Chapter 607: The king was fooled

Li Ganshun's praise is nothing more than recognition of Chen Ao. In this painting competition, there is no need for him to tell the difference.

Shi Lu bowed to Chen Ao in shame and said, "The world's most talented man is indeed well-deserved and admires him very much."

Chen apologized and nodded at him with a smile, "You are kind to you, Mr. Shi."

After a while of greeting, the atmosphere eased. Chen Ao joked for a while. It was not easy to compare running scripts since then. The classics and painting skills were superior to the great scholars of the Western Xia. Comparing running scripts would only make people laugh.

Li Ganshun wanted to read Chen Ao's running script in his heart, but this sentence was like a thorn in his throat, but he couldn't spit it out. He just laughed and said to Chen Ao: "It's not an exaggeration to be the best man in the world. It's ridiculous that Yelang of our college is arrogant and is actually showing off his skills."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "The king summoned him. Chen has no respect, so he will give him a big gift."

Li Ganshun said with interest: "What kind of gift is it? I want to see it."

Chen Ao spread a piece of white paper on it, grabbed the pen that he had just painted, and then started writing with ink. The pen was like a dragon and a snake. First, it was a line of small regular script, then another line of official script, and then it was a crane inscription, Cai style, and line of lines of new calligraphy appeared. Some of the lines were elegant and lively, some were dignified and decent, some were like cranes spreading their wings, and some were pure and refined.

Half a stick of incense, a congratulatory speech came out. Chen Ao smiled slightly, threw down his pen, and said, "Please accept it with a smile." After that, he sat back on his original position with confidence, with a faint smile on his face, and he was quite arrogant when he looked at him.

When someone sent the congratulations to the Li Ganshun imperial desk, Li Ganshun was stunned at first, then looked at the gods and looked down at him. After a few hours, the civil and military officials in the Chongwen Palace were a little impatient. He raised his eyes and said happily: "This is the best gift I have received."

As soon as Li Ganshun finished speaking, everyone came to their senses and their eyes fell on Shen Ao, confused.

Chen Ao smiled lightly and said, "It's true that the king likes it."

It was already noon at this time, and the bright sunshine fell on white marble and glazed tiles like golden light, which also brought a bit of warmth to the Chongwen Hall.

Two hours, from the jealousy of Chen Ao to the appreciation of Chen Ao, the process was not ups and downs, but it was natural. Before, the jealousy of Chen Ao was the most profound, but now it is all relieved. It is inevitable that all talented men will be more awesome. It is reasonable. Do you have to worry about a young man?

Chen Ao just mentioned that he wanted to have a meal in the palace. Although it was just a joke, Li Ganshun accepted Chen Ao's "great gift" at this time and his impression of him changed a lot. Instead, he took the initiative to say when he retired from the court: "Ken Ao stays here, I will give you lunch."

Chen Ao just smiled faintly, neither thanking nor rejecting it, as if it should have been. As a palace servant arrived at a palace, this palace was hidden in the lush forest and flowerbeds, not conspicuous, but particularly elegant.

"It's rare that there is this place in Xixia. It seems that it's not all for birds to shit." Chen Ao complained in his heart, and then the eunuch led him into the palace. He saw two rows of palace maids holding various tableware, waiting with wine and meat. There was a staircase directly above the palace, and there was a dining table. There was only one person sitting alone on the huge dining table. Chen Ao walked over and bowed and said, "Chen Ao has seen the king."

Li Ganshun did not stand up, but just looked at Chen Ao indifferently and said, "Are you not a royal family?"

Chen Ao smiled and said, "My surname is Chen, so he is naturally not a member of the Song Dynasty."

Li Ganshun smiled faintly and said, "Isn't it considered a relative of the foreign country?"

Chen Ao came here and had to hide his marriage situation. After all, state affairs are the most important, so there is no need to tell the truth to Li Ganshun, otherwise his identity as a prince consort would be considered a relative of the foreigner.

So Chen Ao nodded to Li Gan Shunhe and said, "Of course he is not a relative of the outside world."

Li Ganshun sighed and said, "There are no surnames from the major families in Bianjing City. I have never heard of you before. I guess you, the prince, have only been here for a year or two, and are so young, and can be named Prince. What a strange thing..."

Chen Ao Tianran smiled and wanted to say something. Li Ganshun continued, "Unless... you have made great achievements for the State of Song, have great talents, and are highly trusted by Zhao Ji." These speculations are not difficult to guess, especially Li Ganshun, a person who has lived in the political vortex all his life, not to mention that when he was sixteen, he had eliminated the empress dowager who interfered in politics. His scheming and means were naturally superior to ordinary people.

Chen Ao said modestly: "Where, where, the king was joking, it was just that the emperor of the Song Dynasty trusted him."

Li Ganshun said: "Zhao Ji can send you to destroy Jin Xia's peace agreement. It is not enough to have only one trust." He said that Chen Ao's mission was the one who went on this trip, and then laughed and said: "I want to see if you have any skills. Come and give Chen Ao a seat."

After opening the window paper, Chen Ao sat down, and then smiled and said, "The king is wise and Chen Ao admires it."

Li Ganshun smiled and said to the waiter beside him: "Come on my luminous cup."

After a while, a waiter brought a brocade box, and took out a pair of glass cups from the brocade box. Li Ganshun smiled and said, "This is a gift from the golden man to me, a luminous glass of grape wine. Have Chen Ao ever heard of it?"

Chen Ao said: "It's familiar. Could it be that Your Majesty wants to invite Chen to eat grape wine?"

Li Ganshun nodded with a smile. After saying that, the waiter had already said that a luminous cup was placed in front of Shen Ao. Chen Ao raised it gently. At this time, the luminous cup was naturally not as valuable as the high-purity glass of later generations, but it was also quite rough and had too many colors. However, in the eyes of people at this time, it was already very impressive. There seemed to be a mark at the foot of the cup. Chen Ao only took a look, and the words "The Ming Palace" were written on it.

The Luminous Cup appeared in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. This was another great gift from the Jin people to Li Ganshun. The Daming Palace was the palace of the Tang Dynasties. These four words showed that it was a royal object of the palace in the pre-Tang Dynasty. Li Ganshun seemed very excited and loved this Luminous Cup. Chen Ao coughed and said, "Your Majesty is indeed generous..."

Li Ganshun was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but say, "Where does the word "Dadu" start?"

Chen Ao continued: "If Your Majesty is not generous, the Jin Man will send a pair of fake luminous cups to Your Majesty. Why would Your Majesty like it so much?"

"Fake?" Li Ganshun's face gradually became colder, and he said, "How can I see it?"

Chen Ao smiled and said, "It's easy to distinguish. This luminous cup was first released in Quanzhou, which was delivered by the Dashi merchants. Later, it gradually became popular. Many wealthy families would prepare one to show their dignity. At that time, the palace did make many such wine glasses, but..." Chen Ao smiled and said, "The palace royal luminous cup was also seen by Xiao Wang, who happened to have seen it. The craftsmanship was even worse than this. Moreover, the Daming Palace system was written here. These four words were not wrong. Many imperial objects in the former Tang Dynasty did have this mark. But if it were tableware, it would not have been stamped."

Li Ganshun's face looked a little ugly.

Chen Ao continued: "The king looked at the mouth of this cup again. In order to make the antique, the fake author deliberately used butter to dip the sand cloth and rubbed it on the mouth of this cup. When people looked at it, they would know that it was a long-standing antique. However, the scratches on the mouth of this cup were too neat. Can the king see anything?"

Li Ganshun looked at the mouth of the cup carefully. It turned out that the scratches were neat. He pressed his eyebrows down and then smiled and said that the luminous cup was placed on the table: "Chen Ao has good eyesight." After that, he asked the waiter to put the luminous cup in it and said with a smile: "Jin Ao just tried Chen Ao's eyesight, please don't be surprised."

It was clearly exposed, but he deliberately said that he was a test. Chen Ao did not point out him. He smiled lightly and said, "The king of the country does not have to be angry. The Jin people are barbarians. Things that robbed everywhere cannot tell the difference. Xiao Wang has also received gifts from the Jin people..." He looked at Li Ganshun deeply and said, "Most of them are fakes."

This sentence was just a pun, how could Li Ganshun not understand it, and smiled and said, "If you don't talk about this, just have a meal."

There are many delicious foods in the imperial meals in Xixia. Chen Ao accompanied Li Ganshun to use them, and then took a sip of tea before leaving. Thinking of Li Ganshun's mind that Li Ganshun was not at the lunch time, Chen Ao thought about it afterwards, and thought to himself: "Li Ganshun originally wanted to show off with a luminous cup, and also show Jinxia's friendship in front of him, but he took out a fake and couldn't even tell the pain."

After leaving the palace gate, Li Qing had been waiting for a long time and came over immediately and said, "Prince, Li Qing thought something had happened. After waiting for so long, he still didn't see the prince come out."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "It's nothing, but the king of Xixia hit it off at first sight and insisted on asking me to have a meal in the palace. It was hard to refuse his kindness, so he had to follow him."

Li Qing smiled and knew that the Prince of Penglai liked nonsense the most, so he ignored it and turned over and rode his horse together. When he returned to Honglu Temple, he realized that there were many guests coming today.

Chen Ao beat the horse, but they were all great scholars from the Western Xia, some came to ask for advice, and some came to make friends. Chen Ao smiled bitterly and had to invite them in for tea. These people who were in constant slogans just chatting for a few words or sending invitations, and then they stopped bothering and said goodbye.

Chen Ao had already felt tired. After a while, Li Qing came over and said, "Prince, the new news from the court."

Chen Aohe nodded, took a letter, glanced at it, and said, "The Jin people are determined to win this trip."

Li Qing was stunned for a moment: "How can I see it?"

Chen Ao smiled bitterly and said, "The Jin man broke through Xiao Pass."

Li Qing's face suddenly became heavy. Xiaoguan was one of the most important passes of the Liao Kingdom. Once the Jin army broke through, the entire Liao Kingdom's thousands of miles of hinterland would be safe. This battle situation would naturally reach the ears of the Xixia people. The Xixia people were already partial to the Jin people, and if they got this news, they would definitely strengthen their confidence.
Chapter completed!