Give the calligraphy a handle
During lunch, Nangong Jingnu suddenly put down her chopsticks after taking two bites, and said, "Everyone except Chuntao and Qiuju have stepped down."
"Yes."
"Chuntao, bring some money and a few people, go to a Chengji stall on Dongsan Street and buy all their osmanthus brewed."
"His Royal Highness, the wine cellars of all kinds of fine wines that His Majesty has rewarded are almost out of stock, do you still have to buy them?"
Nangong Jingnu frowned slightly, pursed her lips and said nothing.
Qiu Ju tugged Chuntao's clothes: "His Royal Highness asked you to go, you just go."
Chuntao was about to speak, but stopped when she saw Qiu Ju's warning eyes, she hit Wan Fu and retired.
After Chuntao left, Nangong Jingnu asked Qiuju again, "How many silver taels are left in the treasury?"
The shock in Qiu Ju's eyes flashed. Although she was not sure why Nangong Jingnu, who had never asked these questions, suddenly asked, she adjusted her expression and replied, "This servant will go get the account book and show it to His Highness."
"No need, do you have five hundred taels of cash?"
Hearing this, Qi Yan and Qiu Ju couldn't help laughing: How much does this princess not eat fireworks? The most favored daughter-in-law of the dignified Wei Kingdom, with 5,000 households in food towns. How could there not even be five hundred taels of silver in the treasury
"some."
"Then you take five hundred taels and give them to the concubine."
"Yes." Qiu Ju gave Qiyan another blessing: "My concubine, the five hundred taels of silver is too heavy. I wonder if it can be exchanged for a silver note from Tongbao Bank?"
"There is sister Lao Qiuju."
Nangong Jingnu suddenly gave her so much money, and Qi Yan understood after a little thought. It must be because she complained about her shyness last night, and it entered her heart.
Nangong Jingnu pondered for a moment and said, "The concubine built a private house outside. In the future, all expenses in the private house will be paid from the account of the princess' residence. Do you remember it?"
"Here."
Nangong Jingnu instructed again: "This matter must not be publicized."
"Yes."
Qiu Ju narrowed her brows and exited the imperial dining hall, unable to help but sigh: His Highness is really fond of his concubine!
Although the Concubine's Mansion has not yet been completed, how many princesses in the world would allow Concubine Consort to set up a private residence? What's more, all accounts have to go from the princess's house
As a member of the royal family, concubines are not allowed to take concubines for life, but there are also some concubines who are at odds with each other and unable to reunite and secretly set up private houses, and act as a treasure in a golden house.
If you meet a master with a strong temper, you know that the concubine's private house can be dealt with by family law. Even if they are mild-mannered, few concubines dare to put the matter of setting up a private house on the bright side...
However, the concubine is so young, and she is newly married to the princess. Yan'er should not do such a cowardly thing. I just hope that the concubine can be consistent and don't hurt His Highness's heart.
Qi Yan finished the bowl of porridge quietly, swallowed her last mouthful and said, "His Royal Highness, this minister's salary can still support the outer house."
"Don't forget to bring money when you go out in the future."
"His Royal Highness allowed the minister to go out?"
"This palace has never restricted your freedom." Nangong Jingnu said in a muffled voice.
Qi Yan didn't speak any more, and sat next to Nangong Jingnv. She waited until she put down her chopsticks and said, "I have eaten too."
"Bengong is going to see the second sister in a while."
"That minister also went out of the palace. This year's reward has not been issued yet, so the people in the palace should be anxious."
"Go."
Qi Yan asked, "When will Your Highness be back?"
"Bengong spent the night at the second sister's house tonight and won't come back."
Qi Yan thought for a while: "Can the minister stay overnight in a private house?"
"what ever."
Qi Yan didn't know what she did wrong to make Nangong Jingnu so unhappy. There was a vague feeling that there might be something wrong with "Lay Shepherd", but she didn't have time to investigate further. The closer it turned out to be the day when she returned to Yongzhou to worship her ancestors, the more important things were waiting for her.
Qi Yan put the five hundred taels of silver notes given by Qiu Ju into her arms, walked out of the mansion for about two or three miles, went to the bank, and hired a carriage to rush to the Qi mansion in the south of the city.
When the concierge saw the head of the house coming back, he hurriedly opened the gate of the house. Qian Yuan, the housekeeper of Qi House, brought a group of housekeepers, maids, and mother-in-law to the door to greet Qi Yan.
Qi Yan handed the brocade box in his hand to Qian Yuan: "Get up, let's go in and talk."
"Yes."
After closing the mansion gate, Qi Yan stood on the steps and looked at the servants and said, "According to the ceremony, I should go back to the mansion before the Shangyuan Festival and distribute the reward to everyone. But you also know that my status is special now, here I am. Let me accompany everyone."
"Master, what can I say, it is a blessing for the villain to be able to work in Qi Mansion!"
"Master is in charge of every day, and the minions dare not bother."
"Master broke the villain."
Qi Yan waved his hand: "This is your first year in Qi Mansion, and the reward must be made up."
After he finished speaking, he motioned Qian Yuan to open the brocade box, and there were 100 taels of silver neatly piled inside: "Princess Zhen Zhen is sympathetic, these 100 taels are the reward money given to you by Your Highness."
All the servants knelt on the ground in unison, and called Qiansui three times, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your grace."
"Get up."
"Thank you sir."
Qi Yan took out another purse from her bosom, which was the 12 taels won by the lantern riddle array yesterday. On the way here, Qi Yan added a few more taels to make up the 10 taels.
She handed the purse to Qian Yuan: "These 10 taels are my happy money for you. Those who have families can take them home to subsidize their families, or save them as the capital for marrying a wife and having children. A table is prepared in the kitchen at night. Let's eat together."
"Thank you sir!"
"Qian Yuan, come to the study to find me in a while."
"Yes."
Qi Yan came to the study, found a set of framed blank scrolls in the cabinet, and spread it on the table.
"Tuk Tuk Tuk."
"Master, Xiao Qianyuan."
"Come in."
"Yes."
"It's just right, research ink for me."
Qi Yan walked directly to the window, pushed open the window and looked into the distance.
After a while, Qian Yuan said, "Master, the ink research is done. Would you like to try?"
"Um."
Qi Yan came to the desk and rolled up her cuffs, took a medium-sized brush, dipped it in ink, and drew a line on the grass paper: "Excellent."
"Thank you for your compliment."
Qian Yuan winked and held down one end of the scroll, Qi Yan took a deep breath and picked up the pen to write: "Yulou Spring: The Nine Years of Jingjia"
One year, the lotus drain is drained, and Bijing is full of crispy and frozen wine. Xiaochun's expectations are steep and deceiving, and spring's slenderness comes first to Liu. The beautiful woman reiterates the thousand longevity, the cypress leaves and pepper flowers are fragrant and green sleeves. Thanks to the knowledge that we meet little and know each other, and we are only familiar with distant mountains.
Signed: Presented by the Shepherd Layman.
A poem was completed in one go, Qi Yan let out a shallow breath, looked at her work, and said with a little regret: "Learning is like rowing a boat against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, and so is learning. ashamed."
"Master, what's the point? According to the villain's opinion, this painting is a masterpiece. It's majestic and magnificent." Having said that, he couldn't hide the shock in Qian Yuan's eyes.
He used to serve in the Xie Mansion, and with Xie An, a wealthy scholar, he also gained some knowledge.
It is said that in the twelfth lunar month of the seventh year of Jingjia, two princes of the official family in the capital fought fiercely for the authenticity of the shepherd layman.
This incident once alerted the Ministry of Punishment, because the two adults are in important positions, the Ministry of Punishment directly reported this matter to the sky, and asked Your Majesty to decide.
Because of this, Jiang Wei was appointed by the sage to be beheaded, and he was asked to be executed after the fall of last year...
For a time, this mysterious shepherd layman became famous, and countless scholars and scholars traveled to various study rooms to search for the authentic works.
It's a pity that very few masterpieces have been handed down by Lay Shepherd. One of them was listed as an exhibit and sealed in the Punishment Department. One was bought by a mysterious person, but the owner of the study kept one for himself.
Qian Yuan remembers: Xie An also ordered someone to carry the money to go to the study in person to ask for it, but the owner of the study said: The last "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Ming" sticker was taken away by the noble...
Xie An gave the owner of the study one hundred taels to inquire about the traces of Lay Shepherd, but the boss refused to accept it, and seemed to be very secretive about this Lay Shepherd.
There are many people who are fortunate enough to have witnessed the real work of Lay Shepherd and give him high praise for his calligraphy. Some people speculate that Lay Shepherd's age should be around the age of no confusion, just because his profound writing skills and understanding of calligraphy are not something that can happen overnight. to make.
It is a pity that only three works of this mysterious shepherd have been circulated, and they disappeared like a flash in the pan.
Qian Yuan never thought that Lay Shepherd was actually the third-rank concubine of the dynasty, and his master: Qi Yan!
It's no wonder that the owner of the study studio refused to open his mouth in the face of the huge sums of money, so could it be that the "noble person" who took away the "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Ming" was a member of the royal family? And gave a gag order to the boss of the study
Qian Yuan read Qi Yan's poems carefully several times, and soon found the mystery.
The last sentence of the poem: I am grateful that I know each other very little, and I am only a distant old man.
It is about the love between Qi Yan and Xie An. Qi Yan was poor and white at the beginning, and he lived in a dilapidated courtyard without even a decent earth wall. It was Xie An who personally brought people to visit Qi Yan, gave a heavy gift and gave Qi Yan an outhouse of his own.
And isn't Xie An's expression "Distant Mountain"
Seeing this layer clearly, Qian Yuan was in awe of Qiyan, and "two yuan and one flower" really deserved its name. What Qian Yuan admired the most was not Qi Yan's literary talent and calligraphy, but his humaneness.
This nineteen-year-old boy is so sophisticated in his dealings with the world.
Not to mention the value of the word itself, the most important poem expresses euphemistically: Qi Yan's gratitude to Xie An for his kindness, and her wish for the friendship between the two to remain as old as ever.
There is another point that makes Qian Yuan the most impressive: signature.
Qi Yan's signature reads "Shepherd Lay" instead of Qi Yan.
There are two hidden meanings in this. First, Qi Yan is sensitive to the identity of the concubine, while the "shepherd layman" is just a wandering loose person who thinks his identity is mysterious, and he is willing to interact with Xie An on an equal footing.
Second: Qi Yan's identity is not what it used to be. If others were to know that he used to sell words for a living and acted as a businessman as a scholar, he would definitely be criticized.
This painting is equivalent to telling the other party his secrets generously! Xie An is a businessman, and Qi Yan's initiative to give him a handle not only reflects his trust in Xie An, but also gives Xie An the opportunity to speak to him.
Even his subordinates can understand this level, and Xie An will definitely understand it.
At the same time, Qi Yan is also telling Qian Yuan one thing: he regards Qian Yuan as his own.
Knowing this, Qian Yuan's eyes on Qi Yan changed.
After all, he has been with Xie An for many years, Qi Yan is just a concubine without real power, maybe one day he will return to Xie's house when the house is scattered.
But today Qi Yan openly brought the reward of His Highness Zhen Zhen, which is equivalent to telling the servants in the house: The princess knows that he has an outer house, so you can feel at ease and be loyal.
Qian Yuan lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt on the ground: "I didn't expect the master to be a famous shepherd. The villain has admired the master for a long time. Today, I can see the true face of Mount Lu, I am lucky for three lives."
Qi Yan chuckled: "The housekeeper please get up quickly, Qi Yan can't bear such a big gift when he is young."
"Master, there is something I don't know if I should say it or not."
"Family, but it doesn't matter."
"Yes. Master, your current identity is not what it used to be. If the identity of the shepherd layman spreads out, it may not be good for your reputation. Why don't you rewrite your real name?"
Qi Yan, however, took out the seal of the Shepherd layman from her bosom and put it down, and said lightly: "Brother Yuanshan has the grace of knowing and meeting with me. Since I have a sincere relationship with someone from Qi, I will not have any doubts. Heaven is rich and precious, and there are countless rare treasures in the mansion. And my family background is too thin. I have been receiving many help from Brother Yuanshan for a long time, but there is no drop of water in return. I feel guilty and can’t sleep at night. Fortunately, God has given me a few If you click on the text and ink, this handwriting is still eye-catching, Brother Yuanshan is good at ink, and this handwriting can be used to the best of his ability."
Qian Yuan said convincingly: "Master is open-minded, has a unique vision, and is admired by villains."