Revenge of the First Daughter - Chapter 157

Chapter 157 Drawing Value Thousand Gold
Zhou Jingyan chuckled as he looked at the crowd and whispered, “I’ll pay 600,000 taels of silver.” He cupped his hands and cupped his hands slightly towards Zhou Jingchen. “Imperial Brother, I’m really sorry. I like this painting very much too. Please forgive me, Imperial Brother.”

Zhou Jingchen looked at Zhou Jingyan for a moment before he said, “It doesn’t matter. Since you like it, you are naturally qualified to bid. The highest bidder is fine.”

Just as the Crown Prince said this, he heard another voice say, “I’ll pay one million taels.”

Everyone’s expressions changed after this voice was spoken. This person was truly courageous. He actually bid so high, treating the two princes, Zhou Jingyan and Zhou Jingchen, as if nothing had happened.

When Yun Xiao heard this voice, it sounded extremely familiar. She couldn’t help but look sideways. She didn’t expect to see a man dressed in a long moon-white robe walking towards her. The corners of her mouth revealed a faint smile, and her pair of black eyes were bottomless, causing everyone to not know what he was thinking.

Zhou Jingyan first looked at Zhou Jingchen’s expression, but he did not continue to bid. Zhou Jingchen wrinkled his eyes and said, “I’ll pay 1.1 million silver taels.”

Rong Jin slightly cupped his hands towards Zhou Jingchen. The corner of his mouth curled upwards, and a strange look flashed across his black eyes. He then said, “Your Highness, I am truly sorry, I have offered you one million gold taels.”

A million gold taels! Everyone murmured this number incessantly. Their expressions changed drastically. They would never be able to take out this amount of silver in their lifetime! Many people felt that Rong Jin was crazy.

Then, everyone looked in the direction of Yun Xiao, their eyes filled with envy!

A painting is worth a hundred gold! This was simply the most expensive painting in the capital. With this painting, not many people would be able to afford Yun Xiao’s paintings anymore.

At this moment, Yun Xiao’s reputation had begun to spread among the nobles. It was also later that Yun Xiao had an alias, “Yun Baijin!” It’s just that this is the last sentence.

No matter what, Yun Xiao did not expect that she was just an impromptu painting that was actually priced at such a high price. To be honest, Yun Xiao was also very excited. Of course, more importantly, she thought that Rong Jin must be sick today.

However, Yun Xiao still knew a little about her painting, “Young Master Rong, this painting doesn’t seem to be worth a hundred gold.” Anyway, she had already reminded him that it would be best if Rong Jin didn’t care. If he did, even if he wanted to teach him a lesson, it would have nothing to do with him in the future.

Rong Jin only chuckled and said, “I say she’s worth it.”

The corner of Yun Xiao’s mouth twitched. What she could do was already benevolent, but she couldn’t stop others from buying paintings.

She smiled and looked at Zhou Jingyan and Zhou Jingchen. She said apologetically, “Your Highness Prince, since the third prince is the one with the highest price, someone has already offered one million gold taels. The maids have no choice but to sell it.” She was not afraid of their influence at all.

Zhou Jingchen really liked that painting, but the price exceeded the budget, so he could only retreat.

If he continued to raise the price, he also had the capital to continue to increase. However, Yun Xiao was not a famous artist now. He used a hundred gold price to buy a painting. If the people in the court knew about it, they would have to impeach him. In order to put an end to this trouble, Zhou Jingchang smiled and said, “In that case, I would like to congratulate Fourth Young Lady.”

Yun Xiao smiled lightly and returned the greeting. When she saw Zhou Jingyan, a trace of indifference appeared on her face. However, when Yun Xiao noticed Zhou Jingyan’s suddenly embarrassed expression, a faint doubt arose in her heart. “What does the Third Prince have to say?”

Zhou Jingyan sized up Yun Xiao’s little face before saying, “I’m just a little regretful. Although the way the fourth young lady paints doesn’t look like a master, it’s a bit more agile than the paintings of those masters. This is rare.”

The corner of Yun Xiao’s mouth curled into surprise. Only then did he say, “Thank you, Third Prince, for your kind praise. I’m ashamed of you.” In my previous life, in order to learn how to paint, She had specially invited a master to guide her. However, ordinary masters were disdainful of teaching a daughter of a merchant. Even so, she did not give up. Instead, she personally invited a master ten times in front of Liu Chan’s door. In the end, Liu Chan agreed to teach her because of a dish.

At that time, Master Liu Chan said that the things she painted had spiritual energy, but there was no form in them. This was also why she was willing to teach herself.

Thinking about how he had done so much for Zhou Jingyan in his previous life, and how his family had been destroyed, he felt a sharp pain in his heart.

Yun Xiao sighed. In this life, she must polish her eyes.

At this moment, Zhou Jingyan continued, “I wonder if Fourth Young Lady can make another painting?”

Yun Xiao was slightly stunned, He never expected Zhou Jingyan to say such a thing. It really surprised me. Even so, Yun Xiao still didn’t say anything. She only whispered, “Please forgive me, Third Prince. I originally wanted to have inspiration to paint. That painting just now has used up all my energy, and I don’t have any other strength to paint. Moreover, those ink is not enough to continue to use for a painting.”

Zhou Jingyan said with great regret, “What a pity.”

“It’s not a pity. My cousin has always had a good temper. The Third Prince specifically asked for a painting. Why don’t you agree to it? How about I give it to the Third Prince some other time after I have some inspiration?” Lan Shuya was originally extremely happy with her performance today, and she also enjoyed the envious gazes of everyone. However, she did not expect that not long after she enjoyed it, everyone’s attention was diverted because of a broken painting by Yun Xiao. At this moment, Lan Shuya gritted her teeth in hatred towards Yun Xiao.

She was afraid that everyone’s attention would be on Yun Xiao, so she couldn’t help but speak, hoping to attract everyone’s attention.

Moreover, Lan Shuya didn’t want to let go of this chance to come into contact with the prince.

However, she did not expect that she would receive a lot of gazes after she said those words. When she felt that she was being watched by others, Lan Shuya became happy. However, she did not expect that before she could be happy enough, she would find that the gazes that were looking at her were filled with dissatisfaction.

Lan Shuya was slightly stunned. She didn’t know what was going on.

“Miss Lan’s words are wrong. Even if we like Fourth Young Lady’s paintings, we will still buy them. Please don’t say those words. Those who don’t know think that Fourth Young Lady and Royal Brother are giving each other private gifts. Doesn’t this mean that Fourth Young Lady’s reputation has fallen?” Although Zhou Jingchen was still trying his best to remain calm, his voice still carried a hint of confidence. When he saw Lan Shuya’s devastating face again, his heart felt disgusted when he saw her blank and complacent expression. It was just a superficial appearance, and he was actually so arrogant that he didn’t know how to behave.

Although Lan Shuya’s heart was high and her ability to detect words and expressions had also been trained. When she sensed the Crown Prince’s displeasure, her hatred towards Yun Xiao became even more intense. She immediately lowered her eyebrows and whispered, “It was my fault. I was in a hurry so I said the wrong thing. I hope His Highness the Crown Prince will not blame me.”

“Miss Lan is wrong. Even if you want to apologize, I believe you want to say this to Miss Yun Si, not to me.” Zhou Jingchen listened to Lan Shuya’s voice. Tears had already flowed out of her eyes when he saw her again. It was as if he had bullied her. He felt even more disgusted in his heart. He didn’t even have the slightest bit of courtesy to speak.

Lan Shuya was accustomed to observing her words, so she naturally recognized the difference in Zhou Jingchen’s words, so she immediately bowed to Yun Xiao and said, “Cousin, I’m sorry, I said the wrong thing.”

Yun Xiao’s face was slightly clear. Since you wanted to act, then I’ll act with you. “Cousin, don’t be so polite. I know you don’t have any ill intentions.”

Lan Shuya smiled at Yun Xiao gratefully before saying, “Thank you, cousin, for not bothering me.”

Yun Xiao gave a faint kindness and then looked at Zhou Jingyan again. She smiled and said, “My cousin’s painting is not bad either. If the Third Prince really likes painting, why don’t you ask your cousin to make a painting and then the Third Prince buy it?”

Zhou Jingyan looked at Lan Shuya, who was cautious, but could not conceal her beauty. His eyebrows were filled with displeasure. “Since Fourth Young Lady said this, then let’s do it this way.”

Xiao Yuqi looked at Yun Xiao among the crowd. She did not expect that the scene she had carefully prepared today would be like this. She should be in the limelight, but Yun Xiao occupied everyone’s attention. If she felt uncomfortable in her heart, there would definitely be some. However, she knew that on such an occasion, all she could do was lower her eyebrows and withdraw her eyes. She was respectful and good. She would not dare to rush forward stupidly. That way, the crowd would definitely not have a good impression of her, because Lan Shuya was a precedent.

Xiao Yuqi looked at Rong Jin, who was not far from her. Her gaze narrowed slightly. She did not know why Rong Jin wanted to praise Yun Xiao like this, but she was certain that Rong Jin had a good impression of Yun Xiao.

Xiao Yuqi inadvertently looked at county princess Hui Ning on the other side. Indeed, she saw a strong hatred in county princess Hui Ning’s eyes. The corners of her mouth raised slightly. It seemed that county princess Hui Ning would take her place without taking action.

The corners of her mouth slightly rose, and her gaze carried a strange expression. She saw County Lord Hui Ning stand up from her seat, and what attracted her attention was the glass of wine in County Lord Hui Ning’s hand.

Seeing that Yun Xiao had stolen the limelight from today’s banquet, county princess Huining felt as if she was making a wedding dress for someone else. She picked up the wine cup on the table and a vicious expression flashed across her eyes.

Resisting the impulse to slap all the wine in his hand onto Yun Xiao’s face, he carried the glass of wine and walked towards Yun Xiao’s direction. “Fourth Young Lady’s reputation has greatly improved today. Why don’t we raise our glasses to celebrate the fourth young lady? What do you think?”

With county princess Hui Ning’s words, no matter what they thought, whether it was jealousy or envy, the others would not say all of their thoughts. They immediately agreed.

County princess Huining smiled and walked over with a cup of tea in her hand. Her dark and gentle eyes were like water. “Fourth Young Lady, we have always had some misunderstandings before. Why don’t we borrow this cup of wine today and make peace with each other? What do you think, Fourth Young Lady?”

After she finished saying those words, she walked towards the direction of everyone. However, when she walked to Yun Xiao’s side, her feet were blocked by the drawing table. Her entire body pounced towards this direction. The wine in her hand also flew to the side, just in the direction of Yun Xiao’s painting.