Can I get to the other side?

"Your Majesty, the charcoal you requested is here." The eunuch came over respectfully with a small bowl.

The small bowl contained charcoal.

Liu Xie casually took out a piece of charcoal of suitable size, then bent down and began to grind it on the ground, and soon sharpened one end.

Then he looked up and said to Zhen Mi: "Stand still."

"Ah... yes, Your Majesty."

Although Zhen Mi didn't understand what Liu Xie was going to do, she still stood there obediently as ordered, not daring to move.

Then she saw Liu Xie casually pull a piece of drawing paper and spread it flat on the table, holding a charcoal pencil and began to draw, looking up at her from time to time.

"Your Majesty, are you drawing me? Can charcoal be used for painting?"

Zhen Mi blinked her eyes, full of curiosity.

She had heard that some poor scholars would use charcoal as a pen to practice calligraphy, but she had never heard that charcoal could be used for painting.

You know, charcoal is fragile and easy to drop dust. It's fine to practice calligraphy, but it's impossible to use charcoal for such delicate things as painting.

After a while, Liu Xie threw away the charcoal pencil in his hand, took the brocade handkerchief from the eunuch, wiped his hands, and said to Zhen Mi: "Okay, come and see how it goes?"

The paper of this era is really not good. Even the best silk paper is too poor in quality. At least you can't use charcoal to sketch.

In the end, the palace maid took a piece of cloth and painted on it.

Zhen Mi walked over with doubts. When she saw the painting of Liu Xie on the table, she couldn't help covering her mouth, and her beautiful eyes were full of disbelief!

"How could it be..."

Zhen Mi was shocked at this moment, because Liu Xie actually drew her appearance with charcoal pencil!

Although only the upper body was drawn, and some details were rough, her appearance, expression and even eyes were exactly the same, and the whole person jumped on the paper.

It was simply a stroke of genius!

Zhen Mi couldn't help but pick up the drawing paper and look at it again and again. The more she looked at it, the more she felt that the painting was amazing. Not only was the shape similar, but also the spirit was similar!

However, Liu Xie shook his head and sighed: "I haven't painted for a long time. My skills have deteriorated a lot. I'd better tear up this painting to avoid embarrassment."

He was about to reach out to take the painting.

"No!"

Zhen Mi's face turned pale, and she didn't care about any etiquette. She dodged Liu Xie's hand and hid the drawing paper behind her.

"Your Majesty, please show mercy. How can such a lifelike painting be destroyed..."

She liked this painting very much, and it was a painting technique she had never seen before.

If Liu Xie tore it up, she would be very reluctant.

Liu Xie gently took Zhen Mi's hand and looked at her gently: "But I think the beauty in this painting is not as good as your appearance."

Zhen Mi's delicate body trembled, and then her pretty face flushed instantly.

"Your Majesty, this, this..."

Zhen Mi avoided her eyes and dared not look directly at Liu Xie. She stammered and could not even utter a complete sentence.

She only felt her heartbeat getting faster and faster.

When had she ever heard such words before?

Zhen Mi's shy look made Liu Xie understand the meaning of the four words "shy flowers and closed moon". It turned out that it was not a metaphor, but an adjective!

Why did he become an artistic youth in his previous life? It was to make it easier to pick up girls.

The hard-working painting failed to pick up modern girls, but made the ancient Luoshen flutter.

Doesn't this mean that modern women are harder to pursue than Luoshen?

"Since you like it, I will give you this painting."

After saying this, Liu Xie turned around and left the back garden. He knew that Zhen Mi was very shy after being teased, and staying would only make her at a loss.

It would be better to run away after teasing and let her savor it slowly alone.

Seeing Liu Xie's back disappear, Zhen Mi felt relieved and leaned on the table weakly, but from the blush on her face, it can be seen that she is still in a restless mood.

It was not until a long time later that she calmed down her shyness and took out the painting hidden behind her.

Looking at the lifelike self in the painting, Zhen Mi felt a little happy in her heart and couldn't help but smile.

At this moment, the flowers in the whole garden lost their color.

…

After Liu Xie hurriedly left the back garden, his heart was beating wildly.

Zhen Mi's appearance was too lethal, and the shy Zhen Mi was even more nuclear-level!

"Terrible, too terrible."

He couldn't be fascinated by Zhen Mi, otherwise what secrets could he hide in the future? You know, Zhen Mi is a member of the Zhen family!

In history, she married Yuan Xi first and then Cao Pi. There was no manipulation by her family. Liu Xie didn't believe it.

He repeatedly warned himself in his heart that he should not be attracted to Zhen Mi just because she was pretty. He could only enter her body but not her feelings.

Be a Sigma man!

…

A certain official residence in Yecheng.

“You said Yuan Xi went to visit Jia Xu and gave Jia Xu a generous gift?!”

Yuan Shang’s face changed and he stared at the guard in front of him.

The latter bowed his head and replied respectfully: “Reporting to the third young master, I have been monitoring near the second young master’s residence. Yesterday, the second young master did visit the Guanglu Xun’s residence.”

“After coming out of the Guanglu Xun’s residence, the second young master looked very happy and sent dozens of boxes of gifts to the Jia Mansion that day.”

After hearing this, Yuan Shang’s expression was uncertain.

Jia Xu was a talent that his father had recently recruited, and he valued him very much and gave him various rewards, which even Shen Pei and Ju Su could not compare to!

There were too many people visiting Jia Xu these days. He wanted to wait a few days before visiting him, but he didn't expect that Yuan Xi would happen.

"Will he recruit Jia Xu?"

Yuan Shang had a bad idea in his mind.

And the more he thought about it, the more possible it was.

If not, why was Yuan Xi so happy when he came out of the Jia Mansion, and he also sent dozens of boxes of gifts?

Even if he failed to recruit Jia Xu, the other party must have promised him something, otherwise how could Yuan Xi be willing to pay so much!

"No, I have to visit this Guanglu Xun too!" Thinking of this, Yuan Shang made a decision immediately.

Then he said to Guo Jia on the side: "Sir, please prepare a generous gift for me, I will visit Guanglu Xun today!"

However, Guo Jia shook his head: "Third Master, why do you have to go in person to visit Guanglu Xun?"

"If the lord knows that you and the second master are so blatantly recruiting people, I am afraid he will be unhappy. This is very inappropriate."

Although Yuan Shao didn't mind his sons competing with each other,

But what is the point of openly winning over counselors and generals?

You can do it, but you can't do it so loudly. I am still alive and not dead yet!

Yuan Shang hesitated slightly. He knew that what Guo Jia said made sense, but he was still unwilling and asked: "Do you think I will just sit back and watch my second brother win over Jia Xu?"

"Jia Xu is valued by my father. If he is won over by my second brother, it will be extremely disadvantageous for me!"

He was unwilling to just watch it.

Jia Xu now has a lot of say in Yuan Shao. Just a few good words for anyone can influence Yuan Shao's decision!

"Don't worry, sir." Guo Jia's eyes flashed with a divine light, and he smiled and said: "Everything is left to me. Let me visit Guanglu Xun on behalf of the third sir."