Empress Abandoned in the Cold Palace: Queen Juan, she doesn't talk about martial arts

Chapter 89 Competition
Su Lijin took a look at her, looked at the exaggerated pink flowers on her head, and raised the corner of her mouth: "Concubine Shu, the flower on your head is not bad."

Hearing this, Concubine Shu caressed the flowers on her head triumphantly: "That's natural, this is the best product specially selected by my concubine, unlike you, empress, who didn't take the emperor's competition at all."

"Well, it is indeed the best, much better-looking than human beings." Ignoring the meaning of her words, Su Lijin praised.

The rest of the concubines couldn't help looking over at Concubine Shu's head, they didn't know whether it was by accident or on purpose, they covered their mouths and laughed.

In this harem, there are no allies. Everyone is fighting for their own interests. When they see who is at a disadvantage, they all want to step on it.

"You!" Concubine Shu's face suddenly turned blue, and the laughter of the others made her face even uglier: "What are you laughing at!"

Staring at Su Lijin, she wished she could tear her mouth open.

Su Lijin raised her eyebrows and smiled provocatively.

She is not a soft persimmon, every time Concubine Shu provokes her, she always retorts, won't Concubine Shu learn to be more honest?

It's best not to mess with her, otherwise, she won't care who she is!

Xiao Shengyun glanced at Su Lijin, his eyes fell on the flowers on Concubine Shu's head, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, as if he didn't quite appreciate such aesthetics.

The eunuch on the side received instructions from Xiao Shengyun and said, "The competition begins now!"

The concubines got excited and went on stage one by one according to the predetermined order and position.

Most of them are official daughters, regardless of rank, they all learned piano, chess, calligraphy and painting when they were in their boudoirs.

At this moment, the well-dressed concubines drew flowers and birds on the rice paper, and from time to time they seized the opportunity to secretly wink at Xiao Shengying.

Soon, it was Concubine Shu's turn to paint.

Concubine Shu glared at Su Lijin, and then walked up to the high platform proudly.

The ink she uses is excellent, the rice paper is the best, and even the paintbrush in her hand is top-notch.

This is the preparation she made early on. She knows very well that with good paper, pen, and ink, she can get twice the result with half the effort.

Drawing confidently, a moment later, a pair of mandarin ducks were drawn on the paper, playing in the pool.

"Concubine Shu is exceptionally good. I think she is the No. 1 talent." The Queen Mother nodded repeatedly, with a satisfied expression on her face.

Xiao Shengyun raised his eyes, his face remained calm, and he did not express his opinion.

Su Lijin glanced at it, and raised the corners of her lips: "It's not bad."

In all fairness, Concubine Shu's painting skills are considered outstanding among all the concubines, but the pair of mandarin ducks are somewhat agile.

Seeing this, the other concubines were jealous and unwilling.

Concubine Shu was very pleased with herself. When she sat down, her eyes looked at Su Lijin full of provocation: "Empress, why don't you go up and paint? Could it be that you don't know how to paint at all?"

Everyone looked over and seemed to be urging with their eyes.

Su Lijin stood up and smiled slightly: "This painting needs some preparations, please wait patiently."

Xiao Shengyun nodded: "Then you go and prepare, I will wait for you."

Leaving from the seat, Su Lijin went directly to the back of the high platform, where there was already a maid standing there with items.

"Put everything evenly around the high platform."

After speaking, she entered a curtain.

In an instant, a curl of smoke rose from the high platform, like a fairyland, which attracted everyone's surprise.

Immediately afterwards, the majestic music sounded, and Su Li, dressed in a light gauze, came out of the smoke and danced lightly.

These smokes are good things she found in the brothel, and they can achieve a very good atmosphere effect.

And the dress of light feather gauze was so beautiful that she was born like a fairy.

"Is she dancing? Did she make a mistake?" Concubine Shu laughed and said, "This is a calligraphy and painting meeting, not a dancing competition!"

Others were also at a loss.

Amazement appeared in Xiao Shengyun's black eyes, he looked at her thoughtfully, and asked curiously, "What is she going to do?"

The scene off the stage was all in Su Lijin's eyes. She turned over and made a beautiful spin, flicked her sleeves, and something flew out.

"Ah! What is this!"

Some of the concubines had something thrown on their face, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be black ink!
"It was dumped by the queen!" Concubine Shu narrowed her eyes.

Everyone looked up, only to find that Su Lijin's long sleeves were covered with ink!

"What exactly does this mean? Dancing with ink?" Everyone looked surprised.

The queen mother who wanted to criticize was also attracted by the current scene and said: "Could it be some new dance?"

This dance is very attractive, and the dancing posture is also beautiful, which is rare in the world.

Xiao Shengyun watched without turning his eyes, and his heart moved slightly. Although he couldn't understand it, he couldn't look away.

White mist shrouded the high platform, and Su Lijin danced Juechen like a fairy in the sky.

The majestic music is not obtrusive, adding a bit of charm.

The music stopped, and after the dance, Su Lijin stood up gracefully.

The queen mother wanted to ask something, but she didn't want to be too eager, so she put on a cold face and asked airs: "Dance belongs to dance, queen, where are your paintings?"

Concubine Shu snorted coldly: "The empress is not trying to fool her around with dancing, is she? Hmph, if you lose the competition, your empress has to fulfill the bet!"

The others also looked at Su Lijin on the high platform, to see how she would explain.

"Everyone, don't worry, when the fog clears, there will be paintings." Su Lijin said indifferently.

After speaking, he stopped talking and waited calmly.

Everyone looked at each other.

They didn't see Su Lijin painting, even if the fog cleared, it was just a bare high platform, right?
Concubine Shu laughed loudly: "Empress, you have to find a better reason for delaying time. For such a lame reason, do you still think you can conjure paintings?"

She stopped suddenly at the last word, her eyes widened in disbelief.

Because, after the fog on the high platform dissipated, a magnificent ink painting of mountains and rivers appeared in the eyes of everyone!
After the white mist dissipated, everyone discovered that there were white flower rolls standing on the high platform.

The flower scroll was very wide and blended with the white mist, so they hadn't noticed it before.

But at this time, the white mist dissipated, and everyone was surprised to find that Su Lijin had actually drawn such a large painting under their noses without anyone noticing it!

"It turned out to be an ink painting of mountains and rivers!"

The crowd exclaimed.

"In such a short period of time, it is rare in the world to be able to draw such a large-scale painting with exquisite brushstrokes!"

Xiao Shengyun's eyes were filled with astonishing light, and the eunuch beside him couldn't help exclaiming, "This is the emperor's great mountain and river. I didn't expect it to be so majestic and majestic!"

Su Lijin smiled lightly and said, "The mountains and rivers are majestic and majestic, but the concubine only painted them as they were."

The Empress Dowager stared at the painting, she couldn't help but be surprised in her heart, looked at the painting, then at Su Lijin, and asked in doubt: "Is this really painted by the Empress?"

"The concubine doesn't think so. No one has seen her painting. Maybe it was painted before, or someone else did it!"

Concubine Shu was jealous and said sarcastically.

(End of this chapter)