The Minister of Etiquette respectfully replied: "There are many people who have signed up, and we have selected a large number of them who have passed the preliminary election. There are two hundred and fifty people in total. Please take a look at it, the Queen."
Qualifying in the primary election means having a clean family background, outstanding appearance, and good moral character.
In fact, the last virtue generally requires no criminal record in the yamen. When registering, the village chief will guarantee that he has not committed any misconduct.
Two hundred and five
The corner of Nuan Nuan's mouth twitched when she heard this, and she nodded: "I'll take a look first, please step back!"
The Minister of Rites bowed respectfully and left.
After the Minister of Rites retired, Wen Nuan said to Chen Huan: "Go and invite the Queen Mother to come over and take a look at these portraits together!"
It was supposed to be warm.
But because the Queen Mother was worried about Nuan Wen's difficulty in moving, she said that if she had anything to do, she would send someone directly over to ask for her, and you were welcome, otherwise she would be angry.
Seeing so many boxes, Nuan Nuan was too lazy to fiddle with them, so he sent someone directly to invite the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother came soon.
Nuan Nuan had already stood up to greet her. When she saw the Queen Mother coming in, she smiled and stood saluting: "Blessed Mother, Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother was satisfied that Nuan Nuan did not curtsy: "Did the portrait arrive?"
"Well, Queen Mother, let's pick out some good girls together!"
"good!"
So throughout the morning, Nuan Nuan and the Queen Mother looked at the portrait and the roster together.
Each portrait is accompanied by a roster.
The roster records the family background of the girl's ancestors for three generations, as well as her hobbies and specialties.
The Queen Mother is looking at the women from the official families in the capital.
Nuan Nuan looks at the women of local officials and the sons of good families.
Because Wen Nuan had a mission, he took the opportunity to look for it to see if he could find out the nail planted by the Saint of Southern Xinjiang in Nalan Kingdom.
The Saintess clan in Southern Xinjiang was wiped out that day, but no one was captured, so no information was found.
Yang Yue'er didn't know much. She had been exposed and no one had contacted her again.
But over the years, the Southern Xinjiang Saintess clan has definitely planted a lot of nails in Nalan Kingdom.
After all, someone had already become the second prince’s concubine that day!
A second prince and concubine can do a lot.
Nuan Nuan was thinking to see if he could take the opportunity to dig out all these nails to avoid future troubles.
The draft is a great opportunity.
One afternoon, Nuan Nuan and the Queen Mother carefully selected one hundred and fifty people.
Among the one hundred and fifty people, Wen Nuan also selected many women from good families with more daughters in their families.
After all, a group of palace maids still need to be selected.
In such a large palace, even if there are no harem concubines, maids are still needed to clean it.
The Queen Mother also selected the women of those officials according to the preferences of the Seventh Prince.
The Queen Mother naturally saw the seventh prince's affection for Yang Yue'er, but life in the palace was too boring.
Let’s find something fun to do over there!
In this way, we can not only satisfy the requirements of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, but also find a wife for our grandson. How great!
The next day, the list of one hundred and fifty people was announced.
Naturally, some people are happy and some are sad.
When Han Shiyu's maid saw Han Shiyu's name appearing at the front, she was relieved!
It was true that she deliberately waited until the last moment. When the people sent by the old man to guard the Yamen left, she ran to sign up.
Fortunately, the people in the yamen knew that the young lady was Mr. Han's granddaughter, so they accepted her.
Han Shiyu finally breathed a sigh of relief after knowing that her registration was successful.
She knew her grandfather, and her grandfather would never go to the government office to ask someone not to sign up for her.
After all, reputation is at stake.
He would only send someone to guard the Yamen secretly and stop her maid from signing up.
So in the past few days, she deliberately showed that she had given up on signing up for the draft, and then asked the maid to sign up quietly.
Now that the emperor list has been announced, it is a done deal. If you excuse yourself from participating in the draft and are found out, it will be disrespectful to the emperor! It is teasing the emperor and the court.
After all, the draft has always been voluntary. What is it other than teasing the emperor if he goes back on his words
Mr. Han found out that Han Shiyu had signed up and was so angry that his blood pressure soared.
Han Shoufu and Fang were also very angry.
Han Shoufu said with a headache: "I have a sudden illness when I talk about poetry to others, so I can't participate in the audition!"
The daughter of the Han family not to marry a prince is a group training, and it was an ancestral motto set by Emperor Taizu at that time.
Mrs. Fang sighed: "It's easy to say it to the outside world, but poetry obviously doesn't give up. This kind of thing can't be covered by paper. If it is exposed one day, it will be a lie! Besides, this excuse is not used when the family has something to do. This excuse? Everyone will know what is going on as soon as they hear it! If this matter spreads, it will be even more detrimental to the reputation of the Han family. "
Han Shoufu frowned: "What should we do?"
Fang thought for a while: "What can we do? Naturally, let Shiyu participate. You are not saying that the emperor has no intention of drafting, so he may not be selected. You don't have to worry. Just let nature take its course!"
Han Shoufu thought about it and thought it was right: "I'm going to see dad. I don't know how angry dad is."
"Go! Please advise dad, the matter is over, don't get so angry."
"Um."
Han Shoufu went to find Mr. Han, but found that Mr. Han had already changed into official uniform and entered the palace with a sign.
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palace
Mr. Han respectfully saluted Nalan Jinnian: "Old minister, see the Emperor!"
Nalan Jinnian quickly stepped forward to support Mr. Han and stopped him from saluting: "Sir, there is no need to be polite!"
"Give me a seat!"
Xiao Fuzi quickly brought over an armchair with thick cushions on it.
"Sir, please sit down." Nalan Jinnian helped Mr. Han sit down.
After Mr. Han sat down, Nalan Jinnian returned to the dragon chair and sat down.
"Sir, what is the purpose of entering the palace this time?"
Mr. Han sighed: "My granddaughter's incompetence in teaching me has made the emperor laugh."
Nalan Jinnian understood that he was involved in this draft.
He had already seen the list of show girls and naturally knew that a girl from the Han family had signed up.
Nalan Jinnian studied with Mr. Han when he was a child, and he also knew the two girls from the Han family.
But I only knew them to the extent that they were the granddaughters of my husband, so I didn’t pay much attention to them.
Mr. Han continued: "I'm not afraid that the emperor will laugh at me. I have a granddaughter who has signed up for the draft. You know the training of the Han family, but the child insisted on going his own way. I was unaware of it and did not stop him."
"Sir, you are serious. Don't you want her to be selected?"
As long as he doesn't accept her, the rest is easy.
Mr. Han knew Nalan Jinnian's temperament, and the two had a deep love for each other as master and disciple. He did not mince words and said directly: "Your Majesty, the Holy Ming. That child is very competitive and is really not suitable for entering the palace as a concubine or as a royal wife."
If it were anyone else, Mr. Han would not dare to enter the palace and say these words, but Nalan Jinnian seemed indifferent, pretending to care about the world, being fair in dealing with people, and would not care about such trivial matters.
"Sir, don't worry! I have no plans to choose a concubine. This time, it is mainly for the Emperor to choose a concubine for Lao Qi. Lao Qi already has his heart."
Mr. Han felt relieved after hearing this.
He was afraid that the emperor would leave a mark in his face.