Liu Rui turned over all of a sudden, fell to his knees with a thud, and swallowed hard.

He slapped his face while snorting, and the slap fan snapped: "The slave should die, the slave should die, the slave blinded the lard, the slave shouldn't have such a bad idea." ”

Emperor Chengping stared at Liu Rui with his eyes like electricity, until Liu Rui's head was blue and red, and the corners of his mouth were bleeding, and then he waved his hand: "Let's spare you this time, if there is a next time, I can't spare your dog's life." ”

"Thank you, thank you, your majesty." Liu Rui hurriedly snorted several times, and when Emperor Chengping signaled him to get up, he stood up cautiously and said with a wrinkled face and a smile: "Your Majesty is wise and martial, and he is a rare Ming Jun throughout the ages, naturally a villain like a slave can't catch up with him, Your Majesty is not moved by beauty, and he acts so fairly, following His Majesty's side, the slave will notice it if he has a little crooked mind, and the slave will not dare to have any crooked eyes in the future. ”

Emperor Chengping had a smile on his face, and gently kicked Liu Rui: "The dog slave is not going down, I am tired of looking at your old face." ”

Liu Rui knew that Emperor Chengping's anger had subsided, so he put his mind at ease, smiled and quit Zichen Palace, and as soon as he went out, he covered his cheeks with a sigh, and walked a few steps to ask his godson to get medicine for him.

Emperor Chengping put the painting away, thinking of Yun Yao's appearance, he felt more and more that what was most suitable for the eyes was that there were a few troubles in the court before, and it didn't seem to be anything for a while.

He smiled, took out the fold and read it again, and pondered how he could see that Lady Qi again.

Just talk about the Qi family's side. Xiao Zhi received the letter and the token from Master Xiao and hurriedly took it to Qi's house, Qi Laoniu and Qi Jing took the token, and invited Baoshan to settle the family affairs of the two families, Xiao Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, he didn't have any bottom in his heart, he was afraid that the Qi family would know that he was a concubine, and that the Xiao family would be uneasy and refuse this family business, so she might have to marry the daughter of the merchant who was in the twilight of her mother.

Although that woman is good-looking, Xiao Zhi really doesn't care about her appearance, he would rather marry an ugly woman like Qi Yinzhu who acts decisively and generously. and he was not willing to marry a beautiful woman who was not in the room.

Make a family affair. Xiao Zhi and the Qi family are diligent in moving around.

Xiao Zhi and Qi Jing both have to wait for the spring of next year to participate in the exam, and the two of them often study together, and they also do studies together, and they come down a few times. Qi Jing knew that Xiao Zhi rented a house to live in. Because he has limited money. I don't have much money to hire a good cook, and the food is very poor, so I often invite Xiao Zhi to eat at home. Sometimes I have been with Xiao Zhi for a long time, and when I see the meal, I will leave Xiao Zhi to eat before leaving.

Xiao Zhi is not a pedantic person, and when he saw that the Qi family sincerely kept him for dinner, he also generously agreed, and often came to the Qi family to eat, he also knew how to count the etiquette, and he was not empty-handed every time he came back, sometimes he took some small toys, sometimes he bought some food, and he came and went, and the Qi family was familiar with it, and he was no different from his relatives.

In this way, time gradually passed, and in the blink of an eye, after two snowfalls, it was at the end of the year.

This Chang'an city is already prosperous, such a large city lives in three or four hundred thousand people, when it comes to the New Year's Festival, whether poor or rich, every household prepares things for the New Year, for a time the market is full of people, almost crowded and lively.

When the weather is warmer, the street more than ten zhang wide cannot be seen from this side, and the middle of the road is crowded with people, and at a glance it is all black and pressed human heads.

From the left side of the street to the right side of the street to buy an object has to squeeze for half an hour, Yun Yao took the car out to buy something, only out of the alley before she walked to the street was scared, immediately called the coachman to drive the car back, she ran to the silver bamboo house and begged Yinzhu to help buy it.

It's not that she's lazy or whatever, she really scared the abortion, just her small body goes out, I'm afraid she will have to squeeze people into jerky after a while, or the Yinzhu sisters are tall and strong and can squeeze it over.

Rao is like this, and when Yinzhu helped her buy the things she wanted to use, her clothes were crooked, her hair was a mess, and her sweat was like being fished out of water.

Yun Yao took the things and served tea to Yinzhu: "Second sister has worked hard, I really want to be in a hurry, otherwise I won't be able to work second sister." ”

"What does the family say about this?" Yinzhu poured a few sips of tea, wiped his sweat and took a breath: "There are really too many people, now I think about it, I'm afraid, if you want to buy anything again, don't look for me anymore, even if you kill me, you won't go." ”

"I don't dare to work the second sister anymore." Yun Yao smiled and agreed, and said: "Who knew that there were so many people in Chang'an City, and we didn't meet so many people even when we were in Zhenting Mansion." ”

Yinzhu couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "Aren't you talking nonsense, what kind of territory is Chang'an City, how many people are here, there are no 100,000 people in Zhenting Mansion, even if it is all on the street, it will not be crowded like this, but Chang'an City is not, now every year is adding a new population, I remember more than 300,000 people in the early years, and now it is about 400,000, plus this is the end of the New Year's Festival, not only people in the city rush to the market, but also people in the countryside come to buy things, there are not many people to blame, but it is only a few days of effort, In a few days, there will be fewer than 20 people in Layue, and by the time of 27 or 8, there will be almost no people on the street, even those restaurants and restaurants have also closed, and they have all gone home for the New Year. ”

Yun Yao nodded: "I see, I said why are these people, you didn't look at it, I was really frightened when I saw the crowd of people when I came out of the alley, and I hurried home." ”

Yinzhu couldn't help but laugh again when she asked Yun Yao to say, and nodded Yun Yao's forehead: "You, what do you want me to say about you." ”

Before the two of them could speak, Peony came into the house to talk back to Yun Yao, only saying that the princess's mansion had sent a return gift, and there were many strange things in it.

Yun Yao hurriedly asked someone to take it to the warehouse first, and then register and make a book, and then go and take a look when she was free.

After the peony went out, Yun Yao pulled Yinzhu and calculated what New Year's gift to the Xie family and the Lu family, plus Xiao Zhi, the two of them pondered for a long time and set a gift list, and immediately called Peony to enter the door and take the list, and asked someone to go to the warehouse to buy it and send it to someone.

After all this was done, Yun Yao wanted to take Yinzhu to the treasury to see what things Princess Changle had sent, and she didn't want to ask for something to see Peony again.

When she came in, Yun Yao saw that she had two scrolls of paintings in her hand, put them on the table, and Peony stepped aside and whispered: "These are sent by Mr. Han, saying that he is familiar with the old lady and knows that his wife is good at painting. ”

"Oh?"

Yun Yao had long forgotten who Mr. Han was, and thought for a while before remembering who it was.

She didn't pay much attention to it, and then picked up a scroll of paintings and opened it, waiting to open it to see, but it was a picture of a hundred birds facing the phoenix, during which the posture of the hundred birds was thousands, but they were all facing the direction of the phoenix, and from the painting it seemed to be able to see the fear, dependence and love of the hundred birds for the phoenix.

The phoenix in the center of the painting is gorgeous and noble, and the feathers next to it are almost nothing in front of the beautiful birds.

Yun Yao looked at the painting, and then looked carefully, and found that this painting was a little more three-dimensional than that made by other painters in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the colors were more distinct, and the phoenix painting was particularly detailed, so detailed that even the feathers on the phoenix's body were distinct, and the phoenix's eyes were even more realistic.

In an instant, Yun Yao understood that this painting should use the three major aspects and composition she talked about, so that it could be so different.

"It's a beautiful painting." Yinzhu also praised it: "I have never seen such a good painting, who painted this?" ”

Yun Yao smiled: "An old acquaintance, Xianggong also recognizes, he loves calligraphy and painting very much, a few days ago I met and said a few words, he asked me a few words, this time I sent the painting should be the painting and I have grown and sent it to me to see." ”

"Oh." Yinzhu didn't think much about it, sat for a while and then left.

Yun Yao picked up the painting and looked at it again, and then looked at another painting after looking at it for a while, the top is a peony picture, and it is equipped with a line of words, only the peony is really a national color, and the flowers move the capital when they bloom.

These two paintings made Yun Yao understand, that Emperor Chengping was using two paintings to praise her appearance, one compared her to a peony, praising her for her national color, and the other compared her to a phoenix, and all the birds were dark in front of her.

That means that no matter how beautiful the little lady is, she can't compare to her.

After understanding it, Yun Yao sneered and threw the scroll aside.

After that, there were many things to do, and Yun Yao put this matter behind her.

She didn't take it to heart, how did she know how uneasy Emperor Chengping was in Zichen Palace.

Emperor Chengping regretted sending the painting away, he was afraid that the painting would be misunderstood by Yun Yao's mother-in-law, thinking that Yun Yao was not in the room or something, or that Qi Xie Yuan had a bad temper, how could he call Yun Yao up?

It's just that he is the emperor, and the things he sent out have never been recovered, so he can only endure the worry of receiving the minister, and then order someone to send some objects to the homes of several reused courtiers to show his appreciation, and then approve all the folds to prepare for the New Year.

After being busy for a while, Emperor Chengping remembered the two paintings again, and asked people to inquire about the affairs of the Qi family, and saw that the Qi family was calm and there was nothing to do, although he was also relieved, but he didn't know why he was a little disappointed.

He has never been in such a mood of gaining and losing, and his mood is also irritated, and then looking at the women in the harem, I feel that there is no one who can enter the eyes, that is, the one that used to look the best, but now I see that the eyes are not big enough, not smart enough, the mouth is a little big, and the nose is a little collapsed, as if there are shortcomings everywhere, none of which can compare to Yun Yao.

Yun Yao didn't know Emperor Chengping's mentality, if she knew, she would inevitably laugh like that.

As far as Emperor Chengping's psychology is concerned, it is not much different from the goddess that some men in the interstellar era treat in their minds.

Emperor Chengping's face control and voice control are easy to look at a woman who is perfect in all aspects, not only is her appearance amazing, but she is also beautiful in her heart, so she can't help but treat her as a goddess or an idol, and there is a feeling that Yun Yao is raised high to look up and care, and she doesn't want her to suffer any harm.

Such a feeling is very complicated, it should be more like and respect, and there is also a mentality that as long as you look at it from a distance and know that Yun Yao is doing well, it doesn't mean that you have to get Yun Yao or whatever. (To be continued.) )