Author: Braised Egg Expert

After taking a few bites, Xie Jiuxiao put down the bowl, walked to her side, and lowered her head to look at the painting.

It took nearly two hours to paint this painting. From sketching to coloring, Xie Jiuxiao felt that she couldn't find any faults. It can be seen from her expression that she didn't rush it.

Lu Chengfeng thought for a moment and said, "I can't explain it. It's different from what I usually see in the garden."

Xie Jiuxiao lowered his head and scanned the painting, frowned slightly, and slowly covered his fingertips with ink. Before he could speak, he heard Lu Chengfeng say: "It's missing a little bit of popularity."

Xie Jiuxiao looked at her: "Popularity?"

Lu Chengfeng nodded and said: "Popular, Qinyuan has you, Thirteen, and me, but there is nothing in the distance. It looks like a wild pond."

Hearing these remarks, Xie Jiuxiao smiled unconsciously and said: "I understand, this is probably what the Master once said. Paintings are dead but people are alive. Beauty is beautiful but has no soul."

Lu Chengfeng understood the general idea, and Xie Jiuxiao took up the pen again and added a pavilion. He held the pen and pondered, and then drew a person in the pavilion.

He wrote like a master, simply sketching out a vague outline of a man sitting aside with a peach blossom in his hand.

Lu Chengfeng's eyes swept from the painting to the arm and landed on the face.

Xie Jiuxiao is focusing on sketching the details.

With such talent, appearance, and family background, what will this person be like in the future?

Jingguo is divided into jurisdictions from southeast to northwest, including five cities in Subei, three states in western Shanxi, five counties in Nanling, and five cities and four counties in Suidong. Due to the different terrains, the number of troops stationed in each jurisdiction is also different. Among them, the border of Nanling

It is the most peaceful region, with 50,000 troops stationed; western Shanxi, which has good trade links, has 70,000 troops stationed; Subei's border is prone to riots and wars all year round, with 90,000 troops stationed; Suidong is bitterly cold, with 80,000 troops stationed.

Lu Chengfeng got along well with Qinyuan's servants and the guards at the back door these days. Naturally, she could also learn some weird rumors from others. For example, it was the first time she knew that she was so famous in Yanjing, and that there was Lu in Subei.

In Chengfeng, there was a Tan Cheng Yi in the west of Shanxi, there was a famous Shen Jiangyue in the Nanling, Wei Shan barely existed in the east of Suidong, and although there were many strange people and strange things in Yanjing, it was impossible to talk about who it really was.

Not to mention Xie Cen of the Xie family, there is Xie Jiuxiao.

Apart from his family background, the most talked-about thing about this person is his face that confuses all living beings.

Lu Chengfeng's gaze was unclear.

Red lips, white teeth, and picturesque eyebrows.

The words used to praise women are not excessive at all when applied to him.

Xie Jiuxiao didn't look up and whispered: "Let's see, how about this?"

Lu Chengfeng came back to his senses and took a closer look, but was stunned.

The person in the pavilion already has a face. She is wearing a green dress, her head is slightly lowered, and she is picking off a flower petal.

Xie Jiuxiao actually drew her up.

Lu Chengfeng stared at the painting without saying a word, but Thirteen, who had eaten and drank enough, came over. When he saw the painting, he was surprised and said: "Chengfeng, you have entered the painting!"

Thirteen looked at Xie Jiuxiao doubtfully and said, "But Master, don't you never draw people?"

Xie Jiuxiao looked pale, put down her pen, and said, "I never said that."

Thirteen said: "You never said it, but you did it. You have painted hundreds or thousands of paintings since you were a child, and none of them are owned by people. I know this best."

Xie Jiuxiao's face darkened a little and said, "What? You can't draw?"

Thirteen hurriedly said: "It can, it can, of course it can, but..."

Thirteen pointed at the place in the painting: "It was clearly me and Chengfeng who were doing the work at that time, why did I only paint her? Master, you are biased."

Thirteen just said it casually, leaned over and squinted to look at the painting carefully, and said: "Young master, don't tell me, this addition makes the whole painting feel different."

Xie Jiuxiao glanced at it coolly, put down the pen, and said, "Then do you feel that I am different?"

Thirteen raised his eyes: "What?"

Xie Jiuxiao had a stupefied face: "Do you believe I will bury you in this pool?"

The thirteenth monster screamed and said dissatisfiedly: "Master, please, what have I done wrong? If you can tell me, I will change it."

Xie Jiuxiao said: "You mean whether you change or not depends on your mood?"

Thirteen touched his chin with one hand and said very seriously: "If the young master allows it, it is not impossible."

Lu Chengfeng couldn't help but smile, and said to fan the flames: "You have such a bad temper."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Jiuxiao had already made a move.

Thirteen was screaming while picking up quickly. The two of them didn't really want to make a move, but Xie Jiuxiao's hands and feet were a little itchy after resting for these days. The two of them were still worried about the room full of paintings, so they didn't really let go.

After a few rounds, Thirteen retreated lightly, laughing and gasping: "Master, don't, don't, don't, I was wrong!"

Xie Jiuxiao was angry and laughing, unable to stop him. He turned around and saw Lu Chengfeng looking at the two of them with a smile. Xie Jiuxiao raised his chin and said with a smile: "What are you looking at? Two moves?"

Lu Chengfeng shook his head and said nothing.

Thirteen was also a thick-skinned guy, so when he saw the opportunity, he said, "It's better not to leave. The young master can barely fight with me. I can't take a few moves against Chengfeng. Young master, please don't embarrass Chengfeng."

Xie Jiuxiao turned around: "I suddenly remembered that my eldest brother told me a few days ago that we were short of manpower."

Shisan suddenly stood up respectfully and said with a serious face: "Master, Shisan is wrong, the master is the most powerful!"

Lu Chengfeng couldn't help but chuckle, shook his head slightly, and turned his eyes to a few scattered scrolls on the side.

Is this a recent painting?

Lu Chengfeng had just been amazed by Xie Jiuxiao's painting skills. Although he didn't understand painting, he was still interested. He took one and opened it with a smile.

Unexpectedly, Xie Jiuxiao looked shocked and stepped forward: "Don't move!"

Lu Chengfeng only unfolded a corner of the scroll, and could vaguely see a horse's hooves. Before he knew what it was, the scroll was snatched away by Xie Jiuxiao.

Lu Chengfeng was stunned for a moment, but Xie Jiuxiao's expression didn't look angry, but rather vaguely nervous.

She felt it was funny, so she stopped her hand and said, "It's my slave's fault."

Xie Jiuxiao lowered her head and did not look at her, but said: "Don't move this painting..."

Lu Chengfeng just thought it was some precious painting and didn't say anything. Thirteen had already stepped forward: "What paintings can't be seen? Master, are there any paintings in this studio that we can't see? Aren't they all painted by you?

.”

Xie Jiuxiao took the long box from the built-in cabinet, put the painting inside, and said, "This painting doesn't work."

"Why?"

Xie Jiuxiao said: "Why can't you shut up?"

Thirteen was speechless and closed his mouth angrily.

In early June, there was a rare heavy rain for three days and three nights in Yanjing. The water level of the moat rose. Farms on the outskirts of Yanjing were damaged to a great extent. The Ministry of Industry was very busy these days, but it was thankless.

I was reprimanded by the emperor in the morning court for several days.

On the morning of the fourth day, the heavy rain subsided, and the entire Qinyuan Garden was shrouded in mist and haze. The white lotus in the pond was beaten to pieces by several days of heavy rain. Lu Chengfeng passed by after dinner and picked a few plants in the rain, and placed them on the table.

Xie Jiuxiao's room.

Xie Jiuxiao was reading a book, and Thirteen disappeared after lunch. She inserted the painting into the porcelain vase, arranged the vase, and then saw a woman holding an umbrella walking slowly outside the steps.

Lu Chengfeng had seen both sides and knew that this was Xie Yunqian's wife Zhou Lihua, so he stepped back and bent his knees slightly.

Behind Zhou Lihua was a little maid, holding a wooden box in her hand. She didn't know what it was.

Xie Jiuxiao stood up when he heard the noise and said with a smile, "I've met my sister-in-law."

Zhou Lihua approached the desk, checked his homework, and said, "Before coming here, your brother specifically told me to keep an eye on you. I even argued for you at that time that you are not a lazy person and there is no need to pay attention to your homework."

Xie Jiuxiao laughed and said, "My sister-in-law still loves me, unlike my elder brother who scolds me all day long."

Zhou Lihua smiled when she heard this and said: "Your eldest brother is also doing it for your own good. He naturally loves you. No, someone just gave him a baby, so he asked me to come on this trip."

Xie Jiuxiao said: "Oh? Baby? What baby?"

The maid placed the wooden box on the table and opened it. Inside was a snow-white dove with a red beak.

Xie Jiuxiao said: "Pigeon? What kind of treasure is this?"

Zhou Lihua also looked at it curiously and said: "I heard from your elder brother that this pigeon is very precious. It seems to be called the Blood Jade Dragon. It has a strong and human figure. This is still a young pigeon. Your elder brother does not dare to use a bird cage, so he just uses it."

The secret box is packed for you."

Xie Jiuxiao didn't see anything special, so she accepted it with a smile and said, "Sister-in-law, I'd like to thank you for making this trip."

Zhou Lihua said: "I am here to tell you something else."

The flying pigeons occupied the floor on the table, and the two of them stood in front of the door. It was raining outside.

Zhou Lihua said: "A while ago, my grandfather asked me to pay attention to the young ladies in Yanjing City who have not yet left the court, and want to propose marriage to you. My grandfather said that you are now eighteen, and it is time to get engaged."

Xie Jiuxiao said: "So that's why, does the sister-in-law have a daughter from aristocratic family that she likes?"

Zhou Lihua saw that he did not resist, so she smiled and said: "In fact, the truth is that one of the two girls is the daughter of the Shi family. She is sixteen years old. I have seen the portrait. She is quiet and gentle, and she is proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Although she is good at music, chess, calligraphy and painting,

The ranking is lower, but it is better than having a clean family background. There is another daughter, the Han eldest daughter, whose temperament and appearance are also the best in a million."

Xie Jiuxiao smiled bitterly and said: "Sister-in-law, don't try to make me happy. The youngest daughter of the Shi family was so frightened by me last year that she became seriously ill and lay in bed for half a month. If she marries me, I'm afraid that in the backyard

It’s going to start a fire.”

Zhou Lihua said suspiciously: "Is there such a thing?"

"No! There is also the Han family. I had a fight with her brother a year ago. Han Qiuyue has always protected her brother. If she really wants to marry me, then I will not let her brother, sister-in-law... good sister-in-law.

... Just spare me."

Xie Jiuxiao's words were both serious and coquettish. Zhou Lihua immediately found him helpless and said, "According to what you said, these two are really not suitable for each other."

Xie Jiuxiao said: "It's really not suitable."

Zhou Lihua had no choice but to put the matter aside for the time being, but she saw the little maid suddenly let out an ouch. The two of them looked back, but it was the young pigeon that spread its wings and flew onto Lu Chengfeng's shoulder.
Chapter completed!