The First Empress - Chapter 77

Chapter 77 Come From The Picture
Linglong sincerely closed her eyes, then shook the tube. The old hostess was shocked again. She picked up the two sticks on the ground. Linglong tilted her eyes and asked, “May I know what this means, senior monk?”

The old presiding officer’s hand trembled slightly. This lot was even more puzzled than the previous one, because the word “puzzled” was written on the lot.

Linglong almost laughed coldly. This was too absurd, making Linglong unable to laugh or cry. Linglong held the ‘No Solution’ in her hand and tossed it into the lot box. Then, she stood up and said, ‘Since there is no solution to the God Realm, I can only take one step at a time.’ The old hostess nodded awkwardly. “There is no way. Her name is Tathagata, so the Empress is right.”

Linglong smiled bitterly and stood up. Vegetarian dishes had already been prepared in the dhyana room. Linglong and Qin’er had already eaten.

Linglong felt bored in her heart and said to Qin’er, “Let’s go to the back mountain. I’m sick of it.”

Qin’er hurriedly nodded her head. The two of them arrived at the back of the mountain one after the other. Baohua Mountain was a place full of treasures. Even though it was already dusk, it was still the chirping of birds. The scenery was refreshing. Because Linglong had been entangled with worldly things for too long, she couldn’t help but be speechless when she occasionally saw such a pure beauty. “It really is heaven and earth. The scenery is beautiful beyond compare.”

Zi Hua City was filled with artificial rocks. That place could be compared to the divine craftsmanship of nature. In comparison, Linglong felt that this dangerous peak stood on a rocky cliff. It was a good place, and there were even more quiet forest springs and splashing waterfalls.

Linglong walked to the spring water in front of her. She raised her hand and said, “What a clear lake water. If one’s heart was like this spring, it would probably be a magnificent treasure of the earth.” At this point, a mellow voice behind him suddenly answered, “Young lady is so wise, Qian also thinks so.”

Qin’er and Linglong both turned around. A white-clothed youth stood in the evening breeze under the setting sun. The breeze blew over from Lin Tao. His ink-colored hair fluttered on his face. There was a kind of Master Mo who was as carefree and elegant as jade. Young Master Shi Wushuang looked at Linglong and Qin’er with a smile on his face.

Qin’er was shocked, “You, who are you?”

Linglong didn’t think so.

“I’m just a mediocre person who has free time and occasionally goes to the mountains to see the beautiful scenery. He can’t stand the surging tide in his chest and paints great rivers and mountains on paper.” He said it lightly, but anyone could tell that this person was not an ordinary person. Ordinary people would not have the means to go to the temple, let alone “write great rivers and mountains into the picture” here. Linglong carefully sized up the man in front of her. He was dressed in white, and there was a half-scroll on the stone in front of him. On the stone was ink, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Linglong smiled and said, “Do mediocre people also know how to draw?”

That person smiled and slightly bowed his friendly eyebrows, feeling a little helpless. “I humbly thought that a mediocre person would know how to draw. However, mediocre people only see vulgarity, vulgarity, and charm. It’s just different from what experts see. What do you think, young lady?” Linglong did not dodge his gaze and continued, “Young Master, since you can already tell that mediocre people and experts have different opinions, you must be even more superior. Why are you belittling yourself? This … Miss is really puzzled.”

The man smiled and picked up the blue and white porcelain wine cup in front of him. He took a sip and smiled faintly.

The tip of the brush was dipped in pine smoke ink and then slowly outlined along the white paper.

“I’m not underestimating myself. It’s just that the beautiful scenery is too beautiful. The beauty is too beautiful. That’s why I’m spouting nonsense. I just need to forget what I said is inappropriate.” He didn’t care, his expression didn’t change much. Linglong’s heart beat fiercely, and she walked to his side. His brush strokes were like swords as he drew on the paper.

“This …”

Linglong had never seen anyone draw with only a kind of charred ink, so she was slightly surprised. However, those who have some general knowledge of fine arts know that ink is divided into five colors: scorched, thick, heavy, faint, and clear. It was because of this that he could have a stereoscopic feeling and tension. If the five colors weren’t adjusted properly, then he would definitely not be able to see clearly what he was drawing. Not to mention painting mountains and rivers, that was an unprecedented attempt. Thinking of this, he stood behind the man and carefully looked at him without making a sound.

Want to see how he played, or want to see how he embarrassed.

“Miss, you must want to ask me, why do you only use Jiao Mo and not the rest, right?” The corners of the white-clothed man’s lips curled into a smile, like a tuberose jade in the spring breeze. Linglong nodded her head, “I’ve never seen anyone paint in a single color, let alone such a big freehand brushwork!”

The white-clothed man sneered, “Do you know that painting is the voice of the heart? This world is originally charred ink. Qian is not the untainted Zhou Dunyi, nor is he the exiled immortal Li Taibai. Qian is just a mortal. He has seen through these sceneries long ago, so he only used one of the heaviest colors.”

‘”Young Master is naturally not Zhou Dunyi and Li Taibai. I feel that Young Master has a kind of carefree and elegant manner in which everyone is drunk and I wake up alone. This is Qu Yuan, isn’t it?” Linglong felt that this person’s words were filled with excitement.

“Miss, you’re ridiculously praising me.” He nodded his head without distinguishing between sorrow and joy. Then, the strength in his hand increased. It was like a weapon used in a war. He had already finished drawing the last stroke. After drawing, he placed the pen on a green stone and raised his glass. “The bottle is not light. Can you drink it all in one gulp with Qian Qian? It can also be considered to be an acquaintance.”

Linglong took the glass and drank it all in one gulp.

He then looked at the painting on the stone. Although it was made of charred ink, he could tell that there were gaps in his chest. Even though there were no interesting vertical and horizontal lines interweaving randomly, he could still tell that it was orderly in the chaos. There was a pattern where the sparse area could be densely packed and no needles could be inserted. It was probably beyond the reach of ordinary people.

“Young Master’s painting is good.”

Linglong sincerely praised the white-clothed young master. There was a rich smile on the corner of his mouth. “What’s so good about it? It’s just a graffiti.”

“To be able to doodle to such an extent, I’m afraid Lord Lang Feilang from the Imperial Capital will be stunned, right?” This sentence is pun. Lang Fei of the Imperial Capital doesn’t know anyone. He just wants to inquire about the identity of this person. Logically speaking, a man with such a high bearing won’t appear here easily. However, he encounters him again. Linglong is inexplicably more suspicious and interested in the man in front of her.

“Is this girl also from the Imperial Capital? Does this girl know Lang Fei?” Sure enough, this topic was very useful, and it immediately lifted his appetite.

“It’s just that we’ve met several times before. It can’t be considered as having any friendship with each other.” After he finished speaking, he looked at the man’s expression in front of him and suddenly felt a sense of impatience. He stammered, “I didn’t expect … I didn’t expect …”

Linglong asked, “Young Master, what can I not think of?”

“I didn’t expect that the girl has already … already …” With a slight salute, he said, “I’m awkward. I actually don’t know who the lady is. If you don’t mind, can you tell me your name?”

She did not ask for this person’s name, but the white-clothed man asked for his own name. Thinking of this, Linglong frowned slightly, “You should have told me in advance, shouldn’t you?”

The white-clothed man smiled mischievously and slapped his forehead with his palm. “Qian has almost forgotten. Let me introduce myself. Qian is an aide in the palace, and Concubine Mude is my elder sister. His full name is Mu Qianzhi. May I know your name?” He naturally knew that ordinary people in the Imperial Temple could not enter. He thought that this girl was already one of the many concubines of the Emperor. He had seen Princess Di Ji in the palace, and had never seen this new face before. That was why he changed his words from “Miss” to “Empress”.

“This palace is a fifth-grade Jieyu, Bu Linglong.” At this point, Linglong felt a little unnatural. Her entire body stiffened. She was fine just now, but now she was uncomfortable. In this way, there would be a gap between the two of them. This gap should clean up the good impression she had just had and the friendship that had just sprouted, right?

“Exquisite in all directions, Bu Linglong? Step by step, exquisite, good name, good name!” Mu Qianzhi praised him, but he could tell that his smile was lonely. “I didn’t expect that I would encounter a beauty by chance. It’s truly gratifying and congratulatory, ah, gratifying and congratulatory.” As he spoke, he drank up a cup of wine and his smile was so lonely.

Linglong did not understand what Mu Qianzhi meant. However, she walked to the front of the painting with her head slightly lowered. At this moment, the light was boundless, making the scene even more beautiful than a dream. Linglong stretched out her hand and stroked the scene. The scenery on the scene turned into the undulations of her subordinates. Linglong praised, “It’s really beautiful. It’s so beautiful that it’s natural. Even the True Mountain and True Water in front of you are not as beautiful as your painting.”

Mu Qianzhi smiled peacefully and continued to lift the painting. “Beauty is beauty. There is no soul at all, is there?” He asked. ‘”Linglong is willing to give this painting a try. Young Master, are you willing to let Linglong give it a try?”

He opened and closed the painting and spread it out on the stone. He helped Linglong dip the pen in the ink. Linglong thought for a moment and waved it.

Mu Qianzhi couldn’t help but sneer, “This, this is?”

Linglong added a man’s back next to the fountain. The scene instantly became beautiful. It could be said to be an eye-catching pen. Even Mu Qianzhi exclaimed in admiration, “It’s really divine, but … this?”

Linglong nodded. “Naturally, it seems empty without the support of characters, doesn’t it?”

Mu Qianzhi looked at the scene and raised his brush. He added another person to the brush thoughtfully. It looked like the two of them were standing side by side. He smiled and placed the brush on the bluestone. “To be the most beautiful, only admiring the mandarin ducks and not the immortals is the most beautiful, isn’t it?”

“Uh–”

Linglong stuttered. Seeing a pair of people, she couldn’t help but blush. The scenery just now was the scenery in front of her. The person on the screen was …

No, Linglong didn’t dare to continue thinking. She closed her eyes slightly and said, “Yes … not bad.”

Mu Qianzhi nodded his head, “So you also like a pair of people for the rest of your life? It’s better to watch the world side by side than to amuse yourself with Yan Xia alone, isn’t it?” Of course, Linglong liked it, but now that Linglong was married, how could she be so indifferent? She couldn’t help but think of that lot just now, it was like a dream, wasn’t it?

Linglong couldn’t figure it out, so she shook her head and prepared to leave.

Mu Qianzhi asked, “Do you want to leave?”

Linglong nodded. Although she couldn’t bear to leave, she was still ruthlessly prepared to leave. Mu Qianzhi handed the painting to Linglong and said, “This humble work is for Your Highness. Please keep it.”

Linglong’s sleeve had already been pulled by Mu Qianzhi. Linglong looked back and her bright eyes stared straight at her. Linglong’s eyes widened in astonishment and she asked, “Did you know that I am from the Emperor?”

“Did you know that His Majesty is also a human? His Majesty’s people are also human?” Mu Qianzhi asked back. Linglong felt that she could not reason with Mu Qianzhi. She pushed back her wrist timidly and drew a smooth arc across her sleeve. She smiled and said, “I have kept my danqing. Goodbye.”

He turned around mercilessly.

Mu Qianzhi stood in front of Linglong and said, “We will meet again. Don’t pretend that you don’t know me.”

Linglong nodded her head. She could not resist De Fei for helping her several times. Seeing Linglong acquiesce, Mu Qianzhi smiled and said, “Since that’s the case, then I’m relieved.”

“Impudent–” Before Linglong could react, Mu Qianzhi had already taken away her sachet. Mu Qianzhi smiled peacefully and said, “I’m old but not rude. Apologies are not malicious. I’m just exchanging a token, so that I won’t forget my words without the Empress’ support in the future.”

“You” Linglong blushed.