She wasn't exaggerating. Omission and gambling, these problems are not big, but if they are true, they are not all just small things. In particular, if the perpetrator is accommodated because of the omission, the nature is completely different.

When the people in the lobby saw Jin Wuwei coming, they didn't need her to rush, they all dispersed and hurriedly returned to their rooms. She was taught a lesson by the military attaché with the scabbard, who was obviously very dissatisfied with her, and warned that if there was a next time, she would be severely punished.

I understood that it was not a big deal, and after my heart was put down, my curiosity naturally came up, and I inquired at this moment.

Su Yu looked at Pei Xiaoyuan, he had already walked out, stopped outside the door of the hotel, and talked to a person with a short beard who should be his subordinate, as if he was commanding something, and the other party nodded frequently. As he spoke, he turned his head to look at her again, and there was a look of impatience on his face.

He had been offended by her, and forcibly asked her to go with him, also out of an explanation to Ah Gong and Pei Ji. She was afraid that she would make him wait for a long time and cause more annoyance, so she didn't dare to delay any longer, so she hurriedly said: "Thank you for taking care of me these days, I'll go first!" ”

She hurriedly thanked the tall lady, then turned and walked out of the hotel quickly.

"Liu Sijie will send you. I have other things to do, so I don't do it. Beware of yourself from now on. ”

As soon as she came out, he opened his mouth to say this, in the same tone as usual, and then looked at Liu Bo.

"Si Cheng rest assured, his subordinates will take good care of Ye Xiaolangjun!" Liu Bo said immediately.

He nodded, got on his horse and left, not stopping for more than half a minute, and his figure disappeared into the night.

Liu Bo personally led a horse from the guards.

Pei Zhonglang said that this person was his deceased, and then gave an order.

In order to find people, the small search in the area around the West Market expanded to the East Market, and went to the West Mountain overnight, and then searched the whole city, until tonight, and finally found the person. How the whole process was, no one knows better than him.

Although Zhonglang didn't say anything else, if he wasn't a person close to him, how could he be so concerned, do everything himself, and spend so much energy.

For Liu Sijie, the only incomprehension is how to meet people after seeing them, there is no scene of seeing each other and holding hands together.

However, this is not something to focus on.

"Ye Xiaolangjun, please get on the horse." He said respectfully.

Su Yu stepped on the stirrup and got on the horse's back, leaving the inn where she had been sheltered. Thinking of the embarrassment of the night, I couldn't help but turn my head to look again, and unexpectedly found that Mrs. Gao followed out, standing outside the gate, still looking at this side.

She turned back on her horse and waved to the woman again in the air to show her gratitude.

The night street is empty.

Liu Bo has been in Jinwuwei for many years, and he himself comes from a family of military attachés, and after arriving in the north of the city, he met those who patrol the streets and the military candidates he met all knew him, and he took the rain to a house under Jinwuwei in Yongxingfang.

This place is not far from Lu Wusi Zhonglang's house, and the palace is also close, because it is the exclusive house of Jin Wuwei, there are not many people who live on weekdays. When Pei Xiaoyuan arrived in Beijing, he settled here.

While Su Yu was waiting, he saw Liu Bo and She Cheng whispering and didn't know what to say, and soon Shecheng came to greet her respectfully and led her to a secluded place behind the hermitage.

Her residence is located on the second floor, which is completely separated from the neighbors, and there is a corridor connecting the single staircase, which can be directly entered and exited through a small side door, which is very convenient. The house is properly furnished and cleanly furnished, and the bottles used to simmer tea on the small stove are also made of silver, so that they can shine brightly.

"Don't disturb Ye Xiaolangjun's rest. If I have no other command, I will go first. If you have something to do, just tell me to leave the house here, or come to the nearby government office to find me, it's all the same. ”

Liu Bo said goodbye and left, and Shecheng also bowed and retreated.

Su Yu stood alone in the corridor for a moment towards the dark night, then turned around and walked in.

That night, she lay on the couch covered with soft bedding, and there was no longer the murmur of rats walking or grinding teeth next door, but people couldn't sleep. She closed her eyes and thought carefully about the face of the man who had been forgiving tonight after being offended by her.

Again, she was sure that although he had quickly hidden his emotions, he had indeed been angered by her.

With his background and experience, no matter how humble and introverted he may seem, he must actually be a proud person. There is no doubt about that. At that moment, she thought he would walk away.

If it weren't for the fact that there were too many unknown variables in the palace this time, she would never want to offend him so deeply.

But that's fine, she didn't do anything wrong. The farther away from her, the better it is for him.

Pei Gong treats her well, and he is a rare gentleman. It was the only reward she could give.

She was going to enter that place, and no one could stop her.

When tomorrow morning comes, she has detached herself from last night's distractions, and there are still only two things left, painting and learning daily life, and the Qiu Niang who always haunts her heart but can't see it.

A few days later, the temporary professor of painting next to the school ended.

Song Bokang left her alone and had a conversation with her without a third person present.

Song Bokang's speech was vague, but Su Yu understood what he meant.

Many years ago, at the beginning of the saint's accession to the throne, for a well-known and secretive reason at that time, all the painters in the court who had a relationship with Ye Zhongli in his early years were brutally treated. It was fortunate that the paintings were damaged and expelled from Beijing, and some painters who had been closely friends with Ye Zhongli's beloved disciple Ding Baiya were even more suspected of being killed because they could not tell Ding's whereabouts.

Now the painting under the Jixian Courtyard is at the end of the mountain, and I have experienced this past.

He studied Ye painting in his early years, and although he was not officially accepted as a disciple by Ye Zhongli, he served as his deputy for a long time. At that time, he was fated and separated from the brigade on the way to escape, so he was unable to return to Beijing for a long time. Later, when he heard the news halfway back, he was so shocked that he turned around and fled on the spot, and escaped.

A few years later, the saint's anger seemed to fade and he no longer insisted on pursuing it, the old things slowly faded away, and some of the painters who had been driven back one after another. Fang Shanquan was one of the most famous among them, and he was also recalled and re-entered the palace.

Many years have passed, and the past in the early days of Qiande seems to have never happened, and no one remembers it. Fang Shan also rose all the way because of his painting skills, and became a straight bachelor of the six grades, serving as the painting straight of the Jixian Academy, and was considered to be one of the most superb court painters under the envoys. But the shadow in his heart back then has never faded, and he never wants to be in the limelight. Last year, the envoy was killed because the painting did not conform to the emperor's wishes, and he was even more like a frightened bird, frightened of his courage, and fell seriously ill at that time, and then he was even more tired of everything, saying that his body has not fully recovered.

The highest status in the straight courtyard, now in addition to Fang Shanduan, there is another one, named Yao Xu, this person is also the world's master, especially good at flowers and birds, the painting style is known for its beauty and fineness, and there are many protégés.

The purpose of this recruitment of painting students is to enrich the court painters and use them in the upcoming painting of the Shenshu Palace, the most important of which is naturally the painting of the murals in the main hall. Nominally, Fang Shanquan and Yao Xu are the same as the chief examiners, but in fact, they have never participated at all, and they should all be led by Yao Xu, which obviously also shows that Fang Shandu has no intention of participating in the upcoming main painting of the Shenshu Palace.

He did it himself, and for his disciple Song Bokang, this was undoubtedly a huge blow.

It would be a great honor for any artist to be able to participate in and even master the painting of the Divine Palace, not to mention the symbolic meaning of the long scroll of the Yong'an Palace.

If the painting is successful, the promotion is secondary, and the reputation of the painter will surely rise. Even if you don't dare to compare with Ye Zhongli back then, the name was recorded in the history books by the historian, this is not a delusion.

Song Bokang was unwilling to withdraw from the competition. That day, I saw Su Yu's paintings in Da'en Temple, and was quite shocked, and decided to take people to his hands first, and then lobbied again and again in front of Fang Shan, persuading him to fight, and finally Fang Shandu reluctantly agreed to come forward, just like that, Su Yu got a place, and the last one entered the painting school.

According to the usual practice in the palace, the person who is ordered by the examiner will be under his door after entering the palace. Su Yu became a disciple of Fang Shanwan.

After fighting for an assistant, Song Bokang's previous worst worries did not happen for the time being.

Although Yao Xu was deeply appreciated by the Empress Dowager and others in the palace, his status in the direct courtyard was oppressive, and he was very powerful, and he wanted to be the main painting of the main hall of the Shenshu Palace, but Yuan Zhi, the inner servant of the Shenshu Palace, probably knew the origin of Fang Shanquan and Ye Zhongli, and did not directly remove Fang Shan, who had often been ill in the past two years, from the position of the main painting as Yao Xu wished.

Just yesterday, the Zhiyuan received an order, Yao Xu and Fang Shan are temporarily the main paintings of the Shenshu Palace, and from now on, they will be ready to work together to complete all the pictures in the Shenshu Palace before the end of the year.

Among them, the most important thing is to reproduce the long scroll of the heavenly people Jingluo in the Yong'an Hall in the Chongtian Hall of the main hall of the Shenshu Palace.

Song Bokang told Su Yu that after entering the palace, she didn't need to paint any other pictures, let alone do trivial things like other painters, such as plastering the mud and pressing the surface to paint the white for the mural, and those who were responsible for it were other people.

What she needed to do was to act as his assistant and focus on the long scroll in the main hall of the Chongtian Palace.

But before that, she needs to be familiar with the architecture of the Shenshu Palace, go to the Hongwen Hall of the National Tibetan Academy to check the pictures and materials of Ye Zhongli's old works, and after a while, she will go out of the palace to investigate the scenery within a radius of at least 300 miles from Chang'an.

All of the above are included in the chest, and only when there is a painting in the heart can you paint.

"Don't worry, I'll take you with you. After entering the palace, you should watch more and talk less, and you must remember my instructions and don't cause trouble. ”

Song Bokang is a person with a strict temperament, judging from the impression he has been exposed to these days, he does things at a glance, and his painting is like his person, and his skills are naturally profound, and he uses more than neat brushwork, but his charm is insufficient.

He also knew his weaknesses, and he didn't think about being the main painter from the beginning, but planned to cultivate Su Yu and serve as Fang Shan's deputy with him.

Although Su Yu's purpose of entering the palace as a painter is different from that of the people around her, not to leave a name in the annals of fame or fortune, but it is like using a paintbrush to have a conversation with Ah Gong 20 years apart, as a painter, to participate in such a major painting matter, how dare she have half a point of perfunctory?

She solemnly should be.

Song Bokang was very satisfied with her modest attitude, and was even more glad that he unexpectedly accepted such an assistant who was young but had good painting skills that day. After observing these paintings for a long time, he gained a lot of confidence in the painting skills of this young disciple. After painting, if you have such an assistant, you will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort and compete with Yao Xu.

"Tomorrow you will enter the court, unlike when you were out of the world. You rest earlier. ”

Looking at the newly valued disciples, Song Bokang's tone was unconsciously a lot softer.

The next day, Su Yu walked into the palace gate and officially entered the palace as a painter.

Chapter 27

On the first day, she first went with Song Bokang to Jixian Hall to find the way. That's where the Naoin is located, and then there's the Shrine. This palace is located on the site of the Wanshou Palace, which was burned down that year. The remnants of the palace that had been burned in the past were all demolished and rebuilt, but only one place was not moved.

That is the remnant of the Temple of Eternal Peace.

The reason why it is not demolished is because on the first day of his accession to the throne, he came to the Taimiao to speak out, the old site of Yong'an, never demolished, and kept in situ to warn future generations.

The sound of the day, deafening, so this remnant of the temple to be preserved, but many years have passed, now the surrounding woods, barren grass, almost completely cover the broken wall. If you don't get closer, you can't usually see it.

The new palace was built by the eunuch Yuan on duty. Yuan Zhi's home was built by supervision, and it took a lot of thought to build this palace for the 500,000th birthday of the saint.

The main palace here is located according to the position of the Beidou of the Heavenly Palace, so it is also called the Shenshu Palace. The whole palace is located on a huge square ramming platform, just from the ground to the base to enter the bottom hall, there are eighty-one Ruyi stepping steps, the main hall in the middle is magnificent and solemn, if the majestic can reach the sky, the east and west with the hall are horizontal, there are more flying towers and high platforms, the magnificence is incomparable. And among them, the main hall is eleven rooms wide, three floors, up to a hundred zhang high, and the name is the heavenly hall.

This is the main hall that will restore the former celestial Jingluo long scroll.

For a few days in a row, Su Yu followed Song Bokang and others to climb the stairs in the Shenshu Palace, up and down, comparing the sizes, and he was busy and had no time to think about anything else. Early this morning, as she did a few days ago, she entered the palace from the right Yintai Gate of the side gate of the palace, and came to the duty room located in the northwest side hall of the Jixian Palace.

All the people under the courtyard have arrived, and they are waiting for the painting of the straight, deputy straight and others. Everyone has a little nervousness or anticipation on their faces.

The young painter who had been lazy in painting in Da'en Temple and was reprimanded by Song Bokang saw her and leaned over to whisper: "How did you sleep last night?" I couldn't sleep all night, and I woke up this morning when I heard the morning drum! ”

His name is Lin Mingyuan, and he is a relative of Song Bokang, so he was able to enter the palace as a painter. Song Bokang attached great importance to Suyu and directly pulled her from a painter to a painter. In the past few days, including Lin Mingyuan, all the painters have either been assigned to work in the other hall, or they are busy doing rough work such as pasting the wall and laying the foundation, and she has just entered the palace, so she can follow Song Bokang as a painter, and it is obvious that she will do big things next. Lin Mingyuan was envious, but naturally he also thought a little higher of her, and the two were about the same age, so they introduced her as a close friend and deliberately got close.

The reason why he was so excited at this time was because of something that was about to come: the Shenshu Palace was completed, and according to the custom, there should be a gift of thanking the earth and rewarding the gods. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince led hundreds of officials to the Shenshu Palace today to hold a ceremony to express his gratitude to the gods of heaven and earth for protecting this palace. The people in the courtyard will also worship with the prince, praying for the continued protection of the gods so that the next drawing can be completed smoothly.

Of course, in the Zhiyuan, except for the official and deputy officials who have official positions, the rest of the people are not qualified to participate in the sacrifice, they can only be ranked far away at the end of the procession, throwing their bodies to the ground, and using this kind of worship to influence the gods of heaven and earth to pray for protection. But even so, it's enough to be expected.

"I entered last year, and I never had the opportunity to meet the prince Jinmian. You're in luck, you'll be able to see you as soon as you arrive! ”

Su Yu smiled: "I'm really lucky. ”

"yes!" Lin Mingyuan's face was excited, "Usually I don't have such a good opportunity!" ”

The reason why he was so excited was because the Jixian Hall was located in the southwest of the palace, which was already on the side, and the straight courtyard was in the westernmost corner of the Jixian Palace. Not only that, but it is said that this place was the first place to stop in the palace, so it is rumored that the sound of ghosts wandering away can be heard in the middle of the night. Painters and painters are reluctant to come here at night. Usually, not to mention that the prince is so respectful, even if he is an official who enters the palace and goes to various government offices, it is unlikely that he will be able to meet it.

As he was talking, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and the room immediately fell silent.

Today, not only Yao Xu and Song Bokang and Yang Jiming, but even Fang Shan, who had been absent for a long time on the grounds of recuperation, also arrived, and both of them wore the court clothes of green and silver belts and six-grade civil officials.

Yao Xu asked Fang Shan to speak, Fang Shan pushed and gave in for a few rounds, and finally Yao Xu coughed, arched his hand towards Fang Shandu, and immediately sent a word to everyone. The gist of it is that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today led hundreds of officials to the Shenshu Palace to hold a ceremony of thanking the gods for their land, and everyone here must participate in the ceremony with great reverence, and must not behave inappropriately, let alone make any mistakes.

He reminded again and again, and everyone responded in unison, and under the leadership of Erhuazhi, he turned to the Shenshu Palace.

An altar had already been set up outside the Chongtian Temple, and there were guards of Angzang Jinwu dressed in bright light armor on duty, all of them strong and mighty, and the straight queue went down the steps until it reached the end of the Shenshu Palace Square.

Except for Yao Xu, Fang Shanduan, and the second deputy Zhizhi, the rest of the Zhiyuan and the rest of the many low-ranking officials who had participated in the construction of the new palace all lined up and stood at the corner of the square farthest from the altar early, waiting for the ceremony to begin.

The sky is getting higher and higher, and the sundial in front of the main hall points to the moment when the heavenly officials measured it, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Dynasty appeared on time with a hundred officials and came to the altar outside the Shenshu Palace.

This distance is very far, but you can still vaguely see the appearance of the prince.

He was in the prime of life, wearing an ochre-yellow prince's court robe, and under the background of the civil and military officials and the guards around him, his face was full of the supreme majesty of the sun.

At the bottom of the altar, at the top of the list were more than a dozen civil and military officials dressed in purple robes. All of them are the most eye-catching high-ranking officials of the dynasty, or they are highly respected, occupy high positions in the Taiwan Cabinet, hold edicts and watches, or have a good family background, and participate in national politics. Prime Minister Ruoliu Ceye, Wang Zhang; six Shangshu and squires, such as Feng Zhenping and Cui Daosi; The generals of Zhuwei Sanpin, such as Han Kerang and Chen Sida.

In addition to these officials, the young generation of Junjie, who have been quite prominent in Beijing recently, also accompanied by the prince's ceremonial drive. Yu Wenzhi, the prince of Xiping County, who was named the general of the Chinese army, Ashina Chengping, the prince of the Wolf Court, and Pei Xiaoyuan, the head of the most high-profile Jinwuwei Lu Wusi, also walked in the team according to their positions.

Under the guidance of the ceremonial officer, everyone followed the prince to pay the gods, and after a lengthy ritual of burning incense and drinking wine, they recited thanking the soil and praying for peace. Then the reward ended, and the prince did not leave immediately, but led the hundred officials and continued to inspect the new palace.

At this time, the people of the Zhiyuan were fine, and retreated to the farthest side hall, waiting for the prince and his party to leave. Everyone was still immersed in the scene of a moment ago, and there was a lot of discussion. After all, for them, it is really not very common for them to participate in such a scene and see almost all the high-ranking officials of the court from the crown prince onwards.