Chapter 21: The Princess Learns to Draw
"Chen Fei, are you tired of painting here! You've been drawing for three or four hours. Princess Wanchun said to Chen Fei.
But Chen Fei said: "No way, no painting!" ”
And Princess Wanchun just couldn't understand why Chen Fei kept painting the Xuanwu Gate at the north gate of the palace. And the reason for the incident was that a few days ago, Chen Fei took the design of the pulley crossbow and the related soldier queue to Li Yuan to see, but Princess Wanchun saw that these paintings were very good. Later, Chen Fei actually took the initiative to do so-called sketching in Xuanwumen. Li Yuan saw that these paintings were realistic, exactly the same as in reality, and he was very interested in this way of painting. Therefore, he also agreed with Chen Fei's idea and asked him to sketch at the Xuanwu Gate of the North Gate.
The paintings used by Chen Fei are actually sketches of later generations. When Chen Fei was a child, he enrolled in a painting interest class, and then started to learn from sketching. But then I didn't learn anything, I just practiced some sketching skills. And now he is sketching through these sketches.
However, others don't know that Chen Fei actually has another idea in his heart. Chen Fei also made a living through these sketches, and then drew various scenes of the Xuanwu Gate at the north gate of Taiji Palace, and then gave it to the eldest grandson Wuji, the intelligence leader of Li Shimin, the king of Qin. And yesterday, after Chen Fei sent a sample drawing to the eldest grandson Wuji with a sketch, the eldest grandson Wuji was immediately shocked and very surprised by this way of painting. The eldest grandson Wuji immediately ordered Chen Fei to draw all the patterns of the Xuanwu Gate as soon as possible. As long as there are these patterns, there will be many benefits for the next Xuanwumen mutiny.
This kind of painting is too realistic, and it can be seen very clearly by the soldiers under him, and every brick and tile on it is very clear, so the eldest grandson Wuji is very clear about the purpose of this kind of sketch. Now, as long as all the situations of the Xuanwu Gate are drawn, it will be able to increase the success rate of the Xuanwu Gate change at that time. Therefore, the eldest grandson Wuji asked Chen Fei to draw these drawings quickly, and then sent them to the eldest grandson Wuji. Therefore, Chen Fei is also responsible for drawing drawings here.
As for Princess Wanchun, she is very interested in Chen Fei's painting. Chen Fei's painting made Princess Wanchun, a person who likes elegant things, also very fond of it. Because in the eyes of the ancient Chinese, there are nothing more elegant than qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, as well as some poetry and songs of literati. And now I see a painting technique that is very different from the painting method in the past, which makes Princess Wanchun want to learn it very much.
"Princess, what is there to learn from this painting of the minister? Aren't those brush-and-ink landscape paintings more meaningful and beautiful than this? As for these superficial things of the ministers, don't show them off in front of the princess. Chen Fei asked.
Of course, Chen Fei didn't want a woman to come over and disturb his affairs, after all, Chen Fei was now in charge of drawing the patterns of various facilities in the space of the north gate of the palace, where would he have time to teach this princess! And this princess didn't know what was going on, and she had been pestering Chen Fei for the past few days, asking Chen Fei to teach her this sketch. Chen Fei had no choice but to find a way to make this sketch worthless, so that she could die of this heart.
But Princess Wanchun said, "No, I don't think so. There is never a distinction between noble and lowly art. In fact, even today's poetry was actually a kind of unpopular thing back then. And there are also many things that used to be in the court, and now they are also in the homes of ordinary people. So, there has never been anything absolutely noble and lowly in this world. Although your painting skills look very simple at first glance, there is a flavor in the simplicity. Since ancient times, China's paintings have attached importance to artistic conception rather than realism. And you attach importance to realism, which can be said to be completely different from Chinese paintings. Back then, Confucius said that there must be my teacher in the threesome, and now I am learning this new painting technique from you, what is not to do? ”
Chen Fei was helpless, this princess Wanchun actually said that art has no borders, and there is no distinction between noble and inferior. It seems that this Princess Wanchun does not hit the south wall and does not look back, so she has to learn the painting skills of this sketch. And the reason why Chen Fei is so reluctant to teach is that he himself is not very suitable for teaching others, because he himself has no experience in educating people.
"Then will the emperor agree to the princess, will you come and learn from me? Princess, you should have to do a coming-of-age ceremony soon, right? Now that he is so close to his minister, will he ......?" asked Chen Fei.
And Princess Wanchun's face suddenly fell silent for a moment, and then said helplessly: "Because of this, my father gave me a period of freedom!" If not, I'm afraid I'm going to be in the back as well. The palace is waiting for the big wedding. Although my father has not officially issued an edict to give marriage, he has already decided on my future husband, and I will be able to officially issue the edict after the coming-of-age ceremony in July. Now, my father has given me this time to decide for myself, and I can do whatever I want. ”
After Chen Fei heard this, he was a little speechless in his heart. It seems that this Princess Wanchun is not so happy. Although he lived a carefree life when he was a child, he inevitably had to be betrothed to those strangers by the emperor when he grew up. Anyway, many princesses are used for marriage, and Princess Wanchun probably has no chance to escape this fate. And I'm afraid that in a few months, Princess Wanchun will be officially edicted and given marriage to others.
And Li Yuan, the emperor's father, was relatively benevolent and gave Princess Wanchun a period of relative freedom. During this time, the reason why Princess Wanchun was able to enter and leave the palace freely, even after often leaving. The palace came to the front palace to play, this is also the privilege given to him by Li Yuan, which can be regarded as a slight compensation for her.
"Forget it, they're all poor people, so it's not difficult for you!" Chen Fei thought.
Chen Fei took the initiative to say: "In this case, the princess will learn this sketch with her ministers during this time!" ”
Chen Fei didn't want to destroy a girl's rare free time, now is the most precious time in her life, and she chooses to learn sketching with herself, so why can't Chen Fei agree? If you don't agree, it's too impersonal. How many good times can a person have in his life? So Chen Fei can't bear to destroy other people's good times like this, this is also a kindness of Chen Fei! Anyway, it was impossible for Chen Fei to say anything about free love to Li Yuan, if he did this, it would be a death.
"Really, then I'll learn sketching with you in the next few months." Princess Wanchun said.