The bookmaker is a bit far away from the palace. When we arrived at the palace gate, there were already a lot of bustling ladies waiting to be chosen.

Because it was a general election, there were a lot of showgirls, more than 500 of them, and they were divided into two days for the primary election.

Jiang Changning and the four girls from the banker's house, Xie Baoyin and Lu Xiuju were all assigned the first day.

Three hundred beautiful girls were divided into five teams: one team from noble families, one team from civil servant families, one team from military attache families, one team of folk women, and one team of women from aristocratic families.

Jiang Changning thought that she should be on the folk women's team.

The chief eunuch found her name, "Jiang's family is Changning, a native of Hangzhou, and her father is Jiang Zhijun, a member of the Chenglong Dynasty."

Jiang's father took part in the imperial examination but did not become an official. He returned to Hangzhou and became a country squire.

My father has a good reputation, but although he is not an official, he is not considered a commoner.

The Jiang family is famous in Hangzhou and has been passed down for more than ten generations.

Furthermore, in order to enhance Jiang Changning's status, the Queen Mother placed her in the group of girls from aristocratic families.

Jiang Changning walked over, and there was no one she knew in the team.

She has been in Beijing for six years, but she hasn't gone out much and doesn't know many people.

Among the people who have dealings with the banker, the girls who are running for election are all lining up in the civil service line.

Xie Baoyin and Lu Xiuju, one behind the other, stood in the military attache's team.

A carriage drove slowly over, and the logo on the carriage was a black eagle spreading its wings.

Prince Jin sat in the car, opened a corner of the curtain and looked outside, and immediately saw Jiang Changning standing in the queue.

He thought of a word, stand out from the crowd.

Most of the beautiful girls wore light pink suits, and Jiang Changning wore light cyan, a little green among the thousands of flowers.

Jiang Changning never thought of being independent, she wanted to disappear among the crowd.

Just wearing light pink looks too delicate and pretty.

The original intention of wearing light cyan was to reduce the color and make it less outstanding, but who knew it would have the opposite effect.

Jiang Changning was smiling bitterly, nine times out of ten things in life are unsatisfactory!

Come on, she is a beauty, no matter how much she hides it, she is still a beauty and cannot change it.

"Have the arrangements been made?" King Jin asked.

Chang Youzhong replied: "Everything has been arranged. Miss Jiang will not be wronged."

King Jin smiled with satisfaction and lowered the curtain.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, Jiang Changning felt that his feet were almost numb from standing, and everyone finally arrived.

The palace door opened, and the ladies lined up to enter in order.

Soon, they stood in front of a palace.

A tall and thin middle-aged grandma came over. She stood on the steps and said loudly: "You girls are here for the talent show, not the market. Please be quiet."

When the girls calmed down, she said sternly: "I don't care how noble or indulgent the girls are at home. When you enter the palace, you must abide by the rules in the palace. I will say ugly things first. If anyone breaks the rules, don't do it."

It’s strange that this slave is so cruel.”

Seeing that the ladies were all honest, Grandma smiled with satisfaction and softened her tone, "Grandma will take you in for a body test soon. Don't make any noise, so as not to disturb the nobles in the palace."

After saying this, five nuns standing nearby, wearing brown dark patterned palace clothes, came over and bowed their knees to the middle-aged nun.

They found the team they wanted to lead and stood in front of it.

Grandma took the booklet and arranged the beautiful girls in order according to their family background.

Jiang Changning is ranked tenth. There are seven girls in front of her from aristocratic families in the capital, and two girls from other big clans in other places.

The chambermaid sang the list, and the beautiful lady who was named was led in by the palace maid for a physical examination.

"Zhao Xifang!"

Jiang Changning looked up and saw a slender figure.

Zhao Xihe wore a light pink palace dress, and she also paired it with a white gauze shawl.

Jiang Changning stood behind and could not see the appearance of this talented girl from the capital.

Zhao Xifang is the granddaughter of Princess Wenhe. Although she does not have a title, it stands to reason that she should be in the honorable team.

She now stands at the top of the family, which shows that her father's family is not simple either.

The beautiful women were called in one by one and never came out again. It is not known how many cards were left and how many were not.

"Jiang Changning." The chamberlain called Jiang Changning's name.

Jiang Changning was led into the palace by the palace maid. There were two old ladies standing in the room, "Hello, ladies."

"Hello, girl." The two old ladies said in a gentle manner.

Jiang Changning took out two purses from his sleeve pocket and stuffed them into the two old ladies respectively, "Small gifts are not respectful."

The two old ladies laughed, stuffed their purses into their sleeve pockets, and walked around Jiang Changning a few times, "Girl, please undress."

Jiang Changning knew that after checking the appearance, it was time to check the body.

She reached out to untie her clothes, but an old woman held her hand down.

In her surprised eyes, the old woman smiled and shook her head.

"No need." Another old lady whispered.

"Thank you so much, mama." Jiang Changning thought it was his two wallets that made the difference.

Jiang Changning breathed a sigh of relief, it was great, he didn't have to take off his clothes in front of two strangers.

The old grandma calculated that the time was almost up, walked to the door next to her, knocked lightly, and said, "Come through."

A woman replied: "Jiang Changning, the direct daughter of the Jiang family in Hangzhou, has passed the physical examination."

Jiang Changning saluted the two old ladies again. Under the guidance of the old ladies, he walked around the screen, opened the side door, and walked out.

There is a palace maid waiting for her there. Those who have passed the test should go left.

We arrived at an open hall, where tables and low stools were placed.

On the desk is a copy of "Girls' Commandments", as well as pen, ink, paper and inkstone, here to test whether the beautiful girl is literate.

You don’t need to be talented, you don’t need to know poetry and songs, but you must be literate.

"Turn the pages at will and copy a hundred words." said the nanny sitting above.

Jiang Changning picked up the ink stick with his right hand, his tail finger slightly bent, and his orchid fingers raised.

The index finger of the left hand supports the wrist of the right hand, and the ring finger of the middle finger supports the sleeve of the right hand.

Turning your wrist slightly, the ink stick grinds out ink in the inkstone.

Her posture is elegant and her sitting posture is upright. She is worthy of being a daughter of a noble family.

Mammy nodded slightly and wrote "Excellent" on the note with Jiang Changning's name.

What Jiang Changning copied was the conduct of a woman in the "Women's Commandments", "A woman has four conducts, the first is a woman's virtue, the second is a woman's speech, the third is a woman's appearance, the fourth is a woman's merit..."

After copying it, sign it, place it in front of Grandma, and bow down.

When grandma took a look, she saw that the font was in small regular script with hairpin flowers, which was clear and elegant.

She is really a beautiful and smart girl. Grandma put the piece of paper in the brocade box on the left hand side.

"Girl, please go this way." The palace maid took her to the back hall, where there were all beautiful girls who had passed two levels.

Scanning her eyes, she saw Zhao Xifang, who was sitting reservedly among the girls.

Zhao Xifang's face is as big as a palm, and although her complexion is not fair, her appearance is beautiful, giving people the feeling of being poetic and elegant.

Surrounded by the women were not only Zhao Xifang, but also four other women.

Jiang Changning guessed that they should be the first in each team.

In the draft, what is selected is not only appearance and talent, but also family background.

The four girls have good family backgrounds and their looks are not bad either.
Chapter completed!