The Buddha is actually me

Chapter 568: Zhao Yuan's Appearance, Zhuge Family

In Yunhe Essays, it is said that Empress Zhaoyuan was "endowed with wisdom and intelligence from the emperor, and enlightened by the wise", and her every move was "as graceful as clouds and mist".

The Record of Pearls and Jades describes it as "as bright as the moonlight shining on the jade forest, and as brilliant as the morning glow reflecting on the pearl pond."

"Qianshi" recorded her with eight words, "graceful and beautiful, elegant and pretty."

In addition, there are many miscellaneous collections such as "Yunbielu", "Guangningzhu" and "Zhaolin Twelve Lectures", all of which mentioned Empress Zhaoyuan to a greater or lesser extent, and all of them were full of praises.

There are even many scholars and writers who lamented and believed that it was the premature death of the virtuous empress that led to the late emperor's increasing stupidity in his later years and the abrupt end of the revival of the country.

Yue Ling read the words to Zhang Jiuyang while grinding.

Through these scattered words and phrases, many of which are just imagination and fabrication, we must grasp the essence and paint a complete picture of the character.

Yue Ling knew how difficult it was. Even the most skilled painter in the palace could not do it.

Perhaps the only person who can do this in this world is Zhang Jiuyang, the descendant of the Saint of Painting.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Jiuyang suddenly opened his eyes, reached out to hold the Spirit Fox Brush, dipped it in ink, and began to sketch on the drawing paper.

Countless pieces of information flashed through his mind. Wisdom and inspiration surged in his mind. He filtered and reorganized these messy and even conflicting information, and then combined them with Princess Yuzhen's appearance. Finally, he restored a face.

At the same time, the ink on the rice paper was also freely splashed. He painted more and more fluently. Within half an hour, the whole scroll was completed in one go.

Yue Ling stared at the scroll closely.

It was a dignified and bright face, with a square forehead, broad chin, eyes like stars, and the contours of the facial features were not as soft as those of an ordinary woman. Instead, they were somewhat tough, making her look more majestic, noble, and grand.

Just that face makes people want to worship it.

She was wearing a golden crown and a phoenix robe, and was tall and slender. She seemed to be even more dignified than the emperor in a dragon robe. She was extremely gorgeous and magnificent, and was incomparable.

Seeing this face, Yue Ling's eyes moved suddenly, and she blurted out: "Empress Xiao!"

Zhang Jiuyang nodded and said, "Yes, if I drew it correctly, there must be some connection between Empress Zhaoyuan and the current Empress Xiao."

The appearance of Empress Zhaoyuan in the painting is surprisingly 60% to 70% similar to the contemporary Empress Xiao, while her biological daughter Princess Yuzhen is only 30% to 40% similar.

This is very wrong.

Combined with Empress Xiao's hysteria, there seems to be some shocking secret hidden.

At this moment, Yue Ling suddenly let out a light exclamation.

She picked up the scroll and stared at it carefully, then placed it next to Zhang Jiuyang's face and looked at it from head to toe.

"I found that... you seem to be somewhat similar to Queen Zhao Yuan."

Zhang Jiuyang's eyes flickered as he looked at his face in the bronze mirror. Although there was a big difference overall, his bone structure was somewhat similar to that of Empress Zhao Yuan.

Especially those eyes, which are bright and clear, lively and bright. Even an ordinary face will look brilliant if it has such a pair of eyes.

"Everyone's face is somewhat similar, especially for people with outstanding looks. The better looking they are, the more similar they are. It's not surprising."

Zhang Jiuyang lowered his eyes and explained aloud.

"Haha, you really know how to praise yourself in different ways..."

Yue Ling didn't care too much. She put down the scroll and asked, "Should we go see Zhuge Jianzheng next?"

"But Zhuge Jian is recuperating at home and has not seen anyone. He even refused to attend the emperor's summons, claiming to be ill. I have tried to see him several times, but was always turned away..."

She sighed and said, "I even sent someone to deliver the gift you prepared earlier, but it was a pity that there was no response. The Supervisor did not say he wanted to see us."

Zhang Jiuyang prepared a complete set of paintings of "Jin Ping Mei", the kind that can move, thinking that Zhuge Yunhu would treasure them, but he didn't expect that even such a precious treasure could not pry open the other party's door.

"Haha, he's really shameless. He didn't want to see us, but he still kept the gift I gave him."

Zhang Jiuyang shook his head and smiled, then took a deep look at the painting of Empress Zhao Yuan on the table and said, "But this time, he has to see it."...

The next day, early in the morning.

Zhang Jiuyang and Yue Ling arrived at Zhuge's house early in the morning.

Zhuge was a noble family in the capital, and the Zhuge Mansion covered an area of ​​nearly 60 acres. The architecture was solemn and majestic, simple and elegant, with bright corridors and ridges, and an imposing appearance.

Zhang Jiuyang and Yue Ling were led into the mansion by the butler. Along the way, there were water and mountains, towering ancient trees, winding corridors and pavilions. It was magnificent and natural, with ever-changing scenery and opening and closing in an orderly manner.

What opened his eyes the most was the feng shui layout of the Zhuge family.

Every brick and tile, every wall and stone seemed to conform to the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams, which was wonderful beyond words. There were some parts that even Zhang Jiuyang could not understand.

The Zhuge family originated from Zhuge Qixing, and is best at the art of Qimen Dunjia, formations and astrology. In this respect, they are even better than the Yuding Palace.

It was Zhang Jiuyang's first time to visit Zhuge's family. He discovered that although the mansion was large, it was mostly populated by servants, while the Zhuge family had very few people.

According to Yue Ling, no matter how the Zhuge family expanded, the number of descendants in each generation was extremely limited, and the family was almost extinct on several occasions.

According to Zhuge Yunhu himself, this was because their Zhuge family had leaked too many secrets, so God would not allow the Zhuge family to have many children and long lives.

However, perhaps because Zhuge Qixing was too outstanding, although the Zhuge family was small in number, the descendants of each generation were outstanding and had extremely high aptitude.

Zhang Jiuyang saw a chubby little girl, lying on the pavilion with her butt sticking out, fiddling with the mechanism lock. Her chubby little hands were so flexible that even afterimages appeared.

It only took her seven breaths, and she even stopped in the middle to sniff the snot that was about to fall out, and she unlocked the extremely complicated mechanism.

After untying it, she happily rewarded herself with a candied haws.

Then he picked up a complicated array plate and began to fiddle with it and study it.

"Miss, why are you lying on the ground again? Ouch, this candied haws is covered with mud and can't be eaten!"

When the housekeeper saw the fat girl, he hurried over and picked her up. When he was about to take away the candied haws, the little girl held her in her arms like a treasure.

"Grandpa gave me four difficult questions. I can eat a candied haws for each one I solve. I finally solved two. Don't even think about snatching my candied haws!!"

The fat girl called out in a baby voice. She looked no more than seven or eight years old, but she was already chubby and round like a little suckling pig.

"Second girl, do you still remember your sister?"

Yue Ling suddenly smiled, took a step forward and said with a smile.

The fat girl smiled sweetly and said, "Sister Ling, you are here again. Are you here to see grandpa again? Grandpa is so bad. He has been reading books secretly recently and won't show them to me..."

The butler suddenly felt a little embarrassed. After all, he had just said that the master had been very ill recently and was drowsy every day.

"Butler Wang, please give this painting to Senior Zhuge. I think after seeing it, he will definitely want to meet us."

Zhang Jiuyang handed over the painting of Empress Zhao Yuan, his voice full of confidence.

"In that case... well, Master Zhang, Deputy Supervisor Yue, please wait for a moment while I go and report."

Just as he turned to leave, Zhang Jiuyang called out to him again.

"Butler Wang, if Senior Zhuge still doesn't want to see us after seeing this painting, please tell him one more thing."

"What?"

"They are preparing to attack Yu Zhen."

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(End of this chapter)