmarried woman in her forties. She was delayed because she had to observe four consecutive mourning periods for her grandfather, grandmother, father, and mother.

In the end, she could only marry Marquis Cheng'en as his second wife and gave birth to a daughter, Lü Xinyin.

As for the former wife of Marquis Cheng'en, she had long passed away due to illness. She left behind a son and two daughters for Marquis Cheng'en. The son passed the imperial examination and the two daughters were married.

"Xiyin, come and show your cousin. You are a grown-up girl now." The Queen Mother waved to Lu Xiyin.

Lu Xinyin wore a pink and white jacket with silver auspicious clouds, a long skirt with peach blossom patterns, and a peach blossom hairpin, looking very pretty.

"I have met His Majesty."

Lu Xinyin came out from behind the wife of Marquis Cheng'en, quickly raised her eyes to glance at Qin Zhi, then lowered her eyes, as if she didn't dare to look again. Her eyelashes trembled unconsciously for a moment because of nervousness, her cheeks were flushed, and her voice was crisp.

Qin Zhi raised his eyebrows. His uncle, Marquis Cheng'en, was honest and obedient, but his daughter was like this...

Not sure, check again.

"Cousin, are you going to participate in the draft next year?"

"My father, mother and aunt all hope that I can enter the palace to serve Your Majesty."

Lu Xi's voice was as soft as a mosquito or a fly. After he finished speaking, he hid behind the wife of Marquis Cheng'en, looking timid.

Recently, a brothel called "Qun Yu Shan Shang" has become popular throughout Kyoto. It has joined forces with other brothels and created a gimmick of selecting twelve flower fairies, attracting a large group of playboys who spend money like water there.

An embroidery workshop called Qixiulou that made ready-made clothes and a cosmetics shop called Xiningzhi were not willing to lag behind, and the three stores joined forces and became very popular for a while.

The romantic ladies on the Qunyu Mountain put on new makeup, wore new designs from the Qixiu Tower, and participated in the selection of the Twelve Flower Fairies.

In addition, the prostitutes who selected the twelve flower fairies also recommended flower-scented soaps to the group of dandy boys, and gave them clothes and cosmetics as gifts to their mothers, wives, and sisters???

Various confusing operations emerge one after another.

But the effect was remarkable. Qixiulou's new designs of clothes, new makeup looks, and floral soaps can be said to have led a new fashion in Kyoto.

When the information was handed over, Qin Zhi was a little shocked. The owner of Qun Yu Mountain, Qi Xiu Tower and Xi Ningzhi was actually the daughter of Marquis Cheng'en who had not yet reached the age of marriage.

It’s so weird. I looked at it again and it’s still so weird.

An underage noble lady actually opened a brothel?

Qin Zhi smiled playfully and asked jokingly, "What about you?"

"Zhi'er, Xiyin is a girl, how can she be so frivolous?" Upon seeing this, the Queen Mother hurriedly defended her.

"Xinyin is willing of course." Lu Xinyin half lowered her head, revealing her smooth collar, and said softly.

Qin Zhi raised his thin lips and sneered.

"Zhi'er, what business do you have with me?"

Qin Zhi picked up the tea and took a sip, looking very leisurely.

In fact, there was nothing serious, but could he say that?

That obviously can't happen.

When the wife of Marquis Cheng'en saw this, she thought that the Emperor and the Empress Dowager had something important to say and it was inconvenient for outsiders to be present, so she had to find an excuse.

"Your Highness, please forgive me for being rude. I just passed by the Plum Garden with Xiyin and saw the winter plums there, which looked like copper cut and gold painted, very beautiful. I heard from Aunt Xinyun that the white and red plums in the Plum Garden are also in great bloom. Can you let Aunt Xinyun take us to the front Plum Garden to see it?"

"What's the harm?"

The Queen Mother turned her head to the senior palace maid Xinyun beside her and said cheerfully, "Xinyun, you should take them and their son there quickly, otherwise they will not be able to enjoy the plum blossoms and their minds will be focused on the plum garden. They will blame me when they go back."

"Wait, bring my new Fire Fox cloak to Xiyin first. It's cold, don't let her get cold."

"This fire fox cloak was given to me by your cousin the other day. However, I am old and no longer suitable for such bright colors."

The Queen Mother said that she was old, and hinted that the gift the Emperor gave her was inappropriate. Lady Cheng'en Hou knew that the correct answer the Queen Mother wanted at this time was to express her attitude immediately and stand clearly behind the Queen Mother.

But she didn't want to, and couldn't. She felt that the Queen Mother was a little confused, and her husband, Cheng'en Houjin, had told her before she brought her daughter into the palace that she should be confused about everything.

The wife of Marquis Cheng'en had no choice but to answer, "The Empress Dowager is radiant, how could she be old!" Then she raised her face with the same honest expression as Marquis Cheng'en and smiled.

"Go ahead." The Queen Mother said with a cold face and little interest.

"My subject, I will take my leave."

Qin Zhi put down the tea leisurely.

"It's not a big deal, but I'll have to trouble you to take care of the draft next April."

"Last month, didn't you tell me that the selection of concubines was handed over to Concubine Yi?"

"The court officials submitted a memorial, saying that the country cannot live without a mother for a day. I thought so, so I agreed to their request and will choose a queen from the selected beauties in the selection in the spring of next year."

"There are only a few months left. Why are you in such a hurry to appoint a queen?" The empress dowager frowned slightly, as if she was a little dissatisfied.

Qin Zhi felt that the Queen Mother's acting was a little clumsy.

It's not that the acting is poor, but the means used to make things happen are too childish.

If he has no intention of choosing a concubine to be his queen, no one can explain it.

It is up to him to decide who to choose and who to establish.

"No matter how hurried it is, I have approved it. Let's leave it at that." Qin Zhi finished the rest of the tea in one gulp, put the cup down and stood up.

"I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave now." After saying that, he turned around and left Ci'an Palace.

It’s okay for Lu Xinyin to enter the palace.

It’s not possible to let her be the queen.

Even if there was no queen mother, Qin Zhi would have let Lu Xinyin enter the palace. Such a special person must be kept under his nose.

On the other side, Xinyun led the mother and daughter of Marquis Cheng'en and several palace servants walking on a path in the plum garden. There was snow on both sides and plum blossoms blooming on the branches.

"Aunt Xinyun, can you tell me about our Dayong's talent show system (it's an unimportant setting, you can watch it or not)?"

"The selection of concubines in the Yong Dynasty was usually presided over by the queen. If there was no queen, the highest-ranking concubine would act as the proxy. The daughters of families with official positions or titles in the capital area had to participate in the selection when they reached the age.

If you are selected, you can become a candidate for a concubine in the harem or a candidate for the main concubine or concubine of the prince or grandson of the emperor.

In addition to entering the palace, a woman can also obtain an imperial decree or imperial decree granting her marriage, but she will not enter the harem. However, this requires the elders of the two families to tell the emperor and empress before the selection, granting the marriage as a sign of favor, going through the process, and gilding the marriage of the two families. The decree granting marriage was written for the woman long before the selection, and the woman with the decree granting marriage would not participate in the step of the emperor's selection.

However, only the ministers who were close to the emperor had the nerve to ask for this holy grace and obtain the decree of marriage from the emperor and empress.

Ordinary people could not obtain the imperial decree for marriage, and if they did not want to participate in the selection of concubines, they could do so. They only needed to report to the palace that their daughter of marriageable age had been promised to someone else, and they would not have to participate in the selection. As for whether the promise was real or fake, no one would investigate.

In addition, although the talent show is mainly aimed at the Gyeonggi region, the daughters of local officials outside the Gyeonggi region can also participate if they want to.

The decree for the selection of concubines was issued earlier. Local officials in non-capital areas, including those of the seventh rank and above, who have daughters of appropriate age and want them to return to the capital to participate in the selection of concubines, can also report to the palace and let their daughters become concubines to be selected. "