Chapter 44 Rewarding the Sumers
The concubine also didn't understand, but didn't express her opinion, just looked at Song Yuqiu worriedly. Song Yuqiu laughed even more fiercely.
As soon as Concubine Yi took off her makeup, she returned to the banquet from behind the scenes, and everyone gave way to her to take a closer look, but she stared at the painting inexplicably for a long time, and she didn't know the cause and effect, she only knew that Song Yusui was sensationalizing with her, and ignored Lu Zhaorong's request for her calm gaze. Lu Zhaorong saw that she didn't react, so he said, "What are you doing here?" Her gaze froze suddenly, as if she was looking for something. Song Yuxuan said: "I'm looking for someone, look who it is!" Yi Concubine Wu stared at Song Yuqiu aggrievedly, and blurted out: "Su Meiren doesn't paint, forget it." It should be made clear at the beginning. Why perfunctory. There was still a trace of oil paint on his face, and he had a hideous expression.
At this moment, I didn't know how to come up to look at the painting, and Xue seized the opportunity to please and echo Concubine Yi and said, "What did Sister Concubine Yi say?" The poor concubine's sister dressed up as a showman, and sang on stage for so long, it turned out that Su Meiren only handed over such a thing, and only Lotus was left, and there was no figure. Didn't you hear that Song Yingche had set the theme before? If you're feeling embarrassed, you should have brought it up a long time ago! ”
Mo Zhi proudly held the folding fan painted with golden peonies, and took the opportunity to question Song Yuxuan, laughing like a silver bell. "What are you laughing at?" Song Yuxuan asked her deliberately. "Song Yuxuan laughed at her name as 'Lu Zhaorong'." As he spoke, Mo Zhi took out a large fan and spun it around in front of Song Yuxuan. "How so? The concubine gouged out the eyes of the ink grease, and then carefully suppressed the smile and hid behind Lu Zhaorong.
Lu Zhaorong leaned down and approached the picture, and after a long time, he finally dispelled his interest in continuing to explore, and said slowly: "The Xue clan is a master of Danqing, and I haven't seen his doorway. The concubine didn't understand it, but the concubine knew, and no matter what the subject matter was, this painting was a superb. Can the Sumers give it to the palace if they want to? She was very literate. Song Yuqiu knew that she wanted to pull Song Yuqiu into the water, but she didn't know how to do it. Song Yuxuan had no choice but to put this problem behind her. Song Yuxuan thought that the Xue family must have their own ideas. Lu Zhaorong obviously gave Song Yusui a step down, but in fact, he forced Song Yusui to admit that the name of the painting did not live up to its name.
Shangguan Jieyu said to Lu Zhaorong in the afterglow: "Is Xue's Danqing good? Song Yuxuan has never seen it, and it is not easy to judge, but she didn't see the ingenuity in the painting, and obviously she still has to go back and temper it well. ”
Xue bowed his head in embarrassment, and when Song Yingche came to the painting case, Xue automatically gave way and took a few steps back. The palace people asked curiously, "What is this?" "That's the portrait of the Empress Song Yuxuan!" The palace man replied, "Isn't this painting the emperor?" Gong Ren said with a smile. But how do the palace people know? Song Yingche said to Shangguan Jieyu: "This is indeed an interesting painting, it seems that Jieyu can still see it very clearly." ”
Suddenly, Mrs. Mingzhen, who had always been thinking hard and silent, also had a smile on her face and said, "The concubine also sees that it is too delicate and convincing. "That's a great idea, you look at her, she's a smart woman!" Song Yusui couldn't help but ask. "Song Yuxuan looked at her like a big child." Mrs. Mingzhen said with a smile. It is rare to see Mrs. Mingzhen's loss of appearance, and her praise is so much that I am shy.
Princess Changle in Lu Zhaorong's arms also seemed to be affected by Mrs. Mingzhen's interest, and pounced out, ready to jump out of her mother's arms. "Oh, I see." Mingzhen gave her daughter a nice name - Ning Ning, a cute and gentle name. Ning Ning is one of the most beautiful heroines in Dream of Red Mansions. Her body was almost attached to the painting, but she didn't care about these slim pink and white lotuses, she just happily pointed to the blank space on the photo, and said to her mother Xi Concubine without hindering: "Sister, sister! ”
The children's eyes are really sharp, and Changle's words set off a thousand waves. Sister Ning, who had been standing behind Song Yuqiu and worried about Song Yuqiu, couldn't help but scream softly, obviously looking very mysterious. This is clearly excusing his son. Song Yusui couldn't help but be surprised: What's wrong with Sister Ning? Is there really such an "eye" in this world? "Song Yuxuan's son is still young!" Sister Ning said. Not to mention the shrewd Princess Wu and Lu Zhaorong and Mrs. Xuan, only Cheng Guifei and Concubine Yi and Xue Mozhi are still confused.
Lu Zhaorong just wanted to pull Changle up and not let the saliva get on the picture scroll, but he couldn't do anything about it. "Song Yuxuan misses you." Mrs. Mingzhen said to him with a smile. Lu Zhaorong hugged Changle tightly, and tears flowed out. Mingzhen sighed: "What a poor man! "Why? Lu Zhaorong saw that he couldn't hold Changle anymore, but Mrs. Mingzhen, who was next to him, came to the rescue, reached out to take Changle, nodded his nose and said, "Little girl, it seems that you are still clever, it was all said by you in one sentence!" ”
Princess Wu nodded and praised: "Let's talk about wisdom, Su Meiren has wisdom in the sky, and makes the best use of the pictures, the lotus is nothing more than to confuse people's hearts, and the blank space is the subject matter, which happened to be cut out by Du Liniang with a folding fan." ”
Song Yuqiu bowed and said: "The princess has passed the award, and the concubine has not been to the house, and even the shocking charm of the concubine sister can't be painted fifty percent, so I have to beg for a trick, just don't be weird!" ”
Concubine Yi fully understood the profound meaning of this sentence when she heard Princess Wu's explanation, and was stunned, and replied helplessly: "What is going on!" My sister drew well, not bad! ”
Song Yingche said: "You know the truth of promoting strengths and avoiding weaknesses, this method is still very new, and it is much more clever than drawing a character with one stroke."
The concubine interjected next to her and said: "Only this time will the Sumei people think of such a good way, they are so smart and live up to their family learning!" Your father should also teach you all your drawing skills! ”
Princess Wu's face was full of doubts, and the concubine smiled and said: "When his father Su Huai was the head of Shanglin Academy, he was only the first class in learning, and his painting was extremely famous. In the past, Su Huai resigned and retired, the first emperor could not stay, and there were only a few paintings of Su Huai in the palace. ”
Mrs. Decree was also amazed, not to mention the concubines who were full. In their eyes, Song Yuxuan is just a little-known small character. However, Song Yuqiu knew that there was an unusual story behind this - that morning, Song Yuqiu was doing homework at home. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Song Yuqiu hung her head in jealousy, appreciation, and compulsion in the burning eyes around her, thinking in her heart that although she couldn't hide her identity for a long time, the concubine was in front of everyone, and such a statement made Song Yuqiu feel quite troublesome.
Lu Zhaorong took the opportunity to speak to Song Yingche: "Since Song Yingche is so appreciative, he should always reward the Sumei, and it is difficult for the Sumeiren to be busy for a long time." ”