After watering the potted plants and feeding the birds and beasts, they returned to King Duan's residence for dinner.
After dinner, King Duan said to Li Shishi,""Let's start cultivating and refining Qi!"
The two of them sat on the bed and began to refine Qi. After four hours, it was already midnight.
"I want to go back to Emerald Tower tomorrow and ask Sister Yun to write me a letter. Then, I'll go to East Taiyi Palace to buy some pills.”Li Shishi said.
"Oh, just follow me to East Taiyi Palace. There's no need to write a letter.”King Duan said.
"Mm, that's great. I'll send you back to your room to rest.”Teacher Li said happily.
After that, Li Shishi and King Duan went up to the second floor and entered King Duan's bedroom. King Duan's bedroom was twice as big as the Hall of Virtue. There were two big tables inside, each with a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone. There was some Xuan paper on each table. One table had words written on Xuan paper, which seemed to be the table King Duan used to practice calligraphy. The other table had some unfinished paintings, which seemed to be the table King Duan used to practice painting.
They came to the bed. King Duan got on the bed. Li Shishi knelt down and helped King Duan remove his clothes. After King Duan lay down, Li Shishi got up and left King Duan's bedroom. She returned to the Hall of Virtue on the first floor and went to sleep.
Early the next morning, just as Li Shishi woke up, King Duan also woke up and went to the Hall of Virtue.
"Let's pay our respects to the Empress Dowager first, then go to East Taiyi Palace to buy pills!”King Duan said.
Li Shishi followed King Duan to the Empress Dowager Palace.
"My son Zhao Ji pays his respects to Empress Dowager Xiang. I wish Empress Dowager Xiang a long life!”King Duan and Li Shishi knelt down together.
"All of you, get up!" He said to the empress dowager and then coughed a few times.
"Empress Dowager Xiang, are you alright?" King Duan asked with concern. He and Li Shishi also stood up and sat diagonally across from Empress Dowager Xiang.
"I felt hot last night, so I sat in the courtyard to cool down. I fell asleep unknowingly. In the middle of the night, a cold breeze blew over and I caught a cold.”He said to the empress dowager and then coughed a few more times.
"Chen 'er asked a servant to make a pot of chicken soup at noon and bring it over to Empress Dowager Xiang!”King Duan said.
"There's no need to trouble Ji 'er!" He said to the Empress Dowager and then asked,""You said that your emperor brother was not satisfied with the painting you drew. What did you draw?”
"Half a month ago, he asked Chen 'er to draw a painting of a beautiful lady. That day, Chen' er drew it, but he was not satisfied with it.”King Duan replied.
"When you were drawing the portraits of beautiful ladies, was there a girl as a model?”Empress Dowager Xiang asked again.
"No, I'm just drawing based on my feelings. I'm imagining a beautiful lady.”King Duan replied.
"That's right. In the future, if you want to draw a beautiful lady, let this maid of yours be your model. If you draw according to her appearance, your emperor brother will definitely be satisfied!”He said to the empress dowager.
"Mm, that's great. Chen 'er will draw portraits of beautiful women based on her in the future!”King Duan said.
"Mm, very good!" He said to the empress dowager and coughed a few more times.
"Then we will take our leave first. Take care of yourself, Empress Dowager!”King Duan said.
King Duan and Master Li left the Empress Dowager's palace and headed for East Taiyi Palace.
They walked out of the palace and came to East Taiyi Palace. Then, Li Shishi bought 200 mid-grade pills and spent 1,000 taels of silver. She gave the grocery store owner a banknote worth 1,000 taels of silver. King Duan bought 200 low-grade pills and gave him a banknote worth 1,000 taels of silver. He also gave him six banknotes worth 100 taels of silver.
Then, they returned to King Duan's mansion together.
King Duan walked to the kitchen and said to the servant,""Lai Fu, Empress Dowager Xiang caught a cold yesterday. Hurry up and make a pot of chicken soup. Send it to Empress Dowager Xiang at noon to help her get rid of the cold!”
"Alright, I'll do as King Duan says!" Lai Fu replied.”
After that, King Duan and Li Shishi entered the Hall of Virtue.
After Li Shishi put the pills away, she remained kneeling on the ground, waiting for King Duan to give the order.
King Duan sat on the bed and looked at Li Shishi. He remembered what the Empress Dowager had told him. In the future, when he drew portraits of beautiful women, he would draw them according to Li Shishi's appearance. With a reference, the beautiful women he drew would naturally be more vivid. As he looked at Li Shishi, he was thinking about how to draw the portraits of beautiful women better.
Before they knew it, it was lunchtime. Then, Prince Duan and Exemplary Lee had lunch together.
Just as they were having lunch, Lai Fu returned. King Duan asked,""Lai Fu, did you prepare the chicken soup for Empress Dowager Xiang as I instructed?”
"Reporting to King Duan, this lowly one made a pot of chicken soup in the morning and sent it to the Empress Dowager. After the Empress Dowager drank the chicken soup, her cough lessened a lot. She even praised King Duan, saying that King Duan was truly filial!”Lafu replied.
"Mm, in that case, I can rest assured!”King Duan said.
After lunch, King Duan dragged Li Shishi to his bedroom.
"Sit on this chair and let me watch you draw the portrait of a beautiful lady so that I can satisfy my brother the emperor!”King Duan said to Li Shishi.
This chair was the chair of King Duan's writing table, and it was closer to the drawing table.
Li Shishi knelt on the chair and leaned against the back of the chair, revealing her small face, ready to let King Duan draw the portrait of a beautiful lady.
King Duan sat down on the chair and took out a blank piece of paper. Then, he began to carefully draw the portrait of a beautiful lady.
With Li Shishi as his model, King Duan was able to draw the portrait of a beautiful lady with ease. He used several colors of brushes in his hands and was already very familiar with the various painting techniques. He also knew the expressions and postures of the characters by heart. He seemed to have a plan in mind when he drew them.
After 10 hours of painting, it was already the last quarter of the night. King Duan felt that this painting was much better than the one he had drawn for his brother the Emperor. He also asked Teacher Li to come down from her chair to admire his painting of a beautiful lady.
"En, King Duan's painting is really not bad. This fine brush painting is most particular about being meticulous. King Duan's brush is very meticulous, and the painting is also very accurate!”Li Shishi praised.
"Hehe, with Shishi as my model, I'll have a reference to draw. I won't be imagining things out of thin air, and my drawing will be even more realistic!”King Duan said.
"Does King Duan want to do it with Shishi tonight?”Li Shishi asked.
"No, let's do it this way. On the first, eleventh, and twenty-first of every month, we'll do it together. On the other days, we'll cultivate and refine Qi together, okay, sister?”King Duan said.
"Yes, alright!" Li Shishi said.
After that, Li Shishi knelt in front of King Duan's bed and helped him sleep. Then, she went down to the first floor of the Hall of Virtue. She removed her clothes, blew out the oil lamp, and went to sleep.
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