Nuomi said: "Little aunt, the master said, this is what you deserve. You and her are biological sisters, so you don't care about this."

Qiao Ruoyun was extremely moved and said: "Yunzhou and his party heard that she suffered heavy losses, and there were places in the palace where she could use her money. She gave these to me..."

Nuomi said: "Master is also afraid that I won't be able to take care of you in Chang'an, so just keep it. Master will be relieved if you and I live well."

Qiao Ruoyun held the dowry list close to her heart. She was obviously sorry for Qiao Jinniang in every way. Qiao Jinniang didn't care that she robbed her of her life and gave her so much dowry.

No wonder Nuomi Fenxiang and the others are willing to offend His Highness the Crown Prince for this master. Jin Niang really values ​​love and justice.

On the pier, looking at the lively people, he said: "The daughter of the Qiao family is really lucky. After Qiao Ruoyun reconciled with the Qin family, she thought she would never get married, but she didn't expect that one marriage would be better than the other. Rang became King Wu’s concubine.”

"Now even the little legitimate daughter of the Qiao family who was born during the Dragon Boat Festival is just over one year old, and there are already many people who want to make a baby and kiss her."

"Didn't you say that the Qiao family is feared by His Majesty?"

"If you are really afraid, how could your Majesty let Qiao Ruoyun become Princess Wu! Besides, I heard that both His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Queen dote on the Crown Princess very much."

"Favor is just a word. This time, the selected girl in the palace said that she would join the Shang Palace Bureau and become a palace maid.

But there are also many legitimate daughters of high-ranking officials and nobles entering the palace. I don’t believe that the crown prince is pregnant at his young age. How can he bear to see so many young and beautiful beauties? "

"Didn't you say that His Highness the Crown Prince is a slave to women? How come there are still people who are not afraid of death?"

"Although the Qiao family used to be prosperous, now the flowers are blooming and the fire is cooking, and there is a princess.

Who doesn’t want to become a favored daughter and have a prosperous family.

Moreover, the rumors had long been clarified that it was King Huai who was trying to restrain the woman, not His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. "

There are two major events in the palace now. One is that the palace maids who are born every three years are leaving the palace, and the other is the draft.

Twenty years ago, Dadang still had a system for choosing palace ladies. Once she entered the palace, she was regarded as His Majesty's concubine. Regardless of whether she was favored or not, she was the Emperor's woman.

Once you enter the palace as a palace maid, you cannot leave the palace again.

After Queen Zhou entered the palace, she changed the rules. After entering the palace, the maids were no longer destined wives, but they could plan their own marriages without His Majesty's grace.

As long as she reaches the age of twenty-five, she can apply to leave the palace to reunite with her family.

Every year, young girls aged between four and five to eleven years old are selected among the people from various places to enter the palace, and the age is changed to ten to fifteen years old. If there are exquisite craftsmen, the age can be relaxed to eighteen years old, and the general election is held every three years. .

The drafts in previous years were extremely difficult. Officials from all over the country had to rack their brains and use coercion and inducement to get the number of candidates. However, this year's selection of candidates for the palace selection was quite simple and easy.

After asking, I found out that all the ladies from the families of officials from all over the country were running for election.

There were three types of drafts in the past, one was to select court ladies, the other was to recruit beautiful women from all over the world to select concubines, and the other was to hold various types of flower viewing banquets to select concubines from noble and noble families.

The second kind has not existed for almost twenty years.

This time, even the maids and chambermaids in the palace kept saying that they were choosing palace maidens, but there were still many daughters-in-law from official families who were willing to come.

Qiao Jinniang's delivery day was getting closer and closer. She couldn't sleep well at night, she woke up frequently, and her feet were so swollen that it was difficult to get off the ground.

She said to Lu Chen: "Have I become extremely ugly? I was not like this when I gave birth to Xi'er. It seems that I am really old..."

"You just celebrated your 21st birthday, why are you old?" Lu Chen gently rubbed her feet and said, "Who said you are old? Even if they are younger than you, they are not as young and beautiful as you. "

"You know how to coax me." Qiao Jinniang said, "I heard that for this draft, many daughters-in-law of officials from various places and Chang'an are coming. Is it possible to really let them be palace maids?"

"Although the maids in the palace can also be promoted to female officials, they can directly enter the palace and take the exams for female officials in the palace bureau. There is no need to start as maids."

Lu Chen said: "The worst case is that if they are unqualified, we can just let them leave the palace selection. From all the 5,000 women in Datang, only 500 will be left."

Qiao Jinniang was relieved now.

The next day she summoned the shopkeepers from the Jewelry Pavilion.

Let the Jewelry Pavilion and Rouge Shop develop new jewelry and new rouge. Five hundred women will stay, which means that more than four thousand women will leave.

When you leave, you must take some Chang'an specialties with you. Jewelry and clothes in Chang'an are in the trend of Datang, so it is naturally the best time to sell them.

Lu Chen had no choice but to see Qiao Jinniang discussing the matter with her subordinates with her pregnant belly, and could only say with a smile: "Be careful, the little princess in your belly will fall into the eyes of Qian like you."

"That's great." Qiao Jinniang said, "Silver is a good thing. The more silver my daughter has, the better."

The shopkeeper of the Jewelry Pavilion said: "Has the imperial doctor found out that you are the little princess? I think your belly looks like a male fetus."

Qiao Jinniang said: "I haven't let the imperial doctor see it yet, but the imperial doctor has never denied that he is the princess."

The mother wanted a daughter, and everyone said she was a young lady. As expected, she gave birth to a daughter, so Qiao Jinniang also felt that she would be so lucky.

At the end of June, the beautiful ladies entered Chang'an. The first check was to check their age and place of origin. If their ancestors had committed crimes, they would not be allowed to enter the palace, and the next step was to check their body shape.

The body shape alone has turned away many people. To be a palace maid, you cannot write but you need to be able to read. Those who are illiterate have turned away most of the people.

Qiao Ruoyi took the opportunity to hand out flyers from Xishan College at the gate of the palace. Naturally, the more students, the better. Some women who were afraid that they would be scolded by their families for not being chosen as palace maids when they returned, and who were desperate, entered Xishan College.

Finally, after various competitions, 500 people were left. Queen Zhou asked Qiao Jinniang to go with her to give lectures to these beautiful ladies.

Qiao Jinniang was driven to the Xiu Nu Palace in a sedan chair. Five hundred people were standing in an orderly manner. Shang Gong was lecturing. After Shang Gong finished lecturing, Qiao Jinniang would lecture.

Qiao Jinniang followed the manuscript that Queen Zhou had given him in advance, memorized it, and taught her words.

Many young ladies looked curiously at Qiao Jinniang's appearance, thinking that one day they would be able to enter the Eastern Palace and become the concubine who spoke to them from above.

Qiao Jinniang finished reciting what the Queen had given her, and then said: "I still have a few words to say. Before you enter the palace, most of them are the most pampered girls in the family. I want you to understand what Shang Gong just said." The rules are to be a slave and serve the noble.

I feel that although you enter the palace as maids, you are not slaves for life.

The most important thing in the palace is rules, but the most important thing for women is self-improvement.

The queen mother is kind and has given the palace maids the right to leave the palace to have children when they are old enough. I hope you can achieve success in the palace and be self-reliant in the future, instead of blindly thinking about climbing the dragon and accompanying the phoenix. "

Shang Gong looked at Queen Zhou's face and saw that Queen Zhou had no intention of being surprised or scolding Qiao Jinniang.

Among the beautiful ladies, a daughter of Shannan Jiedushi came out and said: "Crown Princess, I am a dull girl. I don't know what it means to climb a dragon and attach a phoenix?"

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