Princess Fuyao

Chapter 145 Spring Banquet ([-])

"Let's go, my sister and I both like to draw." Yujun gently tugged on Fuyao's sleeve, his face full of pleading.

Thinking that he had to face Xiang Jinhua's gang of annoying ghosts when he returned to the flower hall, Fuyao agreed to Yujun's invitation.

Among the four famous ladies, Li Mingxia, Lin Lanying and Yan Fengying went to Biyinlu's tent with a few female family members of the Liang family, and the other girls came to see poetry, calligraphy and painting together with Fuyao.There were three girls, when they saw them coming in, they all got up and said hello: "Sister Ruomei, sister Yajun, are you here? Do you want to draw two strokes?"

The man who was painting over there looked this way when he heard the sound, Yajun seemed to like this feeling very much, she smiled slightly: "Come on, let's paint."

Hao Ruomei just showed a slight smile and didn't speak.

"Miss Ji, can you draw one too? I heard from the fourth uncle that you are also very accomplished in painting." Yujun said.

"I don't know how to use a brush." ​​Fuyao spread his hands, "I won't be ashamed today, and it's the same with your paintings."

She probably saw Fuyao walking into the large tent of poetry, calligraphy and painting, Xiang Jinhua changed her clothes and then turned back, she probably wanted to find her place again.

Everyone knows that Fuyao's martial arts are superb, and Xiang Jinhua thinks that she grew up in such an environment, calligraphy, painting, poetry and articles must be a whiteboard, and it is good if she can read.

"Let's draw a picture each, let Mr. Gao judge, the last one will be the last one, how about serving dishes for everyone when we eat later?"

"Not good!" Hao Ruomei said bluntly, "We are guests, if you stand serving dishes, wouldn't the maids of Guo's family be beaten?"

"No, I'm willing to bet and lose. Auntie won't be so lenient." Yajun said with a smile, then turned to Fuyao, "Miss Ji, you practice martial arts, do you face those martial arts classics all day long? Uncle's cousin It’s all like that, the classics are full of villains, you should be familiar with them, right? Just draw one and you’re done.”

This Chang Yajun dug a hole for himself. Characters are much more difficult to draw than landscapes, flowers and birds. Fuyao said in his heart, I didn't mess with you.What happened today? Enemies one after another just defeated Xiang Jinhua, and now Chang Yajun appeared again. Her competitive spirit was completely aroused. Just as she was about to nod her head in agreement, Chang Yajun said again: "Who is today?" If you get the first place, you have the right to ask everyone sitting here to do one thing, do you agree?"

Xiang Jinhua didn't agree, but a girl in pink beside her clapped her hands in agreement: "Yes, yes."

This is Xiang Jinhua's cousin, Jiao Zhiyang, the granddaughter of Duke Liang's mansion. Her biological mother was originally a famous prostitute in the capital. The concubine's children were severely suppressed, and Jiao Zhiyang had no chance to stand out. In the past two years, for the sake of the noble concubine, he had to expand his power through marriage as much as possible, which allowed Jiao Zhiyang and his ilk to come out.

The maids shuttled back and forth, spreading paper and rubbing ink on the desk, in a hurry, nine of the ten or so girls rolled up their sleeves, ready for the next match.

Swinging eyebrows, there is no charcoal pen, and the brush is too difficult to use, so she can only prepare to draw a freehand painting, with simple and rough lines.

The little maid who was waiting on the side was putting the ink ball into the water. It turned out that in order to quickly grind the ink, they actually mixed it in the water first.

Fuyao picked up an ink ball, squeezed it open with her hands, and drew on the paper. It was harder than charcoal, and the color was heavier. She was happy and no longer used a brush.

Yajun didn't know that what Fuyao was good at was drawing characters. She was in college, and almost every homework in the sketching course got five points.

"Get me some more ink balls."

"Yes!" The little maid walked obediently, and after a while, she took a small box, a total of ten.

Fuyao trimmed the ink ball to a point with a paper cutter, looked around, selected Yujun as a model, and started to make a draft.

Fuyao could just see three-quarters of Yujun's profile, her big eyes focused on the picture, her long eyelashes flickered like a small fan, and she was very focused on painting.

Serious people are the most beautiful. Looking from this direction, Yujun can see that the straight bridge of the nose just shows the beautiful lines, and the defect of the slightly big mouth is also covered up a lot.

After two quarters of an hour, Fuyao finished drawing the draft, and spent another two quarters of an hour finely retouching it, when Yajun heard Yajun saying: "Master Gao's servant, come to collect the painting."

The little maids and servants carefully stretched out the paintings one by one.

Yajun looked at it casually, but carefully glanced at each of the pictures she took over. When she saw Fuyao's painting, she was slightly taken aback in surprise, and then tried to calm down as much as possible. tension.

There are many traces of traversers in this space, but no one seems to have brought this combination of Chinese and Western painting techniques. The young masters outside are all surrounded in front of Fuyao's painting. This is the first time they have seen such a lifelike figure painting. Jiao Zhiyang's bold and harmonious use of colors, Hao Ruomei's distant landscape and artistic conception, Chang Yajun's wonderful layout, and Yujun's unique calligraphy, they don't even think it is a bright spot.

In the end, Fuyao came first, and a concubine from the Xiang family, Xiang Jintong, fell behind.

The maid of the Guo family came to invite everyone to the table, except for Yujun, all the girls in the room were downcast.

"Sister Ji, you are painting me, right? Am I that beautiful? Can you give me this painting?"

"Okay!"

Yujun has no city mansion, is simple-minded, and is kind to others. Fuyao likes her very much and is willing to make friends with her.

The maid of the two passed through the gauze curtain, put away the painting and took it away, Fuyao saw the expression of regret on the face of Mr. Gao.

Xiang Jintong was born as a concubine, so she calmly accepted the job of serving food for everyone, and, standing beside Fuyao, seemed to be serving her full-time, keeping Fuyao's little maid Tangerine behind and unable to get in her way.After the embarrassment at the table passed away, they began to eat quietly. In order to have a good figure, all the girls became spectators in front of the food. Each of them only took a few bites before putting down their chopsticks and starting to talk .

"The painting skills of the county mistress are really good, I wonder if I can have the honor to ask for some advice?" Hao Ruomei purposely sat with Fuyao just now, and now she speaks her mind.

Fuyao saw that she really loves to paint and has a very good talent, so she nodded and agreed: "Don't ask for advice, let's learn from each other, anyone with a discerning eye can see the effort you put into painting, I feel ashamed of myself. "

"The majesty of the county is very polite. If you are willing to teach me, I will be very grateful." The tone was very humble and sincere.

"Then, if I'm here at that time, you don't mind serving the two of you, right?" Xiang Jintong begged softly.These prostitutes suppressed by the mistress can only rely on their own efforts to get a better marriage. Xiang Jintong's painting skills are not that bad. She deliberately lags behind in order to be able to get to know No. opportunities for communication.

"Mrs. Guo is very kind to her family." Fuyao probed.

Xiang Jintong blushed slightly, and said in a low voice: "I'm just saying that if you meet, you two don't think I'm in the way." This sounded incomprehensible, Fuyao thought for a while before she realized that she couldn't leave others freely, she just hoped If you have the opportunity, you can seize the opportunity to learn.

"Okay!" Fuyao nodded affirmatively, and smiled on Jin Tong's face.

Hao Ruomei seemed to want to remind Fu Yao something, but she didn't say it in the end.

Fuyao hates suppressing others to elevate himself, hates conspiracy and calculations, but appreciates hard work, people who dare to face their own shortcomings, and study openly to improve themselves.Xiang Jintong is so frank with her, even though she is a concubine, it will affect her when interacting with her, but she still accepts this friendship without hesitation.

Fuyao's coming to the Guo Mansion was the first time she showed up at a wealthy family in the capital. She felt very helpless on this day, but she had received so many gifts that she had to be thanked by every family.

The next day, Liang Mingrui refused all the invitations because he was unwell, while Guo Bin took care of his brother logically and did not go out.

However, Fuyao's handling method was completely different from theirs. All the people who gave her gifts along with the emperor's reward, as long as there was an invitation, she would visit one by one, until the fifteenth day, without stopping a day.

The news of painting in Guo's house quickly spread to the rich and powerful circles in the capital. The way those noble girls looked at her changed, and they didn't dare to be arrogant in front of her. Although Chang Yajun was very low-key on weekdays, she was highly accomplished in calligraphy and painting, and she was slick in all aspects. This time, she was overshadowed by Fuyao, and she felt quite ashamed.

Xiang Jinhua has always been bluffing, and she has been hit too many times, but she didn't take it seriously. The next day, Liang Guogong's mansion was her grandmother's natal home. One night's countermeasures wanted revenge, but it was useless the next day.

Concubine Jiao's seventh princess is already 14 years old, and it is urgent to find a son-in-law. In addition, Yinhu has formally submitted a marriage request, which makes the mother and daughter even more anxious.

That day when Guo Bin went to the palace to thank him, the queen sent eunuchs to walk behind him.Concubine Jiao knew the queen's plan immediately, her daughter was still ahead, why should the queen arrange a marriage for her own daughter first?She has been working hard on the emperor these few days, but the emperor is very dissatisfied with Liang Guogong and Mao Guogong recently, and he doesn't even want to see the queen and her, whether it is pretending to be sick or making a formal request, the emperor is unwilling to see him.Today, the Seventh Princess' trip to Liang Guogong is very important, but it's a pity that Guo Bin didn't show up, and their little Jiujiu couldn't play it.

In the first lunar month, the capital is still a world of ice and snow, and the life of the noble ladies and noble sons is really boring. Yesterday, the Guo family brought out all kinds of comparable things. He even came up with a good way, which is to smash the ice on the lotus pond in his home to compete in fishing.

Who will do this?Fortunately, I found someone to teach, and the fish in winter have nothing to eat, so they would bite the bait immediately, which is more fun.

(End of this chapter)