The lady escaped marriage and became addicted

Chapter 225 The Family Has a Girl (4)
An Ran never expected that Wang Jinwen would actually say this to herself.She doesn't seem to provoke him, does she?What on earth does he like about her?After Wang Jinwen finished speaking, he left by himself. Apparently he was worried that An Ran would agree to the Cui family's marriage so he specifically asked her to say such a thing, but it was obvious that he was too worried.

Not long after Wang Jinwen left, Wang Jingyuan came back, and the two of them tacitly didn't say a word about what happened just now.Wang Jingyuan already had an excellent foundation in ink painting, but An Ran made great progress with just a few pointers on the subtleties.Wang Jingyuan was very excited about this, and Anran was getting better and better, and told her a lot about Wang Jinwen.

Finally, the [-]th birthday of the old lady of the Wang family came. Not only the other seven great families sent important direct descendants to celebrate the birthday, even the emperor, queen mother and queen also sent gifts.And other small and medium-sized aristocratic families, court officials also sent people to celebrate their birthdays.

An Ran promised to draw today's grand occasion, so she pretended to be a little girl and watched everywhere, especially the scene of the younger generation of the Wang family paying respects to the old lady's birthday, which she secretly wrote down in a sketchbook.

The banquet at the back was very lively, and there were several groups of musicians playing to add to the fun, and the two main banquet halls also had singing and dancing to add to the fun, An Ran looked carefully at each one, and didn't even have time to eat.

After memorizing the banquet, she hurried back to the study to make a draft.She used comic strips and referred to the composition structure of Luoshen Fu's paintings, mainly depicting the lively and luxurious scenes before birthday greetings, during birthday greetings, and after the banquet.

An Ran's sketches are in a realistic style, which is different from the similar style of the previous ink figures.The main characters in the painting are detailed and lifelike, and even the maids and guests in the background in the distance are extremely similar, completely reproducing the lively scene at that time, and the shock is extremely shocking.

An Ran was completely immersed in this "magnificent painting", and did not hear what was going on outside the window. It took ten days of painting to complete this magnificent painting.In the end, it was drafted by Wang Jinwen, and she wrote the preface on it with a pen, and finally stamped the seal of "Renren Yunmeng".

Because of An Ran's request, the Wang family did not announce her identity. Even the eldest master of the Wang family, the second master and seven or eight young masters were lucky enough to visit this "magnificent work", but they don't know when the real Yunmeng came to participate. The old lady's banquet and painted it.

This painting is more than two feet long after it is mounted. Its realistic depiction of characters and magnificent scenes fully demonstrate the aristocratic grandeur of the Wang family, and all the visitors can't help but be full of praise.In the end, this long and huge picture scroll named "Picture of Immortals and Longevity" was carefully collected as a family heirloom of the Wang family.

After painting such a painting, An Ran also felt a little tired, so under the persuasion of the old lady and Wang Jingyuan, she rested for two days before going back.

In the past two days, she drew a life-sized portrait of the old lady and the old man, which was directly and carefully preserved by the Wang family.

After resting for two days, An Ran said goodbye to her brother and went back.Wang Jinwen was also going back to the Imperial College, and school was about to start in February, so he went with them.Wang Jingyuan was supposed to go back after the banquet, but she stayed here deliberately to accompany An Ran, and now she is also going back to Chang'an with them, which is quite lively.

On the way back, Wang Jingyuan invited An Ran to ride with her, and An Ran readily agreed.After more than half a month of getting along, An Ran and Wang Jingyuan have established a deep friendship.In this era for so long, An Ran is the first time to see a woman who can look at the same sex with admiration, is kind and intelligent in nature, and is comparable to her in the level of thinking.

Wang Jingyuan appreciates An Ran's talent very much, but An Ran admires Wang Jingyuan's proficiency in all aspects of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.As far as An Ran is concerned, she is only good at calligraphy and painting, and she is not good at playing piano and chess.However, after learning the basic fingering of cucurbit silk from He Zhiqian for a few days, after arriving in Chang'an, she bought another cucurbit silk to continue practicing, and now she can play simple tunes by herself.

It was the first time Wang Jingyuan heard about cucurbit silk, so she immediately asked her servants to buy it, and finally bought one after three days.An Ran's third-rate level was pushed away, so she had to play a few simple melodies for her to listen to. Wang Jingyuan only thought that the cucurbit silk sound was very special, and didn't say anything else.An Ran remembered a song called "Fengwei Bamboo Under the Moonlight" that she liked very much in her previous life, so she tried to play it, but unfortunately, she was not proficient in this cucurbit silk, but she couldn't play that kind of artistic conception.

An Ran could only sigh and said: "It seems that it's not working now, after a few months, I'll get used to it, and then I'll show it to Sister Wang."

Wang Jingyuan smiled softly and said, "You must come to me when you have time. Don't worry, we don't have any elders in our family, so we are very comfortable."

Afterwards, Wang Jingyuan told An Ran some things about her family.

It turned out that although Wang Jingyuan's husband was also surnamed Cui, he came from the Cui family in Boling. His name was Yu and his courtesy name was Tianming. He was not from the same family as Cui Shouxin, who was born in Qinghe.Cui Yu is now a doctor of the fifth-rank official department, in charge of examining merits and cleaning up the official department. Although the position is not high, it is a very powerful position.

The Cui family of Qinghe supported the eldest prince Kang Wang's family, while the Cui family of Boling was neutral and did not intend to participate in the prince's fight for the heir.Because the Wang family in Taiyuan had already stood in line, and they were on the side of the third prince Ping Wang, who was currently the most popular but the weakest, so the Cui family deliberately kept a certain distance from the Wang family, and they didn't even attend the old lady's birthday.But Wang Jingyuan, the daughter of the Wang family, had to go back, and she was not afraid of gossip.

An Ran sighed: "Remaining neutral is the long-term solution." But this is too careful, right?After all, they are relatives, so it seems deliberate not to move around.

When Wang Jingyuan heard what An Ran said, she couldn't help holding her hand, and said happily: "You are a transparent person, so it's even better. You're right, maintaining neutrality is the long-term solution, and it may be the first step in this dynasty. The imperial examination system, these years, the imperial court has continuously suppressed the power of the aristocratic families, which made the aristocratic families a little flustered, so they had to take risks. In fact, what's wrong with being peaceful and peaceful like now? Those men insisted on fighting. But , my Xiaoqi is not a person who is interested in fame and fortune. The reason why he follows His Highness Ping Wang is just because he admires His Highness Ping Wang's heart and talent. Have you never seen His Highness Ping Wang? He is really a person who is like a banished fairy. He is obviously not the most handsome Yes, but his smile seems to be covered with moonlight, it is so noble and bright, so dazzling that people can't bear to take their eyes away. Hehe..."

(End of this chapter)