Chapter 179: Cai Nu

"Are you a Cai Nu from Chuxiu Palace?" Xia Zhengqi's face was a little surprised.

This woman dressed like a palace maid, calling herself a concubine, and saying that she was from Chuxiu Palace, was obviously a Cai Nu.

In Daxia, a beauty pageant was held every three or six years, and those who were successfully selected were called Cai Nu.

Cai Nu was the lowest-ranking concubine.

They were arranged to live in Chuxiu Palace.

The emperor would invite them according to his own preferences. Those who were invited and won the emperor's favor would be promoted.

If they were not invited, they would stay in Chuxiu Palace as Cai Nu until they died of old age.

The reason why Xia Zhengqi was surprised was that he didn't even remember there was such a Cai Nu.

"I am the Cai Nu of Chuxiu Palace, Lin Qingqing." The woman said softly.

[So that's how it is. 】Xia Miaoyuan had a look of sudden enlightenment.

【She must have lived in Chuxiu Palace and couldn't even see the emperor. In order to try her luck, she bribed the eunuchs of Qianqing Palace and did this. 】

【Ah! It's tragic enough. Since ancient times, in every dynasty, how many women were selected to enter the palace, but they couldn't even see the emperor and could only watch their faces age. 】

【So what if she saw the emperor? If she can't become a favorite concubine, she will still be a widow in her own bedroom. 】

Xia Zhengqi felt his heart tighten.

He didn't expect that his precious daughter, who was born from a fairy, would have such insightful ideas at such a young age.

As the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty, he just thought the selection of beauties was annoying, but he never thought about the problem from the perspective of women.

"You go down first." Xia Zhengqi said lightly.

The concubine named Lin Qingqing immediately twisted her waist and retreated.

The dumplings on the fifth night of the New Year were eaten just like this.

The concubines greeted Xia Zhengqi and took their leave. The queen also wanted to take her daughter back to Kunning Palace, but Xia Zhengqi held her back.

"Ruoyu, wait a minute."

Xia Zhengqi pulled the queen and her daughter into the sedan chair, "I want you to accompany me to a place."

The sedan chair came to the door of Chuxiu Palace and stopped.

The emperor and empress suddenly appeared in Chuxiu Palace with the little princess, which immediately caused a sensation in Chuxiu Palace.

Chuxiu Palace is like a dormitory, covering a large area and having many rooms. There

are more than thirty court ladies living in it.

The court ladies put down their things one after another, came to the emperor and empress, and saluted respectfully.

[Wow, there are so many! There is a whole class!] Xia Miaoyuan looked at the court ladies kneeling on the ground with curiosity.

They were all young, most of them would not be over 20 years old, and all of them were beautiful.

[They are all so beautiful. It’s a pity that they have to stay here!]

[However, if the emperor father were to treat them all equally, I’m afraid he wouldn’t be able to bear it with his body!] Xia Miaoyuan glanced at Xia Zhengqi worriedly.

Xia Zhengqi: ...

Empress: Do you think your mother is not busy enough? More than thirty court ladies have been appointed as concubines. I will be so busy just to mediate conflicts every day.

Xia Zhengqi ordered everyone to stand up. He glanced around calmly and found that he had no impression of any of these court ladies.

The queen looked at Xia Zhengqi's expression and guessed something. She walked to Xia Zhengqi and whispered, "It's normal that your majesty doesn't remember them. Most of them were selected two years ago."

"At that time, the empress dowager urged you to quickly recruit them to expand the Great Xia family. You said you didn't want to, so you just perfunctorily..."

Xia Zhengqi slapped his head. That's right, I almost forgot.

More than thirty court ladies stared at Xia Zhengqi eagerly, as if they were looking at their own future.

The moment Xia Zhengqi met their eyes, he felt a chill on his back and quickly withdrew his gaze.

The queen smiled mischievously and said teasingly, "Look how pitiful they are. Why don't you just choose one a day?"

Xia Zhengqi looked disgusted and said in a low voice, "I still want to live a few more years!"

That night, Xia Zhengqi issued an edict that the selection of beauties in the Great Xia Dynasty would be abolished every three years, and the specific time of the selection would be arranged by the emperor himself.

All the concubines in the Chuxiu Palace were released from the palace, gained freedom, and married on their own.

In addition, if the concubines in the harem who had no children were willing, they could also dissolve their marriage relationship with the emperor and live outside the palace, and the emperor would no longer interfere. As soon as

this imperial edict was issued, the concubines in the Chuxiu Palace were in an uproar, and the whole palace was discussing the enlightened approach of Emperor Mingxi.

...

Kunning Palace.

Xia Miaoyuan excitedly hugged Little Orange and pulled Maomao to sit beside her, forcing them to listen to her story.

She spoke in a baby voice and tried hard to say long sentences.

[I didn't expect that learning to speak after reincarnating as a human being would be so difficult. ]

[However, no matter how difficult it is, I have to practice. I have to practice as soon as possible, otherwise how can I tell my father and mother the important information. ]

"Once upon a time, there was a princess, the princess was so beautiful..."

Little Orange struggled to get his paw out of Xia Miaoyuan's arms and tried to struggle out.

"Listen carefully... this princess tells a story..." Xia Miaoyuan adjusted Little Orange's posture and said fiercely.

Maomao rolled his eyes helplessly and lay on the ground resignedly.

The queen looked at her daughter quietly and found it funny. She turned her head and glanced at Xia Zhengqi who was sitting on the armchair drinking tea, only to find that he had a sad face.

"What's wrong with your majesty?" the queen asked softly.

She found that since eating dumplings on the fifth day of the first lunar month, Xia Zhengqi always became dazed and unhappy when he was alone.

"The concubines of Chuxiu Palace have been arranged, you don't have to worry about it." The queen thought Xia Zhengqi was worried about the concubines.

Xia Zhengqi shook his head: "I'm not worried about that, but..."

Xia Zhengqi glanced at his daughter and saw that Xia Miaoyuan was concentrating on playing with the pets. He pulled the empress to his side and whispered in her ear: "A few days ago, I sent secret guards to assassinate Liang Chaozong, but failed. Could he really be the chosen one?"

The empress widened her eyes in shock.

Xia Zhengqi sighed: "I really can't figure it out!"

The empress immediately understood Xia Zhengqi's concerns.

"Why not ask the national teacher for advice."

Xia Zhengqi's eyes lit up: "Ruoyu, do you also think that you should ask the national teacher for advice?"

The empress smiled sweetly and nodded.

The empress knew Emperor Mingxi very well. He was a little soft-tempered and hesitated a lot of times. In fact, he already wanted to find a national teacher, but he was hesitating again. When I made suggestions to him, I was just helping him make a decision.

That day, Xia Zhengqi sent someone out of the palace.

Before dawn the next day, the messenger drove a car and took the imperial teacher Bian Wuji, whose hair and beard were all white, to the Qianqing Palace.

Bian Wuji's long flowing white hair was disheveled, and his originally elegant long-distance running was also wrinkled.

The old man looked down at his wolfish appearance and sighed helplessly.

"Oh, every time you come to pick up the poor, you are always in a hurry. The image of the poor will be ruined."