As the singing and dancing are coming to peace, there are undercurrents. Behind the arrogance and laughter, there are also hidden worries. It’s just that he is scheming and calculating, he has developed a little bit of joy and anger without showing his expression.

On the sixth day of the lunar month, someone came from the palace, saying that his Majesty summoned him. Chen Ao immediately changed his court clothes and entered the palace quickly wearing a goldfish bag.

Yang Jian picked him up at Zhengde Gate and led him to the Hall of Martial Arts. Along the way, Yang Jian said, "The Jingzhao Mansion has taken more than 700 people, all of whom are suspected of having an affair with the Tianyi Sect. However, in the past few days, several censors have been in trouble, saying that His Majesty wants to go to the prison, which has caused panic in the capital. For this matter, His Majesty has been very angry and would rather kill than tolerate such a big thing. This can only be done like this."

Chen Ao thought for a while and said to Yang Jian: "Actually, what the censor said is right. It's too big. People who don't know think that something big happened. If people can't calm down, it's also a future."

Yang Jian laughed and said, "Don't tell Your Majesty about this. Your Majesty is angry about this. Besides, let the person go out. What if these people go out to cause trouble?"

Chen Ao just smiled faintly and asked again: "Where is Gyeonggi North Road, what's the news?"

Yang Jian said: "Justice Cai and the Minister of War were ridiculed. Yang Zhen, the Minister of Rites, had already handed over a bag to meet him. It was probably because of this matter. Your Majesty wanted the miscellaneous family to pick you up. You will understand after you go and see it."

Chen Ao thought about it and then realized why Zhao Ji was called to the Martial Arts Hall, but he was afraid that there was news on the Martial Arts Hall.

After entering the martial arts hall, Cai Jing and others were sitting in the highness withdrew. Zhao Ji roared: "I'm so brave to detain the imperial envoy, they are going to seek death."

"Chen Ao, you are here just in time, sit down and talk."

Chen Ao sat down at Yang Zhen, the Minister of Rites, and glanced at Yang Zhen. Yang Zhen looked at him worriedly, very anxious.

Chen Ao said: "Your Majesty, what happened? But something went wrong with the help of the amnesty?"

Zhao Ji said coldly: "It's okay if they refuse to accept the amnesty, but they dare to detain the imperial envoy."

Chen Ao said in surprise: "Is there any news about Lord Wu now?"

Yang Zhen said: "I don't know how to live or die."

Wu Wencai is the father of Chen Ao's classmate Wu Bi. Now Wu Bi is an official in Xijing. Now his father's life and death are uncertain. Chen Ao couldn't help but frown and said hatefully: "For the sake of the present, I can only go to the suppression."

Zhao Ji walked down from the hall and said, "Gao Qi is ready! Does Wu Wencai have a son who is a Jinshi in the current academic qualifications?"

Chen Ao said: "I'm called Wu Bi, but I'm still a classmate of Wei Chen. The Ministry of Personnel assigned him to Wannian County."

"I'll have to pay for it when I'm recalling it." Zhao Ji walked in the hall and continued unquestionably: "There is another thing that the disciples and the Ministry of War must be prepared at any time. The affairs of the North Road of the Gyeonggi cannot be hidden. The people of Xixia will sooner or later know that if they are in chaos at this time, they must be prepared. The disciples will draw a decree for Tong Guan and Gong Zong to strengthen their vigilance."

Cai Jing said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the old minister wrote a letter to them a few days ago. I believe they are already prepared."

Zhao Ji looked at Cai Jing with appreciation: "Prepare for the future, only the Grand Master." He said that, and waved his hand to ask Cai Jing and others to retreat, leaving Chen Ao, and said to Chen Ao: "Is the New Year a good life?"

Chen Ao said: "It's still good."

Zhao Ji nodded, raised his eyes and smiled, saying, "I am fine, too." After that, he said, "In addition to the matter of Jingji North Road."

Chen Ao said: "Your Majesty, Jingzhao Mansion has arrested a lot of people..." He didn't want to talk about this matter at first, but he felt that it hurt the innocent and felt uneasy.

Chen Ao believed in planning his position and doing the big things he had. If he was still a student, he would not care about such things, but now he could not ignore them.

Chen Ao is not a good person, but his principle is that people can be bad, but no matter how bad they are, they must have their own bottom line and persistence. Killing innocent people indiscriminately is Chen Ao's bottom line.

Zhao Ji's face turned cold and he said, "You want to plead for those rebels?"

Chen Ao said seriously: "It is not yet a conclusion whether they are thieves. We should be careful to distinguish this matter. Your Majesty, why not temporarily detain them and wait until the rebellion on Gyeonggi North Road is quelled and then ask carefully what to do?"

Zhao Ji waved his hand and said, "Listen to you. I'm summoning you to ask you something."

"My Majesty, please ask."

Zhao Ji said slowly: "Which one of your ladies is more important than An Ning?"

Chen Ao was stunned and said seriously: "It's equally important."

Zhao Ji glared at Chen Ao angrily and said, "Why don't you answer that An Ning is more important?"

Chen Ao smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that I don't want to answer like this. I am already very despicable. I have told a lie for a lifetime. Today, I have to say the truth before His Majesty. Besides, it's not difficult to tell a lie for a person. What's difficult is to tell a lie for a lifetime... It's not difficult to tell a lie for a lifetime... It's not difficult to tell a truth for a person, but it's still wrong... Let me think about what this sentence is called..."

Zhao Ji was angry and laughed, and glared at him, "Don't think about it anymore. I don't want to listen to your nonsense. The Empress Dowager called me to go this morning and told you about peace."

Chen Ao pricked up his ears and listened with excitement.

Zhao Ji said: "The Empress Dowager said that An Ning wants to marry, your wife... she must be a concubine..."

"Your Majesty." Chen Ao hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, you must not be ethical. You must have a person who comes first and then come. In this way, An Ning is the wife of the main master. I am afraid there will be no peaceful days in my family. I always treat all my ladies with water, so that my family can be harmonious. If Your Majesty does this, my wives will become concubines from my wife, even An Ning will be uneasy."

Zhao Ji said with a cold face: "You are good. You want to take advantage of everything. How can you be on par with others? This matter cannot be discussed again."

Chen Ao gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty think twice."

Zhao Ji said indifferently: "Why, I don't think twice, do you still force me to think twice?"

Chen Ao was silent.

"If you don't speak, I'll just pretend you agreed?"

"I don't agree. I'm just thinking that I can't force Your Majesty."

Zhao Ji smiled and said, "A word of golden mouth is as heavy as Mount Tai. You have no room for negotiation on this matter."

Chen Ao said helplessly: "Please think twice again."

Zhao Ji still said indifferently: "This is not something I can decide. You should ask the Empress Dowager to think twice."

There was another deadlock, and Chen Ao had no choice but to sigh, thinking that marrying this imperial concubine would be really troublesome. Alas, let's waste it first, and then plead with the Empress Dowager slowly.

Zhao Ji didn't seem to want to fall into this embarrassing situation, so he smiled reluctantly and said, "Speaking of this, Henger has sent a painting and calligraphy that I have always dreamed of. Come, I'll show you."

He asked Yang Jian to bring the painting, and an antique scroll was unfolded. On the mottled paper, a "Princess of the Female Historian" was presented to Shen Ao's eyes.

At first glance, you can feel Gu Kaizhi's expression in the painting that focuses on the character's expression. He uses fine and vigorous brushwork, colorful and elegant style. Chen Ao couldn't help but shout good words. The next sentence was: "What a fake, I'm afraid it's more clever than Feizheng's copy at the end of the year."

When Zhao Ji heard the previous words, his smile on his face became even brighter, but when he heard the copy, his face suddenly became a little surprised: "What? Is this a fake?"

Chen Ao smiled and pointed to the lady in the painting and said, "Have your Majesty noticed that the maid's expression and Gu Kaizhi's paintings had a vibrant spirit. But this painting is too old. According to Gu Kaizhi's style, it was indeed extremely old, and it was not a mistake. But Your Majesty thought about it, how long was the year when Gu Kaizhi made this painting?"

Zhao Ji blurted out: "It's no longer possible to test, but according to the ancient books I have read, it should be in the 12th year of Taiyuan in the Eastern Jin Dynasty."

Chen Ao clapped his hands: "That's true, I have also verified that this painting was indeed written in the 12th year of Taiyuan. At that time, Gu Kaizhi should have been forty-one years old, right?"

Zhao Ji was full of doubts: "So what?"

Chen Ao smiled faintly and said, "I still know that Gu Kaizhi also wrote a picture of "Duck, Geese, Water and Birds" during the 12th year of Taiyuan. Do you have any impression of Your Majesty?"

Zhao Ji said: "I have only read the copy of this painting, and there should be no original works."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "What does your Majesty think of that painting?"

Zhao Ji's eyes lit up: "The painting is full of sharpness, but the old Taoist is not enough, with a brilliant charm, free and easy, but it has lost a little of the old Taoist."

"Yes!" Chen Ao nodded and said enthusiastically, "Everyone's painting style will become. Gu Kaizhi, who is forty, values ​​charm the most. Like painters of the same period, he has a kind of unrestrained style. However, Gu Kaizhi's paintings reached the peak of his life until he was fifty. They are both spiritual and elegant and majestic, and in terms of brushes, they also tend to be old-fashioned. This fake imitates Gu Kaizhi's paintings vividly, but I forgot that when Gu Kaizhi painted, it would never be possible to use such an experienced pen to paint when Gu Kaizhi made this painting."

After hearing Chen Ao's inference, Zhao Ji couldn't help but clap his hands and said, "Listen to you! It turns out that appreciating paintings can also be inferred from the age of the painter. I only care about seeing whether there is any old painting on the painting, and I only care about whether the painting has Gu Kaizhi's style, but I missed this point." Then he sighed and said with a smile: "I have been studying paintings for a lifetime, but I am still not as good as you, a young boy."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "What I fear most in the way of appreciation is to confine my own thinking. Those who make old and forgery are also humans. People will make mistakes. Even if they are smart, they will definitely leave doubts. The empress is just relying on their knowledge and using various assumptions to infer."

Zhao Ji laughed and nodded repeatedly, "That's the reason."

The two of them thought about this painting again. It took them an hour to finally find the flaw in the painting. They can be sure that this is a fake.

Zhao Ji couldn't help but sigh: "A man who is a fake and fake is a master of his own. I really want to see him if he can fake such a painting."

Chen Ao thought to himself: "This eldest prince deliberately sent the fake to arouse Zhao Ji's appetite. This fake will be exposed sooner or later, but once it is exposed, it will make Zhao Ji want to see the fake one. In this way, the matter of recommending Wang Xianggong will naturally come naturally."

Chen Ao thought about it and knew that the King of the King could no longer stop him from entering the court. He smiled indifferently and said, "Your Majesty, I actually have a picture of "Autra of the Female Master". After a few days, I will send it to the palace."

Zhao Ji's eyes lit up and he said, "I'll send it tomorrow. I really want to see it."

Chen Ao promised to go to the palace to deliver paintings tomorrow, and then followed Zhao Ji to meet the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager never mentioned peace, but Chen Ao was not easy to speak for a while. As for the Empress Dowager, he just smiled and called Chen Ao to play the Ye Zi Card. Zhao Ji refused to say for Chen Ao: "Mother, it's already late now. Chen Ao is a family member. If he doesn't go back, there will be someone who will worry about it."

The Empress Dowager had to say, "Come on, Ai's family is a idle person. You all have to be busy with something. Chen Ao, go back early. When will you have time to go to the palace to accompany me, the old woman."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "The Queen Mother is not old at all. If I had an older sister, I guess the Queen Mother would be younger than her."

Chen Ao's smooth mouth made Zhao Ji glar at him, and Chen Ao was ashamed. This metaphor seemed a bit inappropriate. If the empress dowager was younger than her sister, wouldn't your Majesty ask Chen Ao to touch his head and scream? Chen Ao hurriedly kept silent and said that he was wrong, and the flattery hit the horse's leg.

The empress dowager smiled happily and shouted, "Nothing is said." Although she said this, she was happy. Her eyes couldn't help but fall on the bronze dressing mirror not far away, and she suddenly looked radiant.

When the sun sets, Chen Ao left the palace. With a little tiredness, he stretched his waist and stood a guard straight beside him. Chen Ao glanced at a burly guard and asked him, "Are you tired?"

The guards dared not answer, but stood upright.

Chen Ao shook his head and said, "I look tired. It's so pitiful when it's such a cold day."

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Chapter completed!