Piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, these four things, not many people have listened to Chu Qingci play the piano, she can also change her painting style, and the chess style is varied, it is difficult to see the clues, only the "book" is the most difficult, everyone has their own unique imprint between the horizontal strokes, and after more than two years of rebirth, she completely put aside the font that Chu Qingci is good at, but it is only enough for her to re-practice two or three fonts to the extreme.

Even so, some things are engraved in the bones, and if it is not necessary, Duanmu Fei rarely leaves pen and ink outside.

Mrs. Zhang looked at Duanmu Fei, smiled slightly and said, "I have admired the name for a long time", and a strange light flashed in her eyes.

She said that it is not an exaggeration to admire the name for a long time, she has indeed heard of Duanmu Fei, and knows that the other party is a girl from the Shoufu family, and she is also a well-known talented girl in Beijing, and her talent in piano and chess is particularly outstanding.

Before coming to Ningjiang Palace on this trip, Mrs. Zhang also heard her friend Zhong Yu tell her about the four girls of the Duanmu family:

"The fourth girl of Duanmu is indeed talented in the piano path, even I sigh to myself, I don't know which is stronger and weaker compared to the deceased Chu girl."

"It's a pity that no one is perfect, although that little girl is highly talented, she is a little dustless and harsh."

Thinking of Zhong Yu's complex and suppressed voice at that time, Mrs. Zhang couldn't help frowning slightly. She doesn't have a good impression of Duanmufei, a talented person who doesn't cultivate his personal virtues can't go far.

Mrs. Zhang calmed down, turned around quietly, and looked at a large red lacquered wooden case in front of her, on which was covered with a paper raft, on which four words were written in hairpin letters:

Good is like water.

It's just a simple four words, but Mrs. Zhang was stunned, and a little girl's innocent admiration sounded in her ears: "The hairpin flower Xiaokai of the four girls of Duanmu is really good-looking, and it is usually hairpin Xiaokai, and the writing is more regular than mine." ”

It's not just good-looking. Mrs. Zhang is a master of calligraphy and painting, and naturally knows that in order to really practice the hairpin flower to the tangible and bone, it is necessary to start from the foundation step by step, practice the compilation, official script, regular script, and then practice the small Kai, in order to have a small success.

There is no shortcut to calligraphy, and you must first practice your mind.

Words are like people.

A person who can write such a hairpin with one hand can be free, and his mind should not be so narrow-minded.

Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but go to see Duanmu Fei again, and saw that her eyes were clear and her expression was downcast and generous, and she was stunned for a moment.

Mrs. Zhang smiled slightly, this time, there was a touch of sincerity in her smile, and she praised: "The hairpin flower of the fourth girl of Duanmu is beautiful and beautiful, elegant and peaceful, I think it has been several years of hard work, and I have muscles and bones." Very good. ”

Mrs. Zhang is the housemother of the Zhang family, one of the four major families, and she is sleek and sleek, and she has commented on many girls, all of whom are euphemistic, but no one has heard such a direct "very good" from her mouth.

A few clever and transparent girls were thoughtful when they heard this, and they understood that Duanmufei's handwriting was probably the best word in the audience, so they bowed their heads and looked at the four words written by Duanmufei carefully.

Most of the girls didn't particularly care about the left ear in and out of the right ear, and most of them talked around Mrs. Zhang:

"Mrs. Zhang, listening to your words is better than reading for ten years, listening to you today, I really feel like I am awake and empowered."

"yes, yes. I have also benefited a lot today, I used to always stick to Xiaokai, but I forgot that people are different. ”

"Mrs. Zhang, wait for me to go back and practice well, and I will ask you to comment next time......"

“……”

In this Qinglan Palace, the laughter of the girls echoed one after another, filling the air like silver bells, intertwined with the lotus fragrance coming with the wind from the window, and the atmosphere was happy.

After talking for a while, a few more palace maids came up to make tea for them again.

"Mrs. Zhang," a girl in blue blessed Mrs. Zhang, and proposed, "Mrs. Jiuwen can't help but be good at Hanmo, Danqing is also a must, it's rare for everyone to get together today, I wonder if we can have the honor to see one or two with our own eyes?" ”

Mrs. Zhang had planned to come to Beijing to open a girls' school, but at this time, she naturally couldn't hide it, so she immediately responded generously.

The blue-clothed girl was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered the palace maid to paint utensils and paints, but was interrupted by Mrs. Zhang, and said with a smile: "There is already pen and ink here, so I will paint an ink painting." ”

Mrs. Zhang stood up, walked to a large red lacquered wood case in the hall, and personally laid out the drawing paper for herself, and sharpened the ink.

Her expression and movements are extremely elegant, as if every movement is measured with a ruler, and that kind of bearing and demeanor seems to have been engraved in her bones.

Everyone's eyes fell on Mrs. Zhang, and those girls all showed reverence and yearning on their faces.

Mrs. Zhang's expression was calm, and she wantonly splashed ink, hooking, rubbing, and dyeing...... All kinds of techniques are skillful in the heart, and they are proficient in mastery.

The hall was quiet, all the girls forgot to speak, quietly looking at the confident and calm woman in the center of the hall, all around was the sound of branches and leaves swaying from the window, "Boom ......"

After two cups of tea, Mrs. Zhang took the pen and put it aside.

A little girl in pink had been watching with bated breath, and only then did she react at this moment, and she breathed heavily, attracting a funny look from a girl in yellow next to her, and nodded her forehead.

The dozen or so girls present curiously surrounded the big red lacquered wood case in front of Mrs. Zhang, and all of them stretched their necks to look at the painting she had just painted.

It was an ink landscape painting.

This is not surprising to everyone, after all, nine times out of ten, ink paintings are landscape paintings.

On the rice paper, a piece of peaks and peaks, clouds, mountains, smoke and trees are drawn with appropriate shades of brush and ink, the layout of the painting is sparse and dense, the ink color is dry and wet at the same time, layer by layer, the painting does not see half of the color, just water and ink, black and white, but the lush feeling between the mountains and forests is vividly expressed, leaping on the paper.

The girls around were full of praise:

"This painting is really chic and elegant, warm and delicate."

"Yes, the mountains and rivers are majestic, the plants and trees are verdant, not only warm and beautiful, but also magnificent."

"The pen is smooth and skillful, ups and downs, watching the mountains progressing layer by layer, and the mountains and trees are integrated!"

"Yes, the mountains and rivers in this painting are full of vitality at a glance, and the charm of the mountains and the spirit of the wood are shown on the paper!"

“……”

Girls, as soon as you say a word, the hall becomes lively and noisy again, and even outside the window attracts many birds, or poke their brains inside, or flutter their wings and hover outside.

Duanmu Fei sat leisurely aside, drinking tea, eating snacks, and talking and laughing with Hanxing and Dangui.

"Fourth girl Duanmu."

Suddenly, Mrs. Zhang looked at Duanmufei, and when she called, the girls beside her looked at Duanmufei again.

"I heard that the fourth girl of Duanmu is good at painting, why don't you come and taste one or two?" Mrs. Zhang said with a smile.

She exuded a demure temperament, but she stood there with such an indifferent expression, like a magnolia blooming leisurely, overflowing with brilliance, eclipsing the young girls around her.

Duanmu Fei got up again, walked to the big case, looked at the landscape painting, and then commented succinctly: "The layout of this painting is dense and orderly, the virtual and the real intersect, and the various techniques are exemplary, but it is a pity that it is too regular and a little lacking in 'charm'." ”

As we all know, a good ink painting pays attention to the use of brushes, the charm of pen and ink, the momentum of layout, and the most important point - vividness.

Ink painting does not pay attention to how much the painting resembles the real thing, the magic lies in the similarity and dissimilarity, the magic lies in the form of the depiction of God, to create artistic conception, in order to achieve both the form and the spirit, the charm is vivid, so that the painting can be intriguing and thought-provoking.

The technique of this painting can be practiced, and the layout and structure can also be practiced, only the artistic conception and charm can be learned, but it cannot be learned by repeated practice, which must rely on the painter's own perception, and it is Huang Gongwang who completed the famous "Fuchun Mountain Residence Map" at the age of 82.

The truth contained in these words of Duanmufei is understood by the girls present, but Mrs. Zhang is a well-known calligraphy and painting master, this Duanmufei is inevitably a little too crazy, what qualifications does she have to use such a condescending tone to evaluate Mrs. Zhang's paintings, she is clearly playing a big knife in front of Guan Gong?!

The girls were in a commotion, whispering to each other, looking at Duanmufei's gaze a little strange, and most of them didn't dare to agree.

Hanxing has always been on the same front as Duanmu Fei, what Duanmu Fei said, she nodded frequently, looking the same way, she is not partial to Cousin Scarlet, in her opinion, Cousin Scarlet's calligraphy and paintings are all top and good, just look at the hundred birds and phoenix skirt she painted for herself!

Mrs. Zhang was a little stunned in surprise, as if she had thought of something, her eyes flashed slightly, and she proposed with a smile: "Fourth girl Duanmu, would you like to change this painting for me?" ”

This time, it was Duanmufei's turn to show an unexpected expression, she leaned down to look at the painting again, the corners of her mouth hooked, and her black and white eyes lit up, revealing a little interest.

"I'll try." Duanmu Fei said eagerly.

Looking at Duanmu Fei's appearance, Han Xing was suddenly shocked, it was originally a hot day, she was a little lazy all day, and she couldn't lift her energy, now it's good, there is a good show to watch.

The palace maid who was waiting for the pen and ink on the side immediately started to grind the ink again, and the other girls around saw that Duanmu Fei was going to change the painting, so they all got up and surrounded them.

More than a dozen pairs of eyes, more than 20 gazes, so hot that it seemed as if the air was about to burn.

Duanmu Fei was calm, as if he hadn't noticed these gazes, and casually picked up the wolf pen that Mrs. Zhang had used just now, dipped it in ink, and dipped it in water, and waved it with his hand......

She is obviously already in her chest, hooking and dyeing, little by little, and painting like flowing water......

Before I knew it, there was silence all around.

It's just half a cup of tea, Duanmu Fei put away the pen and pursed his lips with satisfaction.

She added a waterfall to this painting, such as Bai Lian hanging upside down, the waterfall brushed the ground and fell into the waterhole below, splashing countless splashes, flying beads splashed jade, countless small water droplets in the air Xingheng a hazy mist, covering the mountains and forests next to it with a thin veil.

This originally quiet and peaceful ink painting suddenly became magnificent after adding this waterfall, and the movement and stillness were suitable, just looking at this painting, it made people feel as if they could hear the sound of the waterfall falling like a galloping horse, booming, like an ancient poem:

Standing thousands of miles from the ground, hanging in the air.

Duanmu Fei put away his pen, however, the surroundings were quieter than before, as if all the sounds had been sucked away, and there was no sound.

If you don't see it with your own eyes, who can believe that this open-minded and majestic painting is from the hands of a petite and innocent little girl!

If you hadn't witnessed it with your own eyes, who would have believed that Duanmu Fei had changed this landscape painting into a completely different artistic conception with just a few strokes in just half a cup of tea!

Looking at the painting in front of them, their minds couldn't help but resound Fang Duanmufei's evaluation of Mrs. Zhang's painting: "...... It's a pity that it's a little too regular and lacks a bit of 'charm'. ”

It was only at this moment, when they saw the difference between the painting and the painting, that they truly understood what the "charm" of painting was.

I don't know how long it took, Mrs. Zhang took the lead in breaking the silence in the hall: "Work is intentional, release but not chaos, and there is movement in the stillness." ”

Mrs. Zhang looked at Duanmu Fei's eyes with appreciation, and a few more emotions.

In fact, the comment given by Duanmu Fei, Mrs. Zhang is not the first time to hear it, her father is a well-known master of calligraphy and painting in Dasheng, and he also said privately that she has been bound by general affairs over the years, although her painting skills are skillful, but the paintings lack the edge of her youth and lose her charm.

At that time, she listened, only thought that her father was strict, and did not take it too seriously, until she heard Duanmu Fei comment on her paintings, and she was touched.

This little girl is young, but her eyes are very sharp.

Not only the eyesight, but also the drawing skills are good......

It's just that......

Mrs. Zhang looked at Duanmu Fei with a somewhat complicated gaze, and felt that this little girl was really weird, when she was painting, it seemed to be smooth, but there was an occasional moment of hesitation, and she deliberately changed the stroke of the brush, as if she had no scruples, so she didn't dare to be wanton.

If she lets go to paint, I don't know what kind of amazing work she will paint?!

"Fourth Duanmu girl, can you give me this word and this painting?" Mrs. Zhang asked with a smile.

"It's an honor." Duanmu Fei naturally responded.

Mrs. Zhang instructed the maid to put away the calligraphy and paintings, and the smile on the corner of her mouth became even stronger.

When she came to the capital this time, it was her biggest surprise and surprise to meet this Duanmu girl.

It is not difficult to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but it is difficult to be proficient in everything.

One of the pianos, Zhong Yu sighed to himself about Duanmu Fei's piano skills.

In one of the chess games, Mrs. Zhang also watched the endgame set up by Duanmu Fei in the Xiyuan Hunting Palace the year before last, and tasted it with Li Yan, and heard that Master Yuankong also praised Duanmu Fei's chess skills.

One of the books, since Duanmu's hairpin Xiaokai has muscles and bones, it is not bad to think of her compilation, official book, and regular script. Mrs. Zhang didn't think much about it, but when she looked at Duanmu's painting just now, she had a clumsy meaning, and she thought that this hairpin flower was not her best word.

There is also this way of danqing, even if Duanmu Fei deliberately hides it, her painting skills are already on par with herself, and even in terms of artistic conception, this young girl is far better than herself.

What kind of family does it take to raise such a stunning girl?!

Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but sigh a little in her heart, and inevitably remembered another name worthy of the four words "amazing talent" - Chu Qingci, but it was a pity that she was famous.

The four great families have been marrying each other for a hundred years, and after arriving in Beijing, Mrs. Zhang and her husband went to visit the Xuanguo Mansion and met the old lady Chu and his wife......

Mrs. Zhang's eyebrows moved, and she suddenly asked, "Fourth Miss Duanmu, have you ever seen Miss Chu from the Xuanguo Mansion?" ”

Duanmu was stunned and shook his head.

Mrs. Zhang continued: "Not long ago, I went to the Xuanguo Mansion to see a few posthumous paintings of Miss Chu, among which there is a waterfall picture, which impresses me deeply, which is very different from what you painted, but each has its own meaning. ”

"It's a pity that I didn't have the opportunity to see it." Duanmu sighed regretfully, she really felt sorry, only she knew that the waterfall picture had not been painted yet, and there was still one last step missing, she originally wanted to give it to her grandfather after finishing the painting, but I am afraid that there will be no more such a chance.

Seeing that Mrs. Zhang and Duanmu Fei seemed to have a good conversation, the other girls around were whispering to each other, and they all knew that Mrs. Zhang and the other two masters Zhong Yu and Li Yu intended to open a women's school, and the queen also issued an edict to allocate the Huilan Garden next door to the Guozijian to them for use, and the women's school was carried out in an orderly manner, and everyone was waiting to see who would be the first batch of students of the women's school.

Today, it seems that Mrs. Zhang is afraid that she will strongly recommend the fourth girl of Duanmu.

Duanmu Fei was seen by these eyes, and the hairs on the back of her neck stood up, and she said in her heart: Could it be that she really felt cold after eating too much ice sherbet?! …… Well, she always felt that something important seemed to be forgotten by her.

Since you forgot about it, it probably means that this matter is not that important, right?

She said to herself in her heart, at this time, there was a crisp laughter outside, four or five girls came in with a smile, and one of the purple-clothed girls called to a blue-clothed girl and a cui-clothed girl in the Qinglan Palace: "Sister Pan, Sister Lu, it turns out that you are here!" Let me look for a while, didn't we say we were going to go rafting? ”

There is a familiar petite figure beside the girl in purple, wearing a hibiscus-colored embroidered skirt, with a beautiful appearance, it is Feng Congyan.

The blue-clothed girl, the cui-clothed girl, and the other five or six girls showed a little embarrassment on their faces, they did make an appointment with someone to go rafting, because they came early, so they came to Qinglan Hall to sit, but they didn't expect to meet Mrs. Zhang here, and they were excited for a while, and temporarily remembered to let Mrs. Zhang point out calligraphy, so they forgot all about boating at dusk with someone.

Feng Congyan and his entourage noticed that Han Xing, Dangui and Duanmu Fei were also in the hall, so they stepped forward and greeted them.

After that, Miss Pan cleared her throat and explained to the purple-clothed girl with a smile: "Sister Li, don't be surprised, we happened to meet Mrs. Zhang here just now, and we forgot the time for a while. As she spoke, Miss Pan looked at Mrs. Zhang again, "Mrs. Zhang, do you want to go boating with us?" ”

Mrs. Zhang responded with a smile.

Feng Congyan took half a step forward and invited Han Xing and Duanmu Fei: "Your Royal Highness the Fourth Princess, Sister Duanmu, do you want to go boating with us?" ”

"Hongu and Cousin Scarlet won't go." Han Xing unceremoniously refused, and his tone was not tactful.

Feng Congyan's pretty face suddenly stiffened, and a layer of hazy water shone in her eyes, which was pitiful.

Duanmu Fei didn't look at Feng Congyan, she glanced at the sky outside the window, and said to Mrs. Zhang: "Mrs. Zhang, it will rain heavily in a while, Cousin Hanxing and I won't go boating, you should go back early." ”

Mrs. Zhang was stunned, and subconsciously looked at the blue sky outside the window......

"Sister Duanmu," Feng Congyan rubbed the handkerchief in her hand and said timidly, "How can it rain in such a good weather?" Don't let Mrs. Zhang see the joke. ”

Feng Congyan bit her lower lip, feeling that Duanmu Fei didn't want to go boating with her, and she had to say this kind of nonsense!

Duanmu Fei didn't care, he ignored Feng Congyan, and said to Han Xing and Dangui with a smile: "Cousin Hanxing, Dangui, let's go." ”

Han Xing and Dangui glanced at Feng Congyan with a "sympathetic" face, Duanmu Fei can be called a "god operator", they know best, their scarlet sister is "knowing astronomy, knowing geography, knowing people, knowing yin and yang, understanding gossip ......" In short, everything is omniscient, and the only small flaw is that the four bodies are not very dexterous.

Duanmu Fei and Han Xing went hand in hand, Feng Congyan looked at Duanmu Fei's petite and slender back in a daze, and rubbed the handkerchief in his hand, the water in his eyes became thicker, and he pouted, as if he had been bullied, and said: "I'm just a good ......."

Miss Pan on the side comforted Feng Congyan with kind words: "Miss Feng, we understand." ”

"Sister Pan," Feng Congyan looked at Miss Pan with a slight red eye, as if she saw a reliance, "I also want to get along with Sister Duanmu, the emperor gave my eldest brother and Sister Duanmu a marriage, and we will be a family in the future...... Grandmother, she also looked forward to her every day, waited for her, she obviously agreed but never went......"

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other when they heard this, the discord between the eldest princess of Anping and the Feng family is well known, but Feng Yan always has the surname Feng, and Mrs. Feng is also Duanmufei's future grandmother.

Miss Pan's eyes flashed with disapproval.

After the eldest princess of Anping gave Duanmu Fei a small decision, her mother also took her to Duanmu's house to visit and gave a congratulatory gift...... It's a pity, don't say anything else, just this is not filial, it will be criticized!

Mrs. Zhang naturally heard Feng Congyan's words, and couldn't help but look at the back of Duanmufei leaving, and moved her eyebrows. This little girl seems to be very clever, and she shouldn't be stupid enough to do such a trick......

What is this the matter of the Duanmu family, the Feng family and the princess's mansion, no matter what the other girls think in their hearts, but no one rashly judges anything, under the urging of the strong girl, everyone left the Qinglan Palace in a mighty way, and went to the Tianlai Lake in the northwest of the Qinglan Palace.

Miss Li specially borrowed two canopy boats, each of which had two attendants in charge of rowing, and everyone was divided into two groups and got on the canopy boat.

As a few long oars stirred the clear surface of the lake, the canopy broke through the water and rowed towards the center of the lake, and the ripples around the boat also waved.

Under the bright sun, the lake sparkled as if countless broken gems had been sprinkled on the surface of the lake, and the two canopy boats gradually drifted away from the shore......

On the lake in front of the right, the lotus leaves are swaying in circles of green waves, which rise and fall one after another, intertwined with the crisp laughter of the girls.

"Let's go pick some lotus pods and eat them later! Now the lotus seeds are sweet and delicious, but they are delicious! ”

"Sister Lu, why do you think about eating all day long!"

"Haven't you heard that the people live on food?"

Miss Lu's delicate voice made the other girls on the boat laugh.

"It's a great day!" Miss Pan looked up at the blue sky and suddenly sighed, causing other girls to subconsciously raise their eyes to look at the blue sky above, including Feng Congyan.

Feng Congyan's ears sounded Duanmufei's words again, pursed his lips, and couldn't help but say: "How can there be heavy rain in such a good weather!" ”

Duanmu is clearly talking nonsense, and he is open-mouthed!

Miss Pan's eyes flashed, and she was about to echo, but when the words came to her mouth, she heard a deafening rolling thunder sound in her ears-

"Boom!"