Chapter 55

After all, the empress dowager recovered before the imperial doctor arrived, otherwise even if the imperial doctor came, her symptoms might not be curable.

Holding the fifth princess's hand, she happily walked to the desk, and only then did she remember—oh, what if Qingmei girl can't draw well?Although the ladies in Beijing require knowledge and reason, you can't ask them to be decathlons.The Empress Dowager immediately made up her mind that even if the painting was not good, she had to give Qingmei enough face. The Empress Dowager said yes, who would dare to say no!Unexpectedly, as soon as he probed it, he was immediately stunned.

Seeing the old lady's appearance, the fifth princess wondered if Qingmei's painting was so bad that people couldn't even boast about it, so she decided to help, so she also lowered her head to look, and saw a black horse on the rice paper that was so lifelike, she immediately yelled happily Said: "It's wonderful, it's really wonderful, this picture of a horse should be shown to those painters, what can be called a masterpiece!" The fifth princess knew nothing about these things, only knew that Qingmei's horse painting was beautiful, and I couldn't say how beautiful it was. , Anyway, it is very similar, it is always right to boast more.

"Like, it's too similar." The Empress Dowager stretched out her hand tremblingly, looking at the painting with burning eyes.Xie Yunzhao felt a little strange, Lin Qingmei's painting is pretty good, but you don't have to be so excited.Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager suddenly said, "Girl, who taught you this painting skill?" Although this almost perfect brushwork is not as good as the supernatural skill, after all, there is only one who can be called a master of Danqing in this world. Only one person, and only he, possesses the miraculous painting skills.

"It was taught by the master."

The Empress Dowager immediately asked: "Which Master, who is the last name, and where does he live?"

Qingmei only thought that the old lady was addicted to checking household registration, but she was still ready to answer politely, but when the words came to her lips, she realized that she didn't know anything except her wife's surname Huang, so she had to say in the end, "It's Suzhou. A master surnamed Huang, I don’t know much about the others.”

"My surname is Huang..." The Empress Dowager muttered to herself with dim eyes.The fifth princess whispered, "Could it be that the emperor's grandmother knew this Master Huang?"

The Empress Dowager did not answer, but said: "Go and take out the picture of hunting in autumn." The older maid immediately understood the meaning, and immediately brought the Empress Dowager's favorite painting carefully.

The two maids slowly unfolded the painting, Qingmei was stunned immediately, she saw at a glance that this painting was written by Master Huang!Seeing her expression like this, the Empress Dowager smiled in relief.It seems that she guessed it right, this girl really got a good luck, and got his true biography.

"Do you recognize this painting?"

Qingmei nodded, but shook her head again, "This is the first time I've seen this painting, but the painting method is quite familiar."

The Empress Dowager ordered someone to combine Qingmei's picture of a horse with this autumn hunting picture, "Look, don't these two pictures look very similar?"

The fifth princess's eyes were darkened, she knew it was her own shortcoming, so she simply shut up.Although Xie Yunzhao is not familiar with Danqing's skills, he still has some basic skills, and he can be regarded as a half-expert.It can be seen at a glance that although the content of the two paintings is different, the technique is really unforgettable.Xie Yunzhao also can’t tell what this technique is, but the brushwork of the two paintings seems to tell you that this is the most perfect painting technique, there can be no existence beyond them, and they represent perfection—an almost harsh Although Ome's painting lacks flaws, the old lady's painting has reached the point of perfection.

"At first glance, I think it was painted by one person, but the painting on the left is more vivid." Xie Yunzhao said truthfully.The Empress Dowager nodded in satisfaction, her eyes drifted away, and she reached out to caress the picture of hunting in autumn, with a kind smile on her face showing some vicissitudes, and sighed: "This is the one that the Imperial College sent to the Imperial College when your father was around." People drew it."

Doctor of the Imperial College during the reign of the former emperor?

Xie Yunzhao tried his best to recall, but he couldn't find any doctor surnamed Huang.But the Empress Dowager didn't care, she just took Qingmei's hand and sat down on the low bench in the east hall, "Then why are you learning from Master Huang?"

Unexpectedly, after a while, Qingmei was silent.The empress dowager was a little bored, the fifth princess kept hinting at her with her eyes, but Qingmei was unmoved.

"Is it difficult to answer?" Xie Yunzhao said something out of the blue, and then regretted it.Unexpectedly, Qingmei raised her head to look at him, her little eyes clearly said to him: Yes, yes, how did you know? !

The fifth princess couldn't sit still anymore, and interjected, "Did you teach the Four Books and Five Classics? Or is it Danqing Black and White?"

Qingmei said helplessly, "Actually, I didn't learn that way."

"Oh?" The Empress Dowager became interested. Seeing her appearance, Qingmei seemed determined to break the casserole and ask the end, so she had no choice but to answer while recalling the past: "I used all the things in the master's study for seven years. I have read all the books, and I have to copy each book at least once. As for what books I have read, and which books I have copied, there are too many. I really can’t answer your question, Empress Dowager.”

"You..." The fifth princess was stunned for a while, "You...you actually know how to read so many books?" She always thought that Qingmei was semi-literate, so it turned out that the other party was a master who didn't show himself? !

Xie Yunzhao was also shocked for a while, it took seven years to finish copying a room full of books, is it because the study room is too big or her speed is very slow?But no matter what it is, this time really shocked him a little.Apart from Qingmei, the only person in the room with a calm expression is probably the Empress Dowager, who has been looking at her kindly since Qingmei started talking, as if she was not surprised by this answer at all, "Really, it seems that you Did you take a lot of boards before?"

Qing Mei immediately turned her head to look at the Empress Dowager, and immediately felt a sense of understanding, "Hey... I was beaten every day, at least 20 times a day at the beginning, and only the left hand was hit." T_T Master Huang took her His right hand was left for writing, not for eating. "It didn't get better until the last year, but I still get beaten occasionally."

"Isn't that when you copy a book, as long as there is one mistake, you have to copy it all over again, and you have to take out a separate piece of paper and copy the previous mistake fifty times?"

This time it was Qingmei's turn to be surprised: "How do you know?!" After finishing speaking, she nodded heavily, "Not only is it like copying books, but it is also like this when describing Danqing." The urge to cry.

Master Huang's favorite thing is to come up to her when she is about to finish a painting and say, "Girl, when did you paint this one?"

Qingmei stopped writing and raised her head, blinked, and after a while, she said blankly: "It's been a long time..."

"Then you continue to draw, don't you know that you should tear up the paper when you draw this stroke? You still can't see such an obvious failure?! Are you painting a leaf? This It must be fried dough sticks from Aunt Zhang’s house! Reach out with your left hand.”

"Snapped!"

Dongqiao on the side closed his eyes unconsciously, and trembled when the ruler sounded.Looking between her fingers, Qingmei didn't move, her face was livid, very unattractive, as if she was suppressing something.

"What can you do if you are impatient? You are like this at a young age, and you will have to pay for it in the future!" Master Huang put away the ruler, "Redraw!"

So, when you get along day and night with Master Huang, a person with extreme perfectionism, you will feel that no matter how hard other people make things difficult for you, you are so cute!Those unreasonable troubles, those sarcasm, those tricky and arrogant, are scum in front of Master Huang!

Xie Yunzhao quietly listened to her tell about Bie Zhuang's experience of learning painting, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and felt that he seemed to be too biased when looking at people before.

"Hehe, that master is a strict one."

"Yeah." Qingmei sighed incomparably.

"Then why do you still follow him?"

When the Empress Dowager asked, Xie Yunzhao also became interested.Although he is not a prince, he is also a descendant of the queen, and the education he has received since childhood is not much different from that of the eldest brother of the prince.I always thought that the experience of myself and the eldest brother Prince being punished for copying scriptures because they couldn't recite scriptures in the past was simply weak and vulnerable compared to Qingmei's.But Xie Yunzhao still guessed unkindly, it must be that the little girl was too stupid and liked to be lazy, which forced the master to treat her like this.

He guessed all these words correctly, Qingmei was indeed stupid and lazy at that time.Where had she seen this kind of classical Chinese in her previous life, and she was used to being free and undisciplined by nature, Master Huang hated iron but steel, why is she so unscrupulous when she is obviously a smart girl? !

"No one else is willing to teach me except him."

Xiao Qingmei's sickly body was considered unlucky to anyone looking at it at the time, and after Qingmei accepted this body, she couldn't integrate well into this era for a while, which led to her weird and weird personality during those days. How could there be a good wife? teach.Even if there were, most of them were for the high monthly money given by Butler Cui.It is true that Master Huang came to teach at the beginning because of Dr. Wen's face, and then Qingmei persuaded him to come back when he was angry, but the master and apprentice got along later, it was Master Huang who persuaded Qingmei more often.The girl dropped her pen and gave up learning at every turn, and the angry Master Huang chased after her with a ruler.

After talking and chatting, it was time for dinner. Qingmei was naturally left by the empress dowager for dinner, and the fifth princess and Xie Yunzhao also accompanied her. The empress dowager saw that her grandchildren were all with her, so the meal was naturally special taste.There was less flattery on the table, but a lot of warmth was added.

Due to the curfew, the Empress Dowager did not keep green plums too late.Although it is said to be the Tian family, but sometimes it is necessary to set an example for the people, and it is not justified to let a girl enter the palace for the first time and stay too late.

Before leaving, the Empress Dowager groaned again, and the fifth princess took a slow step, Xie Yunzhao looked helplessly at his grandmother, sighed softly, and stepped forward to lead Qingmei the way.

At this time, the palace lanterns were already lit, swaying along the corridor, the surroundings were quiet, and occasionally palace people walked by with light steps, as if thousands of words were melted into the boundless moonlight.

Qingmei walked forward without looking sideways, without saying a word.Xie Yunzhao, however, was a little absent-minded, always feeling that Qingmei's wide sleeves fluttered slightly in the wind, lightly brushing his sleeves.

"Although it's a bit late to say now..." After all, he spoke first, Xie Yunzhao chuckled, "But thank you for saving my life."

"No need." Qing Mei replied crisply, "If you can give Zhao Ye to me, you will be repaying the favor."

Xie Yunzhao: "...you are so persistent in comparison to Ye!!!"

Qingmei: "That's why you didn't look so proud of Ben Xiao, I just want to hold Zhao Ye to make him mad! You said that they are all black horses, why is Zhao Ye so obedient?"

"Ben Xiao?" Xie Yunzhao became interested, "Could it be that you have a good horse besides the Jade Lion?"

"What kind of good horse is it?" Qingmei snorted, "He has a bad temper and is too hot-tempered to be tamed. But that's okay, if you treat him kindly, he'll be nice, and he won't even give you a supercilious look. , Just ignore you! Are you angry?!"

Xie Yunzhao was stunned for a while, but finally stopped and looked at her with great interest: "Are you talking about yourself?"

Qingmei: "..."

Withdrawing his eyes gradually, he carefully looked at the person beside him, and saw that he was smiling, but obviously that smile was not funny.The corners of the stiff mouth didn't feel like they were being pulled, and finally pulled out a smile that he thought was bright: "My lord is right, Lin Qingmei has a bad temper, has a bad temper, loves to hold grudges, is disrespectful and disobedient to etiquette, and doesn't like reading or practicing calligraphy. If you don't love women and don't love housekeepers, if you don't meet a responsible wife, you will only be a white man. After all, just such a woman is useless; and your lord, you were born in a beautiful tree, and you are full of poetry and books. , respectful but not difficult, peaceful but not comfortable, humble but not flattering, lenient but not indulgent, benevolent but not frugal, straight but not straight, modest and gentleman, gentle and moist as jade. How can a useless person be saved? What about one life?"

"You..." Xie Yunzhao said harshly in a low voice, "You really still have such an arrogant temper!"

Qingmei suddenly felt shy, took a step back, and covered her face in surprise: "The little girl can only be regarded as weak in front of the prince, at least if the little girl fell off the horse on purpose, she would definitely not hit her so hard like the prince .”

Xie Yunzhao was taken aback suddenly, "You know?!"

(End of this chapter)

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