female concubine

Before the Shangyuan Lantern Festival started, the servant in charge entered the Hanlin Academy of Painting and summoned the Academy of Painting to select the art and design of life paintings in front of the emperor.

The Hanlin Academy of Painting set up two people in the Hanlin Academy of Painting, and the internal servants were in charge of the official affairs of the Hanlin Academy of Painting.

The painting academy is full of calligraphy and paintings as well as the pigments ground from the finest gemstones and ores used.

The painter is dedicated to royal architectural painting and imperial painting.

Several painters who were painting stopped their pens, stood up and cupped their hands, "Sent by Lin."

The servant raised his hand and shook his fist, "Is Jiang Shizhao here?"

"Jiang Shizhao is in... the innermost room of the painting academy."

"Shangyuan today, hesitating and haggling?"

The painter walked from the painting seat to the servant's side, "Jiang Shizhao has been drinking, so I'm afraid he won't be able to go to Xuande Building to paint."

"This..." The servant lowered his brows, and immediately walked towards the inner room of the painting academy.

There are three separate rooms in the innermost part of the painting academy, which are the quiet rooms for the three servants to paint alone. The servant walked into the leftmost room. Before the small yellow door was cleaned up, it was also the most messy room. Pens, inks and paints were thrown everywhere. Apart from the smell of paint, the smell of wine is the strongest in the room.

There are many paintings hanging on the wall, "Today is Shangyuan, officials, saints and His Royal Highness the Empress Dowager will rush to Xuande Building, and it is also a busy time for the Academy of Painting, why does Jiang Shizhao..." There are still many torn pieces on the ground The servant took a step forward and felt that something was under his feet, so he bent down and picked up a painting, "This..." The painting is a woman, whose appearance is very similar to the queen.

"It's a capital offense to paint the face of a saint without intention...Although Jiang Shizhao is the uncle of the saint..."

Several apprentices stepped forward to help Shizhao from the ground. The wine still stuck to his beard in the painting saint's mouth. The belched man stood up in a daze, blinked his eyes, took a few steps forward and fell down. , "Tell the officials... I'm done."

The servant supported him and stretched his neck full of disgust, "What did Shi Zhao finish painting?"

"Sent, Jiang Shizhao was asked to paint the face of the sage's mother when the official family was still the prince. It was for the seriously ill late emperor, but..." Yixue walked to a portrait that was dried in the shade with a black cloth, "An Guo Madam has passed away for a long time, Jiang Shizhao drew dozens of pictures and was not satisfied."

"Just finished drawing the imperial edict early this morning, and then clamored for wine."

Jiang Shizhao fell on the shoulder of the official, and looked at the portrait with a blushing face, belched full of alcohol, and his eyes turned red after a while, "Sister...it's Sanlang who is useless...it's Sanlang who has no protection good you..."

The activity officer sighed, "Hurry up and help Jiang Shizhao to rest."

"Yes."

"Since Jiang Shizhao can't go, let's pick a few artists and wait for their own paintings to screen when the time comes."

"Yes."

After the fireworks ended, the Jiaofang Division presented a pre-rehearsed song and dance performance. The singer and dancer went up to the terrace to perform dances to the royal family. Under the big lanterns on both sides, there were six art students and six waiters from the Hanlin Academy of Painting.

The Shangshi Bureau served two different kinds of Fuyuanzi, and Wei Huan picked up one of the bowls and said to the Empress Dowager, "This bowl is Fanlou's Fuyuanzi, you can try it, the sage said before. During the Deoksugung Palace, my mother often thought of Fanlou." She waved her hand behind her.

"The queen has a heart."

Several servants brought several dishes to the Empress Dowager's table, and they were still steaming when they opened them, "It's Shao cuisine."

"It's ashamed to say that the concubine who serves the empress only remembers these few dishes."

There are steaming Huadiao drunken yellow croakers, mandarin fish, and chicken in clear soup on the plate. "It's a waste of your thoughts."

Xiao Youqing stood up and greeted the Empress Dowager, "What are you talking about, my lady? There is a very famous cook from Shaoxing in Fan Lou. Shao cuisine is light in oil and not spicy, and it is very nourishing. On the Lantern Festival, I wish my lady a happy life and a healthy life."

"When I was born, Shaoxing was still the land of Wu and Yue. Later, when I surrendered, my lord went to Beijing to catch up with the exam and passed the exam. My official career went smoothly. I never went back to Shaoxing."

"In the end..." Empress Dowager Li put down her chopsticks and looked at the lights of thousands of houses under the city tower, "Even this city has never left."

"If you want to go back, you can tell your son that Jiangnan is not far from Gyeonggi."

"I'm too lazy to bother when I'm old. The affairs of the family and the country will be on the shoulders of the official family in the future. The queen will need to help a lot."

"My concubine understands."

There are many stalls near the imperial city, with longan, lychee, kumquat, crystal painting, stir-fried chestnuts and other fruits and food on the stalls, and the imperial servants of the palace often come out to buy and ask for them.

Late at night, "Six sons."

Qi Liu bowed and said, "Officials."

After muttering for a long time, Qi Liu nodded and crossed his hands and left.

"Does anyone know what to do with the officials?"

"Sages are so smart, guess what?"

"The concubine guessed that the official's family was hungry at night and wanted to find something to eat. The official's family is more picky about food than children."

Wei Huan turned around with a smile, leaned into her ear and whispered, "That's not what you're used to."

Qi Liu led a few servants to Huangmen to go down to Xuande Building and left Chenhuimen towards the north, and didn't come back until three quarters of an hour later.

"Officials, I bought it back." Qi Liu leaned closer to the emperor's ear, "Just now I saw Miss Liu and Mrs. He who was rewarded by the sage in front of Xu's shop, and I heard Mrs. He frequently praised the works of the sage."

The emperor smiled and nodded, "Go down."

The servant Huang Men put out the bought food one by one, and the emperor said: "Xu's gourd soup, Zheng's pancakes, and Wang's cheese are all prepared as tributes to the royal family. The Xu family's gourd soup is worth more than a hundred dollars. One, the sage is a woman from an aristocratic family, and she never goes out, so I'm afraid I seldom eat this Tokyo food, but although it looks delicate, the taste is always a little bit worse."

"The tricks in the capital are so wonderful, and it also shows the prosperity of the country, gourd soup," Xiao Youqing looked at the gourd leaf soup on the table, "My concubine remembers that there are practices recorded in "Qi Min Yao Shu."

Xiao Youqing looked at the cheese on the table, immediately picked up a bowl and tasted it, remembered Dalang's favorite, and called out: "Wu Neiren," picked another two bowls from the food box, "take this to Dalang Lang and Xi'er."

"Yes."

"Before at the foot of the lamp mountain, the woman's surprise when she read your words and the astonishment in her eyes when she looked up at you..." Wei Huan leaned over and stared at Xiao Youqing, hesitating to speak, "It's just like when I saw you back then, her eyes There's awe in it but there's also..."

"The officials are thinking wildly again." Xiao Youqing scooped up a spoonful of cheese and put it in her mouth, "I will eat anyone's vinegar."

She swallowed the cheese with her mouth, "That's because my sister is so kind, who wouldn't like it?" After that, she gently grabbed Xiao Youqing's wrist.

Xiao Youqing caught the spoon with the hand holding the bowl, immediately put down the bowl, held her back and said gently: "Fool, I don't treat everyone like this, they all say that officials have deep thoughts, but I can see what's in your heart." Thorough and bright, I used to be with Sister Shu when you were not around. She told me a lot and warned me a lot. She told me, don’t always think about what you have paid, because what people tend to ignore the most is get."

Leaning on the armrest, Wei Huan leaned over and said in a low voice, "You are mine, for the rest of your life."

"Well, there are painters on both sides of Duolou."

"Then let them draw. Anyway, the empress has already gone back, so what do the rest dare to say?"

"The official family will eat He's jealousy, and the courtiers and concubines will not see her, but what will Liu say?" Xiao Youqing raised his head and stared, "The official family transferred her father back to Beijing, not entirely because of her father's talent, right? ?”

"I have other plans, if you don't worry..."

"You have your own considerations. I know what you want to do and I know it's not selfish. What I said just now was just a casual remark."

"Your Majesty, Your Highness." Wei Zongren led his sister to the imperial court and bowed, "Uncle, aunt."

The two people on the throne let go of their hands, "What's wrong?"

"minister..."

"My brother said that cheese is a gift from the emperor, and you have to thank you for receiving the gift from the emperor." The girl ran around the table to Wei Huan's knee.

She picked him up, and said to the boy at the table: "It's your mother's intention, but it's just a family that doesn't need to be so polite, and it's not in court."

"It's... Daddy."

On the two towers of Xuande Building, several art scholars and waiters discussed with their heads, "The officials and the sages raised their eyebrows together, and the whole family was happy." They looked at the front of the building, but the paintings on the canvas were all different.

The bustle lasted until the third watch, when drums sounded in the ban, and the throne upstairs in Xuande Tower was vacant. Hundreds of thousands of candles were extinguished in an instant from top to bottom.

When she boarded the chariot, she wrapped a thick fox fur around Xiao Youqing's body, "It's late at night, and the wind is also extremely cold."

Xiao Youqing held her hand tightly, "It would be great if Shangyuan could do this every year."

Wei Huan put his arms around her and leaned on her shoulders, "In the future, Shangyuan will only be more lively, and of course I will always be there."

"Officials must keep their word."

Wei Huan smiled and said, "Naturally."

"Just one sentence and nothing else to say?"

"Axi, do you mean the verbal promise? I don't need to say it, I just have to do it. Moreover," lowering his head and lowering his voice, he said, "Let's go back and talk quietly."

"Is there no shortage of officials throughout the day?"

"Shangyuan Baisi is closed, so there is no need to get up early anyway."

"You can't be idle even if you are on vacation."

The smiling person suddenly remembered something, "Remember, my sister's body is just right."

Behind the imperial chariot is the queen's shoulders and ceremonial guard, but sitting on it now are two drowsy children. Under the shaking, the boy came to his senses and sat upright. On his lap was a girl with prickly hair, who was half-opened. With sleepy eyes, "Brother...Brother."

"what happened?"

"Xi'er is sleepy..."

"Sleep, the nurse will take you back to the room in a while."

It was early morning after returning to Kunning Palace, Xiao Youqing called the female envoy.

"girl."

"You are also familiar with the Earl's Mansion of the Founding of Dongping, send some rewards there tomorrow morning." Xiao Youqing leaned into Xichun's ear and whispered a few words.

"Yes."

"In a few words, let's say that the execution yesterday was ordered by the Empress of the Song Dynasty and not by the daughter of the Xiao family in Longxi."

"Yes."

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The next day, the two children got up early, and went to the main hall to sleep in the morning as usual.

"Wanfu, the king of the county."

"Is the official still awake?"

Dianzhi shook his head lightly.

"Then I'm waiting."

Dian Zhi took a step forward, bowed and crossed his hands, "The official told me that the county king doesn't need to come to say hello in the past few days during the Shangyuan Festival, and there is no need for breakfast. I have ordered the Food Bureau to send it to the county king's pavilion."

"Even your mother didn't get up?"

Dianzhi still shook his head.

Qi Liu just returned to the inner palace from the outer court, "I have seen the county king." Immediately, he hurried into the room, and stopped and bowed when he reached the door.

In front of the mirror stand in the dormitory, Xiao Youqing brushed up a slender white hair, "It's time to call Doctor Sun to give you a pulse. The white hair was pulled out the day before yesterday."

"It's just Huafa..."

"Officials, sages, Mr. Jiang Qi, the attendant of the Hanlin Academy of Painting, asked to see him, and the Hanlin Academy of Painting also presented several pictures of the Shangyuan Festival."

"uncle?"

Wei Huan looked at himself in the bronze mirror, "It should be painting."

Xiao Youqing lowered his hand holding the comb, "Is it... a portrait of my mother?"

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