After the Wise Sovereign gave instructions to Little Bao, he went to a corner of the room and retrieved a frame devoid of a painting from a pile of miscellaneous items.
The Wise Sovereign turned to look at the crowd: "I'm going to rest inside for a bit. When you're done asking questions, you can have Little Bao wake me up."
Before everyone could understand, the Wise Sovereign's body slowly shrank and he stepped into the frame.
As the Wise Sovereign's figure disappeared, a portrait appeared inside the once unpainted frame — a one-eyed boy sitting on a redwood rocking chair, basking in the sunshine from the window, eyes closed in a serene nap.
In human aesthetics, symmetry is considered the most harmonious beauty, whereas one eye can hardly appear beautiful.
But in this painting, the Rembrandt-style lighting accentuated the light-shadow contours of the one-eyed boy's face, making it serene and lovely.
