The palace where Concubine Qian lives is called Qianqiu Palace, located in the northeast corner of the emperor's palace.
It is located right between the Changsheng Palace, the emperor's palace, and Fengqi Palace, the queen's palace. Opposite Qianqiu Palace is Wanchun Palace, where Concubine Hong lives. Although the status of the two concubines in the palace is only lower than that of the queen, they are inferior to the most favored concubine Zhen among the three concubines.
If the emperor wants to pamper his concubine, he must go through Fengqi Palace. Therefore, whenever the emperor went to the palace of one of the concubines, he had to pass through Fengqi Palace. If the queen was smart enough, she would not miss the opportunity to stabilize the emperor. The emperor was intercepted, and the concubine missed the opportunity to see the emperor. No matter how beautiful she was, she couldn't afford to miss it again and again.
However, there is one palace that is an exception, and that is Qinhe Hall.
Qinhe Hall is located on the left side of the emperor's palace, which is southwest of where Feng Qifeng and his concubines lived. Historically, only the most favored concubines could live there, but now, Concubine Zhen lives there.
However, the emperor's attitude towards Concubine Zhen was very strange, because the emperor never spent the night in Concubine Zhen's palace, and Concubine Zhen could not step out of Qinhe Palace. If other concubines want to visit her, they must first pass through Fengqi Palace and Changsheng Palace. According to the rules, the concubine must have permission from the emperor or hold a token to go to the Palace of Eternal Life. As a result, Concubine Zhen became a loner, guarding the deserted Qinhe Hall alone every day.
After Empress Li was deposed, the concubines were curious about whether the emperor would appoint Concubine Zhen as his concubine. However, the emperor never made any move and remained as usual. His strange attitude left many people scratching their heads.
Concubine Qian is also one of them.
"When I entered the palace five years ago, Liuyuan was only as high as my chest, but now she is a graceful little beauty! If I hadn't introduced you at the Rihua Club that day, I might not have recognized you!"
Su Liuyuan said calmly: "Second sister is joking."
"Are you still humble in front of me?" Concubine Qian suddenly covered her lips and smiled.
Su Liuyuan quietly raised her eyes and glanced at Concubine Qian. She was really beautiful. Every move she made showed her natural charm. No matter what she did, she could not get tired of her.
"Second sister..." Su Liuyuan was speechless and could only lower her head pretending to be shy.
It was almost the end of the hour, and before she knew it, Su Liuyuan had been here for an hour!
Concubine Qian said casually: "By the way, fifth sister still remembers what Aunt An gave her when she left?"
Su Liuyuan was startled, but the alarm bell rang loudly in her heart, and she asked quietly: "Mother?" Seeing Concubine Qian nodded, she said, "Although I was still young at that time, I don't remember what my mother gave me. what."
Concubine Qian frowned and became silent. Su Liuyuan didn't say anything anymore. In Nuo's big hall, the only sound of the distant breeze rustling the leaves could be heard.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty—" At this moment, the sound of hurried footsteps came. No one saw it, but the voice came in first.
Concubine Qian scolded in displeasure: "How unbecoming is it to be so flustered!"
"Your Majesty, the Emperor is here!" The palace maid didn't care about Concubine Qian's scolding and hurriedly explained.
Concubine Qian stood up with a whoosh, and sure enough, a high-pitched and dragging voice came through the air: "Your Majesty, your Majesty has arrived -"
After a moment, a bright yellow figure strode in and said with a loud smile: "Concubine Qian, I heard that you have recently developed some osmanthus tea. I wonder if I will be lucky enough to try it?"
"Long live the emperor!" Concubine Qian bowed, stood up and replied, "What is my concubine's is the emperor's. If the emperor likes my concubine's osmanthus tea, that is my concubine's blessing."
"Huh? Where is the tea?" The emperor pretended to look around. When his eyes touched the light green figure beside him, he paused and asked, "It turns out that Concubine Qian has a guest. This look looks very familiar..."
Although Su Liuyuan did not want to kneel down and worship, he just followed the local customs. Besides, his life was in someone else's hands. He was a human under the eaves and had to bow his head: "Long live the emperor, long live the emperor."
Concubine Qian's eyes flashed, and she smiled coquettishly: "Why doesn't your Majesty even remember Su Wumei?"
"Look at my memory!" The emperor suddenly patted his head and said, "I am so old, my memory is getting worse and worse! Get up quickly!"
"Your Majesty, please have some tea." As she spoke, Concubine Qian had already ordered the maid next to her to brew the osmanthus tea and brought it to the emperor with both hands.
After the emperor sat down, he slowly opened the cup, and the aroma suddenly filled the entire hall. He took a brief sip, narrowed his eyes in enjoyment, and sighed: "Qian Fei's craftsmanship is really getting better and better."
"If the emperor likes it, I am willing to make it for him to drink every day."
The emperor laughed but did not reply. He raised his head and glanced at Su Liuyuan, who was trying his best to turn himself invisible. He said nonchalantly: "Why did Concubine Qian suddenly recruit the fifth daughter Su into the palace?"
"Since we parted ways at the last flower party, I haven't seen Liu Yuan for a long time, so yesterday I specifically asked Mingyu Mingzhu to ask Liu Yuan to accompany me in the palace."
The emperor nodded after hearing this and looked up at the figure in the palace: "Su Liuyuan?"
"My daughter is here." Su Liuyuan responded quickly.
"I've always wanted to ask where your swordsmanship came from?"
Su Liuyuan replied calmly: "I met an aunt by chance when I was young. Seeing that I was destined to be with her, she taught me some swordsmanship. Unfortunately, my daughter was dull and only learned a few superficial skills, so that day The villain frightened the emperor."
"Taoist nun?" Concubine Qian muttered and repeated.
"No matter what, you saved my life."
Concubine Qian smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I think all this is destined. I just don't know where the Taoist nun with magical powers is now. Does Liuyuan know?"
"I don't know about this Liuyuan." Where should she go to find a fictional character
The emperor also asked with concern: "Then can you remember that person's appearance?"
Su Liuyuan's heart skipped a beat, and she pretended to recall it, then shook her head with a heavy face and said, "If you try hard to recall it, maybe you can draw it."
Concubine Qian immediately said: "Would you like to invite the painter from the palace?"
"Concubine Qian is right, that Taoist nun must be a master of Taoism. If we can find her, I will definitely reward you heavily!"
Su Liuyuan was a little depressed. Where could she find such a Taoist nun? "this… "
"Liuyuan, think about it carefully!" Concubine Qian interrupted Su Liuyuan's words.
Su Liuyuan glanced at Concubine Qian in confusion, and saw that she was smiling at him with deep meaning...
In the end, she was forced to conceive of a void person. Because the paintings of this time and space were all drawn with a brush, combined with some of the popular characteristics she said, I drew dozens of them, but none of them were satisfactory.
"It's better to let Liu Yuan paint it himself!" The painter's painting skills are no problem, but he can probably find a lot of the characters he painted in a day. It would be more convenient for her to do it herself, at least to start with.
The emperor was surprised and said: "You painted it yourself?"
"Exactly."
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Looking at the three people following the palace ladies, Su Liuyuan blinked inexplicably. Why are they all here
"Long live Father (Emperor)!"
The third highness is also the current crown prince and Xie Weixing, and there is another person who surprises her very much - Sui Tang! Su Liuyuan wasn't worried that he would recognize her, because she didn't show her face in front of everyone that day, so he probably didn't notice her.
"Your Majesty, can you give me some space to think?" Su Liuyuan said to the emperor expressionlessly.
The emperor was startled, then smiled and said: "It turns out there are too many people, which puts pressure on you! Hahahaha, that's all, I'll allow you to paint next door!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your permission!"
Su Liuyuan stepped out of Qianqiu Palace and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Facing so many colored eyes, she was really a little stressed. But who is that Sui Tang? Le He, Xie Weixing, and Sui Tang said they were here to pay their respects to Concubine Qian, but no matter how she looked at it, they all seemed to come to see her... And the emperor clearly had no information about the person who wanted to teach him swordsmanship, so why did Concubine Qian choose to do it? Are you forcing yourself to come up with evidence every step of the way? Why did she do this
"Miss Su, the ink has been sharpened." A palace maid reminded her softly.
Su Liuyuan came to her senses, nodded and said, "Okay, thank you."
The palace maid was stunned for a moment, and when she looked again, Su Liuyuan had already walked to the desk.
Writing and painting with brushes are not unfamiliar to An Yu. What is unfamiliar is that she is now Su Liuyuan, a person who does not often hold a brush. How can she master this skill? After thinking about it, she felt relieved again. Even if they suspected it, so what, she was indeed Su Liuyuan!
Thinking of this, she asked the palace maid to prepare various clean brushes and paints, although the paints only had three simple colors: red, green, and blue. But everyone in the industry knows that these are the three primary colors in color science. With these three colors, through reasonable deployment, you can get any desired color at your fingertips.
The person in the painting has a broad forehead, standard Guanyin lips, upturned lips, a slightly thin but clear nose, a graceful appearance, a quiet and noble appearance, and a kind demeanor. However, the most eye-catching thing is the small mole on the right side.
After the painting was dry, the palace maid presented the painting. The emperor glanced at it, his face full of surprise.
"this… "
Su Liuyuan still lowered his head and said respectfully: "Back to the emperor, this is the Taoist nun who taught Liuyuan swordsmanship."
Concubine Qian saw the emperor's expression was different and approached him curiously.
"Huh? Liuyuan, did you draw this?"
Le He, Xie Weixing and Sui Tang couldn't help but look at each other. Le He raised his handsome eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong with my father?"
"Take a look!" The emperor handed the canvas in his hand to Lehe.
Xie Weixing just glanced at it casually, then turned to Su Liuyuan in surprise.
Su Liuyuan, who was confused by a few people, was panicking. Could it be that the character she drew happened to bump into a certain big shot? Or are you saying that your painting skills are so bad that you can’t even look at them? The latter reason is absolutely impossible, so it is most likely the former reason...
"How come I haven't heard of Miss Su's paintings before?" It was Sui Tang who asked this question.
The emperor also looked at Su Liuyuan.
Su Liuyuan, whose name was called, had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Because he rarely leaves the house, and the little girl's paintings are not satisfactory..."
"If Miss Su's paintings are all unsatisfactory, then no one in the world would dare to call themselves a painter." Sui Tang stared closely at Su Liuyuan's figure and said.