Actually, Empress Shangguan Linglang confessed that she really had no interest in looking at paintings, but she couldn't withstand the entreaties of the bunch of men around her. She thought to herself, why not just look? After all, what's being looked at is a painting and not her. She could bear it, and soon it would be over. Then the delightful mealtime would arrive, and ice cream would be hers, cough cough, well, a delightful thing in her mouth.
President Xuanyuan Wuji gave a look to Nalan Fusui beside him and mouthed the words, "No portrait paintings."
The Jade-faced Medical Saint, Nalan Fusui, quickly understood and walked over to the disinterested Empress Shangguan Linglang, then gracefully and elegantly smiled and said, "Linda, how about we take a look at some still life oil paintings?"
"What did you say???"
