[Qing Chuan] Qing Chuan Wu Shi

When Yinzhen was in Yuanmingyuan, he was the same as in the palace, and the things that should be done were handled as usual. At first, the ministers thought that he moved to Yuanmingyuan just to be intoxicated with mountains and rivers, and they did not dare to report some non-urgent political affairs to the emperor. Until Yinzhen After repeated instructions to the princes and ministers, the Forbidden City and the Old Summer Palace were gradually connected.

It was a very hot summer, and some old princes and ministers were exhausted from running back and forth between the Forbidden City and the Old Summer Palace. The Lord Long Live issued a decree to let people build a wide road between the two places to connect the two places and reduce manpower consumption; the minister What's more, they directly abandoned their houses in the capital and bought houses around the Old Summer Palace.

The area around Yuanmingyuan gradually became lively.

The Qixi Festival is begging for cleverness, and it will come in a blink of an eye.

The ancients called July the orchid month, and the seventh day of the seventh month is the orchid night. Although it is not a big festival, it is a rare and important day of the year in the eyes of the court ladies.

This is the Girl's Day, and it is also a rare day of the year for them to relax and have fun without being punished.

Spring scenery in Wuling, Quanbitang.

In the courtyard, a tent of soft smoke like mist has been set up early to keep out mosquitoes. It is placed under the screen of brocade incense. The four corners of Ruan Yanluo's sky tent are covered to prevent it from being blown up by the wind. At the same time, it is also a support for the base case. There is an incense burner on it, and incense is lit to drive away mosquitoes, so as not to bite the master and empress.

A crescent moon hangs on the branch, shining directly on the shadows of the underground trees.

Wu Ning was surrounded by the court ladies, leaning on the soft couch, two young maids sat on both sides of her, gently fanning the round fans, sending gusts of cool wind to Wu Ning.The full frame of flowers is blooming brilliantly, and the aroma of incense and grass is wafting around,

He Tian took out a row of needles and threads from the gold lacquer box for self-painting. The embroidery needles were as thin as a cow's hair, and the threads were gold embroidery threads, which were also extremely delicate; Ladies.

No lamps are lit in the courtyard, only relying on the faint moonlight. This is a test of one's eyesight, and one must be very familiar with kung fu.

Otherwise, how can we match skill?

Everyone laughed and did it with needles and threads. Some people didn't even pass a single needle through it for a long time, and some people passed through four or five needles in a row. Urging her: "Qingming, hurry up, don't be caught up by others!".

He Tian raised his head with a smile when he heard the words, and interjected: "Your Majesty, it's not that you don't know that she is very good at hand! I'm afraid that in our entire Wuling Spring, no one can compare to her." For the last needle, he glared at He Tian, ​​sat back to his seat, picked up an embroidery thread with the little finger of his right hand, divided the three strands calmly, and gently licked one of them with his tongue, almost at the same time. , put his left hand together, and quickly passed the thread through the embroidery needle.

Wu Ning saw that the embroidery needles were so thin that they looked like nothing under the moonlight, so he couldn't help but praised: "Good!".Qingming glanced at the surrounding maids, smiled, and then tied the thread through the butterfly buckle.

Not long after, the incense in the stove burned to the mark, indicating that the pre-set time had come, and all the palace people sent up the needles and threads they had passed through. Wu Ning saw that there was a row of butterfly buttons in it, which was even more beautiful than Qingming's. There are many more, very surprised, said: "Who wore this?".

A little palace maid came out timidly out of the crowd, bent her knees and said: "Go back to your mother, you are a slave." Wu Ning nodded in appreciation and said: "What a pair of skillful hands." Although the skills are outstanding, there is no arrogance on the face, but the face is full of fear, and immediately said: "reward.".

Qingming went in and took the heavy purse that had been prepared long ago and handed it to the little maid. The little maid quickly knelt down and said, "Thank you, Madam, for the reward." She got up and whispered to Qingming, "Thank you, Aunt Qingming, for the reward." Wu Ning heard her call Qingming "Auntie", looked up, and saw Qingming dressed in light green palace attire, standing under the moon light and elegant, just like a good son and daughter back then, but there was faint fatigue in the eyebrows and eyes, the traces of the years were still there It's the powder that can't hide it anymore.

After the needlework competition, as usual, melons and fruits were rewarded. A row of melons was placed on the table. The aroma of the melons and fruits attracted many flying insects to rush towards the soft smoke, but they were thrown out again. Smiling, she watched the group of fourteen or fifteen-year-old maids snatching melons and fruits. When she raised her eyes, she saw a lot of shimmering light and dancing streamers, which was really beautiful. She got up in surprise, walked a few steps, and walked towards the Go to the grass and trees.

Seeing this, He Tian immediately said: "Your Majesty? If you like this firefly, I will ask Xiao Qinzi and the others to catch it, tie it in a gauze bag, and hang it in the bedroom for the Empress to watch!".

Wu Ning shook his head and said: "Forget it! I'm just looking at it, to make a fresh picture, don't bother them." He Tian moved his lips, didn't speak anymore, just watched with Wu Ning.She heard her voice again: "It's a pity that the emperor didn't come here today, otherwise such a beautiful scenery..." As soon as the words fell, I heard Yinzhen's voice laughing: "Why did Ning concubine predict that I won't come?".

Surprised and delighted, Wu Ning turned around and saw that the maids and eunuchs had already knelt down on the ground, saying long live, she hurriedly pushed aside the soft smoke curtain, went straight out, and stood still in front of Yinzhen.

Yinzhen put on casual clothes, and only Su Peisheng followed behind him. He took Wu Ning's hand with both hands and said, "Today Wan Fangan set up a stage, and it was very lively, but you didn't go. I still think you have some good entertainment. So it’s here to feed mosquitoes! Come on, I’ll take you to a place!”.

The two left Quanbitang, and saw two sedan chairs waiting outside the door, Yinzhen's one was of course a bright yellow Tenglong, and the one next to it was also very gorgeous, Wu Ning hesitated for a moment, Yinzhen had already gotten into the sedan chair Seeing her hesitating, he urged: "What are you doing in a daze?" His eyes fell on the sedan chair, and he suddenly understood, and said: "I let you sit, so you sit.".

After walking around for a long time, I stopped at the "deep part of the cave", the path twists and turns like an ant coil.Mixed plants and trees, dense rocks, two young eunuchs led Yinzhen and Wu Ning to a door behind the small building, opened a beautiful curtain, Wu Ning looked up and saw a very ordinary plaque hanging on the small building , with the words "Ruyi Pavilion" written on it, she turned her head sideways, but couldn't figure out where it was, and followed Yinzhen into it.

The small building looks simple and unusual from the outside, but the interior is eye-catching. There are many paintings on the walls. The largest painting is as tall as a person. The brushwork combines Chinese and Western styles. .You can only tell when you look closer, the silk is covered with colloidal paint, and the landscape and trees are painted on it. The distant view is clear, and there is...geometric perspective?

Over the years, Wu Ning has gotten used to looking at traditional paintings: when he saw this one suddenly, he felt like he was back in modern times looking at photos, and he couldn't help but subconsciously raise his hand to cover his mouth.

Seeing her expression, Yinzhen came over and pointed at the painting with a smile: "I'm not used to looking at it, are you? I also felt the same as you at first, but later I felt that there is a lot of truth in it."

As he spoke, he walked to the other side, pointed to the person in another smaller painting, and said, "For example, look at this one, and foreigners call it 'light and dark silhouette', but I can't get used to it anyway." Yin and Yang face!".

Wu Ning walked over and saw that the composition of the painting was to place the figure in a side light environment, the face was half-lit and half-dark, and the profile of the bridge of the nose and eyelashes were very three-dimensional and vivid. Having said that, no matter how you look at it, it is a bit nondescript...

Sure enough, there is a bit of a yin and yang face.

She couldn't help but burst out laughing.

There are paintings on the three walls, some of which are the interior of the halls in the Old Summer Palace, some are landscapes, and some are figures. The triangular support looks like a student's studio in an academy of fine arts. Wu Ning became more and more strange, gently pulled Yinzhen's sleeve, leaned forward and said, "Your Majesty, who painted this?".

Yinzhen clapped his hands with a smile, Su Peisheng came in from the door, bent down beside Yinzhen and whispered: "Long live Lord, Lord Lang is still rushing here." Wu Ning heard it, and suddenly Like a bright mirror: Castiglione!

The famous Western court painter in history?

Yinzhen didn't say anything, just raised his chin towards the outside, and said: "He always likes the lights to be bright, so let's decorate the outside first." Su Peisheng said "Wow!" and left, Yinzhen said again: "return!".

Su Peisheng turned around, Yinzhen said: "Bring the pear that the palace sent today to Concubine Ning." Su Peisheng repeatedly agreed and went.Wu Ning only listened to him setting things up outside for a while, then a little eunuch took a long bamboo pole and carried it under the porch, and lit the row of auspicious and auspicious jade hall spring tassel Fangsheng lanterns, making the whole room as bright as day, everywhere Every detail is revealed.

Not long after, a plate of rock-sugar Dalbergia pears arrived on a silk-wrapped agate plate, peeled and cored, and cut into small slices. Yinzhen forked a piece with a silver fork and said: "This pear is very sweet. I thought you would like it, and I will ask Su Peisheng to give you some more later." As he spoke, he brought the fork to Wu Ning's mouth, Wu Ning lowered his head and ate it with his hand, and Su Peisheng ran in and said: " Long live Lord, Master Lang is here!" Seeing the scene of the two feeding, the second half of the sentence was swallowed.

Following his words, a person followed behind him, panting and bowed to Yinzhen, and said in a thick accent: "See the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!" Wu Ning heard that it was obviously a Western accent, and asked Looking at his face, he was indeed a European with blond hair and blue eyes. Lang Shining didn't notice that there were concubines in the room, so his eyes widened for a moment, and he glanced at Wu Ning in surprise, then bowed and said: "See your mother!", The weather was hot, but he was overdressed, a drop of sweat slipped from the tip of his high nose.

Yinzhen stepped forward to give a little support, and then said with his hands behind his back: "Mr. Lang, you don't need to be polite." After hearing this, Lang Shining straightened up immediately.