Chapter 312: The Unkind Concubine (6)
"Empress, should I deal with her now that she is out of favor? She also has a prince..." The nanny narrowed her eyes, and suddenly had a fierce light flashed in her eyes, and she asked.
Concubine Xian blew her nails and said casually: "No need, what if such a fool is like a prince? Isn't it because the emperor is disliked? What's more, her prince is as stupid as her, and is useless and has no effect on our third prince. Instead of solving an unpopular Concubine An, it's better to solve the mother of several other princes... Their sons are my prince's competitors..."
The nanny suddenly realized and said, "It's better for you to understand it!" But the other princes' grandfathers are all powerful, so it's not easy for us to solve them..."
"It's not easy to find a way! The princes are getting older, and it's too late to do some things..." Concubine Xian thought of something and said with a sinister look on her eyes.
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An Nan didn't know that the ambitious Concubine Xian planned to kill other powerful competitors and let her son take over! She lived a leisurely life in her confinement without having to deal with the emperor or the concubine's sarcasm. She just had to play with her son, which was easier.
In the calligraphy and painting class that day, Master Gu had just taught some painting skills, so he allowed everyone to draw freely and do anything.
When the fourth prince remembered his lively and cute little friend, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and began to draw the little border herder with great enthusiasm.
He played with the little border mother every day, playing and playing. He knew exactly what each part of the little border mother looked like, and the expression of the little dog when he grinned and squinted his eyes, the expression of the little dog when he stuck out his tongue to lick him, and the appearance of his little tail swung quickly... Lifelike scenes appeared in his mind. He wrote like a god, and like a flowing cloud, he drew the appearance of the little border mother when he squinted and smirked at him, and he achieved it overnight.
Master Gu happened to walk to the Fourth Prince and saw him draw a cute little dog in one breath, so he couldn't help but stop by him.
The fourth prince did not notice the existence of the Master at all. He was thinking about the little border herder with joy, adding details to the little border herder on the painting bit by bit. Soon, a dog with increasingly clear appearance appeared.
"Okay! Not bad!" Gu Master Gu couldn't wait to praise him when he saw him stopping his pen, "Although the pen tip is a bit immature and the skills are a little unfamiliar, but fortunately it is simple and natural enough, full of spirituality, and has drawn a puppy alive! Not bad, not bad... If the Fourth Prince, you can continue to stick to this painting method, you will be a good painting in the future!"
Master Gu actually gave the Fourth Prince such an outstanding evaluation! Everyone immediately stared at the Fourth Prince, wanting to see how he was so abnormal today and could make paintings that Master Gu praised.
You should know that the fourth prince has mediocre qualifications. Whether studying or practicing martial arts, he is not outstanding in riding horses. His level is only medium, and sometimes even middle-aged and lower-level. Therefore, the eldest prince and the others never take him seriously. However, now, the Gu Master, who has always been famous for his strict requirements, praised the fourth prince with great praise!
Although he was just praising his excellent paintings, it was enough to attract the attention of his brothers, so the other princes looked at the fourth prince with unclear eyes.
The fourth prince had never received such high praise from Master. He blushed with joy, suppressed his excitement, and said to Master Gu modestly: "Thank you, Master for your praise, the student union will continue to work hard."
Master Gu stroked his goatee, pointed to the puppy on the drawing, and said, "Your Highness painted it so vividly, probably you are familiar with it?"
The fourth prince nodded suddenly, and couldn't wait to boast about his friends with his master. His eyes were bright and said, "This is a puppy raised by my mother. I play with it every day. It is very cute. When I hear me coming back, I will come to the door to pick me up with my tail... It is fleshy and comfortable to touch. I like to hold it the most..."
The fourth prince talked endlessly when he talked about the little border mu. His love was beyond words. The ancient master looked at him with a smile and said in a loss of grief. When he finally stopped, he said: "Yes, because you have feelings for it, you can draw it so well. Painting requires emotions. Only with skills but no emotions will it be physical but without spirit. Only by investing in emotions can you have spirituality... You have learned things that many people cannot understand in their entire lives. I hope you can keep it."
Master Gu gently patted the Fourth Prince on the shoulder. He is a person who cherishes talent. He hopes that the Fourth Prince can maintain his original intention and achieve something in painting.
The fourth prince said to Master Gu with gratitude: "Disciple will definitely live up to the expectations of the teacher!"
The course was over, and the eldest prince immediately took his followers to the fourth prince, took off the painting on the table with a arrogant look, glanced at it, and said disdainfully: "It's just a dog! It's worthy of the Master's praise?"
Then he threw the painting on the Fourth Prince, snorted coldly, and said, "Why, the little idiot is going to be enlightened? If you can't study, you want to use these evil ways to compete for favor?!"
The fourth prince hurriedly caught his painting. Seeing that it was not broken, he breathed a sigh of relief. When he heard the eldest prince's words, he suddenly turned red and turned back angrily: "Printing is not a bad way! If it is true, how could Shangshufang run this course? Why did you come to learn it too? Or do you have any opinions about Master Gu, so you are rude to the course he taught?"
The eldest prince didn't expect that the fourth prince, who could not even hit a single fart, refuted himself with a sharp mouth. He immediately became even more angry. He slapped the table and said fiercely, "You want to slander me?! I just say that you don't study the Four Books and Five Classics seriously, and only care about painting! As a prince, reading the books of sages seriously is the main thing, but you can't read books, which shows that you have put your energy into painting. You are not doing your job properly! As the elder brother, this is a lesson for you!"
"You, don't be irrelevant! You clearly mean that painting is a wrong way, I heard it! Don't deny it!" The fourth prince said angrily.
"Did you hear it? Who can testify?" the eldest prince sneered, and he glanced at the other princes one by one with warnings in his eyes.
The eldest prince is very favored in front of the emperor and is often praised by the emperor for his cleverness; while the fourth prince is ordinary, the emperor may not be able to remember him, and Concubine An fell out of favor again. Compared with the two, others naturally know where to stand. The royal children know how to seek profit and avoid harm early. For the sake of an unpopular fourth prince, they offend the eldest prince whom they love the most? That is impossible!
Chapter completed!