The emperor's scheming: alluring the world

Chapter 36
As soon as Li Meizhen finished speaking, Mo Shu hurriedly stuffed a 100 tael banknote to the maid, who quietly glanced at the denomination of the banknote, put it away knowingly, and said with an even more respectful expression: " Please invite Princess Yingfeng to come with your servants."

After getting on the boat, before entering the cabin, she heard the sound of silk and bamboo in the cabin mixed with the cheerful laughter of the girls. Li Sister raised her eyebrows slightly, and said to the maid who was leading the way inadvertently: "You Did Miss Jia invite other people to swim in the lake?"

The maid took advantage of Li Sister-in-law, and she was naturally courteous, and answered with a smile: "Replying to the princess, the lady said that there are many people visiting the lake to make it lively, so at the same time, I gave it to Miss Zhang from Zhang Dashi's family and Li from Zhen Guogong's mansion." Miss, Ms. Guo from Mr. Guo's family, Mrs. Wu from An Guogong's family, and Ms. Bo from Mr. Bo's family, Minister of Rites, all posted posts."

Seeing the outside of the cabin, Li Sister only smiled and said nothing.At this moment, the maidservant had lifted the thick curtain that blocked the door, and a warm feeling came over her face.

After entering the cabin, Mo Shu took off the cloak on Li Meizheng's body and handed it to the maids at the side. Because none of the ladies sitting here had orders, even if they had orders, they were no match for the noble princess's orders, so they all got up and saluted: "Greetings to Princess Yingsu, the princess is blessed."

"Sisters, hurry up and give up the ceremony. Today is just for the sisters to get together to have fun, so there is no need to be so rigid." While Li Meiying was speaking, she stepped forward to help Yang Xianling and Li Xueshang at the same time, and the other girls Also got up one by one.

"Yi'er, I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss you so much." Yang Xianling hugged Li Meiying's arm tightly, and said affectionately, as if the previous resentment had never existed.

I'm afraid that the order of the words 'I miss for you' needs to be adjusted. It should mean that I want her to die. Facing Yang Xianling's hypocritical face, Li Sister-in-law sneered inwardly, with an intimate smile on her face: "I I've always wanted to see you, but I'm afraid you're still angry with me and don't want to see me!"

Li Sister's joke made Yang Xianling's smile a little bit unstoppable.

Li Xueshang didn't know about the personal grievances between the two, but she didn't like hypocritical people like Yang Xianling very much. There seemed to be other meanings in Li Meiying's words, and Yang Xianling's expression seemed to be It's not very good-looking, so I understood a little in my heart at the moment, and said: "Princess is really good at joking, the princess has a noble status, how dare Miss Yang be angry with you, the princess can't scare Miss Yang like this."

Yang Xianling immediately recovered from Li Xueshang's words, quickly put on a smile again and said, "My son, you're making fun of me again." After saying that, Yang Xianling looked at the other daughters and said, "Come on, Let's all sit down! My son just said that there is no need to stick to etiquette."

As soon as Yang Xianling's words came out, the ladies all looked at Li Sister-in-law, and Li Sister-in-law said with a smile: "Today, Ling'er is the master, and the master speaks, and we should obey. Let's all sit down!"

After Li Sister-in-law spoke, everyone sat down. Li Sister-in-law was sitting next to Yang Xianling. She could clearly see the subtle changes in the expressions on the faces of the girls, except for Li Xueshang and Yang Xianling. In addition to the sincere and friendly expression of Guo Mengzhen, the young lady of the Guo family, Zhang Shijia, Wu Miaozi, and Bo Yuying looked respectful on the surface, but in fact they all had expressions of disdain in their eyes.

Yang Xianling personally served hot tea to Li Meiying, her eyes casually glanced at Zhang Shijia who was facing him, Zhang Shijia understood, and said kindly to Li Meiying: "Princess, I heard from Xianling that you have read all kinds of books. There are a lot of books in the book, I wonder if the princess has any research on antique calligraphy and painting?"

Li Meizhen did not expect that Zhang Shijia would suddenly bring up this topic. This topic sounds like no problem, but when I think about it carefully, it seems to be a sign of trouble. It seems that today's trip to the lake is fake, and Yang Xianling took the opportunity It is true to make trouble, to vent the shame in one's heart, and even to take the opportunity to humiliate.

However, she was full of thoughts, and Li Meiying didn't show anything on her face, she just smiled and said: "I have rarely read books on the identification of antique calligraphy and paintings. If Ms. Zhang wants to ask me to help identify it, why don't you ask a professional expert to identify it?" Teacher, I'm just interested in it, not a professional."

Zhang Shijia didn't show any disappointment when she heard the words. On the contrary, she didn't seem to take Li Meiying's conservative words to heart, as if the previous question was just a casual question, but now she shifted after listening to Li Meiying's words The topic said: "Princess, I got a picture of Master Zhen's hermitage in mountains and rivers a few days ago. Are you interested in commenting on it?"

Li Sister-in-law knew that the other party would find her own way to prevent her from rejecting her, so she said with a smile: "Miss Li has a lot of experience with ancient calligraphy and painting, let's take a look together!"

Seeing that Li Sister-in-law agreed, Zhang Shijia asked the servant girl to fetch the scroll, and unfolded it slowly in front of everyone, with a rare complacency on her face.

Master Zhen is a well-known painter of Daxin, as famous as the calligrapher and master Mo. Because he has passed away for more than a hundred years, and there are fewer and fewer authentic works under his name, so his paintings are becoming more and more precious.

The painting is a picture of pastoral life. The sun rises in the morning, and the mist curls up between the hills. The clear stream bends and extends from the hills like a jade belt. There is a house by the bank of the stream, with a fence as the gate, and a fruit tree on each side , There is a small flower garden in the courtyard, a small kitchen is on the south side of the house, there is a well outside the kitchen, several vegetable gardens are behind the house, the chicken coop is next to it, and cooking smoke is coming out of the chimney on the kitchen.

"Master Zhen's picture of a hermit in Xishan has been lost for many years. I never expected it to appear here. Ms. Zhang must have spent a lot of effort on this painting!" Picture, the expression was a little excited, and the tone was a little envious, because such a top-grade product that is almost extinct is really hard to find.

Li Meiying's beautiful eyes slowly swept across the picture of a hermit in the mountains and rivers, a hint of sarcasm flashed in her seemingly peaceful and clear eyes, but she said with a smile on her face: "I heard that Miss Zhang is very fond of copying Master Zhen's paintings, Over the past few years, I have achieved a lot, and the paintings I have copied are [-]% like Master Zhen's painting style, I don't know if this is true?"

Li Meiying didn't criticize, but suddenly mentioned Zhang Shijia's proud copying skills, the faces of the ladies present all changed, they didn't know what Li Meiying meant by what Li Meiying said.

Seeing that everyone was afraid to answer, Li Sister laughed again and said, "Did I say something wrong? I just feel that Miss Zhang's liking for Master Zhen's paintings is beyond the reach of everyone sitting here. Such a rare painting , if Miss Zhang didn't put in a lot of hard work, how could she get it!"

Hearing this, Zhang Shijia's slightly ashen face recovered some blood, and she hurriedly said with a smile: "The princess's words speak to the heart of my daughter. My daughter really only loves Master Zhen's paintings. In order to find him The authentic work also took a lot of effort."

(End of this chapter)