An Ning listened to Shen Ao's words, and said happily: "If you say this, I will feel at ease, in fact, I also blame myself for these days, you didn't offend me, why should I treat you with such an attitude." ”

Shen Ao was noncommittal, he always felt that An Ning's thinking was a little divergent, and he asked questions, making him answer a little laborious, thinking that he was here to treat her, but now this half-baked doctor has become a psychiatrist, hey, it's really embarrassing.

Raising her eyes and looking at An Ning, this amorous girl, her face was full of gentleness, and her body was full of grace. I saw her pursing her lips, squinting at herself with a smile, her skin as white as new, her thin lips pursed, and she met Shen Ao's gaze, and said in a low voice: "Shen Ao, what do you think I do?" ”

Hey, you are allowed to look at me, but not for me? Shen Ao's heart was pounded, and he shouted in his heart that it was not good, the person this princess misses at night will not be...... It's miserable, it's miserable, it's going to be castrated...... Shen Ao was startled, his eyes looked at his nose, his nose looked at his heart, and he sat upright, not daring to talk to An Ning again.

An Ning whispered: "It's a pity that Shen Ao can't enter the palace at night, the moon in this palace is very beautiful, these months are still round, if you can enjoy the moon with Shen Ao in the pavilion, it will be a pleasure!" ”

"I hate the moon!" Shen Ao couldn't help shouting in his heart, seeing such an amorous gesture as An Ning, the words that came out of his mouth were like fairy sounds, and the mist in his beautiful eyes was full of yearning. Sighing unconsciously, then he had an idea, and said, "It's better to do this, I'll make a picture for His Highness." ”

An Ning said happily: "Shen Ao's painting skills are unparalleled, I have heard of it in the palace for a long time, but I want to see it today." ”

Shen Ao thought to himself, although the artistic conception of painting with ink is excellent, it is inevitable that it will be distorted, and it is better for such a girl to paint with watercolor. He asked An Ning if he had any watercolors, An Ning just shook his head, Shen Ao walked left and right, his eyes fell on the makeup against the wall, there was a lot of rouge gouache on it, he smiled in his heart, so he went to find pen and ink, and went to get some rouge and paint, spread out the paper, and thought about it: "Coax a girl, it is better to use a combination of Chinese and Western painting style." ”

After thinking about it, I immediately remembered a few painters of later generations, these painters have been exploring the combination of Chinese and Western painting methods, and have achieved a small success, but although the painting techniques they studied are novel, they are much worse in terms of artistic conception and other aspects, and they are quite nondescript. Even so, in the eyes of the layman, it is still quite ornamental, and it is not a big problem to fool the little princess.

Shen Ao first went to the water, and then began to splash ink, the process is very simple, only dozens of strokes, on the mountains in the middle of the night, a poignant moon rose in the air, Shen Ao went to dip some rouge, began to color the moon, but unfortunately there is no paint pen, the brush seems soft, and it is ink, there is no pencil to sketch the base, so the coloring is a little difficult, rouge gouache must also be modulated, add a small amount of water into it, make it more even, busy for half an hour, An Ning came over to see, his eyes lit up, and said: "This month is so beautiful." ”

Shen Ao was covered in paint and dirty, and said with a smile: "Where, where, Your Highness has a good reputation." ”

This painting is actually very simple, just a bleak landscape, the main highlight in the layout is the bright moon in the sky, the moon is dim, delicate and exquisite, just like the fairy Chang'e in the forbidden moon palace, lonely and bitter, cold and poignant.

An Ning pursed her lips and smiled: "Shen Ao, can you give me this painting?" ”

Shen Ao nodded: "Since it was made, it was given to His Highness." ”

An Ning said with infinite joy: "I must frame it, and after looking at this month, I can think of Shen Ao." Consciously speechless, An Ning glanced at Shen Ao cautiously, her heart was beating very fast, and her face couldn't help but be dyed with a layer of red.

Shen Ao's face was as usual, and he looked deaf, as if he hadn't heard An Ning's words, so he taught An Ning to fade a little shy.

"Why did Your Majesty come?" Yang Jian's voice came from outside the hall, needless to say, this was Yang Jian's message to Shen Ao outside the palace, and he deliberately raised his voice to tell Shen Ao inside to prepare.

Shen Ao was so frank that he didn't care, and carefully dried the painting, and waited until Zhao Ji removed the Tongtian crown and tiara, and came in wearing a brocade robe with a round neck, An Ning greeted him happily, and said in a coquettish voice: "Father, look, Shen Ao painted the moon for his son." ”

Zhao Ji walked to the front of the case with great interest to look at the painting, and said with a smile: "Not bad, not bad......" Then he held An Ning and said: "Is An Ning's illness better?" Looks like the doctor I hired is pretty good. He glanced at Shen Ao, and then said, "Shen Ao, the illness has also been cured, go out for a walk with me." ”

Shen Ao nodded and said to An Ning: "Shen Ao retreated." ”

A hint of reluctance flashed in An Ning's eyes, and then he smiled: "Shen Ao doesn't have to be polite. ”

As Zhao Ji walked out of the hall, getting farther and farther away from the peaceful dormitory, Zhao Ji suddenly looked back and said with a straight face: "What kind of painting did you make, hum, crooked and evil!" ”

In Zhao Ji's eyes, the so-called combination of Chinese and Western paintings is really unbearable, just in Anning, naturally it is not good to have a seizure, at this time I can't take care of a lot, and said angrily: "Don't do such unconventional things in the future, be a good painter, don't become a painter." ”

Shen Ao hurriedly confessed, and he also understood why Zhao Ji was so angry, and the painting was a kind of artistic conception. In other words, the painters of this era all uphold an inner cultivation consciousness of taking mountains as virtue and water as their surnames, such as landscape painting, which talks about a kind of optical illusion consciousness that is close to the end of the world, so that people can appreciate the artistic conception, style and charm in the painting.

Painting is self-cultivation, so the ancients painted, skill is only secondary, the important thing is qi, this kind of qi can not be seen, can not be touched, but reflected in the painting, the kind of thousands of mountains and valleys of the charm, is not only a visual embodiment, but also represents the painter's own thoughts and their own cultivation.

The combination of Chinese and Western paintings can fool and fool the little girl, but in Zhao Ji's opinion, this painting is really unbearable.

Zhao Ji sighed and said, "You go out of the palace, I know, you just want to make An Ning happy, I see that her complexion is indeed better, you are indispensable." ”

Shen Ao nodded and withdrew. After getting out of the Zhengde Gate, Shen Ao breathed a sigh of relief, thinking of Fang Cai's peaceful anger, his heart was empty, Liu Sheng in the distance was still waiting there in the car, he originally sent Shen Ao here, but when the court was dispersed and the question was over, many officials were out of the palace, but the figure of the young master was not seen, and he was a little anxious in his heart, and he waited for a long time before he saw Shen Ao slowly coming out of the dusk, and greeted him happily, and asked: "Young Master Cousin, how did you do in the palace exam?" ”

Shen Ao smiled: "I don't know, this palace test is very important." Saying that he got into the carriage, this sentence was a pun, Liu Sheng naturally didn't understand, but Shen Ao couldn't understand it in his heart, the success or failure of the current palace test is no longer related to his honor and disgrace, but also to the direction of the entire national policy, the so-called question, there is no only answer, this answer only exists in the emperor's heart, if Zhao Ji agrees with Lianjin, then a few Jinshi who ask for the Northern Expedition will naturally be mentioned as the first, if you agree to wait and see, Cheng Hui can come out on top, and he will be the champion, Unless Zhao Ji can adopt his own opinions, weigh left and right, and think that his own countermeasures are the best.

Therefore, who is the champion is no longer a simple point, and it is even closely related to the national fortune of the entire Great Song Dynasty, but what kind of choice will Zhao Ji make?

What should be done, Shen Ao realized that he had already done it, he sighed, a little tired, and was already drowsy in the gentle shaking of this carriage.

After a few days, the news came out one after another, and the answer to the temple examination was not simply released, but issued by the holy decree, which not only showed the generous attitude of the Jinshi who participated in the temple examination, but also gave the Jinshi a prominent transcendent status, and the so-called protégé of the Son of Heaven was not just a verbal talk.

It is said that Wu Bi has received the will, saying that it is to give Jinshi and the first, this will come out, naturally the emperor is not satisfied with Wu Pen's performance in the palace examination, Wu Bi did not win the top three, as for several old Jinshi, they have also won the will, and they are all Jinshi and the first.

That is to say, the champion of the imperial examination, the list of eyes, and the flowers, will be decided among Shen Ao, Cheng Hui, and Xu Wei, among the three of them, Cheng Hui is on the sidelines, Xu Wei is the main battle, and Shen Ao is against making peace with the Jin people, the three countermeasures are completely opposite, among which Cheng Hui's advice is the most modest, and it is rumored that he has the greatest hope of winning the champion, in addition, Xu Wei's countermeasures have also been recognized by many people in the market, but it is Shen Ao, who is quite unpopular.

In fact, the countermeasures of the palace test have long been circulated, the Northern Expedition is the long-cherished wish of many people, and it is naturally fully supported, as for the threat of the Jin people, there are a few people to take care of it, to put it bluntly, ordinary people only think about food, clothing, housing and transportation, where can they think so far-reaching. And Shen Ao is just an ordinary person, the reason why he can see this clearly is only because of that painful historical lesson.

If you don't know something about history, I'm afraid that Shen Ao can do it, at most he can have Cheng Hui's calmness, which is already quite good, and it is very likely that he will become the advocate of the main battle like Xu Wei.

Back in the house, even Zhou Heng was quite puzzled by Shen Ao, came back angrily, and questioned Shen Ao for a while, naturally saying how the Liao people bullied the Song people, and asked Shen Ao why not only did he not support the Liao, but instead advocated against Jin, Shen Ao just smiled, these days it is not good to go out, so he has to stay at home honestly, neither to distinguish nor to quarrel with others.

On the 25th of August, the holy decree was late, and the men saw the people coming from the palace from a distance, and immediately went in to report the news, but fortunately, the palace knew that the holy decree was coming sooner or later, and they were all prepared in advance, so they did not panic.