On the one hand, although An Ronghua attaches great importance to the talents and qualities of the beauties and hopes to run for the best among them, on the other hand, he is also concerned about Xia Bingwen's preference.

One day at leisure, An Ronghua arranged for court painters to paint portraits for the beauties.

"Before the beauties entered the palace, there were already portraits presented, so why bother to paint them again. Xia Huaijin asked.

"What do you know, those portraits before entering the palace, the expressions of thick ink and color, the depictions that promote strengths and avoid weaknesses, are very different from real people, and they are extremely unreal. An Ronghua was thoughtful, "Lord Wang, you must not be interested in the beauties in the world, so you have never appreciated the portraits of beauties, right?"

"But what do you want to do with this portrait?"

"I have my own intentions. An Ronghua sold Guanzi.

The painting time was long, An Ronghua was just bored watching from the sidelines, watching a young woman in her prime and the palace scenery melt on the paper, very envious.

"Is the prince idle and boring?" An Ronghua asked purposefully, "Why don't you ask you to paint a picture for me." ”

Xia Huaijin did not refuse An Ronghua's reasonable request, An Ronghua chose a rockery that was not very beautiful as the background, and she climbed half of it directly and sat at a half-height place.

Xia Huaijin couldn't help but be moved by An Ronghua's youthful excitement, and calmed down and began to paint. Normal painting should be depicted by the painter looking at the painter, but Xia Huaijin is more and more detached from An Ronghua's existence, completely expressing it from the heart, and between the strokes, the person who emerges is still An Ronghua.

Xia Huaijin stopped his pen and fell into it deeply, he painted the person he was obsessed with, but he couldn't tell the difference from Gu Nu at all.

"What's wrong?" An Ronghua asked, "but it's finished?"

Xia Huaijin looked up at Gu Nu, she shouldn't be her, even if it was a long time ago, she wouldn't climb onto the rockery and let herself paint for it.

"It's done. Xia Huaijin put down the pen.

An Ronghua couldn't wait to see how beautiful it would be for him to enter Xia Huaijin's paintings. She was anxious about how to go down, but Xia Huaijin came over and stretched out her hand for her.

"Be careful. Xia Huaijin looked at the sun, the sun dimmed his eyes, and he couldn't see Gu Nu and An Ronghua clearly.

An Ronghua couldn't help but be overjoyed, entrusted his hand to Xia Huaijin, jumped down from the rockery in two steps without any scruples, and landed steadily in front of him.

But the heartbeat is ups and downs.

"Let me see how you draw?"

An Ronghua was so shy that she ran away, in front of the painting, she was very satisfied with Xia Huaijin's painting skills, in a painting, the girl sat on the rockery, comfortable, carefree, lively and smart, people and scenery are integrated.

Stored all the portraits of beauties, and finished work in one day. Without telling Xia Huaijin, An Ronghua walked out of the Shattered Moon Xuan with all the portraits.

On the west wall at sunset, on the palace of diligence, the imperial eunuch Xiao Chengzi sent a tea snack for Xia Bingwen.

"The emperor has been reviewing and folding for a whole day, and the servants are really worried when they look at it, so the emperor should rest for a while. Xiao Chengzi said distressedly.

Xia Bingwen put it down after reading the fold in his hand, took the tea offered by Xiao Chengzi and drank it all, all as a thirst quenching.

"When I was not in power, these major affairs of the country were handled by the queen mother, and I always resented the queen mother for not playing with me all day long, and now I realize the hard work of the queen mother. I have always been reluctant to accept discipline, and resisted the queen mother's dedication to me. Xia Bingwen thought to himself: How good it would be if it was the queen mother.

"The Queen Mother does have strict requirements for the emperor, but it is all for the emperor to become a generation of Ming Jun. Now that the emperor governs the country thoroughly, and all officials surrender, the queen mother will be pleased. ”

"Little Chengzi, I really miss my mother. "Xia Bingwen is not only the emperor, but also the son of his mother.

Xia Bingwen was thinking about it, and An Ronghua suddenly walked in by the door, as if falling from the sky in an afterglow.

Xia Bingwen's eyes lit up, and he had a sense of déjà vu with this uninvited guest.

"Bold slave, how dare you trespass into the Diligent Palace!"

"Dare minions, dare to yell at me!"

An Ronghua shouted at Xiao Chengzi, he walked up to stop him, he really hadn't seen this woman, and she wasn't dressed as a palace maid.

"Are you an assassin?" said Sumiko.

"If I am an assassin who can enter this palace of diligence, all the people inside and outside me should be pushed out and beheaded. An Ronghua said as if he was indeed doing something, and stepped forward to face Xia Bingwen unhindered.

"Are you...... Valley girl. Xia Bingwen remembered.

"It's me. An Ronghua was not afraid, and his attitude in front of Xia Bingwen was completely different from that of others.

"Don't you kneel down and salute when you see the emperor?" Xiao Chengzi's eyes pretended to be calm and fierce, but they were not presentable.

"I can't kneel, because I represent the Queen Mother. An Ronghua has no fear.

"Queen Mother!" Xia Bingwen exclaimed.

"Hey......" An Ronghua replied subconsciously, but changed his words in time, "The mourning family wants you to assist Prince Jin to choose the most perfect queen for the emperor on behalf of the mourning family, and the queen mother ordered me like this." ”

"It's really scared to death!" Xiao Chengzi looked confused.

"Does the queen mother have something to say to me?" Xia Bingwen looked forward to it.

"Of course there is, I dared to find the emperor in private, it was the Queen Mother's intention to convey it. ”

Xiao Chengzi was dissatisfied with the sudden emergence of a valley girl, but after all, she was the queen mother's person, and he couldn't say anything, so he could only serve tea and water on the side, but the valley girl was able to stand with Xia Bingwen and enjoy the beautiful portrait paintings.

"The Queen Mother said that although it is a national event after the election, the emperor himself needs to really like it in order to get along with it and stay with it for a lifetime. The relationship between the emperor and the queen is stable, and it is a good thing for the country and the people. An Ronghua's tone was full of the mother's affection for the child.

The Queen Mother would have thought so. Xia Bingwen was relieved.

"Isn't it normal to worry about the marriage of the emperor after becoming a mother?" An Ronghua was serious.

"That's not what I meant, the Queen Mother's idea has always been to put state affairs first, and I was just surprised that she would say that it is important that I like it. ”

"Silly emperor, the queen mother once put national affairs first, and did not understand your difficulties, this is a lifelong event, the queen mother will definitely not only worry about the country, you are the queen mother's own son!" An Ronghua sighed silently.

Xia Bingwen flipped through the portraits brought by An Ronghua, beautiful, extraordinary temperament, beautiful appearance, each with its own merits. He stopped suddenly, and An Ronghua was anxious to see that it was actually a portrait of Xie Jinshu.

"You don't really like your cousin, she is not suitable for the queen, she is pampered and arrogant, her talent is ordinary, and she has no motherly demeanor, she is definitely not suitable!" An Ronghua commented to himself.

Even Xiao Chengzi heard that he disliked An Ronghua's arrogance, but fortunately Xia Bingwen had a gentle temperament and didn't care about her "speechlessness".

"I just haven't seen my cousin for a long time, and when I see the portrait, I think of her. ”

Xia Bingwen is nothing more, but An Ronghua's comments on Xie Jinshu are exactly the same as what his mother once said.

"Just looking at this portrait, how do I know how to choose a woman who can not only take on the responsibility of motherhood in the world, but also conform to my own heart?" Xia Bingwen asked himself.

"If the emperor doesn't understand their talents and qualities, I and the prince will consider and screen them for you, you just need to see if there are people who meet your eyes among these beauties, and I will pay more attention to them in the future. An Ronghua explained.

Xia Bingwen simply selected a few as he said, but suddenly saw the last portrait, and instead glanced at An Ronghua, who was staring at the thick stack of folds and brooding.

"Is this you?" Xia Bingwen handed the portrait to An Ronghua's eyes.

"Huh?" An Ronghua reacted suddenly, only to realize that he had forgotten to take out his portrait, "It's me, when the portraits of the beauties were boring, they asked me to draw one too." ”

An Ronghua stretched out his hand to take the painting, but Xia Bingwen carefully commented on it: "This painting technique does not seem to be from the hands of the painter in the palace, but it seems to be ...... Uncle Wang's handwriting. ”

Xia Huaijin's talent is unrivaled by no one inside and outside the imperial capital, Xia Bingwen was also taught by him when he was a child, so he naturally understands Xia Huaijin's style.

"I asked him to draw it for me. An Ronghua admitted, but there was a different taste in his heart.

"Uncle Wang is obviously a dragon and a phoenix among people, both civil and military, talented and beautiful, and it is difficult to find a second person in the world to compare with him, but he has always seemed to have no nostalgia for the false name in the world. This is the case with Uncle Wang in Xia Bingwen's memory, "But this painting is bright and cheerful, and the characters are depicted with great emotion." ”

"I guess I was more active at the time. An Ronghua put his portrait aside and continued to talk to Xia Bingwen about the beauties.

Xia Bingwen selected several portraits, including Qin Sujin and Gu Nanxi, who are also relatively prominent beauties in the four arts competitions so far.

"This Qin Sujin is indeed very talented, calm and atmospheric, and has an outstanding temperament. This Gu Nanxi is silent, unsmiling, and always alone. ”

The time alone with Xia Bingwen passed quietly, and An Ronghua only took away his portrait, reluctant to get along with his son for a long time.

"He has always been the king of a country, and he must hold up a piece of the sky by himself, even if he is the queen mother, he should let him take charge of the world. He will one day be a husband and an adult parent, and he will never be the emperor in the arms of the mourning family for the rest of his life. An Ronghua couldn't help but feel sad, if there was her only nostalgia in this palace, it would only be Xia Bingwen, her biological son.

An Ronghua returned to the Shattered Moon Pavilion with a red nose, and Gonggong Yin and Aunt Ci were reporting to Xia Huaijin to complete the next procedure.

"Hello Miss Valley. ”

"Father-in-law Yin is good, Aunt Ci is good. "An Ronghua is already a valley girl.

"Why is Gu Nu's nose a little red?" asked Aunt Guan.

"It's just choking on the wind, you can go back and rest if you're fine, there is still a long time to be busy. An Ronghua is very gentle and kind.

The minion stepped back first. ”

After Father-in-law Yin and Aunt Ci walked away, An Ronghua saw Xia Huaijin standing in the door of the house at noon, and one sadness involved another.

An Ronghua walked towards Xia Huaijin with a flick of affection, closed the door with a "snap", and threw himself into Xia Huaijin without saying a word, hugging him tightly, this suddenness made him overwhelmed.

"Don't push me away, I'm sad at the moment and have nowhere to go. "An Ronghua is not begging for mercy.

"What the hell happened?"

"You can feel that feeling, if one day Xiao Liang'er marries a wife and has children, and you will no longer be his closest father, I feel like this now. An Ronghua explained.

Xia Huaijin couldn't associate this feeling with Gu Nu, but she forcibly snuggled in his arms, only teaching Xia Huaijin that her mind was blank and she couldn't resist.