Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 66 You Can Serve Me Then

The rear hall of Chuxiu Palace.

All the concubines are among them.

At this time, the crowd had automatically gathered around three groups of people.

One is centered around Zhang Wan'er, and the other is centered around the Gu family.

The last center is composed of eight people including Chen Yuanyuan, Liu Rushi, Dong Xiaowan, etc.

The difference between master and servant has become obvious.

"Sister Chen, Sister Liu, Sister Dong, you will be the masters from now on. Please let me serve you."

Li Xiangjun held Chen Yuanyuan's hand with a pleading look on her face.

The emperor had previously issued an order that the five selected beauties could freely choose five palace maids and five eunuchs.

Among these optional palace maids, naturally, those beauties who were not successfully selected were also included.

Under the Ming Dynasty's selection system, after living in the palace for a month, the selected ladies could be sent back to their hometowns, except for the children of high-ranking officials and nobles who were eliminated.

Other ordinary girls were sent into the palace after their parents received dowry from the court.

Regardless of whether they were selected or not, they had to stay in the palace, either as masters or slaves.

Eight people like Chen Yuanyuan would not be sent back to their hometowns, but would have to stay in the palace.

A moment ago, the eight girls were all waiting to be selected.

And the next moment, among the eight women, some became masters and some became servants.

And this change all depended on Zhu Youtang's one thought.

Since they all want to be palace maids, it would naturally be best to work under familiar sisters.

That's why after returning from Chuxiu Palace, Li Xiangjun took Chen Yuanyuan's hand and begged her to choose her as her servant.

Chen Yuanyuan looked at Li Xiangjun with heartache: "Sister Xiangjun, you and I grew up together, we are sisters, why should I serve you?"

"If you want to follow me, I will choose you. I don't need you to serve me. We can still get along like before."

Li Xiangjun looked at herself in the mirror and felt sorry for herself: "I'm afraid this is not appropriate. My sister is favored by the emperor, but I am not worthy of your majesty's eyes."

"There is already a huge gap between our statuses. How dare you still hope to be with your sister like before..."

"Sister Xiangjun." Chen Yuanyuan interrupted Li Xiangjun, lifted her chin with her hand and wiped the tears from her face.

"I believe that with Sister Xiangjun's talent and beauty, it only takes a suitable opportunity to capture the Holy Heart."

"I promise, this day won't last too long."

"Really?" Li Xiangjun's eyes were blurred with tears.

Gu Hengbo walked forward and held the hands of Chen Yuanyuan and Li Xiangjun at the same time.

"Sister Chen, I can no longer call you sister. I should call you Miss Yuanyuan."

"Miss Yuanyuan, please don't be partial to one."

"If you choose Sister Xiangjun, you should also choose me. You won't reject me, right?"

Gu Hengbo was all smiles and seemed unaffected by his failure to be elected.

But Chen Yuanyuan could feel the hidden pain deep in Gu Hengbo's eyes.

Chen Yuanyuan smiled and replied: "Sister Gu, you are joking. Yuanyuan will always be Sister Gu's sister."

"If Sister Gu is willing to come, Yuanyuan will be very happy."

After seeing this scene, Bian Yujing also grabbed Liu Rushi's hand beside her, looking a little anxious.

"Sister Liu, please be kind and choose my younger sister!"

"It's better to work for my sister than to serve both of them."

Bian Yujing said this and glanced at Zhang Wan'er and Gu.

"Sister Liu, good sister, if it is you, please agree to it!"

"Sister Yujing, this is your fault. Why are you still calling me Miss Rushi?"

Ma Xianglan had calmed down and was even in the mood to joke.

"Sister Liu has just been given the name Qinglian by His Majesty. From now on, we should call her Little Master Qinglian!"

Bian Yujing reacted and quickly changed her words: "Yes, yes, Miss Qinglian, please be kind and accept me as your sister!"

Liu Rushi smiled gently and patted the back of Bian Yujing's hand: "Okay, okay, even if you don't say it, I will still choose you."

"And sister Xianglan, please come with me so that we can take care of each other." Bian Yujing jumped up happily, and the regret and loss in her heart seemed to be diluted a lot.

Ma Xianglan smiled slightly: "Yes, it's all up to Master Qinglian to arrange."

Dong Xiaowan took the initiative to come to Kou Baimen and said, "Sister Kou, you won't mind being with Xiaowan in the future, right?"

"How dare I dislike you, my master?" Kou Baimen smiled and held Dong Xiaowan's hand: "I only ask Master Xiaowan, please don't dislike me for not knowing the rules."

"How could that be?" Dong Xiaowan said with a smile: "What Xiaowan likes most is Sister Kou's free and easy personality, like the chivalrous woman in the vernacular novels."

Here, Chen Yuanyuan and her eight daughters have already secretly divided themselves into teams.

On the other side, a group of concubines were also begging Zhang Wan'er and Gu.

"Master Zhang, please choose me. I will serve you well in the future."

"Master Gu, please choose me. I work very hard and I'm good at making soup."

"Master Zhang, please choose me, please!"

"Master Gu, please be merciful and choose me!"

"..."

She was selected as a concubine in the first selection by His Majesty.

Everyone can see that the future paths of these five beauties will be extraordinary.

If he could catch up with these masters with bright futures sooner, his life in the palace would be easier.

Besides, serving the emperor's concubine must be much easier and more enjoyable than being a menial maid.

Sometimes, you can even get rewarded.

Zhang Wan'er and Gu were also overwhelmed by the choices. There were too many sisters who had participated in the talent show together and asked them to choose them.

But there are only five places available, so it is really difficult to choose.

Amid the noise, Fu Dahai, the eunuch in charge of the Jingshifang, suddenly came in, holding high a bright yellow imperial edict.

"The imperial edict has arrived!"

In an instant, the originally noisy back hall of Chuxiu Palace became quiet.

Hundreds of palace maids knelt down and listened respectfully to the order.

Fu Dahai unfolded the imperial edict and read it aloud.

"In obedience to the Emperor of Heaven, this is the decree."

"Appoint Zhang Wan'er, the daughter of Zhang Luan, the Minister of the Imperial College, as a concubine, grant her the title of Kang, and give her a silver book to let her live in Xianfu Palace. She will be officially promoted to the palace on October 13th."

"Chen Yuanyuan, the adopted daughter of Yingtian Governor Zhang Wenshao, is named a concubine and is to live in the Yuqing Tower of Jingren Palace. She will be officially promoted to the imperial palace on October 13th."

"Liu Rushi, the adopted daughter of Yingtian Governor Zhang Wenshao, is named a talented person and is to live in the Biluo Pavilion of Yonghe Palace. She will be officially promoted to the palace on October 13th."

"Appoint Dong Xiaowan, the adopted daughter of Yingtian Governor Zhang Wenshao, as a noble lady and move into Yaochi Garden of Zhongcui Palace. She will be officially promoted to the imperial palace on October 13th."

"The daughter of Gu You, the Junior Minister of the Honglu Temple, is to be conferred the title of Lady, and is to live in the Chaolu Pavilion of the Changchun Palace. She will be officially promoted to the imperial palace on October 13th."

"Appreciate this!"

The twelve palaces in the east and west of the Forbidden City generally have five main halls and five rear halls, and both the front and rear halls have east and west side halls.

Only the ladies above the rank of concubine were called the main ones and could live in the back hall, while the rest lived in the side halls.

This time only Zhang Wan'er was conferred the title of concubine, so she could enter Xianfu Palace and live in the main hall of Xianfu Palace.

The other concubines could only live in one of the side halls in the east and west 12 palaces.

The five selected beauties were filled with joy and all bowed their heads to accept the emperor's order.

"I will obey your Majesty's order and thank you for your grace!"

At this time, these five beautiful ladies could finally call themselves concubines.

Fu Dahai put the imperial edict away again and said with a smile: "Five young ladies, please be patient and wait for another month."

"Wait until an auspicious day, and then I will officially move into your bedroom."

"At that time, you can sleep with me."

When it comes to sleeping with the emperor, the five girls feel shy.

Both cheeks were slightly red.

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