Chapter 36 Section thirty-six

This day is the day of the primary draft girl.There are 96 people in total, and three pairs of sisters are the most eye-catching.The first pair is Dutong Guixiang's daughter.Empress Dowager Cixi has two younger brothers: one is Zhaoxiang and the other is Guixiang.In the autumn of the eleventh year of Xianfeng, after Empress Dowager Cixi's mother valued her son, her father Huizheng pursued the title of Cheng'en Gong, who was inherited by Zhaoxiang as usual, and he passed away in the seventh year of Guangxu.Guixiang is the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Cixi. He is mediocre and worthless. He sits on the salary of the capital and spends all day hiding in Fangjiayuan's hometown in Dongcheng smoking opium.His two daughters are the nieces of the Empress Dowager Cixi's direct relatives. The older one "stayed" and the younger one was married to Zaishu, the heir of the "Nine Masters" Fujun Wang Yizhen.

The second pair is Chang Xu's daughter.Changxu is the son of Yutai, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu. He has three brothers. The eldest is Changjing.The second child is Chang Shan, whose style name is Lechu. A few years ago, he was a general in Guangzhou. He opened the mansion and spread the celebrities. Yu Shimei, Wen Tingshi, and Liang Dingfen formed close friends in his shogunate. Changxu Xingsan, as early as the third year of Guangxu, he became a servant. In the sixth year of Guangxu, he married Baoheng, the governor of Shanxi Province. The good day was chosen on November 13th. It is forbidden to have fun, let alone hold a happy event?At that time, Qingliu's arrogance was in full swing, and Deng Chengxiu came to the door in plain clothes to congratulate him.Changxu hurriedly sent someone to inquire about it, and Deng Chengxiu had already submitted a strict offer to participate, but the two relatives were dismissed from office together.

After this setback, Changxu was always unlucky, and it wasn't until Empress Dowager Cixi's fifty-year-old birthday the year before last that she was given the blessing of "abandoned staff" with her shift, and she was given grace to restore her punishment.The jewels in his palm, the big one is sincere and the small one is delicate and naive, and they are both studying with Wen Tingshi now.Among the ninety-six beautiful girls, if you want to talk about knowledge of books and etiquette, these two sisters should probably be the first. The third pair is the daughter of Dexin, the governor of Jiangxi Province. She is the most beautiful in terms of appearance. Everyone guesses that she must also be kept.Sure enough, among the ninety-six show girls, fifty-seven were "put down cards";

Drafting girls was originally a very interesting thing. In addition, the weather was sunny and warm, so the Empress Dowager Cixi was in a good mood.Princess Rongshou saw that it was a chance, so she said casually while she was sitting and chatting after dinner: "My daughter has never asked the Queen Mother for anything. I have something to do today. I have to ask Yizhi for permission." "Oh!" Empress Dowager Cixi asked very attentively, "Is it about your Ama?" She refers to Prince Gong.The year before last, in order to follow the class to wish Gu, King Chun begged for him, which hit a big snag. This time, it was King Dun who came forward to visit the mausoleum and allowed him to follow him, but it still hit a snag.Empress Dowager Cixi only thought that Princess Rongshou was going to intercede for her biological father, but she guessed wrong.

"Ama?" Princess Rongshou pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Daughter's Ama, isn't Emperor Wen Zongxian?" This is where Princess Rongshou is so powerful. The etiquette system is a good step forward. Since I have been named Princess Gulun, of course I can no longer recognize Prince Gong as my father.Seeing her reply like this, Empress Dowager Cixi had to change her words and asked, "I'm interceding for your sixth uncle!" "No! Even Uncle Wu is not allowed to intercede, how dare my daughter? But it is also an intercession. The Ministry of Rites drafted a note, not daring to violate the decree, but also not daring to violate the family law of the ancestors, and there are huge obstacles in it. It's really embarrassing. The Queen Mother will allow them to follow the original proposal!"

"The great obstacle! What is it?" The Empress Dowager Cixi asked in confusion. "My daughter doesn't dare to say now that Sheng Ming is no more than the queen's mother, and she will gradually understand. All in all, the Ministry of Rites is not wrong. Not only is it wrong, it is really protecting the empress dowager and the emperor." Princess Rongshou knelt down and kowtowed, "The emperor's forehead Mother can trust her daughter, so let's play!" Empress Dowager Cixi pondered for a while and said, "Okay! I can trust you." So the next day, a decree was issued that Puxiangyu determined the etiquette of Dongling's salute, as discussed on the tenth day of February.Having said that, Empress Dowager Cixi has other plans, but the time has not come, so it is inconvenient to disclose.