Aunt Chang had expected that someone would be unable to hold her breath, so she responded unhurriedly: "Mrs. Chen, don't be impatient, the Queen Mother said, because the supervisor of this competition is Shi Liuniang, she will announce the name of the leader." ”

"Huh?" Shi Qingxue blinked her eyes wide, she didn't expect that being a little supervisor would have such benefits.

Under the envious and jealous gaze of everyone, Shi Qingxue happily accepted the decree and opened it, but she was stunned.

After a while, he read out his name smoothly: "The one who won the first prize was Shi Baoning's "Sijun". ”

"Impossible!" As soon as Shi Qingxue pronounced out the name, Chen Xiujiao was so excited that she retorted loudly.

Her eyes widened, and she didn't believe that Shi Baoning could win the first place at all, "She can't get her own paintings, how can there still be the first place, it's clear that you are pretending to pass on Yi's will!" ”

Shi Qingxue glanced at Chen Xiujiao silently, she didn't bother to take care of the other party's sour grape psychology at all, and happily congratulated Shi Baoning.

However, Shi Baoning, who won the first place as he wished, did not show joy because of this, but since Aunt Chang announced the list, her expression began to be in a trance, and her eyes fell on Chen Xiujiao in a trance.

What's going on?

Shi Qingxue was stunned, and suddenly remembered that Shi Baoning's lost painting seemed to be called "Love".

Could it be......

Shi Qingxue's gaze when she looked at Chen Xiujiao again suddenly became sharp, and Aunt Chang also frowned at this time, and said solemnly: "Mrs. Chen is cautious!" The decree was written by the Queen Mother, and the ranking was also hand-picked by the Mother. The slave and maid have been watching from the side, don't you mean that you are also accusing the slave and maid of falsely spreading the decree? ”

Aunt Chang is a big celebrity around the Queen Mother, and even the current emperor has to be polite, Chen Xiujiao didn't dare to be disrespectful, and quickly shook her head to deny it.

But she couldn't bear this breath, and muttered in a low voice: "Hmph, even if Shi Baoning really handed in the works, I don't believe that the works she temporarily drove out can surpass all of us?" ”

"Niangniang said that last year, because it was a chess competition, the results of the victory and defeat were clear at a glance, and it was difficult to disagree. In this painting skills competition, in addition to announcing the top three, their paintings will also be displayed, according to which Fuzhong. ”

Let's say it, Aunt Chang asked someone to open the three paintings of the second and third places and display them in front of everyone.

Looking at the exquisite paintings, there were originally a few noble ladies who were as angry as Chen Xiujiao, but after seeing these three paintings, they all stopped and admitted that their skills were not as good as others.

But Chen Xiujiao is not!

She looked at the other two paintings, and her heart was more confident, and it was clear that 'her' works were better than the other two in terms of artistic conception and painting skills, and asked arrogantly: "Didn't the Queen Mother say that she wanted to show the top three works?" Why don't you just take out Shi Baoning's paintings, is it possible that we are afraid that we will be ashamed of it? ”

"Yes! Jiao Niang's "Love" is cleverly conceived, and the artistic conception is extremely beautiful, such works can only be relegated to second, so how beautiful is the first place? ! Luo Wenmei also echoed on the side, but between her words, she secretly claimed that Shi Baoning, who was in the first place, had a name.

This made Chen Xiujiao even more confident, raised her eyebrows and looked at Aunt Chang, as if to say: I want to see what kind of paintings you can come up with, and you can surpass mine!

"Since you want to see it, then Ah Chang, you can take out Baoning's painting and show it to everyone!" Ling Ruiyin also came out at this time, sat on the main seat, and waved her hand at Aunt Chang.

Aunt Chang did as she said, and spread out the "Sijun" in front of everyone little by little.

When they only heard the name of "Sijun", everyone thought that Shi Baoning's painting was just a painting of an ordinary daughter's family missing her lover on Qixi Festival. Such an ordinary artistic conception is at most similar to Qin Yanyan's "Begging Qiao", and I am afraid it is not as novel and bold as Shi Baojin's "Acacia on the Opposite Side", let alone compared with Chen Xiujiao's "Love"!

However, when the painting was actually revealed, everyone fell silent.

"Sijun" uses only black ink to depict the women of Kyoto meeting together to go out of the city gate to welcome their lovers returning from the expedition, and their lovers, the great soldiers of Mozambique, are walking in this direction in order, each with excitement and joy on their faces, reflecting the anticipation of the women.

And the conspicuous word 'victory' on the flag swaying in the wind makes the emotion of the main painting rise to the victory of the whole country, and is no longer confined to the love between children.

On the one hand, "Sijun" depicts the moving scene of the gathering between lovers, and at the same time, it also shows the selfless emotions of the soldiers of Mozambique who temporarily put aside their personal emotions for the sake of righteousness, resolutely set out to fight and finally return victorious, which makes the originally somewhat monotonous and solemn scene inexplicably shocking and soul-stirring.

I really think about both the 'family monarch' and the 'monarch'!

Ling Ruiyin saw that everyone was stunned and looked at "Sijun", as if he had not yet recovered from the painting, so he smiled slowly: "Although Aunt Chen's "Love Thoughts" is also very ingenious, but one person's thoughts are not as good as the major events of the family and the country, so the mourning family set "Sijun" as the leader. Do you still have any objections to the ranking set by the mourning family? ”

Everyone was silent for a moment, and then responded in unison: "The Queen Mother's judgment is accurate, and the courtiers are convinced." ”

Ling Ruiyin nodded with satisfaction, turned her head to look at Shi Baoning for a while, and asked with interest: "Xiao Xue'er really didn't say anything big this time, but Ning girl, how did you think of painting with the title of "Sijun"?" ”

all called Shi Baoning as Ning Yatou, which shows that Ling Ruiyin has greatly improved Shi Baoning, and can even be regarded as appreciative!

But Shi Baoning didn't feel happy at all, but his hands were sweating profusely, and he was so nervous.

Or Shi Qingxue was afraid of bad things, so she took the initiative to take over the conversation, "Queen Mother, don't you see this?" Xiao Xue'er can see it at a glance? ”

Ling Ruiyin was really distracted by Qing Xue's words, and asked with a smile, "Oh? What did Cher see? ”

The old god Qingxue was there, and glanced at the Duchess Dong Hui, who was sitting next to the other ladies, and said: "Of course, it is because my mother misses my father too much and looks forward to my father's triumphant return, so my sister made this painting to comfort my mother!" ”

As she spoke, she nodded knowingly, indicating that she had guessed correctly.

Ling Ruiyin couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, her eyes looked at Dong Hui with everyone, and she blushed before she exclaimed: "Mrs. Shi is so blessed, the two daughters she gave birth to are one clever and intelligent, the other is well-behaved and dignified, and they are both very filial, which really makes the mourning family envious!" ”

It was the first time that Dong Hui was named by the Queen Mother alone, and she was terrified for a while, and hurriedly bowed down to thank her, "Niangniang praised it falsely, Qingxue is stubborn, she is used to joking, and it is also the mother's kindness that does not care about her." ”

"That's right! Grandmother, Qingxue's mouth is broken, how can you say that she is good? Mo Yuzhen squinted her eyes proudly when she saw Shi Qingxue, and she was also angry, and she came to Ling Ruiyin and began to 'compete for favor'.

Ling Ruiyin also likes this lively and cheerful granddaughter very much, and naturally praises her, "Xiao San'er is naturally the best." ”

Mo Yuzhen smiled, and immediately grimaced at Shi Qingxue, who stuck out his tongue in response.

The cuteness of the two little daughters naturally couldn't hide from Ling Ruiyin's eyes, but the old man loved to watch the juniors laugh, and he didn't care about their small actions in private, but he called Shi Baoning to his side and asked some things carefully.

Shi Baoning answered one by one.

For a time, Shi Baoning seemed to have become the new favorite of the Queen Mother.

Seeing this, Chen Xiujiao sneered again: "Someone has just spared no effort to be in the limelight, but in the end, he is not marrying someone, and he has not reaped any benefits?" ”

This is thinking that Shi Qingxue took the initiative to answer for Shi Baoning just now to be in the limelight.

"You can't say that, what if people really have a deep sisterhood, and even the mother's favor can be given away?" Luo Wenmei chuckled and 'retorted'.

Chen Xiujiao pursed her lips and snorted: "Yes, then she can get her wish now!" ”

These noble ladies had already 'fallen out of favor' at that time, and they spared no effort to start sneering.

Shi Qingxue was overjoyed to see her sister becoming more and more calm in front of the Queen Mother, but she didn't expect these annoying flies to bump into her again.

Especially Chen Xiujiao, when Bao Ning is sure that he will ignore the loss of his paintings, right?

How big is this person's face when he dares to come forward?

Shi Qingxue smiled slightly, pretending not to hear their words, and deliberately chatted and laughed with Mo Yuzhen: "Yuzhen, everyone has their own style and habits of painting, and over time, sometimes you can recognize who the author is just by looking at a painting, not to mention that the youngest daughter's family often likes to do some small actions, don't you say?" ”

Qing Xue was upset when Mo Yuzhen heard those noble girls taunting, and suddenly heard this question, she was immediately confused, and nodded confusedly: "I like to add my own unique marks to the painting, so that others will know that it was painted by me at a glance...... No, Qingxue, what are you talking about? ”

Everyone else thought that Shi Qingxue was talking about them before changing the topic, but Chen Xiujiao's face turned white when she heard it, and when she saw Qingxue looking at her as if she was smiling, she suddenly said inwardly: "Look at what I do, I don't know anything." ”

After that, she still felt that her heart was too weak, for fear that Shi Qingxue would really expose her in public, so she hurriedly pulled over Shi Baojin, who was also silent, and hinted with a smile: "Jin Niang, when I was painting just now, the two of us have always been together, not leaving an inch, and even the final ranking is the same, it can be seen that the two of us are fateful, you can't abandon me!" ”

If Shi Qingxue really exposed my theft of paintings, then you who are with me don't want to escape!

Shi Baojin trembled when she heard this, and her heart was bitter.

She is not Chen Xiujiao's straw bale, she has no ability to steal other people's paintings and hand them over; She just couldn't see the two Qingxue sisters in the limelight and wanted to embarrass them, but she didn't expect to dig a pit and bury herself in it.

If this is exposed, it will be a matter of conduct.

She panicked all of a sudden, and looked at Shi Qingxue for help: They are a family!

Shi Qingxue felt funny, these people are really shameless! When I watched her being ridiculed by outsiders before, I didn't expect that they were a family, but now that something happened, I would come to beg her.

Qingxue spread her hands, saying that she couldn't do anything.

There's no way she's going to watch someone trick her sister's paintings!