Revenge of the First Daughter - Chapter 156

Chapter 156 A Painting Became Famous
As the zither sounded, the dance steps began, the brush moved, and a gentle breeze blew over, filling the room with fragrance.

Every gap was perfect, and everyone sighed when they heard that there had never been any cooperation between the three of them.

The zither sounded melodious and melodious. Every note seemed to have a faint alluring color. Every zither string seemed to bring people into a place where birds chirped and flowers fragrant. In this cold winter, it seemed to give people a faint and gentle feeling.

Dancing steps give rise to wind, Her figure was light and graceful, He waved his sleeve and raised his foot. The atmosphere was boundless. She was clearly a gentle and generous lady, but her dance style carried an indifference that could not be ignored. It was clear that the words gentle and indifferent were very difficult to mix, but when used on her, there was not the slightest bit of discord. With a faint smile, she attracted the attention of everyone, making it seem as if everyone could only see her dancing figure.

Just as everyone was intoxicated, they suddenly smelled a faint fragrance of plum blossoms. Everyone was slightly stunned. Although it was snowing today, there were no plum blossoms in Shallow Cloud Curie. How could there be a fragrance of plum blossoms?

Quite a few people looked around, but unfortunately, they still couldn’t see where the plum blossom came from in the end.

In the center of Qianyun Residence, one person stroked the strings, one person was as indifferent as dust, one person wrote a painting, one person nodded and lowered his eyebrows, smiled gently, one person was as indifferent as dust, danced beautifully, one person had a calm expression, and his writing was fragrant.

The three of them formed an extremely beautiful scene in front of everyone, causing everyone’s gazes to follow the three of them.

After a long time, the zither music disappeared, the dance steps slowed down, and the brush stopped. The three of them looked at each other and smiled gently. The anti-spectators felt their souls run wild, and they felt that the afternoons were twisting around their ears, as if they were infatuated with the faint fragrance of plum blossoms in their noses, and they were unable to let go of it for a long time.

It was unknown who coughed softly. Everyone was as clear-headed as a dream. However, their eyes were still filled with shock. Who would have thought that the talents of these three people would never be mentioned in the capital? Today’s scene was so shocking.

On the contrary, the two people standing in the middle were calm and composed. Lan Shuya had originally thought that she would lose, but she never thought that such a shocking scene would occur. Her entire body trembled and couldn’t conceal it.

Yun Xiao and Xiao Yuqi exchanged glances. Although both of them had smiles on their faces, the smiles did not reach their eyes.

When Yun Xiao heard that gentle cough, her gaze was filled with a faint surprise. She raised her head to look at Zhou Jingyan, who was sitting in the main seat. Only then did she notice that Zhou Jingyan’s expression was faintly satisfied. Her face was crimson and her eyes were confused.

Yun Xiao was surprised. In the eyes of everyone, that voice just now was a light cough. In fact, she had already understood what had happened. That voice was clearly …

Looking down from Yun Xiao’s angle, he saw that Zhou Jingyan’s hand was slowly retracting.

Yun Xiao’s mind exploded with a buzzing sound. When she felt that Zhou Jingyan’s gaze was looking in her direction, she could no longer describe how angry and resentful she was!

Right now, she wished she could rush forward and expose Zhou Jingyan’s ugly behavior in front of everyone, so that everyone could see that the prince of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was actually doing the most disdainful and unpleasant thing at the banquet.

“Fourth sister, what’s wrong with you?” A faint voice sounded in his ears, carrying a faint concern and worry.

Yun Xiao immediately regained her senses and chuckled, “I’m fine. I’m sorry to trouble Big Sister Xiao to care about me.”

Seeing this, Xiao Yuqi did not ask any further. Instead, she looked in the direction where Yun Xiao’s gaze had been looking at before. However, she did not see anything. There was a strong doubt in her eyebrows. Since there was nothing there, then why did Yun Xiao look so absorbed just now?

However, if Yun Xiao did not say anything, she would not be able to ask any further.

Zhou Jingyan was originally focused on the three people in the middle. There was a moment of infatuation, but he quickly reacted. He skipped his gaze on the woman attending today’s banquet one by one. Every time he looked at a woman, he would try his best to make his body react. Unfortunately, his avatar did not cooperate at all.

Helplessly, Zhou Jingyan finally fixed his gaze on the two women in the middle of the room. He looked at Xiao Yuqi first, then at Yun Xiao. Who knew that when he saw her so calm, his body had an inexplicable impulse.

This was the first time in half a month that he had the joy of being a man.

This kind of joy made Zhou Jingyan very impatient. He was actually impulsive here once.

‘”It’s been years since I’ve seen such a shocking scene. The music is moving, the dance steps are like flowers, and the ink is fragrant. May I know if the fourth young lady can show us her paintings?”

Yun Xiao looked over and did not expect it to be the Crown Prince Zhou Jingchen. She smiled faintly and said softly, “Since His Highness the Crown Prince has already indicated it, the maiden should naturally show it.”

After she finished speaking, she summoned her maidservant Chun Lan and raised the scroll of her painting a few steps forward, facing the crowd head-on.

Everyone couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration when they saw the painting on it. Of course, there were more curious voices mixed with a cold snort of disdain. Everyone’s expressions were different. The only difference was that they all stuck their gazes onto the painting. No matter what, they were unwilling to turn their gazes back.

County Lord Hui Ning saw that everyone’s gaze was focused on Yun Xiao’s painting, and his expression became even more embarrassed. Although this painting was not bad, and the plum tree on the painting seemed to have come back to life, but even so, “Didn’t Fourth Young Lady want to draw a person? Why did she draw a winter scenery?”

These words were also the thoughts of many people present, but most of them praised the vividness of the plum tree in the painting, as if the plum tree scenery was right in front of everyone’s eyes.

The corner of Yun Xiao’s mouth rose slightly. She was not afraid of what county princess Hui Ning had asked. She saw Zhou Jingchen’s expression suddenly pause. There was a trace of confusion in her eyes and a faint understanding in her eyes. “I believe His Highness Prince has understood the meaning of this painting. Can the maiden dare ask His Highness Prince to explain this painting?”

Zhou Jingchen did not expect Yun Xiao to say this, He was disdainful of doing so, However, when he saw the pair of eyes that emitted a faint ancient orchid-like aura, He couldn’t help but agree. “this painting was originally a snowplum without any difference, But if you look closely, you will find that this picture is a feast dance of snowplums and snow, The painting takes the snowy scenery as its back, Blossoming and blooming snowplums, All the snowflakes and plum petals tilted in one direction, It was as if a gust of north wind had appeared before his eyes. The snowflakes tilted, Plum blossoms fell from the branches, The essence of this painting is the moment the plum blossom leaves the branch. At this moment, we can feel the lingering nostalgia of the flower petals. However, when the flower petals fly in the air, the lingering nostalgia slowly fades away. At the same time, all the flower petals form a faint figure in the air, as if a woman dressed in luxurious clothes is dancing between the snow plums. If you look more closely, you will find that these plum trees, big and small, are the sum total of the people at today’s banquet. ”

After listening to Zhou Jingyan’s explanation, everyone looked at the painting again. They also felt that it was the same as what Zhou Jingchen had said. As for those plum trees, they had different shapes. The figure formed by the plum blossoms in the middle could correspond to Xiao Yuqi. How could such a wonderful idea be said to be a wonderful word? He couldn’t help but admire this fourth young lady even more.

Just as everyone’s expressions changed, Zhou Jingchen’s puzzled voice said again, “However, I don’t know why the plum blossom fragrance floated out of this painting. Could it really be the fragrance emitted from the moment the plum blossom blosoms bloomed?” When he saw the painting, the speculation in his heart had already become affirmative. Mei Xiang came from the painting, but he did not understand how the four girls of Yun Clan did it.

Everyone couldn’t help but chuckle at Zhou Jingchen’s last sentence, and the atmosphere in the main hall loosened.

Yun Xiao smiled as she picked up her ink and asked Chun Lan to deliver it to Zhou Jingchen. “Please take a look at my ink, Your Highness the Crown Prince.”

Zhou Jingchen used a brush to pick up a trace of ink, and after checking all the colors of ink, his eyes suddenly lit up. “What did Fourth Young Lady add to this ink?”

“Nothing in the ink, But the wondrous thing was the water that rushed into the ink, It snowed two days ago, Several plum blossoms blossomed in the plum forest of the maiden’s home, The maidservant plucked a few stalks and inserted them into the house. I watched the plum blossoms bloom brightly, He loved it in his heart, Therefore, he couldn’t bear it anymore. She asked the maidservant to pick up all the plum blossom petals that had fallen from the ground. The petals that had been frozen by the snowflakes for a day had an extremely faint fragrance. He thought about it and soaked the petals in boiling water. After using some more things, he extracted the essence from the plum blossoms. This ink was made from the essence of the plum blossoms, so it smelled like the fragrance of a plum blossom. ” Yun Xiao’s culinary skills had always been very good. In her previous life, because the eldest young lady of the Xiao family had made many exquisite and novel snacks and tea, she had won the liking of many people. Even Zhou Jingyan praised those snacks endlessly.

Ever since she knew that Zhou Jingyan also liked these desserts, she had also thought about it. She picked the petals of various seasons to refine the flower liquid to make the desserts. The desserts made this way tasted very good, and Zhou Jingyan always liked them very much.

Because Zhou Jingyan liked it, she would always carry a bottle with her at any time. As long as Zhou Jingyan liked it, she would cook it at any time.

When she saw those petals yesterday, she could not help but extract the flower liquid from them. After she finished making them, she realized that she no longer needed to please Zhou Jingyan. It was just that the steps of making this flower liquid were extremely troublesome, and he was unwilling to throw it away. He carried a small bottle with him like in his previous life, but he didn’t expect it to be used by him.

“Fourth Young Lady’s thoughts are truly ingenious.” To think that she would be able to extract the liquid from these flowers and use it in ink was quite unique.

Yun Xiao smiled and thanked, She has always loved cooking, So I always think of a way to make some new tricks, Naturally, he was also interested in these paintings, Originally, she was useless. Because she liked Zhou Jingyan, she tried to change herself. In order to prevent Zhou Jingyan from losing face because of his uselessness, she studied all kinds of skills day and night. She dabbled in all kinds of skills, but she preferred cooking skills and paintings more.

Zhou Jingchen looked at the faint smile on Yun Xiao’s face and thought, “I want to ask Fourth Young Lady for this painting for 500,000 taels of silver. May I know what Fourth Young Lady thinks?”

Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air. A painting was worth 300,000 taels of silver. This was a great honor. After being shocked, they all looked at Yun Xiao and Yun Xiao enviously. The paintings of the girls in the capital had never sold for such a high price. They did not expect that they would be stolen from the limelight by an unknown little girl. Moreover, it was His Highness the Crown Prince who spoke personally. This was no longer just a matter of price, but rather, it was a matter of raising Yun Xiao’s status.

Hearing this, Yun Xiao was also slightly stunned, but there was still frustration in her heart. Last time, she saved Zhou Jingchen’s life and only took 200,000 taels of silver. However, for such a painting, he exported 500,000 taels of silver. She really lost a lot of money!

Just as everyone was looking at Yun Xiao with hatred or envy, a strange magnetic voice sounded again. “I’ll pay 600,000 taels of silver.”

Everyone looked in the direction where the voice came from. They were curious who actually dared to compete with His Highness the Crown Prince for something?