Duanmu Fei didn't look at Zhang Ruoling, she had never cared about these irrelevant people, and beckoned to Zhang Lan with a smile, "Miss Zhang, we just roasted the chestnuts, but they are fragrant and sweet......"

Zhang Lan was originally going to say goodbye, but when Duanmu Fei talked about chestnuts, the tip of her nose moved, and then she noticed the fragrance of chestnuts in this pavilion, her eyes lit up, and her black pupils shone like jewels.

Duanmu smiled sweeter and more kindly, and affectionately pulled Zhang Lan to sit down, "Miss Zhang, sit down and eat something with us." ”

Zhang Lan's gaze fell on the fragrant roasted chestnuts stupidly, and her cherry lips bent unconsciously, half-pushing and half-obeying.

Han Xing looked at Duanmu Fei and Zhang Lan back and forth curiously, strange that Cousin Scarlet and the fifth girl of the Zhang family seemed to be quite familiar.

Hmm, I always feel that the eyes of my cousin looking at each other are a little familiar...... By the way, it's the eyes of the scarlet cousin who looks at the dumplings!

Han Xing covered his mouth and snickered, his shoulders shook twice, and suddenly he saw a familiar long figure standing outside the warm pavilion, and hurriedly pulled Duanmu Fei's sleeve.

Duanmu Fei, who was peeling chestnuts, raised his head, and when his eyes met the upper end of Mu Heng, his little face reflexively showed a smile that was sweeter than chestnuts, and called: "Big brother." ”

"Fourth sister." Duanmu Heng entered the warm pavilion with his hand, looking serious on the outside, but he couldn't help but laugh in his heart. Just saw that this stupid girl didn't suffer from Zhang Ruoling, so he didn't interfere in the quarrel between the girl's family. His fourth sister is obviously a little fox, so she will pretend to be obedient in front of her.

Duanmu Fei greeted Duanmu Heng very warmly to sit down, and also gave him a filial piety to the chestnut he had just peeled, and hoped that the eldest brother would eat people with a soft mouth, be merciful, and let her go.

The little girl's petty and courteous appearance made Duanmu Heng quite useful, he ate her filial chestnuts, and earnestly told her "don't run around" and "go home early" Yunyun's words, and then said "Guozijian has classes in the afternoon" and left first.

Looking at the back of Duanmu Heng leaving, Duanmu Fei and Han Xing both breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that they had escaped a catastrophe.

The eldest brother (cousin's) skill in training people is even more powerful than Taifu!

She had to eat a chestnut to suppress her shock. Han Xing lowered his head and touched a large celadon bowl and froze.

Why are there only three or four chestnuts left in this bowl all of a sudden, and there are more than a dozen just now......

She subconsciously swept around, and found that there was a pile of chestnut shells in front of Zhang Lan, and her white and slender ten fingers were busy peeling chestnuts.

Whether it is peeling chestnuts or eating chestnuts, the movements are extremely elegant, as if each action has been carefully calculated.

What a master!

Han Xing silently exchanged a look with Duanmu Fei beside him, and his interest in this fifth girl of the Zhang family became even stronger.

Han Xing blinked and asked curiously, "Miss Zhangwu, aren't you going to compose music?" ”

Although Han Xing is not in the Water Pavilion, her palace maid Yingluo goes to the Water Pavilion from time to time to check the situation for her, so she knows the progress in the Water Pavilion clearly.

Zhang Lan just swallowed a chestnut, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "I like calligraphy and painting, but I don't like piano music." ”

She pursed her lips and smiled, smiling dignified and elegant, quiet like the moon, and said in her heart: Compared with the piano and flute, calligraphy and painting look more dignified, just like the eldest aunt.

"I've been following the ...... since I was a kid Qi family learned calligraphy and painting, which can be said to be taught by her. I'm sure I'll be admitted. Zhang Lan said confidently, her eyes as bright as cold stars.

As she spoke, she turned her head to look at Duanmu Fei, "Fourth girl Duanmu, when the girls' school starts, let's go to class together." ”

"......" Duanmu blinked stupidly, she didn't plan to come to the girls' school to take classes.

She was about to speak, when the palace maid Yingluo hurriedly came back and said, "Your Highness, Miss Tao San and Miss Yuan Eleven are both the leaders of the piano. Li everyone felt that there was no difference between the two of them, and their piano skills were equally excellent, and they played the songs flawlessly. ”

Han Xing slowly wiped his fingers with a handkerchief, and said casually: "This is also Cousin Scarlet You didn't go, otherwise where would it be their turn!" Han Xing said as he winked at Duanmu Fei, the implication is that Cousin Scarlet are you really not going to play?

Duanmu Fei just didn't see it, her life was good, why didn't she ask for trouble.

Han Xing felt sorry in his heart, but felt that he had watched a little excitement.

At this time, Zhang Lan stood up elegantly and said to the two: "Your Royal Highness the Fourth Princess, the Fourth Girl of Duanmu, it will be the calligraphy and painting exam soon, and I will miss the company first." ”

Her long eyelashes twitched slightly, and her eyes hardly dared to look directly at the chestnut shell she had just left, secretly annoyed: she was so greedy, so not dignified at all!

Zhang Lan felt an urge to run as soon as he pulled his legs.

Han Xing thought that the chestnuts were all eaten anyway, so his heart moved, and he simply proposed: "Cousin Scarlet, let's go and cheer for Miss Zhang Wu." ”

Duanmu Fei was also a little interested, and he was busy responding.

She still remembered that Cousin Lan was only six years old back then, and she was already decent at painting snow jade, and she didn't know how much she had improved her painting skills in the past two years.

The three girls went towards the water pavilion together, and when they entered the house, they saw Qi's maid Yuwei just putting the title of calligraphy and painting on the large red lacquer wood carving case in the center of the water pavilion.

At this moment, the water pavilion is much more empty than before, and most of the students of the Guozijian have left and returned to the Guozijian to attend classes.

Duanmufei and the three of them walked lightly to the big case and read the question.

There was only one word on the silk paper, written in strong and regular italics—

Snow fragrance.

"Snow fragrance" literally means the fragrance of snow, and at the same time, it also means alcohol.

This question is not difficult, and those girls quickly had an idea in their hearts, and they went to the side hall next door to paint, including Zhang Lan.

Duanmu Fei and Hanxing planned to wait in the water pavilion, however, as soon as the two sat down at the window, Yu Wei walked towards the two and said with a smile: "Fourth girl Duanmu, my master asked the girl to come over and talk about it." ”

A narrative?! Duanmu Fei was a little entangled in her heart, but of course it was good to "narrate", but this time and place were really delicate, what if Qi misunderstood that she wanted to come to the girls' school to take classes? …… It's safer to talk about it another day.

Duanmu Fei was about to casually find a reason to hurry away, but Yu Wei said unhurriedly: "Fourth girl Duanmu, my master just got the seal engraved by Zhao Chaoqing a few days ago, and I want to invite the girl to come over and appreciate it." ”

As soon as Duanmu Fei heard the name Zhao Chaoqing, his eyes lit up for a moment, as if they were full of starlight, shining brightly, and asked, "But Zhao Chaoqing, the calligrapher of the previous dynasty?" ”

Seeing that Duanmu was coaxed, Yu Wei secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, nodded with a smile, and then said, "Fourth girl Duanmu, please." ”

Han Xing originally wanted to follow in and have a look, but before he took a step, he stopped again, "Cousin Scarlet, this palace has seen Zhong Xiu and Dangui, this palace will go to talk to them, and I will come back to you later." Before the words fell, Han Xing had already walked towards the outside of the Water Pavilion in a hurry.

Duanmu Fei followed Yuwei briskly into the room, and the spacious room was lit with a faint fragrance of plum blossoms, elegant and fragrant.

Zhong Yu and Li Yu were no longer inside, only Qi was still sitting by the window and drinking tea slowly.

Seeing Duanmu Fei coming, Qi put down the teacup, beckoned to her with a smile, and pointed to the box on the side and said, "Duanmu Fourth Girl, come, help me see if this seal was engraved by Zhao Chaoqing?" ”

Duanmufei's eyes brightened, and he stepped forward quickly, and after saluting the Qi family, he took out the bloodstone seal button in the box with great interest and played with it.

This is a piece of mutton fat jelly bloodstone, the texture is delicate, the natural stone pattern on the seal button is carved into a cicada lying on the bamboo, the cicada body is carved delicately and vividly, half of the cicada's body is red like dripping blood, mutton fat color and chicken blood color complement each other, like a cicada crying blood.

This is a high-grade bloodstone, and this amazing carver is worthy of this seal stone.

Duanmu Fei couldn't put it down and played with this bloodstone, and speculated: "Qi everyone, this seal stone is soft and greasy, and it seems to be often played with, it should be some years." ”

Qi nodded with a smile and said: "This seal button was accidentally obtained by my father in a pen and ink shop decades ago, and he has collected it for many years and plays with it from time to time. ”

She and Zhang Wenxuan naturally informed her parents in her hometown, and her father sent her this bloodstone seal button. I still remember that when she was young, she asked her father many times, and her father was always reluctant until this time......

A slight ripple appeared in Qi's eyes, and then calmed down again.

Duanmu Fei didn't pay attention to the change in Qi's expression, her eyes were focused on the seal button in her hand, carefully looked at the four words engraved in Lishu at the bottom, and praised it: "Wonderful, delicate in strength, and stable in elegant." It should be Zhao Chaoqing's handwriting. ”

Qi Shi looked at Duanmufei, the corners of his mouth curled up irrepressibly, and the more he looked at her, the more likable he became.

She pretended to be casual and said, "Fourth Miss Duanmu, there is actually one more thing I invite you over......" She ignored Duanmu's slightly stiff right hand and continued, "I want to ask the girl to help us appreciate calligraphy and painting for a while, what does the girl think?" ”

It's just a calligraphy and painting! Duanmu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and responded happily.

As far as she is concerned, as long as she is not allowed to come to class, she can do anything.

The smile on Qi's face became even stronger, and he continued to chat with her: "Fourth girl Duanmu, didn't you say that you wanted to engrave the seal last time?" Can you find the right stone? ”

Duanmu Fei shook her head, and told Qi that she had already designed the pattern of the button, but she didn't find the stone she liked for a while, and she also dipped some tea on her fingertips with great interest, and drew the pattern of the button she designed to Qi Shi......

The two of you said a word, and the time passed unconsciously, and I don't know how long it took, Yuwei came in with the curtain and reminded Qi: "Master, a few girls have finished drawing." ”

Qi bowed slightly, and after a while, Yu Wei asked a few little maids to bring in the paintings one by one, almost covering the few big cases that could be painted in a while.

Qi Shi and Duanmu Fei looked at each other, occasionally commenting a few words, and did not choose three paintings from the ten paintings as the top three with a stick of incense.

"Fourth Duanmu girl, which painting do you think should be the leader?" Qi looked at the three paintings and asked with a smile.

Duanmu Fei already had an idea, Qi asked, she pointed to the middle painting and replied: "This one." ”

The gentleman sees the same thing. Qi smiled slightly, letting Yuwei's pen and ink serve, and the faint fragrance of ink permeated the room.

Then, Duanmu Fei wrote down one name after another on a piece of silk paper with a pen, set the ranking, and followed Qi's command to Yuwei: "Yuwei, you go to the list." ”

Yu Wei bent her knees to accept the order, and quickly retreated with the silk paper in her hand.

In the water pavilion outside, the girls' families who took the calligraphy and painting exams, their families, and a few Guozijian students who came to help all craned their necks and waited.

Yu Wei put the silk paper full of names on the big red lacquered wood case, and the girls couldn't wait to surround it, including Tao San.

How is this possible?! The third girl in the crowd stared at her name on the silk paper with her eyes wide in disbelief.

One, two, three...... Six.

I only finished sixth!

The third girl frowned slightly, looked at the first column on the silk paper, and Zhang Lan's name came into view.

The leader of calligraphy and painting is the fifth girl.

Isn't Miss Zhang Wu Qi's niece? Even if the Qi family and the Zhang family are now at odds, Zhang Lan is the Qi family who watched her grow up...... Fraud, this must be fraud!

Tao San's heart couldn't help but have this thought, and her eyes became deep and dark little by little.

At this time, many girls' families had already surrounded Zhang Lan, praising her talent with a smile and congratulating her on winning the top spot in the subject of calligraphy and painting.

Zhang Lan greeted everyone with a smile, her black apricot eyes were as bright as jewels, and her heart seemed to be a bird fluttering its wings happily, but her demeanor was still so dignified and decent.

Of course, other people around also noticed that Tao San Girl was not ranked among the top three, and they couldn't help but be surprised, and many people looked at Tao San Girl, as if they were smiling.

Miss Tao San only felt that the eyes of these people seemed to be thorny, and their faces were even more ugly.

"Miss Yuwei," Miss Tao San gritted her teeth secretly and said loudly, "I have some doubts about the ranking above, and I want to see everyone ask for advice." ”

Everyone looked at each other and exchanged glances, and it was obvious that Miss Tao San was unwilling or convinced by this ranking.

Yu Wei smiled slightly, and said softly: "Please also ask Miss Tao San to wait here, and the slave will go to tell the master." ”

Yuwei opened the curtain again, and everyone's eyes fell on the colorful butterfly opera camellia embroidered brocade curtain.

After a while, the brocade curtain was raised again, and the Qi family was the first to come out of it, followed by Duanmu Fei.

Zhang Lan and Duanmu looked at each other for a moment, their eyes bright. She once heard her aunt mention that Duanmu was outstanding in painting.

Zhang Lan smiled reservedly, describing dignified, at first glance, like a pink lotus blooming comfortably in the summer wind, and then looking at it, it looks like a pink plum blooming in the wind and snow, full of vitality.

The third girl Tao also saw Duanmu Fei, and she was a little surprised that she was with Qi Shi for a while, her eyebrows moved, and she looked down at the silk paper on the red lacquered wood case, and the hairpin flower on the paper was so graceful and elegant.

Miss Tao San narrowed her eyes and thought of some possibility, could it be ......

Tao San's eyes became darker and darker.

Under the burning eyes of everyone, Qi walked unhurriedly to the big case, always elegant and calm.

After Yu Wei whispered a word in Qi's ear, Qi looked at Miss Tao San, her eyes were clear, and she called: "Miss Tao San." ”

"Qi everyone." The third girl Tao took half a step forward, blessed gracefully, and then pointed to the silk paper on the case and said, "Dare to ask if this is written by the fourth girl of Duanmu?" ”

The third girl Tao used a questioning tone, but her eyes were very determined.

For today's exam, she did a lot of homework in advance, and also appreciated some Qi's calligraphy and paintings.

She can be sure that the words on this silk paper are not Qi's handwriting, and Qi's maid naturally cannot have the skills to write such a hairpin flower.

So who wrote it is already clear!

Tao San's eyes looked at Duanmu Fei behind Qi again. Either it's Qi's fraud, or it's Duanmu Scarlet Yin and Yang violations of the handwritten list!

When everyone around heard this, they subconsciously glanced at each other with the friends next to them, and most of them only thought that Duanmufei helped the list of Qi's handwriting, but they didn't think it was strange.

Qi and Tao San Girl looked at each other, and felt something from the other party's deep eyes, and said generously: "Third Miss Tao, today's ranking was set by me and Duanmu Fourth Girl. ”

Not only was Miss Tao unbelievable, but the other people around her were also shocked, and there was an uproar for a while, Qi asked Duanmufei to evaluate the painting with her, which meant that Duanmufei and herself were listed in the same position?

Miss Tao secretly clenched her fists, barely suppressed the turbulent tide in her heart, and said calmly: "Qi everyone, can you let me take a look at the paintings made by several other girls?" ”

This was just a trivial matter, of course Qi agreed, and ordered Yu Wei to take out the ten paintings from the room and spread them out one by one on a few large red lacquered wood cases in the water pavilion.

Tao San Girl looked at it one by one, and so did the others, and finally Tao San Girl stayed next to Zhang Lan's painting, her eyes almost frozen.

Suddenly, she looked up at Qi Shi, and asked in a calm tone: "Dare to ask Qi everyone, what is inferior to 'others' in my paintings." ”

Miss Tao San looked calm, but anyone present could hear the unconvincing in her tone.

Tao San girl is indeed not convinced, she admits that her chess skills are not as good as Duanmu Fei, Duanmu Fei broke seven games of chess in one breath, her strength is undoubted, but calligraphy and painting are different, and it is inevitable to have the personal preferences of the critic when appreciating calligraphy and painting......

Tao San's eyes flashed, and she said solemnly: "Qi everyone, Duanmu Fourth Girl is younger than me, except that she made a magnificent splash of ink painting at the condensation meeting the year before last, I have never heard of any talent in calligraphy and painting, why can she comment on the painting with you?" And ......"

As she spoke, Miss Tao's eyes shot at Zhang Lan like a sharp arrow, "I just saw that Miss Zhang Fifth came with Miss Duanmu, the two of them must know each other, it's so unfair." ”

Tao San Girl actually said that she was half hiding and half hiding, because Zhang Lan not only knew Duanmu Fei, but also had an unusual relationship with Qi.

Even if Tao San didn't pick out these words, the other girls present and those onlookers could also think that their eyes when they looked at Qi and Zhang Lan became complicated, some were suspicious, some were shocked, some were shaken, some were indignant, and some were noncommittal.

Although as the saying goes, you don't avoid relatives in internal actions, but "not avoiding suspicion" to this point will inevitably make people feel unfair.

In the burning gaze of everyone with inquiry, Zhang Lan still stood there with her waist straight, calm at first glance, but knowing that she was like Duanmu Fei, she could see from her slightly gloomy eyes that her mood was a little low, just like when her own group was unhappy, those ice blue fox eyes would become wilted.

Duanmu pursed her lips, her eyes narrowed with a smile, she met the disapprehensible eyes of Miss Tao San, and suddenly said: "Third Miss Tao, in my opinion, Miss Zhang Wu is indeed better than you, and moreover, there is more than that." ”

Duanmufei's voice was crisp and beautiful, but his tone was so sharp that he didn't show any emotion, which made the other girls around him quiet down.

A smile flashed quickly in Qi's eyes, don't look at the cat who is very lazy on weekdays, it is a hunter with sharp claws.

Duanmu Fei didn't seem to think that he had said anything amazing, and his lips kept smiling as cute as a cat, and Tao San's face was so gloomy that he almost dripped ink.

The room became quieter, the atmosphere became tense, and many girls subconsciously held their breath, only listening to the sound of the wind blowing the plum branches outside the window.

Duanmu Fei walked unhurriedly to the painting painted by Tao Sanyu, and everyone else also surrounded the painting, and after a while, it was surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside.

Tao San's painting is a "Snow Plum Picture".

The branches of the red plum in the painting are like dragons, winding and winding, the flowers are like fire, and in a goose-feather-like snow, the red plum blossoms proudly. Snow reflecting plums, plum reflecting snow, there are occasionally a few red plum petals flying in the falling snow.

The red plum and the ink branches, the cold and bright plum blossoms and the vigor of the branches, form a sharp contrast.

This painting is not only majestic and heavy, but also beautiful and elegant, and has a kind of "iron bones and arrogant" bearing. Whether it is from composition, brushwork to color, it is a rare masterpiece.

Everyone around them bowed their heads slightly at this "Snow Plum Picture" and admired it.

This "Snow Plum Picture" and the "Cedar Picture" painted by Zhang Lan on the side are placed together, which can be said to be one soft and one rigid, each with its own merits.

The "Cedar Picture" depicts a row of pines standing tall and winding against the sky, with a snow-capped mountain mist in the background, and a looming stream flowing from afar...... In a thatched hut by the stream, an elegant old man is making tea, sweeping the snow and making tea, as if the fragrance of tea is wafting in.

Compared with the brightly colored "Snow Plum Picture", "Cedar Picture" appears to be elegant in color, just looking at it like this, it gives people a cold and quiet feeling.

These two paintings are both excellent works, not to mention which of them is stronger or weaker, with the level of "Snow Plum Picture", how can it be ranked in the top three!

Miss Tao looked at her painting and smiled confidently.

Duanmu Fei pointed to the "Snow Plum Picture" in front of him, and said in an orderly manner: "Tao San's "Snow Plum Picture" is superior regardless of business location, bone method or color rendering, but it is a pity that it is a show-off skill, only this painting uses more than a dozen methods, each stroke is extremely exquisite and accurate, almost 'copying'." ”

A good painting also depends on the state of mind of the painter at the time of painting, it is impossible for any one person to paint two paintings that are exactly the same, because the state of mind at that moment is not repeatable, this painting is a superior work in terms of painting skills, but there is no aura, nine times out of ten it is "copying" again.

Duanmu's scarlet eyes flashed, and he continued meaningfully: "The painter cares too much about those things that are outside the form, but he loses his charm......"

Looking at Duanmu Fei's eyes as clear as a mirror, Tao San felt as if she had been seen through, and she felt a naked sense of embarrassment.

"Four girls of Duanmu!" Tao San couldn't help but interrupt Duanmu Fei, her face was pale, and she subconsciously raised her voice, "Superb painting skills shouldn't be a reason to be criticized, what qualifications do you have to comment on my paintings!" ”

The third girl Tao could no longer maintain her usual gentle demeanor, and the light of the blade burst out of her eyes, shooting directly at Duanmu Fei, and there seemed to be sparks flashing in the air.

This "Snow Plum Picture" was originally a "Red Plum Picture" painted by her last winter, and her father and brother praised the composition and use of the pen for this picture.

Today, Qi's theme is "Snow Fragrance", and she thought of the "Red Plum Picture" painted last year, and added goose feathers and snow to the original picture to reflect Mei's arrogance.

This painting is clearly more "charming"!

Looking at the stubborn Tao San girl, Qi frowned, and her eyes were dark. She was about to speak, when she heard a slightly shrill voice from outside the Water Pavilion:

"The Second Princess, Her Royal Highness the Third Princess, and Lord Roland have arrived!"