Eighty-six, three beauties of painting

At noon, when the imperial food supervisor came to invite Her Royal Highness the princess and the Marquis of Xinzhou to dinner, Zhou Xuan's painting was almost painted, with crows and clouds, sideburns, phoenixes, hairpins, goose and yellow palace skirts, bewitching, eyebrows flying obliquely, foxy eyes, white cheeks and tender lips, and amorous and bewitching-

When Zhou Xuan painted a portrait of Xiao Zhou Hou that day, he felt that the queen of the Tang Kingdom was dignified with demons, and the demons were not profligate, not y, but a kind of sexiness in the bones that fascinated men, Princess Qingle was also very enchanting, but not like her queen mother, who had been modified and carved by time, and the demons were superficial, and it was easy for men to have the idea of playing frivolous.

Zhou Xuan put down his pen, gently rubbed his knuckles, looked at the picture and asked, "Your Royal Highness Princess, how is it going, where do you still need to retouch?" I finished the painting in one fell swoop in the afternoon. ”

Princess Qingle's eyes widened and said, "Didn't you say that you would paint another one in the afternoon?" ”

This princess definitely has exhibitionist tendencies, but if she is guided well, she is a first-class lingerie model.

Zhou Xuan had an idea and said: "This painting can be painted in an hour at most, and then paint another one, I will also paint several styles of our Australian skirts for the princess, this kind of skirt is not worn by ordinary Tang women, the princess dares to be the first in the world, she must like it." ”

Princess Qingle said happily: "Okay, Cousin Xuan just draw it, Jingxu Palace has the best tailor, and he rushed to make it overnight, hmph, there is no strange dress that my Princess Qingle does not dare to wear." ”

Zhou Xuanxin said: "You dare to strip naked, what else dare not wear!" ”

The two of them went to the imperial food supervisor to eat, and Princess Qingle deliberately sat with Zhou Xuan, she ate in small bites, watching Zhou Xuan chew with his cheeks puffed out.

Zhou Xuan glared at her and said, "It's very rude to stare at someone else's meal, and I can't eat." ”

Princess Qingle was very unimpressed, and thought: "You can't eat after gobbling up, so how can you be considered able to eat!" "But now I have something to ask for, and I don't dare to refute it.

Customary, Zhou Xuan boiled a pot of tea and brought it to the study of Yuping Pavilion, and also poured a cup for Princess Qingle, drank it, and while tasting tea, he saw Princess Qingle from head to toe, looked at the embroidered shoes exposed under Princess Qingle's skirt, and suddenly remembered something and asked: "Your Royal Highness Princess, I heard that Your Majesty has a small-footed concubine who is good at singing and dancing, and she is very old, right?" ”

Princess Qingle said, "Oh, it's a lady, I've been dead for many years." ”

Zhou Xuan nodded again and again and said, "Yes, it's the lady of the kiln, the wind of foot binding that she raised hasn't spread, right?" ”

Wild history contains Li Yu's concubine and concubine Niangniang, originally a lotus girl in the Western Regions, born with beautiful feet, slender and narrow, after entering the palace to wrap her feet in white cloth, bend to the shape of a crescent moon, dance the golden lotus dance, light as a swallow, Li Yu was greatly fascinated, built a Qibao lotus platform for her, very pampered, among the palace people more effective imitation of the lady foot wrapper, passed to the people, celebrities and ladies also compete to follow suit, to wrap the feet for the beauty, the feet are smaller and smaller, the more entangled, the more sick, later generations even say that the Han people since the Song Dynasty died in Mongolia, the second died in the Jurchen, are the legacy of foot binding, you think, a delicate and delicate, Where can a mother who walks to support a wall raise a child who is fierce and heroic?

Princess Qingle's good-looking eyebrows raised and asked, "Does Cousin Xuan like little feet?" ”

"No, no, no." Zhou Xuan shook his head again and again: "I hate foot binding the most, foot binding makes women can't run, can't jump, like shackles, like the girl and the princess's cousin, the best natural feet, can also play juju, and be healthy." ”

Princess Qingle laughed and praised: "Cousin Xuan's words are good, the same as what my mother said back then, back then, my mother strictly forbade the palace people to bind her feet, and did not allow my father to get close to the concubine, and the concubine was depressed after falling out of favor, and died within a few years, which was ten years ago." ”

Zhou Xuan praised: "My aunt is really great, this is the real foresight, saving countless generations of women in later generations." ”

Princess Qingle said with a smile: "Cousin Xuan praised my mother like this, then my father would be unhappy, my father loves small feet the most, after the death of my mother, my father often took out my mother's three-inch golden lotus shoes and sighed." ”

Zhou Xuanxin said: "Your father is the king of the dead country, if it weren't for the history that changed the track, I wouldn't know where the bones would be buried!" He said, "Okay, let's stop talking, let's get started." "Toning and polishing the pen, the final touches on the palace portrait of Princess Qingle.

An hour later, Zhou Xuan straightened up and smiled: "It's done-" Influenced by Lord Wei, he glanced at Princess Qingle's thin lips.

At this time, Fang Cha, the palace maid who was guarding outside, eagerly reported: "Princess, princess, the queen mother is here, and she has arrived outside the Jade Palace." ”

Princess Qingle and Zhou Xuan glanced at each other, they were secretly glad that they hadn't started painting the Spring Palace, otherwise they wouldn't have had time to get dressed, Fangcha dared to stop Dr. Fang, and the queen didn't dare to stop her.

Xiao Zhou Hou came to the study room of Yuping Pavilion surrounded by a group of palace maids, and Zhou Xuan and Princess Qingle greeted him.

Xiao Zhou asked: "How is Nephew Xuan's painting?" ”

Zhou Xuan said: "The first one has been painted, please take a look at it." ”

Xiao Zhou moved to the bookcase and saw a five-foot long scroll, the painting of Princess Qingle lying on her side in the air, with bright colors, delicate brushstrokes, and a Bi Xiao expression, nodded and praised: "Xuanji's painting skills have become more and more proficient and exquisite, absorbing Gu Hongzhong's strengths - I will take this painting back, please frame it carefully by a framing technician." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Aunt Niangniang, the little nephew's calligraphy is clumsy, this painting has not yet been inscribed, so please ask the aunt to inscribe it on behalf of the little nephew." ”

Xiao Zhouhou readily agreed, hung his wrists and sleeves, and wrote in the upper right corner of the painting with the center Yang Hao - "Princess Qingle Spring Sleep Picture", and inscribed in the lower left corner - "Kaibao 29 years of twilight Chunyin Ri Zhou Xuan painted in Jingxu Palace Yuping Pavilion." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "This word is my aunt's inscription, the little nephew does not dare to plunder the beauty, and the aunt also wants to explain it, so that when people appreciate this painting thousands of years later, they will say that this painting has three beauties——"

Princess Qingle asked, "Which three beauties?" ”

Zhou Xuan replied: "Princess Qingle is beautiful, Zhou Xuan is beautiful, and the Empress of Tang is beautiful." ”

Xiao Zhou couldn't help but say: "Nephew Xuan's speech is interesting, that's good-" Picking up the pen, he added another line of small words-" Zhou Xuan's aunt Zhou Wei took the question. After writing it, he shook his head and smiled: "This is not in line with the rules of painting inscriptions." ”

Zhou Xuanxin said: "It turns out that Xiao Zhouhou's name is a 'Wei' character, a very feminine name. Said with a smile: "The little nephew's painting is not in accordance with the rules in the first place, how can the person in the painting be so suspended in the air!" ”

Xiao Zhouhou said: "This is Xuan's nephew's whimsy, not out of the ordinary, the poetry is excellent, and the painting of Xuan's nephew can also be said to be an exceptional work." ”

Zhou Xuan hurriedly bowed down and said, "Thank you aunt for the compliment, the little nephew will continue to work hard." ”

Xiao Zhouhou saw that there was also a cut piece of Korean paper on the bookcase, also a five-foot horizontal axis, with an arc drawn on it, so he asked: "What pose is Xuan's nephew going to paint for Huzhu in this painting?" ”

Zhou Xuan's face did not change and said: "The little nephew is going to draw a few new dresses for the princess, and then wear them after the dresses are made, and they will definitely be unique among the ladies of the past dynasties." ”

Xiao Zhouhou was also curious about dressing, and said: "Very good, sew a few sets first, and my aunt will try them on." ”

Zhou Xuanweiwei.

Princess Qingle listened to Xiao Zhouhou's words about Zhou Xuan's debasement and praise of the queen just now, and Xiao Zhouhou was very happy and said: "I didn't think about it so much, Miao Niang was born with small feet, that's it, other women insist on being entangled like that, damaging the body, what's the beauty?" ”

After some gossip, Xiao Zhou took the painting away, and there were only two people left in the study of Yuping Pavilion, Zhou Xuan and Princess Qingle.

Princess Qingle was a little bit of a loose dress, Zhou Xuan said: "In case the aunt suddenly comes to see the painting while she is painting, it is impossible to prevent it." ”

Princess Qingle was also thinking about this, and said: "Then I will let Gong'e spy from afar, and the queen mother will report as soon as she enters the palace gate, so it will be too late." ”

This pair of cousins who are not related by blood look like they are cheating, discussing how to be safe.

Didn't Li Jian compare Zhou Xuan to Guan Zhong and Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang was only cautious in his life, so Zhou Xuan said cautiously: "That's still not very safe, if you let my aunt and mother see that your dress is not in order, then my innocent reputation will be completely ruined, can you afford to compensate?" ”

Princess Qingle said angrily: "You are innocent, am I not innocent!" ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Yes, we are all innocent, just painting, for the sake of art, but others don't see it that way, everyone is golden, people are terrible, a gentleman can be careless!" ”

Princess Qingle said indignantly: "Don't be a gentleman and a gentleman, I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of, do you think I don't know that I have taken advantage of you in vain!" In this way, I'll go to your Hou Mansion and let you paint, so it's all right. ”

Zhou Xuan just waited for Princess Qingle to say this, pretended to think about it, nodded and said, "It's okay, then I'll go back and prepare, the princess will come tomorrow." ”

Princess Qingle didn't let Zhou Xuan go, and said: "It's still early, Cousin Xuan will draw a few styles of dresses first, and I will let the palace people sew them overnight, and I will wear them to Cousin Xuan tomorrow, okay?" ”

Zhou Xuan's heart jumped a little again, and he nodded: "Okay." I found a few pieces of paper and drew three sexy dress suits, namely: a small suit with a one-step skirt, a short-sleeved cheongsam with a waist, and a mermaid-style low-cut evening dress and a long dress.

Princess Qingle immediately asked Fangcha to call a few palace maids, one of whom was already a white-headed palace maid, all of whom called her Ying Cainu, because she was homeless, she had been staying in Jingxu Palace, the tailor was skilled, and the sewing needle in the palace was a tailor who learned from Ying Cai.

If the needle was not taken home by Dr. Qin's righteous daughter, then it is very likely that the needle would return to Beijing with the draft ship and serve in Jingxu Palace until he was old.

Therefore, Zhou Xuan was very sympathetic to the gray-haired Ying Cainu, and spoke very politely.

Ying Cainu's thirty-year-old tailor has a very accurate vision of clothing styles, and said: "Your Highness, Lord Hou, these three sets of dresses are difficult to do well in one day, because Her Royal Highness the princess wants to wear them, and they are not good. ”

Zhou Xuan nodded again and again: "Ying Cainu is right, then sew this set of small suits and one-step skirts first, don't try to be fast, but to be good." ”

Zhou Xuan told her that the cheongsam was a right placket, a stand-up collar button, a side slit, and the evening skirt was mainly a complex skirt layered on top of the skirt, with a suspender belt around the neck from the back shoulders, and a "V" shape on the chest.

Ying Cainu thought to herself: "Isn't this low-cut skirt revealing breasts!" Whatever it is, as long as His Highness likes it, he will sew it. ”

Zhou Xuan returned to the Hou Mansion and asked the government officials to clean up the "Dream Building", prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and receive Princess Qingle here tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Zhou Xuan beat the drum in the Furong Garden to watch the Jingyi fairy and them dance aerobics, Yang Xiaofeng and Nian Nujiao didn't play musical instruments anymore, so they let Zhou Xuan beat the drum alone to control the rhythm, and they all danced aerobics.

After dancing for a quarter of an hour of aerobics, Zhou Xuan was about to go to the back garden with Lin Hanyun to play Keju, but it was raining and the ball couldn't be played.

However, Zhou Houye has a lot of entertainment, and he can't do it in the open air, he can go to the "Ling Perfume Pavilion" to find Huang Xingjian, Gu Liuquan, or the three idiots and the four idiots to study chess, or go to the "Tongque Pavilion" to discuss the tea ceremony and vase flowers with Jingyi Fairy, anyway, there is fun.

But today, Zhou Houye did not go to the "Ling Perfume Pavilion", nor did he go to the "Tongque Pavilion", he was in the "Dream Building", thinking about the ancient feelings of Bixi Shui, full of poetry and commotion.

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and the wind is shaking the water curtain, which is quite chilly.

With such heavy rain, will Princess Qingle come?

In the heavy rain, an oil-walled car quietly drove into the Xiangluanfang Xinzhou Hou Mansion, and Laifu, who had been waiting at the gate of the house, introduced the oil-walled car from Xiyuanmen into the "Youmeng Xiaozhu", Laifu did not know who the person was, only knew that there were two people in the carriage, both were women, one tall and one short, both wearing hats and veils, the tall woman was wearing a red da, covering her body tightly, and the short woman was wearing a blue cloak, holding a roll of things, wrapped in oiled paper cloth.