"The prince wants to use the Shijing fish tank to collect debts?"

Steward Liu not only did not dispel doubts, but was even more surprised, and asked with wide eyes: "I don't know how much debt that woman owes, and you want to use your favorite playthings to collect debts?" ”

Yuwen Mingchuan said: "I owe too much, it's hard to calculate it for a while, wait for the person who finds her to turn over the account book." ”

Steward Liu's heart jumped, he knew that the prince had always regarded silver as a weed in the courtyard, the wildfire could not be burned, and the spring breeze blew and reborn.

The debt that can make the prince so important must be a shocking amount of money.

"In short, after the Shijing Fish Tank is delivered, you send a few people with good eyesight to monitor day and night, and you must find out the people on the painting." Yuwen Hakugawa commanded.

"Don't worry, when you come back, this woman will be in the prison of Jingzhao Mansion." Steward Liu assured.

"There is no need to alarm the government," Yuwen Mingchuan thought for a moment, and then admonished, "Invite her politely to stay at home, treat her as a guest, she will give her whatever she wants, but you must keep her until I return." ”

"Yes."

Steward Liu couldn't help but sigh in his heart. In these years, it is the grandfather who owes the debt, and the grandson who collects the debt, which is true.

So, Yuwen Mingchuan threw a soft silk painting scroll into Steward Liu's arms, and he immediately set off for Beijing and went to Yuncheng to run the emperor's errand.

Steward Liu opened the scroll, was stunned for a moment, and then covered his face and sighed.

After so many years, the prince who loves Danqing still pays more attention to freehand than to pen. Who can comprehend the thoughts of the prince, and who can recognize what kind of face the woman in this painting is born in the woman who steps on the seven-colored clouds and her hair flutters in the wind to cover half of her face?

Generally speaking, if you want people to follow the map, you must at least draw your eyebrows, eyes, nose and mouth clearly, right?

You can't just use three points to summarize the eyes and mouth, where does this woman's nose grow? We grass people can't understand your thoughts!

Fortunately, being able to be the housekeeper of the God of Wealth's family, Steward Liu is not an ordinary character.

He quickly thought of a feasible solution, so he quickly gathered fifteen painters in the capital who were good at fine brushwork, and asked them to gather in front of a palm-sized bronze mirror, as long as he saw a woman with a new face in the mirror, he would draw it as quickly as possible, and then re-draw the detailed painting later. In this way, when the son of the world returns, he can look at it one by one.

At the beginning, the painters still couldn't understand, let them sit around in front of a sleek bronze mirror, where was the "woman" that Steward Liu said, why couldn't they see it?

Soon, when a woman's face appeared in the bronze mirror, the painters did not care about the amazement and hurriedly devoted themselves to painting.

The woman was dressed as a maid, and one after another, many women dressed as maids appeared, and through the bronze mirror, you could see their faces talking and laughing, but no sound could be heard.

They also looked at it at a strange angle, as if they were all around the side of a large well, looking down.

And the painters all seem to be sitting at the "bottom of the well", looking up at the person in the mirror.

Because before entering the palace, the painters all collected a lot of money, and the people of the palace agreed with them that they should only bury their heads in work and not ask questions. Therefore, they all hid their doubts, studied ink and laid paper, and put every woman's face that appeared in the bronze mirror on the end of the pen.

After half a day's work, fifteen painters worked together to draw dozens of young girls dressed as maids, and a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl wearing a green gown who looked like a young lady.

That night, the palace entertained them with sumptuous wine and food, and arranged for them to stay in the guest room and continue painting the next day.

The painter in the lead is the tolerance painter in the yamen who is responsible for painting the portrait of the Jiang Yang thief who is posted on the poster. He had a lot of friendship with Steward Liu, and quietly inquired after the meal: "Like this, how many days will it take to paint?" ”

Steward Liu said: "As long as there are new faces, they will be left on the paper as they are, but it is estimated that the number of new faces will gradually decrease, and in two days, one or two of you will be left on duty, and the others will be able to leave the house." ”

The painter relied on his friendship and couldn't help but ask: "What kind of treasure is that, why can you see someone in another place through the bronze mirror, but the other party obviously can't see us here?" ”

Steward Liu said: "It is a magic weapon that writes the ancient formation, the only one in the world, rare and rare, the master who made the magic weapon named it 'Mirage', which means that this treasure is like a mirage in nature, and you can see the scene thousands of miles away." ”

The painter was stunned: "I see! What an eye-opener! ”

Steward Liu said: "In ancient times, people who fought in wars used such treasures to spy on the military and exchange news. Now the treasure has fallen into the hands of our son, and it has become a tool for appreciation and play, and it has been given a more apt name, called 'sitting on the well and watching the sky'. ”

The painter said: "Sure enough, the young girls seem to be standing on the mouth of the well, and we are like sitting at the bottom of the well and painting them." ”

Steward Liu smiled: "You tell everyone that the painting must be extremely meticulous and lifelike, and these paintings are all to be presented to the prince." If you are satisfied, you will be rewarded. ”

"Good, good! You can rest assured! The painter nodded.

After a while, the painter began to mutter, for no reason, why does the prince want to see so many portraits of women?

Until he went to bed, the painter was still thinking about it, and finally wondered if the taste was coming, is the prince going to use this method to choose a concubine?

After all, there are too many women in the world, and the prince can't see it at all, so he uses this method similar to throwing hydrangeas and hitting the sky to get married, whoever appears in the bronze mirror is the "destined person" of the prince. If you meet the eyes of the son of the world again, this marriage will be inseparable!

Thinking of this, the painter couldn't help but get excited, and he got up in his clothes and went back and forth in the room twice.

At this moment, what he was thinking in his heart was that how many women appeared in the mirror, and what their faces were, except for them, no one else knew. Among the painters, he was the leader, and all the paintings were also collected by him and presented to Steward Liu.

Draw a few photos that look thin in color, it is impossible for the prince to look at them, plus in the mansions of several princes, everyone who has always admired the prince very much, no one will notice it at all.

Not to mention the great benefits that can be reaped from it, even the portraits of the artist's own daughter and niece can also be mixed in, maybe they will enter the eyes of the son?

Although it is not very kind to receive the rich pen of the palace, it is really not kind to fish in troubled waters like this, but after all, it is a good thing to match marriage, in case it is a match made in heaven by mistake, he will become an old man under the moon!

Isn't this kind of bridge also common on the stage?

After pondering in this way, the painter was more determined in his thoughts.

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Until the early morning of the next day, Dong Qianmo, the one the prince was really looking for, didn't go to the close probe of the fish tank to take a look, so he couldn't get into the painting paper of the palace.

When she went to the old lady to ask for peace, Aunt Tang told Dong Qianmo angrily that the Shijing fish tank that was now placed in the Fengyu Zhai courtyard should have been the dowry of her daughter Xianpei. It was only because the old lady was compassionate that she thought about it for a while, and the thing fell into Dong Qianmo's hands.

Aunt Tang has such a will, Dong Qianmo is an informed and interesting person, she didn't pretend not to understand, and immediately promised to "return" the gift given by the prince to Aunt Tang.

The real beauty of the Shijing Fish Tank, Dong Qianmo didn't know, but he just felt that things were a little suspicious. I just met twice in the palace the night before, and she wanted to use birds to send a message out of the palace, but she was also intercepted by Yuwen Mingchuan, why did something from the palace be delivered the next day?

Now Aunt Tang wants to push the boat down the river and get the fish tank of unknown origin away.

Aunt Zong Xiangyue came over to call, so Dong Qianmo walked to the card table, stood behind the old lady, and looked at them with a smile.

Dominoes are a kind of eyesight and memory gadgets, and the old lady can't play any of Dong Taishi, Song and Dong Lianyue, but she is also very interested in this way.

When the cards were right, the three of them had to let the old lady, and they couldn't do it too obviously, so that the old lady lost the card.

After a long time, Taishi Dong and the Song family were a little anxious in their hearts, because they both came today with their own stomachs of things, and they wanted to coax the old lady to be happy, stand on their side, and nod their heads in agreement.

And Dong Qianmo looked at the card game and found out about this situation, so he openly acted as a "bad guy", opened his mouth and gave the old lady two good cards, so that the old lady won smoothly.

The old lady was happy, and told Dong Taishi and other card friends with a straight face, "This is not an old body cheating, dominoes are different from Go, and bystanders can open their mouths to advise!" ”

Mrs. Dong secretly praised the fourth daughter for doing the right thing, and echoed the old lady, "Mother is reasonable, the cards should be active to have fun." ”

After two more rounds, Mrs. Dong said: "Qianmo, you come to fight for your father, I still have something in front of me." ”

Dong Qianmo smiled and said: "My daughter hasn't figured out the way yet, I want to watch two more games, or let Aunt Zong take on her father's shortcomings." ”

So Mrs. Dong sat on the sandalwood comb back chair on the side, and her aunt Zong Xiangyue went up.

The old lady focused on the leisure of looking at the cards, took the time to glance at Master Dong, raised her eyebrows and asked, "Since the things are busy in front of you, why is the master still sitting here." ”

Mrs. Dong half-tilted his face, his expression was a little sneering, he wanted to say something, and he wanted to wait a little longer.

So Dong Qianmo continued: "Ancestor, the ginseng jujube tea here is particularly delicious, even the tea concocted with the same medicinal materials in the Queen Mother's palace is not as good as this, father, he wants to drink another cup of your tea." ”

Her words made the old lady laugh, and she also relieved Mrs. Dong. The old lady instructed the maid: "Give the master a new cup of tea." ”

Because Dong Qianmo mentioned the palace, the Song family spoke at the right time and asked: "Little Si, it was too late to ask yesterday, why did you come back alone, what about your second sister and cousin-in-law?" Why don't I go with you? ”

"Well......" Dong Qianmo thought about it, "Cousin-in-law, I won't see her as soon as I enter the palace, maybe I'm going to visit the concubine Niangniang, as for the second sister......" When he said this, his tone dragged on.

"Xuanying, what's wrong with her?" Song's face was calm as usual, and he was already a little anxious in his heart.

"I don't know either," Dong Qianmo smiled apologetically, "Actually, as soon as I entered the palace, my second sister and I were separated. ”

"Separated? How so? Song asked in a tight voice. The old lady next to her urged her to wipe the cards, and she had to pay attention back to the table.

At the critical moment of the card game, Dong Qianmo stared at the old lady's cards and let out a crisp smile: "Hehe, the ancestor's luck is really good, as long as you play out the six and seven in this game, you can go up with a goldfish double hook." ”

The old lady followed her instructions, and sure enough, she won another round, smiled from ear to ear, and praised Dong Qianmo for being a dexterous child.

Dong Lianyue couldn't help but sourly said: "The fourth sister also said that you can't understand the doorway of dominoes, but if you mention it casually, you will let the ancestor win five times in a row." Fourth sister, are you talking nonsense, what do you say you won't erase cards, you are actually a master, right? ”

Dong Qianmo replied gently: "I really haven't touched the dominoes, but I have lived in the palace for the past two days, and I have watched a kind of 'beauty spectrum' that palace maids often play, which is very interesting, and the gameplay is very similar to this." ”

Song heard her mention the affairs of the palace again, and hurriedly continued to inquire about the whereabouts of Shan Yutang.

But without waiting for the Song family to speak, Taishi Dong took the first step to speak, and said his true intention to come to Yiheyuan early in the morning to ask for peace, "Mother, there is a maid named Lianye in your room, and my son wants to take her away. ”

As he spoke, silence spread, and everyone in the room fell silent.

After a while, the old lady continued to play the cards, and asked as if unintentionally, "What do you want that girl for?" Clumsy, don't know how to serve people. ”

Song also left Shan Yutang behind, with a strange smile on his face, and continued: "Yes, master, you are short of people to serve, there are a few good ones in my room, and they are also good-looking, and you can directly tell the concubine if you fall in love." ”

Dong Taishi paused for a long time, and finally released a blast mine-

"Lianye told me that she was pregnant."