into the bosom

Chapter 70 It's a blessing, not a curse

"Painting a lotus is both the easiest and the most difficult. The easy one is easy to get started, and the difficult one is the rare charm. The reason why this painting can catch the eyes of the nobles is that I have seen more, so I picked it up." It's just cheap." Xu Jiaotian replied with a smile.

What Xu Jiao was referring to was of course those famous paintings from ancient times to the present. Even the saying that painting a lotus is the easiest and most difficult was copied from Mr. Zhang Daqian. On her cheap father.

This is naturally the reason why Xu Jiao deliberately made his words ambiguous.

Sure enough, the queen mother sighed, "It really is a family tradition, and Erlang of the Jing family can be counted as a successor."

"I just know that Mr. Jiuyi is good at landscapes, but I don't know that he is also good at painting lotus."

"Mr. Jiuyi's paintings in his youth cover a wide range of subjects, including figures of flowers and birds."

"It's just a pity that I don't have the chance to see you!"

Everyone chattered and discussed, but Xu Jiao felt a little ashamed. Was she deliberately misleading others?

"Come here! Send these three paintings to the front hall, Your Majesty, please read them!" The queen mother smiled and waved her hands.

The waiter holding the paintings let out a sound, put away the paintings and sent them to the front hall.

All the female relatives smiled slightly, but their minds coincidentally turned to the most important matter of the day.

The painting of Mrs. Jing Er is brilliant, but it really lives up to her father's reputation.But how can such a deliberate show off escape the eyes of the Queen Mother and the eldest princess?Among other things, Miss Jing Er should not even think about the position of the eldest princess.

Now it seems that between Wei Wuniang and Wang Shiniang, Wang Shiniang is more likely. After all, she also has an aunt who is a queen!

Most people think so, even Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Zhao.

The queen mother obviously liked Wang Shiniang more, so she raised her hand and called her to her. After looking at her carefully, she praised, "This child has soft brows and eyes, and the more he looks at her, the more he fits the family's eyes. Yanping, look ..." The Empress Dowager turned to the Eldest Princess with a questioning look.

The Eldest Princess squatted down and bowed, "Mother, I would like to ask for your favor."

"You said."

"I'm usually lonely in the mansion, and I want to find someone to be my companion. Today, seeing Mrs. Jing Er, I think I like her very much, so I want to adopt her as a righteous daughter, and hope that my mother will be fulfilled!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience was shocked.

Even Xu Jiao herself was so shocked that her eyes widened, it was different from what she expected!Your Royal Highness, why don't you act according to the script!

The result of entering the palace today was not at all what Xu Jiao expected, she sat in the carriage back to Jingfu in a daze, completely ignoring Mrs. Wu's full of joy and Mrs. Zhao's complicated eyes looking at her several times.

She found an excuse to go back to Mingyue Residence, she had to calm down first.She was 1 unwilling to be involved with the Great Wei royal family, and she thought it was safe, but where did she go wrong?Xu Jiao couldn't figure it out, his head hurt a little, and when he thought about it, it was a foregone conclusion, and his head hurt even worse.

Xu Jiao lay flat on the bed like a salty fish, not wanting to do anything.But he heard a series of hurried footsteps coming in from outside, and then, Ban Lan said in a serious but rarely eager voice, "Lady, the old master has sent someone, please go to the study outside immediately. "

Xu Jiao sat up from the bed, with a look of lovelessness on his face, yes!It's time to ask the teacher for the crime.

When I got to the outer study, I saw that there was not only Jing Shangshu in the room, but also Jing Qin.

There was no anger on Jing Shangshu's face, but he was still smiling. When he saw Xu Jiao, he just smiled and asked in his usual tone, "How could Ah Jiao draw such a picture today?"

The Empress Dowager ordered the painting to be taken to the front hall for the emperor to review. At that time, Jing Shangshu was in front of the emperor, so he must have seen it.

"Grandfather, did the granddaughter do something wrong? But the granddaughter just doesn't want to dishonor her father's reputation..." Xu Jiao raised her eyes anxiously, tears were already glistening in her eyes, and her face was full of uneasiness.

She thought well at the time, thinking that painting such a picture would not only get rid of the eldest princess's desire to adopt her as a foster daughter, but also save her reputation as a cheap father.Since she took the title of someone else's daughter, that's the right thing to do, right?
Who knew, it was already like this, and the eldest princess unexpectedly chose her.

"Second sister's painting today is really good. The most difficult thing to draw a lotus is not the flower, but the stem. The lotus stem in Ermei's painting is done in one go, with a natural charm."

"Second brother has also seen my painting?" Xu Jiao was not surprised that Jing Qin knew painting, and his eyes lit up when he heard him talk about it.

"I didn't expect that my second sister is so young, she is very good at painting, and I will definitely learn from my second sister someday."

"Don't dare dare." Xu Jiao was modest, but his eyes were bent into crescent moons.When I went out from the outer study, my head didn't hurt anymore, my chest didn't feel stuffy anymore, and I walked very briskly. What's this called?It's hard to find a bosom friend!
In the outer study, after Xu Jiao left, the atmosphere changed suddenly.

Jing Shangshu's usual smile disappeared, and he said with a calm expression, "What does Your Highness the Eldest Princess mean? She is such an astute person, did she not know the meaning of our mansion when she saw Ajiao in East Lake?" What’s more, Ajiao’s appearance today shows her and our family’s wishes even more. A twisted melon is not sweet, so why would she do what is difficult for others?”

What Jing Shangshu couldn't figure out, Jing Qin naturally couldn't figure out either.

The line of his lips was slowly straightened, and his gentle and jade-like temperament changed slightly, but his voice was still elegant with a faint smile, "Grandfather, this matter is a foregone conclusion."

Jing Shangshu naturally knew that it was a foregone conclusion, and sighed, "I wanted not to get involved in this vortex, but now I can't help myself. The matter has come to this point, whether it is a disaster or a blessing, it can only depend on her own good fortune." .”

Speaking of this, Jing Shangshu paused, raised his eyes to look at Jing Qin and said, "Ruishen, my grandfather doesn't force anything else. But the only thing that matters is the life of your second sister, or the fate of our Jing family." , you can't ignore it!"

Jing Qin lowered his eyes, but did not respond clearly.

Jing Shangshu breathed a sigh of relief quietly.

At this moment, there was a whistle from outside the house. Jing Qin frowned, turned around and went outside, and when he came back after a while, he said inexplicably, "The news from the palace just now is that the Queen Mother likes Wei Wuniang and Wang Shi very much. Yiniang, so I issued a decree to let them stay in the palace forever."

Jing Shang's writing color changed slightly.

Jing Qin's voice sank, "Grandfather, maybe the Eldest Princess really likes the second sister, or maybe the Eldest Princess wants to sell our Jing family a thin face, no matter what, the Eldest Princess must have a deep meaning. It's a favor owed."

Xu Jiao didn't know about this at all, and she wasn't a worried person at first, so she thought about it in a blink of an eye.She has come through her precarious days and changed the fate of cannon fodder. What is she afraid of?
Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover, and the sky is falling, and it should be covered!
After a good night's dream, when I woke up from the bed, I heard from Banlan that someone had come to the Princess's mansion.

(End of this chapter)