Qingchuan History

Chapter 24 The Night Banquet

Everyone in the arena could finally stare at Ruan Xueyin openly.But seeing her calm face, she spoke eloquently, from the confidence of her speech to the content of what she said.

Everything is reasonable.

Men are always rough in this kind of matter, for a while the princes all looked puzzled, and felt that the matter was over, so let it go.Those who are only a little bit concerned, such as King Xin, are still faintly worried: the senior sister of Jing Tingge, the first counselor of the Wei Kingdom, the eldest disciple of Ji Ji, and the sixth princess of the Yin Kingdom, such a superposition of identities is already disturbing. A strong chip——

A beauty who is not inferior to the other three famous beauties.

A powerful and beautiful woman.It's still the same reason.It is suspenseful.

Fortunately, there is Ji Wanling.Gu Xingzhi was slightly relieved.

"I really didn't expect it." Heng'er leaned over to pick up vegetables for Ji Wanling, and took the opportunity to say something in a low voice.

Ji Wanling thought to herself that this girl became more and more unruly, and she started talking so blatantly.She gave her a look, or rather a warning look, and said nothing.

As for herself, she couldn't say she wasn't surprised, but she was really not that surprised, as if she had been prepared in her subconscious.

She never doubted that Ruan Xueyin's complexion was not natural.But seeing her immortal energy overflowing in the hall today, I had expected it, and even felt a sense of relief.

It must have started from the moment she stepped on the threshold of the main hall of Pishuang Temple.Ji Wanling still clearly remembers the light and darkness at that time. When she walked in, she was outlined by the sunlight behind her. At that moment, it seemed that something invisible turned around.

Roulette of fate?

It is of course very mysterious to say so, but that scene has always remained in her mind, extremely profound, until today.

So at that time in the corridor, she quietly said the phrase "If she is a great beauty again", but Heng'er didn't understand what she said.

As for what Ruan Xueyin's arrival meant, no one knew.

This is just everyone's sudden sixth sense about individual life and the world at a certain moment.

What really surprised her was Gu Xinglang.Have they met recently?
The same question lingered in the minds of Shangguan Concubine and Duan Xirun.They have already met, but they always defaulted that Gu Xinglang did not.You can hear the tone of Jun Shangshicai's speech, and his expression when Ruan Xueyin appeared earlier——

Not surprisingly.Simply knew, even seen.

Both of them were inexplicably uneasy, but they didn't know where the uneasiness came from.

Only Gu Chunfeng didn't feel uneasy.She was annoyed for no reason, took a sip of the wine that Auntie had just poured for her, and muttered softly: "There is such a thing."

Ji Wanling, the first seat on the west side, stood up angrily.

She walked towards the center of the hall with graceful steps, her gait was graceful and elegant, and Shi Shiran said with a blessing:

"During the prosperity of the Qi Dynasty, the country is rich and the people are strong, your lord has no shortage of rare treasures. Just now, several lords and two princesses presented them, and they are also treasures that are hard to find. Wan Ling asked herself that she has no ability to find them. Your lord is so happy." Wan Ling is a talented and clumsy painter of Danqing Mobao, and boldly drew a picture of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, please take a look at it."

Ever since Ji Wanling got up, although Gu Xinglang had expectations in his eyes, he shook his hands unconsciously, and only Diyan who was nearby saw it.That's what he does when he's nervous.

Diyan was also a little nervous.

Because of the painting that was directly presented to Gu Xinglang last year, without being seen by anyone at the banquet, but with a clear theme.

So when Ji Wanling uttered the words "A Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers", Di Yan calmly let out a long sigh of relief.

Then I saw two maids holding a half-person-high scroll, moving to the two sides respectively, and the scroll slowly unfolded.

It was a long scroll, painted with fine brushwork and ink, with rolling mountains and meandering rivers as the main body, interspersed with bamboo fence huts, manor temples, waterside pavilions, wild city long bridges, fishing, market, cruise, hunting, etc. Vivid folk scenes.The composition is meticulous, the colors are gorgeous, and the lines of different shades outline the shadows and reality of the layers.

Everyone at the banquet smiled appreciatively and clearly.

As far as the Gu family's royal family is concerned, Ji Wanling is a member of the clan who does not have a surname of Gu.Not because she was Gu Xinglei's fiancée, nor because she is now Gu Xinglang's Mrs. Yu.

Simply because of familiarity.

Because of Ji Huan's relationship, Ji Wanling has been in and out of Qi Palace since she was a child, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a half princess.They are too familiar with the art of painting. At this time, it is not so much appreciation as pride.

Ruan Xueyin doesn't have much research on painting, but she can tell that this is an excellent work, because Jing Tingge is also very good at painting.Coincidentally, Jing Ting Ge most often draws pictures of mountains and rivers.There are nearly a thousand paintings of various mountains, rivers, lakes and seas in the past ten years?
What is intriguing is that Ji Wanling's picture does not seem to be just the mountains and rivers of Qi State. If you look carefully, you can see some landmark landscapes: the birch forest on the extremely high terrain in the north, which looks like the vicinity of Cangwu City; the green bamboos form the sea in the west The colorful glazed eaves in the middle should be the Yinlin Temple in the Yin Kingdom; a wide river in the southeast, which is obviously zigzag, looks very much like the Fengmian River in the Bai Kingdom.

This map of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers is a map of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in Qingchuan.

"Illuminated by the sun and moon, wherever the rivers and rivers go, there is no king in the world. I respect you with this picture, and may your Majesty bless Qingchuan forever."

Fuze Qingchuan, not Fuze Daqi.This speech is also very intriguing.

But almost everyone here understood in an instant.

Such a sentence, there is no suspicion of the harem meddling in politics at all, but it does imply court affairs.

world affairs.

The vision of the entire Gu family.

The attitude of most people at the meeting.

If Gu Xinglei was still alive without the Battle of Fengtingguan, this would be his choice.Unify Qingchuan and rule the world.

The eyes of the princes were piercing, and their expressions had changed significantly from before.That is the expectation of looking forward to the road ahead.

Of course, Gu Xinglang felt the eagerness, or the heavy pressure brought by the power of the family.They don't need to say anything, their eyes and expressions are enough.

Based on the current situation, the national strength, military strength, and various reserves of the Qi State are far superior to those of the other three countries in terms of quantity and level.The fact that this incident has not happened for many years is enough to explain the problem.

For Qi Guo, unifying Qingchuan in Gu Xinglang's lifetime is an unspoken plan.Needless to say, because the time is not yet fully ripe.

But it is this dynasty, these decades.

He has always understood the attitude of the Gu family on this matter.

But he has not found sufficient rationality so far.

In theory, unification does not necessarily require war.But judging from the things that have been repeated for thousands of years, war is absolutely inevitable.

The so-called exchange of war for peace.

He couldn't convince himself.

If it is for peace, why must it be exchanged for war?
If it is not for peace, but for something else, such as the ambition of a king or even a family—is ambition more important than thousands of human lives?

He always thought that war was a last resort.But since childhood, almost everyone around him, from clansmen to courtiers, thinks that war is a reasonable way.Even selected.

Thoughts were coming, but as always, he didn't let anyone see it.He kept smiling, looked at Ji Wanling and said kindly:
"Madam Yu's painting skills are improving year by year. It's just that it's really hard to draw such a long scroll. It's just this one time, and it's not an example."

(End of this chapter)