Everyone in my harem is talented

Chapter 142 Palace

Suddenly, the beauty contest in May of the eighth year of Jingzheng came to a successful conclusion. Qin Zhi didn't care whether the beauties and their families were disappointed or not.

He only had his eyes on two beauties - Yu Sheyue and Bai Liangyu. If anyone was dissatisfied, Qin Zhi welcomed them to refute him in person.

Whether it was Yu Sheyue or Bai Liangyu, both of them had criticisms of varying degrees, but none of them were directed at Qin Zhi.

Yu Sheyue is of a lower generation than her. Her grandmother, Qin Man, the eldest princess of Jin State, was scolded very badly when she sent Yu Sheyue to participate in the election, but Qin Man didn't care.

As for Bai Liangyu, he just whispered in the backyard.

The Anlu Marquis's Mansion was just an empty shell. The old Anlu Marquis was still alive, but Bai Liangyu's father was only the second son and had passed away early. So most of the criticism directed at her was sour, saying that she, an orphan from a poor family living with her aunt and uncle, was not worthy of running for election.

The positions and palace arrangements for the selected concubines were drawn up by the empress and then presented to the emperor for confirmation.

Shen Ningyue has not come to ask Qin Zhi for his opinion, but Qin Zhi has already decided on the arrangements for Yu Sheyue's palace.

It was just a momentary thought. Qin Zhi has always been efficient in doing things. Whatever he thought of, he would do it.

"Your Majesty, the Queen wishes to see you."

"Send her in."

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. May your Majesty be well and healthy."

Qin Zhi's eyes sparkled with excitement, and he waved to Shen Ningyue excitedly:

"Seventeen, why are you here? I was just about to go to the Pepper Room to look for you!"

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."

Only two people were selected in this audition. Shen Ningyue felt secretly happy, but also a little depressed.

As Qin Zhi's wife, Shen Ningyue was happy because her husband had fewer concubines. But on the other hand, His Majesty had chosen too few beauties. As His Majesty's queen and the mother of the country who presided over the selection, wasn't she derelict in her duty?

"I just went with Lady Shi to look at the conditions of the vacant palaces. Although the female officials have statistics and reports, I only heard oral descriptions and things on paper, and I have never walked through them in person. I always feel that something is missing."

"You have a heart."

The imperial palace of Dayong was extremely magnificent, and there were two large pools enclosed in the harem.

The Imperial Palace of Dayong was rebuilt on the basis of the new imperial palace built by the previous emperor. The penultimate emperor of the previous dynasty, Emperor Ding, spent eleven years building the new imperial palace, which was retroactively renamed Ding. The emperor Ding of the previous dynasty issued an order to stop the construction of the new imperial palace when he was ill.

The last emperor of the previous dynasty, Emperor Min, continued to order the construction of this new palace four or five years after he ascended the throne. However, after ten years of construction, when he was just about to finish it, his kingdom was overthrown.

It was not until the establishment of Dayong and four years of renovation that the royal family of Dayong officially moved into this magnificent and beautiful palace.

During the first selection of concubines, Imperial Concubine Yi Meng Wu Yue arranged almost all the palaces with the best comprehensive conditions for the concubines. The rest all had more or less problems, which was far from being just talk.

Shen Ningyue got up at dawn and after wandering around for a day, she found that there were many vacant palaces, all of which were exquisite and shocking. However, it was difficult to get closer to Zhaozheng Palace and Jiaofang Palace.

The Luanyi Palace of Concubine Yi, the Zhuque Palace of Concubine Hui, the Yuntai Palace of Concubine Ying, the Yutang Palace of Concubine Zhi, the Changchun Palace of Concubine Li, the Lanlin Palace of Concubine Shi, the Yueshi Palace of Concubine Li, the Yilan Palace of Concubine Jiang and the Hanzhang Palace where Concubine Zhen used to live - these palaces are scattered and irregularly located in the area between Your Majesty's Zhaozheng Palace and the Empress Dowager's Ci'an Palace.

As for her Pepper Palace, there is no need to mention it.

Now, except for the Nanxun Palace, the rest of the palaces have to go around the big pond when going to the Zhaozheng Palace to serve the emperor or to the Jiaofang Palace to pay respects. If Your Majesty is busy, what's the difference between living there alone and living in the cold palace?

If His Majesty had chosen more concubines this time, Shen Ningyue would have arranged them all to live in that area. Now there is no "if", and there are only two concubines, which is a dilemma.

"I want to give the Princess of Wenxi a concubine position and live in Nanxun Palace, and the granddaughter of the Marquis of Anlu will be arranged as a good wife and live in Wenming Palace. Do you think it is feasible?"

Shen Ningyue asked softly.

The county lady and the noble lady were both regarded as the second-rank county duke. It would be too low to confer the title of noble lady on Yu Sheyue. The title of concubine was just right. And the title of noble lady given to Bai Liangyu was not intended to suppress her. Although her grandfather was a third-rank county marquis, her father was a commoner, so it was not easy to give Bai Liangyu a high position.

"I have no objection to the positions. As for the palaces, let Bai Liangyu go to Nanxun Palace and Yu Sheyue go to Hanzhang Palace. They are empty anyway."

Shen Ningyue's pair of bright and clear phoenix eyes widened for a moment.

Regardless of whether Lu Xinyin could get out or not, she had no intention of touching Hanzhang Palace. If she had suggested this, the empress dowager would definitely be furious.

"That's it. I'll ask someone to come and draft an edict."

"I have no objection."

Shen Ningyue nodded, thinking that she should tell the Queen Mother first. If she let the Queen Mother know about these arrangements from other people, she didn't know what would happen.

"Your Majesty, I need to go to Ci'an Palace to report to my mother about this selection. Do you want to go with me?"

"No, my mother probably doesn't want to see me recently. She gets angry when she sees me, and I can't make her angry." Qin Zhi said with a smile.