Chapter 031: Afterlife 3
When Zhaojun saw Yanshou crying, he couldn't help asking, "Why are you crying?"
Yanshou asked Zhaojun, "Do you remember who I am?"
"You ......"
Zhaojun looked at Yanshou with doubts: "Have we met before?"
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Yanshou smiled bitterly: "No, we have never met, it's just that you look like my sister, my sister died of illness a few years ago, so when I saw your appearance, it reminded me of my sister's memory, and I couldn't help but cry sadly." ”
"I see, but when I see you, I seem to have a sense of déjà vu, and I feel very familiar with you, if you don't dislike it, you can call me sister. Zhaojun said to Yanshou.
Yanshou smiled bitterly: "Yes, my good sister, my brother's face is a public face, and many people say that I have a sense of déjà vu." ”
Yanshou continued: "I am a painter sent by the court, and the purpose of my coming here is to paint a portrait of my sister for the emperor to choose a concubine. ”
"But, sister, why did you come to the capital? Do you really want to enter the palace as a concubine?"
"No, I don't want to enter the palace, I was forced to be a show girl, I wanted to escape but couldn't, I was forced to come to the capital. ”
Zhaojun asked: "What kind of person is the emperor today?"
"Your Majesty, ......?" Yanshou decided to lie to deceive Zhaojun, he didn't want Zhaojun to be selected as a concubine to enter the palace and attract the ruin of the embryonic emperor.
"The emperor is already very old, he is an old man, he can be your grandfather. He has white hair, wrinkles on his face, bulging belly and fat intestines, and he is really old and ugly. ”
"Since the emperor is so old, why does he still choose a draft girl and still want to choose a concubine to enter the palace?
"Yes, today's emperor is indeed an old man, he already has 3,000 beauties in the harem, and he is not satisfied, and he wants to spoil more young and beautiful girls. ”
"It's just an old man. ”
"Yes, how many girls' happiness has been buried in the hands of this old man. ”
Yanshou asked Zhaojun: "Sister, do you really want to enter the palace?"
"I don't want to enter the palace. ”
"Don't you want to enter the palace as a concubine? When you become a concubine, you can enjoy endless glory and wealth. ”
"But after entering the palace, there is no freedom, and you have to be with people you don't like, and such a life will be very painful. Don't want such glory and wealth. ”
Zhaojun pulled the sleeve of Yanshou's coat and asked for Yanshou: "Brother, I beg you, but help me think of a way, is there any way that I don't have to enter the palace?"
Yanshou thought for a while: "There is a way, but I have to wronged you." ”
"You can do anything, as long as you don't enter the palace. ”
"I, Mao Yanshou, is the first painter in the court, any beauty who wants to enter the palace must go through my portrait, I paint beautifully, the emperor can enter the palace if he likes it, the painting is ugly, and it will be difficult for the emperor to enter the palace if he hates it. But I'm going to grieve my sister, my sister is so beautiful, my pen makes my sister ugly, my heart will be reluctant. ”
"It doesn't matter, as long as I don't enter the palace, it doesn't matter how ugly my brother paints me. ”
Yanshou often came to Zhaojun by painting portraits for Zhaojun, and took the opportunity to get close to Zhaojun, hoping that Zhaojun could recover the memory of his previous life and remember the love between the two of them.
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Since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, a strong and ferocious Xiongnu nation has risen in the north of the Central Plains, and often raises troops to invade the Central Plains.
The Huns are a nomadic people, they make a living by shooting and hunting, attacking for a living, regardless of men, women and children are good at riding and shooting, and their military strength is very strong. After Qin unified China, he built the Great Wall to defend against the invasion of the Xiongnu. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made up his mind to organize a strong military force, appointed famous generals Wei Qing and Huo Quai, and repeatedly defeated the invasion of the Xiongnu. Since then, the Han Dynasty has selected a palace maid who is both talented and beautiful, and named the princess to marry the king of Shan Yu, who married the Huns.
The tenth monarch of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Han Yuan, was a weak and inactive monarch, after he ascended the throne, the world was peaceful, and the eight directions were peaceful, he thought he was a blessed emperor, just because the first emperor Yan drove away, the palace maids were released outside the palace, and the harem was lonely and boring, and Emperor Han Yuan wanted to personally pageant to comfort the bitterness.
So he sent the court painter Mao Yanshou, who was good at painting Danqing, especially for people to copy portraits, after his rendering, on the paper was about to come out, and his spirit was flying.
Yanshou knew Emperor Yuan's boredom and boredom, and relied on his sharp teeth and said: "As long as the rich man who farms the land in the countryside has a little money, he will have three wives and four concubines to enjoy the female sex." Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and in the prosperous times, all the four seas are all enjoyed by you alone, and the ministers are willing to paint beautiful female appearances for Your Majesty, and look for young and beautiful concubines for Your Majesty. ”
"That's a good idea!"
There is not a single stunning woman in all parts of the country, whether she is the daughter of a prince and prime minister, or the daughter of ordinary people, anyone over 15 years old and under 20 years old is among the candidates, and for a time set off a storm of beauty pageants across the country.
Yanshou is a portrait of a beautiful woman, and when the emperor's eyes are left and right, people with daughters all over the world will stutter to him. Rich people who do not want their daughters to be selected into the palace will be given heavy gifts of money; those who are elected to the palace will be given heavy gifts in order to get the favor of the emperor, and they will give their daughters ugly and beautiful daughters, all of which are in the Danqing pen and ink of Lord Mao.
Wang Zhaojun is beautiful and beautiful, by no means like a mortal woman, his heels are as bright as the morning star, his eyebrows are not painted and the emerald color wants to fight the distant mountains, the lips are not dotted and the red contains white jade, the figure is graceful, the fit is short, one point is too long, and one point is too short.
In order to prevent Emperor Yuan from choosing Wang Zhaojun as his concubine, Yanshou specially made hands and feet on Wang Zhaojun's portrait, and suddenly pointed out three huge black moles on Wang Zhaojun's smooth and flawless forehead.
Yanshou provided a hundred portraits for the emperor to choose slowly, when he saw the statue of Wang Zhaojun, Emperor Han Yuan's heart moved, this woman looks good and beautiful, but unfortunately three big black moles are born between the forehead, the scenery is bad, Yanshou added oil and vinegar on the side and said: "Women have moles on their foreheads, they will be the master of Kefu." ”
The emperor was extremely noble in the world, and he was born without envy or fear, but he was afraid of endangering his life, and Wang Zhaojun was beaten in the cold palace from then on. Secluded in a forbidden place, depressed and bored, Zhaojun's heart was like ashes, she played a good pipa, and when she was more quiet, she sat in the courtyard of the harem, plucking the silk strings, and the melancholy and poignant tone sounded heartbreaking.