Empress snatches dried fish

Suqin came out of the house in a short while, and saw that she was carrying a board on her shoulders, holding a few pieces of charcoal in her left hand that were thicker than her thumb and half-wrapped in plain cloth strips, and holding a plate in her right hand , in the middle of the plate is a coarse cloth handkerchief and a big white steamed bun.

"This is...?" Even Wang Leshui, who has always been calm, couldn't understand it now.

"Draw portraits for them." Geng Bai'an took the board and charcoal, laid thick paper on it, and fixed it with clips: "Suqin, you can call someone now."

This set of simple sketching tools, including clips, were made by Geng Bai'an some time ago after drawing drawings for craftsmen to make. Even the paper was custom-made, otherwise the rice paper of this era would not be able to be used for drawing at all.

Suqin nodded while holding the plate: "The number one show girl please come forward."

After Geng Bai'an got the charcoal pen, he twirled a flower in his hand, and couldn't help but smile.She hasn't drawn for several months since she came here. The moment she touched the charcoal pencil, she felt that every pore of her body was full of energy. Even if she didn't have any new ideas recently, drawing and sketching is still good.

Wang Leshui was surprised that Geng Bai'an wanted to paint the portraits of the beautiful women himself: "The portraits of the beautiful women are all advanced before entering the palace, why do you need to paint another one?"

In order for Geng Bai'an to paint with peace of mind, Suqin answered Wang Leshui: "Mrs. Leshui, the empress said that the previous portraits were sent by each family herself, so it was a bit more modified, so those sent to the empress dowager can't be used. .”

"That's true... But isn't there a painter in this palace?"

Suqin was standing next to Geng Bai'an, and was very surprised to see the characters gradually appearing in Geng Bai'an's works. She didn't know when her young lady learned such exquisite painting techniques, but she still smiled calmly on the surface: "My mother and the palace Mrs. Le Shui can tell the difference between the inner painters at a glance."

As the saying goes, if you don't practice your hands for three days, the speed of the first few strokes is relatively slow, but soon Geng Bai'an found the feeling, and he finished drawing the appearance of the No. [-] show girl in less than a quarter of an hour.She draws more detailed than usual sketches, but it is still a sketch, which cannot be called a complete sketch. Even so, it is a little bit more advanced than the techniques of this era.

Write the name of Xiu Nu in the lower left corner, and after Geng Bai'an handed the painting to Su Qin, Su Qin called the numbered Xiu Nu, and Geng Bai'an immediately started the second picture.

"Suqin, show me."

Seeing Ji Yinian reaching out to look at it, Suqin handed over the painting respectfully.Ji Yinian couldn't help being dumbfounded after seeing the painting, his eyes kept going back and forth between the face of the first show girl and the person in the painting, just like a bobblehead doll.

After being shocked for a while, Ji Yinian directly showed the painting to Wang Leshui who was opposite, and now everyone present, including the beautiful girls, saw it clearly, and they all let out exclamations.In the past, some people thought that Geng Bai'an didn't hold his identity at all, and even touched these things that only servants would touch directly with their hands. Now they are suffocated when they see this painting skill that turns decay into magic.

Sure enough, the queen is still your queen, if you make a move casually, the show girls present will feel ashamed.In addition to the means of punishing those people just now... Geng Bai'an played really well with his majesty.

In fact, where did Geng Bai'an have the scheming to think so much?These show girls are too over-interpreted.She painted this portrait, on the one hand, because this kind of painting can understand a person's appearance more intuitively, on the other hand, it is true that it has been a long time since she painted this portrait. In front of her are a group of top beauties in Chongguo, how could she miss it? Woolen cloth?

Yu Gan stared at Geng Bai'an for a while, closed his eyes and shook his head, opened them again and continued to stare.

Is she dazzled?Why do you feel that the Queen's eyes are very bright when she is painting, she is obviously very keen on painting.But how did she hear that although Geng Bai'an is proficient in all aspects of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, the weakest among them is painting, and the most talented and favorite is actually playing the piano?

Well, maybe the rumors in the market are wrong.

Geng Bai'an quickly finished drawing everyone's portraits and handed them over to Suqin, asking her to go to the Queen Mother herself.

"Suqin takes orders."

Suqin carefully placed all the paintings evenly on several trays, and a few court ladies automatically came up to pick up the trays and stood behind Suqin.

Seeing that Suqin was about to leave, Geng Bai'an worriedly stopped her: "Do you remember what to say?"

"Suqin remembers."

"Well, then you go."

In Yongning Palace, the Empress Dowager's personal maid knelt beside her and whispered for a while.The queen mother squinted her eyes, smiled and shook her head: "Although the queen's method is a bit ridiculous, it is also a wonderful person. She can think of such a method of assessing character."

"Yes." The old palace man nodded and said with emotion; "In the past, the rules of the royal draft girls were to send people to their hometowns to investigate. But no one thought that the people who came to the palace were the descendants of the rich and powerful. , They will deceive, lie, pretend to be deceived. This method of empress empress will save a lot of trouble in the future."

"At least on weekdays and on the stage, I have to save a lot of trouble."

The queen mother touched her belly unconsciously.Think back then, didn't she just guard against those deep-minded people, but didn't pay attention to the hands and feet of those self-righteous and trouble-making people who were usually low-level, and lost two children in vain?

The queen mother picked up the iced tea and calmed down: "My daughter-in-law here is a good one. She is cautious and thoughtful. It is said that she was raised in a pampered family. No one can wrong her. I don't know how this brain came into being. Yes. When Aijia was 17 years old, he didn't have such thoughts."

The old palace man smiled, the Empress Dowager was praising Geng Bai'an, she didn't need to accept this.

After the queen mother had finished drinking the tea, another eunuch came to report that Geng Bai'an's second assessment was for the beautiful ladies to tell stories.

"Tell a story?" Now, the queen mother was a little confused, what is Geng Bai'an's intention?

But after thinking about it, she thought of the reason again.

The emperor has always been restless. When he was a prince, he would go out to see the world. Although he went out to observe the people's sentiments, how could the mother not know that he also took the opportunity to get in touch with new things?

According to my own experience as a queen in the past, the women who entered the palace over the years would only play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and dance at most. After the emperor got tired of watching these things since he was a child, he no longer paid attention to them.

Telling a story is a novelty, and maybe it can attract the emperor's attention.After all these years, he should have had a baby long ago.If the emperor hadn't explained it specially when he brought Wang Leshui and Ji Yinian back, she would have started to be dissatisfied with these two concubines who have not been pregnant for several years.

The old palace people have followed the queen mother for many years, seeing that the queen mother has shown a clear look at this time, so they don't say more.

As soon as the eunuch who reported the letter left, Suqin came to the Palace of Yongning with several maids holding portraits.After the notification, she was let in.

The old palace man took a portrait and unfolded it in front of the Empress Dowager's case, and the two were surprised to see the lifelike portrait on it.The Empress Dowager had never seen such exquisite painting skills, she even reached out to touch the painted face, until she couldn't touch anything and was covered with black toner.

It was really drawn!

"Is this painted by the Queen herself?"

"It's exactly what the Empress Dowager said." Suqin carefully conveyed Geng Bai'an's meaning: "The empress said that she knew that it was a bit unruly to draw a portrait of a beautiful woman by herself. But this is the first time that the empress helped the saint to enter the draft Girl, I tried my best not to make any mistakes, so I went to the battle in person. The Empress Dowager said, there will be no second time, and the Empress Dowager please forgive me."

"Ah."

The queen mother should be careless, because her mind is all on the painting.

……

After the queen mother deleted the selection, only ten portraits were left in the end, that is, the ten people who remained in the end.

Geng Bai'an took a look at the final result, and sure enough, Yu Gan stayed.That's right, for such a beauty, just looking at her appearance is enough to win her first place.

"Listen up to the ten people who were named just now. The final assessment will be conducted in seven days, which is the emperor's personal selection." After the whole process was over, Geng Bai'an was also happy to go back to rest, so his tone was lighter: "When the time comes, the emperor will personally select you." Pick anywhere from one to five, and the rest can go home."

After Geng Bai'an finished speaking, the remaining show girls began to get nervous.

All of them who have been able to stay until now have the high hopes of the family, and they have lost the initial thoughts mixed with luck.Besides, how could it be possible to choose only one person?

No matter how calm the show girls are, there will be some changes in their demeanor, but Geng Bai'an found that only one of them is still calm.

Yu Gan.

It's really impossible to make people not pay attention.

Geng Bai'an was only a little surprised, and didn't investigate further.This scorching weather has made her very uncomfortable since just now, she sighed lightly——When will this day end?She wants air conditioning!

There was a group of salutes behind him, and Geng Bai'an didn't care at all, it's been several months, and he's used to it.

Different from the people who lowered their heads, Yu Gan looked up at Geng Bai'an's back when he turned around, frowned slightly, then lowered his head to blend in with the surroundings.

I thought in my heart that Geng Bai'an deserved to be the person who sat in the back seat, and she looked at her in a nonchalant manner at any time, and even made people think that her irritable appearance was because of the weather, but what about the truth?She knows better than anyone else.

It's not that Yu Gan is confident, but based on her appearance... Before being forcibly sent into the palace by her father this time, Yu Gan was ready to die alone in the palace.

It's just that she is so good-looking that it is easy to disturb her peace.

In the future, stay away from this deep-minded queen.