"Even if the king uses light colors, why should he give up power to the painter?" [Five Beauties]
Yeting, Yunguang Hall.
Yongxiang ordered Xiao Bu to come in, walked to Liu Jiang's side in the eyes of everyone, and whispered something in a low voice.
Liu Jiang let out a subtle "hmm" and rummaged through the scrolls stacked on the table. After a while, she tapped an unfolded scroll with her fingertips and said softly: "Xuan
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The picture shows a pretty girl, but compared with the others, she lacks a lot of features, making it easy for people to ignore her.
Chang Yu, who was standing on one side, had very good eyesight, and he immediately saw clearly who was on the scroll. His pupils suddenly opened slightly, and a trace of surprise flashed through his eyes.
Liu Jiang had been paying attention to Chang Yu's actions, and now he felt more confident. He saw a woman wearing a brand-new palace dress, with silky black hair and neatly cut sideburns. She was very mature and charming.
The charm of it. A pair of black and white eyes wander around, as if they can speak. They inadvertently reveal affectionate eyes, which is endearing, or a glance at the eyes, which makes people excited.
The woman walked to Liu Jiang and stood there, straightening her sleeves. Then she bowed down and said in a voice that was as clear and crisp as an oriole's cry on the green: "Slave Zou, please greet the ten thousand-year-old princess."
"Are you Zou?" Although he had been mentally prepared, Liu Jiang had to admit at this time that the other party was several times more beautiful than everyone present, even more than himself. After all, Liu Jiang was in a calm mood, and in an instant
Then she replied, already having an idea in her mind. She took a sip of tea and asked, "Where are you from? How old are you?"
"This servant is from Shaanxian County, Hongnong County. She is seventeen this year." Zou agreed with a bow. She was famous for her beauty when she was in Shaanxian County. Niu Fu had heard of her when he was stationed in Shaanxian County, but
In the future, he would be killed if he could not be "recruited". Later, Li Jue and others rebelled, and because everyone was worried about their lives and eager to gather troops to march westward, the Zou family escaped again, and later Zhang
Sheng rebels... The people of the Zou clan, who have had several brushes with disasters, gradually realize that sometimes beauty can cause trouble. And the Zou clan has escaped accidents several times, maybe there is a certain destiny, so this time
The imperial court selected a daughter from a good family, and her family immediately and diligently dedicated the Zou family to the palace.
"She's the same age as me, actually." Liu Jiang looked at Zou's appearance carefully. The more she looked at him, the more she felt that he suited her well. She said with satisfaction: "You can turn around and show me."
Zou was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting this, but she was also alert and immediately followed the instructions and slowly turned around in a circle.
In order to facilitate serving the nobles and packing their belongings, the palace attire worn by ordinary palace servants was particularly slim and light, especially the light-colored belt, which highlighted Zou's graceful waist; the smooth curves up and down made her more graceful.
Made in heaven, graceful and graceful.
"Okay, okay." Although Liu Jiang did not smile, anyone who knew her well knew how happy her tone was at this time. She said to the Great Changqiu Miao Si: "Let her go to Fu Guiren's Palace to be a maid."
"Jinnuo." Miao Si bowed in agreement, then waved to Zou and said, "Go down and wait."
After Zou's expression became less excited, Liu Jiang stopped turning over the scrolls. Her eyes kept staring at Zou's portrait. In fact, in addition to her own appearance, the portrait also had the words "Zou" written on the side.
His name, place of origin, age, family background and other personal information. The reason why Liu Jiang asked so many questions just now was simply because he wanted to express his importance to the Zou family in front of everyone.
At this time, she looked at the portrait again and again, and saw a line written in the upper left corner, "The family has little wealth, and the ancestor is the chief of the town." She said nothing for a long time.
The scene turned cold for a moment, which made Chang Yu who was standing by the side very uneasy. He held his breath and kept peeking at the eldest princess's face, but he couldn't see anything.
That's because Liu Jiang has always been deep and measured. In fact, there are countless waves in her heart, with unspeakable emotions and hesitations. What she is thinking about is that the reason why she proposed to select girls from good families to enter the palace was mainly for
The reason why the emperor gave birth to an heir earlier was more to use a new batch of beautiful women to share the pressure Fu and others faced from Empress Dong.
Now that he met Zou, although his words, deeds, posture, and color were all excellent, Liu Jiang was worried that he would overshadow everyone and seem to usurp the spotlight. More importantly, the emperor was young, so if he saw
What should I do if I fall for Zou's beauty and become addicted to it?
Suddenly, Liu Jiang felt a trace of regret in her heart, and only hoped that she could be equal with the queen.
Finally, she made a plan. Only if Empress Dong had a problem with the Zou family, her favorite Fugui would have a chance to advance: "Changyu."
She asked: "This man's appearance is excellent, but it's a pity that he doesn't have half of it in this painting."
Chang Yu said calmly: "Back to Princess, I just said that life has different shapes. Some people are originally outstanding in appearance, but once they are painted into paintings, they can only express less than 80% of them. This is not all true.
The painter’s mistake…”
"That's not a huge difference." Liu Jiang didn't accept the other party's explanation at all, and said coldly: "If I hadn't found it by chance this time, wouldn't this person have disappeared into the Yongxiang of Yeting? This painter will always be there.
It's just that my brushwork is unfamiliar, so don't try to tell me any fallacious theories about how to 'get into painting'. Although I'm not good at painting, I understand Wang Zhaojun's story."
Chang Yu's expression changed, and he said with a hasty smile: "Who in the palace doesn't know that the eldest princess is Ruijian, and she is well-educated. How dare those painters play tricks in front of the eldest princess?"
Anyway, almost all the scrolls nowadays are copied from the truth, but each one is slightly different from the real person. There is absolutely no stupid thing like painting the beautiful into the ugly and the ugly into the beautiful. Changyu believes that what he and others have done is better than what he did during the time of Emperor Xiaoyuan.
Mao Yanshou was even more thorough. If we really investigate, it is at most because the painter is not good enough and did not show all the features of the Zou family. The most severe punishment for a painter is to be dismissed from his job. Someone will compensate him for his losses.
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So she didn't believe that Liu Jiang would get anything out of this, unless the other party deliberately wanted to go to war before leaving the palace. But in doing so, Liu Jiang had to consider whether this would be regarded by the courtiers as an attempt to delay leaving the palace.
And making trouble unreasonably.
Sure enough, Liu Jiang stopped talking about this matter and only grabbed the painter: "Miao Si, this painter is too useless. You can report this to the country and have him deposed."
"Jinnuo." Miao Si lowered his head and replied.
Liu Jiang paused for a moment and then said: "Before you go, let other capable painters repaint the faces of the girls I have chosen today. Especially that Zou family, there must be no more
"The painting doesn't match the painting. The country is fond of paintings these days. You can fool me by saying it's in the painting, but you can't fool the country."
The last sentence was obviously made to Chang Yu, but when Chang Yu came, Liu Jiang did not dare to pursue the matter further. It was tantamount to being fierce and cruel, so naturally there was nothing to be afraid of.
Seeing Chang Yu turning a deaf ear, Liu Jiang's eyes suddenly darkened a bit.