My father-in-law led Chu Xinyu and others not to the direction of Yikun Palace where the queen lived, but to the Imperial Garden. Chu Xinyu walked this road once, so he was familiar with it.

When Zhu Bo entered the palace for the first time, he saw the scene and objects in the palace as strange as Liu Laolao entered the Grand View Garden. Lan Yi was afraid that she would miss the time and let the queen wait for a long time, so she reminded Zhu Bo not to watch it and follow her quickly.

It was early summer, and in the imperial garden, under the clear and bright sky, flowers bloomed in full bloom, and purple and colorful.

As soon as he stepped into the garden, a girl wearing a blue antique satin golden chrysanthemum spit shirt and a double-layer flower butterfly gilded silver hairpin on her head suddenly walked out from the side and blocked Chu Xinyu's way. However, she saw her proudly lifting her chin and looking at Chu Xinyu and saying, "Are you Miss Chu Wu?"

Chu Xinyu stopped and looked up. The girl looked familiar with her and had a good memory. After thinking about it for a while, she recognized that she was the little eunuch she met in the imperial garden last time. Because she didn't know her identity, she saw her blocking the way, so she replied to her: "Can anyone pretend to be a fake?"

When Chu Xinyu asked her back, Princess Amin lowered her face a little displeased. When she remembered the purpose of intercepting her here, she suppressed her anger and raised her chin and said, "I heard that no one can defeat your painting in Xu Dynasty. I want to see it."

Princess?

Chu Xinyu was slightly stunned. She knew that the emperor had six princesses. The eldest princess died at the age of three. The second princess Shang Liaoshang's son-in-law, the mother was the queen, and Princess Jingning Xiao Mu was born by Concubine Qi. She met her last time. The other three were thirteen, eleven and six years old, which was inconsistent with the girl in front of her.

Therefore, the princess in front of her should not be the princess of the Xu Dynasty. By the way, last time she heard Princess Zhaoyang talk about Princess Amin from Dongyu Kingdom, who followed her brother to visit the Xu Dynasty. When she talked about this princess, she looked lustful and said that she was spoiled, arrogant and rude, and hated girls who were more beautiful than her.

Once, a minister's daughter was pretty and beautiful. After accidentally saying something offended her, someone slapped her a few times, without any concern that this was Xu Dynasty, not her Dongyu Kingdom.

I think this person is Princess Amin from Dongyu Kingdom. No wonder she appeared in the Imperial Garden. I heard that she was going to attend the Hundred Flowers Banquet, but because she was sick because she was not accustomed to the local conditions, the queen took her into the palace to live.

Chu Xinyu then said, "The princess laughed. Xinyu's paintings are just showing off her skills. How dare she call it an invincible person?"

Princess Amin curled her lips and said, "Actually, I have also studied painting a little. I didn't participate in your fundraising activities in the past few days. Why not be here, let's try it."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xinyu raised her eyebrows lightly and looked at Princess Amin slowly. Except for the time she had seen her in the Imperial Garden, she believed that she should have no grudges with this princess, not to mention that she used the incense and Princess Amin had no impression of herself, but she looked at her with jealousy.

Princess Amin saw her looking at her, and her slightly smiling eyes made people unable to understand what she was thinking. In a moment, she suddenly saw her laughing suddenly, and frowned and said, "Why are you laughing?"

Chu Xinyu glanced at the figure behind the flowers not far away, revealing a squat of clothes, and said, "Is the princess's own meaning in the competition?"

Princess Amin was stunned and said, "Of course, why? Are you afraid? Or don't you dare?"

Chu Xinyu shook his head, "I'm not afraid or afraid, I just don't want you to be a gun."

"Don't talk so much nonsense with this princess here." Princess Amin was a little impatient and directly expressed her purpose. She said: "I know that you went to the palace to paint for the queen. I didn't participate in the Hundred Flowers Banquet, and there were no charity activities. Today, I have time to draw and compete for the queen with you. If the queen chooses me, you will lose. At that time, you will have to take out 10,000 taels and donate them to your last fundraising event in the name of this princess."

As soon as she finished speaking, Chu Xinyu couldn't help laughing out loud. The princess really took herself seriously and thought too stupidly. She didn't provoke this competition, so why should she give out 10,000 taels to compete with her?

My father-in-law turned around and didn't see Chu Xinyu and others following him. He fell back. He happened to hear Princess Amin's words and said, "Princess, the Empress wants a slave to take the Lord Shengping to Jufangting. If you have anything to say to the Lord Shengping, please talk to you later, okay?"

Princess Amin heard her father-in-law say this, although she was unwilling to accept it, there was nothing she could do. Could she say that she couldn't and let the queen wait?

Chu Xinyu smiled at her, then followed her father-in-law's footsteps, Lan Yi and Zhu Bo followed closely behind.

Princess Amin stomped her feet secretly and watched Chu Xinyu leave. She stood there and became more and more jealous as she thought about it. She heard that Lin Chenyao had been hired and had a ten-mile red makeup, which made the girls in Kyoto City envious and jealous.

Originally, the father did not agree to her to find a husband in the Xu Dynasty. He heard that the person she loved was the Marquis of Beiping, and the emperor of Xu Dynasty gave her marriage to the Marquis of Beiping. His father had received the news that he sent someone to let her return to the country. She was the princess of Dongyu Kingdom and could not be a concubine, but after returning to the country, she wanted to marry someone else. She didn't want to, otherwise she wouldn't come to the Xu Dynasty.

Although she was found hugging the King of Jin a few days ago, and although the emperor asked someone to suppress the matter, the queen talked to her that night, and it was obvious between the lines that she said that she had "lost her virility" to King of Jin. If she wanted, she would ask the emperor to issue an order to marry her.

How could she be willing to marry someone who drugged her and ruined her reputation?

Fortunately, the queen was not in a hurry to ask her to agree and gave her time to consider it. But two days ago, she asked Lin Chenyao to send a letter to him and asked him to come out to meet him. She wanted to make the final effort, but although the letter was delivered, she had no reply.

Now I heard that fundraising activities were Chu Xinyu's idea, which solved the urgent problem for the court. The emperor rewarded her as the county lord of Shengping. Her identity improved, making it even more difficult to deal with her.

So she heard from the palace maid that Chu Xinyu would come to the palace to paint for the queen. She also said that the queen donated 10,000 taels that day and bought a painting by Chu Xinyu. Because of the support of the queen, Chu Xinyu's paintings could be bought at such a high price. Moreover, Chu Xinyu also defeated many girls at the Hundred Flowers Banquet with one painting and received Lin Chenyao's promise.

She thought, if she could defeat Chu Xinyu, would she become famous in one battle? Will Lin Chenyao look at her differently? Lu Guiren also supported her after hearing her ideas.

In the palace, except for the nobleman Lu talking to her, everyone else would avoid her from afar when they saw her, as if she was a plague, so she planned to go back to the palace tomorrow to live with her brother and live in the palace, and she was not happy at all.

At this time, Concubine Lu, who had been hiding behind the flowers, came out, walked to Princess Amin, and said, "It seems that she doesn't dare to compete with you, for fear that your painting will be better than her."

"I will let her compete with me." Princess Amin shook her sleeves and walked towards Chu Xinyu.

"Don't be impulsive." Lu Guiren grabbed her and said, "I have thought about it. You'd better not compete with her. The queen will definitely help her. If you lose by then, will you be even more shameless?"

"What do you think you should do?"

"Do you know what the queen doesn't like the most?"

"What?"

Concubine Lu leaned into her ear and said a few words, Princess Amin's eyes lit up.

...

But Chu Xinyu followed his father-in-law to Jufang Pavilion and saw a bunch of palace maids and eunuchs standing outside the pavilion. In the pavilion with ridges and flying eaves, the queen wearing a phoenix robe was sitting inside. She was about forty years old and dignified. On both sides, there were two women in palace clothes sitting. The one on the left was Concubine Chang and the woman on the right had no impression of it. It can be seen that the queen was very kind to her. Seeing her luxurious clothes and beautiful appearance, she must be the crown princess because her age was very consistent.

Chu Xinyu didn't think much about it, so he stepped forward to slap his head and greeted the queen with a blessing.

Lan Yi and Zhu Bo followed her and knelt down respectfully.

Chu Xinyu lowered his head, respectful and humble, and the queen smiled and said, "Get up."

Chu Xinyu straightened up, Lan Yi and Zhu Bo also got up.

The Crown Princess stared at Chu Xinyu from outside the pavilion. Before the queen could say anything, she interrupted: "It is said that Miss Chu Wu's appearance is the most beautiful in Kyoto City. When I see you today, it is indeed worthy of your reputation."

Concubine Chang laughed and said, "Not only is she beautiful, but her talent is still outstanding. The Crown Princess must have never seen her painting before. That is really magical, but you can see it today."

The Crown Princess said, "I just heard that, I stayed by my mother's side and looked around."

"Then you have to look good."

The queen summoned Chu Xinyu to the palace, mainly asking her to paint for herself. She roughly learned about the reason why her paintings were so popular from Princess Chu. She had long wanted her to paint for herself soon, and she avoided the red tape and did not want to put too much pressure on Chu Xinyu.

That's why she chose Jufang Pavilion in the Imperial Garden as the background and asked Chu Xinyu to draw a painting for her. She didn't ask for it, just to let her blend with the scenery and look comfortable and harmonious.

Because she once asked the painter in the palace to draw for her, but the painter painted her too beautifully. The scenery in the room was rough and the overall look was inconsistent. She modified it countless times, but she was not satisfied. In the end, she simply asked the painter to stop writing.

After the Hundred Flowers Banquet, she saw the spring garden she painted and liked it very much. She originally wanted to ask the emperor for it, but the emperor refused to give up and hung the painting in the imperial study. She also heard that her portrait was very realistic, just like a real person, which aroused her curiosity.

In order not to disturb others, the queen took away some palace maids and left only two to serve.

Chu Xinyu ordered Zhu Bo and Lan Yi to set up the tripod and the tools needed for painting, choose a landscape, and let the queen sit there and set the most natural position.

Lan Yi and Zhubo divided the work and cooperated, one was installing a canvas and the other helped to adjust the color.

Chu Xinyu saw that bamboo and silk were very talented in matching colors. When painting, she liked to let her grind ink or adjust the colors next to her.

The Crown Princess had never seen how Chu Xinyu painted, so she stood beside Chu Xinyu and watched. Seeing the bamboo silk tuning, she asked curiously: "Aren't these pigments rouge? Can rouge bring up so many colors?"

Chu Xinyu said: "Ordinary rouge is not good, but I can do it with this special one."

The Crown Princess nodded and said nothing.

Chu Xinyu sat in front of the tripod, picked up the charcoal pen, and drew a prototype in a few seconds. The Crown Princess stood behind her and watched back and forth between Chu Xinyu's movements and the canvas. She watched very seriously and wrote down her steps carefully. She asked from time to time, and Chu Xinyu also patiently solved her doubts.

When the painting was formed, the Crown Princess opened her mouth in a "o" shape, which looked so similar. She felt that Chu Xinyu's hands could transform magic.

Concubine Chang had only seen the black and white paintings of Chu Xinyu. At that time, she felt that it was too magical. Now that she saw the colorful portraits, she was really moved. Who wouldn’t want to leave a beautiful and stunning figure in her best time?

The queen was a little impatient when she sat down. Seeing Chu Xinyu nodding her head at her, she meant that she would not have to sit and make a mold, so she got up and stretched out her muscles. The palace maid handed her tea, gave her a sip, and followed her to Chu Xinyu.

When she saw herself in the painting, she was stunned, as if she was looking in a mirror. Even a faint beauty mole was drawn under the corner of her eyes, with a very high degree of restoration.

The Crown Princess was shocked. She never thought that someone would draw people so realistically. When she heard the rumors outside, she disagreed and thought that these people had exaggerated and praised them. Especially the emperor ordered her to marry the Marquis of Peking, and some people exaggerated to please them.

Now that I really saw it, it was simply amazing.

Seeing that the queen was happy, the Crown Princess quickly said, "My mother, this painting is so beautiful. The you in the painting is almost the same as your reality."

Concubine Chang also came up to echo and praise, "When I get old, my grandchildren will still see my sister's youthful style in the future."

"It's true." The queen nodded with satisfaction. Chu Xinyu's painting skills were as magical as the rumors were. No wonder Princess Chu recommended her so much.

"Is it that good-looking?"

They gathered together to enjoy the paintings, and a familiar voice came from outside the pavilion. Everyone looked back, but saw Concubine Qi and Guiren and others coming outside the pavilion at some point.

Princess Amin also came, but with her, Xu Zhilan and Lin Wan'er, who were behind Concubine Qi and others.

In addition to the queen, Concubine Chang and Chu Xinyu both bowed to her for blessings.

Concubine Qi stepped into the pavilion and said with a smile: "Sister, sister, I heard that Miss Chu Wu went to the palace to draw for you today, so I came here to see how it was drawn?"

Today, Concubine Qi was wearing a double-breasted palace outfit with golden silk and multi-petaled peony and gold brocade, wearing a golden silk hibiscus inlaid ruby ​​beads, with a rosy complexion and graceful look, and a slight smile on the corners of her lips.

But for some reason, she looked very good when she smiled, but Chu Xinyu felt a little gloomy.

The queen smiled and said, "Didn't my sister ask her to help you draw it? I should know how she draws it."

"That's different. My sister heard that she painted you in color." As she said that, Concubine Qi had already walked over, Concubine Chang moved aside and made a seat.

Concubine Qi looked at the portrait on the tripod and instantly stared at her. She liked the portrait Chu Xinyu painted her last time very much, but compared with the one in front of her, it was not that she had the picture that was worse, but that she liked the colored one in front of her, and thought that this was the most real one.

Chu Xinyu really had a trick on her. When he asked her to paint a portrait of herself, did he think she could not afford 10,000 taels? He actually perfunctory to her?

Too much bullying!

Concubine Qi clenched her fists secretly and fought with the queen for more than ten years. Although she did not sit in the back seat, she was wearing anything she used to wear. However, the portrait Chu Xinyu painted for the queen was more beautiful than hers. While she was unwilling to accept it, she felt that Chu Xinyu looked down on her.

Concubine Lu also looked over and looked straight, but she quickly realized that she made a comment and praised her as she pretended to be, and suddenly pointed to a certain point and said, "Hey, what is this? Why does it appear here?"

Before Concubine Chang and the Crown Princess left, they followed the place where she pointed. A parrot was sitting on the peony branches. Their faces suddenly changed. They just looked at the people in the painting, but didn't look at these scenes carefully.

There was once a new concubine who raised a parrot in the palace. Originally, it was okay for her to keep it in her bedroom, but on the day of the queen's birthday, in order to please the queen, she asked the parrot to come out and celebrate the queen's birthday.

The parrot is very smart, speaks clearly, and the words he says are funny, making people laugh.

The queen immediately turned black and asked someone to drag the concubine out to beat her. The concubine was weak and left that night. Later, someone secretly found out that the queen had been almost pecked at the eyes of a parrot when she was a child, and since then she hated parrots.

Because of this, no one in the palace dares to raise such birds, and even if they are raised, they cannot appear in front of the queen. After the matter of the concubine, the queen has made it clear that she should not let the parrot appear in front of her.

But this painting just makes the queen and the parrot be with each other. Isn’t this a slap in the face?
Chapter completed!