Cao Ying smiled evilly: "How? ”

Liu Xiu also smiled evilly: "It's done, the senior brother entered the palace a few days in a row, and he should have had a very happy conversation with His Majesty, which is quite in line with the sacred heart." Hahaha...... Thank you Brother Meng De for your advice. ”

Cao Ying waved his hand and shook his head disapprovingly: "It's just that I've been in Luoyang for a long time, and I've been to the palace a few times, so I know more about it, it's not surprising, even if I don't say it, you will know it later." ”

"That being said, but I'm going to be busy like a fly for at least a few more months, you don't know, we're all about to collapse."

Cao Ying smiled slightly, thinking that if you are not cornered, you will probably not come to me to ask for advice. He took Liu Xiu's arm, walked in affectionately, and entered the study, Liu immediately greeted him with a smile, offered wine, and smiled before speaking: "Liu Junke is here, and my husband has been chattering for several days, but I am afraid that Liu Jun will be busy and dare not go to bother." ”

Liu Xiu returned the salute and glanced at Cao Ying a little, seeing Cao Ying's short eyebrows, his smug expression was overflowing, knowing that this guy was proud again. In fact, it is normal, Liu's purpose is nothing more than to please him, it is not her intention to be dignified, since Cao Ying likes her original appearance, why should she hold it, it is boring to be self-deprecating.

"I invited you here this time, half to thank you, and half to ask you for advice." After the two sat down, Cao Ying drank two glasses of wine and said straight to the point: "My little concubine is easy to handle, as soon as I opened my mouth, she understood what I meant." It's just my sister ......"

Liu Xiu raised his eyebrows, showing a puzzled expression. Cao Ying was a little embarrassed, rubbed his hands, and looked at Liu Xiu embarrassedly. Liu Xiu saw it and smiled slightly: "Brother Meng De, if you have something to say, let's just say it, although we haven't been together for a long time, we still get along, since this is the case, there is no need to be too polite." Besides, I owe you a big favor, and if I can help, I will never give up. ”

Cao Yinggan laughed twice, lowered his head and thought about it, and then plucked up the courage to say: "Last time, thanks to your order, coupled with Liu's experience, I found an opportunity to say the same thing to my sister." As for her, although she is a little old-fashioned, she is close to me, and she can understand my good intentions, and know that I have no malice, but ...... But she didn't know how to do it to achieve her goal, so I thought that I would probably have to ask Deran to come up with an idea. ”

Liu Xiu was stunned, looked at Cao Ying, who was embarrassed, for a long time, and suddenly smiled to himself: "Brother Meng De, I'm afraid you're looking for the wrong person." To tell you the truth, although I am nineteen years old this year, I ...... But...... I haven't met a woman yet. ”

Cao Ying was also a little surprised: "Really? ”

"Absolutely." Liu Xiu's face flushed: "This is not something to boast about, there is no need to deceive, so you see...... I probably won't be able to help you. ”

Cao Ying scratched his head, a little unconvinced, but it was not easy to say it directly. It is normal for men in the Han Dynasty to marry at the age of sixteen or seventeen, even if they do not have a family, the people of the Han Dynasty do not care about those chastity, especially those common people with low status, and it is common for unmarried men and women to fornicate with each other. Although Liu Xiu is not a wealthy family, he is not bad-looking, he has some knowledge and means, and there should be many women who have fallen behind him, but he has not married at the age of nineteen, and he has not met a woman yet, which seems to be a little unlikely. Take 10,000 steps back, even if he doesn't get married, he doesn't have a good woman, but he has been in the army, and it's not difficult to spend a few dollars to find the camp to experience it, how can he still be an untrained boy man? He didn't believe it, but looking at Liu Xiu's face, it didn't look like it was fake, after all, Liu Xiu was right, this was not something to be proud of.

In this way, I was a little reckless, and after listening to Liu Xiu's words that seemed to be deep in the boudoir, I thought that he knew women very well, and it was really inappropriate to invite him to discuss this matter recklessly. Cao Ying stood up a little depressed, rubbing his brows as he paced back and forth in the room.

Liu Xiu waited for a long time, and saw that Cao Ying was almost desperate, so he said: "Since Brother Meng De trusts me so much, it's not that I can't help at all. ”

Cao Ying, who was pacing, turned to look at him, and some hope rose.

"I know a little about painting, and I've done some research on the beauty and ugliness of women." Liu Xiu pointed to Zhang Fei beside him, "Yide is my fellow practitioner in painting, and we often study these issues together. Painting is a small road, not elegant, so it has never been explained to Brother Mengde. ”

"Really?" Cao Ying didn't understand the meaning yet, so he asked suspiciously.

Liu Xiu got up and walked outside the door, leaned on the railing, pointed to the courtyard in front of him and said to Cao Ying: "Brother Mengde, do you think there is any difference between looking at the courtyard here and looking at the courtyard at the other end?" What's the difference when you're looking downstairs? ”

Cao Ying looked at him suspiciously, walked to one end and looked at it, and then walked to the other end to look, thoughtfully, thought for a while, and then suddenly said: "What does Deran mean is that the same person, looking at it from different directions, has the distinction between beauty and ugliness?" ”

Liu Xiu stroked his palms in admiration, turned his head to Zhang Fei and said, "Look, Brother Meng De is talented and intelligent, and he can understand everything. ”

Zhang Fei nodded playfully and didn't speak.

Cao Ying smiled, suddenly walked into the house, and called Liu over. Liu Shi was surprised, but he didn't dare to disobey, so he had to walk in front of Liu Xiu obediently. Cao Ying pointed and motioned for Liu Xiu to demonstrate it with a real person. Liu Xiu sat down quietly, but Zhang Fei stepped forward, looked Liu up and down, looked at Cao Ying's position, signaled Liu to turn around, made a posture, and asked her to adjust the position of her hands and feet, just like directing a model when painting a beauty, and let Liu make a shape.

Before he finished fiddling, Cao Ying's eyes lit up, and he suddenly understood what Liu Xiu meant, although a person's appearance is not easy to change, but there are different styles between gestures, different expressions, and different postures, which can make a person look dignified, and can also make a person look charming, can make a person look dull, and can also make a person look eyebrows and eyes.

"High......" Cao Ying stroked his palm and laughed.

"It's just external." Liu Xiu said lightly: "A woman's temperament is divided into inside and outside, what clothes to wear, what makeup to paint, whether the makeup is thick or light, and whether the eyebrows are painted lightly or heavy, all of them are exquisite, but the most important thing is the change of mentality." Mrs. is naturally beautiful, even if she doesn't pay attention to these, she is also a rare beauty, and if you pay a little attention to tolerance, it will be one in a hundred. ”

Cao Ying looked at Liu with some emotion, just like looking at a beauty he had met for the first time, Liu was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down to thank him, and went out with his face half hidden in embarrassment. Cao Ying came back to his senses, lowered his head and thought about it, and said, "Since Deran is good at this, why not dial one or two?" ”

"This ...... Not suitable, right? Liu Xiu was a little embarrassed. Liu is your concubine, you can toss casually, but Cao Luan is the younger sister-in-law of Queen Song, can I make her swing her waist and twist her hips in front of me? Of course, if you want to, I don't object, but this must be said first, and if Song Qi is vinegar at that time, it has nothing to do with me.

Cao Ying didn't dare to be reckless, for fear that Cao Luan would not be able to accept it, so he discussed it with Liu Xiu, and Zhang Fei drew a few common poses first, and let Cao Luan verify it first, and then see the effect. Liu Xiu was also not polite, and asked Zhang Fei to draw a few pictures, Cao Ying took it in his hand and looked at it, and slapped his thigh: "Okay, the painting on paper is already so moving, if it is really replaced by a living person, even if it is a stone man, he will be moved." It's really Lauderran. ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Liu Xiu smiled: "This is just the most basic improvement, not worth mentioning, the key is that she herself must understand the meaning of doing this, and do not resist from the bottom of her heart, this is natural, the real heart-warming beauty is scratched by the wind from the inside out." In fact, between husband and wife, the front of the hall is naturally respectful of each other, raising eyebrows, but if the boudoir has to be so straightforward, wouldn't it be annoying, what is the use of being a peerless beauty. ”

"Exactly." Cao Ying nodded again and again with the same feeling, and then realized that this seemed to be inappropriate to make loud noises, and raised his head to look at Liu Xiu in embarrassment, the two exchanged glances with a heart, laughed out loud in unison, came together, patted each other's shoulders, and consciously got closer.

"Deran, it's okay if there is no one waiting around, how about it, take a look in my house, if you fancy it, take it away immediately." Cao Ying squeezed his eyes, and the look of banter was self-evident.

"Don't." Liu Xiu shook his head again and again, "I'm talking on paper, and I don't want to take a concubine so soon." ”

"It's not a concubine, it's okay to find a maidservant, how lonely it is to be alone." Cao Ying said disapprerovingly: "If you don't want to owe me a favor, then it doesn't matter, I'll sell it to you." ”

"That's not the reason either." Liu Xiu thought of Wang Chu, so she asked about her grandfather Wang Bao. Cao Ying thought about it for a long time, and then remembered who Wang Bao was, and couldn't help but smile dumbly: "Do you like Wang Bao's granddaughter?" ”

"But no, I'm worried, people don't look down on me."

"!" Cao Ying was disdainful: "What qualifications does the Wang family have to look down on you." In my opinion, in a few years, he may not be qualified to beg you. He immediately told the situation of the Wang family. It turned out that Wang Bao had been in Luoyang for many years, except for two years after being a general with five facial features, his career has been unsatisfactory, in the final analysis, it is not because his ability is not good - his ability is worse than him, but there are more people who have done more than him - it is because he is pretentious and does not want to be attached to eunuchs. Now one of the more powerful eunuchs in the palace is Zhao Zhong, who is from Zhao Guo, and has some kinship with the Wang family, but Wang Bao just doesn't associate with Zhao Zhong. The Wang family has always wanted to follow the path of the clear stream, but Wang Bao's sons, including Wang Chu's father Wang Yu and Wang Chu's brother Wang Bin, are all average in learning and cannot make a reputation, so they have not been able to become famous.

"The Wang family's heart is not small, no wonder they are not willing to follow the path of eunuchs, nor do they want to follow the path of a family like the Yuan family." Cao Ying pouted his ass and lay on the railing, looking at the overlapping roofs in the distance, suddenly frowned, groaned for a moment, and turned his head to look at Liu Xiu: "You really like that woman from the Wang family?" ”

Liu Xiu nodded.

"Then you have to hurry up, the habit in the palace is to count people in August, and if you want to enter the palace, you will start to enter the palace in April and May, once you enter the palace, even if she may be very vague by His Majesty, but you have no hope at all, unless you wait until she is released from the palace."

Liu Xiu sighed: "I'm also worried about this." People say that once you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea, and this is about to fall into the sea, how can you catch people. ”

"As soon as you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea?" Cao Ying groaned twice, and said with a smile: "Wonderful sentences, Deran has always said that he doesn't know poetry, but when he says it casually, it is a wonderful sentence." He paused, and then said, "Deran, maybe I can help you with this." ”

Liu Xiu turned his head and looked at him with inquiring eyes. Cao Ying touched his nose and smiled: "Don't look at me with this kind of look, although I am selfish, but I am sincere in helping you." ”

"Tell me about it."

"Anyway, you also have a relationship with the eunuch, and you won't be able to get out if you want to get out in the future." Cao Ying smiled evilly: "All women who want to enter the palace must be looked at by the court order, if the court order is not liked, she will never be able to enter the palace." For this reason, the court order has always been the fattest among the palace orders, and He Jin spent a lot of money to bribe Zhang Rang, the court order at that time, so that his sister He was sent to the palace. Although the He family hasn't even released a fart over the years, and he doesn't have any title, He Jin himself entered the palace as a butcher, and soon moved to the tiger Benzhong Lang General, and now he has become the Taishou of Yingchuan. It is estimated that the Wang family is also hot-eyed, so they moved their minds. ”

"A court order?" Liu Xiu remembered the middle-aged eunuch he met on Tongtuo Street that day, as if he was Bi Lan, the court order, I heard that this person has a bad reputation, and Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others are all the way. Cao Ying gave him this idea, as if he had some ill intentions. But then again, I don't want to do anything clear, as long as I can grab my sweetheart, I don't care what the fuck is clear.

Alas, no, if I go all the way with the eunuchs, can Wang Chu still look at me?

Liu Xiu was in a dilemma, Cao Ying saw it in his eyes, and he was not in a hurry to persuade him, he also had his own thoughts. Although he didn't think that Wang Chu would be able to do anything when he entered the palace, it was a fact that Queen Song was not favored now, the Song family was about to fall, and even if the Cao family's investment was a complete failure, not only did they not get benefits, but they also had to suffer a little. Although Liu Xiu is not a woman, this kid can be good at calligraphy and painting, and he is in love with the one in the palace, and it is normal for him to become an official in the future. Maybe it can open up the situation from him.

The He family is to take the way of eunuchs, there is enmity between the Song family and the eunuchs, the way of the eunuchs has been blocked, after the party, the power of Qingliu can not be counted on, and the Song family can only take other paths. Cao Ying couldn't think of any other way to go, but now when he saw Liu Xiu, he suddenly felt that he saw a little hope, although this hope was as unreliable as a candle in the wind, but after all, it was a little hope.

Liu Xiu suddenly asked, "Meng De, why don't you go the way of a eunuch?" ”

"My family......" Cao Ying said hesitantly: "It has reached this point, and it is not easy to follow the path of a eunuch." He sighed and said nothing more, but the depression in his heart was not to be known.

"I'll think again." Liu Xiu scratched his head and did not continue the topic, and the two tacitly diverged to other things.

After Liu Xiu left, Cao Ying took the pictures and looked at them carefully for a while, praised them repeatedly, and called Liu Shi in again, and asked her to take a look at the posture on the pictures. Liu's flattery, adding a bit of style between his gestures, his eyes were charming, and he couldn't hold it back, so he threw the picture aside, and pounced on it and took Liu in his arms and gnawed it a few times. Liu Shi wanted to refuse and welcome, giggled, did not forget to protect his stomach, and said in a trembling voice: "Husband, be careful, this is your flesh and blood." ”

"I know." Cao Ying gasped, tore off Liu's belt three or two times, stroked her slightly bulging lower abdomen, picked up Liu, turned around and entered the inner room, and in the blink of an eye, the bed curtain shook, and the wind surged.

...... "What is this?" Cao Luan put down the "Female Commandment" in his hand, looked at a few pictures on the case, and was inexplicable: "Female pictures? ”

"What a picture of a woman?" Cao Ying angrily snatched the "Female Commandment" and threw it aside, leaned to the side, and pointed with his hand: "Stand up according to the posture on the picture and let me see?" ”

Cao Luan's face turned red, and he sighed angrily: "Brother, how can you show me these things." ”

Cao Yingyi turned over and sat up: "These things? You know how hard it took me to get this thing, you think it's just a few pictures? ”

"It's not a few pictures, it's a saint's scripture?" Cao Luan wanted to laugh but didn't laugh, took the picture and looked at it, and praised it first: "Good brushwork, eyebrows and eyes are expressive, lifelike." Where did Brother get such a wonderful art, Mr. Cai Bojiao? ”

"Can Cai Bojiao draw such a picture?" Cao Ying pursed his lips, looked around, repelled the maid next to him, and leaned into Cao Luan's ear and said a few words. When Cao Luan heard this, he was immediately annoyed, threw the picture on Cao Luan's face, and said ashamedly and angrily: "Brother, are you asking me to learn that trick?" If this can be useful, why should I read so many books, just follow the advocates at home as teachers. ”

"What's wrong with the advocate?" Cao Ying's face sank: "Ah Luan, I think you just read badly, men read these books for careers, what do you say is the use of reading these books?" Female commandments, female commandments, how can a good person be read as wood? You said you were a lively and active woman at the beginning, how do you ...... now? How is it the same as the ancestral tablet? ”

"Brother......" Cao Luan sank his face, turned around, and his face was red with anger.

"Ah Luan......" Cao Ying knew that he was serious, so he had to lower his voice and beg softly: "I said it wrong, don't be angry." But Ah Luan, you look down on Advocacy, have you ever thought about how the former Chaowei family made its fortune? ”

"The Wei family made a fortune because of Wei Zifu, but don't forget, after Wei Zifu's color declined, the Wei family was defeated."

"Then you say, which of the relatives of this dynasty has not been defeated?"

Cao Luan choked, and held back for a long time before he said strongly: "But...... But you can't be so bad with me. As he spoke, his eyes turned red and tears rolled out.

Cao Ying was speechless, so he had to persuade him with good words, and only after Cao Luan calmed down a little did he continue: "Ah Luan, how can I abuse you?" Between husband and wife, it is natural to respect each other like guests in front of others, and raise their eyebrows, but if this is the case in the boudoir, wouldn't it be too impersonal? Zhang Zigao (Zhang Chang) of the former dynasty, Gui Jing Zhao Yin is still a woman thrush, the Son of Heaven asked, he also said, "The minister heard that in the boudoir, the private of the husband and wife, there are too many thrushes." 'If you're familiar with Hanshu, you don't know this story, right?' ”

Although Cao Ying's level of scripture is average, his miscellaneous studies are not bad, and when it comes to reasoning, Cao Luan listened, and his heart was enlightened a lot, and he was not as resistant as he was at the beginning. When Cao Ying saw it, he added strength and said: "I won't talk about anything else, what kind of person is your husband Song Qi, you know better than me, you have been married to the Song family for so many years, and many women who are much worse than you have been favored, but you, the wife with outstanding virtues, have been left out in the cold." Can't you just think about why? The master said, I haven't seen a virtuous person like a womanizer, you haven't met a virtuous person, it's not your fault, now the question is, do you want your father to stay at home all the time, or do you want the Song family to decline like this? The father of the empress is not a general, but only a ruling Jinwu, which is the first since Emperor Guangwu. ”

"How does this have anything to do with the Song family again?" Cao Luan wiped his eyes and glared at Cao Ying: "Could it be ...... Do you still want the queen to learn these tricks to please people? ”

"Why not?" Cao Ying said confidently: "Do you think that making a butcher's daughter a queen is more beneficial to the Han Dynasty, the Song family, and my Cao family?" ”

"This ......" Cao Luan was really stupid, she felt that Cao Luan was crazy and didn't know what she was talking about.

"Don't look at me like that." Cao Ying waved his hand and disagreed, "The Son of Heaven is the same as Song Qi, he is not a saint, in fact, he is not only him, four hundred years before and after my Han Dynasty, which emperor is virtuous and not lustful?" Emperor Gaozu is a womanizer, and Emperor Guangwu is considered to be obedient to Confucianism, but didn't Queen Yin enter the palace because of her beauty? Ah Luan, although we are not brothers and sisters, but we grew up together, don't say those empty words in front of outsiders, let's say something real, do you want the Song family to be a real relative, do you want my Cao family to be prosperous, get rid of the reputation of this eunuch, and be a big family for a reason? ”

Facing Cao Ying's forced gaze, Cao Luan slowly lowered his head. Cao Ying sighed, picked up those pictures from the ground, smoothed them out, and spread them out in front of Cao Luan: "Ah Luan, it's up to you whether it can be done or not." Whether it's the Song family or the Cao family, hope is on your shoulders. ”

Cao Luan snorted, turned around, took the pictures, looked at them carefully, and reluctantly stood up and posed. Cao Luan turned around several times like a wooden man according to his instructions, but Cao Luan still didn't see a little bit of beauty, but felt that it was not as good as the dignified appearance before.

He rubbed his eyebrows, stood up and walked out dejectedly, comforting as he walked: "Ah Luan, don't be in a hurry, get used to it slowly, and practice more." "But I was thinking in my heart, it's really weird, why did Liu try it, my sister is several times more beautiful than her, but she is not moving at all? It seems that I have to consult Liu Xiucaicheng. It's just that...... Alas, let's wait for Ah Luan to practice for a few days and see if there is any progress.

(To be continued)