Zhu Houzhao returned to Yangxin Palace Hall, had his breakfast, and was taking a nap.
Empress Dowager Zhang's handmaiden stepped into Yangxin Palace Hall.
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
"The Empress Dowager has ordered this servant to hand over the list of women who will enter the palace tomorrow to His Majesty.”
"Please take a look, Your Majesty."
Zhu Houzhao grunted and took the memorial.
The empress dowager did not choose many women. Most of them were the descendants of the loyal and heroic families or the granddaughters of the elders of the two dynasties.
The first person in the lead was naturally Zhang Wan 'er.
After that, he had never heard of any of them.
Zhu Houzhao was too lazy to care. Too many people had died in the past few days. He needed to rest.
"Inform mother."
"It's all up to Mother's arrangements."
The Empress Dowager's handmaiden bowed and left Yangxin Hall.
……
The Palace of Earthly Tranquility.
Empress Dowager Zhang's palace was very lively, except for the ten internally selected candidates.
There were also nearly 300 beautiful women, and Empress Dowager Zhang was still filtering through them.
In the beginning, a total of 3,000 people entered the selection of concubines.
After careful selection by the eunuchs, they formed a line.
He carefully examined each person's facial features, hair, skin, voice, and bearing.
As long as there was one rule that was not met, they would be eliminated.
The eunuchs would not only use a ruler to measure the girl's hands and feet, but they would also examine the girl's walking posture and charm.
This step would eliminate a thousand girls.
In the end, the remaining 2,000 beauties were summoned into the palace to continue participating in the selection.
The women who passed this stage would become palace maids, but whether they could become concubines still required further observation.
After entering the palace, the palace maids led the palace maids into secret chambers to "inspect their chastity".
There must not be a single scar on his body, and his skin must be smooth and shiny.
In this way, another three hundred people would be selected from these two thousand people to be the head of the palace maids, which was also the female officials of the harem.
Out of these 300 people, the Empress Dowager would personally look through them and filter out another 250 people.
Only the last 50 women could see the true face of the Emperor.
If the emperor did not like them, he would give them some money and send them back home.
The rest could be like the emperor's harem.
It could be said to be extremely strict, like raising a Gu.
At this moment, the empress dowager looked at the beautiful women who were brought up one by one.
She would keep those she liked and pick out those she didn't like to be female officials.
When she saw the last one, the empress dowager couldn't help but widen her eyes.
"Raise your head."
"Let aijia take a look."
However, the woman was still holding the embroidered fan, half covering it.
Empress Dowager Zhang's brows revealed a hint of dissatisfaction. After all, she had to serve the Emperor in the future. How could she be so bashful?
"This widow orders you to take down the embroidered fan.”
"Let aijia take a good look."
The beautiful girl hesitated for a long time before she took down the embroidered fan and raised her head.
However, Empress Dowager Zhang was dumbfounded.
"Cloud Carrot?"
"Why are you here?"
Empress Dowager Zhang turned to look at the palace maids and eunuchs beside her in surprise.
However, the eunuchs and maids were also dumbfounded, indicating that they did not know what was going on.
Although Empress Dowager Zhang doted on Yun Luo Junzhu, she was still a little grumpy when she saw this scene.
"Cloud Carrot."
"This is to choose a concubine for your cousin Tian Zi. How dare you come here and cause trouble?”
When Yun Luo saw the empress dowager angry, she immediately acted like a little rabbit and whined at the empress dowager.
"Aunt."
"I'm not messing around."
"Eunuch Cao has already said that Tian Zi's cousin's martial arts are the best in the world.”
"I want to marry cousin Tian Zi."
"Aunt ~"
Empress Dowager Zhang could only be coaxed and not forced. She hated Yun Luo acting coquettishly the most.
With this, Empress Dowager Zhang lost her temper.
He sighed, his eyes full of love.
"Does your cousin Tian Zi know?"
When Yun Luo heard this, she pouted slightly and kept twirling her hair.
"I don't know."
Yun Luo shook her head, but immediately stuck to the empress dowager.
"Aunt."
"Cousin and I are cousins.”
"Please, I beg you."
Yun Luo tugged at Empress Dowager Zhang's sleeve, her face full of desire.
Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't argue with Yun Luo, and she also doted on her, so she nodded.
"But aijia will say it first."
"Tomorrow, your cousin Tian Zi will have to filter out a portion of these nearly fifty beautiful women.”
"If you were to be filtered out by your cousin.”
"Then this widow has no choice."
Seeing that the empress dowager had relented, Yun Luo also jumped up happily.
As long as she married cousin Tian Zi, she would be taught martial arts by him personally.
With his cousin's personal guidance.
At that time, wouldn't his martial arts be "improving day by day"?
……
East Chamber.
Cao Zhengchun sat alone in his secret room.
Looking at the antiques, calligraphy, and jade pieces that he had saved up for so many years, he touched them a few times reluctantly.
"Hey."
He sighed. He wanted money and his life. He had made his choice.
The West Factory had been in the limelight recently, and Yuhua Tian had been wantonly investigating corrupt officials.
Many people in the court had already been massacred by the West Hall.
If they moved, they would not be able to escape the eyes of the West Hall.
Although the East and West Plants worked for the Emperor, they were secretly competing with each other.
If Yu Huatian really found out about him, he would probably end up in an extremely miserable state!
Thinking back to the Emperor's gaze on him in the court, he still felt a chill run down his spine.
Although His Majesty did not explicitly say that he was the one supervising the execution, it was already a knife on his neck.
Today was the last day of the late emperor's funeral. Tomorrow, the empress dowager would choose a concubine for His Majesty.
He did not have much time left.
If it dragged on for a while longer and he was sent out by the West Hall, he would really have no way to retreat.
After all.
If he took the initiative to say it, and if he was found out, there were two different outcomes.
As for himself.
He had to get ahead of West Hall and get rid of this hot potato.
Cao Zhengchun took one last look before leaving the secret room.
He did not even turn his head.
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