After the warmth of the spring, the buds of the leaves slowly stretched out, and the withered grasses also sturdily withdrawn buds. Everything seems to be alive.
Qi Xuan felt something and drew a picture of early spring. However, Tang Mo didn't think highly of this painting. Because Qixuan's landscape paintings can never escape Pang Jinglun's shadow.
Hearing this comment, Qi Xuan didn't care, and said with a smile: "Just paint as you please." People around him, including Aunt Dou, said that his figure was painted well. Therefore, Qi Xuan now specializes in figure painting. He paints few landscape paintings or flowers and animals now.
Tang Mo also knew that Qi Xuan had studied with Peng Jinglun for so many years, and it would be difficult for him to get rid of his influence completely. This matter must be done slowly.
Fortunately, Pang Jinglun never paints figures, otherwise Qi Xuan would be deeply affected.
After the two talked, Qi Xuan returned to his home. In order to facilitate communication, the two yards were opened up.
Back at home, Qi Xuan saw Aunt Dou's eyes red, and hurriedly asked: "What's the matter? Who is bullying you?"
Aunt Dou wiped her tears; "No one bullied me, I just miss Yikang. After two years of separation, I don't know if the child recognizes me after returning to Beijing?"
After moving to the county seat, I bought food and clothes without growing my own. The two entourages of the Tang family will do the rough work. Aunt Dou only needs to cook three meals, so she is more leisurely.
After this free time, Aunt Dou missed her children especially. Sometimes I can't sleep at night if I think about it.
Qixuan said, "Or, you go back to the capital first." He also missed his parents, wife and children, but he couldn't go back temporarily. But if Aunt Dou wants to go back, that's fine.
She missed her son, but she was reluctant to be separated from Qixuan. After a lot of entanglement, Aunt Dou still shook her head and said, "I want to go back with you." The child would live well without her in the palace, but if he goes back now, it will be impossible to live like a husband and wife with the prince in the future.
Qi Xuan patted Aunt Dou's hand without saying anything. But when he arrived at the studio, he wrote a letter to send Gu Jiu back to the capital.
Gu Jiu didn't answer the letter, but asked, "I don't want to tell the Queen Mother in the letter, do you want to go back?"
Qi Xuan nodded. Although he knew that the probability of Yuxi agreeing that he would go back was relatively low, he still wanted to give it a try.
"What kind of temper is the queen dowager, do you not know when you are a son? Your letter was sent for free." Generally, the queen dowager's decision will not change.
Qixuan said: "Qiaoniang has always wanted Yikang these days, let her go back first but don't want to." Aunt Dou had suffered so much with him, and now Qixuan feels uncomfortable seeing her always crying secretly, so he just Want to go back early.
Gu Jiu said nothing. Aunt Dou's mood has not been high these days, how could he not know this.
Speaking of which, this woman is really pretty good. Following King Xuan's suffering in Ajia Village, not only did he have no complaints, on the contrary, the good things would be close to King Xuan first.
Upon seeing this, Qi Xuan asked, "Gu Jiu, don't you want your wife, children, and grandchildren?" Gu Jiu's children are already married, so he can't spare to teach new people. Otherwise, after retreating, he can take care of his life.
Gu Jiu swept Qixuan, and said with a smile: "When you say this, I really miss my grandson." When he left, the little guy was still pulling his clothes and not letting him go. I haven't seen each other for two years. The little guy must have grown a lot taller.
"I also want brothers and brothers. My father is incompetent, but a few children are very filial." Thinking about it, I feel ashamed. In the future, he must double the compensation for several children.
Gu Jiu looked at King Xuan's appearance, and said, "It's not impossible that you want to go back."
Qi Xuan's eyes lit up: "What way?"
Gu Jiu smiled and said: "The Supreme Emperor and the Queen Mother are in their sixtieth years, and have been looking for painters to paint for them for the past few years. Unfortunately, until now, no painter has made a painting that satisfies the Emperor. They are satisfied with the paintings, and I believe the Supreme Emperor will definitely let you go back."
Qixuan also knew about this. Five years ago, his elder brother started looking for an artist to paint for the two of them, but none of the paintings made by these great artists satisfied his father.
"My dad is not satisfied with the paintings made by great painters, how could I paint a portrait that satisfies my dad." In addition to the royal painter in the palace, Qi Hao has searched for several great painters who are good at painting figures in the world. It is a pity that Yunqing is not satisfied with all of them.
Gu Jiu said with a laugh: "If you haven't tried, how can you know that you can't?"
Qi Xuan was still not confident, and ran to find Tang Mo.
Gu Jiu shook his head helplessly. In fact, he had long discovered that Qi Xuan was not confident. If you say he can't, he feels really can't. The person next to him must encourage him to praise him so that he will have the motivation to continue doing it.
Not only Gu Jiu, but Tang Mo also discovered this weakness of Qi Xuan, so Tang Mo always encouraged him to praise him. Even if you feel bad, you will speak very tactfully.
Qi Xuan got the affirmation, so he became more and more devoted, and his painting skills got better and better.
Tang Mo knew this and naturally agreed.
Qi Xuan brewed for two days and began to paint.
These days, Gu Jiu has developed a habit of just taking a look at Qixuan's paintings when nothing happens, and this time is no exception.
Seeing Yun Qing's white hair and deep wrinkles on his face on the portrait, Gu Jiu said, "You are definitely not satisfied with this painting."
Qi Xuan put down the paintbrush, looked at Gu Jiu and asked, "Why?" Although he hadn't seen him for two years, he still knew Yun Qing's appearance clearly.
Gu Jiu said his opinion: "If I were to see such an old-fashioned appearance of myself, I would definitely be unhappy."
Because the Queen Mother is so young, her paintings are also very beautiful
The more he said, the more Gu Jiu felt reasonable: "When the Emperor Tai was young, he was a majestic and brave general. Now that you paint a bad old man, do you think he will be satisfied?" He was 100% dissatisfied.
Qi Xuan came to understand: "You mean you should paint my father when he was young, so that he will be satisfied."
Gu Jiu said: "You can grasp this for yourself, anyway, don't draw it like this. I don't feel comfortable looking at it, let alone being too emperor."
"But this is a portrait left for future generations to admire. Isn't the painting too young?"
Gu Jiudao: "The level of those great painters is definitely higher than you, and they can't satisfy the Supreme Emperor. Do you think you can be satisfied with such paintings as the Supreme Emperor?" Therefore, it is better to find another way.
Qixuan felt that Gu Jiu made sense, and he pondered for a moment and said, "Let me think about it."
Whatever you think, it's not about asking Tang Mo's opinion. Speaking of it, Gu Jiu really felt very strange, how could it be so much different from the same parents. The emperor and Youwang are so opinionated. King Xuan, cough, don't talk about it. Fortunately, his parents are also strong and his brothers can cover him, so he will not be bullied.
Qixuan really went to Tang Mo after dinner and asked his opinion.
After listening to Tang Mo, he smiled and said, "This idea is very good, you can give it a try." Maybe the emperor really doesn't like those big painters who paint him too old, so he picks the bones in the egg.
Qi Xuan hesitated and said, "But this portrait will be enshrined in the Taimiao a hundred years from now. The painting is too young and a little unpretentious!"
When Tang Mo heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "You know why the portraits left by the ancestors to posterity are old. That's because this kind of portraits cannot be painted in advance. When they are old, they can paint. They can only paint what they looked like at the time." No one will ask a painter to paint the portraits left for future generations to admire, because it is unlucky.
Qi Xuan really didn't think deeply about these things.
Tang Mo said, "Draw the appearance of the Emperor and Queen Mother when they were young. No other painter can do this, but it is not difficult for you, King Xuan."
When Qixuan was about to start painting, Gu Jiu made another comment: "The love between the Supreme Emperor and the Queen Mother, if you paint them together, I think they will be very happy." Generally, portraits are one for each person. of.
Hearing this, a picture flashed in Qi Xuan's mind, and immediately nodded and said: "You are right, my parents definitely want the two to be together."
Painting together is much more difficult than painting alone. But Qi Xuan did not flinch this time.
While painting in Qixuan's retreat, Yi Jia followed Nigu and Niti down the mountain.
Aunt Dou was wearing a blue tangled lotus with a pair of breasts, a horse-faced skirt, and a crescent bun with two silver hairpins in the bun. Because I have been raising it for more than half a year, although it is not comparable to when I was in the capital, it is still very different compared to when I was in Aga Village.
So when Yi Jia saw Aunt Dou, she didn't dare to recognize each other: "Qiao Niang, why are you so beautiful?"
Aunt Dou greeted the people into the house and said with a smile: "Now I don't work anymore and don't bask in the sun anymore." After a winter, she came back a little bit in vain. Of course, people rely on clothes and Buddhas rely on gold clothes, so they will definitely be much more beautiful after they are dressed up.
After the two sat down, Aunt Dou asked: "Sister Yijia, how is this time okay?"
Yi Jia smiled and said, "Everything else is good, but I miss Ai Hua in particular." Ai Hua has never left her since she was a child, and this time she left for half a year.
She hadn't seen her son for half a year, so she really missed it. It took a long time this time before Nico agreed to take her down the mountain.
Aunt Dou has a deep understanding of this: "Yes! The child is away from her side, how can this mother not think about it."
When Yijia heard this, she shook Aunt Dou's hand and said, "When can you go home?" She is much better than Aunt Dou, after all, there are Ada and Muna by her side. She would not be able to bear it unless she was by her side.
Aunt Dou shook her head, this matter is not for them to decide. They have to let go of the Queen Mother before they can go back.
Upon seeing this, Yi Jia said: "Then you have another one! With a child by your side, you won't think that way anymore."
Aunt Dou had this idea, but Qi Xuan didn't touch her. She was alone and couldn't give birth even if she wanted to. It's just the thing in this room, Aunt Dou was too embarrassed to say to Yi Jia: "This child doesn't want to have it, you can have it."
When Yijia heard this, she also expressed her understanding. She gave birth to three Aihua brothers and sisters, but her sister only gave birth to a girl and she never became pregnant again. So this matter also depends on fate, and there is no need to be anxious.
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