The prince is very fierce

The spring is quiet.

In the small courtyard of the Song family, Xu Danqing stood in the corner, looking at the woman in palace clothes under the eaves, with helplessness on her face.

People in Jianghu respect Xu Danqing as the "Sage of Painting", and Xuanhe Bakui is his masterpiece.

A man has a good reputation, so does a woman.

To be able to overwhelm a generation with her stunning appearance, and to leave a name for generations like Xizi, I am afraid not many women can resist this temptation.

However, there are only eight people in Xuanhe and Bakui, but there are countless women in the world. Among them are many who have conquered the country, have extraordinary talents, and even have a transcendent status and have magical martial arts skills.

Seeing how unfair Xu Danqing is, there are always some beauties who feel dissatisfied. And if this base expands to the entire world, you can imagine how many people are looking for trouble.

Xu Danqing's original intention was indeed just to paint all the beauties in the world and become a libertine. But after the first beauty was painted and her reputation spread all over the world, her nature changed. There are so many beauties in the world, how can she paint them all? Moreover, those beauties who are half as good in appearance, strong in martial arts, and have scary backgrounds cannot be dismissed as ugly. Painting, Xu Danqing could only fend off the women who came to him in the name of buying wine, and then ran away.

A woman who has been tricked will naturally not bypass Xu Danqing, just like Zhongli Chuchu's master, who is still chasing Xu Danqing to this day.

Moreover, after discovering the power of Xu Danqing's pen, all the prominent families in the world would inevitably try to push their daughters into the position of beauties so that they could gain more leverage in future marriages.

Under such circumstances, Xu Danqing is a wandering knight, no matter how good his martial arts skills are, there are some people who simply cannot afford to offend him. If he can finish the painting of Ba Kui and retire alive, to be honest, he is gone. Great luck.

Now the emperor has given a golden pen, allowing Xu Danqing to paint the beauties of the Zhaohong period again.

To the emperor, it might be just an understatement, but to Xu Danqing, it was really fatal.

When he walked down Zhongnan Mountain, Xu Danqing knew that he might not be able to finish his journey, but he never expected that he would be blocked before he even went out, and it seemed that the situation today was not good.

Xu Danqing held a black oil-paper umbrella in front of him and looked at the four Xiao family disciples in front of him with an expression that was hard to describe.

The Queen Mother was also the eighth leader of Xuanhe. Xu Danqing must have known her and still remembered her.

When he heard that there was a great beauty in Huainan, he rode over there with a paintbrush to see if she could catch her eye. Unexpectedly, just after entering Huainan, before finding the Xiao family's gate, a black sack was placed on his head, and then he arrived in the Xiao family's garden.

At that time, in the colorful garden, a young girl with a face full of aura stood in the garden holding a round fan pretending to be mature, and raised her hands to hold the flower branches as if to admire them. A dozen or so gangsters or immortals, all powerful figures in the world, were standing around, and they were ready to cut him into pieces at the command of the young lady.

Xu Danqing considers himself a scholar and has character. He feels that people who cannot paint will definitely not paint.

The little girl at that time was indeed very tall, but she was too young, and most importantly, her character was too unruly. A beauty should be beautiful from the inside out, and her appearance, character, and temperament are all indispensable. Only then can she be called the most beautiful woman in the country. Unruly and willful women obviously cannot do that.

Xu Danqing said at that time: "I won't paint." The lively and cute little girl kept saying nice things for a long time. If she didn't agree, she just raised her hand and a dozen people gathered around and gave her a beating.

The character of a literati is also limited.

Xu Danqing had no choice but to grit his teeth and draw one.

Now that he was blocked by the Queen Mother again, Xu Danqing knew that he could not escape today. After struggling for a long time, he still raised his hand and saluted:

"Your Majesty, please don't embarrass the common people. Your Majesty gave the golden pen to the common people to draw the Eight Great Leaders of Zhaohong. Mrs. Lu..."

The Queen Mother's almond-shaped eyes widened slightly, interrupting Xu Danqing's words: "What? Hong Luan can't be called a beauty?"

Xu Danqing bowed and shook his head, and said seriously: "Of course not, I deserve it. Well...according to convention, Xuan and Ba Kui are both women who have not yet reached the hairpin level..."

The Queen Mother frowned slightly: "Do you think Hongluan is old?"

Hearing this, before Xu Danqing could react, Mrs. Lu became unhappy and quietly pinched the Queen Mother's waist.

Xu Danqing smiled, shook his head and said: "Reputation is not always a good thing. If the common people painted Mrs. Lu today, the public would definitely think that the Xiao and Lu families were using their power to suppress others, which would damage the reputation of the lady. What the common people are doing is Mrs. Lu thinks about it, not because she doesn’t want to paint.”

In fact, to put it bluntly, Xu Danqing was afraid of painting Mrs. Lu. All the women in Chang'an City who were married or over the age of hairpins came here. You may not be able to afford it, and you definitely can’t open this hole.

Mrs. Lu also didn't want the reputation of Zhaohong Bagui. After all, she was already married, so getting a reputation would be harmful but useless. She just wanted a portrait to give to Xu Buling. At this time he said softly:

"Mr. Xu, don't worry, you can just draw a portrait and it won't be counted among the Bakui."

Xu Danqing didn't believe the woman's words at all. As long as he painted today, with so many escorts and maids present, the news would definitely get out, and it would cause an uproar tomorrow. What about "Xu Danqing comes out again, Zhaohong's most beautiful surname is Lu, Hongluan" and so on. This is not at all It's beyond human control.

"Madam, there are rules in the world, so don't make things difficult for ordinary people."

Mrs. Lu pursed her lips. Seeing that Xu Danqing was stubborn and refused to draw her, she felt helpless and a little disappointed. She could only look at the shield she had found.

The Queen Mother was gloating in her heart, but she couldn't show it on her face. She just snorted lightly:

"If you don't accept my toast, you will be punished!"

She raised her hand after she finished speaking, and the four ferocious guards rolled up their sleeves and stepped forward to beat Xu Danqing violently.

Xu Danqing had been beaten a lot in the past, and if he fought back now, he would get into big trouble. He could only act stubborn and let the Queen Mother and Madam Lu beat him up to calm down.

Madam Lu felt a little embarrassed after seeing this, and raised her hand to stop it, but she didn't expect a conversation to suddenly come from outside the courtyard wall:

"Mr. Xu?"

The voice was like spring water in March, gentle and mature, with a bit of surprise.

Madam Lu and the Queen Mother frowned at the same time and tilted their heads to look at the courtyard wall.

"Dao Bai... Master Ning, why are you here too?"

"Hehe, I'm an old acquaintance of Xu Danqing. I just went to Master Song's place and sat for a while. I heard that Xu Danqing lived here, so I came to see him... You brought so many people, but there are distinguished guests in the yard?"

"Yes, I'll take Master Ning in. We should all know each other."

Hearing this conversation, Xu Danqing felt relieved, knowing that he wouldn't have to take the beating today. After all, women never use violence in front of women of equal strength.

And the Queen Mother and Madam Lu, after hearing 'Master Ning' and 'an old acquaintance of Xu Danqing', both understood who was here.

The Queen Mother: The most beautiful woman in the world...

Madam Lu: I know Ling'er...

Hmph~

Both of them showed some hostility in their eyes...

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Seeking monthly votes and recommendation votes, there are still two chapters to be written. I will post them during the day if I finish them, and tomorrow if I can't finish them.