I didn't finish the painting in the end, because the shameless Li Shimin excused me to paint too big, not suitable for viewing with the princess, let me paint a smaller one, it is best to paint it on the fan, so that the princess can see her mother's makeup every day, this big one will stay in the palace, so that the queen's children can often see their mother. Phew, he wanted it himself, and he moved the children out, I was going crazy, I didn't sleep and painted for more than ten days, and he said it was too big.

What's even more shameless is that Li Shimin recruited the crown prince Chengqian, the king of Wei Li Tai, the king of Jin Li Zhi, and the little son-in-law, and asked them to come to see their mother, so he asked me to paint this painting, so that the children could have a glimpse of the queen mother's demeanor. I've seen shameless, but I've never seen such shameless. I cursed in my heart, but I didn't dare to compete with the emperor, so I could only smile and nod.

Children are children, Cheng Qian, Li Tai, when he saw the painting, his eyes turned red, and he was reluctant to take his eyes off for a long time, and Li Zhi immediately burst into tears and shouted at the queen mother, and the son looked at the painting and gently touched the queen's hand in the painting, she was not tall enough, she could only touch the hand, Li Shimin hugged her, so that she could look at the queen's face.

"This is my mother?" The son hesitated.

"Hmmm! My son is as beautiful as your mother, I asked my wife to paint a small one for my son, so that my son can see my mother all the time. Li Shimin said softly.

"No need, just see my mother, is my mother like this? It's not the same as the previous paintings? "She's still struggling.

"Son, this is my mother, this is the most similar." Li Zhi said with tears in his eyes.

The son looked at the eldest brother and the fourth brother, and they nodded. She was convinced, and turned her gaze to the painting, and stopped talking, and I looked at her face, and then at the painting, and I knew I was wrong. I finally know where the place I have been unsure of these days is. Yes, I always felt that I was missing something, otherwise I wouldn't have shown it to Li Shimin, I painted the eldest grandson queen in my heart, but I didn't draw a mother.

That day was also the first time I met the three famous brothers in history.

Cheng Qian, my only impression of him is that he is a homosexual. The appearance of being around twenty years old.,Tall and thin.,It's a bit of a fandom.。 Judging from his appearance, among the three sisters-in-law, he is most like Li Shimin. Judging from the performance just now, when he suddenly looked at the picture scroll, he went from shocked to moved but quickly suppressed his emotions, and behaved very calmly, with a bit of an imperial demeanor.

And the careerist Li Tai looks much more elegant and has the temperament of a literati, but he looks a little chubby. Compared with Chengqian and Li Zhi's true feelings, this one is really a lot fake, of course, when he saw his mother's portrait, he was still moved, but only for a short time. He didn't suppress his tears like his brother, nor did he burst into tears like Li Zhi immediately, he handled it properly, but it was this appropriateness that made me feel too fake.

I led my son-in-law home, Li Zhi sent us out of the palace as usual, Li Chengqian actually followed, silently sent us to the palace gate, Chengqian smiled at me, bowed, I was busy returning the salute, Chengqian didn't say anything. I looked at him deeply, was he grateful to me?

In the evening, my son didn't talk much, even his favorite dishes were very little, and I didn't let people ask her, so I waited quietly.

After eating, Qiang Er followed the button to his tool room, after Yuanqing and they moved away, I got a tool room in the front yard for the button to practice, Qiang Er is also becoming more and more sensible, when it's okay, she will help the button to do a trick or something, everyone tacitly by their own development.

My mother-in-law and sister-in-law went to do what they liked, and I took my son back to the study.

"Does Madame want to teach her son to read?" My son kept calling me Madame, and I didn't let her change it, because I didn't know what to call me.

"My son has been reading a lot, and I have nothing more to teach you." I kissed her, held her in my arms, and spread out the small sheets of white paper. Because my son was there, I ordered some of these pieces of hard paper to draw a storybook for my son.

"Do you want to teach your son how to draw?"

"It's not!" I laughed and looked her in the eye, "Why do I have to teach you something?" ”

"Dad asked my son to learn more from my wife, saying that my wife is very similar to my mother."

I smiled, kissed my son's cheek, and began to draw the eldest grandson on a small piece of paper, and I remembered the form of the queen, and the conversation I had with the queen about the child. There are no colors, just stick figure comic strips.

My son listened to me quietly, and as more and more pieces of paper were painted, her tears finally slipped down. I didn't speak, I put my arms around her quietly.

The days passed, my life was very peaceful, my son grew up day by day, and I became closer and closer, I also have a relationship similar to a friend between me and Li Shimin, every time I enter the palace, we will walk and talk in the imperial garden for a long time. And this time, he took me to the high platform in the palace to overlook the Zhaoling Tomb of Empress Changsun from afar.

"Before the queen died, I talked to her about my wife's tomb with Master Wu, and the queen envied her. I said to the queen that I would also be buried with her, and life and death would go hand in hand. But the queen said that it was not in line with the ceremony, she should have hoped to do this in her heart, right? ”

"The queen once said to her concubine that the happiest day of life is the day when Your Majesty holds hands and watches the sunset."

"What did she say?"

"Yes, the concubine has always regretted painting that portrait of the queen for His Majesty. The concubine painted the queen in the concubine's heart, but failed to paint the wife of His Majesty and the mother of the son. ”

Li Shimin took a deep look at me and looked back at Zhaoling. For a long time, "The queen personally chose Mei Niang and asked me to be summoned to the inner palace after Mei Niang became an adult." She said, Mrs. Zhi, Mei Niang should not be bad. I really have expectations for Mei Niang, but I don't want her to be more like Wu Qing. ”

"Shi Tong said that it was a stupid thing to send Mei Niang into the palace, Mei Niang was only afraid ......of this deep palace," I shook my head and let out a long sigh.

"But Madame never asked me to let her out of the palace, but she changed her direction and helped me send her away from my side."

"Can she remarry when she leaves the palace? I'm afraid it's more troublesome. Although Mei Niang has a strong temperament, she loves books like her life, and Shi Tong often tells her concubine that it is better to let her study at home. At Concubine Xue's place, there is a royal book like a sea of smoke, let her read it enough! ”

"Resentful?"

I shook my head, looked at the distant mountains and let out a long sigh: "Actually, the concubine is very envious of the queen, Your Majesty is an emperor through the ages, and Wen Taowu is all fine. However, the woman she loves most in her heart is only the queen, and the concubine neither wants Mei Niang to insult His Majesty's true feelings, nor does she want Mei Niang to suffer the emperor's grace in the shadow of the queen. ”

Li Shimin gave me a blank look, "The latter is your reason!" ”

I laughed and continued: "What Concubine Ran envied the most was that she died before His Majesty. The concubine thought more than once that if the concubine could die before Shi Tong, the words and deeds of the concubine would forever engrave Shi Tong's heart. In fact, the one left behind is the most bitter! ”

I heard the man next to me sigh long, and he must have felt the same way I did.