Chen Houji and Qin Xu did not stay long.

The two talked with Chen Houyun until midnight, and the next morning, they returned to the army. Master Shen Si was not interested in participating in their conversation at all, but after learning a little about the current situation of the two nephews, he went back to talk to Mrs. Shen Si.

Shen Rouning went to find Chen Houyun as usual in the afternoon of the next day.

When she went, Chen Houyun was not in the study. Shen Rouning began to look through the manuscript that seemed to have just been written on Chen Houyun's desk, and looked at it with relish.

"Ah Ning is here." Chen Houyun walked in and said kindly: "Listen to Houji, you don't want to go back to the capital?" He touched Shen Rouning's head lovingly, and said, "Young girl, don't worry too much. ”

"Just do what you love."

He seemed to know Shen Rouning's worries from Chen Houji and the others.

Shen Rouning walked away and did not answer.

Chen Houyun sat down, and while sorting out the manuscript paper on the desktop, he asked casually, "Are you going to send some eyeliner to the palace?" It's not easy. Even if you succeed in arranging people, it is difficult to spread the news if there is really news. After all, we in the Chen family don't have anyone who can walk in the big house. ”

If you can't get the news, it's useless to arrange people.

Shen Rou was stunned.

Chen Houyun said again: "However, you have the idea of taking precautions, which is good." Your concubine, grandfather has actually made arrangements so that she won't hurt you. ”

Shen Rouning was stunned again: "Grandfather arranged someone next to your concubine?" ”

Chen Houyun smiled kindly at Shen Rouning when he heard this, and blinked his eyes deliberately. A "you know" expression.

Shen Rouning quickly understood-

Chen Gong is a wise person, a concubine disobediently picked up Gao Zhi and flew up, and Gao Zhi was even related to the survival of the family, how could he not care and not be vigilant. How can it just be a show of indifference and drawing a line.

If Chen Gong didn't have any arrangements at all, I am afraid that it would be difficult to stand in the officialdom for so many years. And Chen Guifei is the concubine of the Chen family, and it is really easiest for Chen Gong to arrange something around her.

Think about the last time.

Chen Guifei wanted to threaten Chen Gong with her pregnancy, and Chen Gong wrote a concubine release book one step earlier. I haven't written the book for many years, but I wrote it at a critical time...... How can this be intriguing.

She had always thought. Chen Gongneng was one step ahead. It's because of being vigilant enough. It turns out that there are other reasons for this.

But even if she understood this, Shen Rouning still didn't give up her plans.

Be prepared.

You can never use the best.

But what if it does? Isn't it?

When Chen Houyun saw Shen Rouning's face, he knew her plan. He didn't talk about it anymore, saying that the manuscript paper in his hand was neatly put away. Spread out the new paper. smiled and said, "Trouble Ah Ning to grind for me." ”

Shen Rouning also reined in her thoughts.

Chen Houyun's travelogue. Almost all of them will be illustrated. It's just that his paintings are very concise, but they are only slightly sketched. Didn't bother much. Like, it's just a casual drawing.

Time flies, and soon it is November, and it is time for Chen Houyun to also leave for Beijing. His travelogue is almost complete. Shen Rouning also copied a copy.

Before leaving, he gave Shen Rouning another wooden box, and said to Shen Rouning gently: "Ah Ning, open it and take a look." ”

Shen Rouning took it curiously, opened it and saw that there was a book inside. The cover of the book has some characters written on it that I don't recognize, and it looks very strange. Shen Rouning raised her eyes and asked Chen Houyun.

"This is a Westerner I met in the south and got it from him, and there are some Western painting techniques on it...... These techniques are different from our Han Chinese ink danqing, but they coincide with the techniques you are experimenting and pursuing, which can be regarded as a kind of fate......"

Speaking of this, he looked at Shen Rouning's gaze, full of relief.

He didn't expect that Shen Rouning had her own ideas in the way of painting at a young age, and she was willing to study it for it, and she was not confined to one style. What she didn't expect was that these ideas of hers already existed somewhere in the world.

Shen Rouning was very surprised when she heard this, and hurriedly and carefully opened the book.

As soon as she opened it, she was fascinated by the brilliant and realistic colors on it, and quickly read the whole book, her eyes stopped on the last illustration, and she did not come back to her senses for a long time.

The last picture was apparently drawn later, not printed. The painting is actually very ordinary, but a clay pot stands on the table, and a few sunflowers are inserted in the clay pot, and two red apples are placed on the side, one is very square, and the other is crooked, as if it can roll down with a slight shake.

What made Shen Rouning shake was not the painting itself-

Even if the skills are different, some things are figured out. She could see that in fact, this last painting was not very good, and it was more realistic, but it did not have any charm. A work without Shen Yun cannot be considered a good work.

To his shock, the painting was painted with a thick gouache-like substance. Even because of the passage of time, some gouaches have some traces of drying and cracking.

Is this also a pigment?

Shen Rouning gently stroked it for a long time before she settled down, and then looked at the old book, only to find that the words on it were all the same strange characters as on the cover, and she didn't know any of them.

"When I met that Westerner, I learned their script with him for a while." Chen Houyun pointed to another thin booklet in the box and said, "I reluctantly translated the above content, and I don't know if it's correct." Well, my time to study with the Westerner was too short, and he left in a hurry. But eighty percent of them are right. ”

"Ah Ning has a lot of ideas, and I think the content of this book should inspire you...... But you don't have to stick to this book......" he smiled and said, "Otherwise, I'll delay you." ”

Shen Rouning didn't immediately look at those translations.

She put the book back away, closed the box, and asked Chen Houyun, "Since my cousin has such a book, why didn't you give it to me earlier?" Although she has been with Chen Houyun for most of these days, she has not given up experimenting with her own ideas and tinkering with some paints or something.

It's just that the time to study with the dyeing master has been postponed.

Chen Houyun's smile was even kinder, and he said, "First, it takes time to translate; Well, I don't know any of these techniques, if Ah Ning comes to ask me for advice, I can't say anything, isn't it very shameless? (To be continued......)