The preliminary selection is conducted by experienced old maids in the palace, who verify the identities of the women and conduct preliminary screening of their appearance and body shape.
The selected women must have regular and elegant facial features and a graceful and light figure.
If there are obvious scars, birthmarks, moles, etc. on the face or body, they will not be selected.
The woman’s skin color should also be taken into consideration. It should not be too dark or dull yellow. It is best if she has fair and flawless skin all over, with soft and radiant skin.
After checking the appearance and body shape, the woman will enter the inner room and be examined by a female doctor. If she passes the examination, her name will be recorded and she will be given a small jade card with the woman's name written on it.
The woman was then asked to wear the small jade token and wait outside the Queen's palace to be selected.
Su Wanti has been drinking spiritual spring water, and her skin seems to have changed into a new layer, white, delicate, and smooth like a peeled egg.
Moreover, she is beautiful, has a good figure, a slim waist, and there is nothing wrong with her.
So she passed the primary election smoothly.
There were a total of twenty women who passed the preliminary selection, and each of them dressed up carefully.
Some are gorgeous and bright, some are elegant and beautiful, and some are dignified and generous. This group of women standing together is like a hundred flowers in full bloom, making the palace people passing by unable to help but take a second look.
They each wore a small jade plaque with their name on it and stood outside the Queen's Changle Palace waiting to enter the palace to meet the Queen.
Su Wanti was among them.
In her previous life, it was her fourth sister who participated in this selection. By chance, the emperor took a look at her and that’s how she entered the palace.
Su Wanti's eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to her fourth sister's, but her appearance is even better than her fourth sister's.
She thought that perhaps the emperor liked bright and beautiful women, so this time she followed her fourth sister's example and dressed herself up like a blooming peony.
She wore a chest-length skirt embroidered with peony patterns in the color of Yang Fei, and a white wide-sleeved blouse embroidered with auspicious clouds. She wore a necklace made of colored crystal stones around her neck, tourmaline beads braided into her hair, and a light pink peony palace flower on the side of her bun.
This whole set is bright and eye-catching.
In the sunlight, the colored crystals and tourmaline beads reflected a colorful halo, which fell lightly on her snow-white neck and cheeks, making her skin look like jade, shiny, soft, and white.
If this bright outfit were worn by another woman, it would inevitably look vulgar.
However, Su Wanti has a beautiful face, a cold temperament, and a slender figure. Even if she is dressed gorgeously, she can hold her own. Not only will she not make people feel vulgar, but she will also make people feel that she is as beautiful as a fairy from heaven.
Among the women who passed the preliminary selection, two-thirds were daughters of officials in the capital.
They all heard about Su Wanti making a big fuss at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Some women recognized Su Wanti and looked at her secretly, sizing her up quietly.
There is contempt, disdain, and curiosity.
Some women couldn't help but whisper.
"Isn't that the fifth young lady of the Su family? Have you heard about her?"
"What's the matter?" Some women who had just returned to the capital from other places a few days ago asked curiously.
The person who answered had a tone of obvious disdain in his voice, "What else could it be? It's just that she went to the gate of the Prime Minister's residence, holding a sharp sword and threatening to die, and obsessed with the Prime Minister's son!"
"Ah? Then how did she have the nerve to enter the palace?"
"Because you're thick-skinned!"
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Those women lowered their voices when they spoke, but seeing Su Wanti's beautiful appearance, they couldn't help but have a strong sense of crisis in their hearts, so their voices became louder as they spoke, and they delivered their words completely into Su Wanti's ears.
Women in the boudoir live in the backyard and have little experience, so their ability to withstand pressure is naturally poor.
Some women with weak hearts cannot bear being criticized and may either threaten to commit suicide or die of depression.
Seeing Su Wanti's frail figure, they thought she was also such a woman. They wanted to use these words to disturb her mind, making her feel upset and uneasy, so that she would lose her composure in front of the queen.
This way, Su Wanti would be eliminated from the selection process, and after entering the palace, they would have one less stunningly beautiful competitor...
Su Wanti knew exactly what those women were thinking.
She also knew in her heart that she would hear such words after entering the palace.
So, now she has long been desensitized to these words, turning a deaf ear to them and not taking them to heart.
She has to take care of her own future, so how could she let herself indulge in the unbearable memories of the past?
These past events, even just thinking about them, were a waste of her time and energy.
People's time and energy are limited, and they should be used on people and things that are worth it!
The women behind her were chatting animatedly, while Su Wanti lowered her eyes, concentrated, held her breath, and adjusted her state. She would be in the best condition to face the Queen and the Emperor soon.
Let the emperor like her as much as he likes his fourth sister.
After a while, a eunuch called out the names outside the hall and asked the woman whose name was called to follow him into the hall.
When Su Wanti heard her name, she opened her eyes, which were as bright as the morning stars. She breathed a sigh of relief and followed the eunuch into the Changle Palace.
A row of five women knelt in the hall with their heads bowed.
There is nothing wrong with bowing and greeting.
The queen nodded with satisfaction.
The empress was of the same age as the emperor, but she took excellent care of herself and had never given birth, so she looked like she was in her early thirties.
The queen had a gentle personality and always had a faint smile on her face, but her smile was a smile of a superior who wanted to show her tolerance and magnanimity, and it was somewhat false.
The queen took the list of women from the nanny and checked them one by one.
When she saw the three words "Su Wanti" on the list, she frowned slightly.
Any major event that occurs in the capital will naturally reach the ears of the nobles in the palace.
The incident in which Su Wanti caused a scene in front of the Prime Minister's residence had no conclusion. Neither side said anything and the matter was left unresolved. Therefore, it was not possible to deny Su Wanti entry into the palace for selection on the grounds that she had a bad reputation.
However, no normal family would send a daughter with controversial background into the palace, right?
This Doctor Su is really confusing...
After the queen finished reading the list, she turned to look at the women kneeling below.
"Everyone get up!" said the queen.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Several women stood up, but their heads were still lowered, staring at the ground, very politely.
The queen glanced at Su Wanti lightly, and seeing that she was dressed brightly, she felt a hint of interest in her.
She turned towards Su Wanti and said softly:
"Are you the daughter of the Su family? You're wearing fresh and beautiful clothes. I wonder what you look like?"
The maidservant beside the Queen understood and immediately said, "Miss Su, please raise your head so the Queen can see."
"As you command," Su Wanti said softly and respectfully.
She raised her head, but her eyes were still drooping, unable to look directly at the queen.
In just a moment, the queen felt her eyes brighten. This little face was too beautiful and graceful.
She has slender eyebrows, a slightly upturned nose, and a mouth that looks like it contains cinnabar.
Her face is fair and tender, with a light red on her cheeks, like lotus petals about to bloom, making people want to pinch them.
The queen unconsciously raised the corners of her lips, and a look of satisfaction flashed across her eyes.
Good looking.
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