It is a colorful painting.

It is completely different from the black-and-white freehand paintings made by the painters in the palace of Qi that Shen Xianliang usually sees, with fine brushwork, clear colors, and lifelike characters.

But I saw a man and a woman leaning on the bow of the boat, watching the sun rise on the sea, and the woman in the painting was dressed in a bright red wedding dress, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and she was very close to the man beside her.

Even if you don't see a real person, you should ask the viewer to think that the man and woman in the painting are a newlywed couple or a couple.

And Shen Xianliang recognized at a glance that the bride on the painting was none other than his beloved daughter Shen Changping.

"Master, look, this painting is the eldest lady and Zhou Gongzi?"

Shen Rong held the painting in his hand and spread it out in front of Shen Xianliang to remind him that Shen Xianliang's eyes moved from the woman in the painting to the man, and the son was gentle and elegant, honest and beautiful, and indeed somewhat similar to Zhou Yan.

"So, the rumors of the eldest lady eloping with Zhou Gongzi were caused by this painting?" Shen Xianliang asked Shen Rong.

Shen Rong nodded.

"What about the painter?" Presumably, the painter was the first to spread the news, and only by finding the artist can we ask the truth.

You can get the paintings, and it is not difficult to find the artist.

Shen Rong said: "This painter is not from Qi or our Great Zhou, but from the West, and now he has been invited to be a painter in the palace of Qi, and this painting was sent by the uncle of the Wang family by chance." ”

When Shen Xianliang heard this, his face gradually became solemn.

How did Wang Xiaojian get this painting?

Wang Xiaojian didn't want to get this painting at all, because when Li Yueshu sent him this painting, the scene made him very embarrassed.

"Uncle is newly married Yan'er, and my sister-in-law got this painting by chance, and I think it should be framed and hung in the new house of my uncle and my younger siblings, which is very appropriate."

Li Yueshu opened the painting stall in front of Wang Xiaojian: "Uncle, look, I heard my younger sister's wedding girl Qin'er say that the bride in red on this painting has an eight-point resemblance to her younger sister, and her sister-in-law has not seen her brother and sister's face, so it is better for my uncle to call my younger sister out, let my sister-in-law see it, compare and compare, and see if Qin'er's girl is exaggerated." ”

"I don't think it's like it at all." Wang Xiaojian ruthlessly rejected Li Yueshu's request.

Li Yueshu was dissatisfied, but she still said with a smile on her face: "I think so, this painter has never seen his younger brother and sister in person, how can he draw an eight-point portrait." You must know that their Western oil paintings, when painting the figures, the brushstrokes are delicate and lifelike, just like taking pictures. ”

Western oil painting, Wang Xiaojian This is the first time I have seen it, the new thing of oil painting, Wang Xiaojian is also the first time to hear about it, but I heard it from Li Yueshu's mouth, the freshness was greatly reduced, and I only felt disgusted, but Li Yueshu still did not give up.

"However, my sister-in-law thinks that this bride is not similar to her younger siblings, otherwise, the bride in the painting is a younger sister, but the groom in the painting is not your uncle, isn't it embarrassing?"

One sentence made Wang Xiaojian's face blush, and stewed for a while.

Li Yueshu also wanted to add a sentence of hatred: "It is rumored that the eldest lady of the Shen family has escaped from marriage, if it is not for the fact that there is really a bride hidden in the uncle's house, I will believe it to be true, and when I see this painting, I must also think that the eldest lady of the Shen family and a beautiful son escaped by boat." ”

"It's just a rumor, not to be believed." Wang Xiaojian was almost vicious in the end.

Li Yueshu was not annoyed, and still smiled and said: "Talking to the uncle, my sister-in-law thinks that this painting should not be hung in the uncle's room, so as not to make the uncle angry. ”

Li Yueshu was about to take the painting away, but Wang Xiaojian took it away.

He rolled the painting into a scroll, bowed his hand to Li Yueshu, put on a smiling face, and said politely: "Thank you sister-in-law for your kindness, I will accept this painting." ”

Wang Xiaojian got the painting and sent someone to Sikong Mansion.

Shen Xianliang and Wang Xiaojian hit it off and thought of one place. I had been looking for Shen Changping in and out of Qidu before, but I didn't go to the waterway to find it, but now this painting reminds them that they have been looking for Shen Changping for many days and have no news, probably because they are looking for the wrong route, and they should go to the waterway to find it.

So, Shen Xianliang ordered Shen Rong to immediately send a ship to the sea to find it, and Wang Xiaojian also secretly sent a boat to the sea to find someone.

The ships of the Wang family and the Shen family came back half a month after going to sea.

The chief steward of the Wang family brought the people who came back from the sea to Wang Xiaojian, and when they went, there were dozens of people, and only a dozen people were left when they returned.

Wang Xiaojian looked at the people kneeling on the ground, and then looked at the cages that still had the salty smell of seawater, and was furious: "I asked you to go to sea to find someone, do you want to go to sea to rob?" ”

The few people who knelt for the rest of their lives, one by one, were still shocked, and at this moment they could only be replied by the chief manager.

The chief steward said to Wang Xiaojian: "Second son, the things are not robbed, they are sent. ”

Wang Xiaojian was incredible, ordered people to open the cages one by one, all of them were gold and silver treasures, and he was even more incredible when he shook his eyes, how could there be such a good thing?

The Shen family, Shen Xianliang was also incredulous Looking at the several cages in the hall, the gold, silver and jewelry in the cages also blinded him.

It turned out that the people who were sent out met pirates at sea, and they died for life, and it was another ship that saved them, and it was none other than Shen Changping, the eldest lady of the Shen family.

Shen Changping not only saved the lives of the two ships, but also divided the gold, silver and jewelry seized from the pirates equally between the two families.

This made Shen Xianliang feel like a dream.

Shen Rong said: "The eldest lady said that she was tired and had gone back to the back house to rest. ”

Shen Xianliang hurriedly went to the back house.

In Mrs. Shen's lilac garden, the lilacs are blooming luxuriantly, and Shen Xianliang was haunted by the fragrance of flowers as soon as he walked in, but his mind was all on his daughter at the moment, and he had no intention of appreciating the flowers.

When he entered the Lilac Garden, he saw his concubines and daughters walking out.

When the ladies saw him shouting "master" and "father", the second aunt headed by the second aunt acted as the mouthpiece of the ladies and said aggrievedly: "Master, the eldest lady is back, and we all rushed over to visit, but we were kicked out by the lady." ”

Shen Xianliang waved his hand, didn't say a word, and went straight inside.

The second aunt wanted to say something, but the third aunt grabbed her: "Madame drove us away, can you still dare to go?" ”

Although the second aunt felt reasonable, she still pouted.

"The eldest lady is back now, Miss Cousin can finally be replaced, right? wronged her for staying in the Wang family for so long. ”

"The eldest lady has been missing for so long, is the Wang family still willing to want her?"

"Miss Biao is in the Wang family, so she won't really do a fake show with the uncle of the Wang family, right?"

……

The aunts went out one after another, and the ladies behind them listened quietly, also with their own thoughts.

After this incident, will the eldest lady be the pearl of her father's palm again? With such a big disaster she has caused, how should her father end it for her?

When Mrs. Shen saw Master Shen come in, she put her hand on her lips and said in a low voice: "Ping'er is already asleep, you have something to say and wait for her to wake up and ask." ”

Ask her why she ran away from marriage, who she ran away from, what has happened these days, and how she came back since she escaped...... These questions don't matter to Master Shen, the most important question is what to do next.

"Take me to see her first, I won't wake her up."

With Master Shen's words, Mrs. Shen was relieved to take Master Shen to see Shen Changping in the room.

The girl was lying on her side facing in, she could hear her sweet snort, and she was indeed sleeping peacefully, although Master Shen couldn't see his daughter's face, he was also relieved to retreat.

Sitting down on the incense table with the agate stone surface outside, Mrs. Shen personally brought the tea.

Mrs. Shen is the best at making matcha, grinding tea cakes into powder and beating them with a tea whisk, the color of the tea soup is bright white, and water marks appear after the tea whisk is hit.

Mr. Shen likes Mrs. Shen's matcha dish the most.

After drinking a large cup of Mrs. Shen's matcha, Master Shen's heart fell to the ground.

"Are you sure you're back safely?" Master Shen smashed his tongue and asked Mrs. Shen.

Mrs. Shen nodded excitedly: "I have checked them all, my arms, legs and feet are not bad at all, thank God, the ancestors of the Shen family bless." ”

With Mrs. Shen's permission, Master Shen was completely relieved and drank a big bowl of tea.

"What are you going to do next?" Mrs. Shen asked Master Shen.

What to do, it is nothing more than two ways, one is to go to the Wang family, replace Xia Liyun back, and be the daughter-in-law of the Wang family with peace of mind from then on; There is another way, which is to divorce the Wang family, anyway, it is Xia Liyun who marries the Wang family.

Advance can be attacked and retreated, and it is up to the daughter to choose to advance or retreat.

After listening to Master Shen's analysis, Mrs. Shen suddenly realized: "So, the master asked Yun'er to marry at that time just to leave a margin for Ping'er?" ”

Master Shen nodded: "Ping'er is still young, he is uncertain, he wants to come out of the world, what if he wants to escape marriage today, and he wants to marry tomorrow?" ”

It is also rare to have such an indulgent father.

Mrs. Shen looked at Master Shen speechless for a while, after all, it was her daughter who connived.

"Then wait for Ping'er to wake up before making plans." Mrs. Shen was also very happy.

On the Wang family's side, Wang Xiaojian was also very happy, and Le Taotao went to report the latest news to Xia Liyun.

"I have wronged my cousin during this time, and now that Miss Changping has been found, the Shen family should come to pick up my cousin soon." Wang Xiaojian made a gesture to the woman who was still dressed in a wedding dress inside.

Xia Liyun was stunned, and she couldn't tell whether she was happy or surprised for a while: "My cousin found it so soon?" ”

"I've been looking for it for a month." Wang Xiaojian exhaled, this month was as long as a year for him.

Listening to Wang Xiaojian's sigh, Xia Liyun said faintly: "Yes, a month is enough for a lot of things, I don't know what my cousin has experienced this month, whether she has suffered a lot, who have you met, and whether there have been any accidents......"

Xia Liyun said, she hid her face and cried: "My cousin is so pitiful, second son, you have to treat your cousin well, don't despise her." ”