The Story of Lang Yuan①

Chapter 20

?Mi Zixia has always wanted to get acquainted with Li Shang, so she asked to only give a portrait of the most beautiful concubine.

Bai Chen was originally joking, and didn't force Mi Zixia to paint every concubine, but now that he heard what Mi Zixia said, he couldn't help being curious about his painting skills. After all, not everyone dares to challenge the most beautiful things.The mountains and rivers are picturesque and beautiful, but no matter how good a painter is, they cannot fully capture the mountains and rivers in the painting. Therefore, those who dare to challenge the most beautiful people must be quite confident in their own abilities.

"it is good."

Painting is a very tiring thing, especially for Li Shang's portrait.Li Shang's facial features are very... tricky, such as the eyes, which can be seen at a glance as Danfeng eyes, but after writing, he can't outline the slightly raised corners of the eyes. Too light, the contours of the eyes seem to be smooth, but there is no way to write.It has been three days since Bai Chen asked him to make a portrait of Li Shang. During the three days, he stayed in the palace and did not do any business. Mi Zixia was so anxious that his hair turned gray. I am a man who wants to serve the country , not your court painter!Seeing that I can't draw, you still don't let me go back to the court, and you are imprisoned among women every day, and you are not afraid of me being the harem!

Of course, Bai Chen is not a fool. When he sees a talented person but asks him to paint every day for his own pleasure, he is actually protecting Mi Zixia.The imperial power of the previous dynasty was far above the power of the prime minister, but the emperor of the previous dynasty was a tyrant. The virtuous ministers persuaded him faithfully, but he was killed, which eventually aroused public opinion, and many rebels rose up, destroying the former dynasty.The first emperor of Xiaxi learned the lessons of the previous dynasty and gave the prime minister and speech officials full powers to prevent the imperial power from being too inflated.This is not a brilliant idea. The power of the courtiers is too great, which will inevitably shake the stability of the imperial power. This is not the generation of Bai Chen, the courtiers protect each other, and the relationship between the DPRK and China is intricate. It moves the whole body, so Bai Chen can only choose the method of using the harem to contain the vestibule. Although this method is not the best strategy, the effect is not bad. It's just that two days ago Li Shang falsely passed the imperial decree, and ordered the shadow guards to closely monitor the harem. He also restricted the actions of the Yuan family, which angered the group of old men in the court. A group of old people stared at Li Shang, wishing to kill him, and Mi Zixia was sent to Bai Chen by Li Shang, so naturally he would Being angered by those old things, Bai Chen could only keep Mi Zixia in the palace in order to keep him safe.

Mi Zixia's side was full of resentment, while Li Shang's side was happy and happy, pulling Mi Zixia to make jokes every day, molesting Mr. Mi at every turn, very happy. garden.Mi Zixia kept rolling her eyes, while Li Shang smiled happily.Late autumn has arrived, and the trees in the garden have shed their greenness one after another, shaking the green trees into yellow leaves, and throwing them away mercilessly. The poor leaves that have dedicated their lives to the trees fall to the ground and are dried by the wind. The water, stepped on it, shattered into pieces. I don’t know if the sound of cracking or cracking is the ruthless scream of the leaves complaining to the trees.In Zuixin Lake, there is a pair of Bi people sitting on a small boat. The man is wearing a bright yellow uniform, holding a fishing rod, leaning against the side of the boat, and the woman is wearing a purple brocade skirt. The little bird clings to the man. In his arms, the two looked at each other and smiled, with endless affection visible between their brows.

Li Shang stood by the lake and watched quietly for a while, then slowly lowered the corners of his mouth, turned and left.

The beauty is in his arms, but Bai Chen is not in the mood to talk about love. The behavior of ordering the shadow guards to monitor Yuan's mansion a few days before Li Shang is really strange. Although there are many corrupt officials in this court who are against him, Prime Minister Yuan is the elder of the three dynasties , it is absolutely impossible to have two minds about him, not to mention that Yuan Yingshan is still in the palace, how could the Yuan family have rebellion, but what exactly is Li Shang's intention for this move?

"emperor?"

The beauty in her arms called back Bai Chen's thoughts and restrained himself. Bai Chen lowered his head and smiled softly at Yuan Yingshan. It's me in your arms, who is it in your heart?"

On the drawing paper was a human figure, with slashed shoulders and a water-snake waist, dressed in white clothes, with a demeanor like a banished fairy, but his face was blank.Li Shang sat there motionless, with no expression on his face, his eyes passed through the high walls, looking into the distance, his whole body revealed a deep sadness.Although Mi Zixia was very dissatisfied with Li Shang's behavior of teasing him every day, he still admired this like-minded person. Seeing Li Shang sad, he couldn't bear it, but he didn't know what went wrong. I could only bite my pen and frown as I thought about the words to explain. "Uh... Li Shang, you want to be more open. There are 3000 beauties in the emperor's harem. It is impossible to spoil you alone. Don't put all your emotions on love. There are many other things in this world that are worthy of your attention." Heart."

Hearing this, Li Shang turned his head and set his eyes on the person who spoke. Seeing his earnest eyes and worried face, he knew that this person really cared about him. "That's right. There are too many things in this world that deserve my attention. Why worry about a ruthless Bai Chen, but alienate my friends who treat me sincerely? It's really a small loss, stupid and stupid! Well, let me do it Look at what you have drawn for so many days. Huh? Why do you only have a body but no face? Oh, my lord, your painting skills need to be improved. With just such a little three-legged cat skill, you dare to ask His Majesty Boast, only draw the most beautiful person?" Li Shang saw a faceless man painted on the white paper, and couldn't help laughing. In the past two years, Bai Chen has hired countless painters to paint his own portrait, but none of them could do it. What is so clever about Mi Zixia? It seems that he is thinking too much.

"Who... who said that my drawing skills are poor," Mi Zixia rolled his eyes and thought of it, "you go there and lean on me, and take a good look at what skills I have!"

As Li Shang said, leaning on the soft couch in front of the window, Mi Zixia rolled up the unfinished painting just now, picked up the brush again, and after a while, a beauty with closed eyes appeared on the paper, the spring breeze cut the willow eyebrows, and the warm sun Fu Yuyan, what a picture of a beauty lying in spring!

"Yo, I didn't expect that the drawing skills are not very good, but the mind is quite clever."

"Again, it's not that I'm bad at drawing, it's that you are so unique!"

"Haha, alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore. To think of such a way, I reckon the emperor will reward you, what do you want?"

Mi Zixia has been depressed for more than two years, and has long wanted to make great achievements and serve the country. Now that Li Shang said that he could ask for a reward, his joy was beyond words, but Li Shang poured cold water on him, "I want There is no hope for the words of high-ranking officials, and now that group of veterans hate me and the Xiao family, and you are so close to the young general of the Xiao family, they will not let you get what you want." Li Shang glanced at Mi Zixia. Seeing that the corners of his mouth that he just raised froze there, I couldn't help but feel a little regretful, but I had to say the next thing, and I had to do the next thing, "Of course, if you can tell me tomorrow morning Li Shang charmed the monarch, disturbed Chao Gang, and made good friends with those old officials, I think they will not make things difficult for you."

"Li Shang, who do you think I am, Mi Zixia? In your heart, am I the kind of person who betrays friends in order to climb up?"

"That is to say, you will stab your friend in both sides?"

"It's natural!"

"Well, tomorrow you will ask Bai Chen to take me out of the palace."

"...Don't make trouble." Mi Zixia was speechless upon hearing this, why did you drag me into the water when you have a problem with your lover's relationship!Take you out of the palace?If the emperor didn't kill me, how many heads do I have? !

"Do you think I'm being angry?" Li Shang said, "Do you still remember why Beiyi fought against Xiaxi with me a few days ago? Because they have the layout of my border forces!"

"You mean..."

"That's right! I don't even know which people around me are trustworthy now. The daughter of that family already knows what we just said."

"Okay, I'll take you away!"