Is this... funny??
Yan Shiyue really couldn't understand the jokes of these intellectuals.
She drew the sword directly from Huo Qijing's waist, then chanted a poem and performed a move, "Kill one person every ten steps, and leave no trace in a thousand miles. When the task is completed, leave in a swipe, hiding my identity and name."
She looked serious and acted quite convincingly. Anyway, it was enough to shock one or two powerless scholars.
After breakfast, Prince Chun brought over paper and pen, saying he wanted to draw her portrait.
Yan Shiyue became interested and took out a pen to help draw portraits of Emperor Ming Yan and Huo Qijing.
Prince Chun was good at painting, and he finished one painting in one breath. As a result, Xu Wenqu laughed and said, "Your Highness is too slow. Yue'er has already painted four paintings!"
Prince Chun was surprised for a moment and turned to look.
Yan Shiyue divided a piece of paper into four grids, and drew two three-headed little men in each grid. Although they were small, they captured their characteristics very well. The solemn temperament of Emperor Ming Yan could not be concealed under his gorgeous clothes, and Huo Qijing had a beard, but he was young and agile. Even if one did not know them, one could vaguely tell their identities.
Prince Chun praised: "Yue'er is very talented, I am far inferior to her!"
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Yan Shiyue finished the last painting and came over to take a look. Prince Chun had indeed painted her very handsome and heroic. She immediately asked Xu Wenqu to write a poem for her and asked Emperor Ming Yan to write an inscription.
Emperor Ming Yan deliberately teased her and insisted on writing a "Knight's Dance".
Yan Shiyue immediately retaliated and asked Xu Wenqu to write a name for her four-frame painting: "Entertaining Parents".
This kind of game for cultured people is okay to play occasionally, but it is really boring to ask her to write and draw every day, and besides, she still misses her children.
But Emperor Ming Yan did not say goodbye, so everyone had to continue playing. After breakfast the next day, when she saw Huo Qijing go out, she suddenly had an idea and ran to whisper in Emperor Ming Yan's ear, "Father, how about we go to the painted boat to take a look?"
Emperor Ming Yan looked at her speechlessly.
Yan Shiyue whispered, "I haven't seen a painting boat yet! I don't know if it's fun or not. I didn't go to play on the painting boat in Deshan Garden after it was built. They wouldn't let me go!"
Emperor Mingyan said: "Yong'an River is narrow and uninteresting. If you want to have fun, wait two years and I will take you to Qinhuai to have a look."
Prince Chun, who was playing chess with his head down, paused, but hurriedly covered it up and put the chess piece down.
Yan Shiyue didn't notice it and whispered, "I haven't seen anything boring either!"
Emperor Mingyan smiled and put down the chess pieces: "Okay, let's go play."
So the shadow guard was ordered to go down and make arrangements.
A few people strolled out and when they reached the river, Shadow Guard had already made arrangements and specially found a local boatwoman to row the boat.
There were also boats with gauze curtains and green screens on the river. They were not like what she had imagined, with a large ship with many entertainers singing, dancing and playing various instruments. Instead, there was one entertainer in one pleasure boat, with a maid standing in front and a servant standing in the back. Most of the entertainers sat by the window. If there were no guests, they would just float on the river. If there were guests, they would just stop at one place.
Since they had no purpose, they just enjoyed the scenery and chatted on the lake.
Yan Shiyue sat at the stern, talking to the boat girl across the boat.
The shadow guard led them to Biezhipo, a pool of water formed by the river. Reeds grew densely and no one went in. It was said that the pleasure boat where Chen En stayed was there.
When I came to see, there were four pleasure boats in front and behind, but the one belonging to Chen En was said to be a red girl who was good at singing.
Yan Shiyue was just thinking about having no excuse to observe, but before her pleasure boat got close, she heard a clear voice singing: "The dead souls are enshrined in front of the hall, how pitiful the dead are. The whole house of children and grandchildren often cry, and the dead souls weep. On the seventh day, you will reach the gate of hell, and the gate of hell will be foggy like smoke. The sun and moon cannot be seen, and the sky is dark and the earth is dark, making it difficult to travel."
Yan Shiyue ordered the boat girl to stop and listen. At first, she thought it was interesting, but the more she listened, the more she felt something was wrong.
She was surprised and said, "This song is quite nice, but why are the lyrics a bit weird?"
The boat girl smiled and said, "This is called crying on the seventh day. When a family member dies, the family members have to cry seven times during the 49 days, once every seven days, so it is called crying on the seventh day."
Yan Shiyue was surprised and asked, "Is this the song that is sung during worship?"
"Yes!"
Yan Shiyue was surprised, "Aren't you afraid of bad luck by singing this kind of song?"
"Young lady, what you said is not right," but someone laughed and said, "The crying of the seven-seven here has a story behind it."
He opened the window and raised the cup in his hand towards her. From the sound of the voice, it was Chen En.
He shaved off his beard and made a scar on his right eyebrow.
This is also a common disguise technique. If you make one obvious feature stand out, people will relatively ignore other features.
In fact, he was really good-looking, and his smile looked even brighter. While he was talking, he tapped the table lightly and sang a short passage: "Erqi, go to the vicious dog farm, where the dogs are as fierce as tigers and wolves. The dead are frightened so much that their hearts beat fast, and they jump up and down to yell at you." He smiled at her.
I see, this guy just has the habit of teasing people.
Maybe in the future, if you can easily pick her up, you can set up a trap to get her rescued. With such a previous relationship, wouldn't it be easier to hook up with her?
Yan Shiyue lived up to his expectations and asked him, "What's the story?"
Chen En smiled and said, "It's about a young and beautiful widow who sang a long song after losing her husband, expressing her longing and pain for her dead husband. The lovers are separated by life and death, but their love is sincere and touching. How can it be unlucky? It's like "Little Man's Song". Have you ever heard of it, madam?"
Yan Shiyue said, "I've never heard of it." She asked him directly, "What's your name?"
Chen En said: "My last name is Xie and my name is Hou. It means a chance encounter."
Thank you for the chance encounter? What is this night, and why do we meet by chance?
Ouch? You're really good at playing, brother! You even changed your name? Looks like you'll need a woman to save you next time?
Wait! Why did she suddenly feel something was wrong?
When they came, the shadow guard seemed to have said that in order to avoid trouble, they would have a fabricated identity? What was it?
Yan Shiyue smiled and said, "So it's you, Mr. Xie. Thank you for clearing up my confusion."
Because she didn't know what opera was going to be sung, she bowed and walked back.
Watching the pleasure boat go away, Chen En smiled and drank a glass of wine.
His rule was that once a deal was done, he would spend all the money he received before leaving, and would look for the next buyer no matter how long it took.
And he had already kept this family in mind.
I heard that this is the family of Ren Zenan, the newly recruited Tanhua scholar in the Ministry of Commerce, and this woman is the Tanhua scholar's sister-in-law.
Because Ren Zenan did not return to his hometown to worship his ancestors after the palace examination, his family came to visit him, and then they returned home for sightseeing. When they passed by this place, they stayed for a few days.
He knew that the Ministry of Commerce was founded by Yan Shiyue.
He has always felt very special about Yan Shiyue.
Others did not know, but he knew that this was the baby girl whom he had shown mercy and saved all those years ago. Unexpectedly, she did not die, but became the Goddess of Fortune and became very successful.
So when he heard that this family was related to the Ministry of Commerce, he was a little tempted. As a result, before he could even start investigating, she came to him... He took the opportunity to test her out a bit. Regardless of her character, just by looking at her eyes, he knew she must be a beauty.
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