Princess Renhe and Princess Deqing were completely fascinated by this simple animation, and watched it again and again, and begged Zhang Weizhao to draw more. Zhang Weizhao drew some kittens washing their faces, and the animation of the lamb jumping came out, which was very interesting, which made Princess Renhe and Princess Deqing worship her very much.

Not to mention the princesses, even the Queen Mother thought it was very interesting, and took it and watched it.

The joy of everyone made Zhang Weizhao suddenly think of an idea. When she was a child, she played with something called "diorama", and some people called it a small movie. In fact, it is a box, the lid of the box is equipped with a magnifying glass, there is a light source at the bottom, and the middle layer is placed on the picture, and people look close to the magnifying glass to look into the box, and the picture can be rotated to create the effect of the movie.

Zhang Weizhao felt that she could try to make this kind of diorama herself.

She begged the Queen Mother for a magnifying glass. This kind of thing is not popular now, it is extremely rare, but it is not difficult to find a magnifying glass in the palace, the Queen Mother doesn't know what she is tinkering with, but guesses what kind of novel play, so she quickly ordered someone to find a one for her. The lenses were not big, so Zhang Weizhao took them off and used them to make the sight glasses of the "diorama".

With lenses in hand, the next step is to find the right paper to act as a "film".

When Chen Youcong came to Changle Palace, Zhang Weizhao asked him if he could help her find a transparent and tough paper. Most of the rice paper used for writing and painting at that time was soft and unsuitable. It must be tough and not easy to tear.

The things that the prince wanted, the officials and prisoners naturally tried every means to get them. They presented them with top-quality mulberry paper, which was both translucent and tough, but slightly yellowish, not pure white.

It doesn't matter if it's not pure white, the pale yellow color is good for the eyes, and the material of the film is also available now.

Zhang Weizhao asked Chen Youcong again, where are the carpenters with good craftsmanship in the palace, and she wants to make some gadgets.

Chen Youcong said that it was good to leave it to him. Here Zhang Weizhao drew a sketch and handed it to Chen Youcong, and after two days of hard work, Chen Youcong handed over a small box with a runner to Zhang Weizhao.

The lid on top of the small box was inlaid with a magnifying glass, the side wall was fitted with a crank, and the bottom layer was covered with a thin and almost transparent layer of sheepskin.

This kind of leather was originally used to make shadow puppetry. Remove the sheepskin, soak it in lime water, soak it thoroughly and take it out to dry, then the sheepskin will become hard and brittle, and then scrape it with a knife, put it back to soak, and then take it out and scrape it thin, repeat it several times to achieve the effect of thin and bright transparent glass.

The money to buy only this piece of sheepskin is enough for an ordinary farmer's family to eat and drink for a month.

The box was in her hand, Zhang Weizhao raised the box to the lamp, and looked over and over again, the light transmission of the thin sheepskin was better than she thought, but unfortunately the glass material of the magnifying glass was not so good and not clear enough. But the glass-making process of this era is like this, and you can't ask for more.

You know, although the wealthy in China in the Yuan Dynasty had already begun to use magnifying glasses and glasses, at that time it was an absolute luxury, and a lens could be exchanged for a horse.

By the time of Dayan, glass was no longer as rare as it was in the Song and Yuan dynasties, but it was not something that ordinary people could see.

When the hardware was ready, Zhang Weizhao immediately started to create, and he still carried people behind his back to prevent everyone from seeing it. The more this is the case, the more curious the Queen Mother becomes, and she always chatters with Narcissus that she doesn't know what Zhang Weizhao is mysteriously about? chattered and chattered, but she did not use the power of the queen mother to let Zhang Weizhao report to her in detail.

Zhang Weizhao didn't do anything else, and it took three days to draw the scroll in the box. This scroll is actually a handmade "film".

After loading the scroll, Zhang Weizhao showed off her finished product with a proud face.

The first to watch the test screening was the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother did as Zhang Weizhao said, picked up the box with her left hand, pointed the end of the transparent leather to the candle flame, looked through the magnifying glass at the other end, and shook the handle on the side with her right hand.

This look stunned the old lady. The light diffused through the transparent parchment, illuminating the mulberry paper scroll stuck in the middle of the box, and when she shook the handle, she could see the fairy drawn on the paper, and suddenly moved, the fairy was painted with very simple brushstrokes, but the lines were smooth, and the wind was like the wind.

She stood against the wind on the cliff, leaped and soared, and flew through the clouds in an ethereal posture, flying higher and farther, and flowers fell from the sky and surrounded her. The fairy took a flower and smiled back. That's where the picture is frozen.

It's too tiring to make animation by hand, Zhang Weizhao wanted to draw a small story, but it was really difficult to complete it in a short time, so he first tried to draw such a "short video" to see the effect.

"Scared, this is really, really moving!" The Queen Mother didn't know how to express her shock in words.

For people living in the twenty-first century, they have long been accustomed to all kinds of screen ports, and they have become accustomed to any image on the screen.

But in the late nineteenth century, when movies first appeared, when the first moviegoers saw the walking crowd on the screen and the trains entering the station, many people were so frightened that they got up from their seats to avoid it, and some brave people wanted to lift the curtain to see if there were really crowds and trains coming behind them.

When films first entered China in the early 20th century, when they were first screened in Beijing, many ordinary people believed that foreigners had witchcraft and could use boxes to detain people's souls and listen to them.

Now although Zhang Weizhao has only made an ultra-short animated movie, the effect is still far worse than that of real people appearing on the screen, but seeing the still picture suddenly move, it presents a scene that is more beautiful than a dream, and it also brings a great visual impact to people.

If it weren't for the foreshadowing of the hand-turned animation booklet before, the Queen Mother would have been familiar with the principle, and she would really think that Zhang Weizhao had a spell.

Chen Youcong was also stunned by this thing, and he also held it and looked at it. He didn't know how Zhang Weizhao could come up with so many novel ideas.

Since Zhang Weizhao arrived at Changle Palace, there has been a lot of laughter in the palace. The Forbidden City is resplendent and complex, but the lines are stiff and the spirit is dark. And Zhang Weizhao is like the last finishing touch of the dragon, with this stroke, life seems to be suddenly a lot smarter.

If you think about it, she doesn't seem to have done anything big, just some trivial things. But these little things have brought a lot of changes in my mood to myself and my grandmother.

When she was on the tenth day of the first month, Queen Yu took Yu Miaoqing to greet the Queen Mother, and she was also shocked by the manual movie.

Yu Miaoqing had seen Zhang Weizhao's sketches before, and she already admired her, but now when she watched this little movie, she immediately became her fan.

Anyway, she often lives in the queen's Kunning Palace now, and she is called accompanying the queen. Kunning Palace is not far from the Queen Mother's Changle Palace, and it is very convenient for Yu Miaoqing to run here.

Zhang Weizhao's painting of the goddess scattered flowers, which caused her to itch, so she used a thin sheep's hair to start painting a scroll of Chang'e running to the moon.

The fine brushwork is meticulous and time-consuming. Yu Miaoqing painted for five days almost without leaving home, and finally painted it on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, took it to Changle Palace, and put it in the diorama for screening.

Yu Miaoqing's style is different from Zhang Weizhao's, Zhang Weizhao's paintings of ancient costume beauties are free and elegant, and when the wind rises, nothing seems to be able to stop her.

And Yu Miaoqing painted Chang'e dignified and elegant, with a slight sadness between her eyebrows, which has a unique charm.

On the afternoon of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Queen Yu, Yu Miaoqing, Chen Youcong and Zhang Weizhao gathered in the palace of the Queen Mother, taking turns to watch the small movies painted by Zhang Weizhao and Yu Miaoqing, and commenting on them in turn.

Zhang Weizhao smiled secretly in his heart. I made this originally to coax the two little princesses to play, but I didn't think that a group of adults would have fun first, and they didn't have time to show it to the children.

Even Xiangyu, Narcissus, Peony and Pothos, the close attendants of the Queen Mother, as well as Wenzhu, Ginkgo and Feng Hao around the Prince, all took the opportunity to watch. After watching the small movie, their shock was far stronger than that of the Queen Mother and Chen Youcong. Like the Queen Mother and Chen Youcong, after Zhang Weizhao's detailed explanation when they watched it, they were familiar with the production and working principles of small movies, so they were shocked and shocked, and they did not suspect that they were above spells and ghosts. And these attendants, who don't understand the principle, only feel that the spirit is very supernatural.

There have been many people secretly rumoring that Zhang Weizhao has magical powers before, and this rumor is even more confirmed.

The Queen Mother is very happy today. She originally loved to be lively, but the concubines in the palace have always been harmonious on the surface, but cold on the inside, even if they often come to greet the Queen Mother and make a flowery appearance, it is just a flower shelf.

And these people gathered in her palace now are indeed really enjoying a happy time. The Queen Mother looked at Chen Youcong, then at Zhang Weizhao and Yu Miaoqing, thinking that it would be good if this kind of excitement could continue forever.

The group was laughing in the hall, and suddenly a little eunuch came to report that the emperor had come to Changle Palace and had already entered the gate.

With the exception of the Queen Mother, all those who were seated stood up to greet them. The emperor came quickly, and strode into the palace to salute the queen mother.

Then the queen led everyone to salute the emperor.

After settling down for a while, Chen Jianjun said: "Today's mother's apse is lively. ”

The Queen Mother said: "We are looking at a rare object, and the emperor has never seen it before." ”

"What rarity? Show me? Chen Jianjun is also in a good mood today.

Narcissus came over with a diorama, and the Queen Mother personally demonstrated the use to Chen Jianjun. Chen Jianjun glanced over, what is so rare about such a small box in his heart? The queen mother is deliberately joking.

Who knew that according to the way the Queen Mother said, she looked through the mirror, but the emperor was shocked. He skimmed through it quickly, put it down, pondered for a moment, then picked it up again, and slowly shook the handle, as if to study it.