Chapter 44: The Banquet (Part II)
The name of the painter is Chen Zhihua, as the name suggests, she likes to paint, and has an amazing talent for painting.
As we all know, Miss Chen Fuer is a well-known expert in painting, and it is said that the master who taught her to paint said that her students have long been better than the blue in painting.
After teaching Miss Chen Er to draw, he gave this evaluation, and said that he could no longer teach her more knowledge, and Miss Er had already done her best.
I saw Chen Zhihua painting concentrating on painting, quiet and elegant, from her elegant posture you can feel her pleasure in painting, that eyes seem to be staring at the beloved.
Her fingertips seemed to melt with the paper, her eyes were focused, her eyebrows were smiling, and she seemed to be completely happy to draw.
At this moment, the night pearl seems to be a beautiful light sprinkled softly on her, as the saying goes, focused people are the most beautiful, now look at it, isn't it?
Jing Xi has an advantageous position to sit, and from her point of view, she can clearly see the entire painting process of Chen Zhihua.
I saw that she straightened the paper, and simply sketched on it with a pen in her right hand, and in just a few strokes, she drew a mountain, and then there was a calm water, a dense forest, and a flock of geese. With just a few brushstrokes, a magnificent landscape painting was completed under her pen.
In the end, Chen Zhihua also inscribed two lines of poetry in the upper right corner, with amazing eyesight and mental power, Jing Xi clearly saw those two lines of poetry:
Luoxia and lonely birds fly together, and the autumn water is the same color as the sky.
Good poetry, worthy of being a talented woman famous in the capital. Jing Xi sighed secretly.
The whole painting process was quiet and comfortable, and it took less than a pillar of incense to complete this landscape painting.
After putting down the pen, Chen Zhihua stepped forward and saluted, "The courtiers are ugly!" ”
Then there were attendants who took the lead in presenting the painting to the emperor and Niangniang and others to see, and then displayed it, and the attendants also rotated it very intimately to ensure that everyone present could see it.
"Okay, not only is the painting good, but these two poems are also very appropriate, Aiqing, you have raised a good daughter! Reward! ”
After the emperor saw it, he smiled, isn't the landscape painted on this painting the rivers and mountains of the Xia Kingdom, the emperor who was in a happy mood, waved his hand, and rewarded Chen Zhi with some things.
Seeing this, Concubine De on the side also praised her.
"This painting girl is very good, this palace thinks I like it very much, this person is also handsome, but I don't know which son will be cheaper in the future."
Hearing this, Chen Zhihua was a little embarrassed, and a little blush suddenly appeared on his cheeks, and then he took advantage of people's inattention, secretly glanced at someone who was talking to someone, and quickly bowed his head to thank him.
The emperor's praise was followed by thunderous applause, and Imperial Doctor Chen, who was still secretly jealous of Li Shilang's old face just now, also smiled.
The smile on his face was so happy that even his colleagues around him cast envious and jealous glances at them.
Mrs. Chen's mind that his second daughter did not study medicine, but went to learn to paint, also disappeared.
As the imperial physician in the palace, he hoped that his children could learn medical skills and inherit his mantle, and he did not study medicine for his second daughter, but was interested in painting since she was a child.
Although in the end, she still got her daughter's wish and invited a famous painting master professor, but she didn't pay much attention.
Even if the master's evaluation of his daughter was so high, Imperial Doctor Chen, who was always busy on weekdays, didn't pay much attention to it, if he hadn't been praised in front of the emperor this time, he wouldn't have known that the blue in the master's eyes was better than the blue.
After figuring it out, Imperial Physician Chen no longer objected to his daughter learning to paint, and the last bit of mind in his heart was gone, replaced by a debt to his daughter.
After all, it was my neglect of my daughter, and I made up my mind that I would never stop my daughter from painting in the future, but I had to praise her.
Xu is because of Li Yunfang's piano sound and Chen Zhihua's superb painting skills, in these two of them are out of the limelight, and the next lady did not choose to show her piano art and painting skills.
have secretly chosen other talents to avoid losing their novelty and to attract attention.
"Father, I want to learn the piano too." When Chen Zhihua returned to his seat, Jing Xi looked at his father beside him and spoke.
"Oh? You can learn whatever you want, and when you go home, your father will ask your father to invite the master. ”
King Rong is worthy of being a standard daughter slave, and as soon as Jing Xi opened his mouth, he didn't want to accept it.
also asked Gu Yang behind him if he knew any masters with superb piano skills.
"Lord Wang, my subordinates will go back and inquire, and I will definitely invite someone to the palace as soon as possible to teach the county lord piano skills."
Gu Yang in his heart: Lord Wang, I'm just a martial artist, how have I ever heard of this?
muttered in his heart, but he immediately said that he would go back and ask his own lady, I think the lady should know, right?
"Thank you, Daddy." Jing Xi responded sweetly, picked up a piece of pastry with his little hand, handed it to his father's mouth, and motioned him to eat.
"It's delicious." King Rong opened his mouth to bite the pastry, and praised it for being delicious before he had time to taste it.
Hearing this, Jing Xi was happy again, and a smile suddenly appeared on the faces of some baby fat, coquettish and bowing, and the two small pear vortices at the corners of the mouth also unfolded with Jing Xi's smile, which was very cute.
King Rong's heart: Yes! The pastries fed by the girl are delicious.
Jing Xi in his heart: This pastry is so delicious, give it to my father, I will definitely like it.
Gu Yang behind him slandered in his heart, how could the prince ever like to eat sweets on weekdays? It's just because the county lord fed it.
In Jing Xi's eyes, the happiest thing is that all kinds of delicacies in this Xia country can make her very happy, it is one thing to have never tasted it before, but now when she comes here, she has to taste all the delicacies here.
And she handed the food to her father, probably the best way she could think of to express her gratitude.
Just imagine, for a foodie, isn't it a rare thing to be able to hand over delicious food to others?
Although it is a bit exaggerated~
", try this." When the words fell, King Rong did not forget to pick up a piece of rose cake for his daughter, knowing that his daughter likes food, and this banquet will not end so soon for a while, but he can't starve his daughter.
"Well, it's crispy, sweet but not greasy, and I like it." Jing Xi expressed his appreciation without hesitation, thinking to himself, and asked Xia He to try to make this rose cake when he turned around.
"If you like to eat, you can eat, and let the chef in the house do it."
"Uh-huh." While eating, I was a little slurred and didn't forget to reply.
……
The father and daughter on this side are eating fragrantly, and the prince on the other side is another scenery.
Prince Xiao Yichen pretended to inadvertently put his eyes on the little girl's seat several times, but saw that she was either focusing on appreciating talents or tasting food, and did not focus on him at all, and he couldn't cry or laugh.
There was some helplessness on his face, but he was slandering in his heart, what kind of talent show is the same, every year, what is there to see?
The young man who did not put his mind on the stage at all looked serious and indifferent, while learning from the little girl, tasting the elegant food on the table.
Show your luxury in every gesture!
In previous years, the state banquet was just a formality, waiting for his father's speech, and after a while, the young man either went back to the East Palace under the pretext of going back to accompany Aze, or he randomly found an excuse to go out to the imperial garden to breathe.
At today's state banquet, the young man saw that the little girl was still at the table, so he didn't leave.
On the contrary, his unusual behavior not only made the emperor have some doubts in his heart, but also the second prince and the fourth prince who had always admired him next to him were also suspicious.
"Brother Crown Prince, today's banquet is more exciting?" The second prince, Xiao Yihe, was the first to question.
Today's Xiao Yihe is also wearing a prince's uniform, because he is still young, he has not yet reached the age of being crowned king, yes, he just sat under the crown prince Xiao Yichen with the four princes.
Seeing that the banquet had reached the stage of talent show, today's crown prince and brother were unusual, still sitting upright, eating delicious food, with an inexplicable expression, which made people confused.
"Okay."
The boy spoke, but two words burst out of his beautiful lips, and he stopped speaking.
The second prince Xiao Yihe does not doubt that he has him, the crown prince and the royal brother are so taciturn on weekdays, he is ready for the prince and the royal brother not to return, but he didn't expect to return him, although it is only two words.
Seeing that the crown prince and the royal brother were concentrating on this food, the four princes who were some baby fat on the side also seemed to have found a topic, strengthened their courage, and talked to him, "The crown prince and the royal brother, you also think this pastry is delicious, and Alin also thinks it is delicious." ”
Hearing this, Xiao Yichen just raised his eyes and glanced at the four emperors below, and said, "Eat if it's delicious." ”
Then the young man inadvertently swept his gaze over the little girl's seat.
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At the women's seat, there were also people whispering, some praising Li Yunfang just now, and a little appreciating Chen Zhi's painting skills.
"Hey, sister, I have no hope of winning the lottery of the mother, Sister Zhihua and Sister Yunfang are so good......"
The young lady in the goose-yellow dress said with a mixture of envy and a hint of jealousy.
Another young lady said, "Fortunately, I didn't prepare the piano and painting." He patted his chest lightly, as if he was rejoicing.
"Sister, are you ready? I'm going to go on stage later.?"
A purple-clothed lady on the side said to her sister, these two are the daughters of the Yang family's mansion, and the two are siblings of the same mother, and their relationship is very close.
"Sister, okay, let's go on stage, right?" The young lady's sister replied.
"Let's go up here, then." My sister clapped the board and said, the sooner this is displayed, the better, so as not to get tired of watching the crowd and have little effect.
As early as before the state banquet, the sisters had been preparing for this ensemble.
If it is someone else, it is unwilling to play together, some people are afraid of being robbed of the limelight by another person, and some people are afraid of improper cooperation, something goes wrong, and they make a fool of themselves in public, of course, there may be some other reasons.
Yes, so far, no young lady has chosen to play in an ensemble, and the two sisters have been carefully preparing for this scene for a long time.
These two are Yang Chujuan, the eldest daughter of the Yang family, and Yang Chuxuan, the second daughter, both of whom are in the prime of their lives, and they are also slim and beautiful.
"Mother, the courtier wants to play with her sister/sister ensemble."
I saw that after the two of them decided, they immediately sorted out their clothes, got up and stepped forward to salute and ask for instructions.
"Oh? Concert? It's a novelty, so come on. ”
Before the concubine could speak, the emperor opened his mouth and agreed.
The Yang family sisters, who got the promise, immediately went to change their clothes, and then walked to the center of the stage step by step.