The girls on the red and green teams present were not fools, and naturally they all heard the mockery in Roland's main words.

There was silence all at once, except for the rustle of the wind and trees.

Han Xing on the side frowned, feeling that this Lord of Roland County was really narrow-minded and couldn't afford to lose!

Han Xing pursed his lips, and was about to taunt the other party for a few words, when he heard Duanmu sneer and said crisply: "Yes, Lord Roland." My family is a good horse! ”

Duanmu Fei was very proud, and stroked his flying neck with his hand again and again, as if he couldn't hear the sarcasm in Roland County's words at all.

Looking at Duanmufei's complacent look, Lord Roland only felt that a punch had hit the cotton, and the breath was stalked in her throat, which made her extremely uncomfortable.

If she stays here, she will vomit blood!

Han Xing looked at Lord Roland's aggrieved look, and almost didn't laugh, and said in his heart: Well, the scarlet cousin deserves to be the scarlet cousin.

Han Xing and Jun Lingxi exchanged a tacit look with each other, and Jun Lingxi said with a smile: "Scarlet, what about my dark night?" ”

"Of course, Wuye is as good as Feipian, and his brother must have his sister." Duanmu Fei smiled brightly.

Feipian seemed to be a little dissatisfied, and screamed twice, as if to say that it was her sister!

Lord Roland looked at them talking and laughing, his pupils became deeper and deeper, and he said coldly: "Yuzhen, Huacheng, let's go." ”

After the lord of Roland greeted the county lord of Yuzhen and the others, several nobles of the tribe rode away from the polo field with her, and the sound of messy horses' hooves "deservedly" went away.

Han Xing didn't look at the Lord of Roland, and said to Duanmu Fei and Jun Lingxi: "Let's all go back and change our clothes first, and then we will go to Qinglan Hall to celebrate, how about it?" ”

The girls naturally had no objections, and Lan Tingyun couldn't wait to turn over and dismount, muttering: "I'm dying of heat!" Next time, no one wants to come to me to play polo on a hot day, I think I got a tan at least twice today. ”

Her words made everyone laugh again, and the atmosphere was lively and brisk.

The girls also dismounted one after another and walked in the direction of those bamboo sheds, Duanmufei subconsciously glanced at the bamboo shed where the Qi family was, but was stunned.

Duanmu Fei only noticed at this moment that there was a big red lacquered wood case in front of Qi's family, and she was concentrating on waving the paper behind the case...... Look at the movement of her right hand as if she was painting.

After a short pause, Duanmu Fei turned around and walked towards Qi's and stopped in front of her case.

Looking at the other party's pen and ink, Duanmu frowned slightly, and under the half-hanging eyes, the black pupils shone with bright brilliance.

"Scarlet cousin."

Han Xing soon noticed that Duanmu Fei had fallen behind, and Jun Lingxi and a few people also walked towards Qi's side, and several girls surrounded the book case at once, looking at the painting painted by Qi's curiously, and their eyes lit up.

Qi is painting a "Lady Polo Picture".

On the rice paper spread out, more than a dozen noble ladies holding the glaive bow stick and galloping horses have been drawn, and these young girls are all heroic and cool, with different postures and movements, or leaning over to attack, or driving horses to grab the ball, or riding horses to follow, or turning around and holding a bow stick under the backhand, or galloping into the air, or watching the changes......

This painting depicts the radiant girls on the court with soothing and elegant brushwork, conveying the spirit in shape, obviously the brushstrokes are simple, and the face is only a few strokes, but the girls' demeanor is extremely vivid, looking forward to the brilliance, the painter skillfully grasps the characteristics of each girl's demeanor and movement, so that the viewer can know which is Jun Lingxi, which is Hanxing, and which is the lord of Roland......

Not only everyone, but also each horse has different movements and demeanors, some roll their upper lip, some snort, some raise their front legs, and some gallop to their heart's content......

If you follow the eyes of everyone and the horse, you can see a white ball in the center of the painting, next to the ball bow is a horse with white hooves stepping on the snow, and the foal and the girl wearing a whooping red on the horse's back are all looking forward to the divine flying, free and elegant.

With just a few brushstrokes, the most exciting scenes of the fierce polo game were condensed into a single painting, moving like a rabbit and quiet like a virgin.

Qi's painting was engrossed, and the onlookers stood silently one by one, lest it affect Qi's and ruin such a masterpiece.

There was silence all around, and when the other people under the bamboo shed saw the movement here, they also gathered around Qi's family, and they all subconsciously lowered their voices.

When Qi Shi put away the pen, he suddenly found that there were so many people around, and a trace of astonishment flashed in his eyes, and then he generously stretched out his hand to make an invitation, and said with a smile: "Please also taste it together." ”

"Wonderful!" Duanmu stroking his palms with a smile, and was the first to praise loudly, "There is movement in the stillness, and there is stillness in the movement." ”

"Not bad." A girl in blue on the side echoed sympathetically, "The movement and stillness are harmonious, and the layout of the painting is tense and orderly, sparse and dense, and scattered. ”

"Before, my husband taught me to 'sparse and airtight' when writing seal scripts, and I have always been puzzled by the meaning, but now I suddenly understand."

“……”

Everyone praised this picture word by word, and gradually, Qi's eyes were slightly in a trance, and he looked at the painting in front of him without blinking, and he couldn't believe that this painting was from his own hand.

In the past ten years, Qi's trivial affairs have been riddled with trivial matters, coupled with many difficulties in life, and there has been no breakthrough in calligraphy and painting for many years...... Unexpectedly, this time it was like a divine help.

All of this is thanks to Duanmufei.

Qi raised his head from the painting, looking at Duanmu Fei's little face with a complicated expression, Duanmu Fei was pointing to the dark night on the painting paper and talking to Jun Lingxi beside him with a smile.

Han Xing, Duanmu Fei, Jun Lingxi and other girls quickly said goodbye, they sweated a lot in the game just now, and they couldn't wait to go back to bathing and changing clothes as soon as possible. After making an appointment with a stick of incense and going to Qinglan Hall to participate in the celebration banquet, they scattered.

The other people around were still discussing the painting with great interest, but their voices could no longer reach Qi's ears, Qi looked at Duanmufei's departing back, her mind drifted away, she almost didn't remember how she said goodbye to other people, and she didn't remember how she returned to Hongtaoxuan, and when she came back to her senses, she found herself sitting in the small study, looking at the painting she had just painted on the bookcase in a daze.

She smiled, and looked at the radiant girls in the painting, and her mood became excited.

Yuwei, the eldest girl on the side, saw her master smiling, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, so she listened to Qi's slightly eager order: "Yuwei, I want to frame the painting, help me prepare." ”

"Yes, ma'am."

As soon as Qi's order, Yuwei and the two little maids got busy inside and out.

As the saying goes, "Three points of painting, seven points of mounting." ”

Mounting is also an extremely elaborate skill, Qi's father, Mrs. Qi, is not only a famous painter of calligraphy and painting, but also a master of mounting, Qi has also learned seven or eight points of craftsmanship with his father since he was a child.

Qi has always liked to do it himself, and even the pulp is mixed by himself, and he only lets the maids give him a little hands.

The process of mounting is extremely complicated, in addition to the slurry, there are dozens of processes such as supporting the back, putting on the wall, adding strips, mounting silk, on the shaft, adding signatures, etc., if you want to mount a painting, it is a few days and a few months.

Qi was busy for nearly two hours, until the sun was setting in the west, but with the help of two maids, he completed the steps of "putting the painting heart on the wall".

Qi looked at the painting on the wall with satisfaction, and when the slurry dried, the paper would become flat, and the step of "going to the wall" was crucial for mounting.

"Sir." Outside the house, there was a sudden sound of a maid saluting, followed by a sound of curtains, and Master Zhang entered the small study with a leisurely expression, followed by a pretty girl of fourteen or fifteen years old behind him.

The girl wore a lilac-colored hibiscus flower woven gold gown, a thick green silk pulled a simple child, and two pink pearl beads on her head, the lustrous pearls lined the girl's small melon seed face as bright as snow, gentle and lovely.

The girl walked up to Qi with all her faces, saluted her, and said, "Mother." "The girl is the eldest daughter of Master Zhang, named Zhang Ruoling.

The Zhang family has only recently entered Beijing, and the emperor came to the palace to escape the summer this time, and specially let the old man Zhang also drive, because the two sons want to study, so he simply brought his daughter to the palace.

Zhang Ruoling naturally saw the painting on the wall, and said with a smile: "Mother is framing? As she spoke, her eyes fell on the inscription of the painting—the Nine Thoughts Layman.

Qi's self-proclaimed Jiusi layman, often used it to settle on calligraphy and painting, Zhang Ruoling also knew this, so he said: "The ink is particularly new, could it be that this is painted by my mother today?" ”

Qi nodded, and was about to beckon Zhang Ruoling and Mrs. Zhang to enjoy the painting together, when I saw Mrs. Zhang slowly brushing her beard with one hand, and said with a smile: "Ruoyun, this brush is simple and rich, it seems to be clumsy and clever, and the movement is appropriate, which makes me really sigh ......to myself" Old Lady Zhang's eyes lingered carefully on the painting, and her brows raised slightly, "Could it be that you went to see Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess play polo today?" ”

"Not bad." Qi Shi smiled and said, looking at the painting on the wall, the smile on his face became stronger, "At that time, I suddenly became a painter, so I improvised this painting, and the finished product was beyond my expectations, and it actually broke through my bottleneck in the past few years." Qi's eyes shone with brilliance.

"Congratulations to my mother on taking her painting to the next level." Zhang Ruoling smiled at Qi's blessing and praised, "This painting is exquisite in terms of technique, layout, details, and charm, which makes me feel like I am in the scene." It's a pity that I made an appointment with the girls of the Pan family to go on a cruise today, but I couldn't go with my mother to witness it with my own eyes. As she spoke, she sighed slightly in regret.

Qi said with a smile: "Sister Ling, it's rare to come to the palace to escape the summer, you are a little girl, you should play more with girls of the same age, you don't have to follow me all the time." ”

Qi looked at Zhang Ruoling with a gentle and kind face, she has always liked children, and she has also carefully raised this concubine, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs, and she is no worse than the daughters of many families...... It's a pity that the two concubines under her knees are more than a little worse than Duanmu Fei's spirituality and understanding.

Master Zhang was still looking at the painting, and suddenly remembered the waterfall picture brought back by the Qi family last time, when his wife said with appreciation that the painting was changed with the help of the four girls of the Duanmu family, and then thinking of the relationship between the Duanmu family and the four princesses, Master Zhang's heart moved, and asked thoughtfully: "Ruoyun, the four girls of the Duanmu family also went to play polo today......

When Master Zhang looked at the painting again, he noticed that all the eyes on the painting were actually looking at the same person—a little girl riding on a dark cloud stepping on the snow.

Qi Shi was stunned and immediately smiled. Her husband has always been smart, but she was not surprised, and raised her hand to the little girl wearing a red flower on the side of the ball, "This is the fourth girl of the Duanmu family." ”

Master Zhang hooked his lips slightly and praised casually: "I didn't expect this little girl to be good at painting, but also good at polo." ”

Hearing this, Qi's expression became extremely subtle, thinking about the scene during the game, and almost didn't laugh.

However, this polo game does not only rely on human skills, horses are more important, so Feipian is good at polo, and Duanmu Fei is good at it, right?

Thinking about it, the smile in Qi's eyes was so thick that it almost overflowed, and said with a smile: "What's more, the fourth girl of Duanmu is also good at chess, piano, arithmetic, and astrology." "Moreover, the little girl's calligraphy and incense seal are also quite attained, and I don't know how she can have so many things with energy and perseverance at such a young age!

Zhang Ruoling was also listening, and interjected with a smile: "Mother is talking about the cousin of Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess, Duanmu Fourth Girl?" I've also heard that she's a very talented girl, and I'm sure to get acquainted with her if I have the chance. ”

"There's going to be a chance." Qi responded with a smile.

After the three of them talked happily for a while, Zhang Ruoling retired, and only Master Zhang and the Qi couple were left in the small study, and the couple sat down by the window.

The sun is setting, the weather is not so muggy, and it is very pleasant to open half a window at this moment to enjoy the sunset and the scenery in the courtyard.

The little maid served hot tea to the masters with her hands and feet, and the tea was fragrant, and the room was very quiet and peaceful.

Master Zhang picked up the blue and white porcelain teacup, smelled the fragrance of tea in the teacup, took a sip of hot tea gently, and said, "Ruoyun, today the emperor called me and asked about Brother Yu and Brother Zhen'er's homework...... The emperor seems to want to know who our Zhang family will choose as the next heir. ”

Chu, Wen, Zhang, Qi these four families are the top family of Dasheng, more than a hundred years of hairpin family, in the court and even in the folk places, are the status of transcendence, more than 100 years, the children of the clan do not know how many Jinshi, Confucian, and those who have studied in the four major families of the family or have received their favor of the students are countless, it can be said that it is the four major families who support most of the court's civil servants, so the emperor will be so concerned about their heirs.

Qi Shi was putting the teacup in his hand to his lips, and when he heard the words, his hand paused, and the teacup was slightly lowered, and asked, "Master, what are your plans?" ”

Master Zhang sighed faintly, "I temporarily prevari......cated this first on the grounds that I was young and strong," he said, his eyebrows furrowed deeply, "However, Ruoyun, this matter can be hidden for a while, but it can't be hidden for a lifetime, for the Zhang family, the next patriarch has a lot to do, and it should be determined as soon as possible, first, to calm the sacred heart, and secondly, to the heart of the An people." I mean, I want you to recognize Brother Yu under your name...... That's the best way to do it now. ”

Qi Shi slowly put down the teacup in her hand, she had no children for many years, of course, she didn't think about this problem, but she didn't agree with Master Zhang's opinion.

There is a difference between concubines and concubines, and it is not orthodox to record concubines as concubines in her name.

Qi looked at Mrs. Zhang with deep eyes, and said unhurriedly: "Master, what the old lady means is the eldest son who has passed the second room. ”

Master Zhang raised his hand and rubbed his deep eyebrows, "I've talked to the second child a few times about this...... The second child is also reluctant to have their own children, I think I can't let their mother and son separate, although the Zhang family has always had only the eldest son can inherit the position of the head of the family, but ......"

Master Zhang sighed again as he spoke, and said in embarrassment: "But now I can only retreat to the next best...... I thought, compared to the adoptive, to record Brother Yu in your name, the big house and the second room are the best of both worlds. ”

Seeing that Master Zhang's shoulders were drooping and his eyebrows were deeply locked, as if he had suddenly aged several years, Qi pursed his lips, and he inevitably felt a little guilty in his heart.

For a family, the importance of the eldest son is self-evident, and it is indeed his fault that he did not give birth to a son to his husband.

Qi's expression was slightly moved, and he was silent.

"Ruoyun," Master Zhang persuaded softly, "Brother Yu'er, this child was also raised by you since he was a child, and even the enlightenment was enlightened by you, and you know best what this child's temperament is." ”

Zhang Shaoyu is the eldest son of Master Zhang, smart and studious since he was a child, he was admitted to Xiucai at a young age, in this generation of the clan, it is also one of the best young talents, it is conceivable that under the influence of the family and the teaching of famous teachers, he will be admitted to the people, Jinshi, it is a matter of time.

Brother Yu is indeed smart and studious, he can draw inferences when he reads, and he also has a bit of the demeanor of the old man when he was young.

Qi's eyes were half-drooping, looking at the orchids painted on the teacup on the side, and he hesitated in his heart.

The room was silent, except for the sound of cicadas chirping in the courtyard.

Master Zhang looked at Qi's family, his brows stretched slightly, and he said while the iron was hot: "Ruoyun, or I'll write to ......'s father now."

Before he finished speaking, the Xiangfei curtain in front of him was picked up from outside, and a little girl in Tsing Yi walked over briskly, and said on her knees: "Madam, the fourth girl of Duanmu is here." ”

Qi's face was overjoyed, and he suddenly forgot about the succession, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up and welcome people to the east room." ”

Master Zhang smiled slightly, "Go quickly, I'll read a book here for a while." ”

After more than ten years of husband and wife, Qi didn't say anything polite to him, stood up, stroked his skirt carefully, and took Yuwei out of the small study and went to the east room in front.

The trees outside the window reflect the green of the indoor room, Duanmu Fei has sat down on a circle chair by the window, she has changed into a pink skirt, and her hairstyle is still the same as before, but the red whooping red in the sideburns is gone, and the whole person is as fresh and lovely as a pink lotus in summer.

Qi just looked at the little girl like this, and the appearance of Feipian putting the hundred day red flower on her hand came to her mind before, and a smile naturally appeared on the corner of her mouth.

After Duanmufei got up and saluted Qi, Qi also sat down on the circle chair separated from Duanmufei by a small square table, and the sunset gradually converged and became softer and softer.

Qi smiled and greeted Duanmu and said, "Fourth Duanmu girl, you and Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess, their celebration banquet is over?" ”

Duanmufei nodded, as if holding back a smile, and said with one hand covering his mouth: "Cousin Hanxing said that not only a few of us want to celebrate, but Feipian is also a great hero, so he asked everyone to bring all the horses and go to the West Garden together, and the result is ......" Saying that, Duanmu Fei couldn't help laughing, and the laughter was as crisp as a silver bell, "As a result, Feipian not only bit flowers and played in the garden, but also taught other horses badly, and now a corner of the West Garden is bitten by them as if a dog has gnawed it." ”

Seeing the mess in the garden, the girls were angry and funny, and after teaching their horses a lesson, they let them take them down.

Duanmu covered his mouth and smiled briskly, his dark eyes as bright as stars.

Between the words, the maid brought a few plates of dim sum, mung bean cake, lotus root flour cake, water chestnut cake, pea yellow ...... These dim sum are colorful and exquisite, and people will move their fingers just by looking at it.

"Fourth Duanmu girl, try this snack," Qi greeted with a smile, "Look at my chef's skills here." ”

Duanmu Fei picked up a piece of mung bean cake and sent it to her mouth, the fragrant, melt-in-the-mouth, sweet but not greasy taste made her squint her eyes with satisfaction, like a lazy and elegant cat in summer.

Qi looked at her cute appearance, as if he was tempted, and also picked up a piece of mung bean cake and ate it, feeling as if it was delicious again on weekdays.

"Mrs. Zhang, the people take food as the sky, the chefs in your house are really good, you are really blessed." Duanmu smiled and boasted.

"The fourth girl of Duanmu, the girl will also bring some back to the Qingliang Palace later, and give it to Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess to taste." Qi said generously.

Duanmu Fei responded unceremoniously, and then changed his words with a smile: "Fortunately, I didn't come empty-handed today, otherwise Cousin Hanxing would definitely make fun of me every time I come to Mrs. I have to go back with something." ”

Duanmu Fei said jokingly, she raised her hand and made a gesture, and Bi Cicada on the side handed over a wooden box in her hand.

Duanmu Fei opened the wooden box, revealing several plates of incense seals in it, "This is the new incense I have made in the past two days." ”

Qi's nose moved, and he felt that the fragrance of this orchid and lotus was a little familiar, it seemed to be the smell of Jiuhe incense, and it seemed to be a little different, it was clearer and smelled better than Jiuhe incense.

However, the incense seal has not yet been burned, and the fragrance is inevitably a little different.

Qi subconsciously looked at the white porcelain incense burner in the corner of the room, and wisps of green smoke rose from the mouth of the incense burner, and it was the Jiuhe incense burning at the moment.

"Fourth girl Duanmu, could it be that you improved Jiuhe Xiang?" Qi blurted out.

Duanmu pursed his lips and smiled, noncommittal.

She also looked at the white porcelain incense burner in the corner, and said, "Last time I asked my wife for Jiuhe incense, I tinkered with it for several days before I figured out its ingredients, and it turned out that there was a bright fern incense in it. No wonder I didn't smell it at first, but I still bothered the royal prison and asked them for some incense before I figured it out. ”

She stuck out her tongue, and smiled playfully and cutely on her small and delicate face.

This kid really has a lot of hard work, no wonder he can learn everything well. Qi Shi was stunned and said with a smile: "I have several incense books at home, Duanmu four girls, do you want to see them?" ”

"Thank you, ma'am." Duanmu Fei nodded brightly, "I love to make incense, spices are often herbs, so I have also read a lot of medical books, I remember that I once saw in the "Ancient Materia Medica" that the fern is cold and the three fennel is hot, and the two are mutually restrictive, and they should not be shared......"

Qi was confused by Duanmufei's words, and didn't understand what she meant, but felt that Duanmufei seemed to have something to say when he spoke today.

"Mrs. Zhang, you were shocked today, why don't you ask the imperial doctor to take a look." Duanmu crooked his little face and proposed seriously, "I'm worried about the medicine you drink on weekdays, don't rush with the incense I sent." ”

Where can that little thing at noon be called a shocking horse, Qi Shi smiled, "I'm fine, I don't need to ask for a ......" Imperial Doctor.

Qi Shi was halfway through speaking, and suddenly fell silent.

As if she had thought of something, her pupils shrank sharply, and her eyes looked at the incense burner with green smoke rising again, and her face turned white, and her face was like paper.

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