Qing Palace - Biography of Concubine Wan

Chapter 5 Draft

13 Jul [-]

According to the rules of the current dynasty, the Three Banners of the Ministry of Internal Affairs select the best women every year, and the Ministry of Households selects the best women from the Eight Banners every three years. The three-year election is also called the general election.

The selection of the show girls once a year is mainly to select court ladies to serve the concubines in the inner palace, while the selection every three years is for the concubines in the harem. The minimum selection is also a promise, so the conditions for the selection are also extremely strict.

Candidates must be the daughters of officials in the Manchu Eight Banners, Mongolian Eight Banners, and Han Eight Banners, and the official positions of the family members must reach the prescribed grades. Beijing officials must be above the fifth-rank civil and military ranks of Manchu and Mongolian, and above the civil and military ranks of the Han Army and six-rank Above, for external appointments, you need to be above the fifth-rank civilian position, and above the third-rank rank for military positions.

The selected show girls must not only have both ability and political integrity, be between the ages of thirteen and 16, be in good health and have no disabilities, but also must be women of the banner who are not allowed to bind feet.Those who are over 16 years old are called over-year-old, and those over-year-old generally no longer participate in the selection.

As soon as the time for the draft is held every three years, the Ministry of Household Affairs will write a document to govern the yamen of each capital of the Eight Banners, and all provinces in Zhili will be stationed in the Eight Banners and serve as foreign banner officers, and will report the candidates of suitable age for the record.

The date of each selection is confirmed by the Ministry of Households, and then the banners are notified that they have a list and are ready to be selected for viewing. At that time, they will be divided into primary selection and palace selection.

The chief eunuch is responsible for screening the primary selection. The screening items mainly include: whether the body shape is well-proportioned, whether the body has peculiar smell, whether the teeth are neat and so on.After reading, enter the inner room, and the special old woman will check whether everyone is a virgin, and finally the imperial doctor will diagnose whether there is any disease!
After passing such repeated and strict screening, the remaining beautiful women are eligible to enter the palace to learn etiquette, and they will participate in the palace selection after a month.

After the primary election, there are only 370 of the 110 show girls in this year. According to the rules, the show girls who have been selected will stay at home for the last night. After getting off the car, the eunuch led him into Zhongcui Palace.

This beautiful woman also pays attention to entering Shenwumen. There are three upper flags and five lower flags. The blue flag, within the same flag, they are arranged according to the official position of the family.

Hershey's family is the yellow flag, and Sony is the prime minister with power over the government and the public. She looks calm and calm, and she is firmly in the first place with a silk hand in her hand. Now that she has chosen this path, she will not back down again. Shui Yin walked in front of Zheng Hongqi.

It was the first time for all the beautiful women to enter the palace, and they felt novelty everywhere, especially when they saw the magnificent, continuous and gorgeous palace, they couldn't help being amazed at it. The size of the palace completely surpassed those never seen before. Miss Gege, who had passed the far gate, imagined that it took half an hour to walk from Shenwu Gate to Zhongcui Palace.

There were already many eunuchs and maids waiting outside Zhongcui Palace, and when they walked in, the leading eunuch said indifferently: "Masters, I am Li Quan, the consular eunuch here, and in the next month, I will Responsible for teaching the young masters about the rules and etiquette in the palace." As he spoke, he pointed to the older maid next to the others and said, "This is Aunt Xiangyuan, who is in charge of the palace, and she will take care of your food and daily life. , You can ask her if you don’t understand anything.”

The utterly disrespectful tone was very uncomfortable to the ears of these beautiful girls who had been pampered since they were young, but they were all smart people and knew that there was no need to offend him for this matter, and they had to listen to his discipline for the next month.

Qingru frowned slightly and returned to normal, but someone nearby couldn't help muttering in a low voice: "Isn't it just a eunuch, what's the big deal, we people will be the emperor's concubines in the future, so we won't be polite point!"

Qingru followed the voice, and saw a tall and beautiful woman, she was muttering with her bright red lips, Qingru couldn't help shaking her head, this person is too restless, and he will definitely suffer in the palace in the future .

Li Quan's ears are very good, and such a soft voice did not escape his ears. He was not angry, and still said with a straight face: "My little lords don't have a place in the palace at present, and you must speak and act carefully. Pay special attention, everything must be arranged and taught by Aunt Xiangyuan and me, and only those who have been named above the promise by the emperor in the palace election a month later can be called masters!"

Xiangyuan took the topic and said: "The Zhongcui Palace has been cleaned properly. One person has one room, and every four young masters have one yard. There will be two maids in each yard for you to order. Okay, please call the young lady whose name is next." The Lord comes to the front..."

Qingru lived in the first courtyard facing south with the beautiful girls Wu Ya's Rixi, Niu Hulu's Yueling, and Ma Jia's Yiyun, while Shui Yin was assigned to the third courtyard.Although the Zhongcui Palace is not as luxurious as the East and West Zodiac Palaces, it is the largest, and it is not too crowded to accommodate more than 100 people at the same time.

Qingru entered the room and put away her belongings, which were gold and silver jewellery, jade, gold and silver bills and other valuables. Last night, Ama Erniang held her and cried all night.

Looking around at the unfamiliar surroundings, Qingru couldn't help feeling a little flustered. From then on, she was left alone in this huge harem. Zijinzipei could only enter the palace to serve her after she had an official status, and she would also A complete farewell to the former Qingru...

(End of this chapter)