Save the Bachelor of Heaven

On April 8th, the show girls participating in the draft arrived in Beijing one after another, and then the formal screening began.

During the screening process, the palace nuns will first examine the candidates. Those with abnormal facial features, disabilities, body odor, and unclear speech will be eliminated in advance to avoid tainting the emperor's vision.

Only the beautiful ladies who pass this level of screening can enter the palace and be selected by the emperor.

When the time comes, the beautiful women will take a mule cart into the Forbidden City through the Shenwu Gate, and then out through the Donghua Gate, which is called Jiaojin.

In the past, in order to get a head start, all the beautiful ladies wanted to enter the palace in advance to face the saint, so there would often be chaos outside the Shenwu Sect, with you fighting for it, and it was quite lively.

Xiang Nan knew this shortcoming, so he specially ordered that only two flags should be watched 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.

On the night before entering the palace, the participants of the banner of the beautiful lady were in the lead and were divided into three groups: Manchu, Mongolian and Han. They were then arranged in order of 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.

Starting from April 8th, Xiang Nan will select 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 girl once, just like walking around.

Moreover, they are said to be "beautiful girls". In fact, they can be beautiful, ugly, tall, short, fat, or thin, and they are not all beautiful women.

So for Xiang Nan, it's really not a bad job.

The beautiful girls all have tags on their bodies, which say their names, place of origin, age, etc. If he likes them, they can keep her name tags, which is called "leaving a tag." 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 stay in the palace. Because in addition to the emperor, beautiful girls can also be married to princes, nobles, princes, and grandsons.

Back then, after passing the draft, Chen Wanyin, Su Lujun, Hailan, etc. were pointed out to Xiang Nan by Emperor Yongzheng.

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Xiang Nan sifted all the way and watched for four days, looking at a woman every two seconds on average, and his eyes were almost blurred.

But the hard work was not in vain. After a thousand choices, 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...

Xiang Nan is preparing to take these four into the palace.

Among them, Yehenala Yihuan was granted the title of Shu Guiren, Guarjia Yingli was granted the title of Chang Zai, 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.

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After nearly two months of busy work, the draft has finally come to an end.

Afterwards, the four new mistresses were taught the rules by their nanny and entered the palace on May 4th.

Among them, Yi Huan and Shen Wenqing lived in Chuxiu Palace; He Yuhan lived in Xianfu Palace where Fucha Zhuying was located; Guarjia Yingli lived in Yongshou Palace where Hailan was located.

As a result, Xiang Nan had twelve concubines, and except for the unfavored Jin Yuyan, 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.

First of all, the two of them are not only literate, but also very 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.

It's 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, chess, calligraphy and painting" in family education.

However, even though he has a preference in his heart, Xiang Nan still treats everyone equally. Everyone wants to be favored in the same way, so that they can avoid being jealous and scheming among them.

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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 can't come in the middle of the night, 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 does Yi Huan have an appointment with? Could it be me?" Xiang Nan walked in 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 not come to my concubine." Yi Huan said again.

In ancient times, the level of medical care was poor, and colds and colds were easy to kill, so 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 said with a smile, "But your body is fragile, and it will not be good if you catch a cold. So if you go to see me, it is better for me to come to see you."

There are two types of sleeping arrangements for 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 much, because there are always eunuchs from the Jingsi Room standing outside the window to take time when serving the guests in the Yangxin Hall.

Usually, the shouting would start within half an hour, and then the concubines would be taken away and not stay with the emperor, lest the emperor be greedy for women, damage his body, and waste state affairs.

Therefore, 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, "Concubine, thank you for hanging the curtain."

"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, with high sentiments. 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.