Linlang presented the painting, and the old lady smiled and pushed it to the eldest princess of Duanyang: "The old man is old and his eyes are not good, so he won't look at it, the eldest princess, you will select it." ”

The eldest princess of Duanyang also pushed back: "I haven't painted for a long time, my hands are rusty, and my skills are not familiar, I am afraid that I will be biased." ”

The old lady soothed: "It's okay, it doesn't matter, presumably the eldest princess can still see the quality of this painting." ”

When the eldest princess of Duanyang heard this, she no longer pushed back, and commented on each painting slightly, the first four paintings were all decent, until she saw the fifth, the eldest princess exclaimed.

"This painting of flowers and plants is really good, although the brush and ink are not solid enough, but the flaws are not concealed, and it is a superb work."

The old lady smiled and asked, "Whose is this?" ”

Seventh Young Master Li Bin stood up and said, "Old lady, it's your grandson's." ”

The old lady and the second lady glanced at each other, their eye lines deepened, and they nodded with a smile, "I still need more practice." ”

Li Bin straightened his back, happily accepted the admiration of others, and arched his hand towards the eldest princess: "Mrs. Xie advises, the juniors will definitely work hard when they go back." ”

The eldest princess smiled gently: "That's not necessary, young people should put their studies first, and don't take the lead." ”

Li Bin smiled and sat down.

Li Jingming looked at the smiles of everyone around him indifferently, and when the eldest princess looked down at the last painting and covered her mouth and nose with her hands in surprise, a shallow smile appeared in her eyes.

Yue Tan was also looking forward to it, and muttered beside Li Jingming: "I really can't guess what the eldest princess will say?" ”

Li Jingming's afterglow glanced at Yuetan, and saw that she leaned out slightly, her neck was white, her slightly pointed chin was like a jade round, and her delicate eyebrows and eyes were full of curiosity, more urgent than him.

He retracted his expression and looked at the eldest princess again.

I saw that the eldest princess looked embarrassed: "The flowers and plants in this painting are chic and wild, but they are beautiful and elegant, the style is unique, and the techniques are sophisticated, which makes me really love it, but ...... Timed out. ”

The old lady didn't expect this to happen, she squinted her eyes and counted, the owner of the first five paintings had been claimed, and the only one left was the third child.

The second wife also thought of this, and hurriedly added: "Since it has been overtimed, it can't be counted." ”

When the seventh young master Li Bin heard this, he immediately got up and arched his hand: "Since the third brother's paintings are stronger than mine, then this leader should naturally be the third brother's." ”

When Li Jingming heard this, he stood up with an idle posture and arched his hand: "Since it has been overtimed, it naturally can't be counted." ”

The old lady smiled and watched the two brothers push each other, and said with a final word: "Look at the modesty of your two brothers, okay, okay, the old body is in charge, after all, the third brother's painting is out of time, this time the leader is still the seventh, and the old body will go back and supply the third with a piece of jade." ”

After appreciating the paintings, the girls' poems were also judged.

The old lady gave the jade to the seventh young master Li Bin, and the bracelet was given to the daughter of the eldest princess of Duanyang.

After the flower-viewing feast, it was soon time for lunch, the old lady left the eldest princess of Duanyang and her family to eat, and the ladies and relatives went to the warm pavilion together, and the other men scattered and went back to their respective courtyards.

When it came to dinner, the second wife Zhou rarely called Li Jingming to the second courtyard, saying that the second master Li Huan was also there, and he was only waiting for Li Jingming.

Li Jingming took Yuetan and Luo Lan to the main courtyard, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Li Huan sitting at the table unhappily, and the second wife was also sitting next to her, with a layer of frost on her face.

When Li Huan saw Li Jingming enter the door, he still didn't say a word, and the index finger on the armrest tapped gently, and his eyes were dim.

The second wife saw that her husband was unreliable, so she took the lead in speaking: "Third brother, your father called you over today to ask you, what do you think, to treat your seventh brother like this?" ”

Li Huan saw that his wife had buttoned a big hat for his son as soon as he came up, frowned, coughed lightly, and his face was a little serious, "Don't just wronged people before you ask what happened." ”

Seeing this, the second wife said with an unhappy face: "Is it possible that I can't ask yet?" He did such a thing, and I asked what was wrong? ”

Li Huan saw that she was starting to be unreasonable again, and explained with a headache: "Where did I say that you can't ask, I just think that you can listen to Qing'er's explanation and then make a conclusion." ”

Li Jingming didn't know how many times he had seen this kind of scene since he was a child, but now he was the same as before, just listening with his eyes down.

When it was his turn to go up, he said in a cold voice with a cold face: "It doesn't matter if I explain it or not, hasn't my wife already convicted me?" ”

"What are you talking about, where am I sorry for you, look at your yard, and then look at your sixth brother's yard, which family's concubine has such treatment as you......"

Before the second wife finished speaking, Li Huan saw that his son began to frown again, so he pulled her clothes: "Wake up, you just say a few words, you are embarrassed to mention the sixth child, you know that you want to show the seventh child, why don't you think that there are two brothers in front of him who are not married?" ”

The second wife pointed at Li Jingming aggrievedly, "Then I have to ask your good son, if he didn't have such a reputation, he wouldn't want to marry any girl in any family, as for not getting married yet?" ”