Your Highness, the princess is going to paint your portrait

Chapter 4 Confession?

Jing Shuyao explained eagerly: "Dad, I, I, I just..."

"It's fine to make nonsense on weekdays. His Royal Highness Li Wang dares to meddle in the selection of concubines. If you are found out, how many heads do you have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor?"

Jing Shuyao was taken aback, "I..."

"Master, Yao'er is just ignorant. She knows she is wrong. Besides, His Highness Prince Li did not choose based on the portrait. Whether he was chosen or not depends entirely on luck, but it has nothing to do with Yao'er."

how?Does Jing Chun have to thank Jing Shuyao for being selected?

"Miss Chun, do you still want to thank Yao'er? If it weren't for Yao'er, Jing Chun's portrait might also be regarded as a portrait of bribery. How could it be chosen by His Highness Prince Li now?"

……

Jing Tongchang's eyes were dim, and he said dully, "Back off."

Jing Chun almost thought that he heard it wrong, was it just this sentence?
This sentence somewhat chilled Jing Chun's heart, although he knew that Jing Tongchang would not accuse Jing Shuyao more, but he never expected that he would not say a single harsh word.

Seeing the low pressure in the hall, Jing Chun didn't want to stay any longer and leaned away, returning all the way to his side courtyard.

In the side courtyard, Aunt Lan was already beaming with joy, and the news of the marriage had spread throughout the house, Fang wanted to congratulate her, but seeing the handprints on Jing Chun's face, she understood everything in her heart, so she went to boil eggs without a word He planned to apply Jing Chun to his face to reduce the swelling.

Sitting in front of the table, Jing Chun felt a haze in his heart, lowered his eyebrows and opened the imperial decree, which indeed read "Eldest Daughter Jing Chun", and the words "His Royal Highness King Li" were particularly eye-catching.

Jing Chunchang sighed.

You see, the brocade box is exquisite and made of fine sandalwood. When you open it, there is a faint scent of sandalwood. The bracelet is exquisite. It is made of fine cold jade. The slender outline is inlaid with gold. The white quality is fine and crystal clear.

But the side courtyard in Pianjingchun was a shabby room, and everything inside was shabby.

This bracelet is incompatible with this environment.

Just like Jing Chun, she doesn't belong here...

Aunt Lan came in with a hot boiled egg, skillfully peeled an egg, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and rubbed Jing Chun's face carefully.

The hot eggs quickly relieved the pain on Jing Chun's side face, and joked: "Why are there so many eggs today?"

You must know that in the past, if you wanted to drink a cup of hot tea in the courtyard, you had to make it from Jing Chun, but now there are only twenty in front of Jing Chun.

"The young lady is about to become Princess Li's wife. The whole family is eager to eat and drink well, but how many eggs can they be reluctant to part with?"

Hearing this, Jing Chun couldn't help but smile, and he temporarily left his troubles behind.

However, Jing Chun would never accept this marriage. Her thoughts would never allow an arranged marriage to control her.

Early the next morning, Jing Chun was in a weak mood because of what happened yesterday. Zhang Ruolian, who was also a painter, couldn't help but joke a few times when he saw this, just saying that he was scared out of his wits when he went out to work yesterday.

In their view, Jing Chun was a woman but became a painter of Jingzhao Mansion. The painter of Jingzhao Mansion painted criminals who committed crimes and looked at the dead people whose corpses were so smelly. Naturally, they needed to be upright and upright. How can a woman have the courage to be a hot-blooded man?
Jing Chun was already angry at the sudden marriage grant, and he couldn't easily tell what happened to the Liang family yesterday, so he deliberately didn't show a good face and said: "No, the job I did yesterday was... Painter Zhang must have seen such scenes when removing corpses from mass graves. The face is ulcerated, the teeth are black and the mouth is crawling, and the whole body exudes a putrid stench. There are also rats eating the eyes of the dead, and corpse water is splashing everywhere. Yes, have you ever seen such a scene? If you are willing, how about leaving this job to Painter Zhang?"

As soon as he said this, Zhang Ruolian, who was traveling with him, ran to a corner and vomited several times. His face turned pale. He steeled himself and was about to chase Jing Chun and beat him.

Liu Shuxie, who was traveling with her, quickly stopped her and said, "What are you doing to provoke her? She has always been unforgiving, and you still provoked her."

In order to practice their brushwork, one or two painters from the Hanlin Painting Academy come to Jingzhao Mansion to paint portraits of prisoners every year. Liu Shuxie is one of them, and he is also a sixth-grade painter at the Hanlin Painting Academy.

To tell the truth, Liu Shuxie came to Jingzhao Mansion is really Qucai, whether it is painting skills or brushwork, he is one of the best figures in the well, and his paintings of peonies are the most outstanding, so he is also called "Liu Peony". There are many times more painters in Jingzhao Mansion, but he never bothered about it. He is over [-] years old and has a family, so he doesn't take these external things lightly.

Seeing this, Zhang Ruolian could only shake his sleeves resentfully, and said bravely, "Today I won't argue with you, but next time I won't."

Zhang Ruolian is just a fledgling person, but he has studied boat painting in Songyun for ten years, and his painting skills are naturally not a problem.

Jing Chun smiled lightly, and said, "Next time? If Zhang Painter sees those carrion corpses next time, it's better not to vomit."

After saying that, Jing Chun weighed the book bag in his hand, and walked straight to the prison.

Since I had already arrested He Yue'an yesterday, I also needed to see what that person looked like and how good my painting skills were.Moreover, from yesterday's conversation with Liang Lingshu, it was really hard to believe that a woman who had been violated would use complimentary words to describe a rapist, and she could still remember it so clearly.

After entering the prison, he saw Li Butou interrogating a handsome man again and again in front of the cell. Jing Chun could recognize the man as He Yue'an at a glance, and he was indeed [-]% similar to his portrait.

"Did you go in or out of Liang's house the night before yesterday?"

He Yue'an looked like he didn't know what was going on, and was quite confused: "Sir, what happened to the Liang Mansion the night before? It was worth dragging me to the government office yesterday."

Agent Li quickly knocked on the table and said, "Don't change the subject, tell me, where were you the night before?"

He Yue'an's attitude was sincere, and he confessed honestly: "The villain has been sleeping at home the night before, the night before..."

"I'm lying, you clearly sneaked into the Liang Mansion at night."

He Yue'an looked confused and asked hesitantly: "Why, what are you going to do in the Liang Mansion?"

"Do you dare to say that it was not your fault that Miss Liang's innocence was tarnished?"

"Miss Liang's innocence has been tainted?" He Yue'an was shocked, and instantly collapsed on the ground, and said again: "Miss Liang said it was me?"

Catcher Li didn't talk nonsense, he directly lit the portrait in front of He Yue'an, and said: "You can see clearly, this is the portrait dictated by Ms. Liang, and the person on it is not you? It was drawn by the painter of Jingzhao Mansion... The well painter is here, and I'm judging..."

Jing Chun also entered the cell and said hello to Capt. Li, "Capt. Li, He Yue'an can plead guilty?"

"No, I brought it over last night. It was just interrogated this morning, and nothing has been revealed yet."

The two were saying this, but He Yue'an seemed to be going crazy, and directly hugged Li Butou's thigh, becoming more and more emotional, "Miss Liang was innocent last night?"

Capt. Li was also a good-natured person and kicked He Yue'an away with one kick, "Why are you pretending to be stupid? Wasn't it you who did it? It's just a pity that a good lady... Bah, you bastard..."

He Yue'an suddenly burst into tears, curled up in a corner, and beat the wall repeatedly.

Catcher Li is also a person who has seen big and small cases, so he didn't bother with He Yuean's actions, and said: "Isn't it just a waste of time? I will spend time with you. I want to see if it is your hands or the walls of the cell." .”

Just as he was talking, a small official sent a message to Jing Chun to come to the hall quickly, "Your Excellency said that he is a big man, so the painter Jing must go quickly."

After hearing this, Jing Chun no longer paid attention to He Yue'an. But before leaving, Jing Chun looked at He Yue'an huddled in a corner and felt that something was wrong...

(End of this chapter)