Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-fifth: Thirty Years of Wine
"I know that Uncle Li you were trying to save me that day, thank you Uncle Li!"
Li Yong waved his hand and said: "If something happens to you, I can't save you. You don't need to thank me for this."
Li Yong handed the painting over, but Tang Chen didn't dare to accept it and said: "This is really expensive, otherwise I can buy it and I'll have someone send me the money!"
Li Yong said: "No! The most important thing I don't need here is money. You can just take it! Go back quickly. It won't do you any good if you stay with me for a long time."
"Yes!" Tang Chen took the painting over: "Thank you, Uncle Li!"
"kindness!"
Tang Chen took the painting, which was something he could get his hands on. After returning home, he opened it and saw that the painting was indeed the best among the best. Although Tang Chen didn't know how to paint, every stroke in it was rich and colorful.
They all look very attentive.
The next day, Tang Chen went to court and saw Li Yunfei and Li Yong coming. Li Yunfei seemed to want to come to Tang Chen but was stopped by Li Yong. After entering the main hall, Tang Chen always felt that the atmosphere here was a little strange.
It was strange. He couldn't tell exactly what was strange.
Tang Chen didn't follow Li Yong. Many officials basically ignored him. Tang Chen sat basically near the door. The wise king and the prince sat in front facing each other. There were three chairs on the stage, waiting for the emperor.
When they arrived, the Queen Mother sat in one seat, the Queen sat in another seat, and the Emperor sat in front.
Eunuch Sun shouted: "All ministers present gifts!"
At this time, those people began to walk up in order. First, there were some lower-ranking officials. Some gave jade bracelets and some gave accessories. Anyway, there were all kinds of strange things. The weight of the gifts became smaller as they went to the back.
The bigger it got, Tang Chen really didn't know what level he was, so he stood up and hurried up to give the gift.
"Hey, this is everyone's painting!" Eunuch Sun said: "Master Tang gave me a painting of Nine Dragons!"
Suddenly everyone in the court was startled, and even the people behind him were a little unconfident when they came up. When he went down, he saw something wrong with Zhong Shuling's expression. An old man with a white beard sitting next to him seemed to say, "What's going on?"
I don't know what happened, but that expression made Tang Chen a little suspicious.
He sat down and stared at the old man with the white beard. He seemed to be talking to Zhong Shuling for a long time before he walked up to the stage and said, "The painting Mr. Tang took out is fake!"
Suddenly, there began to be some confusion in the court. Tang Chen also frowned. The emperor, who was admiring the things on the stage, also stopped and looked down and pressed the old man with a white beard and said, "What's going on with this old man?"
Zhongshu Ling stood up and said: "Back to the emperor, this person is Chunfeng, a great scholar from Jiang Liao Kingdom, and his master is the famous Lin Zhi!"
"Oh?" the emperor said, "Lin Zhi's disciple, I am very honored to be able to congratulate me on my birthday today!"
"Your Majesty." Chunfeng picked up Tang Chen's painting from the gift table and said, "This painting is fake!"
The emperor looked at Tang Chen behind him and said, "How do you know this painting is fake?"
Chunfeng took out another painting from his sleeve, unfolded it and said: "The painting of Honored Master has always been in my hands. I wanted to present it to the emperor today, but unexpectedly it was snatched away by a fake."
Seeing that Li Yong was about to stand up, Tang Chen suddenly raised his voice and said, "How do you know that my painting is fake, just because you are the master's painting?"
After Tang Chen walked up to the stage, Na Chunfeng looked at Tang Chen and said, "Where did you, a young kid, get this painting?"
Tang Chen smiled and said: "Have you ever inquired about my current reputation in the capital? It's not easy to get a painting?"
"This is the painting that my respected master gave me before he died. It is worth thousands of dollars, and there is only one copy of this painting!" As he spoke, Chunfeng opened the painting and showed it to the ministers, and the following immediately began to discuss it.
Tang Chen sighed and said, "To tell you the truth, I only spent two hundred taels of silver on this painting, which is really not worth a thousand gold."
"So your painting is fake!"
The emperor didn't say anything. Tang Chen knew that the emperor's palace was deep inside. He smiled and said, "You said this painting was given to you by your master before he died?"
"Exactly!"
"Then I'm afraid this is a fake!" Tang Chen said: "Your Majesty, the common people really don't know that this painting is fake. Besides, the common people bought it because it looked really good. I didn't expect that since I have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor,
The common people deserve to die!"
The emperor smiled and picked up Tang Chen's painting and said, "I actually can't tell whether this painting is genuine or not. Since it has been really taken out, I will present it to you. Tang Chen, you have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor.
The crime deserves to be punished!"
Tang Chen said: "It is indeed worthy of execution, but Cao Min remembers that the emperor told Cao Min the day before yesterday that Cao Min saved the princess and made a wish to me."
"It is true!" said the emperor: "So you want to use your wish to avoid the death penalty?"
"No." Tang Chen said: "Tang Chen is born to save face. It's really embarrassing to be exposed today. I want to kill him!"
Tang Chen pointed directly at Chunfeng, who was so frightened that he took two steps back. Zhongshu Ling stood up and said: "But Tang Chen, how dare you speak arrogantly here, Chunfeng was invited by me, you are...
"
The emperor said: "Tang Chen's request is really inappropriate. Today is my birthday and it is not appropriate to see blood!"
"Oh, well, that means I can't die either. Then I won't need to use that wish until the common people remember it later!"
The emperor laughed: "You are quite interesting, boy. Come back and sit down!"
Although this was just Tang Chen making a fuss, Chunfeng was quite frightened. Li Yunfei ran to Tang Chen and said, "Are you crazy? What if the emperor really wants your head?"
Tang Chen smiled and said: "I killed the general of Jiang Liao Kingdom, and the emperor also made a wish for me. If I really want to do it, I can just use that to save my life!"
"You are really bold!"
Tang Chen whispered: "Go back and tell General Li that these people may be coming for General Li, so General Li must be careful."
"Why are you here for my father?"
"Tell him the exact words and he will naturally know."
"Okay." Li Yunfei went back at this time.
Zhong Shuling said: "This kid Tang Chen is not simple, I just don't know how the painting got into his hands."
Chunfeng frowned and said, "Zhongshu Ling, don't worry, I have other tricks."
Zhongshu Ling took a sip of wine and said, "Tang Chen is quite accomplished. You'd better be careful and don't lose your life here!"
"No way!"
After drinking for three rounds, the emperor stood up and said: "My beloved sirs, you protect the integrity of my country. I will dedicate this cup to you today!"