Chapter 24
People flock together and things divide into groups. Everyone under the imperial power was divided into different classes according to their family background.
The family background of the daughter of the prince is considered to be high among the beautiful girls. So the three Jia Sanniang sisters led the way through the small yellow gate, and the three sisters arrived at the front of the procession of show girls. Jia Sanniang took a look and saw some familiar faces.
These showgirls Jia Sanniang knew each other. Of course, it was possible that she was familiar with each other and the other party was familiar with her. However, the friendship between the two of them was not very good, and it was not a handkerchief relationship.
During the years of living in Sui Guogong's palace, the eldest sister has always been the focus of gatherings of famous ladies. Jia Sanniang did not want or dare to steal the limelight from her eldest sister.
In those past girl days, Jia Sanniang's favorite thing to do was bickering with her second sister in the house. Once she really leaves the house for a visit, Jia Sanniang pretends to be cowardly, she pretends to be as transparent as a stuffy gourd.
So because Jia Sanniang was born as a concubine and didn't like to socialize with others, she naturally didn't have many close friends for a transparent character like her.
It's more about acting based on people's looks, and how to be a good background board. Jia Sanniang has quite a lot of experience with these two qualities.
"The auspicious time has come." Xiao Huangmen sang loudly, his voice was loud, and the whole scene suddenly became quiet. Then a eunuch was greeted respectfully by the small yellow door and came forward. He didn't waste any words. After saying a few polite words, he shouted loudly: "All the beautiful ladies are invited to enter the palace."
Then the eunuch took the lead, and Xiao Huangmen followed the Xiu Nu's team, and the group walked toward the palace gate in a mighty manner.
The palace gate is tall and the palace walls are thick. The procession of beautiful ladies passed through the thick palace wall, letting the shadows hang over their heads.
The group of people kept walking forward until a piece of light appeared in front of them again.
The darkness when passing the palace wall and the dazzling light after exiting the palace wall made Jia Sanniang dazzled for a moment. After a while, she adapted to the new world in front of her.
The inner court of the imperial city, the palace garden and the forbidden courtyard. Jia Sanniang couldn't help but take a few more glances. She found that everything in front of her was different from the royal court in her memories of the future. Those palace complexes that have become museums always have a sense of vicissitudes that have gone through countless years.
It was nothing like today's imperial court. The inner garden of the Great Xia Dynasty's palace exuded solemnity and majesty. The palace attendants everywhere were as well-behaved as wooden piles. They are not like living people, but more like small inlaid accessories in the larger environment of a palace, they exist as pure background boards.
The imperial power is supreme, the imperial power is supreme, the taste emanating from the bones is very different. At least Jia Sanniang noticed that she was walking in the forbidden area of the palace, and her attitude became cautious without realizing it.
In the Royal Draft, the primary level is the easiest. In other words, for the noble ladies from noble families and other noble families, it was just a small situation that was just going through the motions.
In the spring of the fifteenth year of Hongwu's reign, the beautiful girls participating in the royal draft, regardless of their direct concubines, their biological fathers must be powerful ministers in the court. The palace maids in the royal court are the best at ordering the dishes with a glance. Under such circumstances, no one will be too full to embarrass others.
For Jia Sanniang, the primary election time is not difficult. Only at the last level does one feel the word embarrassment.
The beautiful ladies came out of the body examination room one by one, and Jia Sanniang was an inconspicuous one among them. When she met her eldest sister and second cousin in the side hall, who had also returned, Jia Sanniang saw that her eldest sister's calmness came from the depths of her heart, but her second cousin's face was flushed with shyness. .
"What are you looking at, elder sister?" Jia Sanniang looked away from her second cousin. She was afraid that she would make her second cousin angry if she kept looking at her. Then Jia Sanniang found that her eldest sister's eyes were attracted by the excitement in the distance. When she looked over, she heard some noisy sounds.
"Huh." Jia Sanniang whispered in surprise.
In the inner courtyard of the palace, during the draft, there were still beautiful ladies who dared to ignore the family's reputation, so they caused a scene like this?
When Jia Sanniang saw someone coming up to join in the fun, she stood not far away and watched quietly. Watching people eat melons is a joy in life. Jia Sanniang just wanted to see something rare.
"What are you pretending to be? You're just being hypocritical, huh." This was a girl with a proud look. She was stamping her feet while cursing, but she didn't say a few harsh words over and over again.
"The seed of a dirty background, bah." The proud girl added: "She will shed a few cat tears to pretend to be wronged, to pretend to be pitiful..."
After Jia Sanniang took one look, she felt anxious for this young girl who seemed to have a somewhat proud temperament. This person really couldn't find any unpleasant words to curse people with.
Another girl who was scolded so pitifully had tears in her peach blossom eyes, just like the pear blossoms in March, better than the light rain, really pitiful and touching.
If a gentleman who cares about beauty sees her, he will definitely want to stand up for the beauty. However, the people present were all the show girls participating in the royal election, so they were in small groups, familiar people gathered together and chatted with each other.
"Sister, the accents of these two don't sound like ladies from Kyoto, and they look very strange to me." Jia Sanniang wanted to hear her opinion. In her mind, the eldest sister is a jack-of-all-trades. She knows a lot of information and has a wide range of channels.
The circle of ladies in Kyoto can be called big or small. There is really no such number two figure among Jia Sanniang’s familiar faces.
Jia Erniang next to her also looked at her eldest sister Yuanniang with a curious look on her face.
Jia Yuanniang thought to herself that this was the first time in her life that she had met each other, and she was familiar with her in her previous life.
The two people who had the conflict were sisters. The one who wanted to stick the word pride on her face was the elder sister, and the one who looked aggrieved and acted like she was weak and couldn't take care of herself was the younger sister.
Although these two people are having fun now, most of them were just acting at that time. As far as Jia Yuanniang knows, the truth is that the relationship between these two sisters is really good.
After being consecrated as the successor of the middle palace by Emperor Hongwu in her previous life, Jia Yuanniang met her elder sister, Dazhang, who had become a third-grade imperial concubine at that time. This woman had a cheerful and generous temperament and was enthusiastic towards others.
As for the other sister Xiao Zhang, this one is Zhang Zhaoyi who was favored in Emperor Hongwu's harem. With little Zhang having no heirs, she was still able to secure the position of Zhaoyi, the head of the nine concubines. This method was naturally extraordinary.
"Second sister, third sister, it doesn't matter if you don't want to join in the fun, let's leave first." Jia Yuanniang counted the time, and soon someone from the palace or a nun would stop this farce. As for the third sister, Jia Yuanniang avoided answering.
"Yes." Jia Sanniang nodded. She didn't want to watch the excitement, and even enjoyed being part of it.
"Listen to big sister." Jia Erniang has a heart to strive for the best, and of course she doesn't want to get into trouble.
The three sisters of the Jia family walked outside together. As soon as they left the side hall, they met an old nun from the palace leading two little maids to the side hall under the corridor outside.
After the primary election ended on this day, Jia Sanniang had a quarrel between the Zhang sisters, and it seemed that she was the one who had caused a conflict in the palace.
After the primary election, there are really no show girls who will be kicked out.
During the re-selection, one after another the show girls were defeated and returned home. Naturally, the three Jia sisters were not on the list of candidates to leave the palace.
Until the selection is over, the selection begins at the end of spring. At this time, the remaining show girls will live in the inner garden of the palace for a month or two.
The ladies in the palace gardens would also summon some beautiful ladies from time to time. As for the nuns who teach the beautiful women the rules and the palace servants who serve the beautiful women, these nuns and palace people who are assigned the task of examining will report detailed information one by one.
Regarding the royal draft, after the review has kicked off, it is now time to get to the bottom of things.
