Yue Yao did not complete the task assigned by the emperor until near noon the next day.

The emperor asked Gonggong Li before looking at the painting: "When she was asked to draw the seventh and ninth children, how did she react?" "That's right, the emperor asked Yue Yao to draw it was none other than the Seventh Prince and the Ninth Emperor. Yue Yao couldn't understand why the emperor would let her draw two princes.

Gonggong Li thought for a moment and described Yueyao's reaction to the emperor in great detail: "Although Mrs. Lian was very surprised, she didn't say much. She didn't say a word until she left. ”

Only then did the emperor open the two paintings painted by Yueyao, and after reading them, he couldn't help but say: "It is worthy of Mr. Yushan's high apprentice, and it really deserves its reputation?" The emperor knew very well that Yue Yao only glanced at the two of them at that time, and at a glance, he actually painted the clothes of the two people exactly the same, and the most important thing is that Yue Yao also painted the expressions of the two people at that time, and the painting was very expressive.

At that time, the emperor did not inform Yueyao that he wanted her to paint the two princes, and Yueyao could paint so well, it was completely an occupational disease.

Yueyao didn't return overnight and stayed in the palace, but Xiang Wei and the four children were half dead in a hurry, and the mansion was bright all night, and no one fell asleep.

When Yueyao returned to Anfu, she saw that everyone was all rabbit-eyed, and she was a little sorry, she didn't return overnight, and she must have frightened Xiang Wei and the child.

The four children hugged Yueyao, and Brother Xu cried: "Mother, why didn't you come back last night?" Did they bully you?"

Xiang Wei didn't expect that Yueyao would not come back overnight, so she didn't restrain everyone from telling Yueyao's whereabouts, and the four children naturally knew that Yueyao had gone to the palace.

Yue Yao pushed the four children away, and explained with a smile: "Don't hug your mother, your mother was busy just now, and she sweated a lot and smelled strange. ”

Fei Ge'er asked suspiciously, "Mother, what are you busy with all night?"

Yueyao didn't hide it from Xiang Wei and the child, and said: "The emperor asked me to draw a picture, I have been busy from yesterday to just now, there is still food in the kitchen, hurry up and serve me something to eat." "The food in the palace is actually very delicious, but she can't eat it! She just wanted to get out of the palace and go home.

Xiang Wei looked at Yueyao's expression, except for being tired, there was nothing else, and her mood relaxed: "Gu Lan, let the kitchen set the meal." "She hasn't eaten since yesterday, and she has been worried about Yueyao, where is she in the mood to eat!

After Yueyao ate and drank enough, she went to take a bath again, and when she came out, except for Kexin, Brother Sheng'er's three children were not there.

Xiang Wei said: "The child sees that you are fine, and they have all made up for sleep, and they will go to Mr. Min's school in the afternoon!" I also went in the morning, but Mr. Min saw that the three children were all worried, knowing that Yueyao did not come out of the palace, and Mr. Min did not continue to lecture, but asked them to go home and wait.

Emperor Zhengxi is a Ming monarch, and he is not lustful, so although Yueyao spent the night in the palace, Mr. Min didn't think about that bad place.

The people in the palace didn't think about it in any way, not only because Yueyao had been staying in the studio prepared for her by Gonggong Li, but also because the emperor had stayed in Kunning Palace that night.

Yue Yao felt a little guilty, touched Ke Xin's head and said, "Mother is fine, it's just a little tired, you can also make up for sleep." "She is really incompetent as a mother, and she always worries her children.

Kexin shook her head and said, "Mother, I'll sleep with you." Before seeing her mother, she once thought that she would never see her mother again, this kind of fear, people who have not experienced it will never be able to understand, at this time, she does not want her mother to leave her sight for a moment.

Yue Yao smiled and said, "Okay." Yue Yao hugged Ke Xin, because she was too tired, and in the blink of an eye, Yue Yao fell asleep.

Ke Xin listened to Yueyao's even breathing, felt very steady, and also squinted, and fell asleep after a while.

Xiang Wei breathed a sigh of relief, although she didn't know what medicine was sold in the emperor's gourd, it was good for people to come back safely.

Yueyao slept until she woke up naturally, and when she woke up, she found that Ke Xin was no longer around, and at this time, Ke Xin walked in from outside: "What time is it?"

Xiang Wei also arrived: "At the end of the unitary time, Kexin and Brother Sheng didn't have dinner, they said that they would wait for you together, you should get up quickly!" Otherwise, a few children would have starved. Xiang Wei also found out that yesterday's incident scared Kexin and Brother Sheng's four sisters and brothers.

Yue Yao said with a smile: "You ask Gu You to call Brother Sheng and them over, and I will be fine immediately." Yueyao has always felt guilty about her child, but this kind of guilt, there is no objection to saying too much, she can only spend as much time as possible with the child in the future.

Yue Yao finished dinner with her four children, and accompanied the children to do their homework at night, and did not go back to sleep until the children fell asleep.

I slept too much in the afternoon, and Yue Yao didn't feel sleepy.

Xiang Wei asked, "Madam, what did the emperor ask you to draw for so long?"

Yue Yao shook her head and said, "Don't ask about this, I can't say it if you ask." "Actually, Yueyao is also confused! It's just that she instinctively feels that this matter is not simple, so she is reluctant to say it, Yueyao is not distrustful of Xiang Wei, but feels that there is one less person to know about this matter.

Yueyao got up on time on the second day and was about to box, but she didn't expect Kexin to come over.

Kexin looked at Yue Yao and said, "Mother, I want to learn boxing from you, can you teach me?" Learning to boxing is fake, at most getting along with Yueyao is true, this incident made Kexin feel very unsure, if it wasn't for the upbringing grandma who insisted on not letting her stay in the main courtyard yesterday, she really wanted to accompany her mother.

Yue Yao chuckled: "Okay, but you have to stick to it after you learn." ”

One morning, while Yue Yao was teaching Kexin boxing, the three brothers Sheng came over to accompany Yue Yao to finish breakfast and went to Mr. Min's class.

At noon, Yue Yao looked at the sun hanging in the sky that could roast people, and said to herself: "The capital is not bad, how do you say that the people in the south of the Yangtze River live!" The summer harvest is gone, and the autumn harvest is estimated to be lost, and the imperial court has to provide relief to the south of the Yangtze River, and also to raise grain and grass from the northwest and Haikou, which is a big burden for the imperial court.

Xiang Wei's face was also very heavy: "Madam, I heard that some places don't even have water to drink, and if this continues, there will be chaos." ”

Yue Yao nodded and said: "There will definitely be many displaced people at that time, the capital is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and when everyone is cornered, most of them will come to the capital." ”

Xiang Wei is not worried about this, not to mention that there are tens of thousands of troops in the capital, but there are more than 100,000 troops stationed in a hundred miles away: "I am going to collect the dim sum shop." "In the year of famine, who still has the heart to eat pastries!

Yueyao asked: "Yuehuan and Chenghong have to settle well, in addition, the grain on the Zhuangzi must also be guarded, these grains and grasses may also come in handy when the time comes." ”

Yue Yao felt different: "What's wrong?"

Xiang Wei felt troublesome: "I just got the news, an hour ago, the emperor had issued a holy decree to summon General Lin to return to Beijing, and at the same time appointed the Nine Emperors as the Marshal of the Northwest to command the 200,000 troops in the Northwest, and at the same time appointed the Seven Princes as the ministers of the Qincha to go down to the south of the Yangtze River for disaster relief." "The Seventh Prince and the Nine Emperors both want to go to the northwest to lead the army to fight, this went to the northwest, this military merit is proper, and when they return to the capital after winning the battle, it is more than one more bargaining chip, the Nine Emperors and the Seventh Prince have been heavier, and the two have also petitioned several times, but the emperor has not expressed his position.

Yueyao's heart suddenly, could it be that the emperor's appointment has something to do with her painting? Yue Yao hurriedly shook her head, feeling that she was thinking nonsense, what did the emperor's decision have to do with her, "Is there anything wrong with this?"

Xiang Wei couldn't tell Yueyao's pulse: "You really don't know?"

Yue Yao shook her head and said, "I'm not Zhuge Liang, how do I know?" You don't suspect that this has something to do with me, do you? The emperor asked me to paint a picture yesterday, and this national event can't be related to a painting, right?"

Xiang Wei decided to break the casserole and asked, "What kind of painting did you draw?"

Yue Yao shook her head and said, "Don't ask me, I won't say it if you ask." Gonggong Li specially instructed her that she was not allowed to tell the matter of painting the two princes, even if Xiang Wei was the person she trusted the most, she couldn't say it.

Xiang Wei was very suspicious that the emperor wanted to give her wife hatred.

Yueyao said with a smile: "You don't care what others think, let's close the door and live our own lives." ”

Xiang Wei shook her head: "I'm afraid that you won't have a quiet life by then, well, you see that if that's not the case, everyone knows that you are painting anyway, or we will simply spread that you are painting for the emperor, what do you think of this idea?"

Yue Yao shook her head and said, "Don't do superfluous things, maybe others won't think about it?" At this sensitive time, the emperor's every move will be of special attention, and she, the person who suddenly appeared, can still let those people go.

But what Yue Yao didn't expect was that the first one to invite her was Duan Wang, Yue Yao took the post, looked at Xiang Wei and asked, "Could it be that Duan Wang is also standing in line?"

Xiang Wei was speechless at Yueyao's sluggishness: "King Duan is protecting you by doing this, hurry up and change your clothes and go to King Duan's Mansion!" Among the people Yue Yao knew, the only one who could talk to the emperor was King Duan, but King Duan had the heart to protect his wife, so this right and wrong could be avoided.

Yueyao didn't rush to change her clothes, but went to the studio and picked out several of her favorite paintings, and then went to change her clothes.

When King Duan saw Yue Yao, he didn't ask Yue Yao about painting in the palace, but smiled and asked if the rumors outside were true.

Yueyao is very grateful to Duanwang, she has always been very grateful, with the experience of Jiangnan, she understands why she can live smoothly in the capital, she has always been protected by Duanwang and Jingninghou, for this reason, Yueyao did not hide from Duanwang, and said: "The things that go to visit the Qinglou and the intersection of the Qinglou are all fake, but I did go to the Qinhuai River, and I went in disguise as a man." ”

King Duan laughed when he heard this: "How about it, thousands of lightboats illuminate the Qinhuai River like daylight, isn't it like a fairyland on earth?" King Duan felt that with Yueyao's good painting and idiot temperament, it would definitely be impossible to say that he would not swim in the Qinhuai River at night.

Yueyao presented the paintings she brought, among these paintings, there is a picture of the Qinhuai River like a fairyland, and another is a painting of people scattering boats, and the Qinhuai River is silent, the two paintings form a sharp contrast, so that the people who look at it have a particularly deep feeling.

Duanwang smiled and said, "Not bad, not bad, really good." "After reading all the paintings, Duanwang only wanted these two contrasting paintings, and he didn't want anything else.

Yue Yao knew that King Duan was acting in the style of a celebrity, and she didn't argue with King Duan, so she accepted the painting immediately, and told King Duan about what she had gained in Jiangnan.

Duan Wang listened carefully, and occasionally asked a few questions for Yue Yao to answer, and if Yue Yao did not answer satisfactorily, he would also correct some of Yue Yao's views.

Yueyao is not Duanwang's confidant, but she is also a person with common interests and hobbies, and there are a lot of common topics.

Before Yueyao went home, King Duan said: "If outsiders ask you what paintings you have made in the palace, you can just say to the outside world that you have painted for the emperor." ”

Yue Yao opened her mouth, and then said with some trepidation: "If the emperor knows, will he cure me of the crime of bullying the king?"

King Duan smiled and said, "What kind of deception is this, don't worry!" Even if the emperor knows, it will be fine. ”

Yueyao is very grateful, but Duanwang is a nobleman, what she wants, she can't repay if she wants to, Yueyao thinks how can she be so lucky in this life! Not only was she protected by Marquis Jingning, but she was also protected by King Duan, and Yue Yao really felt that she was too lucky in this life.

Duan Wang looked at Yueyao's grateful appearance and didn't know how to express it, and laughed: "Don't say those vanity, draw more good paintings and give them to me in the future, it's enough." ”

Yue Yao nodded heavily and said, "Lord Wang, I will." ”

Princess Duan naturally understood that King Duan was clearly protecting Yueyao, and asked with some concern: "Lord Wang, will this attract the emperor's taboo." ”

King Duan waved his hand and said, "What taboo is it?" As far as Yueyao's child doesn't know anything except painting, she can't play even if you let her play those intrigues, don't worry, Brother Huang won't annoy me about this little thing, and I'm pretty sure that this girl is not involved in what is wrong, and she is just blind to those days outside. ”

Princess Duan is still not at ease.

King Duan smiled and said: "Don't worry about it, if you say that there will be no problems, there will be no problems, that girl herself can't understand anything about it, where can she understand the things in the court, if I guess correctly, even if the emperor asks her to do something, she is definitely still in the clouds now, I don't know what's going on!" Duan Wang said this, and it was also based on Yue Yao's performance today.

If Yueyao knew what King Duan thought, she would definitely be impressed, because Yueyao still doesn't think that the things in the court have anything to do with the paintings she made.

Princess Duan said deliberately: "You protect this girl so much, Wanhe is jealous, saying that you treat her better than your own daughter!"

Duanwang just smiled and said: "I just think that talents are rare, especially such talents, if they are gone, it will be difficult to find a second one." "Yue Yao has worked hard for so many years, and finally climbed to the top of the painting world, and just began to bloom her own light, if at this time he was involved in the battle of the court and lost his life, it would be a pity.

Princess Duan smiled and said: "Yes, yes, I know that you cherish your talents, in fact, if you do this, Wanhe will definitely be very happy." ”

Duan Wang sighed and asked very strangely, "Why?"

Princess Duan said Wan and the county lord's careful thoughts: "This girl thinks that Yueyao is pure and kind-hearted, and she is comfortable in communication, not like other people, and she has to make a few turns when she says something." "In fact, Princess Duan knows that Wanhe County Lord wants to be friends with Yue Yao, and another reason is that Yue Yao is Guan Jingxuan's life-saving benefactor.

King Duan agreed with Princess Duan's words, if it weren't for the simplicity of his mind and his dedication to calligraphy and painting, Yueyao would not have reached the current height.

Duanwang's status is precious, and the weight of what he says is very heavy, so that those who fight Yueyao's idea have scruples, of course, the most important thing is because the Seventh Emperor and the Ninth Emperor have analyzed and analyzed, and they don't feel that Yueyao has a direct relationship with the emperor's appointment, even if Yueyao is a great painter, not an ordinary woman, but Yueyao is not involved in government affairs, it is easy to find out, if such a person can influence the emperor's decision, it is really a bit of a fantasy.

Yue Yao was truly relieved at this time.

Xiang Wei told Yue Yao about the follow-up: "The Seventh Prince will go to Jiangnan the day after tomorrow, and the Nine Emperors will go to the northwest in a few days, I'm afraid the road will not be smooth!" Among the adult princes, now only the Seven Princes can fight with the Nine Princes, and the biggest opponent of the Seven Princes is also the Nine Emperors, and the two princes are already in the point of not dying, so Xiang Wei thinks that the two princes will send assassins to assassinate each other.

Yue Yao didn't want to listen to these things, and she had a headache after hearing too much: "How is the situation over there in Jiangnan?" Has the situation deteriorated again?" It's only late June now, and I have to continue to work for more than a month, and I can stay up for two or three days without eating, which I can't survive for a day without drinking water.

Xiang Wei shook his head and said: "No, Niu Yanghui is very good, and he took the initiative to stand up and help the people solve the problem of water use." ”

Yueyao's eyes lit up: "How did you solve it?"

Xiang Wei said with a smile: "When encountering natural and man-made disasters, what I am most afraid of is chaos, as long as the people are appeased, there will be no chaos." Niu Yanghui's method of dealing with it is very simple, that is, to come forward to appease the people, tell them that the court will not ignore them, stabilize the emotions of the people, and then settle them down.

As soon as Yue Yao heard it, she knew that it would not be so simple: "Did Niu Yanghui start to distribute food to the people?"

Xiang Wei shook his head and said: "No, but Niu Yanghui said that the granaries of the imperial court are full, and if it really comes to the time when everyone has nothing to eat, the imperial court will definitely open a warehouse for disaster relief." "The granary of the imperial court, that is the reassurance of the people.

Yue Yao regretted a little, when the emperor asked her when it would rain in Jiangnan, she should have said, but this thought Yue Yao was only a flash, and her heart was soft for a while, and then there would be endless troubles.

Xiang Wei asked tentatively, "Do you think this disaster can be avoided?"

Yue Yao said with certainty: "The imperial court is prepared and has prepared so much food, this disaster will definitely survive." "It's almost July, and it's going to rain for more than a month.

Xiang Wei immediately answered: "Generally, after the drought, there will be floods, and there will even be locusts, and the imperial court will be powerless at that time. "The temporary drought is not terrible, the most feared is that there will be a few natural disasters after the drought, and that is the real way to not give people a way to live.

Yue Yao shook her head and said, "No, this person is ...... in drought" Speaking of this, Yue Yao found that Xiang Wei was tricking her.

Xiang Wei smiled and said, "Don't worry! I'm not going to tell anyone. ”

Yueyao naturally believed that Yueyao would not lie to her, but she still said: "Xiang Wei, there are some things that I don't tell you, it's not that I don't believe you, but I have a reason why I don't tell you." ”

Xiang Wei said with a smile: "I know, I won't take your words anymore." ”