Chapter 84: Taining Marquis Mansion (2)
When the girls get together, most of them eat, drink and have fun, and sometimes they go to the theater or play some games together. But today is a little different, and the county lord of Heshou smiled and said to Yuchen: "I have always heard that Miss Chen is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, I don't know if I can have the honor to listen to one or two today?"
From the first time she saw the county lord of Heshou, Yuchen was sure of one thing, that is, the county lord of Heshou was very hostile to her. Yuchen said with a smile: "The county lord is too prestigious, and he can't talk about being proficient, but he just has nothing to do at home on weekdays." β
When the county lord of Qingxia heard this, he smiled and said: "Cousin, your piano skills are also excellent, why don't you and Miss Chen each play a song, and let us feast our ears?"
The county lord of Heshou said with a smile: "Miss Yuchen and Miss Yuxi studied under Mr. Song together, and the four girls can't shirk it." "The county lord of Heshou is suspicious of Yuxi, so he tries one or two.
Yuxi smiled decently and replied: "County Lord, I have limited qualifications, and I didn't worship Mr. Song as a teacher. Seeing that the county lord of Heshou was surprised, Yuxi smiled and said: "With Mr. Song's love, I learned painting and calligraphy with Mr. Song." As for music theory and poetry and singing, because I have no talent, I didn't follow it. β
When the county lord of Heshou heard this, he didn't say anything more. Since Yuxi can say it in front of so many people, she will definitely not lie to her.
Yuchen played "Three Alleys of Plum Blossoms", which is a song that praises the tenacious character of plum blossoms who are not afraid of frost and wind and snow, and praises people with noble sentiments. Yuchen is essentially a person with a noble character, and this song was played by her with a bit of charm.
The first half of this song presents a kind of mood in which people are tired of combing their hair; after turning into the second half, the rhythm is bright and bright, the mood is comfortable, the flowers are blooming, and the scenery is full of spring! At the end, it gives people a kind of spring although the beauty is not forever, thinking about how short life is, and then feeling sad.
After the main game of Heshou County played, the scene was suddenly quiet.
After a few seconds, Yuchen came back to his senses, walked up to the county lord of Heshou, and said: "The county lord's piano skills are like the sound of heaven, and Yuchen is ashamed of himself." Although he lost, Yuchen didn't feel anything to be ashamed of. There is a sky outside the sky, there are people outside the world, and there are people who play better than her.
The county lord of Heshou said with a smile: "I am two years older than Yuchen's sister, and I have taken advantage of it." She knew that Yuchen was the most arrogant, but ordinary people couldn't get into Yuchen's eyes. Only in this way can the distance between the two be narrowed.
The county lord of Qingxia felt that today's opportunity was rare, and said: "Cousin, the weather is so good today, let's write two poems?"
The county lord of Heshou knew that this cousin liked poetry to the point of going crazy, if it was before, she would definitely refuse politely, but now she will not sweep away Qingxia's interest, and happened to see a few blooming peonies not far away, and said: "With peony as the theme, what does my cousin think?"
The lord of Qingxia thinks it is very good: "Peony is the king of flowers, and with peony as the theme, it is naturally excellent." β
The identities of the county lord of Qingxia and the county lord of Heshou were the best, and both of them said so, and others naturally would not refute it. refuted, and said that he would not give face to the county lord of Qingxia and the county lord of Heshou.
Zhou Shiya is not good at poetry, and she racks her brains at the moment, just to be able to write a poem to deal with. But after thinking about it for a long time, I didn't have a clue, but when I looked up, I saw Yuxi eating pastries there very leisurely. Zhou Shiya lowered her voice and asked, "You don't write poetry?"
Yuxi was ready to hand in the blank paper later: "I can't write it." β
Zhou Shiya didn't want to write, but she didn't have the courage to do so, so she said with a stumbling eye: "If you don't write it, you will be laughed at, and you won't be punished when you go back?"
Yuxi said: "I can't help the jokes, I just said that I am not good at poetry, and I didn't even go to Mr. Song's class, even if it is called Baijuan, it doesn't matter." At the beginning, Mama Quan also persuaded her to learn poetry and musical instruments, saying that there are two things that can support the faΓ§ade when she goes out in the future, and it will not make people laugh. But she just can't learn it, what can she do. Without this talent, it is useless to force it.
Zhou Shiya thought for a moment and said, "If you lose the face of the Guogong Mansion, you must not be reprimanded by your aunt and grandmother when you go back?"
Yuxi said indifferently: "Reprimand, reprimand, I really can't compose poetry, I can't deceive! Besides, the Guogong Mansion has my third sister, which is enough to support the faΓ§ade." "She's not a perfect person like Yuchen, no, no, there's nothing to be ashamed of. She didn't believe that the girls present were all masters of poetry and painting.
Two quarters of an hour later, more than twenty girls handed in all the poems they had written. In the end, Yuchen wrote the best, won the top, and the worst was naturally Yuxi, who handed in the white scroll.
The county lord of Qingxia was a little surprised, even if she couldn't compose poems, many people would rack their brains to write a poem to complete the task in order to meet the occasion, and it was the first time she had seen the person who handed in the white scroll. The county lord of Qingxia said to the maid beside him, "Go and invite Miss Yuxi to come over." Yuxi was whispering to Zhou Shiya in a corner of the garden at this time.
Yuchen is not surprised that Yuxi handed over the blank paper, Yuxi is that kind of character, if he can't, he will just say it, he won't beat around the bush and won't cheat.
The county lord of Qingxia took out a white scroll with Yuxi written on it and asked, "Miss Yuxi, is this what you handed in?"
Under the strange eyes of everyone, Yuxi calmly admitted that it was handed over by himself. Since he dared to hand in the blank papers, Yuxi was ready to be ridiculed.
Yuchen didn't want to lose the reputation of the Guogong Mansion, and said with a smile: "My sister has not been good at music theory and poetry since she was a child, but her paintings are very good, especially peonies and chrysanthemums are very beautiful. When Yuchen said this, he also gave Yuxi back face.
Qingxia frowned.
The county lord of Heshou said with a smile: "Since Sister Chen said that Miss Yuxi's peony painting is excellent, if Miss Yuxi doesn't mind, she will replace the poem with painting, how about it?"
Writing poems and handing over blank paper can also be said to be that she has no talent in the field, and now Yuchen has said that her peony painting is good, if it is postponed again, it will not only lose the face of the Guogong Mansion, but also lose Yuchen's face. Of course, being scolded is a trivial matter, and I am afraid that if she takes on the name of a straw bag in the future, then her future family affairs will have to drop several grades. Yuxi nodded and said, "Yes." However, I draw very slowly, and it takes a long time. β
The county lord of Heshou smiled heartily: "It's okay, we'll wait." "It's completely different from the rumored person, and I don't know what secret this person has.
The maid of the Marquis of Taining immediately brought a paintbrush and various colors of paint. Yuxi was not pretentious, spread out the rice paper and began to draw on the table.
The most important thing in painting peonies is in coloring, if there is no good color, no matter how good the first effort is, it will be in vain. However, Yuxi is very sensitive to color and has never made a mistake in this area.
Yuxi is indeed very slow to paint, so slow that the people who are watching around are impatient, and they get together in twos and threes to talk and chat. The county lord of Heshou and the county lord of Qingxia were chatting happily with Yuchen, and even Zhou Shiya was deserting.
A maid walked up to Chen Xue and said, "Girl, the dishes have been served, it's time to invite the girls to dinner." β
When Yuchen heard that he was going to eat, he looked at Yuxi, who was painting with his head down, and said, "Let's go to eat first! "Let everyone wait for Yuxi, everyone will definitely be dissatisfied.
After lunch, most of the girls went home with their elders, and a small number went to the garden with the county lord of Qingxia and the county lord of Heshou.
When everyone arrived at the garden, Yuxi happened to paint the peony flowers.
Yuxi takes several times as long to paint a painting, and in order to save time today, she only paints a peony flower surrounded by green leaves, a peony that blooms brilliantly. The upper right corner of the painting also quotes a poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Liu Yuxi: "The peony demon in front of the court is unqualified, and the hibiscus on the pond is pure and affectionate." Only the peony is true to the country, and the flowers bloom in Tokyo City. β
Yuxi's peony brushwork is delicate and colorful, which cannot be compared with famous artists, but it also has its own characteristics.
The county lord of Qingxia said with a smile: "This peony is well painted, but unfortunately there is only one." "Although Yuxi is good at drawing flowers and plants, she rarely animates brushes, and her painting is distinctive but her level is limited. And the county lord of Qingxia has seen too many good things, and Yuxi's paintings can't get into her eyes, and it is already a very high evaluation to get a good one.
The county lord of Heshou glanced at Yuxi very unexpectedly, it is impossible to be a mediocre painting skill with this hand, and muttered in his heart, what is the reason for Han Yuxi as if he is a different person. The county lord of Heshou said with a smile: "Didn't Miss Yuxi just say that she paints very slowly, if she paints too much, won't she paint until night?"
Lord Qingxia smiled: "I'm also so happy that I forgot about it." β
Yuchen said happily: "County Lord, in fact, what my fourth sister is best at is not painting, but embroidery. There are a few sisters in us, and the embroidery work of the four sisters is the best. "If it weren't for the fact that Yuxi hadn't embroidered a complete pair of double-sided embroidery now, Yuchen would definitely have publicized Yuxi's double-sided embroidery.
The eyes of the county lord of Heshou flashed, looked at the purse on Yuxi's waist, and said with a smile: "Miss Yuxi, your purse is very exquisite, is this purse embroidered by yourself?"
Yuxi took off the purse from his waist and said, "Well, I embroidered it myself, I like roses very much, so I embroidered roses on my purse." β
The county lord of Heshou looked at the clothes worn by Yuxi embroidered with roses, and the jewelry was also a rose pattern, where is this ordinary like, this is obsession. is the same as the county lord of Qingxia who is obsessed with poetry, and they are all crazy. The county lord of Qingxia took the purse, looked at it carefully, and nodded: "Sister Yuxi's embroidery is comparable to the best embroidery girl in our palace." β
The smile on Yuxi's face remained unchanged, and he said, "Embroider it when you have nothing to do on weekdays, and you should pass the time." She didn't want to compare herself to the embroiderer.
ps: Forty plus more monthly passes.