Zhou Xuan returned to Meixiang Xiaoyuan has been three watch days, yawning again and again, very thirsty to sleep, casually washed up and went to bed, but saw that cumin was still sleeping on his big bed to warm the quilt for him, and his small body curled up under the quilt only raised a small ball, just like the Siamese cat that Zhou Xuan bought for his mother-in-law.

Zhou Xuan's eyelids were fighting, he was so sleepy that he didn't want to go to cumin's cold little bed to sleep, and he didn't ask the little girl to get up, so he shared the bed with the little girl, and before his legs were straightened, he snored.

I slept until dawn, but was woken up by cumin.

"Uncle—Uncle—", the voice was soft.

Zhou Xuan opened his eyes and saw that the little girl's face was flushed, and her body moved, it turned out that Zhou Xuan pressed her legs, and she was numb, and she couldn't pull it out.

Zhou Xuan smiled "hehe" and moved her legs, and the little girl hunched over and rubbed her legs in the quilt.

Zhou Xuan suddenly thought: "This little housekeeper is more intense than Qin Que and Sewing Needle, I am a dignified Zhou Qicha Zhou eldest son is controlled by a little girl, and it is spread out to make people laugh off their big teeth, I have to treat this girl well." He immediately stretched out his hand to hold the little girl in his arms, and put one leg on her again, smiling ambiguously.

Cumin shrank back in shock, her tongue knotted: "Aunt-master, you, what are you doing here?" ”

Zhou Xuan asked: "Cumin, did Miss Qi'er tell you to sleep with me when you left Jiangzhou?" ”

Cumin hurriedly shook her head: "No, no." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Then why do you keep crawling into my bed?" ”

"I, I-", cumin stammered, "Cumin is for my aunt to warm the bed." ”

Zhou Xuan asked: "Since it's a warm quilt, why did you sleep with me all night?" ”

Cumin said: "Cumin waited for her aunt to come back, and she fell asleep when she waited, and when her aunt came back, she didn't know about cumin." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Only couples sleep together all night, well, concubines can also be, cumin, how old are you, do you want to carry Miss Qi'er behind your back and let Aunt Ben marry you as a concubine?" Wow, you're a self-thief! ”

Cumin's face was flushed, and she said, "I don't, I don't, cumin doesn't." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "I'll write a letter to ask Que'er later, and ask her if she promised you anything?" ”

Cumin hurriedly said: "Uncle, don't write, don't ask, cumin won't sleep on my uncle's bed again!" ”

Zhou Xuan let go of her and said, "Cumin, you better move your little bed back to your own room, otherwise what if you climb into my bed again one night?" If you sleep a few more times, your belly will get bigger, do you see Miss Needle's belly? ”

"Ahh Cumin lifted the quilt and sat up, looked down at her belly, crying and mourning, she had not grown up, the girl's waist and hips curved did not come out, and she was still a virgin's small round belly.

Zhou Xuan comforted: "Don't worry about a big belly when you sleep once, pay attention in the future, stay away from me, okay, get up quickly, and ask someone to move the small bed." ”

The little girl hurriedly dressed and got out of bed and went out.

Zhou Xuan put his head in the quilt and laughed so hard that his stomach hurt.

At two o'clock in the morning, Zhou Xuan rushed to the south study of the "Calyx Xianghui Building" in Daxing Palace, the queen had not yet come, Gu Hongzhong had already arrived first, and was looking at Zhou Xuan's unfinished portrait of the little Zhou Hou, frowning slightly, and said: "Zhou Gongzi, your painting method is to look at the big from the small, although the sun shadow and perspective are all present, but it is not the right way, Zong Bing of the Six Dynasties said in his "Painting Landscape Preface": "The body is coiled, the eyes are prepared, the form is written, and the color is beautiful", and the clouds: "Fuqin exercises, Want to make all the mountains sound', that is, the painter's gaze can not be cramped at one point, but should be seen in a panoramic view, pay attention to the 'three distances', the son tried to see the Tang Dynasty since the famous masters, regardless of Wang Majie, Wu Daozi, Yan Liben, are to the big view of the small, there are hills and ravines in the chest, ten thousand mountains in my eyes such as rockeries, mountains and valleys, in the pen one by one painting, this so-called heart eye, if only look at one side, how to see the distant view of the back of the mountain, and how to become a painting? ”

Zhou Xuan smiled slightly, he knew that this kind of Western light and dark perspective painting method was considered inferior in the eyes of ancient Chinese painters, is a painter, Kangxi, Qianlong Italian Lang Shining came to China, as the court painter of the Qing royal family, he brought Western painting techniques, was despised by the well-known painter Zou Yigui at that time, Zou Yigui said: "Westerners are good at Pythagorean method, so their paintings are far and near in yin and yang, not bad, painted figures, house trees, all have sun shadows." The colors and pens used are very different from those of China. The shadow of the cloth is wide and narrow, measured in triangular proportions. The painting palace room is on the wall, which makes people want to walk in. Scholars can refer to one or two, and also wake up the method. However, there is no brushwork, although the craftsmanship is also a craftsman, so it is not included in the painting. ”

Zou Yigui of the Qing Dynasty also thought that the chiaroscuro perspective painting method did not enter the stream, not to mention Gu Hongzhong of the Southern Tang Dynasty of the Five Dynasties, and the dispute between Chinese and Western paintings could not be understood for a while, Zhou Xuan said: "Teacher, the student thinks that the painting of a single portrait is good with this painting method, realistic and expressive, like a mirror image, if it is a grand landscape scroll, and such as the teacher's "Han Xizai Night Banquet" such a large scene, it is natural to use the big view of the small method, so as to be able to outline the leader, fold high and fold far - the student wants to learn from the teacher is this method of the heart and eye. ”

Gu Hongzhong saw that Zhou Xuan's words were humble, although he still didn't approve of Zhou Xuan's method of painting figures, he couldn't say anything, nodded and said: "Zhou Gongzi will come to the painting academy when he has time, and he won't dare to hide his clumsiness." ”

Xiao Zhouhou was surrounded by the chamberlain and Gong E, wearing a snow-white shirt and deep jeans, two slender legs staggered, and walked lightly, her jeans are actually not jeans, because they are not denim fabrics, they can only be regarded as tight trousers, but they are very well tailored, wrapping the hips and hips and shin curves.

Zhou Xuan and Gu Hongzhong hurriedly saluted.

Xiao Zhouhou sat on the embroidery pier and said, "Can this image be painted well today?" ”

Zhou Xuan said: "In two hours, it should be able to be painted." ”

Gu Hong said: "The old minister is not so fast, at least it will take three days, but the old minister can go back to the painting institute to paint slowly, and he doesn't have to sit for a long time." ”

Gu Hongzhong is a master of visual knowledge and heart, when he painted "Han Xizai's Night Banquet Picture", he was ordered by Li Yu to go to the Han Mansion to observe for two nights, and after returning home, he painted it from memory.

Xiao Zhouhou said: "Then look at the painting of Xuan's nephew first, and His Majesty will come here to watch the painting in the afternoon." ”

The south study is quiet, the warm sunlight of early spring shines in, the queen of the Tang Kingdom in modern clothes is extraordinarily beautiful, the left half of the face is as beautiful as jade, the three-dimensional face looks elegant and deep in the light and shadow, the clothes are modern, but the temperament is so classical.

Zhou Xuan keenly captured this moment of the first light of spring, and the brush flickered, leaving the moving image of Xiao Zhouhou on the drawing paper.

After Zhou Xuan came to the Tang Kingdom, he was painting almost every day, and his painting skills have also improved a lot, this portrait painted for Xiao Zhou Hou is his current pinnacle work, the light and dark perspective are used just right, and the color is also very fine, and the unique image of Xiao Zhou Hou integrating modern beauty and classical beauty is well expressed, and between the eyebrows, cheeks and lips, there is a trace of smile depicted in detail.

Zhou Xuan thought to himself: "This painting is called Eternal Smile." ”

After having lunch in the palace, Zhou Xuan continued to paint, at this time it was already the finishing touches, and there was no longer a need for Xiao Zhouhou to sit there, and Xiao Zhouhou did not come to the south study.

Half an hour later, Zhou Xuan was done, got up and washed his hands, and came back to Gu Hongzhong and said, "Teacher, the student has finished drawing first." ”

Gu Hongzhong drew the upper body of Xiao Zhouhou, and then he was painting the background, and when he heard Zhou Xuan say this, he got up and looked at it, and said in surprise: "Zhou Gongzi, why don't you even paint the embroidery pier, so let Niangniang sit in the void like this?" ”

Zhou Xuan said: "This is called having a seat and no seat, the meaning of the pen is there, anyone can see that the mother is sitting, and it is surprising not to draw the embroidery pier." ”

Gu Hongzhong shook his head, expressing his incomprehension, and looked at Zhou Xuan's painting carefully, and said in a low voice: "Zhou Gongzi, isn't your painting a bit blasphemous?" You see, here, and here, it seems to be too much of that and that demon—"

Gu Hongzhong refers to Xiao Zhouhou's chest and buttocks, which cannot be shown in these two places in the ancient ladies' pictures, except for the Spring Palace painting, and Zhou Xuan's painting of Xiao Zhouhou not only has obvious bulging breasts, but also the hips are also tight, round and round like melons, which is simply disrespectful.

Zhou Xuan couldn't cry or laugh, this old man is too pedantic, there is no way, look at his "Night Banquet Picture" to know that the dancing girls and singers in it are the same thickness from top to bottom, without the beauty of curves and styles, and said: "Teacher, the historical facts recorded by Taishi pay attention to the straight book, do not conceal, do not exaggerate, and truly reflect the history of the country. ”

There was a chuckle of "sneering" behind the two, and a voice said: "It's not demonic, it's slender, it's really good." ”

Zhou Xuan and Gu Hongzhong turned back together, Gu Hongzhong was suddenly shocked, his hands and feet trembled, and he looked too frightened.

It is not because the speaker is as ugly as a yaksha, on the contrary, the speaker is as beautiful as a fairy, tall and graceful, and there are seven points similar to the little Zhou Hou painted by Zhou Xuan, it is Li Huzhu, the princess of Qingle.

Gu Hong lamented in the center: "My words against Niangniang Youye must have been heard by the princess, it's bad now, Zhou Xuan is fine, I want to sit on the crime of disrespect!" Quickly knelt down and said in a loud voice: "I don't know that Her Royal Highness the princess has arrived, the old minister lost his words, and the old minister lost his words." ”

Of course, Zhou Xuan didn't have to kneel to greet him, he was the princess's cousin, and said: "It turned out to be Her Royal Highness the princess, and Teacher Gu just drew and talked about painting, so it wasn't a gaffe." ”

How do you know that Princess Qingle had a pretty face, and sneered: "Is it a gaffe, I'll know when my father comes." ”

Gu Hongzhong was so frightened that his soul was not possessed, he knew that this Princess Qingle was moody and loved to play tricks on people, this matter was caught by Princess Qingle, it was really not good, he was eighty-three years old, if he was not guaranteed in the evening and was condemned by the emperor, it would be too unlucky, and he said that His Majesty has always been merciful and rarely uses heavy punishments, but even the spine cane twenty also lost this old face, and begged the princess for forgiveness.

Zhou Xuan frowned and thought, "Why is this Qingle princess like this?" It's like the first two times I saw a different person, a dual personality? He immediately helped Gu Hongzhong up and said, "It's okay, Your Majesty is here, and I will decompose it for the teacher." ”

Princess Qingle twisted her willow eyebrows slightly, and sneered: "Zhou Xuan, you really regard yourself as a relative of the emperor, my cousin King Jing said that you are just the son-in-law of the little official of the Jiangzhou Medical Department, I didn't expect you to go to Jinling to deceive my mother to recognize you as a nephew, and ask this princess to call you a cousin, what a big joke!" ”

The last time Princess Qingle saw her mother, she asked her to call Zhou Xuan her cousin, and she was very angry at that time, because her mother and brother were present, she didn't have a seizure, so she would say it mercilessly.

Zhou Xuan was very surprised, and then became furious, his body stood straight, and his voice was cold and disdainful: "You're right, I really only know those skills, but what skills do you have, can you cook or cook?" Why do you enjoy the honor of being a princess? ”

Princess Qingle didn't expect Zhou Xuan to dare to confront her in person, and her words were so rude, she was very angry, and pointed at Zhou Xuan and said: "What you say is a big rebellion, this princess is born to her father and mother, and her dignity is innate." ”

Zhou Xuan sneered: "In other words, you don't have any ability, it's just that you have a good life and a good tire." ”

Li Yu believes in Buddhism, Princess Qingle naturally knows the theory of reincarnation, and her delicate body trembles with anger, and her cousin is right, this Zhou Xuan is really the most hateful person in the world!

Zhou Xuan muttered: "Could it be that everyone who is a princess is this virtue, and I can't find anyone with a better temper?" ”

Gu Hongzhong saw that Zhou Xuan was arguing with the princess, and he was dumbfounded and at a loss.

I only heard the waiter outside the study say loudly: "The emperor has arrived, and the queen has arrived." ”

The merry emperor Li Yu and Xiao Zhouhou walked into the south study hand in hand, and the couple looked affectionate, but Li Yu's hair was already gray, but Xiao Zhouhou was like a twenty beauty, a little bit of a pear flower pressed begonia.

Zhou Xuan and Gu Hongzhong hurriedly knelt down and saluted, and after getting Li Yu's words of "flattening", the two stood up and bowed their heads to the side.

Xiao Zhouhou saw that Princess Qingle was staring at Zhou Xuan with her eyes about to be angry, so she asked, "Huzhu, why are you staring at your cousin Xuan so much?" ”

Princess Qingle was even more angry, and said crisply: "Father, queen, mother, this Zhou declaration is extremely rude, and the son swears to refuse to recognize him as a cousin." ”

Li Yu glanced at Zhou Xuan, smiled and asked, "How rude?" ”

Princess Qingle said everything she had just heard and said, "Father, is Zhou Xuan's words a big rebellion?" ”

Zhou Xuan's face was not red and his heart was not beating: "Your Majesty, aunt, my little nephew just said that the princess has a good life, and has nothing else to do." ”

Li Yu sighed: "Zhou Xuan is right, karma, the six realms of reincarnation, good and evil retribution, are nothing more than driven by karma, so I pay attention to a 'pure and inaction', comprehensive Buddhism and Taoism, and enjoy peace so far." ”

The Tang State inherited the style of Taoism advocated by the Tang Dynasty, and Li Yu liked the Buddha's law, so his thoughts were both Buddha and old, very complicated, and he used this to govern the country, and he was the Taiping Emperor for thirty years.

Xiao Zhouhou smiled and said: "Nephew Xuan, Hu Zhu is young, you can't be a cousin and talk to her like this." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Yes, my nephew knows that he is wrong - Her Royal Highness the Princess, Zhou Xuan will make amends to you." ”

Li Yu was still immersed in the nothingness of the Buddha just now, and in a blink of an eye, he asked with great interest: "What about Zhou Xuan's painting, I want to see how the queen is demonic?" Demon Ye is a good word, and I like Demon Ye. ”

Princess Qingle saw that her father had no intention of condemning her at all, and she had no choice but to stare at Zhou Xuan angrily.

The chamberlain presented Zhou Xuan's painting, Li Yu looked at it, nodded and said: "Yes, Zhou Xuan's painting skills are really unique, very different from my Tang Dynasty painting method, the light is bright and dark, the depiction is meticulous, this sitting posture void is also very ingenious, like a Buddhist goddess, demonic and slender, interesting, interesting!" He turned his head to Xiao Zhou and said, "What about the queen's opinion?" ”

Xiao Zhouhou was full of joy and said: "Very good, Xuan's nephew's painting art is really extraordinary, Hu Zhu, another day, I will also let your cousin Xuan paint a portrait for you, and keep it in the Nanxun Palace, after you marry the Southern Han Dynasty, your father and mother can also look at the portrait when they miss you." ”

As soon as Princess Qingle heard this, her face sank, and she sat aside and didn't speak again.

Zhou Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, Li Yu and Xiao Zhouhou's aesthetic ability was relatively advanced, and they knew how to appreciate the beauty of curves, and immediately said: "Thank you for the praise of Your Majesty Uncle and Auntie, and the little nephew has to learn more Tang painting skills from Gu Zhizhao." ”

Xiao Zhou Hou looked at Zhou Xuan with a smile, and was really satisfied with this nephew, and said: "Your Majesty, Zhou Xuan is my nephew, but he is still white, is it not to give him a knighthood, this is also the dignity that the emperor's relatives should have." ”

Li Yu said with a smile: "Yesterday, Jian'er also told me, proposing to let Zhou Xuan be a scholar of the Hanlin Academy or a scholar of the Jixian Palace, this scholar of the Hanlin Academy is generally concurrently served by the three princes and the two ministers, although the scholar of the Jixian Palace has no real power, but it is very noble, and it must be served by a good reputation between the government and the opposition, so I have not agreed, and I want to convene the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy and the scholars of the Jixian Hall in a few days to test Zhou Xuan's talent together. ”

Xiao Zhouhou smiled and said: "The concubine has heard His Majesty reciting Zhou Xuan's lyrics in the past few days, does he have any talent Your Majesty will not know?" ”

Li Yu said with a smile: "You have to convince the ministers of the DPRK and China, so let's first seal Zhou Xuan as the Marquis of Xinzhou and give the first mansion, lest he still live in Fenghuajun, how about it?" ”

Xiao Zhouhou looked at Zhou Xuan with a smile: "Don't thank you yet." ”

Zhou Xuan hurriedly thanked him, and in this way, he became the Marquis of Xinzhou.