Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Don't be wishful thinking

The sedan chair bearers are all maids, their movements are orderly and well-trained.When the sedan chair curtain was lifted, a beautiful lady in palace attire came out from inside—about twenty-eight years old, wearing a red satin flag dress embroidered with hibiscus and flowers, a small waistcoat wiping clouds and wearing butterflies, trimmed with silver thread, and cuffs The skirt and skirt are made of snow silk satin, embroidered with elegant petals, wearing a string of emerald-inlaid gold longevity locks on the chest, a string of tourmalines on each wrist, and a wreath hanging from the waist.

The guards all recognized the person, and ran down to greet him in three quick steps and two steps, "Slaves send greetings to Miss Biao, best wishes to Miss Biao!" The girl with cheeks like the full moon, stepped on a pair of red embroidered satin hibiscus flowerpot-bottomed flag shoes, and her gestures were overwhelmingly luxurious.She clasped her hands lightly, but before she opened her mouth, the servant girl beside her raised her eyebrows and said crisply: "Where are the two chief managers in your mansion? Ermo is not here, but the chief manager Yuanshou is always here!"

The guards knew that this was Miss Yushu, the most favored first-class maidservant in front of the daughter of the Shangshu Mansion. She nodded and bowed and said: "If you go back to Miss, I have already reported to Chief Yuanshou, and I will be there as soon as I speak." As soon as the words landed, Yuan Shou came out. He walked down the steps quickly, and when he reached the girl in palace costume, he brushed off his sleeves, respectfully knelt down on one knee, put one hand on the ground, and said, "Slave please greet Miss Biao!" The girl squinted her eyes, and said lightly, her voice was like the dew that quenched the fragrance of flowers, "Master Yuanshou, please come and be safe."

If there are not often female relatives in the Prince Guo's mansion, the so-called Miss Cousin is just a title.Everyone in the mansion knows the identity of this person——the favorite jewel of Lifan Academy Shangshu A Ling'a, Niuhulu Jiajia, the authentic inlaid yellow flag, compared with the girls who can be regarded as relatives of Concubine Qin's natal family, she is born in the first place. I don't know how noble his identity is, he is a petite guest in the mansion. After Yuanshou finished his ceremony, he respectfully invited him into the mansion. Accompanying them were a bunch of maids and women, as well as all kinds of daily necessities. Just jewelry and clothes filled two big boxes, some tea sets, tableware, and many daily necessities.As soon as he entered the mansion, Yu Shu waved his hands at the servants, and led them to the direction of Dongyuan with ease.

"Miss Biao, the lord hasn't returned to the mansion yet. Look at this..." Yuan Shou stood in front with a lack of confidence, with a look of embarrassment on his face. The girl in palace costume still maintained a dignified and elegant posture, holding hands casually, and remained silent for a while. Yu Shu glanced at the people in front of him, but said coolly: "Why, what the chief manager means is that the prince is not in the mansion, so my lady will be kicked out, right?" When Yuan Shou heard this, half of his face collapsed immediately.That's right, I brought a big cart with everything, so I have to let it live.

"I heard that a girl lives in the prince's mansion?" Niu Hulu Jiajia turned his head and asked calmly. When Yuan Shou heard it, he felt a bitter taste in his mouth, "Miss Biao is talking about...Miss Lianxin..." At this time, Yu Shu crossed his arms and said mockingly: "No one outside now knows that the prince took a young and beautiful woman a few days ago and walked around the entire capital. There are rumors in the streets and alleys, The prince is very fond of this woman, and he is afraid that she will marry Fujin in the future. My lord, is there such a thing?"

"This……" Just when Yuanshou was in trouble, the door of the mansion squeaked and opened suddenly sounded behind him.When Yuanshou heard it, he knew that the prince had returned, so he hurried to meet him as if he was running away. Jiajia also followed the sound and saw a figure of Shengxue appearing on the vermilion porch, and a faint smile bloomed on her lips.When he approached, he leaned back lightly, and said all blessings dignifiedly, "Jiajia pays respects to my cousin, good luck to my cousin." Yun Li handed over the reins to his servants, saw that it was her, and said: "Why are you here, didn't you know beforehand?"

Niuhulu Jiajia bit his lips, but his face remained unchanged, and said softly, "It's what Ama meant. Ama said that my cousin has just been named the Mongolian capital of the Xianglan Banner, and he is in charge of the three Regarding the military affairs of the flag, at first, I was afraid that there might be something that I couldn’t take care of, so I asked Jiajia to come over to share with my cousin.” She is the only daughter of Xianghuang Banner's direct descendant, and she was once a student with the imperial court. Even though she is only a girl, she has intensively read the Four Books and Five Classics, and she has learned a lot, especially in the military affairs of the Eight Banners.

Yun Li didn't speak, saw everything in the garden and a few serving maids, and said calmly: "Take the things in first. You just changed the curtains in your room, go and have a look first, if you don't like it Let the woman in the mansion replace it with a new one." Jiajia bowed her body.On the other hand, Yu Shu who was beside him showed a smug smile when he heard it, and immediately waved his hands to let everyone pack up their things and walk towards Dongyuan. At this time, Ermo was practicing piano with Lian Xin in the housing estate. Before the end of the song, a servant girl came in and reported: "Miss Lianxin, the prince has returned to the mansion, please come over!"

Lian Xin stopped plucking the strings, and was hesitating whether to finish practicing the piece first.Ermo pursed her lips, waved her hand, and told her to go right away, and ordered the servant girl to follow with her Qin in her arms. Several gardens were built on the side of the central garden. It was a strong summer, and the flowers in the gardens were in full bloom.There are many rare flowers in the mansion, all transplanted from the south of the Yangtze River, especially the colorful flowers and colorful fragrances.Lian Xin came slowly from the flowers with her skirt on her arm, her slender figure was like a butterfly wearing flowers, pretty and agile.

The maid who informed her walked in front and led her all the way to the verandah between Zhongyuan and Dongyuan. She bypassed a vermilion colonnade, and it suddenly became clear that at the end of the gravel road, there was a pavilion piled up very high. There are five steps, standing in the sea of ​​flowers. Lian Xin walked up, Yun Li was sitting in front of the stone table. "Why did you bring the qin?" Yunli took off the robe that was resting on the stone bench, and put it on the railing on one side. Lian Xin didn't sit down, but said softly: "Just now I was practicing the piano at Ermo's place, and Ermo said, let the prince check the newly composed piece today." "Have you chosen a name?" Lian Xin shook her head. Yun Li ordered the servant girl to put the guqin on the stone table. The stone bench was a bit short, so she naturally put her robe on it, and then motioned Lian Xin to sit down and play for him.Lian Xin looked at the neatly folded brocade robe on the stone bench, and hesitated for a moment, but Yun Li took her hand and pulled her to the stone bench. After sitting down, the slender hands touched the watery tone on the strings. She doesn't have deep roots of wisdom, so naturally she can't master everything in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting in just a few days.Fortunately, she is hardworking and knows the rhythm. Ermo is good at teaching and practicing hard, and the simple tunes are easy to come by. The sun was shining brightly, and there was not a single cloud in the blue sky.After finishing the piece, Yun Li turned sideways and asked her to play the piece she just played again, interrupting it from time to time, and then demonstrated some fingering techniques with her own hands.After a few times, Lian Xin played again, and it was really better than before. When Niuhulu Jiajia came to Xiaoting, Lianxin had just finished playing a piece of music, Yunli reached out and plucked the strings, and explained to her the technique of the last verse.At this time, the sunlight was just right, the fragrance of the flowers on the treetops was just right, the veil around the pavilion was pulled up, and the sun shone a blurred halo on the two of them, as if they were a match made in heaven.The serving maids and servants stood outside the sea of ​​flowers with lowered eyebrows, as if they were afraid of disturbing the people in the pavilion, and waited to serve them at a distance. The courtyard was quiet. "Cousin!" Jiajia was attracted by the sound of the piano, saw this scene, bit her lip, and couldn't help calling softly. Lian Xin raised her head, and there was a face-to-face woman under the pavilion. Niu Hulu Jiajia changed into a lotus-colored cardigan skirt when she faded out of the palace dress, with a small silver silk brocade waistcoat on top.There is a jade butterfly hanging on the belt, the jade is transparent and warm, it is really precious.There is no bun on her head, but a simple braid, which is draped over her shoulder along her right ear. Her jet-black bangs are softly spread over her forehead, revealing a pair of big eyes. She has vermilion lips and bright cheeks. Ruo Taoli. "Yuan Shou was looking for you just now. He said that someone from Wucheng Bingmasili sent an official letter. It should be that the Metropolitan Procuratorate investigated and dealt with some matters related to Xianglan Banner Zuoling." Jiajia said lightly, only looking at Looking at Yunli, it seemed that the person on one side did not exist at all. Yun Li frowned slightly, "This happened three days ago, why did I remember to send the official letter." After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand to gently support Lian Xin, turned away, as if to let her sit down on the stone bench next to her . "Let the servant girl carry the piano back later, after you write the score, put it in my study." After Yun Li finished speaking, he waved to a young servant in the sea of ​​flowers.The young man trotted over immediately, Yun Li ordered a few words, then walked down the small pavilion and walked towards the Central Garden along the stone path.The cold, proud and beautiful girl also walked away. When turning the corner, she turned her head back and glanced at Lian Xin, intentionally or unintentionally. "Girl, it's cool here, why don't we go back to the house first." At this time, the servant girl came up, put a light gauze dress on her shoulders, and said softly. Lian Xin nodded lightly and asked, "Who was the person just now..." The servant girl hugged the guqin on the stone table, and said honestly: "That is the daughter of the master teacher, Miss Jiajiabiao, who doesn't come to the mansion often on weekdays, but this time I heard that she brought a lot of servants. , seems to be staying for a while." Jiajia... Lian Xin thought for a moment, but she was not familiar with this name, but she could guess that she should be the most prominent branch of the inlaid yellow flags, the jewel in the palm of Li Fan Yuan Shangshu A Ling'a - Niuhulu Jiajia . When Yunli was walking towards Zhongyuan, Jiajia didn't really follow. The people who came to discuss matters in the main hall were all the important officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and there were even a few admirals from the Nine Gates. It is still not in compliance with the rules for the female family members to show their faces in public.Outside the hall, Yuan Shou was pacing back and forth in the red-painted corridor, and he was relieved to see his figure from a distance. "Why didn't you come here to report?" After stepping through the threshold, Yunli nodded to the officials present, and asked Yuanshou in a low voice. Yuan Shou made a bitter face, and said in a low voice: "A few adults entered the door, and Miss Biao just came out from Nanyuan. The slave originally wanted to go to see the master in person, but after Miss Biao asked about the matter, he asked the servant to wait in the meeting hall. He said he came to find Grandpa in person.” Yun Li didn't speak after hearing the words, and sat down on the main seat.At this time, one of the green-robed officials handed over the booklet. In the housing estate, Lian Xin sat in front of the piano table and plucked the strings. The melodious melody penetrated the light curtain and gauze, and passed through the lilac stamens blooming just right on the window lattice.From time to time, one or two butterflies played and chased her, as if smelling the sound of the piano, they flew around her and lingered. She was playing, and stopped to look at the score after playing a piece, and then played again, the last piece was the most melodious.Occasionally, maidservants in twos and threes passed by in the garden, and for a moment they stopped, they were fascinated by the music, but no one understood the meaning of the song. Hard work and the most pity for the sky and the moon, Every night is like a ring, and every night is like a ring. If it is like the end of the moon, it will be bright and clean, and the ice and snow will be warm. It's easy to end without that fate, the swallow is still there, and said softly stepping on the curtain hook. After singing, the sorrows of autumn graves have not stopped, and Chun Cong recognizes the amphibious butterflies. Playing to the emotional part, I didn't even have time to think about a few slides, and it came down naturally.Lian Xin smiled brightly, and dialed it with her backhand. According to the fingering technique Yun Li taught just now, she was able to handle the tone better. This song was written by the eldest son of the former Martial Arts Hall scholar.It is said that he was a man as bright as the moon and as beautiful as a peach blossom. He had a lot of fate in his life and a bumpy official career, but he left many works handed down from generation to generation. Lian Xin closed her eyes, the sound of the piano at her fingertips flowed out like clouds and flowing water, she seemed to smell the faint fragrance of peach blossoms in her nose, and the smile on her lips, before it had time to bloom, was already moving. Just then, there was a knock on the door. The serving maid heard the sound, came out of the bedroom, and went to open the door.Lian Xin paused at this moment. "Is Miss Lianxin there? My lady is here to see you." A crisp female voice rang out in the porch. Lian Xin stood up, looked up, and there was a beautiful woman with a beautiful face standing on the side of the red lacquered pillar. "My servant pays homage to Miss Biao, Miss Biao is blessed." Nuhulu Jiajia stepped on the threshold, glanced at the maid who was saluting to him, and motioned her to get up first.Then he ordered the maid who came with him to wait outside the corridor, entered the cabinet by himself, looked around, and then cast his gaze on Lian Xin's face, "I am Niuhulu Jiajia from the Shangshu Mansion, you are the cousin who brought me in." That girl from the mansion, Lian Xin?" Speaking of which, they are considered family members.The same is Xianghuangqi, and the same surname is Niu Hulu, but their identities are very different.Jiajia is the most noble girl in the clan, born with grace and arrogance, even her gestures are full of nobility. "Miss Biao is well." Lian Xin leaned back lightly and bowed to her. Niuhulu Jiajia nodded, arm in arm, walked to the side of the carved window lattice, and said indifferently: "I know you, and I also know your father, who is the fourth grade Dianyi, Niuhulu Lingzhu, this time the new Fuzheng official. Because I am the person in charge of the assessment this time, I also know that your father's appointment is actually the result of your request to your cousin, right?" Lian Xin was a little taken aback by her straightforward words. "It's the prince who knows people well. Ahma... being appreciated by the prince is a blessing from his previous life." "Then what are you doing in the mansion? Do you want to promise with your body?" It wasn't a questioning tone, but a light, cold tone, as if describing an extremely ordinary matter.Lian Xin was amazed by the arrogance and calmness of the woman in front of her. She was the same age as herself, and her beautiful face was like a silver moon piled on snow, shining through people.However, at this age, there is a pair of eyes that understand the world, showing indifference and coldness. This may not be the first meeting, Lian Xin always remembers that when she was young, whenever there were sacrifices in the clan, the children would watch the shaman perform the ghost dance outside the clan's ancestral hall.At that time, Ama didn't have much status in the clan. She stood far behind, watching the gorgeously dressed girls in the clan stepping on beautiful and exquisite flowerpot-bottomed flag shoes as they walked into the ancestral hall. .Both proud and majestic.So much so that she broke off contact with relatives in the clan later, and she still has a fresh memory of the scene back then. However, before she could reply, Niuhulu Jiajia squinted his eyes and said coldly: "My cousin and I have no marriage contract, but my Ama is my cousin's teacher, and the emperor appreciates my cousin's talents very much. I have mentioned to Ama several times that I hope to conclude an marriage relationship, so the marriage between my cousin and I will be done sooner or later. Even if you stay in the mansion, there will be no result." "Miss Biao misunderstood." Lian Xin didn't expect her to think of this, she shook her head, and said softly, "The prince has nothing to me. I can only be regarded as a pawn in the prince's hands." Niuhulu Jiajia slightly frowned, "Chess pieces?" There are three or two butterflies flying in the house, lingering on the flowers on the window lattice.Under the window lattice, just separated by a railing, is a huge lotus pond. The sun shines softly on the water surface, giving off a shimmering luster. The halo projected on Lian Xin's side face, it was bright, a little too dazzling, it seemed blurred and unreal.Lian Xin turned her head, pursed her lips and said, "Miss Jia Jia, do you know that the prince's mother, that is, Concubine Qin, wants to be canonized as the Queen Mother? I will enter the palace on the day of the draft and serve as Concubine Qin Fulfill the canonized wish." Niuhulu Jiajia couldn't understand the more she listened, and looked at her suspiciously, "You mean, you want to enter the palace?" Lian Xin nodded lightly, "My role is to fulfill the filial piety towards Concubine Qin for the prince. Therefore, the prince will temporarily keep me in the mansion to learn palace rules and some skills. After the course is over, I will leave here , go home and prepare for the draft.” Originally, there was no plan to leave so early.Lian Xin thought bitterly in her heart.However, even if it's not now, sooner or later, it's time to go, isn't it?Even if she doesn't think about herself, she still has to think about Ama... "Is what you said true?" Niuhulu Jiajia stared at her for a long time, still dubious. Lian Xin said softly: "Don't dare to lie about half a sentence." "I didn't expect that you went to the palace to draft. It's not a good place. Ama said that if the women who can go in don't have enough family background to rely on, they will all be bullied and won't live well." very good." Lian Xin lowered her head and did not speak. Niu Hulu Jiajia looked at her for a long time, then turned his gaze away lightly, "But since you won't stay, then I have nothing to say. It's just that I know about my cousin, who is always too gentle Kindness, even irrelevant people, irrelevant thoughts, don't know how to reject others. Don't think too much." Lian Xin stood quietly in front of the window lattice, "Miss Biao, don't worry. Lian Xin knows her identity." Niu Hulu Jiajia didn't seem to expect her to say that, looked at her back with incomprehensible eyes, shook his head for a moment, said "Excuse me", then turned and left Xiyuan's bedroom. Lian Xin stood alone in the shadow of flowers by the window sill, and remained like this for a long time. The flowers in the garden are all in bloom, and the garden is full of fragrance.The time of the thick summer unfolds slowly, illuminating the fragrance of tea all over the place, and the petals falling with the wind are like a prosperous fragrant dream, but it is not true that the blooming of flowers is not real. Ever since Yushu entered the mansion, she has been serving Niu Hulu Jiajia.It wasn't until yesterday that Jiajia was helping Yunli sort out some paperwork in the study, she fell asleep late, and had to catch up on sleep in the dormitory so that she wouldn't have to continue to wait on her, so she found time and came to the servant's house. Separated by two corridors, the contiguous wing rooms are on the west side of the mansion. Although it is a servant's residence, this room is very decent, it can't compare with the style and grandeur of Qianyuan, but it is not so spacious and bright.Yu Shu pushed open the door, but there was no one in the room.The inside and outside are divided into two rooms by carved screens. The furnishings in the outside room are extremely simple, including four official hats and open chairs, a sandalwood table, and a Western clock on the table, but it is not seen in ordinary places, not a reward. Nothing. Yushu was sitting in front of the table, playing with the western clock very curiously, the pendulum was shaking, and through the glass cover, he couldn't reach inside, and could only hear the sound of ticking hands. After a while, Ermo stepped across the threshold and walked in. "Aunt—" Yu Shu put down the western clock, got up quickly, and called out sweetly. Ermo didn't expect that there was someone in the room, she was startled for a moment, saw the appearance of the person clearly, couldn't help but pursed her lips and shook her head, "You are not in Dongyuan to take good care of Miss Biao, what are you doing here?" Yushu leaned forward flatteringly, and grabbed Ermo's arm, "Didn't I miss you, I haven't looked at you for a long time, I want to see my aunt!" "I can only play tricks, tell me, what's the matter?" Yu Shu looked around and saw no one around, whispered: "The imperial court is about to draft, I want to borrow some money from my aunt to arrange it, and if there is a day when someone becomes famous, I will never forget my aunt's great kindness." "You want to enter the palace?" Ermo frowned and looked at her, "But you are a coat of the upper three banners, so you are not qualified to go to the draft. Falsifying your identity is a crime of deceiving the emperor, and you will be beheaded!" Yushu tugged her hard, "Of course I know that. But my aunt forgot that I, Ama, was once a guard with the white flag, but later I was downgraded because of bad guards. Miss Biao said, if I want to, I can do it." Let me reinstate my official Ama. In this case, I will be regarded as half a girl in Qixiu, if my aunt is willing to borrow money to manage it, why worry about not being eligible to enter the palace for drafting!" Ermo shook her head, "It's not that I don't help, it's just that I don't have much surplus, how can I help you?" Yushu was stunned, and was about to go out when his expression changed, but Ermo grabbed her and said, "I can't stand a few words and I'm going to leave. With such a temperament, do you want to enter the palace and become famous?" Yushu paused and looked at her incomprehensibly. "I don't have money, but I have an idea." Ermo rolled her eyes and smiled inscrutablely, "You have been with Ms. Biao for so many years, and you have worked hard without credit. Since she is so in favor of you entering the palace There's no reason why you don't even have a little money for the draft. You are her confidant and big maid, and there are certain things that I don't need my aunt to teach you." Yu Shu raised his head in a daze, and an idea crossed his mind in an instant. Counting the days, there are still three months before the draft period.Qinqi calligraphy and painting, among these four skills, only the last one is "painting".Just now the master teacher has been shaking his head at her. As a painter, for some reason, no matter whether it is fine brushwork or freehand brushwork, he can't find the essence. The simple characters and landscapes are drawn very rigidly. Lian Xin put the Langhao brush on the jade pen holder, and sighed at the rice paper in front of her. How many is it already?How much is painted, how much is wasted.The instructor sighed again and again, and the maids who served him changed one after another, and his arms were already sore and sore from training, which was always unsatisfactory. "Is it true that I have no talent?" On the snow-white rice paper, the outline of the ink bamboo was outlined, and the deep and shallow traces appeared disorganized.Lian Xin kept looking down, muttering to herself in a low voice. "You can write small letters with hairpin flowers in one hand, which is beautiful and elegant, how can you not know how to draw!" A faint voice sounded behind him, and at some point, Yun Li had already entered the housing estate.Just sent away the serving servants, the master teacher was not in the room, only Lian Xin was drawing stroke by stroke with a brush, so engrossed that he didn't even know how long he had been in. "My lord is auspicious." Lian Xin drew back her body and bowed to him. He stretched out his hand and gave a little support.After she got up, she said warmly: "When did you become so unfamiliar. I told you before that you don't need to salute when you see me in the mansion." Lian Xin lowered her head and said softly: "It's the prince who is so considerate, but the rules still have to be followed." Yun Li looked at her for a long while, didn't speak, just walked around the table, stood beside her, looked at the rice paper on the table, and asked: "You painted ink bamboo?" Lian Xin nodded, "Just now the master of fine brushwork asked me to paint, but I don't know why, but I can't draw well..." When she said this, she thought that he happened to be here, so she gently diverted the conversation, "I have studied for a few months, and now In the teaching of skills, only "painting" is left. I think that even if I can't be proficient, I can pass the primary selection only by relying on the other three. Your lord, the day of the draft is coming, I wonder if I should……" "'Drawing' is important." Just as I was about to say goodbye with an excuse, it was abruptly cut off in my mouth in an instant.Lian Xin didn't understand, she raised her eyes to look at him in a daze. "'Painting' is very important." Yunli kept looking at the painting on the table, as if he didn't notice her expression, nor heard her words, just picked up the Langhao brush that was on the shelf, and dipped it in ink , and then handed over the pen, "I sent someone to inquire. The person in charge of the primary selection of the show girls in the palace is a great eunuch named Xin'an. He has no other hobbies. He only likes meticulous painting. There are countless masterpieces. I can take care of everything in the palace for you, but this is the only person who is Prince Zhuang's confidant." Lian Xin half-understood, just stared blankly at the pen in his hand, until the thick ink was about to drip onto the rice paper, and then realized that she wanted to take it. "Gongbi painting emphasizes the beauty of lines. Meticulousness is the characteristic of Gongbi painting. 'The use of brushes can be simple but full of meaning, and there are subtle and delicate ones'. This is the truth." Yunli said, stretched out his hand, from behind Holding her hand holding the pen, "Come on, let me teach you." The sun came in quietly, covering the snow-white rice paper. Before Lian Xin could react, Yun Li had already held her hand. His slender fingers were white with distinct phalanges, and slightly curved arms wrapped around her. They were clearly separated from each other, yet they were so close. "When painting, you should keep your mind calm. Only when you think about the scene you are painting in your heart, can you write accurately." After Yunli said, he gently moved his wrist to draw the veins of the bamboo leaves. Early summer is bright and warm, through the window lattice, a few peach blossoms fall quietly.The sun was shining quietly, and the two people in front of the desk were shrouded in a white halo.In the halo, he was holding her hand with just the right strength, so as not to pinch her, and he was pulling the pen in her hand just right.When she looked sideways, her warm breath just hit her ear, Lian Xin lowered her head, her cheeks were a little red. "Keep relaxed, your hands are too stiff." His other hand pressed her shoulder, just a very simple touch, however, at this moment Yun Li's hand was leaning on the table, in this posture, it was like embracing her in his arms.Lian Xin bit her lip, her ears started to feel hot, she tried to relax her shoulders. "Is that right?" She said with a thin accent. Yunli said "hmm", "I didn't draw well before, not only because of the technique, but because the teacher only knows how to teach you the skills, but I don't know that the artistic conception is not just imagined. You have never seen ink bamboo, how can you draw it? Its charm." While speaking, there are a few strokes of outline and a few strokes of description.The Langhao pen is covered with ink, and the traces that are drawn slowly reveal a piece of elegant bamboo forest.The ink on the pen just happened to be wiped clean. On the rice paper, it has already become a painting. At this moment, he gently let go of her hand, but did not move away from her. He just tilted his head and quietly looked at the work he had just painted.The two were so close that Lian Xin could even smell the faint spices on his clothes. "Do you remember the technique just now?" He asked her softly. Lian Xin nodded nonchalantly, Yun Li looked down at her, he was much taller than her, his slender body cast a shadow over her head, his thin lips were slightly pursed, and his gracefully curved chin, the breath seemed to sweep over Lian Xin's body The tip of the nose is slightly hot. Probably because the sunlight was a bit dazzling, Lian Xin stood in the narrow gap between him and the table, her eyes were bent into crescents, her slender eyelashes trembled, and her beautiful sandalwood lips were slightly pursed.Yun Li suddenly remembered that day at the gate of the mansion, when he saw her for the first time, he pursed his lips like this, looking up at himself... so stubborn and soft. After being quiet for a while, Lian Xin suddenly said softly: "My lord's painting skills are superb, I think I have been studying for a long time, but I can't compare to it." "Since this is the case, you should learn this fine brushwork painting method." Yunli picked up the rice paper and faced the sun. The black bamboo on it seemed to be alive, and each plant came to life. "In this way, you can Draw all the surrounding scenery on paper." Lian Xin lowered her eyes and said in a low voice: "The day of the audition is coming soon. Er Mo said, instead of spending time learning about these branches, it's better to think about how to be likable and how to stand out from the crowd of beauties." She was able to enter the palace draft by virtue of her appearance as Bafujin.However, if she passes the primary election, what should she do next... She is a woman who is admired by two men all over the world at the same time. She is like a wonderful flower blooming vigorously in the lonely palace. temperament?And did she really turn into a streak of light and disappear into the palace, as the rumors said? Thinking of this, Lian Xin couldn't help asking softly: "What kind of person is Bafujin...?" Yun Li looked at her quietly, "I was still young at the time, I just remember that she was a woman who could compete with the sun." After he finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and brushed her slipping hair to his ear, "And , you don’t have to deliberately learn from anyone. In my opinion, even if you look like her, you are you, unique.” Under the sun, the simple and elegant snow satin, with the sleeves fluttering, was dazzlingly white.His elegant and handsome face, shallow pupils, light brilliance flowing in his eyes, seems to be smiling, but also seems not to be smiling, but there is a very gentle feeling. Lian Xin raised her eyes, and looked at him uncertainly. But he was just staring at the picture scroll on the desk case, the corners of his lips were slightly curved, revealing a very faint smile line, "What's more, which one is the best, sometimes you don't need to compare, you will know when you meet." The days of nearly three months are not very long. Many girls have learned some poetry, music, calligraphy, painting and instrumental music since childhood, and Lian Xin is halfway there.However, many of the instructors invited are old people in the palace, and they are very attentive in teaching, and Lian Xin's learning is not boring.Instead, it was a dream that I envied girls of the same age in the clan when I was in my cardamom years. The masters all praised her very much, and when she was free, she simply allowed some time and let her go by herself. At that time, the sunshine in the housing estate was just right. Hiss—the embroidery needle pierced into the finger, and pain followed.Lian Xin was sucking her finger, this was the third time she pricked her finger, and the blood dripped out, luckily it didn't get on Luopa. The nuns serving in the room were holding their clothes and burning incense on the smoker cage. One of them heard the sound, poked his head over, and said, "Young lady, why have you been in a trance? If you tie it up like this, you didn't wait to enter the palace. All ten fingers were pierced." "Yeah, I don't know who the girl is thinking about, but she is so absorbed in her thoughts!" After the nuns finished speaking, they all smiled and looked over.Lian Xin bit her lip embarrassingly, put the embroidered satin wrapped in a stretcher in the basket, and wiped the blood with a towel. She was sitting on the warm kang in front of the east window, with her back facing the door, the wind gently blowing in along the corridor, carrying a fresh fragrance of flowers, mixed with a touch of incense.At this moment Yun Li stepped over the threshold, the serving mother saw him, put down the things in her hands, and bowed. "My lord is auspicious!" Lian Xin held Ropa in her arms, looked back at the sound, and met Shang Yunli's gaze. This hour should have just ended in the morning court. If it was usual, they would go to the Wucheng Bingma Division for inspections, or discuss matters with the officials of the Ministry of War in the Jiumen Admiral's Yamen.But I don't know when it started, as soon as he went to court in the morning, he would return to the mansion, and then just happened to appear at her door.If it was to check how well she practiced the rules, or the progress of her training as a female celebrity, I never saw him ask a question. It's just that the cooks in the mansion are very happy, because the master who doesn't often eat lunch in the mansion has personally ordered dishes for several days.As soon as the time passed, the kitchen was already full of smoke, and then there was a strong smell of rice. Lian Xin stood up, just about to salute to him, but then remembered what he had repeatedly forbidden before, so she just nodded lightly, as a salute. Yun Li walked in, fiddled with the hanging curtain on the lattice frame, and when she looked sideways, she noticed that the towel in her hand was stained with blood spots, and she couldn't help saying: "Why, did you hurt your hand again?"