17 Beauty in the painting
The person who originally wanted to marry the Liu family was Zhao Mingrong.
Of course, it won't be to send a concubine over to be a concubine, it must be a serious marriage between three media, six certificates and two surnames.
What the Liu family wanted to mention at the beginning was the eleventh lady of the fifth room.
Zhao Mingrong is the youngest son of the Zhao family, young and unmarried, diligent and studious, an outstanding student of Hongwen Academy, a proud protΓ©gΓ© of Mr. Wen, and Zhao Mingxuan's eldest brother as a backer, and his future is limitless.
With the eleventh mother of the Liu family, she is a good match, a talented woman, and she is a match made in heaven.
But Zhao Mingxuan refused.
If it's a weekday, this family business is not bad, but now......
His Majesty the Emperor is already in the Spring and Autumn Period, becoming more and more suspicious, and he is stubborn and self-serving, listening to slander, especially seeing that several adult princes are not pleasing to the eye, and the crown prince has been abolished twice.
The princes are intrigued, and the important ministers in the court have their own thoughts, and the generals in the army...... He doesn't know about the others, just look at his top boss He Dadudu, who can stuff his henchmen into the history of assassination, and he needs to say more?
The chaos in the world is just around the corner.
The Liu family was in a hurry to get married, so why didn't they see this.
But......
Zhao Mingxuan doesn't care if he takes a concubine by himself, he can use it if it is useful, and he should give it up, so he is happy to see the tricks of those little ladies of the Liu family come to fruition.
But the younger brother's wife has a different weight.
The Liu family relied on the King of Jiyang, and Zhao Mingxuan, as the confidant of Governor He, how could he get on that boat?
It's a pity that his mother doesn't understand, she just thinks that he is the eldest brother, blocking his younger brother's good marriage, calling him over, crying and scolding, and making trouble for an hour.
Zhao Mingxuan was so angry that he had a headache.
Women's families, what do you know!
But he didn't know what to do to his mother, and in the end he could only use his younger brother's talent, and now was the time to concentrate on studying, and when he won the top prize, there were many nobles in Beijing who could choose to fool the past.
Coming out of his mother's place, Zhao Mingxuan only felt physically and mentally exhausted, but he still cheered up and walked towards the third brother's courtyard.
The marriage with the Liu family was different from the previous jade version, and he still had to explain it to his younger brother in person.
But thinking of the jade version, Zhao Mingxuan suddenly thought that if it was that woman, he probably didn't need to bother at all.
Just like she was in Liu's house, she only glanced at him, and showed that kind of knowing and mocking smile.
It's like she was obviously thrown into a well and died, but when she explained the situation to him, she was still impartial and methodical.
After so many days after the accident, I didn't see her crying and begging for justice, as if she had forgotten about it.
Pity......
Zhao Mingxuan sighed secretly, that woman's background was too low.
When Zhao Mingxuan entered his younger brother's study, Zhao Mingrong was hurriedly putting away a painting scroll.
"What's that?" Zhao Mingxuan frowned slightly and asked.
Zhao Mingrong's face suddenly turned a little pale, and he hurriedly said, "It's nothing...... It's a bad picture...... It's such a shame, I'm about to put it away......"
As soon as Zhao Mingxuan saw his expression, he knew that something was wrong.
This younger brother didn't lie since he was a child, and he framed a bad painting and installed it on a painting scroll?
Zhao Mingxuan squinted at his younger brother and ordered, "Open." β
Zhao Mingrong even trembled with his hands, but he still didn't dare to disobey his eldest brother, and slowly opened the painting scroll.
It's just a painting, indeed.
Portrait of a person.
It's just that it's not like Zhao Mingrong said that the painting is broken, but the painting is excellent.
The lines are beautiful and vivid.
A beauty under the moon, leaning on a bush of peonies, looking back and smiling.
Zhao Mingxuan recognized at a glance that the painting was a jade version.
But it seems to be a little different from the one he knows.
There is no mockery, ridicule, and unsparing sharpness, only a gentle and affectionate soul.
This is the jade version in Zhao Mingrong's eyes.
It turned out that she was in front of him, like this.
He subconsciously remembered the poem on the jade table.
What a pair of lovesick people who are in love.
He's the villain who beats mandarin ducks.
Zhao Mingxuan sneered.
Zhao Mingrong stood aside, not even daring to make a sound.
Zhao Mingxuan threw the painting aside and said, "Mother Fang just told me about your family. β
"Huh?" Zhao Mingrong was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "I'...... I...... That one...... The gentleman said that in the spring of this year, I can give it a try, and now I should study seriously, so I will ...... There's no need to rush to get married, right?"
"Study seriously?" Zhao Mingxuan glanced at the painting and raised his eyebrows with a smile.
Zhao Mingrong's face was flushed, almost dripping blood, and he couldn't speak.
Zhao Mingxuan didn't force him anymore, but continued: "I also said to my mother, it's better to wait until you go to Beijing after high school and make plans." But...... Hongwen Academy also talks about political affairs, you should have heard some of it, now the court situation is uneasy, whether it is family affairs, or whether it is a career, it is better to wait and see. Do you know what I mean?"
When Zhao Mingxuan got down to business, Zhao Mingxuan's embarrassment eased a little and nodded slightly.
He is a little emotionally uneasy, but he is really not bad academically, and he is not the kind of person who blindly reads dead books, of course he understands the concerns of his eldest brother.
The emperor is old, the prince is undecided, the princes are fighting openly and secretly, and there are naturally many factions among the courtiers.
Whether it's a marriage or a career, now is not a good time.
Perhaps the ambitious speculators would choose to gamble on the chaos.
He's not that kind of person, and there's no need for that.
But the eldest brother is already in the game, and their brothers are one no matter what they are at home, outside the home. If you are not careful, you may affect the family.
Therefore, he might as well really rest assured that he would study for a few more years, look at the situation, and then decide to advance and retreat.
Of course, only from his personal feelings, he is not very reluctant to discuss the matter of relatives now-especially after Zhao Mingxuan forcibly occupied the jade plate.
Seeing that his younger brother really understood what he meant, Zhao Mingxuan also nodded, and glanced at the portrait again, "Put away all the thoughts that shouldn't be there." β
Zhao Mingrong blushed and hung his head, and answered in an inaudible voice.
Zhao Mingxuan left.
After Zhao Mingrong sent his eldest brother back to the study, he let out a long sigh, closed the doors and windows, took out the painting again, put it on the table, and carefully unfolded it, while calling earnestly: "Jade plate." Are you still there?"
The candlelight on the desk flickered, and there seemed to be a flash of light on the scroll, and then I saw that the beauty on the painting seemed to really come to life, her eyes flowed, her lips opened lightly, and she responded softly: "Zhao Lang." β
Zhao Mingrong didn't feel weird at all, obviously it wasn't the first time he had seen her move, and he stretched out his finger and gently stroked her hair, "I didn't know that my eldest brother would come suddenly, I was really shocked." β
The beauty on the painting also looked frightened, and said: "Lord Zhao is full of evil spirits, so it's not scary, and the concubine was almost injured by him......"
"Ah, do you want it?" Zhao Mingrong suddenly became nervous.
"It's okay yet. The beauty in the painting shook her head, "It's just...... The concubine is worried and sick, and a wisp of life is placed in the painting, and she is most afraid of a murderer like Lord Zhao, Zhao Lang must not let him see the picture scroll again......"
His eldest brother can now be in a high position, all relying on military merits, and he doesn't know how many enemies he killed, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he came out of the sea of blood in the mountain of corpses. It is normal for a delicate woman like the jade version to be afraid of him, Zhao Mingrong did not doubt him at all, and only said: "Don't worry." I'll be more careful in the future and never let him touch you. β
The beauty on the painting called again: "Zhao Lang." β
The voice is sweet and tactful, and the tenderness is infinite.
Zhao Mingrong held the picture scroll, and the whole person seemed to be crazy.