Sheng Shuihe had been feeling impatient for a while. His knowledge of painting was imparted by Huan Guanlan, the celebrated scholar who was accomplished in literature and had somewhat delved into other fields including the zither, chess, calligraphy, and the painting.Huan Guanlan's painting was inferior to his literature. And as his disciple, Sheng Shuihe's painting literacy appeared to be even more inferior, because it wasn't his major subject, and he was too young to study it thoroughly.But Zhao Li was too young also. And though Zhao Family, the family that bred him, was known for its achievement in literature, it hadn't got an artist in its family tree. And in the hope that he would repent his way, Zhao Family didn't formally find him a master, either. He had been teaching himself the painting so far.Hence, he admired Sheng Shuihe, the disciple of Huan Guanlan, very much.However, as a man determined to work for the imperial
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