Zhao Huan was actually quite worried.

The messy things in the court were very annoying. It was actually quite annoying to lead troops to smash the other party’s place every few days. But Empress Dowager Meng didn’t think Zhao Huan was annoying, and now she is still planning to take concubines for Zhao Huan.

That's right, she just accepts a concubine, and Empress Dowager Meng has sufficient reasons: after all, the new emperor ascended the throne, so she should have been amnesty for the whole world, and at the same time, she will also select women to enrich her harem.

The general amnesty was indeed pardoned before, but shortly after Zhao Huan ascended the throne, he was surrounded by Wanyan Zongwang and then Zhao Huan continued to lead troops to fight, so the matter of Guang's selection of girls was put aside. It would be better to take advantage of Zhao Huan's opportunity to be in the capital and quickly get rid of this matter.

Moreover, Empress Dowager Meng did not allow Zhao Huan to refuse. As long as Zhao Huan had the intention of refusing, Empress Dowager Meng would wipe her tears, and she also said she was sorry for the ancestors of the Zhao family. It would be fine if she could not have a son. Now Zhao Huan, who is like a parent son, is still unfilial and doesn't even listen to him for taking a concubine. She is really better than to die than to live, and so on.

Then Empress Zhu persuaded Empress Meng while wiping her tears, saying that if Zhao Huan doesn't accept a concubine, he will be unable to be the queen. Once rumors of the queen being jealous are spread, it would be better to depose herself quickly.

The two women were singing in a play, making Zhao Huan's ears buzzing constantly, and then waved his sleeves and said that you would do whatever you want. Don't delay me from leading my troops to fight those with the surname Wan and those with the surname Li.

Then Empress Meng and Empress Zhu stopped the tear attack together, wiped the tears that did not exist with the brocade handkerchief and began to discuss with great enthusiasm which girl from the family was more beautiful.

In terms of choosing concubines in the harem, the Song Dynasty inherited part of the Tang system. The emperor chose concubines first once a year, and most of them would choose some nobles and civil servants of the ninth rank or above. The daughters of military officials' families entered the palace to bring closer the relationship between the monarch and the ministers.

The young ladies who have just entered the palace are called "good men". The first round of review is to be conducted by the eunuchs in the palace. It is roughly the ones with flaws, and those with a slight disadvantage must not be able to do it. After all, they have to enter the palace to serve the emperor. If they can't even get the eunuch's eyes, then go back wherever they come early.

After the first round of screening, the second level is to carefully check whether the ears, eyes, mouth, nose, hair, skin, collar, shoulders, back, etc. are well-proportioned, listen to the sounds of these young ladies speaking, use a measuring instrument to measure the figure of the beautiful woman, and let each person take dozens of steps to see his rich temperament. The slightly worse ones still have to go wherever they come from.

Later, the old palace maids in the palace will conduct a third round of review of these young ladies in the secret room. The review includes exploring their breasts, which are both size and shape, to see if they are suitable for breastfeeding, and then sniffing their armpits to see if there is body odor, so as not to smoke the emperor during hehehe. Then, you have to touch whether the skin is smooth and delicate, and don’t even have spots and hemorrhoids. The most important thing is to check whether it is original. Unless the emperor gets it back, it is absolutely not to remove the sealed ones.

Those who can reach the third round are already the best among these young ladies, but these young ladies who are still lucky enough to stay will be taken to the Yeting Palace for the fourth round of selection:

The fourth round of selection is a bit special, because there are no eunuchs or old palace maids to select this level. Instead, these young ladies are asked to choose the exam they want to take after a month of court etiquette training:... Official presents jade tablets (register), and can choose "Preface Selection" and "Talent Selection".

Those who choose through appearance will be named "beauty", and those who pass by will be named "talented person". After becoming a talented person, you can move to the East Garden of Yeting Palace, and after becoming a beauty, you can move to the West Garden of Yeting Palace.

Do you think this is over?

However, it did not.

After passing the last round of selection, these young ladies still have to learn the unpractical theory of room art, and then quietly wait for the emperor's happiness. Some people may have a full theory for their entire lives but will not get the emperor's happiness.

...

The news that the government is going to choose a concubine soon spread outside the palace, and then the people of the entire Bianjing City were excited-

In the past, the official family of the Song Dynasty basically never chose the concubines from the folk. Just like the previous art emperor Zhao Jixiang, he would rather go to the Alum Tower every few days to patronize Li Shishi than choose the girls in the folk.

Of course, even if Zhao Jixiang is willing to show his daughter in the folk election, it is another matter whether the people are willing to send their daughter to the palace. After all, no matter how much Zhao Jixiang is the emperor, he is still a bad old man. It tastes very good if you think about it.

But today's officials are different.

The current official family is only twenty-six years old, and in his prime, he is also very handsome. Most of the people in the entire Bianjing city have seen it. They have led their troops to pursue the Jin soldiers many times, protecting the Song Dynasty. They say that the jade pillars and golden beams are all lower than that!

Tall, handsome, rich in the world, and heard that he is very literary and elegant. He once said the ministers in the court to be speechless. He is so literary, martial, rich in the world, and is not as full of scandals as Emperor Zhao Jixiang. It can almost satisfy all the daughter's fantasies about her future husband. Where can I find such a perfect son-in-law?

This time, the officials are not sure what they have been trying to draw. In addition to choosing concubines at the homes of nobles and officials, they also have to show girls in the folk election. Although there are only three places with the most winners, isn’t this a chance!

The people of Bianjing who first received the news suddenly fell into a carnival. Many people with unmarried daughters of appropriate age were so happy that they were blinded every day. They were eagerly looking forward to the eunuchs in the palace to start the first stage of selection, while more people secretly hated that they had not given birth to a daughter!

Just like Wang Bing, who is a left-behind mansion in Taiyuan, was now in circles in the left-behind mansion, and complaining to Zhang Xiaochun while turning around: "Why didn't I have a daughter? Seeing that the official family is going to be a grand election show, I have no daughter, I have a loss! I have a great loss!"

Zhang Xiaochun was dizzy when Wang Bing turned his eyes. When he heard Wang Bing's shameless statement that even if he had no daughter, he immediately glared at Wang Bing in anger and retorted: "It's a blessing that you don't have a daughter! You don't even look at what you look like!"

"What's wrong with me!"

Wang Bing said angrily: "I remember back then, my old man was also a famous young man in the countryside!"

With his eyes rolling, Wang Bing continued, "By the way, it's not a big deal that I don't have a daughter, but in Taiyuan, we have to choose a suitable showgirl to send to the palace."

Zhang Xiaochun was stunned and stared at Wang Bing curiously and said, "Why?"
Chapter completed!