Shi Qingxue looked at Jing Yi in surprise, "Didn't my sister still paint in her place just now?" How could it be missing? ”

But the maid was so anxious that she couldn't even explain her words clearly, so she had to follow the other party to find Shi Baoning, but she saw Shi Baoning sitting at the painting table with a dejected face, her eyes were red and red, as if she had cried.

"Sister, what's going on?" Shi Qingxue glanced at the painting table, there was only used pen and ink on it, and there were no paintings.

When Shi Baoning saw Qingxue, his pale face suddenly became excited, he grabbed Qingxue's hand as if he saw a savior, and hurriedly said: "I have been painting here just now, just before a stick of incense, I just painted "Love", but I just turned my head and chatted with Sanniang and them for a while, and "Love" disappeared, how is this good?" ”

"Third sister, what is she looking for you?" Shi Qingxue keenly grasped the problem, and intuitively felt that Shi Baojin suddenly came to her eldest sister to be absolutely courteous, either a traitor or a thief.

Bao Ning also knew what she was thinking, and quickly clarified: "You misunderstood, Sanniang didn't touch my painting." She was just not good at drawing, so she came to me to learn from me, and I thought that sisters should help each other, so I pointed her out for a while.

But from beginning to end, she just watched, and didn't touch my words, so it couldn't be hers! ”

"That's it!" The clue was cut off, and Shi Qingxue didn't doubt it anymore, after all, the most important thing now is not to find out who the thief is? But what to do next?

The Queen Mother was waiting to see Shi Baoning's 'ability', but at this time, Shi Baoning suddenly went to say that her painting was gone, and the better result was to lose her face, but if the Queen Mother was angry and wanted to cure Shi Baoning for a crime of deception, it would be troublesome.

"At first, we thought that the palace maid who was waiting on the side took away the painting and forgot to tell us, but when we asked, we found out that my work was not handed in at all, and Aunt Chang next to the Queen Mother had just come to urge, saying that if we proved that someone else took my painting, the Queen Mother would not care about it!"

Shi Baoning said, his eyes completely dimmed.

Shi Qingxue raised her eyebrows in surprise, and asked in surprise: "You told the Queen Mother about this?" ”

"Yes! Jing Yi said that the painting was lost in the competition, if it is not good to hide it from the Queen Mother, and our strength is meager, we still need to rely on the help of the Mother to find my painting as soon as possible. Shi Baoning said it as a matter of course, but Qingxue only wanted to support her forehead when she heard it.

If Ling Ruiyin didn't know about this, then even if they couldn't find Shi Baoning's painting, they could just find a painting to give in; But they stabbed the matter to Ling Ruiyin early.

They can't hide it now, even if they want to!

Shi Qingxue glared at Jing Yi angrily: The eldest sister rarely attends banquets and doesn't know how to deal with these things. Jingyi is a first-class maid carefully selected by Mo Shujun, and she actually helped her master cover up her ugliness, but she also poked things out.

I'm so angry with her!

"Qingxue, what are we going to do?" Shi Baoning looked at Shi Qingxue's uncertain appearance, thinking that there was really no drama this time, and couldn't help but be annoyed: "Is there no way?" ”

Shi Qingxue sighed heavily, and when she saw Shi Baoning, who was depressed, she couldn't say anything about her lesson.

"Jingyi, you go to the intersection and wait now, don't let anyone come near us." She thought for a while and gave the order decisively.

Jing Yi tilted her head suspiciously, "What does Liu Niang mean by this?" ”

"You don't care so much, you just do it obediently if you are told to go." Shi Qingxue didn't want to explain too much to Jingyi, so she drove people away, and then began to implement her plan.

Two quarters of an hour later, the last noble girl also handed in her paintings, but Shi Guogong's daughters were still hiding behind the flower screen, not knowing what they were doing?

Ling Ruiyin did not ask the queen and Liu Guifei to accompany her this time, but sat alone in the room and looked at the paintings sent by her subordinates.

It is also Qiqiao and Tanabata, and the nobles painted almost all of the scenes of the little daughters playing and worshiping the moon, and occasionally there are a few bold points that also describe the beautiful pictures of men and women falling in love with each other and having a tryst under the moon.

It's not that the paintings are bad, but after looking at them one by one, Ling Ruiyin can't help but feel a little aesthetically tired.

She then handed the painting in her hand to Aunt Chang on the side and asked, "Ah Chang, you also come to see for the mourning family, among these paintings, which one is better?" ”

Aunt Chang has been following Ling Ruiyin since she was a child, guessing that her master was bored, she hurriedly stepped forward to take the painting, and after admiring it carefully, she lowered her eyes and said respectfully: "I haven't read a few slave books, where do you know how to appreciate the wind and the moon." But these paintings are very sweet, and they shouldn't be bad! ”

How could Ling Ruiyin not know that Aunt Chang was unwilling to offend any noble girl, glared at her, and scolded with a smile: "You are really getting older and more shrewd, when you were a child, the mourning family could still ask you for seven points of sincerity, but now you hide it tightly, and even the mourning family refuses to say it?" ”

"Mother, this is misunderstanding me! Ah Chang is unwilling to tell the truth, but these paintings have similar artistic conceptions, and it is really difficult to distinguish between high and low for a while. ”

"Hey!" Hearing this, Ling Ruiyin glanced at the paintings spread out on the table, but nodded approvingly, "That's true." The mourning family has only been watching it for so long, so this "Love" in your hand is a little interesting.

In the painting, the woman sits quietly in the courtyard and plays the "Acacia Song" solo, the green silk is scattered, and the sound of the piano flies to the bright moon, as if to hook up the lovesick people in the distance, the artistic conception is far-reaching, and it is indeed a masterpiece. ”

Ling Ruiyin had words of praise in her mouth, but Aunt Chang could see her dissatisfaction at a glance, and asked carefully: "Niangniang has set the top three?" ”

"Although Qin's Wu Niang's "Begging Qiao" is decent, it is better than the exquisite composition, which makes people can't help but yearn for the begging activities of the girls in it, and it deserves the name of exploring flowers; And Shi Sanniang's "Acacia on the Opposite Side" portrays the demeanor of the children who pursue love straightforwardly, although they are bold and bold, they are also reckless, and they can be the eyes of the example. ”

After happily deciding on the second and third places, Ling Ruiyin couldn't help but pause and didn't say anything for a long time.

Aunt Chang asked tentatively: "Aunt Chen's "Love" painted this time is really outstanding, but Niangniang wants to make it the leader?" ”

Ling Ruiyin pondered for a moment, and asked instead of answering: "Ah Chang, can you tell the words of the mourning family to Aunt Shi?" ”

"I said it all, and I heard the palace maid say that later Shi Liuniang also went to see it, and called everyone else away from the painting table, but I don't know what their plans are."

Ling Ruiyin couldn't help but chuckle out loud when she heard this, "Since Xiao Xue'er has been involved, she will definitely make a name for herself." ”

Aunt Chang hesitated, "But Liuniang, they haven't sent the painting yet." And the time is coming soon. ”

No matter how smart Shi Qingxue is, it is really difficult to get out the person who deliberately destroys it at this time, and it is even more unrealistic to ask Shi Baoning to make another painting.

I don't know which one is mouthy, not only did the Queen Mother know that Shi Baoning lost her painting, but this matter also spread among the nobles who participated in the competition.

The nobles of the family who favored Chen Xiujiao's faction naturally sneered, and Chen Xiujiao even laughed directly: "Sister Baoning, shouldn't she be reluctant to let us read your masterpiece, so she hid herself?" ”

said so, but the words were secretly in and out of the words, Shi Baoning was afraid of losing to them, so he simply pretended to paint and disappeared.

Shi Baoning is not good at talking to people, let alone dealing with Chen Xiujiao's aggressive tone, she suddenly blushed with shame, and after a long time, she reluctantly said: "Xiujiao said that I laughed, since I am participating in the competition, I naturally will not retreat easily." ”

"Really? Then I'd like to see what kind of work you can come up with? Don't let us down! "is also the daughter of a big house, but Chen Xiujiao is far less favored than Shi Baoning, and she does not have Shi Baoning's natural noble temperament.

Shi Qingxue had just handed over the errand, and when she came back, she saw Chen Xiujiao and everyone 'bullying' Shi Baoning, and Shi Baojin, who was also a member of the Shi family, was watching the excitement and watching happily on the sidelines.

She lightly basked, "The person who painted is my eldest sister, and the person who commented on the painting is the Queen Mother, but I bothered Jiao Niang to bother us." ”

Chen Xiujiao saw that Shi Qingxue dared to laugh at her for being nosy, and her anger suddenly jumped into her head, and she didn't care about hiding needles in her face, so she snorted directly: "Someone is ashamed to speak in front of the Queen Mother, which naturally makes us all look forward to it, but I'm afraid that when the time comes, the expectations will not be as good as hope!" ”

"Jiao Niang, don't say it, what if people have real skills?" Luo Wenmei, the second daughter of Luo Shangshu, who was good friends with Chen Xiujiao, said with a smile.

Chen Xiujiao added slowly, "Then you have to have 'ability' to be true!" I want to know, she doesn't even have a work, how did she really come to be? ”

Shi Qingxue didn't want to be familiar with these people, but the other party's words were poking at her sister's sore spots, and she was about to teach the other party a good lesson, but Shi Baojin suddenly moved.

Shi Baojin paced in front of Chen Xiujiao, grabbed the other party's arm, and put on a calm appearance, "Okay, Jiao Niang, Bao Ning is my big sister, she is already annoyed enough today, even for my sake, please don't teach her to be sad again." ”

Chen Xiujiao saw that Shi Baoning had been squeezed by them and her eyes were red, she smiled contemptuously, and pretended to be generous: "Since this is the case, then I will sell you Jinniang a face." Don't talk about it, I'm just afraid that the Queen Mother and her old people will be disappointed when the time comes! ”

Shi Qingxue couldn't help but sneer when she saw that Shi Baojin obviously intended to isolate the two sisters from other noble girls, but she still wanted to pretend to be a good person here, "Who is really disappointed at that time?" ”

"Then we'll wait and see!"

Just when the atmosphere of the nobles was tense to the extreme, Aunt Chang also came with Ling Ruiyin's will.

"Respect the Empress Dowager's decree, in this begging palace banquet talent competition, Qin Yanyan's "Qiqiao" won the flower, and there are two eyes, namely Shi Baojin's "Opposite Lovesickness" and Chen Xiujiao's "Love" ......"

After announcing the two rankings, all the nobles pointed their ears, wondering who the leader was, but at this time, Aunt Chang stopped again.

Chen Xiujiao couldn't hold her breath first, and urged loudly: "Aunt Chang, who is the first place, you should say it quickly!" ”