The prince's personal bodyguard

Then the emperor just looked at Bai Xinyin and flattered her.

The Queen Mother's illness was cured, and the Emperor ordered all the concubines, except the Queen and the Imperial Noble Consort, to visit once, and the rest of them could come back ten days later, and they were not allowed to disturb the Queen Mother during her recovery.

The emperor gave Bai Xiyin a thousand gold coins and made him a marquis. The empress dowager and the queen also gave him many gifts. Bai Xiyin accepted the order and felt that his merits were fulfilled.

When the decree was issued, the emperor came in person. After Eunuch Gao announced the decree, Bai Xinyin accepted it. Tomorrow morning, Bai Xinyin - Gushan Jushi will leave the palace.

"May I ask, Master Bai, do you have any prescriptions for me to fetch today?"

"No. Only medicinal food. I have already told the master."

"Why don't you write a list and keep it so you don't forget it. If you make a mistake, don't do it."

"Probably not. I've already endured it several times."

"Write a neat one and I will keep it for you." Eunuch Gao was sweating anxiously, thinking, why don't you fall into the trap?

Seeing the Emperor pacing back and forth behind Eunuch Gao, seeming a little anxious, the Queen Mother watched and laughed.

"Eunuch Gao, please just tell me clearly. Mr. Bai can't remember it because he doesn't think his handwriting is special." The Queen Mother said with a smile.

So they wanted me to write a few words after all these twists and turns? Is it because the people in the palace are so cunning? I am so tired, Bai Xinyin complained.

"You want words? Good!"

Before he finished saying "OK", the finest writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone were placed on the table, and Eunuch Gao ground the ink himself.

There are certain rules for grinding ink. The speed should be slow and the force should be light, so that the ink will be fine. Grinding the ink in different thicknesses is also a science. Eunuch Gao is an expert at grinding ink. In the mansion of Prince Rong, Mu Yunxiao deserves the title for asking Bai Xinyin to grind the ink.

Bai Xinyin wrote a poem of Su Dongpo's "Reminiscence of the Red Cliff" in cursive script: The great river flows eastward, the waves wash away all the heroes of the ages. To the west of the old fortress, people say it is the Red Cliff of Zhou Lang in the Three Kingdoms period. The rocks pierce the sky, the waves crash against the shore, and thousands of piles of snow are rolled up. The landscape is picturesque, and there are so many heroes at the time. I think of Gongjin in the past, when Xiao Qiao was just married, he was handsome and heroic. With a feather fan and a silk scarf, he talked and laughed, and the masts and oars were reduced to ashes. I wander in my hometown, and the sentimental people should laugh at me for my early gray hair. Life is like a dream, I will pour a cup of wine to the moon on the river.

"What a great 'Rolling up thousands of piles of snow'!" The emperor, who had been watching from the side, watched without blinking. The whole piece of calligraphy was written in an unrestrained and free manner, with fast and slow strokes changing.

After finishing this painting, Bai Xinyin was about to put down his brush, but the emperor came over and picked up the ink stick and started grinding ink without saying a word. Eunuch Gao quickly spread out a piece of rice paper.

The emperor personally ground ink for her! Ah! Ah! Ah!

Bai Xinyin glanced at the empress dowager, then at the emperor, feeling a little flattered and a little arrogant, so she said, "I want to eat the sauce-flavored pig's trotters from Tianyi Pavilion."

Qing Dai curled her lips: "Master, this is all you can do..."

"Eunuch Gao, please send someone to buy it!" The words came out so quickly.

"okay!"

Bai Xinyin laughed at Qingdai's expression, then picked up the brush again and made a few strokes, splashing ink. One long stroke, two strokes to the phoenix eye, three strokes to break the phoenix eye, four and five strokes between small leaves... several branches and leaves of black orchid appeared on the paper.

Dilute the ink, use a few strokes of light ink to outline the flowers, then use heavy ink to outline the center.

In half a cup of tea, a unique and otherworldly "Black Orchid" was displayed in front of everyone. Bai Xinyin also mentioned "Black Orchid" by Xue Gang of the Ming Dynasty: I love the orchid, which is different from other flowers, and does not use its color to flatter the spring sun. In the deep forest under the west wind and cold dew, it smells fragrant even when no one is around.

Bai Xiyin can't write poetry, but she can recite it. A poem a day, a child who has grown up by checking in.

"Good!" Seeing the emperor as happy as a child, the empress dowager showed a motherly smile on her face.

Bai Xinyin put away her brush and asked Qingdai to take out her seal. Just as she was about to stamp it with her breath, a young eunuch beside her quickly stood aside holding a vermilion seal.

"Pah, pah!" Two sounds and the work is done.

Before he put down his pen, he saw the emperor take out three seals from his arms, one round, one square, and one long, and then he stamped the work with three bright red seals: "Pa, pa, pa", "Pa, pa, pa".

"Stamp maniac"? He is comparable to Emperor Qianlong, who had more than a thousand seals. He would stamp any calligraphy, painting or book he liked, and would stamp wherever it was conspicuous.

The emperor took out 200,000 taels of silver as a reward to Bai Xiyin. Bai Xiyin was very smart and had no shortage of money. Taking this silver was like paying for the goods. The emperor would feel uncomfortable, but it would be bad if he did not take it.

Why not? After a moment of contemplation, he said, "My Lord is wise. Summer is coming soon. I heard that some troops need to change into summer uniforms. I have longed for the military camp since I was a child, but I am too weak to defend my country. Your Majesty, please donate this money to the soldiers to make summer clothes?"

The emperor looked Bai Xinyin up and down carefully again, which made Bai Xinyin feel creepy.

"It's obvious that you're a woman disguised as a man." She suddenly remembered Huangfu Yan's words and quickly lowered her head.

“Hahahahahahaha…” The emperor laughed heartily. “Good! Good! Good!”

"Send this money to the Ministry of War as soon as possible to make a batch of summer clothes for the soldiers, and embroider the three words 'Gushan Yi' on the collars." The emperor was very efficient.

The emperor went back satisfied.

At this time, Princess Shouyang's maid Mo Ju came to ask Bai Xinyin to come over, saying that she had caught a cold and was afraid that the disease would be passed on to the Empress Dowager, so she asked Master Bai to go and take a look and prescribe some medicine.

"You're here!" Zhao Qing saw Bai Xinyin rushing out to greet him, and she didn't look sick at all.

She was brought into the room, the doors and windows were closed, and the maid and Qingdai were left to guard outside.

“I came here two years ago.”

Bai Xinyin thought to herself, she was with Huangfu Yan, Huangfu Yan and Ah Dai had been here for nearly four years, but she had only been here for two years, what was going on? She was confused.

"I am a kindergarten teacher, also named Zhao Qing. I worked overtime and came home late. I was sleepy and distracted, and was hit by an oncoming truck. I watched my body being sent to the hospital and my parents were distraught. I wanted to call them, but there was no response."

"At this time, I heard someone say, 'You made a mistake. It's not this Zhao Qing. Her life span is not over yet. Send her to ancient times. That Zhao Qing is the one who should go...' I was so angry. Why didn't they check the information before taking her away? How careless? Just as I was getting angry, a flash of white light brought me here. It turned out that Zhao Qing was very capable. She had a bad temper and a perverse personality. She was a pervert. She enjoyed torturing servants every day. She made a whip with barbs. She tortured pretty maids and flirted with good-looking guards.''

"There was a new maidservant in her palace, she was extremely beautiful, and she tortured her every day. The maidservant couldn't stand it and had nowhere to go. One night, she was on duty and killed her, and then she committed suicide. She was so young, but she killed herself."

Bai Xinyin sighed deeply after hearing this.

"I've been cleaning myself up every day for the past two years, and I've changed a lot." Zhao Qing sighed.

Bai Xinyin told her about her encounter with Huangfu Yan and the time difference.

"That's right. When I was putting it on, the operator said something went wrong on my end. I guess that's why I'm late, right?"

"Ah?" Bai Xinyin expressed that she couldn't understand.

"Have you seen an alpaca?"

"Yes, he came with me. I was afraid that others would say he was a demon, so I said that a god had sent him to me in a dream and told me to be a good person from now on, so that I could achieve perfection. My father and mother were also half-believing and half-doubting when they heard it."

"That alpaca always spit on my face. I didn't like it, so I sent it to the royal garden in the suburbs. I don't know what it's doing now." Zhao Qing said embarrassedly.

Bai Xinyin told her that those were her grandfather's pets, and there was also a talking parrot. Zhao Qing expressed her desire to meet them.