Chapter 44: Picking a Gift for King Yuan
When the father and daughter suddenly met, they were silent.
Yizhu was the first to come back to his senses and saluted him, "Father." ”
Looking at the slim second daughter, Yi Guogong remembered what King Yuan said in Shouning Hall today, and his heart became more and more uncomfortable.
He doesn't like Aunt Liu, and he doesn't like the daughter she gave birth to, so since he was a child, he has never heard of this daughter, so he doesn't know her at all, let alone that she is good at painting.
Now that they met, he didn't know what to say.
It was also at this time that he discovered that the estrangement between the father and daughter was too great, and there was no difference between them and strangers.
Yizhu glanced at him and saw that he was a little unusually silent, and for a while, he didn't know what to say.
The person in front of her is her father, when she was young, she also longed to be loved by him and held in his arms, but unfortunately, he only had Yi Ling and Yi Mo in his eyes, she could only look at their brothers and sisters with envy on the side, held by him, lifted high by him, and he never hugged her once......
"The painting you made today is very good!" After a long time, Yi Guogong spoke a little unfamiliarly.
Yizhu was stunned and looked at her tall father, for some reason, her eyes were a little sour.
She hadn't felt this way in years.
"Thank you, father, if nothing else, my daughter will go back first." With that, she hurriedly saluted, and before he could speak, ran away.
Looking at his daughter who ran away all of a sudden, Yi Guogong suddenly felt a little lost and a little sorry in his heart.
No matter what, it's the adult's fault, he really shouldn't be angry with a child.
The Duke of Yi Guo let out a long sigh, his heart a little dull.
After running a long way, Yizhu's pace slowed down, and then, a wry smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.
She should have gotten used to and accepted her father's indifference to her......
She tilted her face, looked at the fading sky, and sniffed.
She won't hope for anything that doesn't belong to her.
Include...... Fatherly love!
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For several days, Yizhu nested in the house and painted.
The two ladies who bought the painting from her only said that they wanted Magu to offer a birthday picture, but they didn't ask for anything else, so Yizhu painted two identical pictures according to the one she painted for her grandmother.
However, after receiving the money from others, she drew it carefully and seriously, hoping to be worthy of the money paid by others.
After both paintings were finished, she used her leisure time to paint a new one.
It's still a picture of Magu's birthday, but the characters are a little different, and the background and coloring are also different, but they are all drawn in detail.
Five days later, the two ladies who had ordered the painting from her sent someone to pick it up and settle the rest of the money.
earned two thousand taels in one fell swoop, Biqing was even happier than Yizhu, and was busy putting away the silver ticket carefully for her.
Yizhu thought that she had promised to invite the child to dinner that day and buy gifts for King Yuan, so she asked Biqing to take out a hundred taels of silver tickets.
Bi Qing saw her put the silver ticket in her purse, and wondered, "What is Miss going to do with so much money on her?" ”
Yizhu glanced at her, "You forgot?" Last time, I promised to invite the little prince to dinner. Moreover, we can earn so much silver at once, because of the help of King Yuan. ”
Biqing is not stupid, and immediately understood.
Miss's painting can be sold for a sky-high price of 1,000 taels, and it is indeed because King Yuan said that he would dedicate the painting to the Empress Dowager as a birthday gift.
"Then the young lady should pick a gift for King Yuan, and the little prince can't be lazy."
"Hmm." Yizhu nodded, "We'll go out and pick up gifts now." ”