At night, two bright moons slowly rose from the horizon, and the silver and ice-blue lights shone gently on the towering imperial palace complex in the air!

Wangxingyuntai in the southwest corner of the imperial palace is now crowded with people, and a large group of palace maids and eunuchs are busy busy and making final preparations for the upcoming grand event.*

In the square in front of the imperial palace, countless luxurious spacecraft took off and landed continuously, but unlike the cars used by the nobles in the past, the spacecraft appearing today are all of the same specifications and appearances. The hull is engraved with silver-light dragon patterns dedicated to the imperial royal family, and the golden ring emblem unique to the Royal Interior Office.

Martial law has been fully imposed near the Imperial Palace, and the brigade's palace guards and the garrison troops of the Imperial Ministry of Interior jointly undertake the security and defense of this period.

Groups of young girls dressed in costumes slowly walked down the gangway under the leadership of the palace female officials, and then gathered in front of the palace gate. After checking the number of people and verifying their identities, they then took the speed in the palace to go to Wangxingyuntai.

After arriving at the destination, the girls lined up under the command of the leading female official and then entered the hall in an orderly manner.

"Are you almost here?" Xiao Muhan sat high on the phoenix throne, looked at the girls coming in casually, and asked faintly.

The female official in purple next to her immediately bowed and responded: "Yes, all the women who meet the conditions have entered the imperial palace. After identity verification, they will all arrive here within ten minutes!"

"Well, count the time, Your Majesty should come here too!" The queen nodded and said, "You can send someone to the imperial study room to take a look. I think that at this time, the government affairs should be handled!"

In the palace talent show, according to the convention passed down by the royal families of various countries in the Xinghai, the women who run for the election mainly come from all nobles in the empire with the title of viscount or above, officials with the same level of administrative positions, senior military generals with the rank of lieutenant general or above, or high-level psychics with at least the cultivation of the holy class. Among the direct relatives of these upper-class figures in the empire, as long as there are women who meet the requirements, they are qualified to participate in the talent show!

This draft is the first time since the founding of the Starlight Empire, so it is particularly grand. Because the empire's territory is too large, with more than 7,000 star domains and nearly 100,000 administrative planets! Therefore, the number of participants has reached hundreds of thousands, the highest in history!

In fact, the preliminary screening work began several months ago. The Royal Interior Office will send a large number of specialists to various parts of the empire to conduct preliminary review of all women who are qualified to run for election, select the women who meet the conditions one by one, and then summarize the information and submit them to the empire queen.

Then, these women will take a spaceship from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the imperial capital, and the female officials of the palace will conduct the second round of selection, from their appearance to etiquette, from their clothing to their minds and knowledge, from their family background to their political tendencies, religious beliefs, etc., and all the extremely harsh standards will be checked layer by layer, and all those that do not meet the requirements will be sent back to their original homes.

After multiple rounds of screening, the final number of qualified people was less than 500. Only this group of women were qualified to attend the cocktail party held at Wangxing Yuntai. The emperor and the empress would also be present in person. As for whether they have the blessing to marry into the royal family, it depends on their luck.

At this time, the entire imperial capital's powerful class was paying attention to this grand draft. The result was not just who His Majesty the Emperor chose. What they were most concerned about was whether the emperor's attitude towards the noble families had changed, as well as the impact of the draft on the future court of the Empire, what changes would be the new round of power structure, etc.!

The various arrangements in the hall were already ready. At 7 o'clock in the evening, the reception officially began. After the girls met the queen, they would sit together in groups, chatting and enjoy drinking and snacks, waiting for His Majesty to arrive.

"Sister, these women all look good!" Xiao Wenyue, who was standing next to the queen, looked at the situation in the hall and said to her quietly:

"I don't know how many of them will be picked tonight by His Majesty the Emperor! I'm afraid I won't accept them all?"

Xiao Muhan almost sprayed out the tea in his mouth: "All it is? What are you kidding? Are there hundreds of people here?"

She stuck out her tongue embarrassedly: "It's fun to talk about it! But now there are only a few people in the harem, so it's a good idea to join more people! What's more, the royal family's bloodline is thin, so we must change it as soon as possible!"

"With that being said, our Majesty is not very willing!" Xiao Muhan sighed, "These women are probably going to return in disappointment!"

Xiao Wenyue blinked her clear big eyes: "Wouldn't that be better for you sister? You were invited by those noble families to persuade Your Majesty to agree to the draft, which has given them enough face. As for Your Majesty's choice, it is because their women are not good at doing well, but they can't blame others!"

"You are so light!" the queen shook her head and said, "According to the convention of the previous dynasty, each family with a title of Duke or above has an internal quota! No matter what Your Majesty's attitude is, the women of these families have a chance to enter the palace! If Your Majesty does not like them, he can only ask those families to change their candidates, but cannot cancel those internal quota!"

"And, for the sake of making good friends with the nobles, some women from some families must also be chosen! For example, Marshal Gulons's niece, Li Xingyan's two sisters, and other women from the family of senior officials..."

As she said that, she picked up a list from the desk, opened it and looked at it, "No matter what, after this talent show, there will always be a group of people coming in! Those families without a designated quota will depend on whether their women can be taken by His Majesty!"

Xiao Wenyue said thoughtfully: "Our family should have an internal quota, right?"

"Of course, our grandmother is also the Duke of the Empire!" the queen smiled, "I mentioned it to you last time. Now, you should make up your mind, right? If there is no objection, I will add your name!"

Xiao Wenyue's face darkened: "No talk! Who said I want to marry him?"

"You... don't want to?" The queen's expression couldn't help but stagnate, "How many women have dreamed of being able to marry into the royal family, but you didn't agree?"

"I just don't like him!" Xiao Wenyue snorted.

Xiao Muhan smiled bitterly and said, "Even if our Majesty is not an unparalleled person in the world, he is able to create such a great foundation in just a few years. This is not an achievement that anyone can achieve. You still don't like it? Then what kind of man do you want to find to be satisfied?"

"I just don't have the interest to share him with a group of women!" Xiao Wenyue announced proudly, "My future man can only belong to me. He must dare to find another woman. No matter how outstanding he is, I will cut him down!"

The queen was stunned for a long time before saying, "Sister, you may not know yet! Grandma has already told me about this in private. This is what she meant, and my father has no objection. So, besides marrying into the royal family, you cannot have any other choice!"

"What? They actually..." Xiao Wenyue's pretty face turned pale with anger, "Does our family have no women? Why did they come to me? What a bastard!"

"Forget it, sister!" Xiao Muhan sighed softly, "The decision of the head of the family cannot be changed. It is already very good for you to be able to marry such a man! Besides, with the sister here, no one in the palace dares to let you suffer aggrievance!"

Xiao Wenyue said angrily: "Okay! I can't change their decision, there is always someone who can change it! I will tell His Majesty myself!"

As she said that, her figure flashed and disappeared.

"This...hey?" Xiao Muhan wanted to stop her, but then changed her mind and sighed leisurely. He only hoped that her sister would be more tactful and not really annoy His Majesty.

Half an hour later, His Majesty the Emperor finally arrived, and the focus of the audience was at his position.

"Your Majesty is here!" Xiao Muhan Yingying stood up, chuckled and greeted.

Yun Haoyu nodded, glanced at the situation in the hall, and asked casually: "Are these girls to be chosen?"

Xiao Muhan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, after many rounds of selection, we have selected 461 women with excellent character, appearance and talent. You can choose as you like."

"Okay, I understand!" Yun Haoyu replied calmly.

After the emperor and the empress sat back, the beautiful girl in the hall immediately stepped forward and saluted again.

From a distance, these women are indeed unparalleled beauties. If you pick them up, their appearance, temperament, demeanor and behavior are impeccable. They wear pure white and snow-like classical lady dresses, without makeup, and only show off their faces without makeup. They are graceful and graceful, fat and thin, and their temperaments are either elegant and bright, gentle and charming, or as beautiful as peaches or plums, or mysterious and noble, with all kinds of different styles!

Hundreds of the most outstanding beauties in the empire came together, and the strong visual impact effect was even a shocking feeling when he was used to the stunning beauty!

No matter how many other considerations he had, he had to admit that now he was filled with an unprecedented sense of satisfaction!

Every normal man has a dream in his heart! Of course, there are very few who have the ability and luck to turn it into reality!

Power, wealth, women, and some other ideals. Isn’t this what people pursue in life? Although it seems utilitarian and vulgar, it is human nature!

There are hundreds of such excellent women standing in front of him, hoping to be attracted by him. It would be a terrible thing to say that he is not moved! In the final analysis, he is just a man!

"Your Majesty!" Seeing that he was not making a sound for a long time, Xiao Muhan coughed gently and reminded:

"You can go down and have a look, get in close contact with them, and talk to them by the way. If you like someone, give her a piece of jade token and leave the rest to me!"

As she said that, she took a golden box, which was filled with a box full of exquisite craftsmanship, about half a palm-sized round jade plaque.

"Your Majesty, I will help you with it!" Shuangyan, who was beside her, hurriedly stepped forward to take it.

"Okay!" Yun Haoyu also knew that it was a bit inappropriate for him to sit like this, so he stood up and walked down the jade stairs.

When the women saw him coming, their beautiful eyes showed expectant eyes, as if they wanted to lean over to say hello, but they were a little afraid and hesitated to make a move.
Chapter completed!