Chapter 162: Gift (1)
"The king of the county?"
Xiao Tong: "What?" A voice came, Xiao Tong looked to his left, and a woman was sitting beside him.
This young lady Xiao Tong has never seen it, a delicate goose egg face, with scrutinizing eyes, an orange dress like the sun, dignified, this woman has a pair of extremely good-looking phoenix eyes, and she looks extraordinary.
Xiao Tong just replied politely: "Yes, what's the matter?"
The woman raised a glass of wine and smiled at Xiao Tong: "King Jun, can I toast you?"
Xiao Tong didn't get up, but picked up the wine glass, looking approachable: "Can Xiao Wang accept your respect after learning the name of the young lady?"
Xiao Tong replied politely, but the woman didn't seem to want to say her name, Xiao Tong looked at the lobby, there were already hundreds of officials present, but now not all the guests have arrived, the prince has not yet come, General Mu has not been present, and Zhao Chengxiang is also nowhere to be seen, which lady can this woman with a good temperament be?
Xiao Tong was thinking about it, but the woman didn't look like she wanted to answer, so Xiao Tong turned her face, it was really inexplicable.
At this moment, a word came from the eunuch outside.
"The prime minister has arrived!"
Zhao Wenzhi walked in slowly, he had a high crown and tied his hair, he looked more than forty years old, his face was spirited, and he looked very young, but his eyes were so that people couldn't see any love clearly, which was really the same as Li Quan.
As a prime minister who is above 10,000 people under one person, Zhao Wenzhi is still too young.
Xiao Tong watched Zhao Wenzhi walk towards the emperor, and he also wanted to watch the past silently.
Prime Minister Zhao Cheng bent down and knelt down: "The ministers see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live, long live, long live
Emperor: "Aiqing is exempt from courtesy!
Queen: "Excuse me." ”
Prime Minister Zhao: "Emperor Xie." ”
Sitting in the position closest to the emperor, the emperor had already begun to talk to him.
Prime Minister Zhao smiled and said: "Today's emperor's birthday, the minister has prepared a gift for the emperor." ”
There was no need for the prime minister to speak, the prepared things had already passed through the hands of the eunuch, who was standing under the steps of the imperial chair.
The emperor: "Prime Minister Zhao, I really have a heart today." Present it!"
The two eunuchs unveiled the gift, but one of them unfolded it on the side.
A rich ink. The exquisite landscape painting appears in front of everyone, the landscape painting brush is elegant, the mountains are abrupt, and the landscape is leisurely. But with a thrilling and fearful painting, like a perpetually cold and moody king, if you think you have calmed down, maybe the next step is a steep cliff. As soon as you fall, you will be in the abyss.
This painting looks a little interesting, but why did Prime Minister Zhao Cheng give a painting this year? In previous years, he gave it a priceless thing, and it was rare that he had never seen before.
How is it a landscape painting this year, even if it is the favorite of literati and ink artists, but the discerning people have already seen that there is no signature on the painting, let alone a seal, and it is definitely not everyone's work.
Just as the officials were discussing, Xiao Tong noticed the moment Li Quan saw this thing. It's also eye-moving.
There must be something unusual about this painting.
The emperor asked, "Is this what I painted back then?"
Prime Minister Zhao Cheng pretended to be mysterious and said: "The emperor still remembers that the ministers painted with you in the imperial study, and this is what happened back then." ”
Li Quan's eyes suddenly softened, as if he was reminiscing.
The emperor: "That year, but ten years ago!"
Prime Minister Zhao Cheng: "The emperor has a good memory, it was that year that the emperor painted this painting, and said that it was the best landscape you painted in your life!"
The Emperor: "Do you still remember, Wenzhi! Did I give you this painting that year?"
He seemed to remember that he didn't even write his signature back then, so he gave it to Zhao Wenzhi.
Prime Minister Zhao Cheng said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you said that if you look at this work that you are most satisfied with every day, I am afraid that you will be complacent every day." You are complacent here, you are willing to be an emperor who will never be complacent, and take charge of the country! The minister also begged you to give it to the minister on that day. ”
The Emperor: "Yes! It's been ten years. The painting is very well maintained. ”
The emperor walked down, stretched out a hand and gently touched the painting, this stroke is his painstaking work, he has not painted a better painting for so many years......
The emperor reminisced about the previous years, and he looked very relaxed and enjoyable, Xiao Tong was with everyone. has already understood that this congratulatory gift can be regarded as a friendship, which once again shows that the emperor and Zhao Wenzhi are people who have been friends, and the emperor is indeed thinking of the old love.
Prime Minister Zhao Cheng's expression was pious, with thick feelings: "Your Majesty, are you willing to add your mark to this painting tonight!"
When the emperor heard this, his heart was already rejoicing, and it was Zhao Wenzhi who hit the emperor's heart that he loved.
The emperor said: "Pen, ink, paper, inkstone!"
The eunuchs immediately brought things, and the officials in the field had already gathered around, and the wind was good.
"The prime minister really has a heart!"
"Your Majesty's painting is really everyone's work!"
The emperor looked at this painting, and with a stroke of his pen, he wrote the word Li Quan!
Zhao Wenzhi's eyes immediately turned pale, and all the civil and military officials shouted in unison: "The saint is a good painter!"
The emperor was already smiling, but said: "The Zhongqing family really thinks highly of me." ”
All the ministers replied, "The Holy One is humble!"
Zhao Wenzhi said at this time: "The emperor doesn't have to be too modest, if this painting was told ten years ago, His Majesty said his mind, then now, it is time for His Majesty to tell the world, you have fulfilled your promise!"
When the emperor heard this, he walked to Zhao Wenzhi's side, his face looked much older than Zhao Wenzhi, but the two were like friends for many years, and they had exactly the same tacit understanding in their eyes.
The emperor: "Wenzhi, you have a heart!"
With his hand on Zhao Wenzhi's shoulder, Li Quan faced the hundred officials!
The emperor: "Reward the prime minister with ten thousand taels of gold!"
Zhao Wenzhi knelt down: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
This scene was a little surprised, General Mu, who had just entered the door, looked at this scene, and the sons behind him were stunned, so they had to bow with the hundred officials, and Li Kangduan came in with him, but he was standing at the door.
10,000 taels of gold, just change a painting?
This Zhao Wenzhi really knows how to please the emperor!
Mu Shan sneered in his heart and stepped forward, a smile piled up on his face.
Mu Shan: "When did the minister come? Prime Minister Zhao was rewarded again?"
Li Quan saw Mu Shan coming, with a smile on his face, but he looked a little stiff.
However, Li Quan didn't think much about it, Xiao Tong didn't think much about it, and everyone didn't think it was strange.
This Mu Shan has always been like this, his tall and mighty body, even if he is sixty years old, is so healthy, his thick eyebrows and big eyes, dark skin, at first glance is a battle-hardened person.
Now in this splendid palace, it seems a little strange, and it is even more unsuitable.
Mu Shan: "Minister Mu Shan, participate in the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live!" )