Chapter 45: The Birthday Ceremony Turmoil (II)
Zhao Qingru couldn't help but reprimand: "Wanying, how can you be so presumptuous!" ”
Mrs. Zhao protected Chen Wanying: "She is still a child, what are you doing to murder her?" It's all her filial piety! ”
Zhao Qingru was helpless: "You just spoil her." ”
Chen Wanying turned her head and called, "Xuemei, bring the congratulatory gift." ”
Xuemei is Chen Wanying's eldest maid, and soon, Xuemei and a little maid walked up with a shelf, and the shelf was covered with a red cloth, but judging by the size, it should be a screen.
The shelf is not small, it is placed on the kang mat, the two maids put the screen on the table, Chen Wanying walked over and lifted the red cloth on it herself.
Seeing the screen, all the guests let out a cry of amazement because of the embroidery on the screen.
"This embroidery is so good!"
"It's double-sided embroidery!" Someone exclaimed.
Chen Wanying blessed her and said softly: "I wish my grandmother a blessing like the East China Sea and a longevity than Nanshan!" ”
"Good! Come to my grandmother, my dear! Mrs. Zhao smiled and took Chen Wanying in her arms, with a loving expression.
The guests were amazed, praising Chen Wanying from time to time, Chen Wanying had a generous and decent smile on the corner of her mouth, and calmly greeted the guests' praise.
This screen is embroidered with a kind old man, and the scene of his children and grandchildren under his knees reveals a lively and harmonious scene.
And it is also a pair of double-sided embroidery, double-sided embroidery is extremely difficult, not to mention that Chen Wanying is not very old, and it is enough to be amazed to have such a level, which shows that she has worked hard in this regard.
Chen Wanying's eyes flashed with a glint of victory, just now she let Zhao Siyin be in the limelight, just knowing that her congratulatory gift would definitely shock everyone.
Zhao Siyan looked at it, and had to admire Chen Wanying's embroidery, it was indeed very good, and at this time, Liu Shi glanced at her.
Zhao Siyan looked inexplicable, how did she know that the Liu family was worried. Zhao Siyan is not good at female red, at most the pattern and color matching are good, as for the embroidery, it is really difficult to explain.
Liu couldn't figure it out, her daughter was very smart, and she didn't have to be bad at all in other aspects, so why was she so untalented in embroidery? Originally, she was dead, but when she saw Chen Wanying, the unconvincing in her heart came out again, why is her daughter inferior to others?
For a while, the guests were discussing Chen Wanying's double-sided embroidery, as for Zhao Siyin's longevity picture, Chen Wanying's eyes flashed a flash of victory, she just said that she was worried that her congratulatory gift was not as good as Zhao Siyin, but it was just a humble statement, the guests heard her words, they didn't have much hope, after all, Zhao Siyin's congratulatory gift is really rare.
I didn't expect Chen Wanying to be able to take out this double-sided embroidery, so that the original five-point surprise became eight-point, I have to say that Chen Wanying's foreshadowing is really good.
The eldest lady and Zhao Siyin were about to lose the smile on their faces, and the eldest lady squeezed the handkerchief tightly, this time she was going to give Mrs. Zhao a half-birthday banquet, in addition to pleasing Mrs. Zhao, it also meant to make Zhao Siyin stand out.
But now Chen Wanying has made her in the limelight, covering her daughter's limelight, and he has been busy for so long, but he has made a wedding dress for others! How can the eldest lady swallow this breath?
As soon as the eldest lady's eyes rolled, her gaze fell on Zhao Siyan's body, "Now there are only three girls left, three girls have always been the smartest in our family, and the congratulatory gift prepared here must also have another new idea!" ”
Liu Shi frowned faintly, feeling a little unhappy in his heart, after all, whether it was Zhao Siyin or Chen Wanying, the congratulatory gifts of the two were very outstanding, and now the eldest lady raised Zhao Siyan as soon as she spoke, this is actually a kind of killing, if Zhao Siyan took out the congratulatory gift too ordinary, it would be compared.
Although Liu knew that Zhao Siyan might not care about this, she didn't want her daughter to become a foil for others.
Zhao Siyan didn't care, she had to offer congratulatory gifts left and right, and nodded when she heard the words: "The eldest aunt praised it falsely, she didn't dare to be smart, and it was true that she also prepared a congratulatory gift for her grandmother." ”
Zhao Siyan knew that the eldest lady was also forced to have no choice, Chen Wanying's congratulatory gift was so brilliant, everyone's eyes were on Chen Wanying's body, and Zhao Siyin had long been missing, so the eldest lady had no choice but to pull Zhao Siyan into the water.
It doesn't matter if Zhao Siyin's congratulatory gift is not as good as Chen Wanying, just compare with Zhao Siyan.
If it weren't for the fact that there was really no way, the eldest lady didn't want to offend Zhao Tingshan at this time.
Zhao Siyan glanced at Yun Cui, Yun Cui went down and came out with a tray, and soon walked up, and the eyes of all the guests fell on Yun Cui.
After all, the congratulatory gifts of Zhao Siyan and Chen Wanying before opened their eyes, and they are naturally looking forward to Zhao Siyan's congratulatory gifts.
What Zhao Siyan sent was also calligraphy and painting? The guests whispered, but Zhao Siyin's face was a little unpleasant.
No matter what, this time Zhao Siyan collided with her gift, she would definitely be separated, there was already Chen Wanying before, and she didn't want to be compared to Zhao Siyan again.
The eldest lady is very confident in Zhao Siyin, if it is calligraphy and painting, who can compare to her daughter?
Everyone's eyes fell on Zhao Siyan, and Li Junze was no exception, he was finally able to look at her openly.
Mrs. Zhao said: "Three girls, just open it and let everyone take a look." ”
Zhao Siyan responded, turned around, and slowly opened the calligraphy and painting.
As soon as the painting was opened, everyone's eyes lit up, this Zhao family prides itself on being a scholarly family, and naturally they are all scholars, and those who know the goods can be seen almost at a glance.
"This is Chen Fengxiang's pine and cypress map from the previous dynasty?!" Someone exclaimed.
"Yes, yes, it's Chen Fengxiang's real work! It's definitely Chen Fengxiang's painting! ”
Chen Fengxiang is a well-known painter in the previous dynasty, and he mainly paints figure paintings, rarely paints scenes, and rare things are expensive, Chen Fengxiang's landscape paintings are even more valuable, and money can't buy them.
Today is Mrs. Zhao's birthday, and Zhao Siyan is not wrong to send Songbaitu.
"This Chen Fengxiang's pine and cypress map is a priceless thing, even if there is silver, you can't buy it, these three young ladies are filial to the old lady, the old lady is really a blessing!" Some guests praised it.
Not everyone is like the Zhao family, who is willing to trample on their own people, what the guests think about is Zhao Tingshan, Zhao Tingshan is so valued by Li Junze, and his future is immeasurable, no one will offend him.
Chen Fengxiang's paintings are priceless, and this gift is indeed very valuable, but compared with Zhao Siyin's longevity picture and Chen Wanying's double-sided embroidery, this congratulatory gift is valuable, but it is a little less thoughtful.
Zhao Siyin secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, no matter how expensive this gift is, it can be bought with silver, the most valuable one is Chen Fengxiang, it has nothing to do with Zhao Siyan, and it is Chen Fengxiang who is in the limelight.
"As I recall, this pine and cypress picture was lost a long time ago, and finally the buyer said that the painting was damaged." Suddenly, Li Junze spoke, paused, and he looked at Gu Chenfeng: "The Gu family's library is famous all over the world, Chenfeng, you can talk about it." ”
The scene was shocked, no one expected that Li Junze would suddenly open his mouth to make trouble, and it seemed that he was still embarrassed by Zhao Siyan, if this pine and cypress picture was really damaged, then where did this painting come from?
A few people who asserted that it was Chen Fengxiang's authentic work couldn't help but hesitate a little, could it be that they looked away? Is this actually a fake painting?
Zhao Siyin was happy in her heart, if this painting is really fake, then Zhao Siyan is ashamed, it doesn't matter if you don't have the intention to give a gift, she actually sent a fake, not to mention, the Zhao family has always regarded itself as a scholarly family, and she can't even distinguish the fake painting, and Mrs. Zhao must blame Zhao Siyan.
Gu Chenfeng was a little hesitant, he didn't want to embarrass Zhao Siyan, after all, Zhao Siyan had helped him twice, but he looked at Li Junze, then at Zhao Siyan, and nodded slowly: "Indeed, my father once looked for this picture, and the last buyer said that this picture had been damaged because of its age, and it was lost when he moved, and my father regretted it for a long time." ”
Liu's face turned pale, and she couldn't help but look at Zhao Siyan worriedly, she wanted to say something, but Zhao Siyan gave her a reassuring look.
The eldest lady stood up and said: "Oh, Siyan is also a piece of filial piety, I want to congratulate the old lady on her birthday, who knew that those profiteers actually deceived even children," After a pause, she looked at Zhao Siyan, and her tone was a little cautious: "Siyan, you should be more cautious when you spend money to buy things in the future, after all, there are many scammers outside, and you are young, and you are the easiest to be targeted by those scammers." ”
Just now, the eldest lady offended the second room, and now she hurriedly showed her goodwill, I have to say that the eldest lady's behavior is also ridiculous.
Zhao Siyan stood in the middle, but her immature and beautiful little face was calm, without the slightest embarrassment and panic, the guests looked at her performance, and couldn't help nodding secretly, this little girl can be regarded as a little calm.
But I don't know why, Zhao Siyin has a faint bad premonition in her heart.
Gu Chenfeng stood up and walked to the painting, took a closer look, and suddenly sighed: "This, this painting is genuine!" ”
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked, how, how could it be genuine? Didn't Gu Chenfeng just confirm that this painting should not be damaged?
Even Old Lady Zhao began to doubt Gu Chenfeng's words for the first time, "Chenfeng, you have to see clearly, is this painting really fake?" ”
"It's true!" Gu Chenfeng said in a firm tone: "This painting is definitely Chen Fengxiang's authentic handiwork, Chen Fengxiang is not only a master of calligraphy and painting, but also a master of carving, his seals are carved by himself, and the seals and inks he carved are different from the general, which is also one of the important factors to distinguish the authenticity of Chen Fengxiang's works, I am sure that this painting is absolutely real!" ”
No one will doubt Gu Chenfeng's ability to appreciate, without him, after all, the Gu family's collection of books is famous all over the world, this Chen Fengxiang's authentic handwriting, the Gu family is afraid that there are more than the palace, people have grown up watching Chen Fengxiang's calligraphy and paintings since childhood.
If anyone dares to question him, they have to ask how many authentic paintings of Chen Fengxiang there are in the family.
Everyone's eyes fell on Zhao Siyan's body, what the hell is going on, why a damaged painting appeared here, only Zhao Siyan can answer.
Li Junze looked at Zhao Siyan, watching her and Gu Chenfeng stand side by side in harmony, a handsome young man and a beautiful girl, like a pair of beautiful people.
Li Junze frowned faintly, he stood up, walked over, and reached out to touch the painting, "This painting was repaired later." ”
Gu Chenfeng was stunned for a moment, his face full of astonishment: "Repair? ”
It's not that he hadn't thought of this possibility, but who could have repaired it? Who can have this painting skill and repair the works of a generation of painting and calligraphy masters? It's not that Gu Chenfeng underestimated Dengzhou, even if it was Dengzhou, there were only a handful of people who could repair Chen Fengxiang's paintings, so he didn't think about it.
Li Junze looked at Zhao Siyan, Zhao Siyan lowered his gaze, and the fingers in his sleeves moved slightly, before he whispered: "The prince really has good eyesight." ”
"Chen Fengxiang paints with silk, the silk is light and thin, and there is cotton wool, and the fracture is not easy to repair, how did you do it?" Li Junze asked softly.
When Zhao Siyan heard this, he instinctively replied: "Divide the silk silk into thin cicada wings, and layer by layer, you can't see it." ”
When Li Junze heard this, he smiled with satisfaction.
But as soon as this statement came out, it also confirmed that this painting was repaired by Zhao Siyan!
Gu Chenfeng's face was full of astonishment, he looked at Zhao Siyan, and couldn't hide his surprise in his tone: "You repaired this painting?" ”
How old is she? The little girl who has not yet reached the end of the year, how many paintings have she seen? How dare she? How could she?! That's Chen Fengxiang's painting!
The guests were also whispering, no one dared to believe that this painting was really repaired by Zhao Siyan!
Zhao Siyan glared at Li Junze secretly, but he just met his smiling gaze, he did it on purpose.
But the surprise in Gu Chenfeng's tone also made Zhao Siyan feel a little unhappy in her heart, why couldn't it be her?
Zhao Siyan thought for a while, and then said: "This flower is Chen Fengxiang's early work, and the difficulty of repairing it is not very large, but some materials are very easy to find, such as the cyan pigment of this pine and cypress, which is actually a kind of rock, which must be ground into powder and then mixed with water in a certain proportion to make such a color." ”
Gu Chenfeng looked at her with a complicated expression: "This, this is what you thought of yourself?" ”
Gu Chenfeng was born in a scholarly family, and naturally he had repaired the remnants of the painting, and he also knew this kind of pigment, but he and his father tried it many times, and it took several years to find this method, why did Zhao Siyan know?
Zhao Siyan said confidently: "I saw in a book before that there is a place rich in red rocks and black rocks, which can be used as dyes, and I thought that since I can make dyes, I can make pigments, and they are all the same!" ”
Listening to her natural tone, Gu Chenfeng was speechless for a while, only feeling that he and his father had worked so hard to succeed in the experiment, why were they so stupid? But they themselves are still complacent.
Now, no one doubts that this painting was repaired by Zhao Siyan, even if the truth is so unbelievable.
How could it be believed? How old is Zhao Siyan? A teenage girl, someone else's little girl can embroider a flower is already good, which is enough to be praised, but she has repaired the true handiwork of the previous dynasty calligraphy and painting master!
Whether it was Zhao Siyin's longevity picture or Chen Wanying's double-sided embroidery, all of a sudden, I felt a little unsatisfactory.
Even if there is no concept of virtue for women without talent in this dynasty, but most of the girls' families can follow a few words and read two lines of poetry It is already rare, if they can do two poems, they will be praised as talented women.
Looking at Zhao Siyan now, all of a sudden, their previous definition of a talented woman was too low?
The eldest lady's face was ugly, what she said before seemed to know that Zhao Siyan was hidden deeply, if the congratulatory gift she took out was not outstanding, it would be a killing, but now the congratulatory gift she gave was so amazing and gorgeous, it became a matter of course.
She tried her best, but in the end she carried a sedan chair for Zhao Siyan, how could she not hate?
Gu Chenfeng and Li Junze's eyes involuntarily fell on Zhao Siyan's body, no one would feel that there was anything wrong, even if there was a difference between men and women, but such a woman, who didn't think it was strange and wanted to look at it twice?
Zhao Siyan lowered his head and smiled bitterly, this time I am afraid that I can't keep a low profile.
At that time, she was always unwilling to fight for face for the Liu family because she was a woman, so she desperately studied qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, and wanted to prove that she was not worse than others.
She has some talent, she is willing to work hard, coupled with the accumulation of the previous life, she has studied for more than ten years in this life, so it is not difficult for her to repair a painting.
"No wonder even the eldest lady said that the three girls of the Zhao family are smart, and they really deserve their reputation!"
"Yes! How old is this? ”
"The Zhao family is a scholarly family, and they really know how to raise their granddaughter."
The guests were full of praise for Zhao Siyan, and there were several wives, looking at Zhao Siyan's eyes with a bit of kindness, after all, Zhao Siyan had also reached the age of saying goodbye, and those who had school-age children at home should pay attention.
Looking at the eyes of those wives, the eldest lady's fingers pinching her handkerchief turned white, she never thought that the reputation of the Zhao family's scholarly family would be maintained by the daughter of the Liu family!
"Okay, it's not too early, let's take a seat as soon as possible." The eldest lady said with a smile, and at the same time stopped the topic.
If she heard these people praise Zhao Siyan again, she was afraid that she would not be able to maintain the expression on her face.
Old Mrs. Zhao glanced at her warnly, and the eldest lady suddenly became distracted, lowered her head and didn't dare to expose half of her thoughts.
Yun Cui and Lu Liu glanced at each other, and looked at Zhao Siyan with a happy face, their second room has never been so beautiful, and they are still the most powerful girls!
In fact, Zhao Siyan understands the eldest lady very well, she worked hard to prepare this birthday banquet for Mrs. Zhao, and the result was that Chen Wanying first showed her face, and then she was in the limelight, in contrast, Zhao Siyin's sense of existence is the lowest, no wonder the eldest lady is unhappy.
Maybe it's because the congratulatory gifts of Zhao Siyan and others are too amazing and gorgeous, compared to the congratulatory gifts sent by several grandsons of the Zhao family, which are unremarkable, and then Li Junze also gave a piece of jade and jade pendant, and won the praise of Mrs. Zhao, everyone moved to the side hall to sit down.
The difference between men and women is the big defense, Li Junze's identity is the highest, walking in the front, and Zhao Wenxi ran all the way to his ...... Behind him, Jiang Yi's side.
Zhao Wenxun looked at Jiang Yi with bright eyes, and his expression revealed a sense of intimacy.
Li Junze: "......"
When did this little guy have such a good relationship with Jiang Yi?
Li Junze glanced at Jiang Yi, Jiang Yi spread his hands and touched the little guy's head vaguely.
Jiang Yi gave him a look, and Zhao Wenxi had a 'I understand' expression on his face, and he didn't say anything, just walked beside him, and called it hospitality.
Looking at Zhao Wenxi's little adult's appearance, everyone couldn't help but laugh dumbly.
A touch of disgust flashed in Zhao Wenkang's eyes as he stared at Zhao Wenxi, yesterday the master praised Zhao Wenxi, this master was found by the Gu family, even the old lady Zhao was polite to him, he didn't dare to make a mistake.
This time, Zhao Siyan was in the limelight and suppressed his sister, but Zhao Wenkang had a vicious mind in his heart, so that they could press on their sisters and brothers one by one, and see if they could laugh for a while.
Zhao Wenkang couldn't wait to see Zhao Wenxi's bad luck, he gave his little guy a color, the little guy nodded, then turned around and ran out.
Zhao Wenxi had just taken his seat, but the little guy who was waiting for him behind him was suddenly bumped, and then a book fell from the little guy's body.
This is actually just a small change, after all, people come and go today, and no one cares about a small guy, but Zhao Wenkang shouted loudly at this time.
"Huh? What book is this? Why have I never seen one? Zhao Wenkang went to pick up the book as he spoke, and read the title of the book aloud: "Baduan Jin"? What is it? ”
Zhao Wenkang's voice attracted everyone's attention, and the old lady Zhao's face suddenly sank, "Baduan Jin" is a Taoist martial arts secret book, which belongs to the entry level, but this is a martial arts book, which is definitely a banned book in the Zhao family.
"Whose is this? How could the Zhao family have such a book? Old Lady Zhao asked in a deep voice.
Under normal circumstances, Mrs. Zhao does not ask about the world, and only reads sage books, although he has not been admitted to the Jinshi for half his life, but it does not hinder his persistence.
But since Zhao Tingshan's depraved abandonment of literature and martial arts, everything related to martial arts has become taboo in the Zhao family, and the old lady Zhao is worried about having another unworthy descendant.
He was so angry that he forgot that today was Mrs. Zhao's birthday, and there were so many guests here, and his face was already full of anger.
Zhao Wenxi's face was a little pale, he was young, even if he was a little smart, but the sudden change still caught him off guard, he knew what Xi Wu represented in the Zhao family, he was not afraid of being punished, but he was worried that it would affect the Liu family.
Before Zhao Wenxi could react, his little maid suddenly knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Young master, young master save the little one, young master!" As he spoke, his pleading eyes looked at Zhao Wenxi.
Everyone's eyes fell on Zhao Wenxi's body, but he was not allowed to defend himself at all, Ling Shu was his little servant, his person, and this book fell from him, and Ling Shu's begging for mercy seemed to confirm that this book was Zhao Wenxi's.