"Miss Zhang is too modest. I see that your painting technique is unique, which is different from the painting schools of Yanbei, Central Plains, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Are you,...... Western painting? Yu Miaoqing asked.

"Exactly." Zhang Weizhao kept a smile on his face, but he was very surprised in his heart. Yu Miaoqing also knows Western paintings? How did she find out?

"It's strange that the characters are so vivid! A few years ago, when I was in Hangzhou with my father, an old missionary from Franc came to visit and presented the bridge engineering drawings, the dimensions and structures, which were precise and clear, and my father was very happy, so he asked him to come and walk around often. He learned that I liked painting, and once showed me a small statue of the Virgin that he had treasured, which was clearly depicted even the hair and folds of the clothes, and the people in the painting had vivid expressions and vivid eyes. When I look at the portrait painted by Miss Zhang, there seems to be something in common with the portrait of the old missionary. That's why I asked. I wonder how Miss Zhang was able to learn this kind of painting skill? "Yu Miaoqing's father is the elder brother of Empress Yu, and he is currently the left waiter of the Ministry of Works, and he is the third product. A few years ago, when he was the head of the Ministry of Industry, he went to Hangzhou to supervise the dredging of rivers and the repair of bridges, and stayed for a while.

"I also learned it when I was a young boy with a Western missionary." Zhang Weizhao replied briefly.

"Do you have a picture of the Virgin Mary of a loving mother holding a fat white baby?" Chen Youcong suddenly asked.

"Exactly! It turns out that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also familiar with Western paintings? Yu Miaoqing was very surprised, and looked at Chen Youcong with shining eyes, but Chen Youcong smiled and did not answer. The Virgin with the baby in her arms is Chen Youcong's favorite sand tool in the sandbox game, but he doesn't want others to know.

Queen Yu said: "The prince is good at reading and painting. The best thing is to walk grass, although I don't specialize in painting, but my vision is first-class. If you can get the prince's comments, it will be of great help to you to improve your painting skills. ”

"In this way," Yu Miaoqing was deeply blessed by Chen Youcong: "Little girl is courageous, if His Royal Highness the Prince is free, please give me advice." ”

"What's so hard about that?" The Queen Mother said with a smile: "Since you have entered the palace to accompany the queen, the Kunning Palace where the queen lives is not far from Changle Palace, you often come and go, your paintings are very eye-catching, what is good, also take it to the mourning family to see." ”

"Obey the Commandment!" Yu Miaoqing knelt down to thank him.

Zhang Weizhao, who was standing on the side as a background board, breathed a sigh of relief, and I said why I talked about my painting today, in fact, it was just a stepping stone. The stepping stone is good, I don't have to appear again after crossing the river.

Ye Tongying's hand hidden in her sleeve twisted the handkerchief tightly. Okay, today, taking advantage of the concubine's Qianqiu banquet, Queen Yu dared to hide from the world and get a niece into the palace, and she also showed off her painting skills in front of the prince. Not to mention the painting skills, it is bound to use this as an excuse to entangle the prince in the future. And the queen mother also looks happy to see it, maybe she has already discussed it with the queen. She had to hurry back to Anxi Palace to inform her aunt.

Ye Tongying endured her anger and returned to Anxi Palace, and told Jin Guifei what she had seen and heard in Changle Palace today, and said angrily: "She has such a big face!" He actually dared to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for painting skills. The prince is good at books, but not good at drawing. Blind people can see what she has in mind. ”

Jin Guifei played with a fan in her hand, muttered silently, and said after a while: "What does the prince say?" ”

The prince didn't say anything. However, the Queen Mother agreed and asked her to go to Changle Palace often. Today, the prince has more to say to me than usual," Ye Tongying's face showed a sweet look when he said this, "He gave my puppy the name Longevity." It is said that it is such a big puppy, and it can't be suppressed by calling it a too elegant or majestic name, so I hope it grows up safely and carefree, so it is called longevity. ”

"Hmm. Everything else is false, you can find out the prince's temperament, and winning his favor is the most important thing. ”

"Mother, I want to learn to draw too." Ye Tongying pursed her lips and said coquettishly.

"How many years have people been learning to paint, is it too late for you to learn painting now?" Jin Guifei frowned. "With this kung fu, it's better to practice more calligraphy. Isn't the prince a good book? You should ask him more about how to learn how to write. After thinking about it, he said:

"Actually, these are the last tricks. The emperor and the crown prince are both temperamental, you can capture his heart, and everything else is easy to say. You can't grasp his heart, no matter how young and beautiful you are, how talented you are, it's useless. ”

These are the heartfelt words of Jin Guifei.

"But how can we capture the heart of the prince?" The person Ye Tongying admires most in her life is Jin Guifei, so she seized every opportunity to ask Jin Guifei for advice.

Jin Guifei sighed secretly in her heart, what kind of kung fu is this? And in addition to working hard, it depends on whether God gives you a chance. "Not at this time, take your time." ”

"Yes!" Ye Tongying bowed her head and replied.

Jin Guifei took the fan and shook it: "The prince is old, and he should have his own palace and move out of the queen mother's palace." I will go and advise the Emperor. ”

Ye Tongying raised her head when she heard this, and her eyes lit up: "Niangniang has a point!" When she wanted to say something more, Jin Guifei said, "You go down." I'm tired of tossing and turning for a day. ”

"Yes!" Ye Tongying retreated as she said.

Jin Guifei pressed a fan against her chin and looked thoughtfully at a painting hanging on the wall.

"A Mass of Harmony and Gas".

This is painted by Emperor Chen Jianjun himself. If there is anyone in this palace who is good at painting, the most top-notch is actually the emperor Chen Jianjun. He is one of the few geniuses who is both good at writing and freehand.

He is said to be a genius, not because he is the emperor and the people around him deliberately flatter the high hat he wears, but because he does have this talent.

He was a sensitive and thoughtful person. Because of this, the suffering he suffered in his early years was particularly heavy and unbearable for him.

Painting is a way for him to escape from the world and soothe himself. When he was a child, it was Jin Ling'er who accompanied him to immerse himself in pen and ink every day. Emperor Shu saw that he was immersed in pen and ink and did not like to read history and biography, so he relaxed his vigilance against him.

This "Picture of a Harmonious Atmosphere" was painted by Chen Jianjun as a gift to Jin Ling'er after Chen Youcong recognized his father and was named the crown prince, and hung it in Anxi Palace.

The emperor wanted his harem to be harmonious.

How can it be so easy to be harmonious? Even if I want to be kind, others may not want to. Jin Ling'er looked indifferent.

It's about to be the middle of the month, and it's time for Zhang Weizhao to go out of the palace to visit Zhang Rongkun. Just when Zhang Weizhao just began to help the prince "Qing Xiu", he once told the Queen Mother that he needed the master's help in making tools and medicines, and whether he could return to Xuan Miaoguan once every half a month, and the Queen Mother allowed it. Therefore, on the fifteenth day of the first month of each month, Zhang Weizhao can go back to Xuanmiaoguan for half a day.

However, August 15 is a special day, Zhang Weizhao went to the Queen Mother to take leave, and wanted to accompany the master to enjoy the moon and eat moon cakes on the night of the 15th. Empress Dowager Liu was grateful for her filial piety, so she was allowed to leave the palace on the morning of August 15, stay in Xuanmiaoguan at night, and return to the palace before noon the next day.

Zhang Weizhao used to look back every time he came and went in a hurry, in the morning he saw the master to talk for a while, exchanged his experience in practicing medicine, had a meal at noon, packed up his things in the afternoon, and was about to go back to the palace. This time, Zhang Weizhao was very happy to be able to stay in Xuanmiaoguan for a whole day, and he could also stay in his original room for one night.

Before she reached the Xuan Miao Temple, she could already see Zhang Rongkun smiling and twisting her beard waiting for her in the gate.

Zhang Weizhao saw the tall figure of the master standing by the door from a distance, and felt solid and warm in his heart. It's better to look back, comfortable, leisurely and fulfilling, and you can sleep extra well at night. She stayed in the palace for a few months, and she became more and more aware of how kind the master was to her when she was with Zhang Rongkun.

I haven't seen each other for half a month, and the master and apprentice have a lot to say. Zhang Rongkun first introduced Zhang Weizhao into his study and showed her what she had asked him to do when she came back last time.

"Master, it's done so quickly?" Zhang Weizhao was very pleasantly surprised.

It's a wooden twisting car. The body is polished very smooth, the body is painted red, and the saddle and handlebars are painted royal blue. Because it was for the princess, flowers were carved on the front of the car as decoration.

This is the last time Zhang Weizhao came with a pattern and explained the principle and purpose to Zhang Rongkun, and Zhang Rongkun asked a carpenter to make it. Zhang Weizhao put most of the rewards he received in the master's place, and if he wanted anything, he asked the master to deduct the fee from here. But the master said that there was no hurry, these rewards were saved for her first, because of her entry into the palace, the master's worth is now getting higher and higher, and it is not bad for money.

Zhang Weizhao didn't expect that his entry into the palace would bring this effect at first, but it was reasonable to think about it.

Zhang Weizhao went up and sat down first, the seat was comfortable and moved smoothly, giving her the illusion of returning to her previous life. In her previous life, she was the one who often mixed with the children and grabbed the twisting bike and skateboarding with the children.

Zhang Rongkun also felt very interesting to see Zhang Weizhao riding a twisting car, but unfortunately he was too tall, otherwise he would have wanted to go up and give it a try.

After trying the twisting car, Zhang Rongkun and Zhang Weizhao each talked about their recent experience of practicing medicine. Zhang Rongkun beat the forceps according to the pattern given by Zhang Weizhao, but no midwife was willing to try it, feeling that the iron tool was cold and easy to hurt people. Although Zhang Rongkun knew the usage from Zhang Weizhao, he could not enter the delivery room, and there was no way to clearly demonstrate the use of forceps.

Zhang Weizhao couldn't help but think that if he was there, as a woman, it would be much easier to carry out. But she also understands that the implementation and promotion of every new initiative is not so easy, especially in a relatively traditional, conventionalistic society.

Take your time, let's take our time, Zhang Weizhao and Zhang Rongkun both said.

After lunch, seeing that the sun was just right, Zhang Weizhao took his bedding and pillow to the backyard to dry. I just returned to the front yard and found that a guest had visited.