The owner of the ship looked at Yue Yao who was standing at the bow of the boat, and then at Xiang Wei who was eating leisurely, and finally retreated with interest.

The boatman on the lightboat asked in a low voice, "Boss, aren't these two people leaving?" "The four great Oirans dispersed, and the lightboats on the Qinhuai River also went back. Now only their lightboat is left on the river. These people want to go home.

The owner of the ship whispered: "Go back and do your thing, where is so much nonsense?" "It's not uncommon for guests to swim from evening to dawn, but it's just rare.

Xiang Wei was full of food and drink, and brought a plate of begonia cake to Yueyao and said, "It's almost dawn, it's time to go back!" After speaking, he took a piece of pastry from the plate and handed it to Yueyao.

Yue Yao didn't eat, looked at the silent Qin Huaihe, and said with a smile: "It was so lively not long ago, but it will be so deserted." ”

Xiang Wei took a bite of the pastry in her hand and said in a low voice, "Sad Spring and Autumn?"

Yueyao is not sad, but she is a little emotional.

Xiang Wei finished eating the pastries in her hand, clapped her hands, and said, "If you don't feel sorry for the Spring and Autumn Period, we will go back, and if you don't see us go back, I'm afraid you're going to scare them." ”

Yueyao has already determined that her disappearance has scared Mingzhu and them, it doesn't matter if you scare Mingzhu, don't scare your daughter.

Niu Yanghui heard the news that the four major Oiran and many literati were rushing to Yueyao, and he was scared into a cold sweat, Yueyao was a lady of fate, such a high-profile appearance on the Qinhuai River, and also met the woman of the Qinglou, maybe what would happen when the time came.

Mingzhu complained when he got the news: "I said it was inappropriate a long time ago, you just didn't listen, and now something is wrong, right?"

Not long after, the husband and wife learned that Yueyao was not on the lightboat, the two looked at each other, and Mingzhu took the lead in asking, "Where did Yueyao go?"

Niu Yanghui was speechless: "How do I know? But with Xiang Wei here, we don't have to worry. "In other words, Niu Yanghui is actually very curious about where Yueyao went? I didn't go to visit the Qinhuai River, why didn't I come back.

The moonlight shone on the sparkling river, reflecting the reflection of the houses on both sides, and the cold wind blew on the body, blowing the hair on the side of the bun.

Xiang Wei was a little cold, stepped forward and said, "Go back!" It's late. "The wind was strong in the middle of the night on the river, and the cold wind was blowing all the time to ensure that I was going to catch a cold.

The owner of the ship was relieved to see that the two were finally willing to go back, he was really afraid that these two people would stay until daytime!

Yue Yao and Xiang Wei were about to get on the boat, and the owner of the boat said, "Two masters, leave a word!" It's time to make a commemoration. "Actually, if these people become famous in the future, they will put this word on the ship, and they can attract more business.

Xiang Weiguaner: "Her words can be worth ten days' boat fare, wouldn't it make you a fortune to leave a word for you." After speaking, he smiled and got off the boat with Yueyao.

The boatman muttered beside him: "Boss, our ship is a hundred taels a night, ten days, doesn't that mean that his words are worth a thousand gold?" Bragging doesn't make drafts either. ”

Only then did the owner come back to his senses, patted his thigh and shouted: "I knew that I wouldn't charge the fare that day, just ask for a pair of words." "The owner doesn't think the other party is joking, because there is no need to make such a joke, and it would be better if he could get a famous business, and the cost of chartering a boat would be higher.

The owner of the ship reacted and looked up again, but there was still a figure in front of him.

Yueyao felt that Xiang Wei had too many words: "Just leave no words, what are you doing when you say so much?" Is it necessary to say such things to the chagrin of others?

Xiang Weile said hehehe: "I'm not wrong, is one of your paintings enough to cover his ten-day boat fare?" Didn't you ask how much the boat cost overnight? plus the reward, a total of one hundred and sixty taels of silver. ”

Yue Yao didn't expect that she could sell a single word for more than a thousand taels of silver.

Xiang Wei smiled: "Many people want to buy your words, but it's a pity that you say that they are not for sale, but those people are very greedy." ”

Yueyao couldn't help it: "He Yue said that paintings can be sold, but words are not allowed to be sold." Yue Yao didn't know why An Zhichen made such a strange request, but this request was not excessive, so Yue Yao agreed.

By the time Mingzhu saw Yueyao and Xiang Wei, it was already the end of the Yin period.

Mingzhu looked Yue Yao up and down, and saw that Yue Yao was safe and sound, so she said, "What's the matter with you?" said that he was going to swim in the Qinhuai River, why did he disappear? I didn't sleep all night. ”

Yue Yao was a little sorry: "Originally, I was just going to enjoy the night view of Qin Zhun River, but I didn't expect something to happen, and I was delayed until now." ”

Mingzhu hurriedly asked, "What's the situation?"

Xiang Wei hurriedly interjected: "What's the situation?" Knowing that someone has spread our itinerary, where can we still swim in the Qinhuai River! No way, we went to the night market. ”

Mingzhu immediately shifted his attention: "It's strange to say, who leaked this news?" But speaking of which, fortunately, you didn't go, and it is said that last night several of the Oiran of the Qinglou went, saying that it was to see you, and I got the news at the time, and I almost didn't mention it in one breath. "These Qinglou women are really praised by people who don't know how thick they are, they dare to block Yueyao, what is Yueyao when they are? Yueyao is also something they can block.

Yue Yao smiled: "Forget about this matter in the past, is Kexin still sleeping?"

Speaking of Kexin, Mingzhu was not happy: "I was coaxed by my words, you are really, are you a mother like you?" Do you want your daughter to worry about you? No wonder Xiang Wei said that you are a stepmother. ”

Xiang Wei felt that she was really innocent, and she could be shot while lying down.

Yueyao went out for a day and a night, she was already tired, and she fell asleep after washing up, but she didn't expect that she would feel uncomfortable when she woke up.

After Ming Yao found out, she hurriedly called to ask the doctor, and after the doctor came to check Yueyao's pulse, she said that Yueyao was suffering from a cold and was infected with a cold.

The doctor went out to prescribe medicine, and Mingzhu said angrily: "Or the mother of four children?" I've never seen someone like you who doesn't care about your body so much?"

Yueyao's head was heavy, she was groggy, where could she care what Mingzhu said, and she fell asleep again after taking the medicine.

When Yueyao woke up again, she saw that Kexin was only by the bedside, her eyes were red, and she had obviously cried, Yueyao smiled and said, "Mother is fine, don't worry." "She is in good health, just take the medicine.

Mingzhu also persuaded Kexin to go down.

Xiang Wei gloated: "Let you not blow the wind on the bow of the boat, you don't listen, now it's okay, right?" Gu Zhe told Gu Li that you were not feeling well, so you didn't go to the Qinhuai River at night, which would fulfill their words. ”

Where did Yue Yao have the strength to fight with Xiang Wei at this time.

In view of the fact that Oiran asked to see Yue Yao last night, Mingzhu immediately let people say that Yue Yao had never thought of swimming in the Qinhuai River at night, and those before were all rumors.

I don't know how to talk about Yueyao outside, I thought it was a minor illness, but I didn't expect that after three days, my body was still soft, Yueyao muttered: "I used to be infected with wind and cold and take medicine, but this time I have been raising it for so long." Yue Yao instinctively suspected that this doctor's medical skills were not good.

Mingzhu smiled: "You will even suspect the doctor I invited?" Let me tell you, this Dr. Liu is the best doctor in Suzhou, and his ancestor is also a doctor, so he can't cure your little wind and cold. ”

Xiang Wei interjected a sentence next to her: "This is called illness coming like a mountain, and illness going away like a thread." ”

When Yueyao was recuperating, the bookstore happened to be auctioning her paintings, and Yueyao didn't pay much attention to it, and she was not short of money.

Xiang Wei is different: "I have to go and see, but I can't lose it." ”

Yue Yao smiled and said, "Where can I lose." "There is a reserve price, and she won't sell it if it's lower than the reserve price, and of course, Yueyao has never worried that her paintings won't sell.

In the afternoon of the same day, Xiang Wei entered the house with a happy face and said to Yueyao: "All the nine paintings that were put out today have been sold, and a total of 17,600 taels of silver have been sold. ”

Yue Yao was taken aback: "How can you sell it for so much money?" On average, a painting is about two thousand taels, which greatly exceeds Yue Yao's expectations, Yue Yao feels that this price is a bit out of place, you know, her teacher Mr. Yushan's paintings are not this number.

Xiang Weile said hehehe: "I still think it's missing?" Xiang Wei raised all the prices, the reserve price was 1,500 taels, not only that, but she also arranged a few people to let these people take the opportunity to raise the price.

Yue Yao shook her head helplessly, Xiang Wei did this, in case someone knew about it, she would definitely become a representative figure in the eyes of money.

How could Xiang Wei not know Yueyao's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Zhou Yu beats Huang Gai, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer." "Yueyao's home paintings can be sold at such a high price, her good momentum is one aspect, the most important thing is that Jiang's people are rich, and there are many people who spend a lot of money for a calligraphy and painting, which is why Xiang Wei knows that Yueyao has the meaning of selling calligraphy and paintings, she strongly recommends that the paintings be sold in Jiangnan, and they can be sold here to buy a good price.

Yue Yao's paintings were sold at such a high price, and many people in Suzhou were discussing the matter, with mixed reviews.

Yue Yao didn't know what was going on outside, of course, even if Yue Yao knew, she wouldn't care, as Xiang Wei said, this Zhou Yu hit Huang Gai, one is willing to be bigger and the other is willing to suffer, this painting was bought voluntarily, and she didn't force others to buy it.

Niu Yanghui looked for Yueyao that night and said, "Second sister, the prices of your paintings are good, why don't you sell the remaining nine paintings!" Yueyao told Niu Yanghui at the beginning that she only planned to sell nine paintings, and the other paintings would be kept.

Yue Yao smiled and shook her head.

Niu Yanghui asked, "The price is very good, why don't you sell it?" Today, many people have asked about the door, and Niu Yanghui has no power to parry.

Yue Yao smiled: "If all these paintings are sold, how can I go back to the capital to hold an art exhibition?" If you sell a few paintings, you can make up for the few paintings in the past two years, and if you sell them all, you can use them to hold an exhibition in the future.

When Yue Yao began to sell paintings, she had already indicated that only nine paintings were auctioned out in this art exhibition, and no other paintings were sold.

But when it was rumored in the prefect's mansion that Yueyao's remaining paintings were no longer for sale and were about to be taken back, the people who were in the wait-and-see stage that day hung their heads and regretted it.

Three days later, Yue Yao was talking to Ke Xin, Mingzhu walked in angrily, and Yue Yao patted Ke Xin's little shoulder when she saw this: "You go out first!"

Mingzhu waited for Kexin to leave and said, "Yueyao, do you know? Your peony painting is now in the hands of the Oiran of Chunxiang Building, and the woman actually hung your peony in her house. ”

Yueyao didn't understand why Mingzhu was so angry.

Xiang Wei smiled and said, "That peony sold for two thousand six hundred taels of silver, which is the highest price among all the paintings. In fact, Xiang Wei saw that it was imperative for people to buy paintings at that time, so he raised the price, if he wasn't afraid of being seen, Xiang Wei would definitely continue to raise the price.

Xiang Wei is very proud, look at how powerful she is! If it weren't for the deliberate inflation of the price, these paintings would not have been able to sell for such a high price.

Mingzhu listened to Xiang Wei's words and asked unhappily, "Are you listening to what I say?" Yueyao's painting now hangs in the room of the Qinglou woman. Thinking of this, she was very angry.

Xiang Wei shrugged and said. "People spent a lot of money to buy the painting, and the painting is his, and we don't care what he does with it, let alone just give it to an Oiran, even if he takes it to the table, we have no right to interfere." Xiang Wei felt that Yueyao's painting was not bad to hang in Oiran's house, anyway, the guests of the peony were all those literati and ink writers, and when the time came, they could add more knowledge to Yueyao!

Mingzhu said angrily: "You just got into the eyes of money, I knew this earlier, this should stop you, let you stop selling paintings, it's better to keep it for yourself." ”

Yueyao put the green onion pillow behind her back and leaned on it: "Good things are taken out for others to enjoy." ”

Mingzhu can't understand Yueyao's approach, does it take ten years to get twenty paintings? These paintings can be kept and hung in the house!

Xiang Wei had a different opinion: "Look, do you want to take out two pieces of characters and sell them?" I think I'm sure I'll be able to sell it for a good price. "Yueyao's paintings are very rare masterpieces, but the words are much easier, a good word, Yueyao can get it in three days.

Yue Yao didn't bother to answer Xiang Wei's words.

Mingzhu very much agrees with Yueyao's decision: "Keep the good things for yourself." ”

Yue Yao smiled and said, "I promised to send you a piece of writing before, you can choose one of those words yourself!"

Mingzhu has never been polite to Yueyao: "Cheng, when the time comes, I will hang your words in the banquet hall, so that everyone who comes to my house can see your big characters." ”

Yueyao's spirit was a little short, and she wanted to sleep again.

Seeing this, Mingzhu hurriedly said: "Yueyao, now everyone in Suzhou who is a little famous has sent us a greeting post, and a few of them even have to give three points to their husbands, Yueyao, you see ......" With Mingzhu's temperament, no matter how big the other party is, she will not give face, but Niu Yanghui is in the officialdom, if there are too many people offended, it is inconvenient to act.

Yue Yao is not an ignorant person, and knows what this means: "You have listed all the list of prayer posts to show me." "If you want to see her, you have to see if you have this qualification.

Mingzhu smiled: "Okay." "As long as Yueyao is willing to meet people, as for who to meet, it is not up to them to decide.

After lying in bed for four days, Yueyao was finally able to get out of bed.

Xiang Wei smiled and said, "You were too tired some time ago, and the wind blew again, so it was so serious." "Some time ago, in addition to eating and sleeping, I was very busy, so how could I not get sick.

On the same day, Yue Yao received a letter from Haikou, Yue Yao was preparing to open the letter, Xiang Wei took the letter, held it above her head and looked at it, her face instantly became ugly.

Yue Yao was a little strange and asked, "What's wrong?" What's wrong?"

Xiang Wei pointed to the letter and said, "This letter has been read. Although the letter appeared to be intact, she was pretty sure that it had been opened and read.

Yue Yao was a little strange: "What are these people doing with the letter they are giving me?" The letter that Ting Zheng wrote to her was also homely, and he would not say any secrets.

Xiang Wei shook his head and said, "I don't know, but pay attention when you reply to the letter." "It's thousands of miles away, and it's hard to know anything, so you have to be vigilant.

Yue Yao hurriedly opened the letter and read it, but she didn't actually write anything in the letter, she wrote some daily trivial things, if there was anything special, that is, Ting Zheng finally said that he had taken a concubine, and now this concubine is pregnant.

Xiang Wei frowned after reading it and said: "Lin Qinghan is in Haikou now, and I don't know if this concubine is Ting Zheng's own favor, or if Lin Qinghan helped Zhang Luo." ”

Yueyao is very sure that this concubine is not Lin Qinghan Zhang Luo, the reason is very simple, although the doctor said that she had a difficult birth, but he did not say that she was infertile, now that Lin Qinghan is still young, how could she give up so easily.

Xiang Wei didn't gloat this time, but said with some worry: "Take a concubine at this time, and you're pregnant?" I'm afraid this woman is not simple. Xiang Wei also watched Ting Zheng grow up, and she also cared about Ting Zheng.

Yue Yao put the letter in the drawer: "The court has been in the officialdom for a long time, where is it so easy to be calculated." "It's so easy to be calculated, she can only say that she is incompetent, and she can't worry about it if she wants to worry about thousands of miles.

Sometimes things are so coincidental, in the afternoon Yueyao received a letter from Tingzheng, and in the evening she knew that the teacher had come with three children.

As soon as Brother Xu saw Yueyao, he rushed over, hugged Yueyao and said, "Mother, I heard them say that you are sick...... Before he could continue, Brother Xu began to cry.

Brother Sheng and Brother Fei also looked at Yue Yao seriously, with a worried look on their faces.

Yue Yao was happy and guilty, hugged her three sons, and choked up: "Mother is fine, but I accidentally caught a cold, and now I am fine." ”

Kexin knew that her three younger brothers were coming, so she hurried over.

As soon as Fei Ge'er saw Kexin, she complained: "Sister, I specially wrote to you to let you take good care of your mother, why did you let your mother catch a cold." "His mother has never known how to take care of herself, and he was not at ease when his mother went to Suzhou, but he didn't expect to get sick after just a long time away.

Kexin blamed herself a little: "It's me who didn't take good care of my mother." ”

Yueyao listened to the conversation between the two sisters and brothers, and the whole person was sluggish, what did she mean that she would not take care of herself, and asked her daughter to take good care of her.

Xiang Wei bit her lip so that she didn't laugh, she must write to An Zhichen about this and let him know how lovely a child he is.

Mr. Yushan smiled and said, "What are you still doing?" It's windy outside, so let's go inside and talk. "Fei Ge'er people have big ideas, and this has been known for a long time.

After entering the house, Brother Sheng'er and the three brothers said that Yueyao had lost a lot of weight, and said a lot of intimate words around Yueyao, which made Yueyao's heart warm.

Yueyao was a little strange, it had only been separated for more than a month, why did the three children seem to have been reborn, and after the three children were taken down by Kexin, Yueyao asked Mr. Yushan: "Teacher, what's wrong with the child?" If something goes wrong, there must be a demon.

Mr. Yushan said, "Do you remember that Fan He?"

Yue Yao's memory was not so bad, and she nodded: "Brother Xu's three brothers fought in the school, just to give that child a head?" What's wrong with that kid?"

Mr. Yushan sighed heavily and said: "Some time ago, Fan He's grandmother died of illness, and after the three children went to see Fan He, they were very sensible, and this time they heard that you were sick, and several children were scared, if I hadn't stopped them, they would have come to look for you that night." Mr. Yushan knew that when the three children heard that Yueyao was sick, they must have been worried that Yueyao was the same as Fan He's grandmother, so he was in a hurry to visit Yueyao in Suzhou.

Yueyao's nose was sore, her tears almost fell, she was busy with her own business, and she neglected to take care of a few children.

Mr. Yushan said with a smile: "The child is sensible and knows that he feels sorry for you and worries about you, this is a good thing, what is there to be sad about." ”

Yueyao felt that she owed a few children.

Mr. Yushan couldn't help but sigh when he heard this: "There are gains and losses, but the children are now older and sensible, you don't have to think so much, the young eagle is big, you have to learn to fly by yourself." "Yueyao is busy with her own affairs, and she definitely doesn't have so much time and energy to take care of the children.

Yueyao felt guilty and was ready to accompany the child more, but how did she know, but the three brothers did not approve, and said in unison: "Mother, you are busy with your go!" We're fine. "As long as the mother is well, they don't worry.

The next day, the three brothers very consciously wrote in the study in the morning.

Mingzhu said with emotion after knowing it: "The three children are so sensible and obedient, if Brother Yao and Brother Yao are like them, I won't worry." "For the sake of two mischievous children, she didn't know how much hair she had lost.

Yue Yao smiled bitterly: "I feel so uncomfortable when I see them so sensible!" People are very complicated, in the past, children made trouble, Yueyao especially hoped that they could be well-behaved and obedient, now the child knows to be considerate of her, Yueyao is very uncomfortable, but hopes that they are as carefree as the capital.

Mingzhu didn't say that Yueyao didn't know the blessing in the blessing: "When you are a mother, you just have a heart that can't be finished." ”

Yue Yao now has a deep understanding of this.

Mingzhu talked to Yueyao about another thing: "The invitations have been sent out, and I don't know if they will come." Mingzhu began to worry that letting Yue Yao go to meet the male guest would be gossiped about, but after she finished reading the list drawn up by Yue Yao, there was no objection to half a word, because these people were all under the age of fifty.

After Mingzhu finished speaking, he said, "Yueyao, what if they don't come?" These people are all famous, and even Niu Yanghui can't be invited.

Yueyao chuckled: "What is there to worry about, if you don't come, you won't come, it's impossible to ask for the door." "These people invited by Yueyao are all in her field, and it would be a bit of an exaggeration to come all of them, but only half of them are enough.

Contrary to Yueyao's expectations, not only did the invited people come, but also two very different characters from Mount Tai, one is Liu Lao, a great painter whose fame is second only to Mr. Yushan, and the other is Minglin Academy, which is in charge of the most famous academy in Suzhou, and Zhu Lao, who is full of peach and plums.

Mr. Yushan saw that Yue Yao was a little flattered, and said with a smile: "Liu Lao has a deep friendship with me, I invite him, and he will definitely come; In addition, Zhu Lao and Wen Laohua are classmates and friends, and he will not shirk it for the sake of Wen Lao's face. ”

Yue Yao immediately asked people to bring all three sons with them.

The invited painters and calligraphy masters all came, in fact, half of them were for Mr. Yushan's sake, of course, the most important thing is that they also agreed with Yueyao.

Now the streets and alleys of Suzhou are not only praising Yueyao's sky-high paintings, but also accompanied by Yueyao's twenty years of hard work, these things are released to Wei, and Xiang Wei began to care about the criticism outside, but the rumors outside are becoming more and more unlike, she feels that someone behind the scenes is making a bad thing, and deliberately put out Yueyao's hard work of practicing calligraphy and painting over the years, which is very good, the wind direction has changed, and the invited guests naturally know the rumors outside.

In this meeting, Mr. Yushan was there, and everyone was more face-saving, and in the middle, Zhu Lao smiled and asked Yueyao to write a plum blossom seal for everyone to watch.

After all, she is only twenty-five years old this year, compared with the people present, she is too young to test it, and it is not too much to test it, and the plum blossom seal character is not only to see her calligraphy skills, but also enough to verify her painting skills.

Zhu Lao looked at the first word written by Yue Yao, and couldn't help but nodded, they are all experts, as soon as they make a move, they know how Shui Huai is, Zhu Lao said: "Lao Dong, you have a good vision, and you have accepted a disciple who inherits the mantle!" Twenty years ago, Wen Chengxiang said that Yueyao had a talent for painting, but because she was a girl, none of them paid attention to it, but they didn't expect that this girl would reach such a high level in twenty years.

Liu Lao smiled and said: "Lao Dong has taken a big advantage, if An Yi accepted this girl as the first son back then, there would be nothing to do with Lao Dong." "An Yi is Wen Chengxiang's character, and he is from the same clan as Fei Ge'er's husband, Wen Lao.

Mr. Yushan smiled and said, "Speaking of which, Old Man Wen accepted my apprentice grandson, which is also his luck. ”

Zhu Lao quipped while listening: "Lao Meng is eccentric, such a good seedling only thinks about Lao Wen." "Zhu Lao had already heard that Mr. Wen had accepted a talented and hard-working child, so he came to meet him, and when he saw Fei Ge'er, Zhu Lao felt that Mr. Wen had picked up a treasure this time, and the child already had everyone's demeanor at a young age.

Mr. Tamayama was very proud.

Yue Yao didn't go back until the evening, and when she left, Liu Lao smiled and said: "There are seven sages in ancient times, and Zichang also imitates the ancients to make a painting today, Lao Dong, what do you think of my proposal?" Only when they come up with questions can they better see Yueyao's level.

Mr. Yushan smiled and said, "Okay, but after this painting is completed, you can't paint it with Zi Changsuo." In fact, Mr. Yushan also has this intention in his heart.

Liu Lao laughed: "Naturally not." ”

Others also want to see what the paintings drawn by Yue Yao this time will look like? can let Mr. Yushan deliberately build momentum for her.