After the emperor asked me to paint portraits of all my lords, this matter is not airtight after all, more and more people are looking for me to paint, and those ladies in the palace are basically waiting for me to paint portraits according to their status, and for a while, my fame in the capital is known to everyone. Even Yang Liu teased: "Now that I say that I am sisters with you, those official ladies immediately respect me, don't you know, when I used to say that I used to be a dancing girl, those people were full of contempt." ”

I took her shoulder with one hand: "You also joke with me, this world still depends on ability to be recognized, your dancing skills are not bad, maybe one day you will become a generation of masters, Yang Liu, you were a dancing girl in the past, this is your background, you can't change it, I redeem myself for you, I hope you can play your best in the field you like, rather than being bound by the past." ”

"I know that Ethereal is different from other girls."

"Hey, my two sisters, one is a painter in the palace and the other is a well-known dancer among the people, and it seems that I don't have much to offer." The person who came was Ye Zijin, and she seemed to be holding something in her hand.

I quickly got up and greeted him: "You just haven't found the stage where you played, why do you have time to come and see me today?" ”

Zijin smiled: "In the past, my father didn't let me associate with you, saying that I was a dignified young lady, and what would it look like to be mixed up with a small person in the market, but now that you are in the limelight in the capital, my father asked me to give you a gift." As he spoke, he handed me the box in his hand.

Looking at Zijin's ridiculous look, I didn't dare to take what she had in her hand anyway, not because I couldn't trust her, but because I couldn't trust Master Ye behind her. I'm a painter, even if I'm famous in the capital, but after all, it's not a powerful figure, and it's not a great thing to paint a portrait of the emperor's concubines or ministers.

I have always been self-aware, I have met, I have served him, but I am not a celebrity in front of me, just by virtue of what I promise to others, I will not gain more than I lose in the future.

"Zijin, don't look at me now, I seem to be quite beautiful, I am a court painter, but I am in the palace, I have no right to speak at all, in this capital full of nobles, I am not anything, Lord Ye I dare not accept this gift, in case things are not done well, won't it affect you."

Zijin smiled slightly, took my hand, and stuffed the box into my hand: "I'm joking, this is my mother's relic, which was taken by my affectionate father to please Sifang, this time it was not easy to get it back with your strength, good sister, can you keep it for me for a while?"

I reluctantly accepted: "Ghost clever."

Zijin will tell me how to bring back the jewelry from the hands of the fourth aunt, it is nothing more than some fighting methods in the back house, although this girl is talking about the eyebrows flying and dancing, and it feels like a victory, but I always feel that a woman is trapped in the back house and fights with people, and it feels terrible to think about it. A lifetime of wisdom is used in the back house, after all, the world is too small, the vision is too small, this is not the whole of a person's life.

"Zijin, have you ever thought that that home made you so unhappy, so you simply moved out and lived with us?"

"Sister Ethereal, in fact, I had such an idea in the days of the New Year, don't hide it from the two sisters in those days, my father wanted me to marry the little marquis of Zheng Guohou's mansion as a concubine, if it weren't for Sister Ethereal who knew what to eat would cause red spots, I was afraid that a small sedan chair would be carried into Zheng Guohou's mansion."

"No wonder you asked me about this a few days ago." I thought about it, Zheng Guohou Mansion, it sounds very familiar: "Is the Zheng Guohou Mansion you are talking about the grandfather's house of His Majesty the Emperor." ”

"Exactly, Ethereal has become a court painter, but he is more sensitive to the court."

"I've painted a portrait of an old lady, and I just think it's a very stern old lady. If you enter their mansion, I am afraid that life will be difficult, let alone being a concubine, you are doing the right thing. ”

Zijin smiled, and then showed a sad expression: "But after my face is better now, my father still wants to send me out." ”

Everyone was silent for a while, I have no power or power now, and I can only complain a few times at most about this situation, but it is useless in the end, Yang Liu probably remembered his experience of being almost sent out, but he also understood that Zijin's situation was still different from his own, and he could only follow the silence.

"And what are you going to do?"

"I can escape marriage once, and there will be a second time, anyway, that home has no meaning for me."

This is the ancient times, the marriage of daughters was only used as a bargaining chip to cling. I can't help but think of my old man, in his eyes, my happiness is more important than anything else. However, Ye Zijin's realization makes me very pleased, and the ancient girl dared to run away from marriage!

This day was finally free, the three of us decided to go shopping together, the ancient people generally went to the temple fair, I cleaned up a little, or put on men's clothes, before I knew that my face was very good-looking, and I felt complacent, took advantage, but later entered the palace, to paint a portrait of the concubine, this gorgeous-looking concubine, really did not live up to her flamboyant appearance, the personality is also very flamboyant, she flamboyantly said: "As a painter, always remember your duty, Don't think that His Majesty the Emperor will not be able to recognize your identity if he looks at you more than once. At that time, this lady was still rolling her eyes, it turned out that there was really a girl like Concubine Hua in this palace, I was very pleased.

Then this gorgeous concubine commented from my face to my hairstyle, and then to the clothes, this era for me to engage in art, especially the girl seems to have no hard and fast rules, but the style is not too out of line, so I changed the ancient clothes, so that I can make it easier for me to draw when I roll up my sleeves, on this issue, Li Concubine expressed her disgust, and felt that a woman with sleeves is too unorthodox.

After that, I commented on my hairstyle, when I first came to ancient times, how could I have such a complicated hairstyle in ancient times, just tie it casually, as long as it doesn't affect it, and then I learned to tie some simple hairstyles with Yang Liu, sometimes for convenience or make it into a scorpion braid or something, well, this has become a delusional evidence of hooking up with His Majesty the Emperor, and that's how Concubine Li Niangniang understands it.

This ancient is really stifling the unconventional, it's really not inclusive, I don't even plan to hook up with the emperor, why is she so prescient? And so jealous, can this be a good concubine? Falling in love with the emperor is not death.

Then, the queen mother sent me a grandmother, saying that she was busy some time ago, and this time let me learn the etiquette of the palace, if it weren't for the fact that I was an official in the imperial court, this grandmother would be incarnated as a grandmother, after a period of destruction, I concluded that it was difficult to be a woman in ancient times, and it was really terrible to be a woman in the palace.

So, now I try to dress up as much as possible when I go outside, it's simple, and it's not so restrictive.