She intrigued him, and he couldn't help but want to find out.

Ye Hanyue pursed her lips and glanced at the side dishes on the table, thinking that it was time to inquire about the Queen Mother, so she took chopsticks and put some side dishes on the plate.

"Hou Gongzi, the slave maid has something to ask Gongzi, I don't know if it's okay?" She hung her head, seemingly just asking casually.

Hou Haoyan turned the wine glass slowly, smiled in his eyes, looked at the person in front of him, and said, "Miss Xiaoyue, but you want to ask about the preferences of the Queen Mother?"

"How do you know?" Ye Hanyue suddenly raised her head and replied, and then felt rude, and immediately smiled again, and added softly, "How did Hou Gongzi know that Xiaoyue wanted to ask about this?" ”

This person must have known that she was going to ask him about this, right? After grinding for a long time, he broke her early, which made her nervous for a long time.

Hou Haoyan sneered, what he said just now was just a guess, he hadn't seen her on the street in the past few days, and today he saw her wandering on the street with a frown, and after a little thought, he thought that she might be worried about Shu Qingci.

Therefore, there is only one thing that can make Shu Qing porcelain sad, and there is only one thing in the entire Shu family.

The queen mother's birthday, in order to show their hearts, most of the officials from all over the country will prepare the birthday gift by themselves, and the same is true of their Hou Mansion, but just three days ago, he heard Qing Ze say that the little prince Huangfu Xiu handed over the matter of the queen mother's birthday gift to the Shu family.

At this point, he said that, but he didn't expect this girl to be really for this.

"The Queen Mother doesn't like much on weekdays, but she is only a little more interested in calligraphy and painting, the more skilled and novel the painting, the more she can win the Queen Mother's attention."

He said to himself, but Ye Hanyue listened extremely seriously.

What Hou Haoyan said was exactly what she wanted, although there was no gap between this news and what the second aunt had inquired about, but she could hear it from Hou Haoyan's mouth in person, and she was a little more sure of this birthday gift in her heart.

After digesting what Hou Haoyan said, she immediately smiled, raised the teacup and thanked him with tea: "Hou Gongzi has a clear mind, and Xiaoyue thanked him today."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and raised their glasses to each other.

Hou Haoyan put down the cup in his hand with a light smile, then looked at Ye Hanyue, and said: "Thank you is not necessary, that is, I want to invite the girl to go to the mirror lake in the west of the city to visit the lake another day, I don't know if Miss Xiaoyue can give me this face."

"Swimming in the lake?" Ye Hanyue bit her chopsticks and was a little stunned for a while. Hou Haoyan invited her to swim in the lake, which is too unreasonable, unless......

He wanted to invite Shu Qingci to swim in the lake together, but it was not good to speak directly, so he said that he would invite her to go with him.

It's a bit possible to think like that.

Swimming in the lake? In ancient times, it seems that men and women began to date in the lake, if only something could happen to the two of them while they were swimming in the lake......

"Okay, Hou Gongzi said so, Xiaoyue will naturally go back, and when I look back, Gongzi will decide to make a good trip, and send someone to Shu's house to inform Xiaoyue."

She will definitely follow, and when the time comes, she will fool Shu Qingci again, and the rest will depend on Hou Haoyan himself.

Ye Hanyue smiled at the corner of her mouth, thinking of the lake in a few days, her eyes unconsciously had a hint of impatience, and she didn't notice that Hou Haoyan was looking at her.

Half an hour later, after the tea and food were full, Ye Hanyue was anxious to prepare for the birthday ceremony, and did not continue to delay, casually complimented a few sycophants, got up and left.

She hurried back to Shufu all the way, and did not go to Shu Qingci to say goodbye first, but went back to her room directly, and as soon as the door was closed, it was a whole hour.

When she opened the door again, the sky was already very dark, except for a crescent moon on the horizon, which still exuded a faint light, and the place next to it was already hung with lanterns.

She stood in the courtyard and stretched her sore waist and arms, and then walked to Shu Qingci's room with something in her pocket.

Knock knock!

"Miss."

"Come in."

Shu Qingci also asked Dong'er about Ye Hanyue's whereabouts just now, and learned that she was in the maid's room at this time, so Dong'er went to call her over later, Dong'er hadn't left the room yet, but this person came by himself.

"Dong'er, you go down and rest first."

Shu Qingci smiled lightly at Dong'er, then looked at Ye Hanyue, and said, "Xiaoyue, can you get a result this day?"

She asked a little anxiously.

But she was more anxious.

Ye Hanyue knew the reason why Shu Qingci was anxious, she stepped into the house, winked at Dong'er who was about to go out, and then walked to Shu Qingci and said, "Miss, look."

She slowly unfolded the thing she was holding, and a painting appeared in front of Shu Qingci.

Shu Qingci took the painting, looked at it carefully, and a touch of amazement rose in her eyes, but then she raised her head again and asked suspiciously: "Xiaoyue, did you get this painting...... Is it too consequence to really like painting? ”

"Hmm." Ye Hanyue nodded, "I asked someone to ask, the Queen Mother is indeed like the second aunt who found out, she likes to paint, but the Queen Mother is not only fond of ancient paintings, or calligraphy and painting, the news obtained by the slave maid said that the reason why the Queen Mother likes to paint is that she likes the painter's novel techniques and painting skills." ”

Shu Qingci lowered his eyes and pondered for a while, and then turned his gaze to the painting in his hand.

She has a picture of the pine crane in her hand, from the painting alone, it can be seen that the painter is rigorous, with the pen is round and free, the brushstrokes are elegant and graceful, the pine and cypress and the crane reflect each other, only look at it for a while, she can feel that the painting in her hand is far above her.

When Shu Qingci heard that the Queen Mother liked calligraphy and painting at Master Shu's beginning, she thought about whether she would paint a picture of her birthday by herself, but ......

Fortunately, she only had this idea before, otherwise, if she really made such a painting, she would not have seen such a masterpiece.

She looked at the painting, and suddenly became interested in the person who painted it, and looked up at Ye Hanyue and asked, "Xiaoyue, where did you get this painting from?"

The ink is still new, as if it has just been made.

Could it be that this painting was made in front of Xiao Yue, and then she bought it back?

No, Satsuki didn't have that much silver taels, not enough to buy calligraphy and paintings of this level, unless she knew the person who painted it.

After only going out for one day, she not only inquired about the preferences of the Queen Mother, but also brought back this painting with her.

What kind of powerful people are around her? How much else did she not know?

Shu Qingci only asked this sentence, and a thousand thoughts poured out of her mind, and she raised her eyes again to look at the woman in front of her, and her face changed.

Ye Hanyue lowered her eyes, looked at the painting and said: "This, the slave maid also heard that Nanlaiju has recently acquired some new calligraphy and paintings, and the brushwork is novel, which is quite popular with those literati talents, so Xiaoyue went to Nanlaiju to take a look twice, and this look, I also think that this calligraphy and painting are good, so I brought it back."

Shu Qingci stared at Ye Hanyue closely, and asked again in disbelief: "I'm afraid that this kind of calligraphy and painting requires a lot of silver taels, ...... you?"

She didn't finish her words, but there were words in her words, and Ye Hanyue still understood them.

She smiled, and then replied: "Miss, the slave maid naturally can't afford it, I only told the shopkeeper Lin Bai who came to live in the south, this painting is the eldest lady of our Shu family, and the shopkeeper Lin Bai will also do business, just say let the slave maid take it back to the lady first, and then send someone to send the silver two over."

She smiled sincerely, and she couldn't see a hint of falsehood, but her heart was beating a panicked drum.

Earlier, she heard that the housekeeper in the house had no intention of mentioning that Emperor Fuxiu would come to Shu's house tomorrow to get a birthday gift, and if Shu Qingci wanted to stop the second aunt's ascendancy, she would only hand over a better painting tonight than the painting that the second aunt handed over to Master Shu.

Therefore, as soon as she was separated from Hou Haoyan, she hurried back to Qinglan Pavilion, in order to rush out a calligraphy and painting related to the theme of Shou before tonight, and it was just too late.

Shu Qingcidai's eyebrows frowned slightly, as if she was thinking, but she couldn't find a loophole in what Ye Hanyue said, so she had to put this matter in her heart for the time being.

She stared at the painting in her hand and looked at it carefully.

Ye Hanyue was anxious to wait, so she persuaded: "Miss, the slave maid heard that the little prince is going to come to the house to get the birthday gift in the morning, if you don't want the second aunt's painting to be selected, it's best to send this painting to the master while the master is still asleep."

Shu Qingci only then remembered in vain that there was still something to do, she carefully rolled up the calligraphy and painting in her hand, and then said: "Let's go, let's go to Daddy now."

Master Shu didn't see the painting that night, so early the next morning, Shu Qingci went directly to the front hall with the painting.

At this time, the second aunt was waiting for Master Shu to have breakfast, she saw Shu Qingci and Ye Hanyue coming in, she glanced at them with raised eyebrows, and then said to Master Shu like a demonstration: "Master, the concubine heard that the little prince will come over later, but don't forget what you promised the concubine before, if the little prince chooses the things that the concubine picks, he will raise my position."

Master Shu lowered his eyes, continued to eat the porridge in the bowl expressionlessly, and said impatiently after a while: "Okay, I know, how many times have you been verbose about this matter?"

"Master, isn't the concubine worried?" The second aunt said softly, obviously, she accompanied Master Shu in Anhe Courtyard last night, and it was not without effect.

Shu Qingci looked coldly at the second aunt's face that was covered with fat powder but still showed wrinkles, although she was disdainful and disdainful in her heart, her face was still expressionless.

She took a few steps forward and walked to the table, and said respectfully to Master Shu: "Daddy, my daughter has an important matter here, and I want to talk to my father."

Master Shu raised his eyes to look at Shu Qingci, as if he had just seen Shu Qingci come in, "Qingci, you, you have something important?" ”

His expression looked a little tired, but this did not affect his own majesty as the head of the Shu family.