Chapter 204 204. Twelve Flower Gods
Shi Liu didn't know how to evaluate Emperor Feng Zheng himself. She said he was cruel and ruthless, but which prince who participated in the fight for the throne was not cruel and ruthless? Even Crown Prince Feng Ming probably had innocent blood on his hands.
Although Emperor Feng Zheng was confused about matters between men and women, he used tough measures to eliminate a wave of corrupt officials during his reign and implemented a series of policies that benefited the people. He was not a good husband or a good father, but he was definitely a good emperor.
Shi Liu thought that if Emperor Feng Zheng had not acted so ruthlessly, Prince Feng Ming would probably have been relieved soon. After all, being born in the royal family, they had already anticipated their future fate.
"Your Highness, are you in the mood to teach me how to play the piano now?"
Prince Fengming's face suddenly turned dark. When he mentioned the guqin, he thought of that disgusting woman and felt that his whole body was dirty.
Well, now Shi Liu knew the attitude of Prince Fengming, and she felt a little sorry. She heard Prince Rui say that his father was not only an expert in calligraphy and painting, but also played the piano like the sound of immortals.
Shi Liu pursed her lips and said, "Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything."
Prince Fengming's face turned pale and he said, "Have you forgotten that it's class time now? Study hard—"
Shi Liu was so frightened that she shuddered. She was so happy gossiping that she forgot the dignity of Prince Fengming. Daring to gossip about his scandals was like hanging herself - seeking death. Fortunately, Prince Fengming didn't care.
Soon, Shi Liu found that she was too reassured too early, because all the royal children were narrow-minded!
Prince Fengming waved his hand, and a painting of the Twelve Flower Gods appeared before Shi Liu. He curled his lips slightly and said, "This is a painting of the Twelve Flower Gods by Li Caiwei, a famous and talented woman of the Tianfeng Dynasty. These twelve flower gods are not imaginary characters."
"It's said that one day, Li Caiwei was playing in the garden when she suddenly felt sleepy and simply lay down on a stone bench and fell asleep. In her trance, Li Caiwei came to a place full of flowers. There were twelve beautiful women, each with their own unique style, laughing and playing among the flowers..."
Shi Liu's mouth twitched. Isn't this just another version of "Dream of Red Mansions"? She wanted to say it was fake, but Liu Piaoxu also got a system for cultivating immortals. It was hard to say whether this was true or not. What's more important is that the twelve women in the painting were so beautiful that they didn't look like real people, and each of them had her own beauty, which was very consistent with the image of the twelve flower gods.
Originally, Shi Liu thought that Prince Fengming was just showing off to broaden her horizons, but a single word from Prince Fengming frightened her so much that she trembled.
Prince Fengming: "You have been learning painting from me for some time now. People say that a good teacher produces a good student. I think your level is not bad. I believe that you have made great progress by now."
"The first step in learning to paint is copying. Starting today, you will copy this painting, 'The Twelve Flower Gods.' When you have achieved the perfect form and spirit, we can move on to another painting."
Prince Fengming smiled at Shi Liu and said, "I believe you can do it within a month. Oh, yes, a month in the teaching space."
Shi Liu looked at the scroll, then at her own hands, regretting it immensely. She'd been so busy with her woodcarving classes that she hadn't left much time for painting, and now she'd only just finished the basics. She'd started with a challenging task of copying, clearly trying to make things difficult for her. However, if she focused her energy on meticulous painting, she could still pull it off.
Prince Fengming sneered inwardly: "How can it not be possible?"
Pomegranate puffed out his chest and said, "I promise to complete the task!"
The corners of Prince Fengming's mouth twitched when he heard this. Although he wanted to teach Shi Liu a lesson, he did not assign the task randomly.
Li Caiwei's reputation is not exaggerated. If she were not a woman, she might have won the title of a master of painting. Of course, the Tianfeng Dynasty has a strong literary and artistic atmosphere, and there are many people who are qualified to compete for this title. This is what he thought.
"The Twelve Flower Gods" is Li Caiwei's masterpiece. At the same time, Prince Fengming noticed that Shi Liu's painting style was very similar to hers. Copying Li Caiwei's masterpiece would be very helpful in improving Shi Liu's painting skills.
If Shi Liu could gain some insights during this period, it would greatly promote the formation of her future painting style.
The most important point is that Prince Fengming discovered Shi Liu's obsession with looks early on. If he were to copy other people's works, Shi Liu might not have the patience to copy them over and over again.
One has to admit that Prince Fengming is worthy of being the one who was able to hold on for decades despite being besieged by his brothers. He has a great grasp of people's hearts.
Although Shi Liu found it difficult to draw the goddess with both form and spirit, he had no aversion to copying the "Twelve Flower Goddesses" and even had his eyes shining as he looked at the goddess.
Even though Shi Liu learned figure painting from Prince Fengming, she always habitually beautified the figures when she painted, just like adding filters to a modern beauty camera.
After copying this "Twelve Flower Gods", although Shi Liu's painting skills have not improved much, he believes that the beauties he will paint in the future will definitely reach a new level of beauty.
When she first started copying, Shi Liu didn't expect her paintings to be very good, so she didn't bother using good paper or paint. As a result, she was seen by Crown Prince Fengming, who was very disgusted with her. After she had copied five paintings, she started to use better materials.
Fortunately, she got a lot of rice paper and paint for painting when she signed in at the Forbidden City this time, otherwise she would not be able to spend them all.
Now, even if she wanted to buy Xuan paper, there was nowhere to buy it. Finally, Zhou Pan couldn't bear it anymore and made paper himself according to the information he had found.
Speaking of papermaking, Shi Liu once again marveled at how comprehensive Zhou Pan's preparations were. Although there was no paper mill in the island space, there were complete papermaking equipment.
Although papermaking is a bit complicated, it is not impossible if you are patient and do it.
First, raw materials such as reeds, wheat straw and wood are cut into pieces or wood chips, and then the small pieces of raw materials are placed in a digester and chemical liquid is added... Then the pulp is washed with a large amount of clean water, and the coarse pieces, knots, stones and sand in the pulp are removed through screening and purification... Finally, it is sent to the papermaking machine for water filtration in the wire section, dehydration by pressing, drying in the drying cylinder, calendering and winding, and then slitting, rewinding or cutting to produce roll paper and flat paper.
With Zhou Pan's sponsorship, Shi Liu finally stopped being stingy. However, after realizing how precious paper was, she stopped wasting it. Thinking of her wasteful use of paper in her previous life, Shi Liu felt a little ashamed. Some things can only be appreciated if you handle them yourself.
Seeing Shi Liu's admiring eyes, Zhou Pan immediately started to show off and demonstrated the ancient method of papermaking.
Seeing this, Shi Liu felt itchy and decided to learn a few tricks. Everything else was fine, but stirring the paper pulp exhausted her to death.
Rubbing his aching arm, Shi Liu looked at the paper on the wooden board and sighed, "Papermaking is a strenuous job. No wonder rice paper was so expensive in ancient times. If I buy it cheaply, it won't even be enough to buy plasters."
Zhou Pan was immediately amused: "People in papermaking have division of labor, how can they do everything like you..."
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