The courtyard where the fourth lady lives is called Huizhi Courtyard, which means Zhilan Hui Xin, which was originally called Huixin Courtyard, but because of the overlap with the "heart" in the name of the eldest lady, it was changed to Huizhi Courtyard.

It's now March, and the flowers in early spring are bewitching and charming.

The fourth lady Qi Wanran is laying plain white rice paper on the corner of the room, and when the new Sihui is painted, there are many picture scrolls scattered next to the case under her feet, obviously feeling dissatisfied, copying and repeating over and over again.

Shi Jin quietly entered the house and was picking up a picture of spring peach blossoms on the ground. The peach petals on the picture are smudged by some kind of pigment, revealing a faint pink, and there is a unique spring.

She was fascinated, Qi Wanran raised her head, and saw Shi Jin holding a picture scroll and couldn't put it down.

"That's what I made with my pen, if you like it, you can take it." Qi Wanran wiped the ink marks on her hands, and her voice was light.

"Thank you, Fourth Miss, the slave must keep this picture scroll well." Shi Jin smiled and said.

"I came to you today because I thought the poems you wrote before were not interesting. I have copied these spring scenes many times, and they have long been out of interest. Do you know what are the medicinal flowers that bloom just right in spring? ”

Shi Jin frowned and thought for a while, "This is really a problem for the slave maid." It is a peach blossom, which can also be used as medicine. The girl wants to paint with wonder, these herbs are good? ”

After that, she spread out the pharmacopoeia and turned it to one of the pages, "The name of this medicine is Yuanzhi, the flower blooms with three petals, which is torn like a cluster, the flower color is pretty, purple and blue, and it is elegant." ”

"Ambition?" Qi Wanran chewed on the name of this medicinal herb carefully, and couldn't help but show a somewhat confused look on his face, "I didn't know that the names of various medicinal herbs were so interesting. These small flowers, also known as Yuanzhi, are indeed noble and elegant. ”

She was immediately interested, grabbed Shi Jin's hand, asked the description of the flower carefully, and then adjusted the color, and copied it into the painting little by little.

The fourth lady has been painting since elementary school, although it is not the top, in the end she caught a little charm, the flowers are painted, very smart, delicate and cute.

Still feeling insufficient, she dipped it in black ink again, and inscribed a small poem in the corner of Yuanzhihua:

"The chest and abdomen have ambitions,

It's clean and dust-free.

violet-blue overlap,

Meaning is self-reliant. ”

Although the blue and purple colors are sparse, they become a romantic flow in the sparse and dense room, and Shi Jin can't help but applaud.

The two of them drew a few more kinds of herbs, and Miss Qi Si was also more casual in her words and deeds, as if the shelves that were upright on weekdays were also put down.

"By the way, you and my second uncle, are you okay?" Miss Qi Si buried herself in the painting room, and did not forget to ask her second uncle about the gossip.

Shi Jin was stunned, and the corners of his lips picked up some helpless arcs, "The second master is very strict, the slave cousin participated in the township test, but he specially detained the slave and the maid and did not let the slave and maid go out. ”

At this point, she frowned again, and her eyebrows were full of accusations against the second master.

Qi Wanran didn't know that her second uncle still had a side of the vinegar jar, so she couldn't help but cover her lips with a handkerchief, and her eyes also overflowed with a smile, "Second uncle still behaves like this?" That's an eye-opener! ”

After that, she actually laughed out loud, and she couldn't control it.

I often pretend to be a high-faced Miss Jiao laughed so much that tears overflowed, and it was obvious that she found it extremely interesting.

After finally stopping for a while, when she looked up, she saw Shi Jinzheng looking at herself with a resentful face.

Miss Qi Si also felt out of shape, straightened up at the moment, and returned to her previous cold and arrogant appearance, with a smile in her eyes, she hooked her finger towards Shi Jin and asked her to come up.

When the two of them got closer, Miss Qi Si explained her doubts and said, "Since you want your second uncle to let you go out, it's better to be soft and coax my second uncle." ”

Shi Jin didn't believe it, "The second master has always been upright, if it's okay to do things on the side, it's just ......"

She hesitated.

Although Miss Qi Si took the title of Miss Hou Fusi, she was taught by Aunt Sun, and she was quite "far-sighted". Although she is cold and arrogant in her daily life, she looks up to the third sister, but this does not prevent her from giving Shi Jin ideas.

"My second uncle is used to liking calligraphy and painting, if you don't paint with him, he will be happy." Miss Qi Si said to Shi Jin.

"The second master's calligraphy and painting are outstanding, Shi Jin has never painted, if he is really painting, I'm afraid he won't be laughed at by the second master?" Shi Jin seriously doubted the truth of Miss Qi Si's words.

Only she was enthusiastic, and sat down in front of the corner case with Shi Jin, "It's not good, you have always drawn tricks, right?" Although it is embroidery on weekdays, there is more than enough craftsmanship and insufficient aura, but this painting is also very different, besides, this is not me! ”

After that, he actually adjusted some bright colors again, and looked at Shi Jin, "What do you want to paint?" ”

Shi Jin flipped through the pharmacopoeia and pointed to the bush of pulsatillas, "Is this good?" ”

Qi Si turned his head and nodded, "This is very good." ”

The two of them pondered together how to put pen to paper, how to mix colors, and how to write poems.

Shi Jin didn't want to write poetry at all, she didn't like the greasy and crooked words, so she was only willing to take a pen and sketch the outline of the pulsatilla little bit.

"It's a little stiff, why don't you repaint?" Miss Qi Si was meticulous when she saw Shi Jin's painting of pulsatilla, and she immediately disagreed.

Shi Jin covered the painting and looked up at her, "The slave feels very good." If the painting has both form and spirit, then it is not a slave's painting. ”

She has also sketched the appearance of herbs before, but each stroke is realistic, and rarely freehand.

Miss Qi Si saw that she couldn't persuade her, so she stopped persuading.

When the brocade finished painting, it was slightly dried, and it was late.

She was anxious to return to Qingfeng Courtyard, so she rolled up the painting and said goodbye to Miss Qi Si by herself.

"You remember my words!" Miss Qi Si said again.

Shi Jinwei blessed his body and left in a hurry.

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On the other side, Qi Mojing had just returned from the Ti Qi Division.

Recently, the new letter in the palace, those show girls have been preliminarily screened and trained, and now thirty show girls have been selected to be promoted to the concubine position.

Except for the girl from the Xiang family who secretly has the support of the five princes, Jiang Jin's name is impressively listed.

I underestimated her!

"Miss Jiang, I heard that it was left by the eldest princess, and most of the other concubines are girls from noble families, and they are really from various states and counties, but there are only twelve. His Majesty gave each of them five beauties and each prince, that is, even the five princes also got five beauties, one of whom was a spy planted by the prince. Shi Mo whispered to Qi Mojing.

"What about the Prince?" He closed his eyes, unable to see emotion.

"On the prince's side, there are naturally people from the five princes."

The corners of Qi Mojing's lips were too lazy to hook, "It seems that our Royal Highness the Crown Prince is jealous of the Fifth Prince." Since it can't stop his suspicions, there is no need to blindly back down. It's time for the Five Princes to stand up. ”

His voice was low, faintly playful, which made the waiter Mo standing on the side couldn't help but shudder.

(End of chapter)