Chapter 21: Fighting Back
The grandson concubine Chen has a timid personality, and her voice is thin, probably because she is not noble, and she is always cowardly when she sees people, such a person is very easy to handle, and not long after entering the palace, she was surrounded by the grandson Zhaoyi, who was born in the general's mansion, and the Ye sisters checked and balanced each other.
And Ye Er among the Ye sisters is not a simple person, although she is gentle and demure, she is full of poetry and books like Shen Tingnian, she is not stained with the atmosphere of the Ye family's merchants, she is quite famous, and she is also the biggest competitor of the Taisun Princess, if it is not for the slightly inferior Zhao family, it is really unknown who the flowers will be, she is the one who takes the idea among the two sisters, and the Taisun Concubine is just a pawn.
Pu Yangxu drank a few sips of wine, his spirit relaxed slightly, there was no music in the hall, only incense was lit, and a group of women were one by one, after staying for a long time, he was a little smoky, and his eyes couldn't control it to see Shen Tingnian.
Especially the way she talks to others, her eyes either don't look at people, and she also sweeps them away, obedient and cold, completely different from in front of him.
She also looked at him several times openly, Pu Yangxu didn't notice it, but she was thinking in her heart, she sat steadily, it seemed that the injury she hit last time had already healed.
Shen Tingnian had doubts in her heart, so she glanced at Pu Yangxu a few times, but she hadn't seen him for a month, and as soon as she saw the talent, she faintly realized that she missed him.
"This is the authentic handiwork of Mr. Zhang, the ancestor of the painting, "Qingxi Palace Immortal Map", and the other is the character of Lu Daoren, "Qingxi Travels".
Taisun Zhaoyi's gift once again attracted everyone's attention, not only the painting ancestor Mr. Zhang and Lu Daoren's fame in the history of the Qing History, but also because the two calligraphy and paintings presented at the same time are extremely ingenious, according to legend, Lu Daoren's "Qingxi Travels" is made for the "Qingxi Palace Immortal Map".
And the person who prepared this gift was Taisun Zhaoyi, but it was not Shen Tingnian, who was born in the scholarly Confucian Shen family, which is a bit intriguing.
Shen Tingnian's gaze fell fixedly on the "Immortal Picture of Qingxi Palace", and she could feel everyone's gaze.
"Sister Shu is so powerful, these two calligraphy and paintings are probably more valuable than my ornaments."
Taisun Concubine can't read paintings, but she likes to watch the excitement, it's not that she usually hates Taisun Zhaoyi, but because of her identity, she is destined to be the opposite, so there is no way to get along, she doesn't make a big deal of trouble, and pretends to be puzzled: "Is this "Qingxi Palace Immortal Picture" really a real work?" ”
No one can answer her question, it should be said that no one can easily distinguish the authenticity of this painting, there are countless calligraphy and painting workshops that copy fakes among the people, and there are more than ten years before the master produces a work, the imitation is inseparable from the real thing, the skill is wonderful, and it is also a masterpiece that has been handed down.
Shen Tingnian knew the answer, she had seen the "Immortal Picture of Qingxi Palace" in the Shen family's library, if it was a painting next to it, she couldn't be sure, but the painting presented by Taisun Zhaoyi was indeed a fake. There is a deeper reason, and the appearance of this painting is inseparable from her.
"Naturally, it is genuine, I asked Dean Lu of the Academy of Painting and Dean Shen of Fenglai Academy to appreciate it."
The painting academy in the palace is a serious bureau, with the same regulatory status as the Tai Hospital, Dean Lu has a lot of experience in painting, and Dean Shen of Fenglai Academy is from the same school as him, and the appraisal made by these two people is naturally recognized by everyone.
When Taisun Zhaoyi replied, she also went to see Pu Yangxu, because he knew about her previous heavy purchase of paintings and enjoyed them together.
Pu Yangxu only sipped the wine in his glass, he was the only one on the field besides Shen Tingnian who knew the answer, because he had also seen the authentic works of the Shen family library.
Everyone saw that he was still not interested, and they didn't want to say anything more with a light expression, and they couldn't help but feel a little depressed, especially Taisun Zhaoyi, she was extremely arrogant in her bones, if she hadn't been moved by him, she would not have lowered her body into his harem, with her life experience and full of martial arts, she could soar for nine days, but she was willing to fold her wings.
Such a painstaking and expensive gift didn't make him laugh.
The crown princess looked at the expressions of the daughters in her eyes, and sighed in her heart, her son was good at everything, but she took a detour in this kind of relationship, she was distressed and helpless, afraid that he would chill everyone's hearts, so she immediately praised Taisun Zhaoyi a few words.
The corners of the concubine's mouth were high, although she didn't get the reward, but the grandson didn't like those calligraphy and paintings much, "It seems that the sisters today will not be rewarded by the grandson." ”
Taisun Zhaoyi's body stiffened, and she reluctantly smiled and returned to her seat, and a beauty next to her hurriedly took the initiative to hand her a shelled melon kernel.
The beauty Hu Shi originally wanted to please her, knowing that she was not praised and uncomfortable by her grandson, but she didn't prevent Taisun Zhaoyi from being the most impatient for others to comfort her, so she pushed her back, but she didn't have too much strength, and pushed her to the ground on her back.
For a while, everyone looked sideways, Taisun Zhaoyi sneered, she quickly helped the person up, "I don't sit down, I'm embarrassed, don't go down quickly." ”
Hu Meiren was already sad when she lost her manners, and she was also trained, so she sat back without a face, and covered her face with her sleeves and hurriedly went out crying.
Shen Tingnian, who watched this episode, felt uncomfortable, but everyone watched from the wall, and even the corners of Pu Yangxu's lips were slightly raised, revealing an inexplicable smile.
"Niangniang, this kind of thing is really not worth it when you are angry, then Hu Meiren also caused herself." Seeing that she was unhappy, Zhiya hurriedly persuaded her softly, while handing her the birthday gift to her grandson and motioning her to go up to offer the gift.
"I'm not mad at that."
"What is that lady angry about?" Seeing that she didn't take it, Zhiya had to take the scroll back to her side, because the next one had already gone up.
Shen Tingnian snorted, her mind was full of Pu Yangxu's smile on the corner of her mouth, and she couldn't be more angry.
How could she tell Zhiya that she was angry with Taisun, that Hu Meiren fell and squatted, which caused Taisun to laugh, but she was chased into the inner room by Pu Yangxu a month ago, and there was no way to hide, and finally she was thrown on the bed, and he held her down and beat her buttocks......
She slept on her stomach for several days, and now she feels hot and panicked when she thinks about it.
With such a bad behavior, she naturally has no face to let others know, except for Min Yun, who prepared ointment for her.
"Give me the wine."
Shen Tingnian picked up the jade cup and drank it all, the aftertaste felt too bland, and she frowned instantly, her expression was too abrupt, and the branches and buds were startled, "What's wrong?" ”
"Is all the wine in the palace like this? I don't know how much water I mixed with it-" Shen Tingnian looked up and found that everyone was looking at her, the Taisun Beauty, who was originally a gift, was going to perform a solo, so that all the music in the hall stopped, and in the gap between the tunes of the beauty, the voice she didn't suppress for a while echoed throughout the inner hall.
"Taisun Jieyu is not used to drinking, and she can't say that there is water in the wine." The grandson Zhaoyi on the opposite side just finished drinking, only to feel that the wine was sweet and mellow, and it was a good wine, so he refuted her.
Shen Tingnian sneered, "Taisun Zhaoyi has never drunk the wine in the concubine's cup, so how can he say that this cup of wine is not mixed with water." ”
"You...... What do you mean, your wine is still different from mine, the same banquet, how can it be a different drink?! ”
After Taisun Zhaoyi finished speaking, she felt that she had a bad premonition, she was busy looking at the crown princess and the princess, and sure enough, the princess's kind smile was much more restrained, and the princess directly turned cold.
When the goal was achieved, Shen Tingnian stopped talking, and waited for the Taisun beauty to return to the table, she stood up, stretched out her hand again, and handed over a scroll to the branch buds on the side, a very light and thin picture scroll.
"This is a clumsy work painted by the concubine herself, dedicated to the grandson, I wish the grandson all the best, joy and health."