Painter

Chapter 242 91: Disciple

The residence of the Six Kings is located on the west side of the palace city. It was built more than [-] years ago, and the prince of Dayong, Wang Ji, lived in this branch.Probably because of today's sage's improper position, his status as a descendant is also a bit embarrassing. He can't hang out with ministers at will, and he can't leave the palace without reason. Although he is a nobleman, he is like a bird in a cage. Surrounded by this mansion.

Today in the waterside pavilion of the Six Kings’ House, the shade of the trees covered the entire pavilion with greenery, the maid gently shook the peacock fan, and Li Wushang, Taihua and Wanchun, the two concubines, were cooling off from the summer heat.The weather is already quite hot, but the lotus in the pond has only grown sporadic pink buds.Bursts of frost blown out by the negative frost bird stone carvings stir up groups of koi on the water.On the jade mat, the plum soup in the ice cup was like amber, and the ice cup had already melted, and the maid at the side immediately replaced it with a freshly chiselled one.

Li Wushang yawned lazily.

Taihua on the side smiled and said: "As soon as Yuan Qixuan left, Wushang became such a lifeless look, it seems that Mr. Lang is really good at kung fu."

Li Wanchun smiled lightly, "That's not true."

Li Wushang and Bai glanced at each other, took a sip of the plum soup and put it aside.

After laughing for a while, Li Taihua said again: "I heard that someone else will come over to give lectures. It's the 'painting fairy'. Does the gentleman look good?"

Li Wanchun said: "I took a look at him when the list was released a few months ago, but it was too far away to see clearly. I heard that his paintings are very good, and he can make dead paintings alive. Unfortunately, there are not many people. I have seen it. By the way, Supreme, you have seen his paintings, how credible are these rumors?"

"It's not credible at all." Li Wushang casually threw a handful of fish food into the pond, "The painting he left behind in Xinyuan is nothing special."

Li Taihua wondered: "But Xie Ningzhi is always discerning. This nickname of 'painting fairy' was passed on from Xie Ningzhi."

"He, Li Dan, is capable of becoming a Qianyuan scholar. Of course, he has some abilities, but it is far from exaggerated as rumored." Li Wushang was a little irritable when asked, "People outside don't know, and spread rumors, so they have some false names."

"It turned out to be like this." Li Taihua was stunned. She looked at the pool, and the koi in the pool swarmed in. Among them, there was a gold-red one that was very conspicuous. This fish only disappeared in the water for a short time. But he didn't take it to heart.

Li Wanchun glanced at the sky, "What time is it?"

"Your Highness, it's time." The maid beside him said softly.

The light wind shuttles among the grass and trees, and the long summer days pass like this.

Not long after, an eunuch came from the tooth passage beside the waterside pavilion to greet the three princesses.

Then, the eunuch said to Li Wushang: "Your Highness Lingbi, Li Dan, a scholar of Qianyuan, is here, please move your Highness to Erya Hall."

Erya Hall is the largest study room in the Six Kings' House. The princes and Wang Ji used to study together there when they were young. Li Wushang was startled for a while, then sneered, "He Li Dan has a lot of weight, let me go and see him in person ?”

The eunuch was stunned for a moment, and quickly explained: "It's an omission by the humble official. Of course Li Xueshi doesn't have that much face. He came with the imperial edict. The humble official only heard a few words. It seems that he wants you to study with His Royal Highness Peijie."

This time it was Li Wushang's turn to be stunned, she recalled the appearance of Li Dan bowing his head in the hall in Xinyuan Yaji.

Li Wushang didn't pay much attention to the little grievances at the beginning. At the banquet in the Tingxiang Tower of the Dongyue Temple Fair, she already had the intention to defuse the conflict, but Li Dan really didn't know how to flatter her.Later, at the crane banquet after the announcement of the rankings in Qianyuan Academy, Li Wushang even took the initiative to greet Li Dan, but Li Dan still looked neither salty nor dull.Today, when we arrived at the Six Kings' House, Li Dan dared to rely on the edict and shouted at her. When Princess Lingbi thought about it, Li Dan's appearance became very hateful.But right now, she wants to be respectful and respectful to Li Dan?
"His Royal Highness Lingbi?" Seeing that Li Wushang remained silent for a long time, the eunuch tentatively reminded him.

Li Wushang didn't answer, his face was slightly cold, and he poured all the fish food in the bowl into the pool.

……

As the ninth prince of the Dayong Kingdom, Li Peijie was the second-to-last among the emperor's ten sons.Today's sage has spent his entire life as a soldier, but among the ten princes he gave birth to, there are few who are similar to him.For example, Li Peijie is not good at riding and shooting, and has no interest in community affairs, but he is extremely talented in writing and ink.

Hearing that Li Dan was coming over today, Li Peijie was overjoyed, greeted him with clogs upside down, and personally served tea for Li Dan in the Erya Building.

He said earnestly: "As early as last year, before my husband entered the palace, I heard about his character. I have read his book "Supplements from Mountains and Seas" several times. There are so many strange stories in the book. Is it true? Have you experienced it all yourself?"

This 16-year-old boy looked quite weak, and Li Chan's eyebrows and eyes looked familiar, which reminded him of Li Zhaoxuan, the Dayong Daoist in Qingque Palace. Li Chan smiled and said, "It's not all from personal experience."

"It seems that most of them are." Li Peijie sighed with envy, "Gentlemen who give lectures always say that they have read thousands of books and traveled thousands of miles, but I have never even been out of Yongzhou."

Li Chan said: "Your Highness will leave the court in a few days, and you can go wherever you want. If it is an ordinary person, if you want to go to the neighboring house, if you don't have a valid reason, it will be difficult to get the pass, let alone Tibi It’s ten times more troublesome to go through the house.”

Li Peijie said with emotion: "Sir, you are right. I was born in the royal family, so I should be content."

Li Chan said it casually, but he didn't expect Li Peijie to be so humble. He was a little surprised. No matter it was compared with Li Zhaoxuan or Li Wushang, this young man lacked the arrogance of being born in a heavenly family.He nodded, looked at the books in the pavilion, and asked, "What did Bachelor Yuan teach His Highness before?"

Li Peijie said: "Scholar Yuan teaches the concept of counting and breathing."

Li Chan looked at Li Peijie, "This is one of the five views of Buddhism. I think His Highness has already entered the innate world. This method is a good method for His Highness to cultivate the Tao."

Li Peijie said: "When it comes to the Five Views of Buddhism, I remembered that in the chapter of "Shan Hai Shi Yi Yi" that records the strange things in Xuandu, it mentioned the corpse Tuolin in Xuandu. The gentleman said that the person who built the corpse Tuolin Buddhist masters, when practicing the meditation on impurity, take their disciples to the forest to eat rotten meat rolls, is this practice really so terrifying?"

The corpse forest that Li Peijie mentioned was the place where Nie Er was buried. It turned out that what the prince said earlier was not a compliment, he even remembered the details in the book clearly.

Li Chan shook his head, "The practice of Western Buddhism is much more radical than the Buddhism of Dayong Kingdom. Besides, not everyone dares to practice like this. If the Tao is not enough, this is not practicing Buddhism, it is becoming a demon. gone."

Li Peijie breathed a sigh of relief, and Li Chan asked again: "Then, didn't Bachelor Yuan teach "Emperor Fan" and "Chen Gui"?"

"I've learned that stuff a few years ago, and it's really boring." Li Peijie waved his hands, and said enthusiastically, "Why don't you teach me Danqing, sir!"

Li Chan smiled, "It's not that I don't want to teach, but I'm afraid His Highness will indulge in it."

Li Peijie said: "Sir, you are worrying too much! Father is only strict with the crown prince, but he is much more tolerant towards others. I remember that in the early years, the fourth elder brother did not return for half a month in Fanlou. Father knew, but he just He was fined a month's salary. I just want to learn something interesting, who dares to restrain me?"

When Li Chan was studying history in Qingque Palace, he knew that although the sons and daughters of the Tian family in Dayong Kingdom were born noble, they were disciplined very harshly.Now that I meet Li Peijie, I know that's not the case.

Li Chan was a little strange, so he thought about it again, the princes of the previous dynasty were all civilized and martial arts, but now, only the current Emperor Dayong, Li Yin, is left alive.Today, only the crown prince is vigorously cultivated, while the other princes are pampered. Presumably, the emperor did it on purpose.

Having figured this out, Li Chan felt a lot more relaxed about the lecturing job, but he still shook his head, "Your Highness, if you want to leave the court and become a vassal in the future, you must learn the way of being a king."

Li Peijie was a little disappointed, and heard Li Chan say: "If you have finished memorizing the daily books and still have free time, it's okay to learn something else."

"That's great!" Li Peijie clapped his hands in surprise, "I heard that Mr.'s painting skills are superb. If I can learn a little bit of Mr.'s skills, I will be lucky." As he said, he saluted Li Chan solemnly.

……

Li Wushang was wearing a crimson gauze skirt, and when he came to Erya Building, he saw Li Chan teaching Li Peijie to read.Li Peijie asked questions from time to time, with a very respectful demeanor.

When the eunuch came in to inform him, Li Chan put down the scroll in his hand and asked Li Peijie to read by himself, smiled and walked over.

Although Li Wushang didn't take it seriously, he still lowered his eyebrows and put his hands on his waist, bent down and gave a blessing.

"Meet sir."

"Your Highness doesn't need to be so polite, come in quickly."

Li Chan led Princess Lingbi into the building.

"Someone was ordered to give lectures to His Highness, but he knew that he was not good enough. If the lecture is not good, please forgive me." Li Chan said, "Dare Your Highness have studied the "Four Books for Women"?"

Li Dan's attitude today is not bad, he seems to be pleasing to the eye, Princess Lingbi nodded slightly, "I have learned it, what advice do you have, sir?"

"I don't dare to give advice, I dare not take it. Your Majesty means to ask His Highness to learn it again. I don't know which book Your Highness wants to start from?"

Li Wushang didn't want to learn Lao Shizi's Four Books for Women, so he said perfunctorily, "But I'll let you teach me."

Li Chan nodded, "In my opinion, "The Precepts for Women" is devoted to the three obediences and four virtues, and the first article talks about the way of 'weakness'. For ordinary people, men are outside and women are inside, masculinity and femininity, and women show inferiority." It's not bad to be weak. It's just that Your Highness is the daughter of the Tian family, so you can't generalize. In my opinion, let's not study the "Women's Commandments", how about learning from the "Internal Training"?"

Li Wushang was absent-minded, but Li Chan said that "The Commandments of Women" is nothing to learn, and she agreed, "That's fine, but the owner of this book has already learned it. After the master's instruction, it's best to concentrate on teaching Pei Jie to read and practice. This master will not delay the master's work."

Li Chan said: "Alright, since Your Highness has learned it, I will test His Highness. What is said in "Internal Training·Frugality"?"

Li Wushang lowered his head and caressed the pink nails on his scallioned fingers, without raising his head, he said calmly: "The master roughly remembers, but the sir's question is too general."

"The book says: 'If a wisp of silk yields the diligence of a worker and a woman, and a grain of food yields the labor of a farmer, it is not easy to make it easy, but he uses it indiscriminately, wastes everything, cares nothing, takes the lead from the top to the bottom, and loses everything." One track, whichever is better!'" Li Chan looked at Princess Lingbi, "It seems that although His Highness has studied the characters in the book, he has not learned the principles in the book."

Li Wushang froze for a moment, feeling a little funny.The truth in the book is only in the book.The book also said that there is no king's land in the whole world, but in Dayong Kingdom, where are the private lands of various families?She sneered and said, "What the teacher taught me is that it turns out that the master is being unreasonable."

"It's rare for Your Highness to reflect on himself." Li Chan said, "But it's not too late to learn from today."

Li Wushang frowned, a little sullen in his heart, got up and looked at Li Chan, "You..."

Li Chan still had a smile on his face, "Your Highness, I will read this chapter today. There are not many words, and I will be able to memorize it soon. If I can't memorize it, I will go back and write it ten times. I will come here every day. When will your Highness Once you can memorize it, you don’t need to write it down.”

(End of this chapter)