Empress, she doesn't want to fight

Chapter 120 Gardenia
Mao Hongmiao was a master of Danqing in the previous dynasty, especially good at painting landscapes. His landscapes are particularly full of charm and majestic, making people feel as if they are in the middle of landscapes.

However, there are not many paintings and calligraphy by him.

Mao Hongmiao's painting and calligraphy can be regarded as a masterpiece, but he was not well-known during his lifetime. He was not good at the way of general affairs and management, and he was only obsessed with calligraphy and painting. In his later years, his family was in decline. When you meet Bole, you are not appreciated.

After Mao Hongmiao repeatedly hit a wall, he burned all his life's hard work in a fit of anger. From then on until his death, Mao Hongmiao never painted again. There are no more than five paintings of Mao Hongmiao in the world, all of which are Mao Hongmiao. Miao was given to a friend before his death.

After Mao Hongmiao passed away, one of Mao Hongmiao’s friends accidentally met Pang Min, another famous painter in the previous dynasty. Pang Min became famous very early and was already a world-famous painter at that time. If you praise it, it will be worth a thousand dollars in no time.

Mao Hongmiao's friend showed Mao Hongmiao's paintings to Pang Min. Pang Min was full of praise for Mao Hongmiao's paintings after reading them, and hated: I didn't see this painting earlier, otherwise I could have a better relationship with Mao Hongmiao. Miao asked for advice.

After Pang Min's words spread, people who love Danqing were curious about Mao Hongmiao, who made Pang Min full of praise, and wanted to find his paintings to see what kind of paintings made Pang Min so fond of them. appreciate.

However, after some searching, it was discovered that Mao Hongmiao's handed down paintings are very rare.Rare things are more expensive, and several Danqing people who have seen Mao Hongmiao's paintings later praised Mao Hongmiao's paintings, and Mao Hongmiao's paintings suddenly became hard to find.

In the Jing Dynasty, most of Mao Hongmiao's paintings that have been circulated outside are already imitations, and the authentic ones are hard to find. The second princess heard that the third son Wei had searched for Mao Hongmiao's paintings but could not find them. It is an authentic work by Mao Hongmiao, Mr. Wei will definitely look at him differently.

Feng Zhaoyi didn't understand the preciousness of Mao Hongmiao's paintings at all. After hearing what the second princess said, she immediately agreed: "Isn't it just two paintings? Don't worry, mother and concubine turned around and told your father to let him appreciate those two paintings." Give you."

"Thank you, mother and concubine." The second princess thought of the third son Wei and was moved by her love for him after seeing the two authentic works of Mao Hongmiao, and showed a sweet smile on her face when she saw her more tender and affectionate scene.

Jiang Man's life in the palace was very fulfilling. She had to play around with the second prince, talk with the queen mother, and occasionally accompany Emperor Yong'an to enjoy the scenery, paint and write, or play chess and drink tea.

In the blink of an eye, they had been in the palace for half a month. Although the weather in the capital was getting hotter and hotter, the palace was still cool.

During the past half month, Emperor Yong'an didn't invite anyone else to sleep with him except Jiang Man.

This made Meng Jieyu and the others, who were full of hope to have a few more opportunities to sleep in the palace, grit their teeth with hatred for Jiang Man.

On this day, the Empress Dowager summoned Dechang's troupe to the palace for a concert, and the stage was set up in the Youhe Garden. Whether it was Emperor Yong'an or the concubines in the palace, the family members of the ministers received the invitation.

"Why did the empress dowager suddenly think of inviting everyone to the opera?" Lianqiu asked while helping Jiang Man to comb her hair.

"Maybe it's just that you just want to be lively." Since the queen mother came to the palace, she seems to have done as she pleases a lot, so Jiang Man thinks that the queen mother may really just want everyone to be lively when she invites everyone to listen to the play this time.

After Jiang Man finished speaking, she gestured on her head with a branch shaker in front of the mirror, put it aside, and gestured with a red coral hairpin, and put it aside again.

"Oh." Lianqiu nodded, picked out a beautiful pearl flower from Jiang Man's dowry, and made a gesture on Jiang Man's combed hair, "Master, what about this one?"

Jiang Man nodded, "Plug it in and give it a try."

Lianqiu inserted the bead flower into Jiang Man's hair at an angle, Jiang Man looked in the mirror and said, "There seems to be something missing."

Lianqiu tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said: "This servant knows what's missing, master, please wait for a while."

Lianqiu said and ran out, Jiang Man didn't stop calling her, and shook her head, Jiang Man took off the golden xi butterfly pattern bracelet she was wearing, and replaced it with a pair of bamboo-shaped glazed bracelets , the bracelet is crystal clear, with a touch of green, it looks very refreshing.

She was wearing a water-green skirt today, with a lake-green shawl that was darker in color than the dress on the sleeves, and this pair of bracelets was just right.

Jiang Man changed the bracelet, and waited for Lianqiu for a while before running back panting.

Wan Dong handed the handkerchief to Lian Qiu, asked her to wipe the sweat off her face, and asked, "What did you do, why are you so tired?"

Lianqiu stretched out her hand, holding the gardenia she had just picked, "This is the gardenia I just picked outside our Youhuang Garden, it should be very suitable for the master to wear."

I don't know if the gardenias outside the Youhuang Garden are new varieties cultivated by the gardeners here. They are not the usual pure white, but a white-green color. At first glance, they look like white and green at the same time. , very nice anyway.

Jiang Man looked at the flower branch in Lianqiu's hand, shook her head and said, "There are only a few gardenias of this color, and I let you harm some of them. The gardener who takes care of those flowers will feel distressed."

Lianqiu stuck out her tongue, and argued: "Didn't you say that there are flowers that can be broken straight away, don't you wait until there are no flowers to break the branches? The flowers will always lose when they grow there, and it would be a pity to lose like that." , it’s better to let the slaves pick it for the master to wear, so those flowers are worth it.”

"As for the gardener who takes care of those gardenias will feel distressed, that's even more non-existent. The gardener who takes care of those gardenias knows that I want to pick a few gardenias for my master to wear, so I pick the best ones with scissors. I cut off a few of them, and let the slaves bring them back for the master to wear."

Jiang Man's favor can be seen by anyone with a little longer eyes. Emperor Yong'an has been in the palace for so long, but Jiang Man was the only one who served the bed, and when he was arranging the residence, Zhao Quanfu, who was beside Emperor Yong'an, reminded him personally. The people on the side of the palace should arrange Jiang Man's residence to be closer to the Youquan Hall where Emperor Yong'an lived.

Otherwise, the people in the Xinggong would not arrange Jiang Man's residence in Youhuang Garden.

Those who serve in the palace know these things. Of course, the gardener is too late to curry favor with Jiang Man, so how could he offend Jiang Man for the sake of a few flowers? Man wanted to uproot those white and green gardenias that he had cultivated with great difficulty, but he would not say no.

(End of this chapter)