Reborn as a great painter, with a system, you can be willful

Jiang Zhe and Meng Xi tour Prince Gong's Mansion together.

As he was browsing the introduction to the Yin'an Palace, Meng Xi said, "We commonly call it the Yinluan Palace, the emperor's home is the Jinluan Palace, and their home is the Yinluan Palace.

When Jiaqing raided Heshen's house, all his property was worth 11 billion taels of silver. It is said that the Qing treasury had an annual income of only 5000 million taels of silver. In other words, Heshen's family's wealth was equivalent to the total income of the entire country for 15 years. That was truly enough to rival a country.

Jiang Zhe promptly sent his congratulations and praised the other party for his broad knowledge.

He recalled that he first heard the name Heshen in a history class in junior high school. In addition, it was the famous TV series in which he played Luo Gou.

During his tour, Jiang Zhe often saw bat patterns on the walls.

Meng Xi told him that He Shen liked this kind of auspicious decoration and he called himself a blessed person. Many tourists also wanted to come and get some of his good fortune.

Jiang Zhe was surprised: "Is there anyone willing to take advantage of his good fortune?

Meng Xi smiled happily and pointed at the tourists coming and going.

When passing by a building, Meng Xi told Jiang Zhe that one of Heshen’s crimes was this building.

It is said that Heshen bribed the Imperial Household Department to obtain the blueprints and copied the Leshi Hall where Emperor Qianlong lived.

"Hey, come and take a look at the furniture here." Meng Xi called Jiang Zhe. Due to restrictions, they could only watch from a certain distance.

"This craft is called mother-of-pearl, which involves grinding the inner wall of a shell into pieces and then embedding them into furniture to form patterns. Such patterns have a pearly luster. Have you ever tried this craft?" Meng Xi asked.

Jiang Zhe shook his head. Although he lived by the sea, he had never experienced such luxurious and complicated craftsmanship. He had only seen it passing by.

"There is a teacher in our school who likes this kind of traditional craft. His graduate students have the opportunity to learn these traditional crafts. If you like, you can come to our school to study for a master's degree. With your current fame, I guess many teachers would be willing to recruit you for graduate studies." Meng Xi unexpectedly and very naturally turned the topic to this.

Jiang Zhe's eyes lit up and he looked at Meng Xi with a smile.

"Are you trying to be a lobbyist for Teacher Yang?"

Meng Xi's eyes met Jiang Zhe's, and she didn't feel embarrassed at all.

"I volunteered to be your tour guide. Since I got Teacher Yang's consent, I naturally need to speak for him. However, I am just passing on the message. This matter depends on your own opinion. Anyway, I have delivered the message."

"Understood, let's move on."

The scenery opened Jiang Zhe's eyes. There were passages inside the rockery that connected to the buildings.

"This is just the tip of the iceberg of Prince Gong's Mansion," Meng Xi commented.

The two came to the famous Liushui Pavilion.

There were also many tourists here. The two lined up to enter the pavilion and took photos.

Jiang Zhe carefully observed how the water pavilion was set up, and even wondered whether he should have one like this in his own garden.

Because there were many people waiting behind them, the two of them couldn't stay in the pavilion for long.

After leaving the pavilion, Jiang Zhe looked back at the effect of flowing water inside the pavilion.

"Hey, do you know the story of Qushui Liushang?" Meng Xi asked.

Jiang Zhe nodded.

Meng Xi said: "The ancients had relatively few ways to entertain themselves, and some scholars racked their brains to study various ways of entertainment. Setting up such a flowing water pavilion is also a way to imitate the ancient sages. It is said that there were only four flowing water pavilions in the entire capital at that time."

The two chatted about the story of Qushui Liushang and came to the treasure house said to be Heshen's.

"This building appears to be two stories high, but it actually has three, and there is another one underground. Heshen has too many treasures, and he has his own way of distinguishing what is hidden where. Look up."

Following Meng Xi's instructions, Jiang Zhe saw different patterns on the windows on the second floor.

"There are more than 40 windows like this, and each one is different." Meng Xi pointed to a window and said, "This one has a very good meaning. Below are two catfish, which means "abundance every year." In the middle is an ancient musical instrument called "qing." Together they mean "Celebrating Yu Nian." If you look up, you can see bats from a Taoist temple, and together they mean "Fuqing Yu Nian."

Jiang Zhe remembered that when he heard the name, he thought of that TV series.

Next, they took a group photo in front of the Western-style gate and visited the place where "My Fair Princess" was filmed.

Meng Xi pointed to the building in front and said, "The famous stage is in front. It's so big, more than 600 square meters, and it doesn't use a single nail. It's all mortise and tenon structure. Mei Lanfang performed here."

While the two were queuing up to visit, Jiang Zhe carefully observed the patterns here.

Meng Xi said: "These paintings are not something that ordinary craftsmen can draw, they are all the work of skilled craftsmen.

These patterns represent the spring flowers blooming and the coming of spring air. Just imagine, in winter, it is snowing outside, while inside, it is full of spring. This strong contrast is particularly beautiful.”

When looking at the "Fu" stele, Jiang Zhe was still very interested. Meng Xi reminded him that if he didn't hurry up, he might miss the sunset in Jingshan Park.

Jiang Zhe said with emotion: "You live in the capital, and you have access to so many learning resources."

Meng Xi said meaningfully: "You can also come and live here."

Jiang Zhe smiled but said nothing.

The two walked out of Prince Gong's Mansion and took a car to the next attraction.

Meng Xi received the text message and started fiddling with his phone.

After Jiang Zhe sorted out the photos in the camera, he saw Meng Xi had put down her phone, so he said, "Thank you for your hard work today. I want to express my gratitude. What gift would you like?"

Meng Xi looked at Jiang Zhe and said, "No need to give gifts? Can you treat me to a meal?"

"Sure, but not today. I have to drink with some teachers tonight." Jiang Zhe said casually.

"Teacher Yang is also participating?" Meng Xi's eyes lit up.

Jiang Zhe nodded and said that Teacher Yang would probably participate.

Meng Xi asked tentatively: "Can you take me there?"

Jiang Zhe was a little surprised. Why would someone come up to him? He never understood and could only attribute it to the fact that his personality was different from Meng Xi's.

Although the girl was very pretty, he would not agree to it easily. "We just met today. You are Teacher Yang's student. Even if you want to participate, it should be Teacher Yang who asks. If I ask, others will think I am interfering. Why don't you ask Teacher Yang?"

Being able to get access to more resources with the help of teachers is what Meng Xi has always wanted to do. However, he is very clear that doing such things too much is not good, as it will cause the teacher's disgust.

However, she quickly thought of another layer. Even if she couldn't access the resources from the teacher for the time being, wasn't there a ready-made gold mine in front of her? There was no need to go far away.

"I just said that, don't take it to heart." She acted cute and well-behaved, trying her best to be the kind that would arouse others' desire to protect her.

"We're here, we're here, it's time to get off the bus."

When Jiang Zhe got off the car, he silently admired, "This girl is amazing."

(End of this chapter)