Chapter 15
The blue waves of the Taiye Pool are rippling, and the willows beside the pool hang down their green silk ribbons and dance with the wind.

The peach forest in the distance has faded, the red flowers on the branches are replaced by green leaves, and the blue fruits are hidden among the branches and leaves.

The lotus leaves almost covered most of the Taiye Pond, and the few independent red lotuses standing on top of the vast blue waves became the only bright colors in this early summer.

The palace people had already prepared the boat, Jiang Nian and Ning Yuezhao boarded the boat one after another and sat side by side.

It was almost noon at this time, although it was still early summer, it was already a bit hot.

Jiang Nian took out an oiled paper umbrella like a magic trick, and stretched it out to cover the heads of the two, bringing some shade.

"When did you prepare the paper umbrella?" Ning Yuezhao was a little surprised.

Jiang Nian smiled and said nothing. He couldn't tell her that it was because she deliberately threw a large distance away from him just now to give him the opportunity to order the little maid to prepare a paper umbrella on the boat.

Tap the penny lightly, and the boat sails slowly towards the lotus leaves.On the boat, the women in red clothes are like fire, and the men in red clothes are like Danxia, ​​standing above the blue waves, and there is a feeling of being in the painting.

Because it is not yet the time when the lotus is in full bloom, the boat needs to sail deep into the lotus leaves to pick the lotus.

Jiang Nian took away the paper umbrella. The lotus leaves are over the head, enough to cover the scorching sun, and the water is cool. It is very refreshing to go boating among the lotus leaves.

Ning Yuezhao smelled the faint fragrance of water lotus, and her agitated heart calmed down, so she was not in a hurry to climb the lotus, and enjoyed this rare comfort.

It would be great if the people around me weren't Jiang Nian, Ning Yuezhao thought.

Suddenly, Jiang Nian was a little surprised and said: "Your Highness, look, where is there a lotus that is actually a twin pedicle!"

This lotus is a little far away from the shore, and it is covered by lotus leaves. From a distance, there is only one lotus flower in full bloom, and no one has noticed that there is a budding flower bud.

The lotus flowers are tied together, which means a happy marriage. The girl who is about to leave the court likes to do some embroidery like this, hoping that she can be in harmony with her husband.

Ning Yuezhao didn't think so much for a while, and said, "That's all, fold it off."

"Slow down." Jiang Nian stopped her, "Joint lotus flowers are extremely rare, and they will be ruined when they are folded."

"Then what should I do?" Ning Yuezhao was a little displeased. At the moment, the most important thing in her heart is to please her mother. No matter how precious and rare Bing Tilian is, in her eyes, she just wanted to pick one because her mother wanted lotus flowers. The best come.

"Your Highness, I have the ability to have both." Jiang Nian glanced at the Bingdilian and smiled confidently.

When Jiang Nian and Ning Yuezhao returned to Shenglong Hall, the queen had already gone to take a nap.

Ning Yuezhao looked dissatisfied at the lotus flowers in the hands of the palace servants. Although they were also very beautiful, after seeing the Bingdi lotus, these ordinary things could no longer catch her eyes.

Jiang Nian said: "That's right, let's go to the study."

Ning Yuezhao ordered the palace servants to send the lotus to the Queen's bedroom and put it in place. Then she looked at Jiang Nian and sneered, "Could it be that you want to draw a double lotus?"

Jiang Nian nodded, smiled approvingly, "Exactly."

Ning Yuezhao looked at him for half the salary, and smiled coldly, "Then let me see the painting skills of Zhuangyuanlang."

The rice paper was spread out on the desk, and Jiang Nian pressed it with a paperweight, then rubbed the ink and mixed the paint with his own hands.

Ning Yuezhao sat aside and yawned. She was very sleepy at the moment, but she wanted to see what Jiang Nian could draw, so she could only exert herself.

I saw Jiang Nian picked up the brush, dipped the brush in thick ink, and wrote without hesitation.His painting technicians inherited from famous artists, and after his own research, his style is self-contained.

Just now, the beautiful posture of the lotus and the pedicles has long been imprinted in his mind, and he did not hesitate to write with ink.

In the past, he often painted lotus flowers, but never had he devoted himself so much to a painting, almost completely forgetting himself.

When he left and right the brush, there was already a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.

"Princess, I'm done painting."

Ning Yuezhao covered her mouth and yawned, and walked to the desk. The painting in front of her made her feel completely sleepy.

The ink on the paper is still fresh, and a shimmering lotus blooms proudly, with pink upper and lower white flower bones growing side by side with it, surrounded by a stretch of blue color, and hazy pavilions and pavilions can be seen in the distance.

"The green lotus covers the green water, and the hibiscus is covered with fresh red. There are parallel lotus roots on the bottom and double lotuses on the top." Jiang Nian also wrote a poem on it.

This painting is three points realistic and seven points depicting the artistic conception, but it is more moving than the real scene.

Since Jiang Nian was the number one scholar in high school and was chosen as the consort by the empress, his fame spread far and wide, and he was known as the best young man in Daxing.

Ning Yuezhao had to admit that this person was indeed worthy of the words "amazing talent and stunning beauty".

However, Ning Yuezhao's joy was only fleeting.

Seeing her cold reaction, Jiang Nian felt a little helpless, "Your Majesty probably wakes up around the same time, let's show her the painting."

The queen woke up in the scent of lotus, and when she opened the brocade tent, she saw several pink and white lotuses in the blue and white porcelain vase.

"Where are they?" the queen asked.

With a smile on her face, Bitao walked to the side of the bed and put up the brocade tent, "Your Majesty, today the princess and Lord Jiang went to the Taiye Pond to fold lotus flowers, and encountered a strange thing."

"Oh?" the queen asked with great interest.

"Today, the princess and Mr. Jiang found a lotus with twin pedicles in the Taiye pool. Don't you think it's a miracle?" Bitao said happily, "The princess just got engaged to Mr. Jiang, and this happened. Good omen, this marriage is really a match made in heaven!"

The empress was also surprised and delighted by this vision, "Where is the lotus with twin stalks?" She glanced at the celadon vase again, and made sure that there was no lotus with two stalks in the bottle.

"Bingdi Lotus, here it is!" But hearing a clear voice outside the door, Jiang Nian with a gentle smile on his face and Ning Yuezhao with a calm expression walked into the hall together.

The palace servants opened the picture of the lotus flower with two pedicles that Jiang Nian had just drawn, and showed it to the empress, because time was in a hurry, and there was no time to frame it.

The empress appraised the painting carefully, raised her head and asked Jiang Nian, "Did you draw this?"

Jiang Nian nodded, "Your Majesty laughed at me for being a humble minister."

The queen shook her head, "Jiang Qing is too modest."

From the brushwork to the coloring, this picture of lotus flowers with double pedicles reveals the artist's ingenuity.In addition to the superb technique, it also carries a tranquil and distant artistic conception.

"Azhao, what do you think?" The queen looked sideways at Ning Yuezhao with a smile on her face.

"I feel that compared with Jiang Nian's paintings, the lotus flower seems to lose its color." Ning Yuezhao said happily.

The queen was overjoyed when she heard the words, and ordered the palace servants, "Take this painting down and frame it, and then send it to the princess' bedroom."

"No need." Ning Yuezhao hurriedly stopped, "Since the empress likes it, let the empress appreciate it."

"Fool, I'm already old, why do I want this." The empress was firm, "I want to get married together, it's you who have been united for a hundred years!"

Ning Yuezhao had no choice but to keep silent.

When the empress felt shy, she turned to Jiang Nian, "Why don't you just break off the lotus and give it to me, instead draw it into a picture?"

She understands her daughter's temperament, this idea must have come from Jiang Nian.

Jiang Nian suppressed his smile when he heard the words, and his Qingjun face was stained with a trace of deepness, "The flower branches are only fresh in the vase for a few days when they are folded off. If they stay on the branches, although they will inevitably wither, they will bloom and bear fruit. What's more, Wouldn't it be better to draw a picture so that this beautiful scenery can be preserved for a long time?"

There used to be a Bingdilian flower in front of him, and he broke it off without hesitation, and that marriage also ended in bitter fruit.This time, he wants to protect that beauty and let it bear sweet fruits.

There was a look of approval on the queen's face, "Jiang Qing has a delicate mind, while it's still early in the morning, you can accompany me to the Taiye Pond."

In early summer, the days are long, and when the queen's guard of honor arrives at Taiye Pool, the setting sun shines brightly, and the lotus leaves in the pool seem to be covered with a layer of gold.

The breeze blows, and the lotus leaves are pushed aside, revealing the twin lotus flowers.

Shocked to see the Queen's guard of honor, the palace people who had been watching the lotus by the pool knelt down on the ground.

At noon, when the princess and her future son-in-law were on a boat cruise in Taiye Pool, the news that they found the Bingdi lotus spread in the palace, attracting many curious people to watch.

The queen stood by the pool, and said with some regret: "I have seen Jiang Qing's paintings, and now I feel that the real scenery is a bit boring."

The scenery is unintentional, and the painters are affectionate, so they can naturally give the works a different artistic conception.

At this moment, the empress was even more sure that her gift of marriage was extremely correct.So it was announced that tomorrow a banquet will be held by the Taiye Pool, and all the officials will be invited into the palace to enjoy this rare auspicious omen.

Jiang Nian habitually raised the corners of his mouth slightly, looking at Ning Yuezhao.

Ning Yuezhao knew that he was looking at her, so she turned her eyes to the Bing Dilian to avoid the scorching gaze.

At this time, in the medical office in a certain corner of the palace, palace people with sick faces came in and out.

In the hall, there was only one man in a dark blue imperial doctor's robe sitting.

"Cough cough cough... imperial doctor, I... cough cough... what is the disease?" She went to see a doctor, and she seemed to be grasping at straws.

The only doctor in charge was An Chen, with a calm face, meticulously observing and asking questions, prescribing medicines, every patient was the same in his eyes.

"You are suffering from typhoid fever caused by a cold. Take the medicine according to this prescription and take it every day, and you will recover in a short time."

This little maid has only entered the palace not long ago, and she is the maid in charge of starching and washing clothes from the Shangyi Bureau.The old people in the Shangyi Bureau bullied her as a newcomer, leaving all the work to her, and her hands were almost inseparable from cold water.

If she hadn't coughed really badly today, those people feared that she had tuberculosis, and they would rush her to see a doctor.

The little palace maid looked at the handsome imperial doctor in front of her with tears in her eyes. People who are ill are extremely fragile and always hope for some care, especially this handsome imperial doctor in front of her, which made her have a bit of fantasy.

At this time, a well-built maid rushed into the medical office and took the little maid's hand, "Ah Xiang, don't look at the doctor, come with me to Taiye Pool. Today, when the princess and the son-in-law were boating in Taiye Pool, they found I found two lotus flowers blooming on the same branch, everyone said it was a good omen, come with me to rejoice, and pray, the disease will be cured!"

The strong maid's words seemed to throw a boulder into the calm lake water. These palace people who were originally poor and poor in their pockets heard that they could cure their diseases without spending money on medicine, so they all gave up queuing.

The originally crowded courtyard disappeared for a while.

"Let's go, why are you standing there?" Seeing that A Xiang was not moving, the sturdy maid wanted to pull her hard.

"Wait a minute." An Chen said suddenly, a smile appeared on his face that had been serious all day.

The two people present were a little absent-minded, and after a long time, the court lady named A Xiang said in a daze: "What else is there?"

An Chen put down the pen in his hand, "It's rare to see the spectacle of juxtaposition of lotus flowers, but you have to take medicine when you're sick. I've already written the prescription. Wait a minute, I'll go and dispense it."

"Ahem..." Ah Xiang couldn't help coughing a few more times, her mind was full of An Chen's handsome face, and she became obsessed with thinking about it.The sturdy palace lady also became confused, and said stupidly: "Ah Xiang, how can there be such a handsome person in the world?"

When Ah Xiang heard this, her face turned red.

Not long after, An Chen took a bottle of ointment in addition to a few packs of medicine, "You wash your hands all the time, and your hands are wrinkled. Use this bottle of ointment to wipe it off."

After Ah Xiang took the medicine, she remembered the fact that she was so shy. For a while, the medicine bag and medicine bottle in her hand were not received, and they were not yet.

Seeing her embarrassment, An Chen smiled and said, "Take it all, no money."

If the family is not poor, why would you want to pray to a lotus to get rid of the pain?
"Thank you, imperial doctor." Ah Xiang's eyes turned red.

An Chen smiled softly, "Go and see the lotus, it will be dark in the evening. The twin pedicles of the lotus symbolize a happy marriage. I hope it can bless you to marry a good husband."

May I beg Bingtilian to give me a husband like you?Ah Xiang stared at him obsessively, and left the medical office almost every step of the way.

When her figure disappeared in the medical office, the smile on An Chen's face remained unchanged, but his eyes were icy cold.

(End of this chapter)

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