Their words and deeds provoked the maids in the courtyard to run over to watch regardless of the rules, and Mama Zhou, who was sitting opposite as a model, was even more itchy, and almost couldn't help but run over to see what she looked like.

Now finally waiting for Xu Xi to say "the painting is done", Mama Zhou ran over quickly with agility that did not match her age, squeezed through the crowd and said, "Let me see, let me see." ”

Everyone can understand very well, that is, even the old lady and the eldest lady gave up their positions, and Xu Xi even took the portrait off the drawing board and handed it to Mama Zhou.

"Is this me? What do I look like this? Mama Zhou looked at the portrait on the drawing paper and asked in surprise.

No wonder she asked, the ancient bronze mirror did not shine clearly, and her face was even more coppery. Therefore, everyone doesn't really see their appearance, let alone an old woman like Mama Zhou who doesn't want to look in the mirror often because of her age.

"Like, like it. The person in the painting looks exactly like you. The old lady said with a smile.

"It's just that I only painted the face, but I didn't draw the dress and jewelry on my body." Mama Jin said regretfully.

She followed the old lady and also saw the world. I have seen the Tibetan paintings in the palace before. The portraits of emperors and empresses of all dynasties are all full-body portraits, not only the faces are drawn, but also the clothes on the bodies are drawn.

Mama Zhou's only face is here, even her hair is only half drawn, and a few paintings on her neck are finished, not even a bust.

When the old lady heard this, she asked Xu Xi: "Can you draw the whole body?" ”

Xu Xi bowed: "Naturally." It's just that it takes time and effort, and it can't be finished in a day or two. If you want to draw carefully, you can paint all the clothes and jewelry on your body, and you can't do it in a few days. ”

"It takes a few days for the painter in the palace to paint a full-body painting for someone. Not to mention......" The old lady paused and did not continue.

Although they are all their own family members, and the people in the courtyard are all trustworthy henchmen, they say that their granddaughter is better than the painter in the palace, and if they spread it, they will offend people, and they may even attract right and wrong. So the old lady shut up in time.

Although she didn't say anything, the people in the courtyard understood what she meant, and they all turned their heads to look at Xu Xi.

According to Xu Xi's level of painting, maybe the palace really invited her to be a painter.

Xu Xi's face was very calm.

She is a thoughtful person, when she came up with this painting method, she thought about the question of maybe the palace would invite her to be a painter, just like she was worried about whether to go to Tsinghua University or Peking University in her previous life, people always have to be a little far-sighted, right?

It is said that because Zhu Yuanzhang was ugly, the painter in the palace painted a portrait of him, and he lost his head because the painting was too similar. Therefore, entering the palace to paint a portrait of the emperor is a very dangerous technical job.

However, she felt that the painter who lost his head did not blame Zhu Yuanzhang for being ugly, but blamed him for having no brains. They ordinary people have to have a filter function to take a portrait, what happened to the emperor who wanted to make his image look better and leave it for future generations to admire? That's not too much to ask, isn't it?

She's not someone who doesn't know how to be flexible. The palace people really asked her to paint, she must open the filter and plastic surgery effect, and the painting not only makes you feel like, but also very good-looking. If she can lose her head like this, then she has nothing to say, and she can only blame her bad fate.

A group of people have opened their minds here, but the eldest lady's mind is no longer here.

She pulled Xu Xi aside and asked quietly, "Sister Xi, can you draw someone you haven't seen?" Like what...... The original stable woman. ”

Xu Xi was overjoyed.

She risked going into the palace to be a painter and lose her head to show this hand, isn't it just for the words of the eldest lady?

She suppressed the excitement in her heart and said confidently, "Yes." As long as you can paint the face of that stable woman, I can draw almost the same. ”

Although the eldest lady's memory of the appearance of the stable woman back then is blurred, and fourteen years have passed, the stable woman has changed from middle age to an elderly woman, and her appearance may have changed greatly; Even if you get the portrait, you may not be able to find it in the vast sea of people, and it is not certain whether she is still alive or not. But even if there is a glimmer of hope, the eldest lady does not want to let go.

"You're tired today, it's late, tomorrow. Tomorrow when you come back from school, I will recall and describe it with Mama Zhou and let you draw it. The eldest lady suppressed the anxiety in her heart and said to Xu Xi.

According to her thoughts, she really didn't want to wait for a moment. Drawing the portrait a moment earlier can also make people look around sooner. This matter was too torturous for her. But she had to think about Xu Xi.

I don't know if it's the mother-daughter connection, or the psychological suggestion, anyway, the more she looks at it, the more she feels that Xu Xi's child hurts. When facing Xu Xi, she couldn't suppress her motherly heart. I always wanted to do something for her to make up for the suffering she had endured over the years.

Therefore, she was reluctant to let Xu Xi suffer.

"As you can see, I only need a cup of tea to paint a picture. It's still early, and there's still half an hour left until dark, so it's not a problem to draw a picture, even if you think about it slowly. Let's give it a try, and if it doesn't work, I'll change it tomorrow. Otherwise, it may have to be delayed for another day. Xu Xi said.

Seeing Xu Xi so caring, the eldest lady became more and more attentive in her heart.

She smiled and said, "Okay, then draw now." ”

Although the old lady joked with Mama Jin and Mama Zhou from time to time, she kept paying attention to the movements of the eldest lady and Xu Xi. Now that she saw that Zhu had said a few words to Xu Xi, a relaxed smile appeared on her face, and the old lady was relieved, knowing that Zhu had negotiated the matter with Xu Xi.

It's just that......

Thinking about everything that would happen in the house once the matter was decided, the old lady was very uneasy.

After getting along for 20 years, she knows more about the Zhu family than Zhao Yuanxun knows about his wife. She knew that Zhu was a soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, and a relatively atmospheric character. There are some things she doesn't care about; But when it really touched her bottom line, she would never back down a single step.

Wei changed her children, tried to mix up the pearls, and replaced Zhu's children with her own son to become the heir of the Hou Mansion, so that Zhu's more than ten years of painstaking teaching were in vain, and Zhu's own children suffered all the hardships outside, and Zhu would never spare Wei.

Even if she spared Wei's life in front of everyone, she would never live with Wei again, admitting that she was a family.

Therefore, the Hou Mansion can only fall apart at that time.

Thinking of this, the old lady couldn't do it.

Sometimes she thinks that if only Xu Xi didn't make such a guess, so that nothing would happen.

But when she thought about it, if Xu Xi didn't say it, they might never know the truth, so wouldn't Wei's conspiracy succeed? She and the Zhu family worked hard to plan for the Hou Mansion, but in the end, they cheapened the Wei family's room. She took every precaution, and in the end, the Hou Mansion still fell into the hands of outsiders. Thinking about it like this, she was glad that Xu Xi could think of this and remind them.

In short, not only the Zhu family has been sad in the past few days, but the old lady has also been so worried that she has never slept well at night.