After I traveled through the book, I was spoiled by five little villains

It turns out that art is indeed interconnected.

With the emperor's attainments in calligraphy and painting after years of immersion, his speed in learning sketching can be described as extremely fast.

Every teaching is accurate.

He just lacked knowledge of sketching, because in traditional Chinese painting, the concepts of perspective and light and shadow are not introduced. It does not pursue the reality of objects but the beauty of artistic conception.

Originally, they are two different forms of artistic expression, and there is no distinction between high and low.

Qin Yaoguang tried hard to recall the teaching method her teacher used when she was first learning painting, and first drew a cube on paper as a demonstration.

"Your Majesty, look at this square. Let's assume that the sunlight is shining from the left side. Then the left side is the bright side receiving the light, and the right side is the dark side that is not illuminated."

She pointed a pencil at the front of the cube. “We can call this the gray side because it’s between the light side and the dark side.”

The emperor looked at the cube he had drawn on the paper following Qin Yaoguang's steps and nodded thoughtfully.

He not only understood it, but was also able to draw inferences about other situations.

He immediately began to observe the various ornaments on the desk.

After reading it once, he pointed at the copper paperweight and said to Qin Yaoguang: "Royal sister, this is the dark side, and this is the bright side, right?"

"Correct."

Qin Yaoguang thought to himself: If I had such comprehension back then, I wouldn't have almost failed to learn painting.

So she simply gave up the demonstration on paper and used this copper paperweight to explain to the emperor what the five major tones were.

The emperor's eyes lit up when he heard this and he looked eager to try.

"Royal sister, do you mean to say that everything can be summarized by these three aspects and five tones?"

Hearing this familiar introductory art term coming out of the emperor's mouth, Qin Yaoguang had a strange sense of disobedience.

She held the pen in her hand, drove away the emotion, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is right."

Qin Yaoguang changed a piece of paper and outlined the shape of the copper paperweight with just a few strokes, and then switched to a Leyang pen with a softer refill to color it.

While painting, he explained to the emperor the practical application of the three major planes and five major tones that he had just explained.

After she finished speaking, the emperor couldn't wait to try it.

However, no matter how talented he was, he had never learned sketching systematically, so he was not very accurate when drawing the model. He said in annoyance, "Royal sister, how can you draw so like it?"

Qin Yaoguang then explained to him from the beginning what it means when something is closer it is bigger and when it is farther away it is smaller, and what perspective is.

In fact, she had trouble concentrating.

It's really weird to teach the emperor the basics of sketching in the palace!

Fortunately, this was knowledge she knew by heart, so even if she was distracted, it was impossible to tell that the emperor, who had just discovered the New World, was so excited.

During the whole process, Yue Fei remained very quiet.

She asked the palace maid to serve tea and pastries, and did some assisting things like passing paper and pen, but her eyes were mostly on Qin Yaoguang.

It turns out that this princess is not only talented but also has outstanding looks.

Only a woman like this could be worthy of that decisive and ruthless general!

The slight sadness in my heart faded away, and was replaced by the sweet feeling of being happy for Yan Changqing.

I have no choice, so it's good to see him happy.

After teaching the basic knowledge, Qin Yaoguang began to assign homework.

"Your Majesty, you can start by practicing still life."

She pointed to the fruit on the glass plate and said, "A pear, a date, a brush and an inkstone, all ready, then you can draw the combination."

Qin Yaoguang picked up a few things and put them together. He held the Leyang pen and quickly took a shape, and then refined it one by one.

Then let the emperor pick one thing and try to draw it himself.

After he finished painting, I revised his painting, corrected his pen-holding posture and the correct way of drawing lines, and taught him to consciously practice line arrangement before painting every time.

If applied in modern times, her teaching method would have fundamental logical errors.

How can you teach light and shadow first, then perspective, and finally lines?

But her student was the knowledgeable emperor, and it would be too boring to start by talking about boring lines.

Teaching should be entertaining and interest is the best teacher.

In short, this is what her teacher taught her, and that is what she did.

It turns out that the effect is not bad.

The emperor nodded repeatedly, looking even more obedient than Yan Jinyang.

He was extremely handsome, and when he focused on art, his whole body radiated light.

No wonder Queen Xie was so devoted to him.

Qin Yaoguang said this silently in her heart, washed her hands with the hot water brought by the palace maid, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I came to the palace this time to ask for your order."

The emperor was in high spirits, concentrating on arranging the lines, and asked without even raising his head, "What do you want?"

"Your Majesty, do you remember the snowstorm a few days ago?"

Qin Yaoguang said, "I donated some rice and grain. Today I remembered this matter and went to the Taifu Temple to check the account books. I want to ask for an oral order to check all the accounts of the Taifu Temple for disaster relief."

"Snowstorm?"

The emperor put down his pen and his expression became serious.

No matter how indifferent he was, he knew the basic operating rules of the court.

Throughout the dynasties, there has never been a case of a princess going to check the government offices and accounts.

"My sister, are you suspicious? Why not let the Grand Tutor investigate?"

His strength is that he never causes trouble and always speaks up for himself when faced with a problem.

Qin Yaoguang knew his reaction a long time ago, and said with a smile: "I'm not suspicious of anything, but disaster relief is related to the life and death of the people. If we rashly let the Grand Tutor intervene, it will be bad."

"If there is nothing wrong, wouldn't it be that Master Xie's work was in vain?" Qin Yaoguang added in his explanation.

After she said this, the emperor thought it made sense.

It was a non-issue in the first place. The Grand Tutor was already busy enough, and he couldn't bear to assign him more tasks.

While he was hesitating, Qin Yaoguang said, "Your Majesty, I will check the accounts first. Even if others find it strange, they will just think that I am acting recklessly and will not think too much about it. If there is really a problem, it will not be too late to let the Grand Tutor investigate it carefully."

There is something weird about the Cui family, and Qin Yaoguang doesn't trust anyone except himself.

If Xie Shu were allowed to go, even if he discovered something, there was no guarantee that he would not exchange interests with the Cui family because they were both from the same aristocratic family and pretend that nothing had happened.

The emperor was still a little undecided. Aletai was watching from the side, his icy blue eyes flickering as he asked curiously, "Your Majesty, is the Grand Tutor a very busy person?"

Qin Yaoguang glanced at her and explained with a smile: "You don't know, Empress Yue, that the Grand Tutor is very busy with government affairs every day, and thousands of things pass through his hands."

All memorials were approved by the Grand Tutor before being sent to the Emperor for his seal.

If he doesn't want the emperor to see something, the emperor must not see it.

The emperor was also happy to have some free time, and he regarded stamping the memorials submitted to him as a pastime, and was too lazy to read what was written in them.

"Wow, so you're so busy?"

Aletai blinked and looked at the emperor with admiration: "Your Majesty, can you make the decision on this little matter of my sister?"