Anuerle nodded, Anurzhen next to him lightly high-fived, and the middle-aged man who was as warm as jade walked out of his seat, holding a slender brocade box in his hand.

The man spoke fluent Kyushu and said: "Your Majesty, I am the royal painter Jin Xiu of the Northern Barbarian Kingdom, and I heard that His Royal Highness Emperor Qi is proficient in calligraphy and painting, and he treats the painter with courtesy. I hope Your Majesty will like Jin Xiu's "Horse Husbandry". ”

Li Yongfu walked down slowly, took the picture scroll, the palace people unfolded this more than one foot of the picture scroll, a hundred horses galloping, magnificent, Emperor Qi couldn't help but step forward to take a closer look, the color of appreciation in his eyes was not hidden, just like a child.

"Wonderful!" As she spoke, the palace maid walked up to Jin Xiu with a small box of gold beads.

"Your Majesty, Jin Xiu is not gold and silver, I heard that His Majesty has selected countless Kyushu painters this year, and there are even younger ones who have won the first place in the hall, Jin Xiu hopes to be stationed in the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting for exchange and study. If Your Majesty agrees, I am willing to try my painting skills with the painters who won the first prize this year in the Academy of Painting and Calligraphy. ”

As soon as these words came out, Qi Mu Xiao Jun's eyebrows frowned slightly, and Qi Nim next to him muttered, "Sixth brother, this young man, isn't he talking about Luo Li?"

Emperor Qi hesitated for a moment, "The reputation of the golden painter is far and wide, and my painter is also looking forward to learning and communicating with the golden painter, and passing on the word that during the prince's mission, the golden painter can freely enter and leave the calligraphy and painting academy and exchange painting skills with the painter. ”

"What about the exchange?" asked Anourle.

"It's set in three days, you come from afar, rest for two days first, and the matter of learning will be set in the Painting and Calligraphy Institute the day after tomorrow, and Lin Qi, the director of the Painting and Calligraphy Academy, is in charge. ”

"Jin Hugh thanks Your Majesty for the fulfillment. As he spoke, Jin Xiu knelt down on one knee and bowed.

"Sixth brother, what kind of medicine do you say they sell in their gourd? It's good, even if you don't want to offer paintings, you still have to exchange ink?" Qi Zhitong muttered next to Qi Muxiao after the banquet, "I heard that Luo Li is seriously ill and has been recuperating in the palace for several days......

"Seriously ill?" Qi Muxiao was stunned, he had been living in the inspection courtyard since he punished Luo Li that day, and he had not returned home.

A few days ago, the head of the Criminal Court came to visit the Inspection Court, and because the first trial of the Criminal Court for five years was approaching, he needed to consult the file, but found that the file of the Inspection Court was seriously missing, so he consulted with him. In desperation, Qi Muxiao had to order someone to retrieve the original files from the state branches, and then send more people to reorganize the files.

On the one hand, the matter of the bandits in Wanzhou has not subsided, and he has to assist the criminal court in the five-year trial of the matter, and he is very busy. The housekeeper Li Zi sent people to inform him of the affairs in the house several times, but he didn't see it. Now that I think about it, I guess I came to report Luo Li's illness.

Seeing that he didn't know about this, Qi Zhitong teased: "Sixth brother, you have a new love, so you forget your old love!"

He drank with those gentlemen in the wine shop for the past two days, and heard that Qi Muxiao got a wonderful person on his birthday, raised in the mansion, and had been contaminated with personnel. For a while, there were a lot fewer jokes about King Mu's broken sleeves in the teahouse, and they were replaced with a new joke about a beautiful woman and a prince.

Qi Zhitong was afraid of being beaten, so he didn't ask, but now that he has the opportunity, he naturally ridiculed.

"Babbling nonsense again!" Qi Muxiao scolded.

"Sixth brother, why be embarrassed, the first taste of that taste, where do you still have the heart to cultivate? haha...... I heard that the woman was beautiful and beautiful—"

When he saw Qi Muxiao's face gloomy, he immediately shut up. Later, he went to toast awkwardly, but he didn't respond, just kept a straight face and didn't say a word.

Now in the heart of a certain master, there is only one thing and one person.

Even if he has restrained himself a thousand times, this person cannot be thought, cannot be thought, cannot be touched.

But it's useless.

After the dinner, Lin Song called the two people who were walking outside the palace in the corridor outside the palace.

He saluted respectfully, "King Mu, the eleventh prince, just now His Majesty ordered that Master Luo fight with the Northern Barbarian painter Jin Xiu in three days, but I heard that Master Luo is seriously ill and recuperating in the palace, this is ......"

Qi Zhitong smiled and said in his heart: Even the secretary of the Rite Academy knows that Lord Luo is sick, but what about his sixth brother?

"Now that this matter has been arranged, let's do this first. Saying that, Qi Muxiao turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Lin Song again.

"Lord Wang, there is something to ask for below. ”

"Speak. ”

Lin Song clenched his fists and said earnestly: "I heard that the Lord of the Luo Hall is seriously ill and wants to visit, but the etiquette is hindered, so I have come to ask the prince for permission to visit the Lord of the Luo Hall in the future." ”

Qi Muxiao stood under the lantern, the lantern on the upper left made the autumn wind sway slightly, his face flickered, only to hear him say coldly, "I know that there is a difference between men and women, why do you want to exceed the rules?"

Lin Song stood alone in the porch, looking at the backs of the two of them, and the fingers in his sleeves curled up unconsciously.

"Sixth brother, I think that Lin Song has a good intention, after all, Luo Li is working under his grandfather, he has the heart to do this, why do you refuse?"

"Hmph, she's not messing with enough people. Qi Muxiao said this, and the pace under his feet quickened a little.

Qi Zhitong listened to his words, he had no head or tail, and he was confused.

"Why did the sixth brother go so fast, and he was in a hurry to go back to the house to find your Meiji?"

"Yes. Qi Muxiao saw Pei Huan standing at the carriage waiting for him, and strode over.

Qi Zhitong was stunned, "Huh?"

He watched Qi Muxiao get into the carriage and leave quickly.

Muwangfu, Orchid Garden.

The hour had passed, and the lanterns in the house were half extinguished.

Pei Huan watched his master standing at the door of Miss Luo's bedroom for a moment, if he hadn't let Yuan Qin, who came out with a copper basin to draw hot water, bump into him, he didn't know how long he would stand.

I don't know what the master told Yuan Qin, but I saw Yuan Qin go back to the house and call back the other subordinates, and he went in by himself and gently closed the door of the house.

After a while, Yuan Qin walked up to Pei Huan with a ball of something, and said shyly: "Master Pei, the night is cold and dewy, please put on this cloak." ”

"Thank you, Miss Yuanqin. With that, he took the cloak and put it on directly.

Yuan Qin lowered his head, unable to see clearly.

"Miss Yuanqin, how many days has Miss Luo been sick like this?"

"It has been six days, counting today. ”

Pei Huan sighed, "It's not that the master doesn't come to see Miss Luo, he has been busy with official business recently, and he can't even take care of his ......."

"Miss Luo didn't let Steward Li tell the prince at all, she ...... It seems to be annoying the prince......"

"Oh, why do you say that?"

"Miss Luo has been asleep most of the time these days...... Occasionally, there was a whisper, and the prince was mentioned several times...... But it's not a good thing to say......"

Pei Huan shook his head, these two people are really enemies!

Inside the house, Xiao Lan is fragrant.

Qi Muxiao sat on the round stool in front of the bed, looking at the pink veil silently. His hands were curled up, his hem clutched tightly, and his heart was full of mixed feelings.

She was sick again, and I heard Yuan Qin just say that she suffered from a cold and had a high fever for a few days, and she only had the strength to get out of bed and walk around today.

When he left that day, was the window closed?

Suddenly, the powder tent in front of him moved, and a slender hand rested on the edge of the bed.

The girl is moving again.

He got up and lifted half of the veil tent, and the person who was thinking about him was lying on his side, a layer of sweat floating on his smooth forehead, and the green silk was scattered, and he was stunned.

Seeing her small mouth move, she murmured in a low voice.

Qi Muxiao got up suddenly, and said in his heart: Damn! This demon is getting heavier and heavier, and now just seeing her like this, it's ......

"Water ......," she pursed her lips, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and she said a little hoarsely.

Qi Muxiao got up and poured her a glass of water, and when she came back, she saw that she had turned to the other side, and the quilt was pushed to her waist, exposing her back, only to see that her middle clothes were soaked with sweat.

He frowned slightly, put down the water glass, sat on the edge of the bed, tucked the quilt for her first, and then carefully touched her wrist to enter the true qi to investigate.

After probing, Qi Muxiao's brows were twisted into one place.

Her dantian is really damaged, but it doesn't look like a new injury.

He sighed, summoned out his true qi, and ran it down her wrist, in a steady stream.