Extra: The Old Story of the Royal Palace (Part 1)
"Your Highness, according to your painting, the face of the woman in the painting should look like this when she grows up. Please take a look, Your Highness."
Lu Lingsheng, a famous painter in Beijing, carefully held up a painting and presented it to the person in front of him.
His forehead was already covered in cold sweat. The reason was simple: he had been drawing for an hour, and His Royal Highness Prince Su had been staring at him for an hour without even drinking a sip of water.
Although he was staring at his painting and not looking at him, the cold face still scared him.
Xiao Chenglan took the painting and compared it with the child in the painting next to it.
In Lu Lingsheng's painting, there is a girl who is about to reach the age of 16, with willow-shaped eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, bright and charming. When she smiles, there is a little baby fat on her face, which makes her innocent and cute. Her overall expression is very similar to that of a seven or eight-year-old child.
Xiao Chenglan looked at the painting and found it difficult to calm down.
Lu Lingsheng stood aside and waited for a long time before he heard this precious master speak.
"Are you sure she will look like this when she grows up?"
Lu Lingsheng was very confident in his ability to judge people's appearance and draw, and nodded repeatedly: "Your Highness, it can't be wrong. I have drawn countless people, and they all have the shape and spirit."
Xiao Chenglan nodded and gave Lu Lingsheng a generous reward.
Lu Lingsheng was blinded by the money and smiled happily.
He knew that even though this gentleman's house didn't look very good, he was a member of the royal family and must be very generous.
After Lu Lingsheng left, Xiao Chenglan sat alone in the pavilion for a long time.
Perhaps Lu Lingsheng deliberately tried to please him by painting the woman in the painting with smiling eyes. At first glance, it looked like she was smiling at the person appreciating the painting.
The throbbing in his heart was difficult to calm down, and Xiao Chenglan couldn't help but stretch out his hand to trace those eyebrows.
Two years ago, he had already left the palace to set up his own residence. Although, he knew that this was not an honor, but rather that he was thrown out as if to get rid of some trouble.
However, he got a benefit, which was that he could find the person he always wanted to see again.
However, they had just met in a hurry six years ago, and they didn't even know each other's names. Looking for someone in this huge capital city was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Not only that, he also made a very stupid mistake - he did not realize that women would undergo such earth-shaking changes when they grew up.
Especially...Xiao Chenglan's gaze moved from the woman's face to the area below her neck, where the brushstrokes were very full.
In short, he gained nothing in two years.
But fortunately, he won't keep making mistakes.
Fortunately, he had his own property and enough money to buy people who could serve him.
Xiao Chenglan gave the painting to his men, whom he had hired, and asked them to remember the face well and report to him if they found any that resembled the man.
In addition to them, Xiao Chenglan would go to that alley every day. Although he hired many people to help him find people, he firmly believed that he would be the first to meet her.
In the end, he did get what he wanted.
On a sultry spring afternoon, he saw the person in the painting taking shelter from the sun on a street corner.
She was wearing a short, thin, bright yellow jacket and green bell-bottom pants, with braids on both sides of her hair. She had a smile on her face and looked very bright. Even though she looked more lively and beautiful than in the painting, he recognized her at the first sight.
The moment he was recognized, Xiao Chenglan was almost frozen in place.
Soon, he realized one thing - he seemed to want more than just to see her again.
Because he didn't have the satisfaction of getting what he wanted.
Instead, I feel more empty and anxious.
He didn't know what these feelings were, nor did he know what the chaotic heartbeat meant.
He didn't know, and he felt bad, so he turned and walked away.
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Hahahaha, turning around and leaving, that’s a brilliant move.
What we mean is that the predecessor of the guiding male protagonist is actually a love idiot, but because he loves too much, he makes up for the fact that he is too stupid and stubborn.
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