Long Harem Road

Chapter 1

In the third year of the Yuan and Qing Dynasties, it was almost May, when hundreds of flowers were in full bloom and the atmosphere of spring was full of joy. There was a lot of joy and laughter in the residence of the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in the capital, and a grand wedding ceremony was held here.

Ji Baozhu, the only eldest lady of the Ji Mansion, spent a grand wedding ceremony amidst the expectations and blessings of the crowd. Women in Tianqi Dynasty passed away every sixteen years, which means that a woman has reached the age to marry.

In the backyard of Ji Mansion, Ji Baozhu was leisurely leaning on the imperial concubine chair in the yard, lazily eating the happily peeled grapes in the bowl, like a peaceful landscape painting, Ji's mother Wang walked to the gate of her daughter's courtyard, and saw It is such a beautiful scenery.

Baozhu is wearing a light blue long dress, with small white florals dotted on the skirt, elegant and unobtrusive.Waterfall-like green hair is scattered, without makeup, but the color is like the morning glow and snow, with clear eyebrows, bright eyes and white teeth.

Seeing Mrs. Wang approaching, Baozhu hurriedly jumped off the imperial concubine chair, and affectionately pulled her mother's arm forward to act like a spoiled child, "Mother, why are you visiting your daughter?"

Ji's mother nodded her daughter's head dotingly, "Look at you, how can you look like a lady from everyone? The mother Wang invited by the palace has been teaching for so many years for nothing."

"Mother, isn't my daughter like this only in front of you!" Baozhu pulled her mother into the inner room, sticking out her tongue playfully.

"You..."

Ji's mother dotingly pulled her daughter to sit down, winked and understood, and led the maid behind her to retreat, leaving only the mother and daughter behind.

Mother Ji touched her daughter's hair and said with emotion, "In a blink of an eye, my son is already a slim and beautiful girl." Mother Ji looked at her daughter and recalled with her eyes, "I still remember when Bao'er was just born. , small and soft, more than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and my mother is also old."

"Mother!" Baozhu took her mother's arm shyly and leaned on it, "Mother is still young and beautiful. Father has only had you as a woman for so many years, which shows that mother's charm has not diminished in the past! Moreover, no matter how big Baozhu is, she is always beautiful. Your dearest little daughter."

Baozhu greedily inhales the smell of her mother, and her parents have cared and pampered her for more than ten years, making her addicted to it. It has been 16 years since she came to this world, and her memory of that little girl who struggled alone in her previous life has become more and more blurred.

Now she is just Ji Baozhu, the incomparable jewel in the palm of the Ji family, and the darling of her parents and brother.

"Daughter, next month will be the triennial draft. Although you have been smart and thoughtful since you were young, the palace is no better than your family. Even if you are so wealthy, mother is not willing to let you enter the palace.

Not to mention the danger there, the family hopes that you can go through the motions safely without any pressure. " Mother Ji took her daughter's hand to comfort her.

Three years ago, the first emperor passed away, and the 23-year-old prince Zhao Zhen came to the throne and changed the name of the country to Yuanqing. This is a dynasty that did not exist in Chinese history, similar to the Tianqi Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty.

Since the founding of Apocalypse, all the emperors have been wise emperors, who have made great efforts to govern and made good use of people, but did not favor treacherous ministers; they also knew the way of balance. In the United States, the country of Luo makes a pilgrimage every year.

This year is the third year of the Yuan and Qing Dynasties. The three-year filial piety period is over. In order to fill the harem and reproduce offspring, the three-year draft begins. Unmarried women under the age of 16 must participate.

Ji Baozhu had just held her 16th birthday ceremony and happened to be on the draft list.

"Mother!" Bao Zhu looked at her mother beside her, the love and pampering in her eyes seemed to overwhelm her, she was glad that her family did not regard her as a pawn to gain wealth and glory, "Is this also what Daddy meant?"

"Daughter, don't worry, this is also what your father and brother meant. Your father said he would take care of it and let you pretend to be sick before the palace selection. The family will not let you enter the harem that eats people and doesn't spit out bones.

Mother has already seen the second son of the imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate for you. He is a gentle, elegant and promising man. easy. "

Regarding the arrangement of her parents, Baozhu said that she was not moved. In this age when a woman has no status, with her own family background, it is difficult for her to have the idea of ​​not sending her to the palace. The family sincerely loves her. Love, but she can't be too selfish.

Ji's father, Ji Mingyun, was born in a family of petty officials. His father was the county magistrate of Lin County, Hebei Province. He was over forty years old. It is also wise and transparent, and makes good use of people.

Ji Mingyun was the number one scholar in the first year of the first emperor. During his tenure, he was conscientious and down-to-earth, and the people under his rule lived and worked in peace and contentment. He entered the court for nearly 20 years, starting from the county magistrate, and step by step to today's position as the second-rank household secretary.

Today's Holy Majesty attaches great importance to his father. Although his father is a pure minister, his family foundation is still shallow, and he is squeezed out by others in the court, making it difficult for him to move forward.

Ji Baozhu's elder brother, Ji Xi, has been exceptionally intelligent since he was a child. He was admitted to Evergreen Academy when he was seven years old.

After several years of hard work in the officialdom, coupled with the background of Evergreen Academy and the teaching of Ji's father, Ji Xi's official career has been smooth, and he has become the fifth-rank censor Zhongcheng in the capital in his early twenties.

Changqing Academy is located at the foot of Tangshan Mountain in the eastern outskirts of the capital, surrounded by mountains and rivers.

Changqing Academy was founded 500 years ago. The founder was Gu Changqing, the teacher of the former founding emperor.

The original intention of the academy was to study knowledge and enlighten the wisdom of the people. Later, due to the imperial examinations, students from all over the world rushed to enroll, so there was a regulation of "30 people for a fixed number of scholars", and the entrance examination became more and more stringent. All of them are the best in the world.

Every year, boys who reach the age of seven can participate in the entrance examination. During the period of the college, the college is fully responsible. There is only a one-month holiday every year during the Chinese New Year, and they can graduate at the age of 20.

Students of Evergreen Academy can not only take the Qiuwei Examination directly, but those with excellent grades can be recommended by the Confucian scholars of the academy, and then add assistants in the officialdom. It can be said that entering Evergreen Academy means that the official career is prosperous.

The establishment of the Apocalypse Dynasty not only did not affect the Changqing Academy, but received the strong support of the emperor, which brought it to a higher level.

After hundreds of years of accumulation, Evergreen Academy has become the talent export base of Tianqi Dynasty. Nearly half of the ministers above the third rank in the court graduated from Evergreen Academy, and Evergreen Academy has thus established its transcendent status.

Ji Xu, the second elder brother, is flexible in mind, not good at reading, but loves military affairs. Seven years ago, he entered the military academy in the capital to study, and after graduation, he directly entered the army to practice. Now he is also a small leader.

Ji Mansion is now well-equipped with both civil and military skills, and its future is limitless, but the Sacred Heart is unpredictable, who can guarantee that one day it will not arouse the fear of the emperor.

According to Baozhu's current style of handling affairs and intelligence analysis, he is more ruthless and domineering than the previous emperor, and he will never allow his subjects to go beyond his control. The best way to have a double heart.

Therefore, even if she pretends to be sick and does not participate in the draft, the high-ranking one will not let her parents get what she wants. It is better to participate honestly and win a few more points.

Baozhu guessed that her father had already thought of this, but she still stubbornly wanted to plan for her and make a last-ditch effort, but she couldn't do this, she couldn't risk the emperor's trust in Ji Mingyun.

Baozhu stood at the window, looking at the bright purples and reds outside the window, she was in a daze for a while, she was an ordinary girl in the 21st century, she left the small mountain village of her hometown alone in her teens, and came to the city of Beijing where tall forests stand tall.

She has tasted the warmth and coldness of human nature and the heat and coldness of the world by herself, and has worked hard for 20 years. At the age of [-], she finally broke out a piece of her own world in a shopping mall full of weird and unpredictable talents. However, the world is unpredictable. When she woke up, she Became the newly born Ji Baozhu.

As the only eldest lady in the Ji Mansion, her parents and two elder brothers love her very much, and take care of her in every possible way. She gradually relies on this family and grows up happily. Now that she has been reborn, her goal is to protect her family and take care of this family. Rare warmth.

(End of this chapter)