The next day, in the painting class, the master commented on the paintings of several people.

Su Lingyin's painting ranks first, her painting is lifelike, and a group of fish seems to come alive under her brush, which has won the praise of her master. Then came the second, the master picked up another painting, paused, and said with emotion: "The nine girls have benefited a lot from their painting. ”

Su Lingrong was stunned, and immediately threw an incredulous look at Su Xi.

Also, in the past, Su Lingyin was the first in the painting class, and she was ranked second, but now Su Xi's painting has won the second, no wonder Su Lingrong is uneasy!

Then, the master announced the remaining ones, Su Lingrong was third, Su Lingran was fourth, and Su Lingyun was last.

Su Lingrong raised her hand and said, "Master, can you let us take a look at the painting of the Ninth Sister?" ”

The master taught the painter to send down the paintings of the five people one by one, and Su Lingrong and Su Lingyun came to Su Xi's table to watch Su Xi's paintings.

I have to say that Su Xi's paintings are indeed a bit interesting. She knows her shortcomings very well, because she does not draw a large area of fish like her fourth cousin Su Lingyin, she only picked two distinctive carp, one red and one gold, two carp you chase after me, open their round fish mouths to grab food from each other, the picture is vivid and lively, people want to sprinkle a handful of fish food into the fish mouth, so that they don't fight.

Su Lingrong was silent for a moment, originally thinking that the master had looked away, but when she looked at it herself, she also felt that Su Xi had drawn well. It's just that I'm still a little unconvinced, and after the painting class is over, I tear my paintings into pieces in three or two and throw them into a pool in front of the Jiusi Study House.

Su Lingyun comforted: "Fifth sister don't be angry, Sister Xi is just opportunistic, if you draw well this time, you may not be able to win next time." Besides, what's the use of just drawing, in the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, this painting can be ranked last. ”

In the past, Su Lingyun ranked fourth, and Su Xi was at the bottom, but now Su Xi has jumped to second, and Su Lingyun has become the last place, and she is naturally not happy.

As everyone knows, these words poked Su Lingrong's weakness, Su Lingrong is not Fu Yi, Fu Yi can do piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs, and the only thing Su Lingrong can do is painting and endorsement. And the endorsement was still read by her in private, so she memorized it with great difficulty. Hearing Su Lingyun's words now, Su Lingrong glared at her fiercely and said, "You shut up for me." "Stride away.

Su Lingyun offended her somewhere, and chased after her: "Fifth sister, wait for me." ”

*

Here Su Lingyin, Su Lingran and Su Xi walked out of the study together, Su Lingyin said: "Youyou's painting is really good this time, even I can't paint such a charm, I didn't expect you to make such a big progress." ”

Su Xi knew that Su Lingyin was modest, her paintings had always been exquisite, and her own paintings were nothing in front of her.

Su Lingran didn't have much interest in painting and piano, and didn't want to talk about it, so she said, "Fifth brother gave me a blue-eyed snow-white cat yesterday, it's very beautiful, do you want to see it?" I'll take it out and let's have fun. ”

Su Xi has liked cats and dogs since she was a child, and her eyes lit up when she heard this, and she nodded.

Su Lingran asked them to wait in the backyard pavilion, and she went back to the house and hugged the cat. Su Xi was not in a hurry to go back to the house, so he went to the backyard of the Governor's Mansion with Su Lingrong, and after waiting for about a quarter of an hour, Su Lingran came in a hurry with the cat in her arms.

The cat was indeed beautiful, and there was not a trace of stray hair on its body, as white as if it had just rolled out of the snow. Su Xi liked it when she saw it, took a piece of milk cake from the maid's hand, broke it, and fed it to the kitten. Soon the cat became familiar with Su Xi, swirling around her feet from time to time, and stretched out his tongue to gently lick Su Xi's palm.

Su Lingran smiled and said, "This cat is really close to Sister Xi. ”

Su Xi asked, "Does it have a name?" ”

Su Lingran shook her head and said, "I only got it yesterday, and I haven't had time to name it yet." ”

Su Xi thought for a while, her apricot eyes were crooked like two crescent moons, "Eighth sister, how about you call it a sugar snowball?" ”

Su Lingran tasted it twice and praised: "This name is good, just call it this name." Sister Xi'er, you are too good at naming names. "Aren't snow and sugar all white? In addition, this cat is born round, and the name "Sugar Snowball" is very flattering to it.

The three little girls sat in the pavilion for a while, during which Sugar Snowball ran out dishonestly. Su Xi got up to chase after it, but he didn't expect the cat to look quite round and not run slowly. Su Xi chased for a while, but still didn't catch up, but in the blink of an eye, the cat disappeared without a trace.

Su Xi walked down a path and looked around: "Sugar snowballs? ”

There was a thin and low "Mi woo" overhead, and Su Xi looked up and saw Sugar Snowball lying on the plum branch, looking at her with blue eyes. Although the plum tree is not tall, Su Xi is out of reach of the sugar snowball, Su Xi raised his hands and called: "Sugar snowball, come down quickly." ”

Unmoved, Sugar Snowball yelled at her twice. Su Xi realized that it was in a strange posture, and after taking a closer look, it turned out that the cat was too fat, and its body was stuck between two branches, not that it didn't want to come down, but that it couldn't get down!

Su Xi turned around and wanted to ask the maid for help, but when she chased the sugar snowball, she threw the listening geese and the crane away, and now the two have not yet found it. There was no way, Su Xi had to stand on tiptoe enough, her hand was only half a palm away from the cat's body, and it was this half palm that made Su Xi enough for a long time.

Sugar Snowball's voice became weaker and weaker, Su Xi was in a hurry, jumped up, and finally supported Sugar Snowball's body with both hands, and successfully saved it.

The sugar snowball "meowed" and pounced on Su Xi's neck socket. Su Xi was hit by it and took a few steps back, her lips curved slightly, and said with a smile: "See if you dare to go to such a high place next time......" It's just that before the sentence was finished, Su Xi's eyes swept to the person standing diagonally opposite, and she was stunned, and the second half of the sentence was swallowed back into her stomach by her.

The soft and smiling voice stopped abruptly, and the atmosphere suddenly fell silent.

*

Wei Feng stood under a pear tree, wearing a moon-white embroidered gold treasure chest pattern, perhaps because the position was relatively hidden, Su Xi never noticed him, let alone when he stood there. Right now, Su Xi was holding the cat in his arms, and the smile on his lips didn't have time to put away, standing in place, not knowing for a while whether to come forward to say hello or pretend not to see it.

How could Wei Feng be in the second grandfather's mansion?

Su Xi bit her lip, and this hesitation missed the best time to turn around and leave.

Wei Feng's face was calm, and his gaze lowered slightly, falling on Su Xi's wrist.

Just to reach the cat, her sleeve slipped halfway, revealing half of her arm. The skin was so white that it was dazzling to the eyes, like a green onion and tender bamboo shoots, and the turquoise jade bracelet on the wrist was also moist and shiny. In just a moment, Wei Feng remembered the closed window of the Yuhe Building on the day he returned to Beijing, and the hand that closed the window was wearing the same jade bracelet as this one.

Su Xi followed his line of sight and looked down, his face changed slightly, and he quickly pulled his sleeves to cover his arms. It's impossible to pretend not to see it now, Su Xi nodded at him slightly, said hello, and was about to leave.

Anyway, she didn't know Wei Feng's identity at this time, so naturally she didn't need to salute.

Who knew that the lobby brother Su Qi came out of nowhere, and came up and said: "Tingzhou, I have been looking for you for a long time, why did you come here?" ”

Wei Tingzhou is the word for Wei Feng.

Wei Feng retracted his gaze and said lightly: "Seeing that the pear blossoms are blooming well here, I will come and take a walk." ”

Su Qi smiled lightly, "I didn't know you still liked pear blossoms." If it weren't for the people who saw you standing here for a long time, I am afraid I would not have been able to find this place. ”

Su Qi is the eldest son of the Governor's Mansion, eighteen this year, and is as old as Su Xi's second brother Su Zhi. After Su Qi approached, he saw Su Xi standing a few steps away, and was slightly surprised, "Sister Xi is also there?" ”

Su Xi was afraid that Su Qi would misunderstand, so he raised the fat cat in his arms and explained, "I'm here to find the eighth sister's cat, Brother Lobby." ”

Speaking of this, she remembered what Su Qi said just now. If Wei Feng really stood here for a long time, then he must have also seen her hard work to get enough sugar snowball, and he actually watched her jump up and down, standing by and watching?

If this is the case, Su Xi thought silently, this person is still as impersonal as when he was a child.

Su Yu was surprised, and immediately smiled: "That is the case, presumably you and Ting Zhou have also met." He said: "Tingzhou is the son of the Qi Wangfu, and his biological mother, Princess Qi, and my mother are sisters, so you should still call Tingzhou a cousin." ”

Wei Feng's biological mother, Princess Xue of Qi, died seven years ago, and the current Princess Yuan of Qi is supported by the side concubine. Therefore, this cousin is really a table of three thousand miles. thought so in his heart, but Su Xi said obediently on his face: "Cousin Tingzhou." ”

Su Xi has learned this very well from the Yin family since she was a child, no matter what occasion she faces, no matter how many people she doesn't want to see, she can show excellent manners and pretend to be well-behaved and sensible in front of others.

Of course, it would have been better if it hadn't been for the jade bean cake incident when I was a child.

Wei Feng looked at her, and Shaoqing responded slowly, "Cousin Xi." ”

Su Xi must not know that although her expression was very sincere and her smile was just right, her round apricot eyes couldn't deceive people. There was a touch of reluctance in her eyes, very quickly, and then the dark and bright apricot eyes bent, and the thick eyelashes blinked like butterfly wings, and the reluctance disappeared. Probably because of the cat, the little girl's face is flushed, her facial features are exquisite, she can enter the painting with a smile and a smile, and when she looks at people with big eyes at the moment, she is more cute than the cat in her arms.

Su Qi seemed to suddenly remember something, and said, "Just now when I came out with Tingzhou, I met Master Qiu, who taught painting, and Master Qiu praised your painting work for making great progress. Qiu Fuzi has always been strict, but I haven't seen him praise like this for a long time, which makes me more and more curious about what the ninth sister has drawn. ”

Su Xi didn't think that the master who taught painting would actually praise himself to Su Qi, and he was heard by Wei Feng. Su Xi knows what level his painting is, and it is still a little fun to play between their sisters, if it is placed in front of the talented Wei Feng, it will be purely an axe.

Su Xi said: "It's just a picture of Pisces playing in the water, Qiu Fuzi praised it, and the painting painted by the fourth sister is applauded." ”

Su Yi recognized this very much, Sister Yin'er's paintings have always been the most vivid, but he didn't look down on Su Xi. "If it weren't for Tingzhou's best at drawing landscapes, it wouldn't be suitable for your girl's family, otherwise you could ask Tingzhou for advice."

Su Xi has seen the "Alpine Flowing Water Map" painted by Wei Feng, and it has spread from Qizhou to Shangjing, which is enough to see how many people are sought after. It is indeed a good painting, between the clouds and flowing water, the meaning of the majestic atmosphere, a painting will be a leisurely, comfortable attitude to life all revealed on the paper.

Su Xi subconsciously looked at Wei Feng on the side, and saw that Wei Feng's face was light, and he neither agreed nor disagreed. However, a cold and unapproachable person like Wei Feng should not like others to cause him trouble, right? Su Xi said with interest: "No need, thank you Brother Lobby and Cousin Tingzhou for their kindness, Master Qiu's painting skills are also very good, I can learn a lot from him." ”

At this time, Tingyan and Tinghe came here, Su Xi said goodbye to the two, and left with the sugar snowball.

*

Tingyan and Tinghe saw the two sons standing in the distance, and couldn't help but worry: "Girl, who are you with......

Su Xi said calmly: "I just found Sugar Snowball here, and said a few words to Brother Lobby, why did you come?" ”

said a word easily, without even mentioning Wei Feng, and threw the question to Tingyan and the others.

Listening to the goose and listening to the crane really admitted their mistake and said: "It's all the slaves and maids who are not good, and they went the wrong way for a while, and the girl is fine, right?" ”

Su Xi said that it was okay and walked towards the pavilion.

Walking and walking, I somehow remembered Wei Feng again.

Su Xi not only knew why Jinshang suddenly summoned King Qi back to Beijing, but also knew that in a few years, the world would change hands. Today's heirs are thin, and there is only one prince Wei Hong under his knees, but unfortunately Wei Hong was born deaf and dumb, and it is difficult to ascend to the throne. This throne could not be passed to a man who could not speak or hear, so the officials began to think of a son, either the emperor should give birth to a prince quickly, or choose a talented prince from among the princes of the domain. As for the former, there are more than forty or fifty people today, and it is difficult to have another one. In addition, the body is becoming more and more depleted today, and the conditions do not allow it, so that only the latter can be considered.

Emperor Zhaoyuan has only two surviving brothers, one is Wei Liankun, the king of Qi, and the other is the expedition of Wang Wei of Yu.

The king of Qi had three sons-in-law, and the king of Yu had two, and the position of prince was chosen among these five people in the future.

Emperor Zhaoyuan didn't want too many people to know about this, and planned to secretly observe these five people for a period of time, and then make a decision, because there were not many people who knew the inside story, maybe even King Qi and King Yu themselves didn't know.

When the vassal king returned to Beijing this time, the reason why most people only paid attention to King Qi and ignored King Yu was because Wei Shizi's light was too strong.

In the end, the result of the establishment of the reserve was both reasonable and unexpected by many people.

It is not Wei Yuan, the prince of King Yu, who is highly praised by the courtiers, but Wei Feng, the prince of Qi who is the prince of Weiwu.