The three of Zining made a big fuss, and the hall was in a mess, although Qing Mama was annoyed in her heart, she was also much calmer, and secretly pondered the way out.

She was assigned to Dongyuan to be the teaching of the maids, and then Master Su became the master, these maidens are not sure who will be favored, and it is necessary to leave a way back for themselves.

Zi Ning and the three of them supported each other, wiped the wet medicinal soup on their bodies with a handkerchief, and the green ring re-arranged her hair bun, and saw a red and swollen bag on Yao Er's forehead, so she hurriedly rubbed it with her palm.

The ladies sat or stood, patiently waiting for the portrait of the painter, and seeing that the three of them had escaped after all, they couldn't help but sigh that Zining was lucky, and Xia Wan came forward to help at the critical moment.

Xia Wan has always been a person who does not care about the world, and she does not care about honor and disgrace, life and death, but today she can help each other with righteousness, which also impresses the women.

Zi Ning tidied up her clothes slightly, and when she saw that the women were depressed, she couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and thought: "I resisted with my grandmother, even if I escaped and didn't drink the soup, I pity them, but at the last moment, I compromised and obeyed." ”

The three of them were not qualified to paint portraits, and it was pointless to stay, and they were just about to turn around and leave, when they suddenly saw Lu Jixian wearing a bright satin green coat, and they walked towards him, and when they entered the door, they smiled at Zi Ning and said, "I'll help you paint a portrait." ”

The muscles on the faces of Mama Qing and the mothers-in-law twitched, and they were stunned and speechless.

When Zi Ning heard the word "portrait", she hurriedly took a few steps back, her eyes widened, and she waved her hand and said, "I don't want a portrait!

She put her hands in front of her, like a frightened little beast, and thought: "I made a fuss just now, and it was easy to escape, and this guy suddenly said that the portrait is not looking for a draw!"

Qing Mama Zhiwu said: "Lu ...... Lu Gongzi, I'm afraid this is not in accordance with the rules......"

Luhuan and Yao'er were also stunned, and looked at Zi Ning stupidly, Yao Er had never seen Lu Jixian, her eyes looked him up and down, and she muttered, "This ...... This is what you said about Lu Gongzi?"

Lu Jixian's picturesque eyebrows moved, his hands were put behind his back, and he said indifferently to Mama Qing: "The rules are set by the scholars, and they are proud to prevent the concubine from being pampered. And Zining's portrait is painted by me, and it has nothing to do with competing for favor, so it is not within this rule!"

stepped forward and grabbed Zining's sleeve, no matter how she struggled, she only smiled lightly and said: "You don't have to drink the soup, although the scholars have the rule that the maids should drink the soup when they are close, but for concubines and concubines, you can not drink the soup." ”

"Huh?" Zi Ning sweated profusely on her forehead, opened her big mouth and shouted, "What kind of concubine is like a concubine, what are you talking about?"

Mama Qing and the others looked at each other, secretly shocked that Master Su had taken a fancy to Zining and wanted to make an exception to promote her to a concubine, how could this be possible! But listening to Lu Jixian's words, it was not like a joke, and they were stunned for a while, not knowing how to deal with it.

Just now, the mothers-in-law pressed Zi Ning to the ground and forced her to drink the broken soup, and in the blink of an eye, Zi Ning became Lord Su's concubine, Qing Mama couldn't stand such stimulation in her heart, she raised her hand to cover her chest, her breath fluctuated, and she almost fainted.

The reaction of the mother-in-law was similar to that of Mama Qing, and they all recited the blessing of the gods in their hearts, if it weren't for Xia Wan's sudden interference in this matter, this would have drunk two bowls of soup in the morning! When Master Su entered the mansion, he saw that the concubine he selected was forced to drink the severed soup, so he had to peel off the skin of these people!

Lu Jixian saw that Zi Ning's face was full of doubts, so he only smiled faintly, did not speak, and pulled her to the inner room to paint a portrait.

Zi Ning's head was as big as a fight, and he couldn't shake off Lu Jixian's hand with all his strength, so he immediately frowned, and said again and again: "Those concubines are like concubines, who are they for, anyway, my concubines don't want to be concubines!

The body struggled back hard, but was still dragged forward, Zi Ning couldn't help but be angry, gritted her teeth tightly, squeezed Lu Jixian's arm with one hand, and said: "You nasty guy, let go of me quickly, I don't want to be a concubine!"

It was easy to break away, Zi Ning raised her sleeves and was about to leave, but she was pulled back by Lu Huan and Yao Er, and forced her to sit down on the edge of the couch, Lu Huan smiled and persuaded her: "Ning Er, Lord Su has the heart to choose you as a concubine, don't miss this good opportunity." ”

Although Luhuan knew that Zi Ning had a crush in mind, he also understood that he had already become the concubine of Master Su, and if he went to Gao Pan Prince, it would be impossible to dream. It's better to stay in Dongyuan with all her heart, with her appearance and talent, she will be seen by Lord Su, and it will be difficult to be favored!

Seeing Zi Ning frowning and pursing his lips, his angry appearance was even more moving, Lu Jixian smiled indifferently, and his eyes showed a hazy intoxication.

When Mama Qing saw Lu Jixian going to prepare paper and ink, she expected that what Lu Gongzi said was true, and Master Su must have taken a fancy to Zining. Being promoted to a concubine as a concubine is a rare honor among the scholars of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Deng Shi's eyes rolled, he came to Zi Ning, squeezed out a smile, and said, "Congratulations to the girl, such an unexpected good thing, the girl is really blessed." Hurriedly instructed her mother-in-law to find beautiful new clothes, and she had to dress up Zining again.

Zi Ning hurriedly shook off her mother-in-law, her stomach was full of anger, and she said, "You just wanted me to die, and your face changed after a while." I don't know if you have bad intentions under your smiling face. ”

Mama Qing sneered and said, "The girl is too careful, what is the wrong intention, we are just doing things according to the rules." If the concubines of the scholar clan want to leave them for the adults, they naturally don't have to drink the broken soup. ”

As he spoke, he instructed the maid to bring water to wash his face, and Lu Huan hurriedly dipped a handkerchief in water to help Zi Ning wash away the tears and dust on his face.

Yao Er held her hair behind her, leaned over to Zi Ning's ear, and whispered, "As long as you don't drink the soup, what's the harm in letting Lu Gongzi draw a portrait." Don't have such a stubborn temper, if even Lu Gongzi is offended, it won't end well. ”

Zi Ning thought secretly: "Yao'er has a point, if I refuse again, it will be hypocritical, and if I brush Lu Xiaomu's kindness, I don't know if he will be angry." Isn't it just a portrait, what are you afraid of? Anyway, if you don't drink medicinal soup, let him draw a few pictures. ”

Immediately said to Lu Jixian: "If you want to paint, you can paint as you like, you can paint without changing clothes, I have this face horizontally and vertically, and it is the same whether I dress up or not." ”

Lu Jixian raised his eyes and stared at her for a long time, then pursed his lips and smiled: "Zining's face has thousands of changes, and each expression is different, which makes people don't know how to put pen to paper. As he spoke, he unfolded the satin paper in front of him and traced it carefully.

It was easy to sit on two pillars of incense, and boiled until Lu Jixian finished painting, Zi Ning couldn't help but squint when he saw the portrait, and grinned: "It's embarrassing to paint me so dignified!"

Lu Jixian pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "It's a pity that I can't paint your smart charm, Zining's people are a hundred times better than this portrait." ”

Zi Ning was in a happy mood, arched her hand at him, laughed heartily, and said, "Thank you Lu Gongzi for your love, the little girl is very honored!"

Mama Qing watched coldly, and saw Zining and Lu Jixian talking and laughing, speaking very casually, without any restraint. I thought to myself in my heart, "This girl is good-looking, and she has some skills, and she is deeply trusted by the eldest princess, not to mention that Lu Gongzi also ran to Dongyuan day after day." In the future, she will be favored in front of Master Su, and she will be a carp jumping into the dragon gate, and her status is terrible. She had a grudge with Ligu, and she had nothing to do with us, so why bother to wade into the mud and offend Zining!"

Qing Mama is old, she knows how to judge the situation best, and seeing Zi Ning's status in full swing, she became kind to her, even if Aunt Li secretly asked her to stumble on Zi Ning, she also coped with it at will, and she was not very hard to help.

When Zi Ning and the others returned to the house, they saw that Xiang Gui had already woken up, so he grabbed them and asked, "Is it that the painter from the palace has entered the mansion?" I'm so sick that I can't even get a portrait. He coughed violently, and his pale face turned red.

Zi Ning saw that her eyes were red and swollen, and her face was extremely haggard, so she hurriedly comforted: "It doesn't matter if you don't paint that portrait, you have to drink a bowl of broken soup to paint, it can be seen that Master Su is indifferent and ruthless, whoever gets his favor is unlucky!" Helping Xianggui cover the thick quilt tightly, and said: "When you are well, let's go and ask Xia Wan to ask her to help you paint a portrait." I heard that Xia Wan is very good at portraits......"

Before he finished speaking, he only heard Yao Er smile and said: "Why bother asking Xiawan, I can also paint, I have nothing to do in the palace, and I learned some Danqing techniques from the old grandmothers, why don't I help you paint now?"

When Green Ring heard this, he clapped his hands again and again, and said happily: "It's good, it's good, it's much better to draw the three of us together than those portraits of those who are alone." ”

Zi Ning saw that they were very interested, and she also wanted to make Xiang Gui laugh, so she also smiled: "Let's help Sister Xiang Gui dress up, and then change a few bright clothes, so that it looks good." ”

The three of them laughed and hurriedly worked, Green Ring wiped Xianggui's face and combed her hair, Yao Er brought her the gauze clothes she wore in the palace to change, and Zi Ning took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone and laid it neatly. After the arrangement was completed, he sat on the couch with Luhuan and Xianggui, and Yao Er dipped his ink and pen to carefully paint portraits of the three of them.

The rouge on Xianggui's face was ruddy, and she looked radiant, Zi Ning was secretly relieved, and thought: "These days, Xianggui's heart is dull, and her illness is serious, this time she has the spirit, and tomorrow I am afraid it will be all right." This image is truly a panacea. ”

By the time Yao Er finished painting, two hours had passed. Xianggui was relieved, collapsed on the couch all of a sudden, and said tiredly: "It's terrible, I'm so tired that I have no bones." The beads of sweat on his head are about to drip down. Zi Ning took a handkerchief to help her wipe her sweat, and said with a smile: "I haven't eaten much these days, your body is so weak, it's not like you want to drip sweat." Tonight, I'll help you boil fragrant rice porridge and make two fresh side dishes, so that you can eat a big bowl of it. ”

Xianggui took Zi Ning's hand and smiled movingly: "If my illness is cured, Ning Er is the biggest hero." From now on, you are my own sister, if anyone dares to bully you a little, I will not let him go. ”

Zi Ning was shocked when she heard this, and hurriedly covered her mouth and said, "Bah, what nonsense are you talking about." When you are alive and vibrant, you will recognize me as a sister-in-law!" Luhuan also smiled on the side: "Ning'er is a sister-in-law, am I not?

Xianggui smiled, raised his finger and pointed to the camphor wood box in the corner of the bed, and quipped: "Good green ring, when your sister Xianggui is favored and promoted to a good concubine, the whole box of clothes and jewelry here will all belong to you, so that you will become a rich woman!"

The four of them were laughing endlessly, and suddenly saw the manzhu who had finished painting the portrait quietly walked in, and as soon as he entered the room, he said, "Lu Gongzi sent someone to see Zining." When Zi Ning saw her coming back, she looked very wrong, and hurriedly got up and said, "You drank that broken soup, and your body must have a loss, I'll go to the dining room to stew some tonic soup for you." ”

Manzhu's melancholy expression froze, and then he showed a reluctant smile and said, "You have something to do quickly, don't worry about me here." Although the severed soup makes women unable to have children, it uses extremely valuable medicinal materials, which is a good thing to rejuvenate the skin and skin, and it is not easy for ordinary people to think about it. As he spoke, his face sank, ignoring Zi Ning, and he turned around and went out again.

Zi Ning and Green Ring glanced at each other, and they both felt that the vine beads were a little strange. Yao Er suddenly asked: "Zi Ning, isn't it an attempt for you to see you twice in three days like this?" You are the concubine of Master Su, if you get too close to Lu Gongzi, I am afraid that there will be a lot of gossip. ”

Luhuan also nodded and said: "I see that Lu Gongzi is very good to you, and when he looks at you, his eyes are also different, is it really ......"

Zi Ning raised her hand and twisted her face, and said with a smile: "You are so suspicious, it is better to go with me, but I want to see what kind of eyes Lu Gongzi gives me." He immediately told Yao'er to take care of Xianggui, and went out with the green ring.

The two of them went out of the weeping flower gate of Qingshuang Garden, and the guards did not stop them when they saw it, because the eldest princess made a will, and the two of them could enter and exit the palace and the East Garden at will.

Out of Qingshuang Garden, all the way to the pure willow forest, Zi Ning wondered in her heart, she didn't know what Lu Jixian saw her, and couldn't help but say: "Green Ring, do you say that Lu Gongzi is idle and wants to find someone to scatter the boring? I just met him in the morning, and before a few hours, he helped me paint a portrait again, and he just finished painting the portrait, and he wants to see me again, am I his personal jacket, do I have to be on call?"

Luhuan squeezed his eyes at her, and half-jokingly: "Eighty percent is what I said, Ning Ersheng is good-looking, Lu Gongzi saw it, and he was fascinated, and he didn't see it a few times a day, like every three autumns!"

Zi Ning frowned, scratched the broken hair on her ear, and asked, "Tell me, the eldest princess promised us to come and go at will, is this a good thing or a curse?

Green Huan hugged Zi Ning's arm and whispered, "I think Lu Gongzi is such a good person, he looks the same as in the painting." It's a good thing that you go out and see him more. If he likes you and asks Master Su to go, if he gives him a wife, you will be blessed for the rest of your life. ”

Zi Ning glanced at her, raised her hand and poked her forehead hard, and said with a smile: "Green Huan, I didn't expect you to be so bad, when you painted the portrait, you instigated me to be a concubine for Master Su, and then let me be a concubine with Lu Gongzi." As the saying goes, there are many difficulties, but splitting the legs is the most difficult, and in the end, you can't catch both. ”

Green Ring raised his head and pouted: "If you can't catch it, you can't catch it, anyway, you have another person in mind, and you won't suffer a loss if you step on two boats." ”

Zi Ning was happy, clapped her face, and said with a serious smile: "Well said, well said, prepare these two boats first, when this girl wants to step on it, stretch out her feet and step on it." I felt funny in my heart, Master Su and Lu Gongzi must not have imagined that these two prominent scholars had become a spare tire here for this girl.

Luhuan sighed faintly: "It's a pity that Lu Gongzi, he looks like a painting." ”

Zi Ning patted her on the shoulder and asked in surprise: "Do you want to live with the painting for the rest of your life?" Even if I don't have a crush on someone, no matter how handsome Lu Gongzi is, it is just a painting in my eyes. If you like him, I will help you introduce him, but although Lu Gongzi is a good person, his temperament is a piece of wood, and he reads some sour poems all day long, you have to think clearly, whether you like the wood of reading poems. ”

Green Ring pouted sullenly, frowned and thought for a moment, and said seriously: "Ning'er, I don't like wood!" said and smiled, his face flushed. Zi Ning raised her finger to shame her, and the two immediately frolicked, chasing and running all the way, and in a blink of an eye, they ran into a willow forest like a green curtain.

"The spring breeze is proud, the forest is full of flowers, the clear shadow is shaking, and the paving is prosperous!" A leisurely voice came from under the shade of the shade of the blocked willows, and when Zi Ning heard it, he knew that it was Lu Jixian. Turning his eyes, he saw a green cloth standing under the willow tree, with his hands behind his back, slowly chanting.

Zi Ning's scalp tightened, and she thought: "This Lu Gongzi is really a literati, every time I see him, I chant poetry, and the elegance is tight." He ran up a few steps and said with a smile: "Lu Xiaomu, I won't see you for a while, and I am talking about your crooked poems again?"

Lu Jixian turned around slowly, a pair of misty eyes shook twice, and said with a light smile: "Why is it a crooked poem again?"

Zi Ning's nose wrinkled slightly, raised her head and pointed to the green trees and flowers in the forest, and said, "Let me ask you, how many glances do you have to look at these trees and these flowers before you can see them all?"

Lu Jixian raised his eyes, shook his head for a while, and replied thoughtfully: "I can't see it." ”

Zi Ning clapped her hands and smiled: "That's right." There is always a limit to anyone's pride. Just like a kingfisher can't fly to the sea, a piece of paper can't paint a green mountain, and you can't see the prosperity at a glance. The pride in the world, about that, but what do you say about the pride of the spring breeze and the flowers in the forest, isn't it a crooked poem?"

Lu Jixian immediately comprehended and said with a smile: "What Zi Ning said is reasonable, it is true." ”

Zi Ning Wan'er glanced at it, "Since this is the case, you should put down this crooked poem, what is prosperous, if you want to be complacent, it is a pair of small feet wearing big shoes, and you can't go far." ”

Lu Jixian smiled and narrowed his eyes, stared at her for a long time, and took a deep look, "Jixian, thank you Miss Zining." The girl is so smart that it makes the bearded man embarrassed. ”

Luhuan didn't understand on the side, secretly pulled Zi Ning, and asked quietly: "What do you say, spring breeze, prosperity, what do you mean." Zi Ning rolled her eyes and quipped: "There is a stupid bird falling on the wood, I will drive the stupid bird away, lest it pull a pile of bird feces on the wood." As he spoke, he looked at Lu Jixian and saw that his face turned red.

Still puzzled, Greenring asked, "Where is the wood, and where is the bird?" ”

Zi Ning smiled and whispered in the ear of the green ring: "Look at it, the wood is blushing." Green Ring stared at Lu Jixian in a daze, and suddenly realized "oh", but saw Lu Jixian's face even redder.

Zi Ning cleared her throat, turned her head and asked Lu Jixian, "Lu Gongzi called me here, is there something important?"

Lu Jixian was looking at her intently with a red face, and when he heard her question, he suddenly came back to his senses, took out two yellow paper packets stacked together from his sleeve, solemnly handed them to Zi Ning, and said, "These are the two packets of muscle powder I got to get rid of the scars on your body." The **** sees that you have a scar on your hand, it must not be easy to heal, this muscle powder is extremely rare, you take it back and use it. ”

Zi Ning took the medicine bag of muscle powder with both hands, put it under her nose through the paper bag and sniffed it, the medicine was not strong, but it had a minty fragrance. After looking at it for a moment, he said gratefully: "Since it is a rare good thing, it must have cost you a lot of money, and I don't know how to thank you." ”

Lu Jixian's eyes looked at her, his gaze became clearer and clearer, and he said gently: "I can't buy muscle powder with money, I begged Master Su to get these two packs of ......."

Before he finished speaking, Zi Ning frowned and said in disgust: "Since Lu Gongzi knows Master Su, why bother asking him? If I ask for this thing, I will be a little shorter to him in the future, won't it make him even more unsightly, and he will not be able to turn over in front of him for the rest of his life!"

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