When the carriage arrived at the small bridge in Qinjiazhuang, Li Shimin saw Wan'er and Yang Zijun taking a walk by the river.
Li Shimin asked the guards to stop the carriage, and told Queen Changsun about Wan'er's identity.
He jumped off the carriage and said to Wan'er by the river:
"Wan'er, is your young master at home? Someone came to visit him again."
When Qingwan saw the visitor, it turned out to be Mr. Li whom she hadn't seen for a long time.
So he bowed to Li Shimin and said:
"Mr. Li is here. Our young master was still talking about you a while ago."
"My servant will lead you. My young master is in the mansion right now."
Li Shimin said hello.
So Wan'er and Zi Jun were asked to get into the carriage behind.
After a while, a group of people arrived at the door of Qin Mansion.
Qingwan pulled Zijun out of the car and informed the concierge.
He accompanied Li Shimin and his party, waiting for Qin Ming to come out.
Not long after, Qin Ming arrived at the door of the mansion.
After Qin Ming saw Li Shimin, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said:
"Brother Li, long time no see."
"Before you come, don't let the servants inform me in advance, so I can greet you outside Zhuangzi."
Li Shimin smiled and said:
"Brother, you are so polite. This time I made a special trip to send you some vegetables and fruit seeds as a return gift."
"By the way, besides that, I have a business that I want to discuss with my brother."
Qin Ming:
"Well, it's getting cold, let's talk inside first."
After saying that, he led everyone to the study.
After arriving at the study, Li Shimin and everyone were shocked by the furnishings and furniture in Qin Ming's study.
Qin Ming led everyone to sit down on the sofa with a calm expression.
Wan'er and Zijun were making tea at the side.
After Li Shimin entered the house, his eyes were immediately attracted by the calligraphy and paintings on the wall.
Li Shimin liked poetry and calligraphy very much.
Li Shimin in history wrote beautifully in Feibai style.
And he is also Wang Xizhi's little fan.
It is said that the famous authentic "Preface to the Lanting Collection" was collected by Li Shimin.
Queen Changsun, Princess Changle, and Princess Chengyang were attracted by the novel furniture such as sofas.
They already know that Qin Ming gave Li Shimin the drawings for the official hat chair.
As for the sofa, a piece of furniture that is more comfortable than an official chair, I don’t know how Qin Ming came up with it.
As for Princess Sizi of Jinyang, she kept staring at Qin Ming with a clear goal.
Seeing that there was no delicious food in Qin Ming's room, she walked to Qin Ming and said:
"Sizi has met brother Qin Ming. Dad said you have delicious food here, but why didn't Sizi see it? Can you take Sizi to eat delicious food?"
Jin Yang's words attracted everyone's attention.
Only then did Qin Ming notice that there was a three-year-old girl among Brother Li and his party.
I saw her wearing a red palace dress, with a double bun, and a round face, very cute.
Especially at this time, she was staring at herself with big, watery eyes.
By the way, she said, what's her name?
persimmon? Oops, this name is so cute.
Qin Ming felt that he was attracted by the cuteness in an instant.
Out of human beings' longing for beautiful things, Qin Ming stepped forward and hugged Si Zi and said:
"Good boy, persimmon, I'll ask your sister Wan'er to go to the kitchen right away and bring you some pastries, okay?"
After saying that, Qin Ming turned around and told Qingwan to go to the kitchen to get some pastries and make a few cups of milk tea.
Qingwan accepted the order and went down.
Qin Ming had been walking in front with Li Shimin just now.
Although he saw Li Shimin and his female family members at the door, he did not look at them rashly out of politeness.
When I entered the house, I discovered that in addition to Li Shimin and Si Zi, there was also a middle-aged man dressed as a guard and a dignified and beautiful woman dressed as a woman.
Although there is no gorgeous jewelry, there is a hint of nobility and elegance on the woman's body.
It's a rare, beautiful woman.
It seems that she has an unusual background, she should be Brother Li's wife.
A beautiful girl with a delicate appearance and a hot figure, about seventeen or eighteen years old, stood behind her in a smart outfit. She must be a personal maid.
In addition, there are two teenage girls who look very similar to the woman. They are leaning on the left and right of the woman, looking at the surrounding arrangements.
Qin Ming hugged Si Zi, looked at Li Shimin and said:
"Brother, I didn't bother to ask you just now, are these all your family members?"
Hearing this, Li Shimin took his eyes back from the calligraphy and painting and said:
"Yeah, I didn't have time to introduce it to you just now."
As he spoke, he introduced everyone's identities one by one, but did not mention their names. After all, in the Tang Dynasty, women's names could not be told to others at will.
Li Shimin has always been friends with Qin Ming, but when Qin Ming found out that Li Shimin was twenty years older than him, and his eldest daughter was only four years younger than him.
No matter what, he refused to interact with Li Shimin as his equal.
The reason why Qin Ming lowered his seniority by one generation was mainly because he knew that ancient people valued etiquette. If he was just dealing with Li Shimin, it would be fine to be friends with him if he was of the same generation.
But it would not be appropriate to bring along family members and talk about friendship between equals, and he really liked Sizi calling him Brother Ming.
Therefore, after Qin Ming's repeated insistence, Li Shimin no longer forced himself.
So Qin Ming met everyone again. Call them one by one:
"Uncle Li, aunt, eldest lady, third lady."
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After everyone greeted each other, they sat down again.
At this time, Zijun had already made tea, and Qingwan also brought milk tea and cakes.
Qingwan put the pastry plates on the coffee table, and handed the milk tea to the girls sitting there one by one.
After doing this, she and Zi Jun stood behind Qin Ming.
Everyone knew Li Shimin, and he could no longer suppress his curiosity and said:
"My dear nephew, I haven't been here for the past few days. Your study has changed a lot. I remember the last time I came here, these new furniture and the calligraphy and paintings on the walls were not there."
"These furniture must have been made by your boy again."
"But who did you find to write the calligraphy and paintings on the wall?"
"This font has flexible and quick strokes, and the handwriting is thin and strong, even though it is thin without losing its flesh. This new and unique font is very rare."
"And this poem, my uncle also likes it very much. It reminds me of my own youth, as if it was written specifically for me."
"I wonder who did it? Is my nephew willing to give up his love?"
Seeing this, the eldest grandson on the side shook her head helplessly. She knew that His Majesty loved words so much that she did not stop him.
But she was curious about who wrote this poem.
Princess Changle and Princess Chengyang next to her had also been reading poetry and books since childhood. At this time, they were also looking at Qin Ming, waiting for his answer.
Qin Ming held Si Zi drinking milk tea in his arms, looked at the words on the wall and said with a smile:
"Uncle Li, you praise my nephew too much. To be honest, this poem and the inscription were written by my nephew in his spare time, and the words were also written by a certain person."
"Since you like it, uncle, I will write a new one for you later. What do you think?"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. They didn't expect Qin Ming to have such literary talent.
Princess Changle on the side said:
"Brother Ming, you are so amazing. Your handwriting is so good, much better than mine."
"Can you write a calligraphy for me? I want to go back and copy it."
"No problem. Later I will write the "Inscription on the Humble Room" and give it to you."
At this time, Li Shimin had recovered from the shock.
He didn't expect Qin Ming to have such talent and skills, and he wanted even more urgently to let Qin Ming join the court as an official.
Queen Changsun naturally saw His Majesty's thoughts from Li Shimin's eyes, so she said:
"My dear nephew, don't wait to look back. You can write it now. Judging from your uncle's appearance, can you bear to let them wait?"
Qin Ming said:
"That's no problem, Wan'er, you can help me sharpen the ink."
At this time, Qingwan looked at the time and said:
"Sir, you see, Mr. Li is coming to our house with his family this time. We must entertain him well at noon. Otherwise, let your cousin help you polish your ink first, and your servant will go to the kitchen to arrange lunch first?"
Qin Ming also felt that what Wan'er said made sense, and it would take some time to finish writing these two words.
So Wan'er was asked to go to the kitchen. He then said to Zi Jun:
"Then please give me a hard time, Zijun."
Yang Zijun originally wanted to see how such a special font was written.
So he happily agreed:
"Yes, sir."
So everyone came to the desk one after another and watched Qin Ming write. Everyone finally saw the special way of using this font.
Because the two paintings were to be given away, Qin Ming signed them both.
The signature on "Difficult to Travel" states that Qin Ming gave it to Uncle Li on October 18th, the fifth year of Zhenguan, with his own seal on the back.
The signature of "The Inscription on the Humble Room" is that on October 18th, the fifth year of Zhenguan, Qin Ming gave it to the eldest lady of the Li family and stamped it with his seal.
After finishing writing the copybook, Empress Changsun glanced at her personal maid Yuechan.
Yuechan immediately stepped forward and put these two words away.
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