A month later, Yueyao's drawing was finished. Yue Yao personally sent the painting to Duanwang's Mansion.

Princess Duan looked at the Guanyin Bodhisattva painted by Yueyao, and was overjoyed, and said three good words one after another, and then immediately ordered someone to hang it in the Buddha hall.

The county lord of Wanhe said happily: "Mother, I said that Yueyao's Guanyin Bodhisattva is very well painted, you still don't believe it, now believe it!" Mother, don't forget my reward! ”

Princess Duan was in a happy mood, "Naturally, you are indispensable." ”

Princess Duan also rewarded Yueyao with things.

Yue Yao looked at the mahogany box and knew that the contents were very valuable. Yue Yao didn't want to accept it, and hurriedly said: "Princess, last time, the courtier boldly proposed conditions to the princess, and she must not accept such a valuable gift again. "Yueyao means that Princess Duan has already given her a big dignity, and she must not be courteous anymore.

Princess Duan smiled when she heard this, and felt that Yueyao was too sincere.

Lord Wanhe said with a smile on the side: "Yueyao, since my mother has rewarded you, you can afford it." If you don't feel at ease, draw a few more pictures for your mother in the future. ”

Yue Yao hurriedly said: "The princess forgives the sins, the county lord forgives the sins, it takes a lot of effort to paint a picture, so I can only paint two or three paintings a year, and I also ask the princess and the county lord to forgive the sins." ”

Princess Duan was surprised, she originally thought that Yue Yao would use her to raise her worth, but she didn't expect this girl to be unwilling to paint more.

Lord Wanhe smiled: "I didn't give you any paintings I asked you for last time, and now I say that I only paint three paintings a year, are you reluctant to spread your paintings?" ”

Yue Yao felt that Wanhe County Lord was really tricky, if it weren't for herself, where would she be here. Yueyao said: "It's the courtier's painting skills that are not good, so I don't dare to paint more." ”

Princess Duan said with a smile: "As long as the products are all high-quality products, it doesn't matter if there are less." "People have to keep improving, and they can't force a few rough pictures.

Yue Yao breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you, princess, county lord." ”

Princess Duan said with a smile: "Gifts must be satisfactory, so you can't be busy for so long." ”

Before Yueyao could speak, the maid next to her opened the box. As soon as the box was opened, a scent of ink entered the tip of Yue Yao's nose.

Yue Yao turned her head and saw that it was not the precious jewelry she imagined, but two pieces of ink.

Yue Yao is a knowledgeable person, and she knows that this is not ordinary ink, but she has never seen this shape of ink! Yueyao actually has all the shortcomings of a scholar, that is, once she encounters something that makes her heart, she can't distinguish the occasion. She didn't care about Princess Duan and Wanhe County Lord, who were present, she reached out and held the ink in her hand to look at it carefully, and even sniffed it.

Lord Wanhe was dumbfounded.

Princess Duan looked at Yue Yao's expression, the smile on her face became more and more kind, and she said deliberately: "Since you don't like it, I'll pick another gift for you." ”

Hearing this, Yue Yao hurriedly said: "Princess Niangniang, I like it very much, really, very much." After saying this, the piece of ink in his hand was held tightly, and his eyes were still staring at the ink in the box, as if he was afraid that someone would take it.

Wanhe County Lord couldn't help it, and laughed out loud, she didn't expect that Yueyao, who looked calm as an adult in the past, would also be so funny.

It was also the first time for Xiang Wei to see such a stupid Yueyao, and she couldn't bear to look at it.

Princess Duan was also smiling and said, "If you like it, I think you often practice calligraphy and use a lot of ink, so I gave you two pieces of ink." "Since Yueyao has practiced three fonts, and each font has been practiced very well, it must have taken a lot of effort, and it is also very appropriate to send ink, but I didn't expect this kid to like it so much.

Yueyao's face was full of joy, "Thank you, princess." ”

When Yueyao left the palace, she quickly opened the box next to her, took the two pieces of ink inside, and looked at them carefully. She had a lot of good ink in her hands, but none of them could match the two in front of her. The royal is worthy of being the royal family, and you can get such a good thing as soon as you make a move.

Xiang Wei looked at Yueyao's stupid expression and said with a smile: "I don't know who said that I hope to go to the princes and nobles' houses less in the future, and also said that I will go to Zhuangzi in the countryside in a few days." ”

Yue Yao looked up and said strangely: "I'm going to go to Zhuangzi in the countryside in two days!" What's wrong? After a pause, she reacted to Xiang Wei's words, and Yue Yao said with a smile: "Of course, if you can get such good things from time to time, it is also good to deal with them more." ”

Xiang Wei was speechless.

The county lord Wanhe was a little puzzled and asked, "Mother, this is too strange even for the girl. Two pieces of ink made her so happy. "Isn't it just two pieces of broken ink, and it's not some heirloom jewelry, as for it!

Princess Duan said with a smile: "You like jewelry, and people like famous inkstones, what's so strange about this." ”

Lord Wanhe shook his head, "It's not strange, who doesn't like jewelry in the girl's family, and who likes paper, ink, pen and inkstone?" It's like this. ”

Princess Duan smiled and pulled Wanhe's hand and said with a smile: "Green vegetables and radishes have their own love, you can't use your own eyes to judge others." Princess Duan didn't ask her daughter to contact Yueyao, with her daughter's character, she wouldn't like a girl like Yueyao.

Wanhe County Lord still couldn't understand, "The man's words can still make achievements in this industry, and she will not be a husband and a child in the future." "Lord Wanhe felt that what Yue Yao had done was useless.

Princess Duan smiled, and did not continue the topic with Wanhe County Lord, but talked about something else. Lord Wanhe also quickly shifted his target.

Yueyao returned to Mafu and went to find Zhuang Ruolan, and Ma Peng happened to be there.

Zhuang Ruolan looked at Yueyao's smile on her face and asked, "What, what's the big thing?" "It's rare for Yueyao to have such emotions leaking out, and it's even less pitiful when she's so happy.

Yue Yao said that she got two pieces of ink, "These two pieces of ink should be the best ink made by the Huizhou Mo family." "Can it be used by the royal family, can it be bad? It's definitely top-notch.

Zhuang Ruolan knew that Yueyao had the aura of a literati, but it was not much of a surprise.

Ma Peng became interested, "Why should you say it should be?" ”

Yue Yao had never seen such ink, but she felt that they were similar to those described in the book, so she thought they should be.

Ma Peng didn't have Yueyao's knowledge when he said it, so he said very interestingly: "If you can't be sure, let your father appreciate it." ”

Yueyao thought for a while, and after Ma Chengteng went on a business, she really took two pieces of ink to find Ma Chengteng and let Ma Chengteng appreciate it.

Ma Chengteng's eyes lit up as he looked at the two pieces of ink in Yue Yao's hand, "Where did you get it from?" ”

Ma Chengteng heard that it was rewarded by Princess Duan, nodded his head, and then said to Yueyao: "These two pieces of ink are oil smoke ink, oil smoke ink is made of vegetable oil smoke, and then added kraft glue, real foot musk and other objects to make it, so the ink produced is moist and bright, and the fragrance is refreshing, and your two pieces are even more treasures." ”

Yue Yao smelled the scent of ink in the palace and knew that it was good.

Ma Chengteng said with a smile: "You won the second place in the painting competition that day, and my uncle hasn't given you a gift yet, so I'll make it up for you today." ”

Ma Chengteng also sent a piece of ink to Yueyao, which was an unexpected surprise for Yueyao.

On the second day, Yueyao took a painting scroll to the main courtyard. Yue Yao smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, this is what I painted, I hope you like it." ”

There are only colorful paintings in the room, and Zhuang Ruolan did not avoid the colorful paintings, so she took them and opened them herself. Looking at the things on the painting, Zhuang Ruolan was stunned, the painting showed a woman holding a fat doll, and the two people on the painting were lifelike.

Yueyao knew that Zhuang Ruolan didn't look obvious, but in fact, she knew that Zhuang Ruolan also wanted to have a son. Unfilial piety is great, and there are no heirs, and the pressure is very great.

Yue Yao said: "Cousin-in-law, this is painted after a month of fasting, I have recited the "Guanyin Sutra" to him a thousand times, and I just ask to send my sister-in-law a big fat boy. ”

Zhuang Ruolan touched the fat doll on the painting, turned her head to Yue Yao and smiled: "Yue Yao, I like this gift very much." "He can also breathe a sigh of relief when he gives birth to his son as soon as possible.

Yue Yao smiled: "Sister-in-law's wish is fulfilled, this is the best." ”

Caihua smiled and said, "That's for sure. ”

Yue Shao also said that he was going to the countryside to Zhuangzi. Of course, instead of going to the Zhuangzi last time, Yueyao wanted to go to the Ma family's other village. Yueyao said: "I already told my uncle yesterday, and my uncle agreed. Sister-in-law, I'm going to leave tomorrow. ”

Zhuang Ruolan naturally wouldn't object, her father-in-law agreed, where would she refute, just asked Yueyao to bring more things over.

Xiang Wei said with a smile on the way back: "If the eldest lady really gave birth to a son." When the time comes, you will really be famous in the capital. At that time, the people who begged to send the son Guanyin must have lined up to get outside the city gate. ”

Yue Yao smiled: "Even so, I'm willing, but don't worry about that, I only paint three Buddha statues a year, and I don't paint more, and I don't paint any silver." Yueyao felt that Mr. Yushan might be so angry that he would lose his beard when he knew that she painted Buddha statues.

Zhuang Ruolan personally held this painting to send her son Guanyin back to the bedroom, and then picked up the "Guanyin Sutra" attached by Yueyao and read it three times before giving up.

Caihua smiled on the side: "Miss Yueyao is so careful. "When Madame got this painting, her frowning brow relaxed.

Zhuang Ruolan smiled. Originally, Zhuang Ruolan wanted to ask Yueyao to paint an old Shouweng and give it to Mrs. Tai of the Guogong Mansion, but she didn't expect Yueyao to paint "Sending a Child to Guanyin" for her, but she really liked this painting of Sending a Child to Guanyin. Zhuang Ruolan has always heard Ma Peng say that Yueyao is his lucky star, and she also hopes that this time Yueyao can bring her a lucky star.

Yue Shao wrote a letter to Mingzhu, explaining that she was going to Beizhuang in Mafu, and invited Mingzhu to go with her.

Moon Shake told Mingzhu before going out for the first time. Yue Yao smiled at Xiang Wei's puzzled eyes and said, "Although Mingzhu is in a calm mood now, going out for a walk is also good for her." "It may have passed on the big picture, but after paying so much and finally getting such a result, there is still a scar in the bottom of my heart.

Xiang Wei nodded rarely.