"Cousin Xie and Miss Wei are really close, I wonder when the two of you met?"

"We met at a banquet."

As if she didn't notice Xie Ning's cold attitude, Xia Rouyu still smiled lightly: "That's a coincidence, didn't Miss Wei and I also meet at the banquet today?" ”

Scold. Shainin raised his eyebrows without a trace. For Xia Rouyu's courteous overture, she didn't show any look on her face, but she was quite impatient in her heart.

On the other hand, Wei Qingcheng only nodded perfunctorily and boarded the boat.

This lake is not too big, Xie Ning stood by the boat, and he could still see Mrs. Wei and the others on the other side of the lotus garden.

All of them brought their maids, and because of the summer heat, they all stayed on the shore. Following them to the boat, except for Mama Qin, there was only one servant woman rowing the boat.

Mama Qin didn't come in, and there were only five of them sitting around the cabin. Xie Ning was next to Gao Yiyan on the left and Xia Rouyu on the right, and Wei Qingcheng, who was sitting opposite her, was also separated by a small distance.

Although the seat was unsatisfactory, Xie Ning was not bored and sat down, holding in the room for so many days, she was finally able to come out to relax, she couldn't miss this opportunity, it was only right to see the scenery more.

"What is Cousin Xie looking at?"

Hearing Gao Yiyao's inquiry, Xie Ning withdrew his gaze from the cabin, turned his head and said, "It's just the first time I came to the door, and I want to take a closer look at the scenery of the Guogong Mansion." ”

Gao Yiyao bowed slightly, with a slight smile on her face, "The scenery of the Guogong Mansion is indeed beautiful, no wonder Cousin Xie is so fascinated by it." In my opinion, we should make a few paintings to live up to this great scenery. ”

As soon as this proposal for painting came out, Xia Rouyu was the first to respond: "Boating and painting is very interesting. ”

Nowadays, the gathering between the girls in the boudoir is either to chant poetry and paint, or to play the piano and play the zheng, although Xie Ning has long been used to it, but he is still not good at this, so he did not echo it.

Gao Yiyan, who is only a little stronger than her, is naturally a half-ass, although it is her sister's proposal, she still looks uninterested, looking out lazily, and does not quarrel with Xie Ning beside her.

Since Xie Ning sent a letter to Gao Yiyan on the day of the fight, Gao Yiyan has never come to trouble her again, and even if she encounters it, she will try her best to turn a blind eye to her posture like now.

Seeing Gao Yiyan's transformation in his eyes, Xie Ning was happy to see it, but he had to secretly speculate that Gu Qingyun played a role in the situation of being able to have such a worry-free situation today.

"Mrs. Wei also told me that Sister Wei is a must-have in Danqing, I wonder if Yiyao can have this honor and paint with Sister Wei?"

Gao Yiyao's voice came from the cold in his ears, and Xie Ning pulled back his thoughts that were drifting away at some point, and sighed secretly.

borrowed the names of "Old Lady Wei" and "Danqing Yiju", as soon as Gao Yiyao said this, she was afraid that it would be difficult for Wei Tingcheng to refuse.

After two or three contacts, Xie Ning already knows Wei Xiaomei's temperament very well. In her opinion, Wei Xiaomei is not bad at socializing, but she is shy by nature and doesn't like to socialize with people

If it's a like-minded person, I'm afraid she can also talk to the other party endlessly. If she doesn't agree, it will be difficult for her to say a few words to the other party. And Gao Yiyao obviously belongs to the latter.

Although she didn't know the reason why she didn't like Gao Yiyao, Xie Ning could see from some of her small actions that she was nervous and helpless when dealing with Gao Yiyan. For example, at this time, Wei Xiaomei bit her lip unnaturally, and her breathing suddenly became rapid.

"According to what Miss Gao said," Wei Qingcheng turned his head to look for the servant woman rowing behind him, and called softly: "Zhou Niang, can there be paper and pen on the boat?" ”

The reply soon came from outside the cabin, "Miss, wait." ”

After a few moments, the boat was leaning against the shore. The servant woman went inside, looked for a pen and paper, handed it to the small table, and then retreated out of the cabin.

Xiaozhou rowed up leisurely, looking at several readily available pen, ink, paper, inkstones, and paints, Xie Ning had to sigh: here and now, it is indeed very suitable for painting.

Because it is summer, there is only a thin layer of white gauze on both sides of the cabin roof, and if you want to watch the scenery, you don't have to reach out to lift it.

Gao Yiyao and Wei Chengcheng discussed two sentences, then each held a pen, lowered his head and drew on both sides of the rice paper. Xie Ning sat opposite, and deliberately observed the movements of the two of them.

Qin Feng once told her that a total of eight talents were examined in the female official examination. This painting is one of them, and she has not forgotten it.

Wei Tingcheng's pen is gentle and soothing, and with a flick of his wrist, he outlines a scene. Xie Ning was fascinated by it, so he listened to Xia Rouyu say: "With the same picture, Miss Wei and Cousin Yao really have a tacit understanding." I saw that Rouyu was quite itchy, and I happened to read a good poem from a poetry collection a few days ago, I don't know if my cousin would like to write an inscription for me? ”

It's just an inscription, and it's not that difficult. What's more, Xia Rouyu already has the corresponding verses, Gao Yiyan naturally won't refuse, and after nodding her head, she took a brush from a few and dipped it in ink.

The people sitting in the same seat, the paintings they painted, the paintings they wrote, they were busy, and when they looked at it, only Shainin had nothing to do. Looking at the people who were bowing their heads, Xie Ning did not feel the embarrassment of being left aside, but was glad that Gao Yiyan had changed her temperament and no longer invited her to "show her talent". After all, with her level, it is better to sit on the sidelines like this and observe their pen movements little by little.

The boat circled twice on the lake in the lotus garden, and the two paintings were completed. The inscription poems and paintings made by Gao Yiyan and Xia Rouyu only depicted a scene by the pavilion, but Wei Tingcheng and Gao Yiyao painted the entire lotus garden.

When he saw this lotus garden picture, Xie Ning's heart was actually shocked. Although Wei Tingcheng has not lived in the capital for a long time, she should already know very well about the Wei Mansion in the past two or three months, but Gao Yiyao is only the first time to come to the Wei State Mansion, but she can paint the lotus garden scenery so realistically, which is exactly the same as the half painted by Wei Tingcheng, and it has to be said that she has put a lot of thought into it.

Remembering so many subtleties and depicting them on paper one by one, at least Shainin asked herself, she couldn't do it.

Holding two paintings of the lotus garden scenery, the five of them went to the banquet place where they met Mrs. Wei when they came. Xie Ning was keenly aware of Mama Qin's cold gaze, and couldn't help but be a little confused, but when he walked in front of Old Madam Wei, he still put away the confused expression on his face in time.

I heard that these young ladies painted two paintings, and when Mrs. Wei learned about the process of painting, she couldn't help but have more favor for Gao Yiyao, "It's a shame that I still boast about the Danqing of the city, and Gao Yatou's painting skills are exquisite." ”

(Today, due to the late update, I forgot to set a timer, I'm very sorry, and I ask for your forgiveness.) ）