The wish of the Qing Dynasty is fulfilled

The news that the concubines had collectively requested permission to organize a beauty pageant for the emperor quickly spread from the palace, which was leaky everywhere.

Most of the ministers were very reluctant.

After all, this emperor was a late bloomer, and when he reached middle age he had children in droves as if they were free.

What's the point of sending your own daughter into the palace?

It's just a way to make a small profit with a big investment. If a descendant of one's own bloodline ascends to a high position, who wouldn't want to become the second "Tong Banchao"?

But now the emperor already has a basket of sons. After his daughter enters the palace and develops a good relationship with her before having another child, the older brothers will be far ahead of him, and it will be too late for them to have another child!

There are quite a few ministers who have this idea, but there are also many officials who are neither high nor low and have this idea.

After all, they don’t know whether the number of princes will continue to increase to the point where they become worthless in the future.

He only wanted to send his daughter to the palace, so that he could get a prince by some means, and his family would have some honor as a "prince's in-laws".

Regarding the selection of concubines, the Queen Mother continued to pretend to be dead. She didn't want to see the child, but she also didn't want to be the bad guy and refute it. After all, she couldn't afford the crime of hindering the birth of the royal heir.

What about the emperor involved?

The emperor's thoughts were complicated.

What he was planning in his mind was to balance the power of the previous dynasty and the harem after ascending the throne, so that everything would be under his control.

The harem is indeed balanced now, with each person having at least two children, and either just giving birth or pregnant again.

Now he doesn't even have someone to serve him at night. During the day, he enjoys the company of beautiful women, but when dusk falls, these concubines run away faster than rabbits.

The only things left were the cucumbers that were regularly replenished in the surrounding rooms, and they were being consumed rapidly because of the speed at which she became pregnant after serving the emperor in bed.

The emo emperor "reluctantly" agreed to the talent show. The twins in Yixiu's belly once again tortured her to death, and the talent show matters had to fall on someone else's shoulders.

But looking around, Concubine Hua had just gotten pregnant, Concubine Qi had just given birth and was still in confinement, and looking down, Concubine Jing was also pregnant with her third child. Only Concubine He, Cao Qinmo, stood out.

That’s right, because Wen Yi was the emperor’s only healthy daughter, Cao Qinmo was directly promoted to the position of concubine when she was first appointed. She was also given the title of [He] because of her daughter’s status as a mother, which was much stronger than [Xiang].

However, having only one concubine to preside over the selection seemed to be of little importance, so the empress dowager, who was no longer useful, was dragged out again.

Although they proposed the beauty pageant because they did not want the pregnancy to continue, the concubines were also unwilling to let other competitors take power. When they saw that the result was that the Queen Mother was in charge and the concubine He assisted, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The reason is very simple. This Concubine He, who has a very low sense of presence, has only one daughter, Wen Yi. And like Concubine Fang, she was injured after giving birth and has no children.

In addition, Wen Yi is well-behaved and cute, and is the collective beloved sister of this group of princes. There are little princes crying and shouting to find their sister all day long.

As there was no competition and she got along well with her sons, the concubines were all very satisfied with Concubine He taking over the selection.

Cao Qinmo, who was working, was very dissatisfied. It was bad enough to work like a beast of burden, but as a concubine she also had to be treated like a beast of burden. What about these nesting dolls?

When she is unhappy, someone will suffer, and the first to suffer is the empress dowager who always has a sullen face in front of her.

The empress dowager, who also didn't want to work, had no idea that the oxen and horses in the same trough would actually "stab her in the back". After the selection, she suddenly found that her hair had fallen out by almost half. She didn't want the Imperial Household Department to know about such an embarrassing thing, so she could only send a message to Longkodo overnight to ask him to make more wigs outside the palace and send them to her.

In order to avoid embarrassing herself in front of her old lover, the Queen Mother calmly shifted the blame to Zhuxi, saying that she had asked for the wig bag for Zhuxi.

Bamboo Breath:?

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Because this selection was not an ordinary year, and the emperor had also said in advance that there was no need for extravagance.

Well-informed families were reluctant to let their daughters enter the palace and had made arrangements in advance. They would just go through the motions and then return home to get married.

Shen Zishan was not willing to abandon his daughter to go to that cannibalistic place to seek wealth and fame, so Shen Meizhuang, who had no ambition, just went through the motions and would visit him after returning home and live a peaceful life as the mistress of the house.

Zhen Yuandao was one of the court officials who was somewhat attracted by the reputation of the prince's in-laws. After all, living at the foot of the imperial city, a fourth-rank official was not a high enough status.

The person he was most proud of was his eldest daughter, Zhen Huan, who was beautiful and well-mannered, and proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She was incomparable to ordinary women, and it would be a waste of his years of training if she didn't enter the palace.

No one knew what Zhen Huan was thinking. She said she only wanted someone who was loyal to her, but she also carefully put together an outfit for the talent show.

On the day of the selection, the emperor arrived late, looking surprised.

Come to think of it, holding a talent show amidst the constant pregnancy news in the harem is like announcing his sexual information to everyone with a loudspeaker for a man like him whose self-esteem and mind are not much bigger than a needle tip. It would be strange if he could smile.

Faced with the emperor's cold face, the concubines became more and more nervous, fearing that they had displeased the emperor and implicated their families.

The Queen Mother, who was supposed to smooth things over, was busy worrying about whether her hair bun would fall off, fearing that the wind would blow her hat off and reveal her wig.

Seeing three rows of beauties go down one after another, the emperor felt a little annoyed.

He looked down on vulgar women, but he couldn't leave any of them alone. Thinking of his ability to hit the target in every shot, his attention gradually shifted from appearance to figure. He decided to pick two who were easy to bear children.

The petite and delicate An Lingrong did not meet the emperor's requirements for being "easy to give birth to", so she could only retreat sadly.

Zhen Huan was noticed by the emperor because she was in a daze, and the words "Han Huan has a slender waist like a palace maid" made the emperor a little moved.

There was no other reason. Ever since the concubines became pregnant one after another, very few people would play this kind of tricks with the emperor. After all, this "erotic word" with a hint of suggestion was equivalent to naked seduction in the emperor's ears.

Looking at Zhen Huan's face again, the emperor was even more moved, and felt that God had given him the most perfect gift.

The Queen Mother did not react much when she saw Zhen Huan's face. After all, Concubine Yixiu already had a son, and even if Concubine Chunyuan came now, she would have to queue up several times to give birth to a child. And this Zhen was just a fake and not worth paying attention to.

The Emperor and Zhen Huan were chatting enthusiastically in public. The girls in the same row felt their feet were numb from standing, and they were cursing the "Chu Palace Waist" who loved to show off in their hearts.

Under the emperor's reluctant gaze, Zhen Huan left a name tag and a sachet and left. Zhen Huan, whose heart was beating fast, didn't know that after she left, the happy emperor waved his hand and selected six, seven or eight beauties in a row.

After Yixiu finally received the list of selected candidates, she tried hard but still couldn't help but widen her eyes.