Lian Lizhi

In the early spring of the eighth year of Mingde, the harem, which had been silent for a long time, ushered in prosperity.It seems like a year when a dead tree is in spring, the arrival of newcomers brings some vitality to the dull harem.

Today's Yu Zhaoyuan can be said to be proud and happy. In the past few years, Mrs. Hua was thrown into the cold palace first, then Zheng Waner lost her son and lost her heart, and after the glorious Xiao Qing died unexpectedly, Mrs. Rong was also thrown into the cold palace. Apart from the queen, she is the harem The person with the highest rank among them.Now that there are newcomers entering the palace, she naturally has to seize the opportunity to support a few capable newcomers to ensure that she will not be degraded even if she becomes unfavored in the future.

In the Xiaohe Hall, the emperor was above and the ministers were below, while Man Chen sat quietly beside the golden seat and listened quietly to the memorials presented by all parties.After Shao Taiwei was promoted and demoted from the court, many new faces were changed. The old people retreated to the second line and the younger generation was able to show their fists. Finally, various reforms and political strategies should be proposed, and Cai Manchen deliberately manipulated it behind the scenes, with Yongkang City as the XX wave of reforms sweeping across the country.For example, professional colleges invested by the imperial court, covering various majors including business, politics, and military affairs, are also opened after the first lunar month. In addition to the children of officials, ordinary people can also enroll in the school to seek education. Most of the teachers are retired from the imperial court and have high morals. Officials in charge, although everything is still in its infancy, it has been recognized and supported by the common people and many nobles.

After reporting the important government affairs, the Minister of Rites came out and said, "Return to your majesty, the primary selection for the draft has been properly arranged. After yesterday's primary selection, 17 female candidates and 25 princes have been selected. A total of [-] people have been arranged to live in Weiyang Palace, waiting for your majesty. Check with the empress!"

Hearing this, Kang Chensong couldn't help but frowned slightly, but Wen Manchen said slowly, "Master Shangshu can trust me and His Majesty in handling affairs. Today's weather happens to be worse than Shengxuan, so let's arrange it for today!"

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu handrailed, "Yes, I would like to obey the imperial edict!"

Kang Chensong seemed to want to say something, he glanced sideways at Man Chen, who had clear brows and a slight smile, and finally responded silently.After Shao Taiwei's incident, although Kang Chensong returned to court, he rarely spoke out against Man Chen's decision.He always felt guilty towards him, and over time the courtiers got used to the Queen giving orders to them.

The draft is set in Wanhuayuan, which is different from Xilin and Yuhuayuan.Xilin grows [-] mu of plum blossoms, which are the most pleasant in the cold and heat of the twelfth lunar month. There are many pavilions, terraces and pavilions in the Imperial Garden, and the scenery remains the same all year round. In the Wan Garden, there are many peaches, apricots, plums, crabapples, Seasonal flowers such as peonies, peonies, cloves, and rhododendrons are so colorful and beautiful that people are fascinated by them.

The Minister of Rituals decided the venue of the draft here on purpose, so it can be seen that the people participating in the draft this time are also of good looks.Otherwise, if the person and the flower stand together, if the person is not more charming than the flower, he will be compared by the flower.

Shangtong Palace was also rebuilt after the beginning of spring, and the reconstructed Shangtong Palace is even more luxurious and dignified.Living in it is like breaking into the fairy palace, even the first floor and the first pavilion are enough to show your intentions!

After getting down, Zhi Rong took the horn comb and dipped it in rose dew, loosened Man Chen's hair, and then braided it carefully. Such a formal occasion cannot be neglected at will.Zhirong learned the tricks, and the complicated Lingyun Temple gradually took shape under her hands.I still remember that when Man Chen was just sealed off, Zhirong only knew how to do some simple hairstyles on the sideburns, and the fashionable ones required senior nuns in the palace to teach her. From then on, whenever Zhirong was free, it was like the nuns humbly asking for advice over time. Complicated hair on the sideburns also came into play.

Man Chen dipped a rouge pen into the rouge and applied makeup carefully to the mirror. Since the assassination incident, he seldom applied makeup like he does now.My heart is dead, and who do I want to wear makeup for?However, on today's occasion, if she left with her face up to the sky, she would lose the bearing of a royal empress and attract people's attention.

Zhirong turned back and took a dark green phoenix robe, the phoenix was outlined with golden threads and only then did it shine under the light.After dressing, he is naturally dignified and gorgeous. Only the queen's gorgeous clothes can match his glamorous and refined temperament.

Zhirong leaned down and adjusted the corners of his clothes carefully before saying, "Your Majesty is so beautiful today, it would be great if your Majesty would dress like this every day!"

Man Chen laughed and said, "It took more than half an hour to dress up, if it was like this every day, wouldn't it be more troublesome!"

Zhirong also laughed and said, "With the empress here today, His Majesty may not be able to see others in his eyes!"

Hearing that the smile on Man Chen's face gradually faded, he quietly looked at the humanity in the mirror and said, "I was only 17 years old when I entered the palace, and now it's my fifth year!" What happened in five years? many things.Now that he has a high position and power, he has the final say on most of the Kangle Dynasty.But...it seems like a piece of my heart is missing, and I don't know where to go!

Zhirong also saw the dimness of his brows, so she couldn't help calling him, "Niang Niang..."

Man Chen smiled lightly, "It's getting late, let's go!"

Zhirong supported him and said, "Yes, empress!"

When Man Chen arrived, Xiu Nu and the princes had been waiting for a long time, and even Kang Chensong arrived one step earlier.

In Wanhua Garden, there are clusters of flowers, and 25 beautiful ladies and gentlemen are showing their postures like flowers and jade, but they are so quiet that they don't even hear their clothes.There is no one to teach, and there are beautiful women who take the lead and kneel down to pay their respects.

Facing the dusty faces of all the people, there was still an elegant and soft smile on his face, and he walked under the golden seat and saluted Kang Chensong, "It took me some time to dress up, so I came late, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"

Kang Chensong stared at him carefully and said, "The queen is beautiful today!"

Man Chen felt a little sore in his heart. That day in the Lieyuan Palace, he ignored the careful dressing for him, but now he obeyed the etiquette and perfunctory, but he paid attention to makeup.

Putting away the strangeness in his heart, Man Chen turned to laugh and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment!"

After saying that, Fang got up and stretched his sleeves and sat on a high seat before saying to everyone who was still kneeling on the ground, "Get up!"

The general election officially started after everyone got up, and Man Chen was ordered to enter the palace that day and did not go through this procedure.Only after listening to the high-pitched voice of the palace man shouting the name, did the beautiful girl or young master come forward, and while being examined, the palace man continued to talk about the person's family background and age.If you meet a favorite emperor or empress, you will ask a few questions, and after reporting for a round, the emperor and empress will discuss who will stay.The year when Man Chen entered the palace was presided over by Mrs. Hua at that time because there was no queen yet.

Man Chen sat on the queen's throne and watched the beautiful ladies and princes come forward one by one. They were all graceful, XX, cute, or dignified. They followed the palace rules and came forward devoutly and respectfully. Kneeling down to salute, looking up to the saint full of hope, his bright eyes are shining brightly.

Their reasons for entering the palace may be different, but standing here they are also full of expectations for the future.To the prosperity of the future, to the wealth of the future...

With good expectations and a little bit of worry, these young people are like the people they met when they first entered the palace, such as Zheng Wan'er, Xiao Qing, Ling Yue... Didn't they walk into this place full of expectations? The palace, but in the end, what did you get?

However, there were 25 people, and it took a round soon.Neither the empress nor the empress paid special attention to it, so the show girl and the young masters waited quietly for the empress' final decision, panicking in their hearts.

The palace servants offered the roster with both hands, "Please give me flowers, Your Majesty and Your Majesty!"

Giving flowers is a more elegant and interesting way. Put all kinds of flowers on the plate, and if the empress wants to let someone stay, she will give her one.Flowers are divided into high and low, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will arrange the order of serving and sleeping according to the flowers given.

The palace people held the roster with both hands, but seeing that the emperor and empress did not go to pick it up, they could only say again, "Please give me flowers, Your Majesty and Empress!"

When Man Chen saw Kang Chensong for the first time, he still didn't respond, so he reached out to take the roster and said to Kang Chensong, "Does Your Majesty like it?"

Kang Chensong glanced at everyone in the audience and said, "The empress decides!"

The draft wasn't what he meant, so when he called the name just now, he didn't think about it at all.

Man Chen forced himself not to think deeply, and handed over the roster, "The Empress Dowager prefers this concubine selection, and the concubines dare not make arbitrary decisions!"

Kang Chensong looked at him with helplessness and sadness in his eyes.Man'er, why do you still force me like this when you know I have no intention?

Man Chen pursed his lips tightly, not daring to look at him and said, "Choosing a concubine is a great plan of the country, please be careful, Your Majesty!"

Kang Chensong was helpless, and finally ordered seven people to stay, and out of the 25 people, four men and three women were selected.Man Chen knew that he had no intention of doing so, so he didn't force it, so he ordered three more people to make up a total of ten, and sent the roster to the Queen Mother for a draft.

It was night, and the lights of Shangtong Palace were still on.Zhirong came in with a bowl of stewed bird's nest with rock sugar, "Your Majesty has been busy all night, let's eat something first!"

Man Chen put down his pen and said, "These rewards will be sent tomorrow, don't delay!"

Zhirong took a look and said, "Your Majesty is blessed now, but you still need your mother to do these trivial matters. I heard that Lu, who has just been elected to the palace today, promised to serve as a servant, and I think he will be promoted again tomorrow!"

Man Chen turned his head slightly and said, "Today is Lu agreeing?"

Zhirong said, "Isn't that right. I see, among today's show girls, she looks the most alluring, like a vixen!"

Man Chen glared at her, then casually destroyed the gift list he had just written, and made a new one, saying, "You girl is getting more and more outspoken, this Lu family is a cousin of the Empress Dowager, and it is the Empress Dowager's preference to enter the palace this time." Not to mention my palace, even His Majesty will give her some points."

Speaking of which, Man Chen handed the newly written gift list to her and said, "The one of Lu Changzai must be sent separately!"

Zhi Rong reluctantly continued, "Yes, the servant knows!"