Li Yu came to the studio after the morning court, the sun was not high, and the weather was quite refreshing.

But Xiaogui had already finished bathing and freshening up, and had been waiting for him quietly for a long time.

"Xia Zhaorong, I'm still used to it these days."

"If you go back to the emperor, get used to it."

Two kind words.

Li Yu's face was as if he was a gentleman's father.

"I heard from Doctor Xiong that the wound has been completely healed."

"Yes, Imperial Physician Xiong has a granddaughter, Sister Qiao, who has been coming over to help me remove my scars, so I recovered extra quickly."

Xiaogui fulfilled his promise and mentioned Sister Qiao's credit.

"I didn't expect the old Xiong family to have this kind of craftsmanship," Li Yu said to Liang Wucheng, "If anyone in the harem has a wound or scar in the future, remember to announce that this girl came in to help deal with it." ”

"Yes." Liang Wucheng wrote it down.

There is a crystal cover on the top of the studio, which allows the sunlight to be in it and maintain a natural state.

This small patch of the sky was blue and cloudy.

Since leaving the horse thief's den, Xiao Gui has never shown his body in front of men other than Xu Yongzhi.

On the one hand, she was nervous that she was going to show her body, and on the other hand, she was ashamed that her body could be ridiculed as a woman.

Li Yu looked at her, took the paper, took the silk, and finally put the paper down.

"Let's stop sketching, let's finish it in one go."

"Oh." Xiaogui nodded stiffly.

Liang Wucheng put on the chair, and Li Yu instructed him to write it down, but the angle was still wrong, so he asked him to put it down and set up the chair himself.

"Let's get started."

Xiaogui began to undress, occasionally looking around.

Liang Wucheng said very considerately: "I am a slave, you are the master, Zhaorong doesn't have to care about me." ”

It's all off.

This is the most shameful moment, Li Yu laid the silk and pressed it tightly, and when he looked up, he saw Xiaogui's body.

"Oh, no, in a gauze shirt."

Xiaogui agreed, and quickly put on the gauze shirt, feeling relieved, but faintly felt very disappointed, not for Li Yu's decision, but for his weakness.

She remembered Li Lianqiao's ridicule of her.

"I don't have the capital of a woman, and I still want to seduce men."

Li Yu began to look at her carefully.

"What's the matter, I see you're not in a good mood."

"The concubine didn't, she was just worried that her body would be unbearable and defile the holy eye." Xiaogui hurriedly apologized.

"As long as you pose carefully, it's okay, what women hate is the feeling of not saying they like it or saying they don't like it, burying all their anger and making people guess. Now sit down for me, we don't have time to play erotic games! Li Yu looked serious.

When he began to dictate in his own field, he appeared majestic and powerful, and as soon as he picked up the pen or the piano, whether he was writing, drawing, or playing, he immediately became the harsh, strict artist who was responsible only for his own field.

"Sit up straight." Li Yu gave the order.

"Yes, one foot up...... The right leg rests on the left leg. Hang down with your left hand and gently support your left hand with your right hand......"

"Relax your shoulders a little! You're shrunk like a quail right now. ”

"Neck a little this way, hey, it's too much, go back a little more, and tuck your chin a little."

"What is your mood, you watch a man go to the end, to the mire, because of his stupidity."

"You warned him, but he insisted on going his own way, and he still went wrong."

"On the one hand, you are dissatisfied with him, but on the other hand, you can't give up on him, you still love this person."

Xiaogui immediately understood, isn't this the state when he watched Xu Yongzhi from the observatory.

Her expression gradually became empty, and the kind of slightly desolate and reluctant love was expressed at once.

Li Yu was very satisfied: "Don't move now, if the old monk settles down, let's start." ”

Li Yu has painted many women.

Most people can't just tune through words.

He sometimes had to press the women's shoulders and arms to adjust.

Among all the women in the past, the best model was the eldest princess Li Forsythia.

Li Lianqiao is the best model for painting ladies, and there is nothing to say about her face and figure.

After painting a few times, the old ministers knelt down and cried at the public gate, saying that since the eldest princess was sealed, then they should be like brothers and sisters, painting their sisters' bodies, and the emperor should not bear it, and some old men desperately hit the wall with their heads in order to show their character.

The Southern Tang Dynasty is a clear stream during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, since Zhu Wen opposed the Tang Dynasty, killed a large number of scribes and ministers, and threw them into the Yellow River, the Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, and Five Dynasties, there were almost no civil servants, and the civil officials were either literati who were born as eunuchs, or literati who sang with the emperor, or they were bookkeepers and onmyoji. These regimes in the Ten Kingdoms are even worse, although the ancestors of the Southern Tang Dynasty were born in the military, but in the two generations of Li Jing and Li Yu, they were all literati who read books and read the law, and it was rare for a civilian-official group to appear in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

The advantage of the civil official group is that the notice will be safer, because the literati will restrain each other, everyone will quarrel with each other, and the emperor will not worry about the government falling into the hands of one person.

The disadvantage of the civil official group is that they have too many rules, and sometimes they will control the emperor, and these civil officials do not have much opinion on the emperor to paint, write, write and play the piano, because it is these hobbies that make the emperor use them, not Zhou Zhuocheng as the prime minister. But when the emperor wanted to make Li Lianqiao the eldest princess, the old ministers objected.

The old man with the most fierce opposition was Lu Weihui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites at that time, who was in his seventies, and later contracted dysentery, and died of diarrhea after a few days. Although Li Lianqiao became the eldest princess in the end, the Wenchen found a better way, and they really threatened this unruly woman with the standard of the old emperor's daughter, which made Li Lianqiao suffer a lot.

At least Li Lianqiao can no longer be a model for the emperor, this used to be the best time for them to exchange emotions.

"It's better now, don't move, I'm going to paint."

Summer in Jinling is particularly hot.

Xiaogui was very focused, so he sat like this for an hour and a half.

Liang Wucheng did not persuade him, and when the emperor painted, he must not persuade him, this is an important moment for his soul to touch the heavens.

Finally, Li Yu put the pen down.

"Alright, let's rest and eat first, and we'll finish the rest tomorrow."

Xiaogui put on his coat and walked to the table.

"Your Majesty, can you see the painting now?"

"Absolutely."

Not a lady, but a bodhisattva.

"Ah......h

"Explain," Li Yu said coldly, "It's not that I don't want to see your body and let you dress, it's because I paint a bodhisattva, I can't see mortals, I can't blaspheme." ”

"I thought all bodhisattvas were women."

"This is the atmosphere of the last hundred years, in the era of Taizong and Gaozong, the Bodhisattvas were all men and bearded."

"Bearded ......"

"After Tang Sanzang went to Tianzhu to learn scriptures, he brought back many picture scrolls, and later there were Buddha statues, at that time Tianzhu had a Gandhara Guardian country, the Buddha statue of that country, describing beauty, male and female indistinguishable."

"Fifty percent, please bring that Shakyamuni here."

Liang Wucheng hurriedly went to the little eunuch to wash his hands, respectfully and respectfully, and moved a Buddha statue of Gandhara to defend the country.

Xiaogui has never seen such a beautiful portrait.

"I think it's so good-looking, fairy-like, and looks like a living person."

"Yes!" Li Yu was elated and finally met his soulmate.

"The Buddha statues in their country, there are more western countries, such as the style of Daqin, which is the most feminine, and the picture scrolls of the Buddha we have seen in the past are often propaganda posters, painting a Buddha cutting his own flesh to feed the tiger, a group of Arhats are watching, the Buddha is a wooden statue, and the Arhats are also wooden statues, and they only promote teachings." Li Yu said.

"In addition to doctrine, there is a more important thing, which is beauty, right?" Xiaogui said.

"Yes, yes, do you agree? I have always felt that beauty is much more important than goodness. Li Yu said.

"I don't agree with that. However, seeing such a beautiful body, it should be easy to think that the Bodhisattva is good. Xiaogui looked at the statue of the Bodhisattva.

"Is the bodhisattva male or female?" Xiaogui couldn't help but ask.

"The body is all men, and because women can't directly attain positive results, women who have heard the Dharma have turned into male bodies in an instant, and then become arhats." Li Yu said.

"I'd rather not have a positive result, I just want to be an ordinary woman with peace of mind." Xiaogui said.

"A person who wants to achieve a positive result may not be able to achieve a positive result," Li Yu said as he looked at his semi-finished product carefully, "The boy who wants to be a woman may see the truth earlier." ”

"Your Majesty said it too well, but it's a pity that I don't understand Buddhism, my swordsmanship master is an authentic Taoist priest of Xuanmen, and I have read the "Nanhua True Scripture".

"You've also read the Zhuangzi, that's great, it's the most beautiful Taoist scripture." Li Yu said.

"Your Majesty is so knowledgeable."

"Li Tang has been a Buddha since ancient times, and our ancestor is Lao Tzu, that is, Taishang Laojun."

"I see."

"It's just bragging, Lao Tzu is a real person, he has become an immortal and soared, where is there a son? Where are the grandchildren? It is nothing more than Gaozu Taizong's own recognition in order to elevate his family background. Li Yu said.

"Your Majesty is so blunt."

"How to find out the truth of the world." Li Yu said.

"Another example is the Buddha, we are talking about Rulai, he was a prince back then, got married, had children, and then decided to become a monk, he really had children, but his son Rahula also became a monk, and then there were no descendants."

"Then there must be some other relatives." Xiaogui said.

"Yes, yes, later other powerful tribes came to hunt down and kill his family, he didn't want to care about it, but everyone was relatives, and they begged bitterly, and the Buddha hid them in a bowl, which is the monk's rice bowl."

"I know, the old way also uses."

"As a result, the enemy left, and the Buddha turned the bowl open, and found that the hidden clansmen had turned into blood."

"Oh my God...... Can you still eat in that rice bowl......"

"Hey! Expensive! Li Yu was very unhappy with being interrupted.

"Your Majesty, the concubine should be damned."

"Forgive you for your innocence, but you amused me," Li Yu said.

"But what a terrible truth this sutra says."

"How scary?"

"You are a prince, you are a world honor, you may not be able to protect your family, in the face of the violence of the world, the family is like an egg in Nestle."

"I know that the two families I was born and grew up in were ruined in this way."

"Your family's affairs, I have already held Zhou Zhuocheng accountable, and I also cut his knighthood, he has infected tens of thousands of people in my army, and he really can't be spared. But the eldest princess, I can't handle her, please understand this matter. ”

"I am the one who serves the emperor and the queen, you don't have to be so polite to me."

"It's not polite, I'm not here to make you obey, there are more people who obey me."

"But I hope you can like me, like all my creations, I can only be at ease when I pick up the pen, this is the real land."

"So that's a thorn in your heart, right?"

Xiaogui saw Mr. Li pick up a glass.

"Your Majesty, don't fall ......"

"That's not a thorn! Not a thorn at all! Mr. Li put the cup down.

"I want to hear about art, real voices! When you say that my paintings are good, I breathe a sigh of relief, and the people around me say that I can write and be good at drawing, but I don't understand, they say this because I am the emperor, or because I am really good at drawing. Li Yu said.

"You're different, you've never really felt like you're my people, you're the daughter of a merchant, you're a true kingless person, you're someone I haven't conquered, and you've even had a grudge against me." Li Yu pressed Xiaogui's shoulders.

"But I want to be very close to you in my heart, not physically, but spiritually, you are above me, you like other men, I find it very exciting, I will compare myself with my opponent." Li Yu said.

"What kind of man is he?" Li Yu asked softly in Xiaogui's ear.

"He's what you call the man who knows things far away, framed in a character he doesn't like, lived for twenty years, and then lost everything. He has shortcomings and is very unlucky. "Xiaogui is telling the truth.

"So he's better than me, what the hell is going on?" Li Yu asked.

"How can he compare with Your Majesty?" Xiaogui said.

"You're avoiding it." Li Yu pressed forward step by step.

"He's the one who cares about me, and he may have liked a lot of people, but the one who cares the most and cares the most, I'm sure it's me." Xiaogui said.

"I'm angry."

"Your Majesty told me to tell the truth."

"I'm very angry."

"The concubine is terrified."

"Keep painting tomorrow morning, I'm leaving!" Li Yu took Liang Wucheng and walked away.

Liang Wucheng complained: "Zhaorong, you are so bold!" ”

Xiaogui passed the meal and ate it himself.

When he woke up from a nap, Li Yu sent someone to deliver a big chilled watermelon.

It seems that the emperor is not angry, he likes this road.

Xiaogui looked at the painting on the silk.

In Li Yu's pen, his body exudes the radiance of divinity, so relaxed, so soothing.

So beautiful.

Isn't it sometimes enough to be beautiful?

Xiao Gui faintly felt that being stronger than men was actually not that important.

"Only you dare to be so unkind to me."

Outside the door, Li Yu looked at her.

"The emperor is here? Then keep drawing. ”

"Paint."

Xiaogui sat down on the chair and posed, this time, she was in a state all of a sudden, and she was more relaxed than in the morning.

Li Yu continued to paint.

The moment she was painted, she could think of nothing.

But she thought about it a lot, a lot.

"Xia Xiaogui, Xia Xiaogui, it's not that no one likes you, when you relax, it will look much more beautiful."

When the sun was sinking, Li Yu stopped his brush and smiled at the painting.

"When Your Majesty doesn't want to control others, he is actually a very good man."

"I am the Son of Heaven, how can there be a Son of Heaven who does not control people? How can there be a son of heaven who doesn't want others to be afraid. ”

"I'm going to say hello to the queen tomorrow, I'm recuperating from my injuries before, and if I don't go, the queen will have ideas in her heart." Li Yu said.

The large frame is basically completed, and the next step is to rely on coloring.

"Your Majesty, where will this statue of Guanyin hang?"

"It's not just a portrait."

"That's ......"

"I changed my mind, I want to sculpt this portrait and let her look at the world all the time, because I think she has spirit, beauty, compassion. How long does paper last? Five or six hundred years; Silk, too; The wooden statue has been preserved and can last for thousands of years; Bronze statue, 3,000 years should also be possible. ”

"The bronze statue, when it is cast, is golden, and it will become green and green in the future." Xiaogui said.

Patina can be used in medicine, and Xiaogui has seen the bronzes of the Zhou Dynasty.

"Gilt it."

"When gilding is in turmoil, it is always the first target to be looted. And copper is the favorite thing of the Son of Heaven, all dynasties have minted money, and without copper, they are all going to planing Buddha statues. The imp said.

"Where's the wooden statue?"

"It is easy to be destroyed by fire, and the temple has been incense since ancient times." Xiaogui said.

"What about clay sculptures? Wooden clay sculptures can also be painted, then they can be painted with pastel. Li Yu decided.

"Why did Your Majesty do this himself?"

"I have to do something, so that this history will remember me and you." Li Yu said.

"Your Majesty, why are you pursuing this, you are the emperor, and all the emperors have already gone down in history."

"Does a person pass on his name because his father is the emperor? Obviously, it is not enough, what I want to leave behind is an artistic name. ”

Li Yu covered the silk banner with his own hands.

"The most important thing is to leave a name and surname in history with you." Li Yu smiled lightly.

"I want to sculpt an upside-down Guanyin, she has her back to all the people who come to ask for it, only when you look back after passing her, can you find how beautiful she is!" Li Yu said with his back to Xiaogui.

"Why turn your back to the world?"

"Because the people of the world are ignorant, most of them do not know how to turn back." Li Yu waved his hand to ask Xiaogui not to send it, got up and left.

"Guanyin statue?" Xiao Gui stood up and thought about the Zen machine in the two sentences.

Xiaogui looked at the sky in the courtyard, the sun was about to set, and a gray parrot flickered and landed on the flower tree in the courtyard.

"It's really rare to have such a big parrot," Xiaogui looked at the parrot, "Are you lost?" ”

This parrot is not afraid of people, and if you look closely at its ankles, there is a small bamboo tube.

Xiaogui gently opened the wax seal, opened the paper roll in the bamboo tube, and found that it was a very small portrait.

A young girl with two swords in her hand, with a slender neck and a long body, is her portrait.

At the bottom right of the portrait, a small "Jin" is written.

Her heart was beating wildly.