The son-in-law lived in the palace for ten days and lived in my house for ten days, and Li Zhi may have said that my house is fun, and on the other hand, he has become closer and closer to Mei Niang, and occasionally comes over for a meal. Brother Yuanqing was not there, and Li Shimin turned a blind eye to Li Zhi coming to my house, and Li Zhi gradually became bold and came back with Mei Niang. The mother-in-law was pleasantly surprised, they were not fools, and they had already guessed the identities of Li Zhi and his son-in-law. But I didn't say it, and they shouldn't have known.

As my relationship with the court became closer and closer, those ladies often sent some invitations over, and I looked at those invitations and hesitated, do you want to go? Not many of these people will be alive in the future, and many of them are on the opposite side of Mei Niang. The Fang family was destroyed by the eldest grandson's family; Once the old Wei head of the Wei family dies, there is not much hope; The Cheng family is not bad, it seems to be an evergreen tree, but after accepting the invitation of the Cheng family, it offended other families. There was also an invitation that made me hesitate, which was sent by the wife of the eldest grandson Wuji. I don't have a good impression of the eldest grandson Wuji to be honest, maybe the old man on TV has never sent a handsome guy to play, all of them are insidious and vicious, alas!

After my son finished bathing with me, she snuggled into my arms and patted her gently as if she were a baby, she put her arms around my neck, looking like she was about to fall asleep, but she was still trying to open her eyes and talk to me, I kissed her on the forehead, "Sleep, I will talk about it tomorrow." ”

"What's my mother like?" She asked vaguely. I glanced at her, her eyes were closed, as if she was asleep, and I hugged her and patted her gently.

When she really slept, I got up with my clothes together, and sketched the eldest grandson queen in my memory with an unopened brush in the study. It took one night to finally finish the draft, and I only used to add color to the painting. If you have charcoal, you can draw a sketch to express light and shade, and you can also draw the most beautiful eyes of the eldest grandson queen; Oil paint can also be used to express her delicate complexion, which I can't do at this time. Looking at the sketch scroll, the mother in the son's heart should be a real and colorful appearance.

Over the next few days, I spent most of my time sourcing paints. The button helped me a lot, and he took me to the famous East and West markets, where foreign merchants from Persia, Da Shi, etc., gathered, and I found many things that surprised me. From there, I also knew that Li Shimin had not worked in vain for more than ten years, and I really appreciated the prosperity brought by the rule of Zhenguan.

The pigment collection was completed, and while the son was away, he carefully finished the painting, a little bit of retouching, and then asked someone to frame it, and hung it in the study, I looked up, because there was Persian paint, the painting was a little different, but it was very oil painting style, and all aspects were very delicate, and I even painted the gold ornaments on the head of the eldest grandson like life, and the golden light was brilliant. But the longer I watched it, the more I felt that I didn't know if the queen in my memory was like this.

The mother-in-law came to see it, she had never seen the eldest grandson queen, but she liked the painting. All the family members, including the buttons, came to see and were amazed and asked me to teach him how to draw. I'm white with him, don't I want to learn lacquerware? Came to learn to draw again? As a result, he actually robbed me, saying that he wanted to learn painting with me in order to learn lacquerware, and I lost to him. Qiang'er is okay, although Qiang'er is not as shrewd and capable as her two sisters, but it doesn't mean that she is stupid, she has been with me all these years, and she has learned to draw, I let Buckle and Qiang'er learn to let him not bother me. As a result, he was beaten by Xiang's sister-in-law. I didn't bother to pay attention to them, rolled down the painting, and after thinking about it for a long time, I still brought it into the palace, today is the day to pick up my son, and by the way, let Li Shimin see if it looks like it.

Li Shimin happened to be chatting with Concubine Da Yang, and when he saw that I went, he announced it directly, and I saw that Concubine Da Yang hesitated, but still saluted the two of them.

"Madame is exempt, this palace has just been to see the princess, and sure enough, the spirit is playing, Your Majesty often praises Madame's merits!" Concubine Yang smiled.

"The mother is overrated, and the concubine is just destined for the princess."

"Madam, just now this palace mentioned to His Majesty, Madame closed the door to thank guests, and also politely refused the invitation of the princesses and ladies to the door, which made the palace wonderful."

My smile froze, damn, I knew that it was no good thing, and I glanced at Li Shimin, he looked like he was watching a good show. I thought about it and smiled, "The concubine is a people in the mountains and wilderness, and she doesn't dare to pollute her ears and eyes with the princesses and husbands." ”

"Come on, what are you afraid of polluting their ears and eyes, saying that you are afraid of things and it will be over." Li Shimin snorted and turned his head to look at Concubine Da Yang, "This lady told me that wealth is a curse, and people brought the princess back, for fear that others would not know, and she was like a thief." asked her to live in the General's Mansion, but she didn't go, she just wanted to live in a small courtyard. Mrs. Wu, why don't I cut your Fenglu and let you be completely free? ”

"That's not possible, Fenglu is given by the state to the wives of the edict, and the matter of His Majesty cutting the concubine is small, but the controversy is big. Besides, your little bit of Fenglu doesn't have much to do with wealth! I was angry and said anxiously, I regretted it again after speaking, Concubine Yang is here, it is not good to attract people's attention.

Li Shimin laughed again, "See, this is Mrs. Wu, the money is wanted, and she wants to hide away from the name." ”

"Mrs. Wu is such a wonderful person!" Concubine Yang also laughed, she looked at the long scroll next to me and asked, "Does Madame have calligraphy and paintings to dedicate to Your Majesty?" ”

"Really? That's really rare, Madame doesn't seem to have sent anything to me. Li Shimin looked surprised, I smirked and coughed lightly.

"Sorry, I really didn't give it to you."

Concubine Yang was stunned for a moment, probably didn't expect someone to dare to say that, even if it was really not given to Li Shimin, it was said to be given to him, what a chance to make a fool of himself.

Li Shimin's face was blackened, and his head was about to smoke.

"Your Majesty, the concubine wanted to give it to the princess, but ...... I want to ask Your Majesty to comment on it before sending it to the princess, the concubine is not so sure. "I'll be honest.

Li Shimin's anger calmed down a little, but he was still a little displeased, and while letting people open it, he said angrily: "What didn't you hold? It's not that I want to be angry, I'm with you...... This...... The ......" painting was opened and hung on the screen, and Li Shimin almost pounced, unable to speak for a long time. Fingers tried to caress the face, but they didn't.

Concubine Yang stood behind Li Shimin and watched for a long time, silent.

Finally, Li Shimin came back to his senses, wiped away his tears and looked back at me, I took a breath, and I already knew the result from their reaction.

"The princess asked the concubine what the queen looked like, and the concubine had only seen the queen once, and she drew it from memory, for fear of misleading the princess, please take a look at it."

"This is painted by Madame?" Concubine Yang was taken aback, I almost didn't vain her, what is the memory, last time Li Shimin had already told them that I would paint, and now I still ask.

"If you don't learn art, you can't show the queen's demeanor, only the likeness."

"Did my son ask you?" Li Shimin was a little weak.

"Occasionally, in my sleep." I replied implicitly.

"This girl is like this, she is afraid that I will be sad, and she never mentions it in front of me. The palace people said that she often went to the queen's palace and wept when she touched the queen's things. Li Shimin's tears welled up again, wiped them with his sleeve and nodded to me, "Madam, I really don't know how to thank you." ”

I shook my head, I didn't accept his thanks, I really loved my son, and I did it for her.