At this moment, there are already quite a few beauties here.
"Mammy, why are you here?" Xiao Yunyao asked in confusion.
The guide nanny smiled and said, "My lord, please wait. The Empress Chen will be here soon."
The rookies were confused.
On the first day of entering the palace, weren't they supposed to be settled in their respective residences? Why did the Empress Chen summon them?
"Is she trying to intimidate us? I heard at home that the Concubine Chen is very domineering..." Fu Jiaoyi muttered in dissatisfaction.
But no one said anything.
She is the emperor's cousin, so she dares to speak without restraint. Others do not have this blood relationship.
With just one sentence from Concubine Chen, the daughter of Marquis Nanyang was eliminated from the selection, and many concubines were afraid of her.
The crowd didn't have to wait too long.
After all the newcomers arrived, the eunuchs' voices could be heard from outside the door:
"The Empress Chen is here!"
A group of palace maids and eunuchs escorted a noble woman in. She was wearing a floor-length brocade skirt with crimson lotus embroidered with gold beads, a sleeved shirt dyed with smoke and clouds, and a set of red gold and pearl lotus headpiece, which made her look dazzling and gorgeous.
"Your concubine pays homage to Her Majesty the Concubine Chen!" All the ladies bowed in unison.
Ning Wanyin looked at everyone and said, "No need to be polite. I summoned you all here today to assign palace servants to you."
The girls were confused: What does that mean?
As soon as Ning Wanyin finished speaking, five palace maids came forward, each holding a wooden box filled with paper balls.
"My dear lords, in these wooden boxes are the names of the first-class palace maids, second-class palace maids, second-class eunuchs, third-class palace maids, and third-class eunuchs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to their positions, the Imperial Concubine has one first-class palace maid, two second-class palace maids, two second-class eunuchs, two third-class palace maids, and two third-class eunuchs." Lian Rui pointed to a row of wooden boxes in front of her and said:
"Please choose first, the four concubines—"
The quota of head maid will usually be given to the personal maid brought into the palace by the concubines, so there is no need to draw the first wooden box.
If you didn't bring it, all of these are complete.
The beauties were stunned: Huh?
This was different from previous years. It was the first time that the ladies had seen palace servants being allocated in this way.
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