Chapter 3310 3312 [Four newcomers]
April 8, the show girls participating in the talent show arrived in Beijing one after another, and then the formal screening began.
When screening, the palace nuns will first inspect them. Those with abnormal facial features, disabilities, body odor, and unclear speech will be eliminated in advance to avoid tainting the emperor's sight.
Only the beautiful ladies who pass this level of screening can enter the palace and be selected by the emperor.
At that time, the beautiful ladies took mule carts into the Forbidden City through Shenwu Gate and then out through Donghua Gate, which was called Jiaojin.
In the past, in order to get a head start, all the beautiful women wanted to enter the palace in advance to meet the saint, so there was often a chaos outside the Shenwu Gate, with you fighting for it and it was very lively.
Xiang Nan knew this shortcoming, so he specially ordered that only two flags should be seen every day, and the order would be determined by the number of people. Those with fewer people are in front, and those with more people are behind.
The night before entering the palace, the participants of the banner where the show girl was sitting were in the lead of the car, divided into three groups: Manchu, Mongolian and Han, and then arranged in order according to age, with the younger ones going first and the older ones last.
In this way, you can avoid disputes and get into trouble.
After the decree was issued, the people of the Eight Banners were grateful for God's grace and followed it one by one.
Since April 8th, Xiang Nan has been recruiting girls in the Royal Garden.
There are more than 4,000 show girls participating in this draft, and more than 1,000 people watch every day, which is really not a small number. And it's not just about watching beauties for eight hours a day. In fact, these more than a thousand beauties have to be watched within an hour.
After all, the emperor has many things to do and doesn't have much time to spend, so he can only look at each beautiful woman once, just like walking around.
Moreover, they are said to be "beautiful girls". In fact, they are beautiful, ugly, tall, short, fat and thin, and they can be found everywhere. Not all of them are beauties.
So for Xiang Nan, it’s really not a bad job.
Show girls all have a sign on their body, which says their name, place of origin, age, etc. If he likes it, they can keep her name tag, which is called "leaving a sign." If you don't like it, you are called "abandoning your brand".
The one who leaves the sign is not 100% accurate, and will have to be re-selected later. Those who have their check-boxes wiped out are also called "dropping their cards".
And even if you are selected, you may not necessarily stay in the palace. Because in addition to being matched with the emperor, beautiful girls can also be married with princes, nobles, princes, and grandsons.
At that time, Chen Wanyin, Su Luyun, Hailan, etc., after passing the draft, were pointed out by Emperor Yongzheng to Xiang Nan as the princess.
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Xiang Nan sifted through them all the way, looking at them for four days, looking at one woman every two seconds on average, and his eyes were almost blurred.
However, all the hard work was not in vain. After careful selection, I still selected a few beautiful girls.
One of them is Yehenara Yihuan, the daughter of Yongshou, the Minister of War, who appears in the play; the other three have not appeared in the play, but they are all rare beauties.
One is Guarjia Yingli, the daughter of Yuanwai Lang Shien, who was born in Zhengbai Banner. She looks almost exactly like Gong Xue, a popular mainland actress in the 1980s;
One is He Yuhan, the daughter of General Jiangning of the Han Army with a yellow flag, who looks a lot like Ziwei Princess in "Huan Zhu Ge Ge"; the other is Shen Wenqing, the daughter of Shen Yue with a red flag and a pen style, who looks like a mainland actress He Qing is quite similar...
These four, Xiang Nan is preparing to take them into the palace.
Among them, Yehenara Yihuan was granted the title of Shu Guiren, Guarjia Yingli was granted the title of Chang, and He Yuhan and Shen Wenqing agreed.
There were also six beautiful girls, who were not very beautiful, but had a distinguished status, so they were recommended by Xiang Nan to be married to the princes and nobles in the court.
For example, in Manchuria with a yellow flag, the daughter of Fengtian General Gongala was given to Hongjing, the son of Prince Chun, the seventh elder brother of Kangxi; in Manchuria with a red flag, Wanyan, the daughter of the chief minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was awarded to Prince Hong Zhou as a princess, etc.
After nearly two months of busy work, the draft has finally come to an end. The four new young masters then entered the palace on May 4th after being taught the rules by their nanny.
Among them, Yi Huan and Shen Wenqing lived in Chuxiu Palace; He Yuhan lived in Xianfu Palace where Fucha Zhuying was located; and Guarjia Yingli lived in Yongshou Palace where Hailan was located.
As a result, Xiang Nan had twelve concubines. Except for Jin Yuyan, who was not favored, they basically rotated every two weeks. Compared to before, the concubines were indeed less favored.
Therefore, in order to make up for this, Xiang Nan would specially accompany them to have lunch in the harem, talk to them, and relieve their boredom and worries.
Among the four newcomers, Xiang Nan admires Yi Huan and Shen Wenqing more.
At first sight, the two of them were not only literate, but also quite talented. Yi Huan is familiar with poetry and books, and is familiar with the Book of Songs, Tang poetry, Song lyrics, and Yuan operas; Shen Wenqing is elegant and good at painting, and his landscape paintings are very unique.
As for Yingli and He Yuhan, although they are beautiful, they are slightly inferior in talent.
This is no wonder, after all, he comes from a family of bannermen and generals. These families do not attach much importance to women's education and believe that it is virtue for a woman to have no talent and she only needs to work hard at knitting.
Therefore, unless there is personal preference, there will be no such projects as "playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting" in family education.
However, although Xiang Nan has a preference in his heart, Xiang Nan still has a bowl of water. Everyone wants to be favored in the same way, which saves them from being jealous and scheming.
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“It rains every house during the yellow plum season, and there are frogs everywhere in the grassy ponds. I have an appointment and I don’t come until midnight, so I can knock the chess pieces and let the lanterns fall.” Yi Huan read the poem.
At this time, it was raining lightly outside the window, which made her feel worried and full of sorrow.
“Who is Yihuan having an appointment with? Could it be me?” Xiang Nan walked in and said with a smile.
“Concubine, please greet me, Your Majesty!” Yi Huan blushed and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"Get up quickly." Xiang Nan stepped forward and helped him up.
"In such weather, the emperor should take care of his dragon body and don't need to come to my concubine." Yi Huan said again.
In ancient times, the level of medical care was poor, and colds and colds could easily kill people. Therefore, people paid great attention to their health and tried not to go out when it was windy or rainy.
"Don't worry, my body is not that fragile." Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled, "But your body is delicate, and it will not be good if you catch a cold. So it is better for you to see me than for me to come see you."
There are two types of sleeping arrangements for the concubines in the harem. One is that after the emperor turns over the sign, he is taken to the Yangxin Hall by Feng Luan Chun En's chariot to serve him; the other is that the emperor goes directly to the palace where the concubines live.
Xiang Nan doesn't use the former one very much, because in the Yangxin Hall, there are always eunuchs in the Jingsi Room standing outside the window to take time.
Generally, the shouting will start in half an hour, and then the concubines who are sleeping will be taken away and will not stay with the emperor, lest the emperor be greedy for women, damage his body, and waste state affairs.
So Xiang Nan would most likely come to the concubines' palace. Firstly, he could chat with them and exchange feelings. Secondly, he could stay in the concubine's palace all night without worrying about eunuchs pinching him outside the window.
Hearing what Xiang Nan said, Yi Huan was naturally very moved, "I would like to thank you, Your Majesty, for hanging the curtain."
“Are you reading Zhao Shixiu’s poems?” Xiang Nan asked with a smile.
“Yes.” Yi Huan nodded.
“Zhao Shixiu’s poems are good. They are natural and indifferent, and have noble feelings. They match your temperament very well.” Xiang Nan nodded and smiled.
“Long Live Master commented that he is also a person who understands poetry.” Yi Huan nodded and smiled.
(End of this chapter)