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It had been years since anyone had dared to address him by name. Suddenly, Bei Zhenting approached Luo Yao. Luo Yao was so frightened that he retreated backwards. Unexpectedly, Bei Zhenting approached him and said, "It's said in the capital that I love my princess very much. Doesn't my princess know that?"

Bei Zhenting's voice was magnetic and low, and when he spoke close to the ear, it sounded magical, and Luo Yao's ears were stained red under the white veil.

Bei Zhenting teased Luo Yao deliberately. After he finished speaking, he felt his heart beating faster, and he pulled Luo Yao and walked forward quickly.

The fat servant nimbly carried Luo Xinchen and caught up with his own prince. Luo Yao couldn't break free and was dragged forward by Bei Zhenting.

"Jiji, you run so fast!" Luo Xinchen happily hugged the chubby servant, "Faster, faster! Overtake the big devil!"

Bei Zhenting was too tall, so Luo Yao could only jog to keep up. After running for a while, Luo Yao was out of breath. "Hey! You're walking so fast! Who can keep up? Stop pulling me! Let go!"

The wind blew towards her, lifting a corner of her veil. In Luo Yao's eyes, there was only Bei Zhenting's broad back.

Passing through numerous curtains and ribbons, they arrived at Heyuanyu, the Royal Academy built in the early years of the Dacheng era. Due to its age, the Royal Academy had moved into the Astrology Hall. The old Royal Academy had been renovated and transformed into Heyuanyu, the library building of Heyuan Academy.

The entire building has a unique structure, very similar to a modern drum tower, with three floors, and the first and second floors are open today.

As soon as he entered, Luo Yao was stunned by the scene.

I saw strips of gauze curtains hanging from the top of the building, and famous poems and paintings falling from the top.

Under the star-shaped dome is an all-white drawing table. In the atrium on the first floor, there are nearly a hundred sets of tables and chairs, and each set of tables is placed with a complete set of pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

They arrived a little late, and there were already many people sitting inside, including rich young men and women, scholars, and even quite a few famous people in the first two rows, some of whom even had gray hair!

So nervous!

Luo Yao was completely shocked. He originally thought that he would only be facing some students, but he didn't expect that there would be not only students but also big Vs!

Although Luo Yao is well-known in the industry, he doesn't think he is a big V yet.

Any of these ancient big Vs’ masterpieces would easily be worth hundreds of millions in modern times!

How could he have the right to teach these people how to paint!

Bei Zhenting felt the sweat on Luo Yao's hand and laughed at him, "Why, is the princess scared?"

Luo Yao suddenly shook off his hand, "Who's afraid?"

"Don't be afraid, brother! Chenchen will cheer you on!"

Luo Xinchen took his brother's hand and shook it.

Next to the painting stage, Chen Yu was looking for Luo Yao in the crowd. Next to him stood Li Yu and seven or eight daughters of high-ranking officials.

Xiao Qing stood far away from Chen Yu with his hands folded, looking at Chen Yu surrounded by flowers with a look of disgust.

"Sister Xiaoyu, why is the princess still nowhere to be seen? There are so many people sitting here."

Li Yu was annoyed by these women and didn't answer. These women kept following Brother Yu. They were all qualified to watch the princess paint, but they didn't sit in their own seats and insisted on following him and Brother Yu!

Chen Yu was a little impatient being surrounded by a group of young ladies. "Ladies, please take your seats first. Don't break the rules. The princess will be here later. Everyone will be treated the same. If you have any questions, you can ask them."

Seeing Chen Yu's impatience, the young ladies reluctantly left, leaving only Li Yu by Chen Yu's side. Li Yu was very happy to see Chen Yu drive those women away, and subconsciously wanted to hold Chen Yu's hand.

Chen Yu glanced at her and said, "You should also take your place."

Li Yu said "oh" in disappointment and left reluctantly.

After Li Yu left, Chen Yu pulled up Xiao Qing, who was sitting in the front row bored, and pointed in the direction of the entrance, "The princess is here, let's go over there."

Xiao Qing turned his head and glanced, only to see Prince Yong'an, dressed in a purple robe and keeping everyone away. They, as minor officials, had little contact with the prince, and Xiao Qing felt a little intimidated. "You should go by yourself. I'll ask the princess for advice later when she's instructing us..."

Chen Yu laughed and said, "Who was it a few days ago who was clamoring to see the princess? Now you don't dare to go?"

Xiao Qing rolled his eyes, pursed his lips, and said nothing.

Chen Yu reached out and touched his head, "Then I'll go over, you coward."

Xiao Qing was furious, "How many times have I told you not to touch my hair?"

Chen Yu couldn't help but touch Xiao Qing's head again, then quickly left. Xiao Qing behind him was furious and stood up, cursing at his back.

Chen Yu went over and said a few words to Luo Yao. Dean He Yuan also came and urged them, "Hurry up and get ready. Everyone is waiting."

Luo Yao didn't dare to be negligent. If he came any later, those big Vs in the front row would probably be unhappy.

There was nothing to prepare except explaining it to his brother. Luo Yao squatted down and held up Luo Xinchen's little face. "Brother Chenchen is going up there to paint. Can you wait for him here?"

Luo Xinchen pouted and hesitated, but thinking that he could see his brother here, he reluctantly agreed, "Then brother, you have to come back soon!"

Luo Yao went.

Everyone saw someone go up to the stage and quiet down.

"Everyone, today's process has been explained in the invitation. The princess will paint and explain on the spot. If you have any questions, please do not interrupt her painting. After the explanation, everyone will discuss and exchange ideas with each other. You can paint on the spot and ask the princess for comments. If you still have any questions, please submit a paper sign. The princess will collect them and reply! In addition, the academy will keep records and ask the princess to help revise and compile them into a book. Don't worry about not being able to learn!"

Luo Yao was so nervous! Although he was separated by the painting stage, which was covered by many green gauze curtains, and he also had a hat, the thought of a crowd of people staring at him...

However, he still had to face the nervousness and fear. After the person who explained the rules of the poetry and painting club left, Luo Yao walked to the center of the stage, mustered up the courage, and looked up at the people below.

Unlike what he expected, those people looked at him with eager eyes for knowledge. Even the big Vs in the first two rows looked at him gently and did not show any impatience because he was late.

Luo Yao suddenly relaxed. "Thank you all for coming. I was attracted by the poetry and painting in the front yard today, so I arrived a little late. Please forgive me."

"Princess, there's no need to apologize. If we weren't afraid of being late for He Yuanyu's painting lecture, we would have stopped there to admire the paintings and read the poems!"

"Yeah yeah!"

"Thank you for your understanding. Now I will start explaining how to draw."

Someone brought some porcelain bottles and pottery jars, and Luo Yao picked up his brush to paint.

Luo Yao's paintings are drawn on a special vertical board so that everyone can see the painting process.

Everyone present watched Luo Yao paint intently. The venue was silent, with only the sound of Luo Yao picking up the brush.

Fixed point, formed shape, distinguished light and dark, ...

Half an hour later, a college student who was responsible for assisting Luo Yao held up Luo Yao's paintings and walked among the hundred people for display.

"So realistic! I've never seen such realistic paintings!"

Everyone was amazed.

Luo Yao stood on the drawing table and said, "Everyone has seen it. Yes, this way of painting is sketching!"

"sketch?"

"Sketch is a form of painting that uses a single color (usually black) to express the shape and spatial sense of an object through lines and light and dark contrasts. Sketching emphasizes lines, light and dark, form, structure, and perspective..."

Luo Yao directly brought out the 21st century's interpretation of sketching. The students in the audience didn't quite understand what Luo Yao was saying, but they listened very carefully. Some of them started taking notes because they didn't quite understand.

Luo Yao explained what sketching was and gave detailed explanations and examples for each one, which reduced a lot of confusion on everyone's faces.

Bei Zhenting stood at the back, staring intently at Luo Yao who was talking eloquently and easily on the stage.

"Brother is handsome!"

Luo Xinchen felt that his brother was glowing brightly!

Bei Zhenting's eyes shifted to Tuanzi. He had been feeling something was amiss the entire time...and it was Tuanzi's clothes! They actually resembled the attire of those foreign barbarians from overseas.

Luo Xinchen saw the big devil staring at his clothes and hurriedly grabbed his collar.

Jiji is the worm in Bei Zhenting's stomach. She always knows what Bei Zhenting is thinking. "Young Master, where did you buy your clothes?"

Luo Xinchen didn't mind telling Jiji, because Jiji was warm and hugged him all the way. Jiji looked like a good person.

Luo Xinchen leaned close to Jiji's ear and said, "Brother made the clothes! Jiji, don't tell the devil."

Bei Zhenting heard everything. Big Devil? Did Luo Yao teach him?

Is he that scary?

Bei Zhenting turned his head to look at Luo Yao who was seriously instructing others to paint, and suddenly felt a little lost.

On the other side, at the Yong'an Palace, Wang Guangcheng and a few others hid in several inconspicuous corners outside the west courtyard.

Wang Guangcheng originally wanted to go in and investigate while Luo Yao was out, but Luo Yao went out without his two servants, so Wang Guangcheng had no chance to sneak in and investigate.

Two days ago, he felt something was wrong because the kitchen hadn't delivered food to the West Courtyard for several days, but the West Courtyard was acting normal every day. Later, the maid told him about this, and he decided to keep an eye on this dilapidated courtyard.

I didn’t expect there were two servants guarding inside!

I just don’t believe it. Wang Guangcheng clenched his fists so hard that they made a creaking sound. If he couldn’t expose Luo Yao directly, he wouldn’t believe that there would be no clues if he kept guarding every day!

"You, and you, from now on, work near this west courtyard. Watch who comes in and out of this courtyard. Don't miss any corner!"

"Yes!"