The shadow of the country

While studying the ink, Mu Yan stared at the distant mountains and the lake connected to the sky without blinking an eye.The time for a cup of tea has passed, but he still hasn't finished writing.Yi Lan was very patient and didn't rush him.In contrast, Princess Huimo was a little anxious: "Mu Yan, why are you still not writing? It will be dark in a while."

"Princess, don't worry, the scenery can only be drawn accurately if you see it accurately." Mu Yan explained, still looking seriously into the distance.After another half hour, he turned his eyes back, stared at the white rice paper in front of him, never raised his head to look at the scenery, and then raised the ink-soaked brush.

The pen is a dragon and a snake, and in just a few strokes, I have a rough outline of the landscape, and then I bow my head and start to outline it in detail.The brushwork is free and easy, the strokes are full of strength, and the edges and corners of the mountains are painted freely, unrestrained and natural.The technique of rubbing, rubbing and dyeing in landscape paintings has been brought into full play by him.After a while, a landscape painting with rich ink rhyme was completed.

Seeing Mu Yan put down his brush, Princess Huimo immediately looked over curiously, "The painting is really good."

"The princess is absurd. There is no paint in this boat, only inkstones, so I can only paint ink paintings."

"Mu Yan, don't you think there is something missing in this painting?" At this moment, Yi Lan who had been silent all this time finally spoke.

Mu Yan was slightly taken aback, "Is there?"

Yi Lan smiled lightly: "Yes. There is one thing missing that you didn't draw." Saying that, Yi Lan picked up the brush again, dipped in a few strokes of ink that was so light that the color was almost invisible, and painted it on the top of the mountain with scattered brushwork. And lightly spread a few strokes.

Mu Yan's expression was slightly weird, "The ink is not dry yet, so it won't accumulate ink?"

At this moment, Yilan still continued to add light ink on a large area in a calm manner, and after filling in the surrounding area of ​​one of the mountain peaks, Yilan put the pen on the pen stand, and teased him softly: "Then take a look at this painting." But ruined?"

Mu Yan glanced at the painting suspiciously, and he was stunned after just one glance.It turns out that the few strokes of ink that Yilan added afterward are just the mist that lingers in the mountains.Several light inks are added transparently and cleanly, easily drifting away, making the whole painting look more fresh and refined.

Mu Yan's expression changed, "These few strokes are truly the finishing touch."

Before Yilan could say anything, Princess Huimo came over and said with a smile, "Your Highness is indeed a genius." Then he said, "If Your Highness doesn't dislike my stupidity, would you like to teach me how to paint?"

Yi Lan hesitated for a moment, "I heard that the princess has been smart since she was a child, so why do you say 'stupid'? It's just that...is it inappropriate?"

"What's wrong? Please, I will study hard so that you don't bother me too much, is that okay?" Princess Huimo's tone was obviously more anxious than before.

Yi Lan thought for a moment, "Princess is dedicated to learning, so I won't shirk it."

"Then I would like to thank Your Highness!" Seeing that he finally agreed, Princess Huimo immediately thanked him excitedly.

"It's okay. It's getting late now, it's time to go back. Princess, let's get on the carriage first." Yi Lan said lightly.Turning to look at Mu Yan again, he was already shorter than himself, and now that he was lowering his head, he couldn't see his face clearly.Princess Huimo had already entered the carriage, and Mu Yan was about to get into the carriage just now. Seeing this, Yi Lan stretched out her hand to help him, but he flinched away and ignored him. She stepped into the carriage by herself within.

The carriage rolled forward, and Princess Huimo raised the curtains along the way to look out curiously. When she saw something novel, she happily asked the two of them to come and see it.Mu Yan was sitting on the other side, lacking interest, just looking out of the window expressionlessly, feeling extremely sad.

The carriage passed by a market at this time.Princess Huimo couldn't help but feel novelty when she heard the hawking along the street.Seeing that it was only a quarter to three, he got out of the carriage and went to the market for a walk.Mu Yan had no choice but to follow them without saying a word.

Princess Huimo got out of the carriage and walked straight to the door of a tailor shop full of dignitaries. Looking at a robe inlaid with luxurious silver trim, she smiled at Yi Lan: "This dress is very suitable for Your Highness. After that, he yelled at the shopkeeper of the tailor shop: "I want this dress!"

The shopkeeper came over with a smile on his face: "Young lady has a good eye! This dress is Suzhou embroidery, and the workmanship and materials are very fine! This time the shop only bought two pieces, and the other one was still the day before." Bought by the eldest son of the prime minister's family! If the girl in this dress is chosen by her husband-in-law, he will definitely like it—"

"Husband-in-law?" Princess Huimo smiled after hearing this, and pointed to Yi Lan, "It's not husband-in-law, it's this young master! Alright, wrap it up!" She said, and handed over another bank note .

Mu Yan followed the two of them far away, and couldn't hear their conversation at all. He could only vaguely hear words like "husband-in-law will like it". He just turned his head and stood aside without saying a word.

Yi Lan had already noticed Mu Yan's strangeness, and told Princess Huimo to go back to the carriage first, and then hurried over to ask Mu Yan what's wrong.Mu Yanben didn't say a word, and then said coldly: "Princess Huimo is here to marry you. From my point of view, she probably wants to marry you."

Yi Lan chuckled, and simply took his hand, and walked down the street with his fingers interlocked.This action immediately attracted the attention of many people around, but Yi Lan didn't seem to care about it, and still pulled him forward.

Mu Yan couldn't help being startled, looked around and said in a low voice, "Hey, what are you doing? Let go, everyone else has seen it."

Yi Lan stopped at this moment, whispering in his ear: "Just this one is enough, I won't marry anyone else."

Hearing this, Mu Yan's expression softened, "Then she likes you too, and she wants you to teach Danqing and choose clothes for you. If the emperor really points her out to you, I, I..."

Yi Lan raised her eyebrows lightly, and said with a smile: "Mu Yan, you are like this now, but are you jealous?"

Mu Yan choked suddenly, his face blushed unconsciously, he pretended to be calm and said "no", and turned around to get into the carriage on his own.Unexpectedly, I was caught by something on the way and almost fell.Turning around and seeing Yi Lan with a smile that was not a smile, she couldn't help but feel a little upset, and said, "Anyway, not." Finally, she turned around and got into the carriage, as if fleeing in despair.

Seeing this, Yi Lan just felt it was funny, I'm afraid she can only see this kind of situation once, it's really rare.So he also got into the carriage.The carriage stomped forward, heading all the way back towards the palace.

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