Can I get to the other side?.

Chapter 82 Flirt and Run
"Your Majesty, here is the charcoal you requested." The eunuch came over respectfully holding a small bowl.

What was placed in the small bowl was charcoal.

Liu Xie took out a piece of charcoal of suitable size, then bent down and started grinding it on the ground, and soon one end of it was sharpened.

Then he looked up and said to Zhen Mi, "Stand still."

"Ah... yes, Your Majesty."

Although Zhen Mi didn't understand what Liu Xie was going to do, she still stood there obediently as he told her, not daring to move.

Then she saw Liu Xie casually pull out a piece of drawing paper and spread it flat on the table. He picked up a charcoal pencil and started drawing, looking up at her from time to time.

"Your Majesty, are you drawing me? Can charcoal be used for drawing?"

Zhen Mi blinked, her heart full of curiosity.

She had heard that some poor scholars would use charcoal as pens to practice calligraphy, but she had never heard that charcoal could be used for painting.

You should know that charcoal is fragile and easily drops dust. It can be used to practice calligraphy, but it is impossible to use charcoal for delicate things like painting.

After a while, Liu Xie threw away the charcoal pencil in his hand, took the handkerchief from the eunuch, wiped his hands, and said to Zhen Mi: "Okay, come and see how it goes?"

The paper of that era was really bad. Even the best silk paper was of too poor quality, at least not suitable for sketching with charcoal.

In the end, he asked the palace maid to get a piece of cloth and paint on it.

Zhen Mi walked over with a puzzled mood. When she saw Liu Xie's painting on the table, she couldn't help but cover her mouth, and her beautiful eyes were filled with disbelief!
"how come……"

Zhen Mi was extremely shocked at this moment, because Liu Xie actually drew her appearance with charcoal!

Although only the upper body is shown and some of the details are very rough, her appearance, expression and even eyes are exactly the same, and the whole person jumps off the paper.

It's a stroke of genius!
Zhen Mi couldn't help but pick up the drawing paper and look at it again and again. The more she looked at it, the more she felt that the painting was truly amazing. Not only was the appearance similar, but the spirit was also!
However, Liu Xie shook his head and sighed, "I haven't painted for a long time. My skills have deteriorated a lot. I'd better tear up this painting to avoid embarrassment."

As he said this, he was about to reach out and take the painting.

"do not want!"

Zhen Mi's face suddenly turned pale and she no longer cared about etiquette. She dodged Liu Xie's outstretched hand and hid the drawing paper behind her.

"Your Majesty, please show mercy. How can such a lifelike painting be destroyed..."

She liked this painting very much, and it was a painting technique she had never seen before.

If Liu Xie tore it off, she would be very reluctant.

Liu Xie gently took Zhen Mi's hand and looked at her tenderly: "But I feel that the beauty in this painting is not even a fraction of your appearance."

Zhen Mi's delicate body trembled, and then her pretty face turned red instantly.

"Your Majesty, this, this..."

Zhen Mi avoided his gaze, not daring to look directly at Liu Xie, and stammered so hard that she couldn't even utter a complete sentence.

She only felt her heart beating faster and faster.

When had she ever heard such words?

Zhen Mi's shy look made Liu Xie understand the meaning of the four words "shy as the flowers and the moon". It turned out that it was not a metaphor but an adjective!
The reason why I became an artistic youth in my previous life was to make it easier to pick up girls.

All the hard work in learning painting didn't help me pick up a modern girl, but it did make the ancient goddess of Luo River fall in love with me.

Doesn't this mean that modern women are harder to pursue than the Goddess of Luo River?
"Since you like it, I'll give you this painting as a reward."

After saying this, Liu Xie turned around and left the back garden. He knew that Zhen Mi was very shy because of the teasing, and staying would only make her at a loss.

It would be better to just run away after flirting with her and let her savor the moment alone.

Seeing Liu Xie's back disappear, Zhen Mi felt relieved and leaned on the table weakly, but from the blush on her face, it can be seen that she was still in a state of unrest. It was not until a long time later that she calmed down her shyness and took out the painting hidden behind her.

Looking at the lifelike image of herself in the painting, Zhen Mi felt a little bit of happiness in her heart and couldn't help but smile.

At this moment, all the flowers in the garden lost their color.

……

After Liu Xie hurriedly left the back garden, his heart was beating wildly.

Zhen Mi's appearance is so lethal, and the shy Zhen Mi is even more nuclear-bomb-level!
"It's terrible, it's terrible."

He must not be bewitched by Zhen Mi, otherwise what secrets can he hide in the future? You know, Zhen Mi is a member of the Zhen family!
Historically, she first married Yuan Xi and then Cao Pi. There was no manipulation by her family, and Liu Xie didn't believe it.

He repeatedly reminded himself in his heart that he should not be attracted to Zhen Mi just because she was pretty. He could only be attracted to her physically but not emotionally.

Be a Sigma Man!
……

Yecheng, an official residence.

"You said Yuan Xi went to visit Jia Xu and gave him a generous gift?!"

Yuan Shang's expression changed and he stared at the guard in front of him.

The latter bowed his head and replied respectfully: "Reporting to the Third Young Master, I have been monitoring near the Second Young Master's residence. Yesterday, the Second Young Master did visit Guanglu Xun's residence."

"After coming out of Guanglu Xun's house, the second young master looked very happy and sent dozens of boxes of gifts to Jia's house that day."

After hearing this, Yuan Shang's expression became uncertain.

Jia Xu was a talent that his father had recently recruited, and he valued him very much, giving him various rewards that even Shen Pei and Ju Su could not match!

There were too many people visiting Jia Xu these days, so he wanted to wait a few days before going to visit him, but he didn't expect that this incident with Yuan Xi would happen.

"Will he not recruit Jia Xu over?"

A bad idea popped up in Yuan Shang's mind.

And the more I think about it, the more possible it seems.

If not, why was Yuan Xi so happy when he left the Jia Mansion and even sent dozens of boxes of gifts?

Even if he failed to recruit Jia Xu, the other party must have promised him something, otherwise how could Yuan Xi be willing to make such sacrifices!

"No, I have to visit this Guanglu Xun too!" Thinking of this, Yuan Shang made a decision immediately.

Then he said to Guo Jia, "Sir, please prepare a generous gift for me. I will visit Guanglu Xun today!"

However, Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Third Master, why do you need to go in person to visit Guanglu Xun?"

"If the Lord knew that you and the Second Young Master were so blatantly trying to win people over, I'm afraid he would be unhappy. This is extremely inappropriate."

Although Yuan Shao didn't mind his sons competing with each other.

But what does it mean to openly win over counselors and generals?
You can do it, but you can't make such a big fuss about it. I'm still alive and not dead yet!
Yuan Shang hesitated for a moment. He knew what Guo Jia said made sense, but he was still unwilling to give in. He asked, "Am I just going to sit back and watch you win over Jia Xu?"

"Jia Xu is valued by my father. If he is won over by my second brother, it will be extremely disadvantageous to me!"

He was unwilling to just watch like this.

Jia Xu now has a lot of say in Yuan Shao's place. Just a few good words for anyone can influence Yuan Shao's decision!

"Don't worry, young master." Guo Jia's eyes flashed, and he smiled and said, "Leave everything to me. Just let me visit Guanglu Xun on behalf of the third young master."

(End of this chapter)