Chapter 24 The Sorrow of Youth_3

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"Deng Chun wrote in volume ten of 'Hua Ji' about how Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty visited Longde Palace to see the murals painted by the waiting painters at the academy. He looked left and right, but found none satisfactory,"

"There was only one exception."

"The original text goes like this, 'When the Emperor had no pressing matters, nothing caught his favor, except for the painting of rose bushes with slanted branches and blooming roses in front of the pillars in the palace corridor. Upon asking who painted it, it turned out to be a young newcomer. The Emperor was pleased, bestowed him with crimson robes, and granted him great favor.'"

"You know what 'bestowing crimson robes' means, right?" A certain brother began seeking interaction.

"I do, it means he was granted crimson official robes," Xuan Shi answered.

"Good, in the Song Dynasty, that color of official robes meant at least a fourth or fifth rank, right?"