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Chapter 67

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The Youyuan City bell rang through Yun'an, and the palace gates opened one by one.

The Empress of the Wei Dynasty came to court once every five days, and there was no morning meeting today, so there was no scene of civil and military officials entering the palace gate. There were only a few courtiers waiting to be summoned, waiting in the Xifeng Pavilion beside the Taiji Hall.

Outside the imperial study at the rear of the Tai Chi Hall, eunuchs and court ladies stood quietly, and a few incense sticks were lit in the resplendent and spacious study.

The empress of Wei, who was dressed in a red dress at home, was leaning on the couch, with a stack of memorials on the small case beside her, carefully reviewing them with a gold pen.

Behind the desk not far away, Dongfang Liren, dressed in a python robe, sat upright on a chair, reading a book in his hand.

The cover of the book is very simple and serious, and the content inside is also relatively subtle, but it is equipped with many illustrations to explain postures...

Dongfang Liren showed a little strangeness between his brows, and when he saw someone with a painting, he quickly turned over.

rustle……

There was no sound in the imperial study room, only the slight sound of paper turning.

The Empress approved several papers, and found that Dongfang Liren's frequency of flipping through the books was wrong, so she asked softly:
"Li Ren, what are you looking at?"

Heroine Tears...

After listening to Ye Jingtang's words, Dongfang Liren became interested in this famous miscellaneous book, so he specially looked for it to see if it was full of emotions.

In the end, I watched it all night, and it was indeed writing about the relationship between a man and a woman, but the pictures were a bit too detailed, even the intercourse was vividly drawn, and the weird way of making love almost shattered her three views.

But this miscellaneous book is really interesting, so I just sit here and read it early in the morning.

Seeing his sister getting suspicious, Dongfang Liren closed the book without haste:

"There are some trivial matters sorted out by the people below, which are not important."

It's not so easy for the Empress to be able to sit in the current position. She grew up with her younger sister since she was a child, and just looking at the subtle differences in Dongfang Liren's behavior, she knows that the book is not as simple as trivial matters.

But facing her own sister, the empress was still very tolerant, and asked instead:

"Still mad at me?"

Dongfang Liren saw his sister clarifying the matter, and his expression was displeased:
"Do you still know? Ye Jingtang and I have only known each other for a few days. I just admire his talent and want to reuse it. The result is great. You can't help but trick me and him into the Canyang Pond, causing me... This is how to be a sister Anything you can do?"

The empress supported her side face with her hands, her eyes were playful:
"Just want to reuse?"

Dongfang Liren said solemnly: "Yejingtang escorted me. I really admire him and remember his kindness; but with this, he can be my son-in-law. What about the guards of Heiya? I'm still thinking about lifelong events." If you want to get in touch with Ye Jingtang, you will directly add fuel to the flames and make things worse..."

The empress raised her hand slightly, and stopped her sister's words: "Okay, purely as a sister, she interfered in your private affairs by acting on her own initiative. You should consider this matter slowly, and I won't interfere. Ye Jingtang is very good, and she is a martial arts practitioner." You are a great talent, no matter whether you like it or not, don't push it outside, lest you will feed a tiger and make another thorn like the leader of Pingtian."

Dongfang Liren was slightly surprised: "Yejingtang has the potential to rival Xue Baijin?"

The empress blinked her eyes: "It seems that you have really acted too hastily, you really don't know much about Yejingtang."

"Do you understand?"

"Just the punch I gave you in Gyeongbokgung Palace that day, I can see the general idea. It's all talent without any knowledge."

Dongfang Liren thought about it for a while, with a serious expression on his face:
"is it?"

The empress put down the booklet, picked up the teacup and took a sip, her eyes helpless:
"Forget it, it's really exhausting to talk to you about this, you'd better continue reading."

"..."

Dongfang Liren felt her sister's attitude of "rotten wood can't be carved", and her bulging skirt wanted to reply a few words, but she didn't dare. In the end, she just put away her books and walked away.

"where to?"

"Greet the Queen Mother."
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On the northwest side of the imperial city, the Empress Dowager's bedroom.

In summer, the cicadas are singing, and the maids who have nothing to do usually take a rest in the corridors. The queen mother, who sleeps late and wakes up late all the year round, is still in the bedroom.

Going to bed late is because of living in a secluded palace, having no one to rely on and tossing and turning, but getting up late is not because of not waking up and staying in bed.

In the silent hall, the court lady Hongyu was leaning in the hallway, holding a miscellaneous book in her hand to read boredly.

In the dormitory, all the objects were tidied up in an orderly manner, and there was still a Danqing painting that the Empress Dowager had just finished painting on the wall - a person carrying a fat chicken, seemed to be a hawker selling chickens in the market...

The empress dowager, dressed in a tulle nightgown, sits cross-legged on a gorgeous phoenix bed, her head is flat, her body is upright, her mouth is slightly closed, her tongue is on her palate, her eyes are slightly closed, and her hands are naturally hanging on her legs.

This meditation posture is much more standard than Ye Jingtang's, so that the originally familiar and charming queen mother actually exuded a trace of a worldly aura.

The Empress Dowager was born in the Jiangzhou Jiangzhou generals' Qin family. She also practiced martial arts when she was young. Her mother doted on her very much and specially led her to learn martial arts in front of Lu Taiqing, one of the 'Two Sages'.

These Taoist cultivation methods were learned at that time, and it was also during that time that I met the real Xuanji, a close friend in my boudoir.

It's a pity that in the end Lu Taiqing said that she was "too mortal", and she was not allowed to become a monk. Not long after leaving Yuxu Mountain, she was selected by the court and became the empress of Wei.

Then on the way to Beijing, the first emperor passed away. In order to win over the Jiangzhou gentry to consolidate the imperial power, the crown prince respected her, who had never even seen the first emperor, as the queen mother.

Not long after, the Qin family had the meritorious service when the empress forced the palace to usurp the throne, so when the empress ascended the throne, she was still respected as the queen mother.

This experience was too sad, and the Empress Dowager, with the mentality of early death and early liberation, had long forgotten these things of nourishing her body and prolonging her life.

But a few years ago, when she was idle and bored, and asked the maid to set up a swing under the ginkgo tree in the back garden, Hongyu suddenly discovered that there was a rusty iron box buried under the floor tiles.

She thought it was a lovesick thing buried by a concubine in the previous dynasty, but when she opened it, she found a piece of gold paper inside.

She had seen the "Jade Bone Kylin Picture" in the palace, and recognized it at the time. It was the "Golden Phoenix Bathing Fire Picture" in "Song of the Dragon". As for who buried it under the ginkgo tree, it is unknown. .

It is said that the painting of "bath in fire" can "self-heal wounds and regenerate broken limbs" when it is practiced to a great extent. As long as it is not killed by one blow, it will not be killed at all.

Few people who walk in the rivers and lakes do not have hidden injuries on their bodies. In the hearts of many physically disabled people, a healthy body is even more important than immortality. The weight of this picture can be imagined.

After getting this item, the queen mother was naturally delighted, and went to the ginkgo tree to pray for blessings every day, thanking the ginkgo tree for bringing her an unhappy life and bringing a turn for the better.

But her good luck seems to be limited to this.

Ever since she obtained the 'Bath of Fire', she has never encountered anything that goes well with her.

This picture has been practiced for many years. She feels that she has practiced it well, but she can't think of this powerful-sounding secret method and its use.

This picture says that wounds can heal themselves and limbs can be reborn, but the premise is that they have to be injured!
She was pampered and pampered since she was a child, and even when she was in the palace, she hugged her from front to back. Even when she was sleeping, the palace maids were afraid that the bed would be too hard and she would be crushed, how could she be injured.

In order to verify the authenticity of the secret technique, she secretly scratched her arm with a knife.

In the end, the injury healed really quickly, and the pain was really painful, and Hongyu thought she was trying to commit suicide, and the empress Jing Wangquan came to greet her with care.

After thinking about it, the only function of this "Dragon Calling Picture" may be to leave her a healthy body after a hundred years...

And there is a high probability that she will live in the deep palace without any disease or disaster until the end of her lifespan. It is estimated that she will live longer than the 120-year-old Fengguancheng...

"Ugh……"

Reminiscent of the long and lonely years where the head could be seen at a glance, the empress dowager opened her eyes and sighed faintly.

Turning his head to look at the chicken vendor on the wall, he couldn't help but recall the cold young master who had entered the palace by mistake a few days ago.

I bumped into this painting the day before yesterday, and I don't know if I was misunderstood...

Although it's just a small thing, ordinary people forget it when they turn around, but the Empress Dowager's life is too boring, and the small waves caused by this accident are enough to remember in my heart for a long time.

Just as he was thinking wildly, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the dormitory, and a figure strode in with heavy steps, and he looked angry.

The Empress Dowager raised her eyes and found that it was Li Ren who was wearing a python robe. She wanted to lean on the phoenix bed and pretend to sleep, but she immediately realized something was wrong, she turned over in a hurry, and ran to the wall barefoot, trying to take down the scroll.

"Queen, you are..."

Dongfang Liren walked into the bedroom, and saw the Empress Dowager in a nightgown, barefoot and disheveled, standing on tiptoe to pick up the portrait on the wall.

But because the hanging was a bit high, and the hanging rope was not enough, the whole person froze against the wall.

"Uh……"

The Empress Dowager looked embarrassed and did not dare to turn her head.

stomping on...

Dongfang Liren walked up to him slowly, raised his hand to help the Empress Dowager take off the scroll, and held it in her hand to look at it... Half of the cowardice I received from my sister just now disappeared in an instant!
Hey, what the hell is this painting...

It's the same with my sister...

The Empress Dowager's mature face was full of embarrassment, she didn't dare to look at Dongfang Liren's expression, and said softly;
"Then what, Bengong just has nothing to do and draws casually..."

"I see."

"Ah? Did you see it? Then what..."

Dongfangli people really don't want to hurt the empress dowager who is interested in painting, and she glanced at the scroll with eyes full of praise:
"Although it is a leisurely work, it is quite like everyone's style. The artistic conception of 'the ordinary people live hard' can be said to be vivid on the paper..."

?

The empress dowager was taken aback, looked up at her masterpiece, and then at Dongfang Liren who was full of approval, her eyes were relieved at first, and then gradually turned into grievances and resentment:
"Li Ren, this painting is an imitation of the one in your study. It is a very handsome young master with a big bird..."

? ?
Dongfang Liren's expression of approval froze, and he looked at the scroll carefully...

Does it matter?
Except for one person and one bird, is the composition, artistic conception, and painting skills a little bit different?

If Ye Jingtang looked like this, then the day before yesterday I saw her taking a bath, and she probably wouldn't be able to walk out of the Canyang Pool standing up...

But seeing the Empress Dowager pursing her lips and looking about to be depressed, Dongfang Liren reacted very quickly and nodded slightly:
"You can see it. Hmm... When I painted that painting, Ye Jingtang had just entered the capital, and there was only two taels of silver in his pocket, and eating was a problem. Um... My original intention was to paint the ordinary people who had just entered the capital to make a living." It’s not easy’, but the style of painting is too noble, too far away from the common people, ungrounded, so I didn’t draw it. This picture of the empress dowager is just right, wonderful.”

"..."

The Empress Dowager is not stupid, she also has self-knowledge, she can tell that Liren is complimenting her.

But no matter how flattering you are, one out of ten out of ten is always the truth, right?

The Empress Dowager was overwhelmed by the flattery, she moved closer to her and looked at it carefully:
"Really? Can you recognize who it is?"

Dongfang Liren really wanted to praise a few more words, but he couldn't hold it back, so he smiled and said:
"Appreciating paintings requires standards. Everyone has their own opinions, and I can recognize them at a glance."

The Empress Dowager was dubious: "Well... If the person in the painting sees this painting, do you think he can recognize it?"

i don't think i can...

Dongfang Liren really didn't want the empress dowager, who had suffered from loneliness in the palace all year round, to be unhappy, so he thought for a while and said;
"He's just a martial artist, how can he understand the artistic conception in the Queen Mother's painting, but if you look carefully, you can still recognize it."

what……

The empress dowager pondered for a while, then smiled again:

"I still think your paintings are good-looking, and I've always wanted to learn them, but I don't know the essence. Why don't you call the guard and stand outside for Bengong to practice painting skills?"

It is rare for Dongfang Li to see that the Queen Mother is interested in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he did not refuse:

"Yejingtang has something to do at home, and I have to leave Beijing for a while. When he comes back, I will ask him to come over and let the queen mother paint for a few days."

The empress dowager was very happy to be coaxed, and she was not in a hurry, maybe she was afraid of losing face at that time, so she walked towards the garden with Dongfang Liren on her arm:
"It's fine. I'm very interested in painting recently. You stand up and ask me to draw a few pictures of beauties, and you can also help with the tasting..."

Beauty picture...

Dongfang Liren was not sure if the Empress Dowager painted it, she could tell men and women.

But it's better to experience the superiority of being a strong person here than to be closed in front of my sister or Ye Jingtang, and I didn't refuse...

(End of this chapter)