hold this little monk

The sudden sound caused the hall to be silent for a long while, the bachelor was still calm, he stared at the troublemakers and knelt down to greet His Majesty.

Xiaoxuan knelt on the ground, he was different from ordinary children, others buried their heads very low, for fear of offending the holy face, but he dared to keep looking up.

From the bottom of his heart, he was curious about what this woman, who held the imperial power in her hand, killed and killed her own descendants decisively, and at the same time appeased the people, won the people's mad praise for her sage, what she looked like.

Maybe it's old, maybe it's heavy makeup, maybe it's the aura... He thought about it many times. When he was facing Bi Kong's face before, he was very curious about the appearance of this strong woman, but he didn't expect that, Just one glance left him stunned.

The queen's aura shouldn't be like this...so...gentle.She accepted everyone's kneeling, but she didn't walk in proudly with her head held high. She killed decisively, but she didn't show the slightest hostility in front of these children.

Xiaoxuan lowered his head in a daze, this is Bi Kong's grandma, Bi Kong can have such a bearing, is it really because of being around the empress?

"I chose this question, and I didn't intend to embarrass you. Everyone in the world knows little about Zen, so you don't have to worry about your answer being incorrect." The queen casually took a test paper and said slowly, "Get up."

"Thank you Lord Ron."

Under the leadership of Master Zhang, the voices of the children Xie En were uneven.Xiaoxuan was sure that the queen must like children very much, because when she heard these crisp, immature and jagged voices, she pursed her lips and smiled.

She said again: "I also suddenly wanted to come and take a look, so you don't have to be cautious."

"Yes." Master Zhang answered on behalf of the children, glanced at the children behind him, and said with a smile, "This year's candidates have their own merits."

He was attacking Xiaoxuan and the son who caused trouble just now, the meaning is self-evident.

The queen gave a perfunctory hum, and continued to flip through casually, during which time she intentionally or unintentionally took out a few photos to comment on them casually.Grand Master Zhang didn't understand these arty things, he just obediently stood aside with his hands down, and answered with a smile.

Some painted Buddha statues, some painted Bodhisattvas... The children didn't know much and didn't have much heart, but Xiaoxuan's landscape paintings were particularly eye-catching.

Being eye-catching naturally also attracted the Queen's attention.Sure enough, she took out the test paper, frowned slightly, looked at the handsome man beside her, and asked, "What do you think of this painting?"

That man is just a face-to-face, because he can usually write and write, and his status is slightly higher than other face-to-face, but at this moment he doesn't know what His Majesty is thinking, so he can only look at him and say: "Children don't understand what Zen is. It is also possible to pick the painting that you are best at.”

Xiaoxuan was unmoved, he had seen many people who made random comments like this in his previous life, and he had lost his temper for such people long ago.

But he was a little curious about the empress's reaction, just now the empress casually commented on a few pictures, and the words were very pertinent. It can be seen that she has a lot of knowledge about Danqing. It was also during her reign that the profession of court painter soared to what it is today. , Countless wealthy children fought for it.

"Zhang Xuchuan, who made this painting." The queen handed it over.

The name on the painting scroll was processed to prevent the examiner from taking bribes, and Master Zhang did not dare to tear the paper covering the name in front of the Holy Majesty, asking, "Whose painting is this?"

Xiaoxuan came out and bowed: "See Your Majesty, this painting is a small clumsy work."

"Well, stand up and answer."

"Yes." Xiaoxuan found that his fists were sweating, and he felt funny in his heart.

In the previous life, no one cared about painting. In this life, I wanted to scribble all my life. Unexpectedly, the top leaders saw it with just a random drawing.

The queen looked at him curiously for a while, as if she couldn't figure out how this elf-like child could draw such an elegant work.She asked, "What is your special meaning for this painting?"

Xiaoxuan pursed his lips and said with a smile: "The grassroots are ignorant and uneducated, and they dare not discuss Buddhism indiscriminately. When they hear the meaning of Zen, they can only think of a monk who has met a few times."

That person is your grandson.Xiaoxuan added in his heart.

The queen's expression was subtle, although she smiled, but it was unpredictable: "Then you think he is Zen?"

Seeing her half-smile, Xiaoxuan was silent for a while, thought for a while and finally clicked.

He didn't know what the meaning of Zen was. He thought of Bi Kong only because the two had a good relationship. If he had a better relationship with Abbot Wuchao, maybe he would think of Wuchao.

"Then why do you paint landscapes instead of people?" asked the queen.

This question is simple, of course because landscape painting is simple.Xiaoxuan shouted in his heart, but he always smiled obediently on his face, and said nonsense: "If you paint a human being, Cao Min thinks it is too vulgar. His artistic conception cannot be painted with brush strokes alone. It is like Cao Min once heard about ancient times. There is an unnamed poem "Yun Xiang Clothes Hua Xiang Rong", which is used to describe a peerless beauty. There is no beauty in the poem, but the beauty depends on Huaer Yuner's miss, and the image is vivid on the paper. It is this poem that gave grass people inspiration."

Xiaoxuan was very moved after speaking, his ability to talk nonsense became stronger again, and he was able to quote the classics and use Li Bai's poems.

Sure enough, the literati in the hall who had a little bit of literary and artistic feelings were moved, and they deeply felt that this child was not a thing in the pool.Especially the examiner Zhang Xuchuan, his goatee trembled when he heard these words, and he appreciated it very much.

It seems that the test is stable.Xiaoxuan thought happily.

The empress stared at the painting, just when everyone thought she would appreciate it, she returned the painting to its original position, noncommittal, stingy to give another word of evaluation, only looked back at her face, and said with a smile: "you guessed wrong."

The man's smile froze: "Seeing such a child, I feel that Daping's future will be bright."

"A sycophant." The Queen laughed angrily, and glanced at University Student Zhang.

Zhang Xuchuan couldn't figure out what the empress was thinking, and he didn't know whether what Xiaoxuan said just now was wrong to offend the empress. In his opinion, Xiaoxuan is a talented person who cannot be buried.But what the empress meant... Zhang Xuchuan was in a dilemma, he didn't want to give up Xiaoxuan, and he didn't dare to offend the Nine-Five Supreme.

The queen rushed in abruptly, made a mess among the group of people, came in a big way, and left vigorously, leaving all the painters, examiners and examinees of the Ziling Palace in a mess.

Everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and sent away the benevolent queen, but everyone felt that they had survived the catastrophe.

The person who first made people laugh at the incident whistled, and said sarcastically: "There is always a pheasant in the limelight, look, they have not been beaten back to their original form—"

This young man is Wei Yi, the eldest son-in-law of Wei Zhiben’s cousin Wei Yi, and the empress just praised his painting a few words, the trend is clear at a glance, even if most people were moved by Xiaoxuan just now, those who know current affairs are now heroes , turned to Wei Yi one after another.

"Yes, Young Master Wei is really accurate at knowing people!"

"Master Wei not only knows people well, but also draws brilliantly. That freehand Buddha statue seems to be alive!"

"Yeah, why didn't I think of painting freehand brushwork? Master Xie's intelligence is really convincing."

……

These people are all young, but they are all descendants of the gentry, and there is no one who is not a man of the wind.

Listening to their noise, Xiaoxuan moved his arms and shoulders that he had only moved not long ago, looked around bored, and happened to bump into Zhang Xuchuan at the door. He stared at Xiaoxuan expressionlessly, and then said He left without saying a word.

Xiaoxuan's movements stopped, and a feeling of boredom flooded his heart.

Sure enough, this fucking world is still so boring.

Xiaoxuan also left with the eunuch nonchalantly.

Ten days later, the list of painters in Ziling Hall was posted on the four city gates in the southeast, northwest, and five people were selected from more than 20 people.

Xiaoxuan struggled for a while, but ran over with the mentality of walking.

It doesn't matter if you choose or not.Anyway, it wasn't the first time he had failed inexplicably, and his luck in this matter was as bad as the reincarnation of a broom star.

The only list at the east gate was crowded, because the culture of the Daping Dynasty was rich, and the people of Daping who were raised today are very interested in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. It took a lot of effort for Xiaoxuan to squeeze in. The crowd smelled of sweat Xuntian, Yu Xiaoxuan covered his nose and stretched his neck on tiptoe to look.

"Xie Yi, Wang Fenglin, Luo Yilun, Gao Ji, Xiaoxuan... eh? Who is this Xiaoxuan, never heard of this name? Is the surname Xiao?"

"Whose son?"

"I don't know, don't be a distant relative of that old housekeeper?"

"Don't be funny, how is it possible."

Xiaoxuan's beating smile that often hung on his face froze and disappeared... A mature look that did not belong to a ten-year-old child appeared on his face, staring at the last name without moving, his hands and feet were cold, dizzy, his feet were almost Soft.

Why?He obviously shouldn't be on the list, how could he be on the list, hasn't he been silently obliterated by the queen...

"I..." Xiaoxuan let out a long breath, and suddenly felt that the warm sun was so dazzling. He wanted to squeeze out his usual smile to cover up his inner bewilderment, but he couldn't squeeze it out. He could only touch it awkwardly. Touch your nose.

"I actually succeeded..." He smiled and shook his head, stumbling out of the crowd.

Without even thinking about it, Zhang Xuchuan must have insisted on keeping him. Great joy and a sense of unreality swirled in his heart. Xiaoxuan felt that his footsteps were floating, and his running figure staggered several times.

The author has something to say:

Kavinka’s discomfort here, I’ve added a lot of things to this book because of selfishness, but now I realize that these things shouldn’t appear in the novel Orz, if you have any comments, please let me know, thank you for reading