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While the four elections in Wujiang Mountain were going on, the old dean of the Academy of Painting was worrying about the paintings he was going to hand in to His Majesty.

The Yuelao Temple said it was gone overnight, and it was the state religion Zuo Wangxinzhai who made the move. Such a major move, such a thunderous speed, doomed the Yuelao Temple to have a hard time turning around this year.The embarrassing thing for the old dean was: "We have painted the Yuelao Temple for so many days in batches and angles from top to bottom in the painting academy. Should we still hand it in?"

What His Majesty wants to see is the fireworks in the world, the peaceful and prosperous world.What do they mean by handing over a defeated tomorrow to His Majesty?But if you don't hand it in, how can you complete the task that His Majesty gave you before?

It’s true that you don’t pay, and it’s not true if you don’t pay.

The deputy dean was also so worried that his head was going bald, he paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and suggested to the dean: "Hand it up!"

It’s impossible not to hand in, but they can choose not to hand in all the paintings of the Yuelao Temple, and exchange some of the capital’s scenery or customs that everyone is more satisfied with recently, and mix them together.

Recently, it just happened to catch up with the climax of the spring outing in the capital. Many painters went to Liulin Garden with their families. There are still some similar landscape works in stock.In these paintings, there are a few paintings of Yuelao Temple with crowds, which is easy to explain. After all, this is also one of the most recent scenery in the capital.

"Satisfying His Majesty without being talked about, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" This was the best way the Vice President could think of.

"That's the only way to go." The dean pondered for a moment, and finally agreed.

"I will ask the people below to quickly collect the paintings. Your Majesty's father-in-law should be here soon."

As soon as the interested people in the painting academy saw the new task, they immediately thought of the beauty in black clothes that He Lang painted on the second floor of the tavern that day.With both the scene and the people, it couldn't be more in line with the requirements. This person can't help being secretly annoyed, and after trying all the tricks, did he still let this fool get shit luck in the end?

No, how can this be done!

The "witty" little brains turned wildly, and within a short period of time, they thought of how to eliminate dissidents and solve the workplace crisis.

and this……

It was all within Chi Ning's expectation.He had already asked his godson, He Lang, to prepare a scrap manuscript in advance and was ready to hand it in at any time.There will definitely be people who can't help but make a move.

Sure enough, among the many submitted paintings, only Helang's painting was "accidentally" splashed with water, and there was no way to present it to the imperial court.

The vice president has been an official for many years, if he can't even see this thought, he will be a vice president in vain.Looking at the painting that had been completely muddy with water, the vice president was really annoyed. This is a group of trash who refused to devote their minds to painting, and instead made all kinds of tricks and tricks fly away!

But now that the matter has come to an end, what can the vice president do?

After receiving the news, the old dean also slumped down on the chair, visibly depressed.He was also very optimistic that He Lang could take advantage of the current trend of realism, because the most critical people can only criticize He Lang's paintings for being too close to reality and lacking artistic imagination, but as long as he opens his eyes Ordinary people, at the first sight of Helang's paintings, will admire its veracity.

With such superb skills, it may not be possible to produce a good seedling in a hundred years.Why just...

The most important thing is that the old dean has already told the father-in-law next to the emperor in advance that there will be such a finished product combining the two: "This, what should I do?"

"I have an idea here that is not an idea." The vice president bit the bullet and briefly stated his idea.

In the painting academy, there is a court painter named Jian Ren who is always fond of making troubles. He also once painted a pretty back view of a beauty, and he modified it according to the structure he saw in He Lang's painting that day, and he barely reached the picture. To the point that although they are similar in appearance, they are not similar in spirit.Jian Ren sent the painting over to the vice president early in the morning. The small ninety-nine in his heart was almost transparent, but he just wanted to ask "what if".

Now this eventuality really happened.

"Helang's painting was splashed with water, so this bastard did it, right?" The dean was so angry that he patted the table.

The vice-principal was a more practical person, and advised the principal, "What can we do? We are in urgent need of such a painting, and it is better to have than to have nothing.

"As for Helang...

"We'll find a way to make up for it later."

With bad luck, he could only wrong the child for the time being.

The dean is in a dilemma, on the one hand, he has already lost his conscience in the ups and downs of the officialdom, and on the other hand, the father-in-law by His Majesty's side has come to remind him.In the end, he could only close his eyes and nodded: "Hey, what is this?"

Today's painting academy is no longer the same painting academy as it used to be. If we want to reproduce the grand scene of Emperor Su's dynasty, I'm afraid we can only rely on dreams.

Helang was still dull. After being called to "discuss" by the dean and the deputy dean at the same time, and tried to appease him, the others left, but he still stood where he was, and said something very time-lag: "I didn't submit the beauty picture, it was for my father."

But no one will listen to what he has to say.

***

The four consecutive three-day elections finally came to an end. Of the 35 applicants, only three were left.

But in fact, these three people are not the only ones. Just in case, there will be ten people as candidates, which means almost half the chance of survival.

Only 22 people were really eliminated.The arrangement for them is still the same old routine, they can go home or enter the palace as maids. The only thing they are better than those who were eliminated before is that if they want to be palace maids, they can directly enter the palace without having to undergo training and assessment. After entering the palace, they will be assigned to more important palaces, and the chances of being promoted to female officials in the future will be higher than others.

Most of the candidates who were eliminated, as Chi Ning expected, chose to enter the palace. They were not very willing to lose, and they always wanted to fight to make a comeback.Among them is Zhao Yingxuan who is good at ventriloquism, but that's all.

Chi Ning narrowed his eyes and watched the little girl quickly packed up her bags, and followed the servants in line to enter the palace, thinking, in fact, sometimes a maid is also a choice.

The bad nature of men is that wives are worse than concubines, concubines are worse than stealing, and stealing is worse than not being able to steal.

I hope Zhao Yingxuan will not be discouraged, you will definitely be able to.

Wu Er and Wan Wan belonged to the group that voluntarily returned home. Under the banner of personally sending Wu Er back to the princess mansion, Chi Ning turned around after handing Wu Er to her crying and laughing brother and sister-in-law. So I went to Situ Wang's appointment.

The place they chose to meet was the Wangjiang Tower opened by Chi Ning's godson.This is one of Chi Ning's sites, so you don't have to worry about the walls having ears, the dishes are delicious, expensive and lined up.

In the box, Situ Wang has been waiting for a long time.

But I have to say that this Major General's level of storytelling is not as good as Yuan Jun's. He made the past between him and his son Wen Huaigu even more dry.If Chi Ning hadn't known a version in advance, he would probably have been tortured to death by this crappy story.

Situ Wang tested Wen Huaigu back then and asked about the possibility of the two families getting married, but Wen Huaigu refused without hesitation on the grounds that he was not planning to get married.

If someone else said this, it would be unreliable, or impossible to realize, and Situ Wang would definitely ask why.But if these words came from Wen Shi's mouth, it would be another matter.Among the members of the Wen family in history, there are many examples. The princess raised a male favorite in the back house, and she would not marry after being beaten to death; The eunuch decides the marriage.Under the strict marriage selection system, everyone seems to be able to understand what they do.

As a result, within a year after Wen Huaigu swore, he suddenly changed his mind and wanted to get married.

Knowing that my friend is a person who can't lie, the inference is that there must be something wrong.Situ Wang happened to know the strangeness of Yuelao Temple in the capital from the door of the head of Zuo Wang Xin Zhai, and it was quite normal to associate it with his friends' repetitions.

And there is one thing to say, Chi Ning, who presided over the marriage selection, really doesn't have a good reputation with the outside world.

Chi Ning: "..." To be honest, this speculation is not impossible, even very reasonable.If it wasn't for his habit of recognizing his son, it's really hard to say what he would do to gain the trust of the new emperor.

"Sorry, I misunderstood you." General Situ is a very upright person, right is right and wrong is wrong.

And the fool's son is a perfect match for a good husband and wife.

"So, what are you asking for?" Chi Ning decided to skip the nasty apology and directly hit Situ Wang's soul.

Situ Wang was slightly taken aback, and after a while he found his mouth again, and said the way he deceived himself: "I want Huaigu to live according to his own will."

"But to get married voluntarily in order to solve the troubles of the father and the king, this is what the son of the world wants now." Chi Ning began to argue, he is always difficult to match in this regard, "People's emotions and desires cannot remain unchanged. I wish I could grow up earlier. When I grow up, I feel that I was so good when I was a child. Every thought is what I want from the bottom of my heart. Looking at the contradictions, it is not the case. It is just that time has passed and my thoughts have changed. The son also It’s just changed, what’s your position not to let the son help his father?”

"There are many kinds of help..."

"But this is the easiest way to break the situation right now." Chi Ning pressed on step by step.

"My Situ Mansion..."

"Don't you think that Prince Jing's mansion is not falling fast enough?" The prince, who was already suspected by the emperor, and the General's Mansion with a heavy army in his hands, within three months, the ashes of Prince Jing and his son will be lifted by the new emperor .

"I'm Zuo Wang Xin Zhai..."

"When Zuo Wang Xin Zhai is no longer loyal to the emperor, Zuo Wang Xin Zhai is nothing." The greatest significance of the state religion of Zuo Wang Xin Zhai is that it will not interfere with anything.

"I am delighted with nostalgia! How could I just watch him get married like this!" Situ Wang's eyes were red, and he was finally pushed to the limit, and had to say what he should have said a long time ago.No cousin, no marriage, just him.He knew that the two of them were the only sons of the two governments, they could not and should not be together, they had so many responsibilities to shoulder, they...

There are thousands of reasons, but in the end, I am happy with him.

I like him no matter what.

There is probably only one time in a person's life that he is so enthusiastic that he is desperate and even willing to give up his emotional impulse. The lucky people persevere, and the unfortunate people hurt others and themselves, or they have never met at all.

Chi Ning couldn't comment on whether such an impulse was good or bad for Situ Wang and Wen Huaigu, but at least he could guarantee that Wen Huaigu wanted to know the truth.He got up, stepped aside neatly, and after the hidden door behind him opened, the figure of Prince Jing's son Wen Huaigu appeared.

Wen Huaigu stared blankly at his childhood best friend, his eyes were filled with shock and disbelief, but he was not unhappy.

"Talk slowly."

After finishing speaking, Chi Ning left, leaving the matter to the two of them to solve by themselves.

Yuan Jun asked Chi Ning: [Are you sure they will like each other and share the same mind? 】

[Of course not sure. ] Chi Ning is not a master of face-to-face who can be regarded as exhaustive, he just gave the son an extra choice, didn't you see that the marriage selection is still going on?Zhu Liang, Wu Sheng, Li Shimei and others are still candidates. If the bamboo horse falls from the sky, then we can only deal with the new emperor by getting married first: [I'm just looking forward to it. 】

As long as Situ Wang and Wen Huaigu are willing to take the first step together, Chi Ning is willing to help them solve the subsequent difficulties.

Being a dad is really not easy.

***

The new emperor, who had been fighting with his courtiers for another day because of the etiquette system, went down to the court full of anger and had nowhere to vent his anger. Just at this time, the paintings presented by the painting academy were sent over.The new emperor was not in the mood to appreciate it, but today it happened that Eunuch Sun, the palm seal of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, was on duty.

Eunuch Sun also sincerely hoped that the new emperor would be well. He wanted to divert the attention of the new emperor from being immersed in the harsh words of the civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty.After all, it could only be Xindi's body that will get angry in the end, and no one can replace it.

At present, Xindi is still able to listen to persuasion, and therefore, he was stunned by Jian Ren's painting without the slightest precaution.

Although this painting is not exactly the same as his dream, it is very similar in composition. It is a bit like an extension of his dream to restore the scene.The new emperor was stunned on the spot, and couldn't help thinking, did the man in the dream really exist?Isn't he...

Of course, such a coincidence is too coincidental. When the emperor always has a lot of suspicions, and there are disciples who sit in Wangxinzhai to go to Beijing and talk about some real ghosts, the new emperor will definitely not 100% trust this drawing.On the contrary, he ordered people to investigate secretly that night, including but not limited to torture Jian Ren in private.

It was Jin Yiwei of Dongchang and the punishment hall in Zuo Wang Xin Zhai who made the moves. From the outside to the inside, from the body to the soul, Jian Ren did not let a single part go, and explained the source of his paintings carefully and completely. .

Jian Ren really suffered a lot, and was devastated to the point where he almost lost his appearance.

He naturally wanted to speak out about He Lang, but unfortunately, as soon as he wanted to mention He Lang, his mouth seemed to have suddenly become someone else's, and he couldn't open it no matter what.It was too much work for his interrogators, and it was a waste of time.The master of Xingtang, who was sitting in Wangxinzhai, couldn't sit still. After paying a very heavy price, he "saw" the memory of Jian Ren's painting.

After the Master of the Criminal Hall "watched", he seemed to be dehydrated, slumped on the chair, and couldn't speak fluently, but he still said it: "Fortunately, fortunately, I lived up to my mission."

He really "saw" Jian Ren's appearance when he was painting. Naturally, only Jian Ren was secretly painting in the picture, nothing else.

This can be regarded as a blind spot in the search.

Unfortunately, no one found out.

After many inquiries from Jin Yiwei Fanzi, they finally learned that there was indeed a beauty by the window on the second floor of Yunlai Restaurant that day. There were many court painters who went there at that time, and everyone had an impression of her because she was so attractive. attention.This can be regarded as a multi-faceted proof that the source of Jian Ren's creation is not groundless.

After seeing the report, Xindi finally believed it. This is really just a coincidence.

Another night, the beauty fell into a dream again, which really explained what it means to be lingering in dreams and yearning in one's heart.The new emperor magnified the longing in his heart, he wanted to know what the beauty looked like.

It's a pity that no one has the ability to reproduce the beauty's true appearance back then, and many people have even forgotten what the beauty looked like.Because what she likes most is her flamboyant and bold temperament, her appearance has been suppressed.He Lang listened to Chi Ning very much. When the dean came to ask him, he said that he had to look at people to draw them. Now that people are gone, he has nothing to do.

The dean can only hold hands with the vice-principal and sigh, time is fate.

Because of the guilt towards Helang before, they did not mention Helang's role in this story.It is enough for Jian Ren to suffer, there is no need to sacrifice the good seedlings of the painting academy.

After the new emperor knew that everyone couldn't draw it, he could only wave his hands and sigh: "Forget it, this is probably fate."

But only Xindi himself knows that the sigh at this time is different from the happy letting go after knowing clearly that it was a dream before, and there is nothing more resentful than "he could have got it but lost it".

If the new emperor's interest in the beauty from behind was only five at the beginning, it has already exploded to over a hundred by now.

The people around Xindi are all good people, and they are very good at guessing what they want.The new emperor gave up, they won't.An operation to find the beauty in front of Yuelao Temple was carried out vigorously in private.The various forces are competing with each other, and no one is willing to hand over such a great opportunity to others.

Qian Xiaoyu even came to look for Chi Ning in private once, and immediately asked: "Could it be yours?"

Chi Ning looked back innocently: "Why can't I understand what you are talking about?"

"Isn't it true that you saw some rare goods in the selection process and arranged this one?" Qian Xiaoyu thought that he was a woman with terrible intuition. He relied on his sixth sense to hide in the treacherous palace. After going through dangers again and again and seizing opportunities again and again, he now feels that Chi Ning is related to this incident, but he can't find evidence.

"If I had this ability, I wouldn't have gone to Jiangzuo back then." Chi Ning argued confusingly.

Qian Xiaoyu has a firm will and is not so easy to be deceived: "It's different." He didn't say why it's different, he just mentioned a sentence without knowing whether it's true or not, "If I were you, I wouldn't care if I wanted to find this person or not. , will send someone to make a show."

Chi Ning was horrified, but on the surface, Mr. Yuan was cheating, but he still acted impeccably.

Qian Xiaoyu has been observing Chi Ning's expression, seeing that there is really no flaw, so he left suspiciously.

Chi Ning patted his chest for the rest of his life: "It's really scary to deal with smart people." His original intention was not to let himself get involved, which aroused the suspicion of the new emperor.But Qian Xiaoyu went to a deeper level, if he didn't express at all, it would be a little deliberate.

It's no wonder that Qian Xiaoyu was able to be the palm print of this supervisor of ceremonies. No matter whether he sits steadily or not, he is now a well-deserved No. 1 official.

Chi Ning hurriedly sent someone to pretend to look for it, and sent Qian Xiaoyu a box of real gold and silver.

What Qian Xiaoyu likes most is money, real money, because he feels that there is nothing more solid than yellow and white things.It will be Qian Xiaoyu's birthday soon, and Chi Ning's gift will not arouse the vigilance of others. At most, he thinks that Chi Ning is really going to start working hard, even the hostile Mu Chen faction will not let go.

During this period of time, Ji Zan has been following Chi Ning's instructions, changed into Zhu Liang's black clothes, and wandered around various lively places in Beijing.She is very measured, and she is very good at handling the point that she doesn't know that she is being searched for, but just lives a normal life, but is accidentally discovered by others.

Fully proved her strength to Chi Ning.

So, before choosing three, the emperor's beauty was finally "found".

The person who sent Ji Zan to the new emperor was not Qian Xiaoyu, who wanted to be Chi Ning's mother, nor the eunuch Ma, who had a grudge against Chi Ning, but was a bit overwhelmed by the teaching of Tianshu recently, nor the eunuch Sun, whom the new emperor trusted most. It was Shang Er, the most "upright and honest" father-in-law of Shang Er.

Everyone seems to have just remembered that after Tianhe Emperor disappeared, Shang Er was also one of the first people to change his direction and defect to the new emperor.

Kucai watched her lord playing chess with herself anxiously, not knowing how he was feeling.

Chi Ning... not so good, I didn't expect to get some unexpected gains after setting up a game.He wasn't playing chess with himself, but he was playing chess with Yuan Jun while chatting casually.

Yuan Jun: 【What are you going to do next? 】

Chi Ning took the black first: [Next, it's not what I'm going to do, but what our wise and mighty Long Live Lord plans to do.The dream has come true, the beauty is right in front of him, how can he justifiably own her? 】

Yuan Jun chuckled. There must be something wrong with his aesthetics, and he thought that Chi Ning's love of making troubles was full of charm.Even if he can guess Chi Ning's plan, Yuan Jun is still willing to lead Chi Ning to talk to him more: [Oh?So you really do nothing?It's not like you. 】

[Do it, I have a lot of things to do. ] Chi Ning stood up and stretched, stretched his muscles and bones, looked out of the window and murmured: "It's dawn, which child should I choose to cool down first?"

Wen Shibao's grandmother, Princess Kangle?Zhou Haiwa, the official supervisor's palm print?The second horse of the Supervisor of Rituals?Wow, what a lot of enemies he needs to defeat, what a joy.

[Do they have anything to do with the present matter? 】

[Of course there is, it has a lot to do with it. 】

The new emperor looked at the beauty who was secretly sent into the palace, and felt a sense of homelessness. The backs were indeed so similar, but...

He still can't relax.

The new emperor tried for the last time. He asked the people around him: "What is Chi Ning doing recently?" What Qian Xiaoyu could think of, the new emperor couldn't think of, although it was a little slower.

After knowing that Chi Ning also joined the team looking for beauty but failed, the new emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief, he knew he shouldn't be so wary of a small eunuch, but Chi Ning is like Wen Chen in Chang'an Palace , always made him feel restless, unable to move.Touching them, it was like asking him to force himself to admit that he was not a good person.

No, he is not the same as his imperial brother Tianhedi!

He will definitely become a wise king.

"Chi Ning seems to intend to do something to..."

Look, Chi Ning is taking revenge. He is not a good person, which in turn can prove that I am on the side of justice.

【The worse I am, the more I can prove that His Majesty is a good person.Because only I, the bad guy, would have blocked the righteous man from ascending to the ninth-five position a few months ago. 】When Chi Ning was lying comfortably on the bed, he was still analyzing the new emperor with Mr. Yuan.

This is a logical genius, there is no doubt about it.