In the next few days, Chen Caozhi came to Hengtang Xiaolu Shangshu Mansion every afternoon to paint with Lu Weirui, and Gu Kaizhi and Zhang Tongyun also had to go every day, and painted portraits in pairs in the study room in Lu's mansion.

Mrs. Lu Zhang Wenjun often came to see how the two sides were painting, but Lu Na rarely came, Chen Caozhi and Wei Rui were like a little husband and wife, Lu Na looked inevitably a little embarrassed, and admitted in his heart that the two were extremely compatible, Wei Rui and Chen Caozhi looked very different together, like the vigor and delicate beauty when the spring flowers bloomed, which made Lu Na unbearable to look at it, and had deep pity for his daughter in his heart, so although he felt that his wife Zhang Wenjun arranged Chen Caozhi to paint in the house like this, but he didn't say anything, It's just that I'm a little worried that my brother Lu Shi will come to the door to ask him after he knows about it, and he doesn't have any trouble until the end of the month, when the painting is about to be completed.

At dusk on the second day of the first month of March, Chen Caozhi and Lu Weirui cooperated to paint a portrait of Gu Kaizhi and his wife, Lu Weirui and Zhang Tongyun are as good at painting flowers and birds as they are not good at figure painting, so the portrait is mainly based on Chen Caozhi, just like painting eight Tianlong murals in Waguan Temple last year.

The portraits of Gu Kaizhi and Zhang Tongyun for Chen Caozhi and Lu Weirui have also been basically completed, but Gu Kaizhi seems to be not very satisfied, hesitates to write, and wants to retouch.

Mrs. Lu Zhang Wenjun first came to see the silk painting cooperated by Chen Caozhi and Lu Weirui, and saw that Gu Kaizhi was holding a willow leaf in front of his eyes, Zhang Tongyun shook his head with a smile, the portrait eyebrows were vivid, the coloring and layout were wonderful, Mrs. Lu was full of praise, but asked: "What is the reason for Gu Hu's head and willow leaves to cover his face?" ”

Lu Weirui smiled "sneering" and said, "Didn't my mother hear Ah Tong talk about this?" ”

Zhang Tongyun also came to look at the painting, and when he saw it, he couldn't help but smile.

Mrs. Lu Zhang Wenjun said: "What's funny, tell me about it?" ”

Zhang Tongyun glanced at her husband Gu Kaizhi, who was still thinking about painting, pursed her lips and smiled: "I don't say it, Wei Rui you say." ”

Lu Weirui smiled and said, "It's better for Chen Langjun to say." ”

Chen Caozhi said to Gu Kai: "Changkang, then I said it." ”

Gu Kaizhi was extremely attentive, he didn't care about what he said here, and agreed casually.

Chen Caozhi said: "Liu Shangwei, Aunt Zhang knows, this time with us into Beijing, this person is witty and good, when staying in the Jinling House, pick a new willow leaf, and say to Changkang that this is the praying mantis serving the cicada self-obstacle leaf, you can be invisible, Changkang believes that it is true, and holds the willow leaf to see Zhang Xiaoniang. ”

Mrs. Lu couldn't laugh well, and Lu Weirui and Zhang Tongyun hurriedly helped her left and right.

Gu Kaizhi heard it at this time, and said with a smile: "Are you still talking about this, although Gu Hutou is stupid, he is not stupid, and Handan Chun's "Xiaolin" is also familiar with it, how can he not know this story?" Talk about Bo Atong and smile! ”

Mrs. Lu looked at the portrait carefully, smiled again, and said: "With this allusion, the more you look at this painting, the more vivid it becomes, Gu Hutou's idiocy and Ah Tong's Jiao leap on the paper." Asked Zhang Tongyun: "Ah Tong, how did you and Gu Hutou paint Cao Zhi and Wei Rui?" Then I moved to see, Chen Caozhi and Lu Weirui followed the past to see, and saw the white orchids on the pale golden silk cloth like snow, and the painted Lu Weirui wore a purple long skirt, like a wedding dress, standing sideways, climbing flower branches, standing slim under the white orchid tree, beautiful and moving, Chen Caozhi was playing the Keting flute, his eyes were connected with Lu Weirui, two by two, the folds of the characters' clothes were like spring clouds floating in the air, flowing water, natural and smooth, the lines were tight and continuous, such as spring silkworms spinning silk, The iron line drawing technique of the Health Association is brought into full play, and the subtleties are better than the Health Association.

In terms of brushwork, layout, and layering of light ink, the painting cooperated by Gu Kaizhi and his wife is better than the paintings of Chen Caozhi and Lu Weirui, but because of the invisible willow leaves, Chen Caozhi painted Gu Kaizhi's spirit, and the portrayal of the spirit is in the block.

Gu Kaizhi looked at the portraits of his husband and wife with a pen, and praised: "Zi Chongshan can express the demeanor and feelings of the characters!" He walked back to look at his own paintings, and said to himself: "Can't I be Lu Xiaolangjun's teacher anymore, I'm really unwilling." He turned his head to look at the painting, looked up at Chen Caozhi carefully, and said: "My painting is heavy, and my spirit is not out, but what can I do!" After a long time, he suddenly used ochre to paint Chen Caozhi's right eyebrow with three hairs, and threw the pen and said happily: "Zizhong is angry!" ”

Mrs. Lu Zhang Wenjun looked at Chen Caozhi on the painting, and then looked at the living Chen Caozhi in front of her, and said strangely: "There is no purple hair on Caozhi's eyebrows, why does the tiger head make something out of nothing?" ”

Gu Kaizhi said diligently: "If you don't do this, you can't paint a handsome and restrained atmosphere." ”

Mrs. Lu, Lu Weirui, and Zhang Tongyun all looked at the paintings carefully, and they really felt that it was very wonderful, and the red eyebrows were like gods.

Chen Caozhi said: "Shi Zai Changkang painted characters, and he liked to add moles, but I didn't expect to use them on my head first." ”

Mrs. Lu said: "The two paintings are good at each other, how can I judge!" "Tell the little maid to go and invite Lu Na to come.

Lu Na looked at the two portraits and smiled: "It's really wonderful, it's hard to tell the difference." ”

Mrs. Lu said: "Since it is difficult to distinguish between the two, Na Cao Zhi and Changkang will be my children's teachers in the future." Before the words fell, I suddenly felt a throbbing pain in my abdomen, couldn't help moaning, and bent down to stroke my stomach.

Lu Na hurriedly helped his wife and asked with concern: "Wenxi, what do you think?" ”

Mrs. Lu frowned and said, "It hurts, it's more intense than usual." ”

Chen Cao stepped forward to take Mrs. Lu's pulse, but he felt that his pulse was as slippery as a bead, and he hurriedly said: "Aunt Zhang seems to be about to give birth." ”

Lu Na urgently called the servant woman to help Zhang Wenjun enter, and the two stable women also hurried to wait, Lu Weirui and Zhang Tongyun and Lu Zhan's wife Zhu all entered the inner hall, Lu Shi's wife He also came to inquire, Chen Caozhi and Gu Kaizhi of course stayed and waited for the news, from the evening until the end of the night, only then did they see the short hoe running quickly to report that Mrs. gave birth to a baby boy, and the mother and child were safe!

The house was jubilant, everyone was jubilant, and there was a government servant who had already prepared a delicate wooden bow hanging on the left side of the door, indicating that Lu Mansion had added a new man, and the house had not had dinner before, at this time, the kitchen led the cake to flow up, Chen Caozhi and Gu Kaizhi ate the water and led the cake, Lu Na came out of the inner hall, and the righteous path was happy, Lu Shi, Lu Fowl and his son came over, Lu Na was taken aback, for fear that his brother Lu Shi would reprimand Chen Caozhi, and quickly asked his brother to enter to name his little nephew, Lu Shi squinted Chen Cao's eyes, snorted lightly, and went inside, Lu Fowl waited in the hall, looked at Chen Caozhi coldly.

Zhang Tongyun came out of the inner courtyard at this time, and Chen Caozhi and Gu Kaizhi said goodbye to the house.

At the beginning of the child, Lu Shi and his wife returned to the left neighbor's house, and Lu Shi was also very happy that the third brother Lu Na had a son over forty years old, and the Lu family added a boy, which was a great joy.

Lu Yu was angry about Chen Caozhi's free coming and going in the third uncle Lu Na's mansion, and said, "Did Daddy just see Chen Caozhi? ”

Lu Shi waved his hand and said, "Let him go, today is the day when your third uncle is happy to have a son, and I don't want to cause unhappiness." By the way, March has arrived, when will Chen Caozhi send an envoy to Qin? ”

Lu Yu said: "I haven't gotten the Huan Wen book yet." He also said: "Chen Caozhi wants to make a contribution, and he will definitely go to this Qin." ”

Lu Shi advised: "I will discuss the matter of Wei Rui entering the palace as a concubine with your third uncle first, and you should not mention it to others first." ”

Lu Yu said: "The third uncle appreciates Chen Caozhi very much, and the third uncle loves Wei Rui, if Wei Rui refuses to enter the palace, the third uncle is afraid that he will not be forced." ”

Lu Shidao: "Your third uncle has me to convince him, after all, it is impossible for Wei Rui to marry Chen Caozhi, Wei Rui can't never marry for life, isn't this laughable, now there is a great opportunity to enter the palace as the queen, I think your third uncle will agree to weigh the weight, even if he hesitates, I will ask the elder of the clan Chen to talk about the benefits and stakes and force him to agree." ”

Lu Shi, Lu Na and his son were talking while walking, passing through a long corridor, there was a little maid on duty who was forking a corridor lamp with a bamboo fork and filling the lamp with oil, just heard Lu Shi's last words, he was very surprised, almost knocked over the corridor lamp, and did not dare to move, and after Lu Shi's father and son disappeared from the corridor, they stroked their chests and said secretly: "The little lady is going to be the queen, and she can't marry Chen Langjun, so the little lady is going to cry to death!" ”

This little maid is the sister of the short hoe, called Huang Ying, and the short hoe is good, and there is free time will go to the house to find the short hoe to play, the little lady has a very good temper, Huang Yinger likes the little lady very much.

On March 3 of another year, today last year, Zhang Tongyun entered Jiankang accompanied by his brother Zhang Xuanzhi, Chen Caozhi and Gu Kai went to greet him.

A few days ago, Zhang Tongyun originally asked Lu Weirui to go to the Qingxi River again this day, to cleanse the side bath, and enjoy the spring, of course, Gu Kaizhi and Chen Caozhi were indispensable, but yesterday Mrs. Lu Zhang Wenjun came to the basin, and Lu Weirui was inconvenient to come out, and Zhang Tongyun lost interest, and went to Lu Mansion with his brother Zhang Xuanzhi and uncle Zhang Ping early in the morning.

Because the funeral system of Queen Yu has not been removed, this year's Tianque Mountain Yaji has not been held, Xie Xuan came to ask Chen Caozhi and Gu Kaizhi to go to the north of the city to visit the mountain, asked about his sister Xie Daoyun, and replied that he was unwell, Chen Caozhi saw that Xie Xuan was understated, so he didn't ask more.

In the evening, the three of them returned from the trip to the mountain, and the servants sent by Xi Chao had been waiting in the Gu Mansion for a long time, so they asked Chen Caozhi to meet immediately, and Chen Caozhi rushed to Xi Chao's residence, but it turned out that Huan Wen Zhangzhang was sent to Shangshu Province today, and Chen Caozhi was shown to wash the horse for the prince and sent an envoy to Qin.

The prince washed the horse was originally meant to gallop before the prince traveled to the horse, was the prince's attendant officer, the Wei and Jin dynasties were idle for the Qing noble, and the non-family everyone had a reputation can not serve, although it is a seven-grade official, but the future is immeasurable, the first beautiful man in the Western Jin Dynasty Wei Wei Shubao is to hold this position, Huan Wen played Chen Caozhi for the prince to wash the horse, but also to highlight the good name of Chen Cao's Jiang Zuo Weiji, Chen Caozhi was nineteen years old, and in just one year he was promoted to the seven-pin Tai Ma by Jiupin, if it was not for the opportunity to lend this opportunity, even if Huan Wen intended to promote, it could not be promoted so quickly, After all, the Jiangzuo family is powerful, and Huan Wen can't break the rules of convention.

Xi Chao said: "Zizhong, tomorrow Shangshutai, Zhongshu Province and Shizhong, Chang Shi will discuss this matter, King Langya knows about this matter, I don't think there will be any objections, you also have to be ready to send an envoy, once the edict is issued, you will go back to your aunt, and the queen of Ming Huan will be an envoy." ”