Xuan Ling pointed at Zhaoju and said: "This rebel is so angry that I want to vomit blood, he likes a little Oiran, but people don't pay attention to him at all, I told him, that little Oiran is nothing, in terms of dancing and singing can not compare to Concubine Duan, he doesn't believe it, now I bring him here, I want Niangniang to sing to him, but, Niangniang is sick now, can she still sing and dance?" ”

Zhaoju looked at Yue'er, her face showed doubt, her voice was very similar to the person he wanted to see, and the eyes of Concubine Duanniang were also very similar.

Yue'er's heart was furious for a while, now she can't recognize Zhaoju, this is the crime of bullying the king, and she hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that it won't work today, and the concubine hasn't fully recovered." Somehow she felt a little lost in her heart, it turned out that Xuan Ling didn't really want to come to her, just let her sing and dance.

Prince Zhaoheng nodded repeatedly.

"What my father said is very true, the little Oiran is raised with silver, there may not be real materials, ninth brother, don't be too infatuated, or go to the big bird country to be a colt after the New Year, that thirteenth princess is really beautiful, how can the little Oiran compare?"

Zhaoju shook his head.

"But she's not someone I like."

"Ninth brother, even if the little Oiran likes you, you can't be together, what do you like or not, Princess Big Bird has taken a fancy to you, it's your blessing, and the father has already agreed to this marriage, don't you be too stubborn, didn't the princess promise to come back with you after marriage and have a child, what else do you have to worry about?"

"You like the princess of the big bird country, then you go, I don't want to go!"

Zhao Heng smiled bitterly.

"Big Bird is really interested in your eldest brother, and I promise that it is my duty."

Zhaoju still wanted to shake his head.

Xuan Ling said angrily: "This matter has been decided, you have to go, you have to go, you have to go if you don't go, you have to be grounded now, if you secretly go to that little Oiran again, be careful that I break your legs!" ”

Zhaoju didn't dare to contradict Xuan Ling, so he had to keep silent.

Xuan Ling held one of Yue'er's hands, felt that her palm was warm, and she didn't look like she was seriously ill, so she couldn't help asking: "Concubine Duan, you can't sing and dance now, what about playing the piano, I listened to you playing the mountains and rivers yesterday, and I feel very good!" ”

Yue'er nodded and said, "But you can, but Yu'er doesn't have a piano here, so she can't play it for Your Majesty." ”

Xuan Ling said unhappily: "How is it arranged in the palace, Concubine Duan, as a noble concubine, plays the piano so well, how can she not be equipped with piano tools?" ”

Gonggong Tong first wrote it down in his notebook, and then said to another little eunuch: "You go to Zhou Shanggong, pass on the emperor's message, and ask her to send a piano to Baiyu Palace!" ”

Xuan Ling nodded, and the little eunuch was about to leave, when Yue'er suddenly shouted, "Wait-"

"Oh, what else does Concubine Duan have to say?"

Xuan Ling looked at Yue'er a little strangely.

"The concubine used Jing Guiyi's piano yesterday, and she felt very competent, so the emperor wanted to listen to the piano, and I wanted to go to Jing Guiyi to borrow it first, so I wouldn't bother Zhou Shanggong."

"What's going on?"

Xuan Ling listened to Yue'er as if there was a sound outside the strings.

"Zhou Shanggong's place, the concubine has applied for a piano, I think she should be arranged, Your Majesty is urging now, the concubine is afraid that she will misunderstand."

Yue'er said this, ostensibly sympathetic to Zhou Shanggong, but in fact, she wanted to deal with Jing Guiyi, because Jing Guiyi was willing to be a lackey for Lin Zhaoyi, and she arranged the last imperial chariot yesterday, if she didn't say a word, Jing Guiyi would be an accomplice in the future.

Xuan Ling nodded and praised: "Who said that Concubine Duan is not familiar with human feelings, it's not very good to do this!" He turned his head and said to the gentleman: "Official, you will personally go to Anhua Hall and bring Jing Guiyi's piano!" ”

Father-in-law Tong answered, turned around and went out.

Yue'er felt that Xuan Ling didn't say to borrow it, but to take it, which couldn't help but be a little strange, but it was better to do this, she got the piano herself, and she could return it if she wanted to, and if she didn't want to pay it back, she would keep it for herself, just to warn Jing Guiyi fiercely.

In fact, Xuan Ling said this, because he thought about it yesterday and felt that Jing Guiyi was too bold, because Jing Guiyi knew that she was in Anhua Palace, Chen Jieyu must have prepared in advance, they intended to target the prince, and when they went to the East Palace, they happened to catch a few officials bribing the prince, and their means of bribery were to deliberately lose money, and now those officials and Chen Jieyu entered the Zongzheng Mansion together.

Yue'er said that she borrowed the piano from Jing Guiyi, and Xuan Ling immediately became angry, and he said that he had already given face to take it.

Some guards brought chairs and screens to put in the garden, and at this time the red sun was in the sky, and although the snow on the ground had not melted, as long as there was no wind, it was still a little warm.

Xuan Ling sat down on the chair, his face facing the sun, squinted his eyes and said, "Wait and listen, is it the little Oiran who plays the piano well, or the concubine Duan!" ”

Zhaoju was silent.

"It must be Concubine Duan's mother, do you need to say this."

Zhao Heng is a horse with the pole.

Zhao Zhen grimaced at Yue'er.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is right, and the younger brother also thinks that Concubine Duan is good!"

Xuan Ling laughed and said, "Yes, yes, last time that little Oiran pushed back and refused to perform, I really have the heart to let her enter the palace and compare with Concubine Duan, to see who is good at singing, dancing, and playing the piano!" ”

Yue'er stood beside Xuan Ling, and said with a smile: "The emperor also has a concubine who is given a little oiran, and there is the emperor's imperial pen and ink treasure, and the Baiyu Palace must be full of brilliance." ”

Xuan Ling immediately became itchy, and when he heard others praise him for his good calligraphy and painting, he couldn't help but want to do it.

"Okay, get the pen!"

The little eunuch quickly took the four treasures of the study from the dragon chariot parked at the door, and spread them on a stone table, Yue'er saw that there were a lot of the four treasures of Xuanling's study, in addition to ink, there were more than a dozen colors such as cinnabar and garcinia cambogia, it seems that this Xuanling Emperor worked in Danqing, and it was not a false rumor.

Xuan Ling was full of interest and raised the pen in his hand, he groaned slightly, and wrote three big characters on the paper with thin gold font, these three words were drawn with gold hooks and iron, which were very powerful, but when Yue'er saw it, she was startled.

"Oiran, Your Majesty, did you write about Oiran?"

"Haha, exactly, how can the little Oiran be compared to the big Oiran, and besides, I have given the name of the Little Oiran to the princess of the Great Bird Country, and the big Oiran can compare to her!"

The crowd applauded.

Xuan Ling changed the pen, stamped the inscription, and Yue'er thanked her again.

At this time, before Gonggong Tong brought the piano, Xuan Ling glanced at Zhaoju and said, "Ju'er, you have lost your soul recently, have you lost your painting homework?" ”

Zhaoju stepped forward and saluted, "Erchen doesn't dare." ”

"Okay, then my father will test you, can you draw a picture of Lamei within ten steps?"

Zhaoju thought for a moment and nodded.

"Erchen try."

Zhao Heng stepped forward and said: "In ancient times, Cao Zhi made poems in seven steps, and now there are ten steps of King Sui to paint, which will definitely become a good story for the ages." ”

Yue'er saw that Zhaoju was silent, and she couldn't bear it.

"Your Majesty, if His Royal Highness King Sui can't complete a painting in ten steps, do you want to punish him?"

Xuan Ling nodded, and put up the shelf with a straight face.

"This is natural, if he can't draw or can't draw well, he will be punished with double grounding, and he will not be allowed to go out until he goes to the Great Bird Country!"

"So, what if it's done?"

"If you paint well, you will naturally be rewarded, but the punishment of grounding cannot be avoided, and he can enter the palace to paint with me for an hour every day."

Zhao Heng showed a look of jealousy on his face, being able to accompany Emperor Xuanling was something that other princes couldn't ask for, but Zhao Ju didn't have any expression, just sighed.

"Let's get started—"

Xuan Ling waved his hand.

Zhaoju walked to the stone table, picked up a wolf stick, groaned slightly, and began to put down the pen.

With his hands behind his back, Zhao Heng began to pace in the garden, calling out the numbers in his mouth with each step.

In the blink of an eye, she counted to three, and Yue'er saw that Zhaoju actually sketched a girl under the drawing paper, the girl was slender, although there were only a few brushstrokes, but she drew a lonely and lonely back.

When he counted to five, Zhaoju reached out and grabbed four brushes with both hands, he was full of ink, and pushed up on the drawing paper, only three numbers, and the painting had become a forest of dead branches.

At this time, Zhao Heng had already reached the eighth step, and he walked slowly, but there were pauses at every step, as if he was intending to help Zhao Ju.