Chapter 28: The Emperor's Third Son
Chen Ao smiled. Chen Ji had a weird temper, but Chen Ao had a way to cure him. He stood up and whispered to Chen Ji with a smile.
Chen Ji looked surprised and asked, "Take it serious?"
Chen Ao nodded: "Does Mr. Chen dare to gamble?"
Chen Ji was very hesitant and thought for a while and said, "Okay, why not bet? If you have a word, you are not allowed to cheat."
Chen Ao felt aggrieved: "Am I like this? This book is so noble that I don't want to do such things."
"Since that's the case, then it's a matter of determination." Chen Ji suddenly became enthusiastic and said to Yunnu: "Yun'er, pour tea."
"No need." Chen Ao couldn't stand Chen Ji's politeness the most. Instead, he got used to his ignorant look. He picked up the fan on the table and said, "I'll say goodbye and come to pay homage in a few days."
"Oh..." Chen Ji rubbed his hands and stood up, feeling embarrassed: "Mr. Chen left so quickly and didn't even take a sip of tea. I feel very ashamed."
So he wanted to send Chen Ao and Zhou Ruo away, but he kept sending him far away, and he still waved his hand reluctantly to say goodbye, very reluctant.
Zhou Ruo was confused and asked Chen Ao: "What did you say to him just now? Why did that weird guy suddenly change his temper."
Chen Ao smiled and said, "I said I could write a hundred different fonts."
"Hundreds of species?" Zhou Ruo was stunned and disbelief: "This is absolutely impossible. He specializes in his profession, and the same is true for calligraphy. It is difficult to study two types of fonts carefully, let alone hundreds of types." Zhou Ruo thought to himself, no wonder that the young Mr. Chen turned anger into joy. If a person like him who loves calligraphy could see running scripts written in hundreds of fonts, he would probably hold Chen Ao to the sky.
"This Chen Ao is so strange. How many abilities he has is hard to understand."
Chen Ao didn't say anything, but saw Zhou Heng rushing over from afar, waving his hand at him, and shouting loudly: "Chen Ao, come, come, the princess's painting is here again!"
Fighting paintings with Princess Qinghe has almost become an indispensable part of Chen Ao's life. Zhou Heng ran to Chen Ao panting and said unhurriedly: "Let's go, let's go to the study."
Zhou Ruo felt embarrassed and sneered: "What do you think of the princess's painting?" She stepped on her feet and left. She was not good to be with Chen Ao in front of her younger brother, which was very awkward.
Zhou Heng was very injured and said, "Sister, you will leave as soon as I come. Am I so annoying?" As he said that, he hurriedly pulled Chen Ao to the study room, took out the painting and spread it on the desk, and said, "It seems that the little princess is not willing to admit defeat. Chen Ao, you must teach her a lesson."
Chen Ao leaned down to look at the painting, and was attracted by the painting at the beginning. But soon, his face became a little unnatural and he said, "Strange, strange."
Zhou Heng said: "What's strange about it? Could it be that Princess's paintings have made progress? Chen Ao, you won't feel guilty."
Chen Ao said: "This is the auspicious crane picture of Emperor Huizong."
"Who is Emperor Huizong?" Zhou Heng was confused.
Chen Ao then remembered that Song Huizong was not dead yet, and there was no posthumous title of Huizong. He should have called him the emperor, so he said, "It's the current one."
"Ah?" Zhou Heng was so scared that his face was pale. He just wanted to win the favor of the princess and try his best to please her. Unexpectedly, the princess deliberately humiliated him, which made him be competitive. Inviting Chen Ao to paint for him was to fight with the princess. Unexpectedly, this battle involved the official family, which was a bit complicated and a headache.
"Can it be the princess imitating the official painting?" Zhou Heng asked carefully.
Chen Ao shook his head: "The Ruihe Tu is a new work by the official family. I remember it seems that it was the work at this time. It has not been circulated yet, and it is definitely not a painting by the princess. Look at his painting style, the brush is vigorous and refreshing. The princess is a female streamer, and the pen tip is mainly delicate, so she cannot draw such a charm, so the painter should be a man."
Zhou Heng said guiltily: "So this is undoubtedly the original work of the official family?"
Chen Ao shook his head again: "It's not an original work, but the flowers and birds in the painting are quite charming. Look at this line, will you find any traces of copying?" Chen Ao's fingertips slowly pulled down along the white crane circling in the painting, and when he clicked on the palace tower, he stopped moving: "Look at this place, it's very awkward, with traces of adding to the snake."
Zhou Heng shook his head: "I don't understand. So this is not an official painting?"
Chen Ao said: "Look at how similar this person's painting style is to the official family, especially the inscriptions in thin gold style, which are very charming. Obviously, this person has been guided by the official family. The author should be a person who is very close to the official family. Think about it, besides women and eunuchs around the official family, who can be with him often?"
Zhou Heng fully utilized his imagination at this time, and then said in surprise: "Is it a certain prince?"
Chen Ao smiled slightly: "I guessed it right, I'll ask you, which prince is the best?"
When asked about these gossips, Zhou Heng immediately danced and said, "It should be Zhao Kai, the third son of the emperor. The third son of the emperor is an amazing figure. He is very fond of painting. The one who is good at painting flowers and birds is very exquisite. Many of them ask him for his paintings.
Among the princes, the third son of the emperor is the most favored. His mother is Concubine Wang and is also very favored by the official family. The third son of the emperor is relatively withdrawn, but he is a recognized genius in Bianjing City. He secretly participated in the imperial examination during the Chonghe period, but he was invincible all the way and entered the palace examination. He performed even better in the palace examination and won the top scorer. The third son of the emperor and Princess Qinghe both like to paint, so the two of them got together and often went to explore painting skills. Yes, the 80% of the painters are the third son of the emperor. Oh, I have seen him a few times, but he looked down on me a little, ah..." Zhou Heng seemed a little depressed when he said this. A prince like him was holding him and holding him wherever he went. When he met the third son of the emperor, Zhao Kai, he suddenly lost his temper.
"The third son of the emperor Zhao Kai?" Chen Ao smiled and pointed at the painting and said, "His painting skills are pretty good. Unfortunately, he is a little tender, and deliberately imitating the official family has backfired. His level is at most similar to Yang Jie. If it weren't for his identity as a prince, just speaking of painting skills, I'm afraid his reputation wouldn't be so great. Well, since he is here to provoke, we can't lose to him, give him some color."
Zhou Heng was sweating: "You said if we beat him, would he be angry and embarrassed and wait for an opportunity to take revenge?"
Chen Ao laughed: "I didn't expect that Mr. Zhou would be afraid too?"
Zhou Heng said: "I am not you, okay, don't care about him, win first."
Chen Ao nodded, took a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, looked at the auspicious crane picture and thought about it, and felt the style of Song Huizong Zhao Ji. In fact, Chen Ao had copied several paintings of Song Huizong, so he was still in his heart. He pinched the pen, and then the dragon and snake flew and began to put on ink.
This auspicious crane picture can be said to be the peak of Emperor Huizong's painting skills. The painting techniques are particularly exquisite. The cranes in the picture are like clouds and fog, and their postures are changing, without any similarities. What's more exciting is that the sky is full of stones, thin halos and rays, and the colors are bright. The crane body is painted in pink and ink, and the eyes are dyed with raw lacquer, which makes the whole picture full of vitality.
Chapter completed!