Chapter 374: Reward
After Zhou Hanzhu finished announcing, she threw the painting to Zhou Huaiyu, and then walked to Miss Zuo's side to say hello.
But because everyone's attention at this time was simply on the painting in Zhou Huaiyu's hand, everyone seemed to be careless about Miss Zuo's joy, and they coped with things, which made Zuo Guniang and Zhou Hanzhu extremely embarrassed.
Although everyone wanted to take a look at the painting, just looking at Zhou Huaiyu staring at the painting carefully and not looking up at all, I knew that she loved this painting very much, and she didn't mean to put it down at all, so she couldn't say anything about the idea of wanting to take a look.
Zhao Jin's face was close to gloomy at this time.
Originally, she picked Zhou Hanzhu because she wanted to use Zhou Hanzhu to slap Zhou Huaiyu's face, make her embarrassed in front of so many girls, and make her embarrassed to even go out in the future, but who would have thought that because of Zhou Hanzhu, a fool, she would give Zhou Huaiyu a long momentum and extinguish their own prestige.
"Congratulations to Miss Zuo, this Dongzhu head face will be used as your reward for winning the first place, okay, the competition ends here, everyone come with me, today I also ordered two plays from Qiu Yantang, let's go to the play together."
The ancients had limited entertainment, especially at home.
The first half is an elegant painting competition, and the second half is a pure entertainment play, which is an excellent arrangement, and for a while the girls also showed smiles on their faces, and they no longer thought about the paintings in Zhou Huaiyu's hands.
Everyone left one after another, but there were still people who did not leave, that is, Zhou Huaiyu, Zhou Hanzhu, and the Tang girl who painted her portrait.
Zhou Huaiyu smiled at the Tang girl, and she immediately came to her. "Say hello to Concubine Zhou."
Although Zhou Huaiyu said that she was a concubine, she was also the concubine that Zhao Jingming was marrying, so she had an identity in the Zongren Mansion, and if you were serious, she still had a grade. And Miss Tang, although she is the daughter of a minister, is really just a commoner, and she is not at fault for saluting Zhou Huaiyu.
"Don't be so polite, can you tell me how you came up with the idea to draw me?" This Zhou Huaiyu was very curious, and he could see that this girl was probably not the first time to draw her, otherwise she would not be so skillful.
There are a few girls from the family who are simple, but whatever her purpose is, her painting today does make her quite happy, so she is willing to listen to her thoughts.
"The little woman was fortunate enough to participate in Concubine Zhou's ceremony, and she was shocked by your appearance at the time, and after going back, the picture was imprinted in her mind for a long time, so she secretly drew it herself, and even the little woman had made the same style of clothes as the dress you wore at the ceremony, but the little woman's appearance was ordinary, and she couldn't pass on the elegance of Concubine Zhou."
Long ago, Yue'er told her that Miss Tang's father was just a minor officer in the Ministry of War, but the Ministry of War is now in the hands of King Lao An, and Zhao Jing often deals with the Ministry of War, so this Miss Tang should want to gamble today, in case Zhou Huaiyu takes a fancy to it, remember, even if it is mentioned a little in front of Zhao Jing, she can make her father hand in good luck. And she will inevitably rise to a higher level in the family, which will have a lot of impact on her marriage and others in the future.
It's no wonder that Zhou Huaiyu thinks so much, it's because she has learned a basic idea of the woman here through her contact with the woman here for so long.
"Really?" Zhou Huaiyu believed that her words were true, but it was definitely not as exaggerated as she said, but today she was already happy, and she was even happier when she was praised by her, and the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were full of joy.
Miss Tang saw that Zhou Huaiyu was happy, and it was a question, so she immediately said excitedly: "Yes, yes, it's just that when the little girl goes home to paint, she will get stuck in her eyes every time, because she was fascinated by your beauty at that time, and she couldn't remember your eyes at all after she went back. But the little woman's painting is less than one thousandth of Concubine Zhou's side, and I ask you to forgive your sins, don't blame them. ”
The words were spoken clearly, which made people accept it happily, and knew that it was a compliment, but they couldn't help but be happy.
"Hehe, you painted it very well, I bought this painting for a hundred taels of silver, is it okay?"
One hundred taels of silver is not much, but in fact, it is not less, a painting of the painting master of the dynasty can sometimes be bought for 100,000 taels, but usually a pair of real works in the calligraphy and painting workshop, at most only a thousand taels, and other unknown paintings, even if they are very good, are at most only a few dozen taels of silver.
Hearing Zhou Huaiyu give out the silver, Miss Tang immediately shook her head and waved her hand, "No need, no need, Concubine Zhou, you can like the little girl's paintings, it's too late for the little girl to be happy, where do you dare to ask for silver, don't give it to me!" In a hurry, I didn't even call "little woman" anymore, and directly talked about "me".
When Zhou Huaiyu heard this, he didn't insist, and then, he reached out and took it off his head and gave it to Yue'er, "This hairpin is something I like, and now I give it to you, you can't shirk it anymore, otherwise I don't want this painting, you can take it back and destroy it." Even if she likes it, but Zhou Huaiyu will never allow her portrait to be placed in someone else's home, if she doesn't know, forget it, now that she knows, she will never allow it.
After Zhou Huaiyu said this, Yue'er immediately tied the hosta on Miss Tang's head, and Miss Tang also knew that she was not good at refusing again, so she happily agreed. In fact, getting this hosta is worth much more than getting a hundred taels of silver, especially after many years, she can proudly show off to her children and grandchildren: "Back then, your grandmother and I made the queen's mother phoenix happy with a painting, and directly plucked the favorite hosta from the head and gave it to me!" And the hosta was naturally passed down by the family as a family heirloom, anyway, this hosta is also a high-grade Hetian white jade, which is very valuable.
After Zhou Huaiyu finally finished talking to Miss Tang, he raised his eyes and saw that there was still Zhou Hanzhu who had not left, and at this time there was no one around. Looking at Zhou Hanzhu's angry face, I don't know if she was forgotten here, or if she deliberately stayed and waited for her.
In fact, even if what happened today was so embarrassing, in the end, everyone still didn't want to completely tear their faces, so before leaving, they did ask Zhou Hanzhu to leave together, but Zhou Hanzhu took the initiative to stay, saying that she wanted to catch up with her sister for a while.