Chapter 36 Appreciation of Paintings
After listening to the story of Liu Piaopiao after deep processing, Bai Xuemei, the friend of Liu Piaopiao, was so dark that she almost stepped forward to kill Mrs. Wu.
But acting like this does not mean that you will really do it. Kyoto is not the only one who is good at disguising.
So Bai Xuemei glanced at Mrs. Wu and her party contemptuously, then took Liu Piaopiao's hand and comforted her: "I didn't expect that Mrs. Wu's family would have such despicable behavior. I really feel wronged that you and Aunt Liu."
Liu Piaopiao saw that Bai Xuemei, who had always been a little arrogant and proud, was willing to glance at the woman for her. This action could express Bai Xuemei's concern for her.
Liu Piaopiao was moved and said unstoppable, "It's okay, my mother said, if the dog bites us, we wouldn't be able to go back and bite the dog."
Bai Fuyao, who was standing beside her, was rolling her eyes in her heart as they looked at the behavior of the two of them. She was rolling her eyes happily, but she heard Liu Piaopiao say this, thinking that this Mrs. Liu is really... so wonderful.
Bai Xuemei obviously didn't expect that Mrs. Liu would teach Liu Piaopiao like this, and she felt a little surprised and disgusted. After all, she would have had a good relationship with Liu Piaopiao at the time, and she also thought that Liu Piaopiao was a well-educated and gentle person.
Who knows that this small family is indeed...
However, Bai Xuemei still followed Liu Piaopiao's words, "Mrs. Liu said...is not wrong. The group came from a small place after all, don't care about them."
But when he spoke, he was obviously not as enthusiastic as before.
Liu Piaopiao finally reacted. She seemed to have said what she was in her heart, so she could only smile awkwardly, just about to talk about other topics. But she heard that Mrs. Ma, who had already come out of the inner room, was asking the maids to lead the ladies and ladies attending the birthday party to move to the garden to enjoy the paintings.
The three of Bai Fuyao's side were a little confused. Why did they go to the garden to appreciate paintings? What paintings do you want to enjoy in the garden?
I called a maid to ask and found out that because they were sitting in a relatively remote position in the flower hall, they had just been listening to Liu Piaopiao whispering about the holiday with the Wu family, so I missed what happened to Mrs. Ma.
Because Mrs. Ma's identity was seventy years old, even the emperor in the palace sent people to send gifts, so almost half of the birthday party in Ma's mansion came today.
In addition to female visitors like Bai Fuyao, many male visitors from outside also came, including Bai Fuyao's uncle and brothers.
As the prime minister, Ma Shuo, the son of Mrs. Ma Shuo, was once the top scholar in the fifth year of Shengde. He has a brilliant literary talent and has mastered landscape paintings. He also created his own golden and blue landscapes, which is known as the best.
I don’t know who mentioned the golden landscape of the male guests who have always admired the prime minister. I wanted to take this opportunity to take a look. Others heard that the prime minister also started to make fun of painting.
The prime minister was already proud of his painting style. He also gave up a few glasses of wine and drew it half-heartedly, which immediately made everyone feel very appreciative.
The floating prime minister was blessed with the compliments from everyone, and felt that it was better to have fun alone than to have fun, and it was better for everyone to show their painting skills.
Since the owner has spoken, there are no guests who are not worthy of face. So those who can draw are immediately displayed happily, and those who can't draw can also be put on the shelves. Who makes me think it's a shameful person?
So, with joy or sorrow, everyone completed their own masterpieces, but since they were masterpieces, they naturally had to appreciate them, and it was not interesting to look at each other and compliment them.
So Ma Mingyu, the young master of the Ma family, offered advice to everyone: "Today, many female guests came to Ma's mansion, all of whom are noble ladies and ladies who come to Ma's mansion to celebrate their birthday. Among them, there are many who are good at painting and have very high talent. It is better for us to hide our names and hang the paintings in the garden, so that the ladies and ladies can use flowers as their first prizes to see whose paintings are more popular. Isn't that a beautiful thing?"
When everyone heard it was wonderful, men usually evaluated women's painting skills. This time, they did the opposite, but they were a bit innovative. Anyway, they also had their names hidden, and they were happy together and they were not without elegance.
So a group of fun men settled the matter, and Ma Mingyu also sent a maid to notify his mother.
Next is what Bai Fuyao and the other two saw.
Bai Xuemei heard that she was her strength in enjoying the paintings, so she immediately invited Liu Piaopiao to walk towards the garden.
Bai Fuyao couldn't do it, so she could only say something to her grandmother and followed her with shamelessness.
There was no way. She just saw Mrs. Wu following her maid to the garden. How could she sing this play if she didn't go to?
The plan was disrupted by an inexplicable painting appreciation, and now she has to re-plan it again. Alas! Forget it, let's take a step by step!
The group walked to the garden and found that many wives and ladies had arrived first.
The maid distributes a red peony to every lady and lady who arrives as the first to appreciate the painting. It means that it is the third lady of the Ma Mansion, and obtaining it is the meaning of "I have to give you more thoughts, but I have to give you a little gift."
Walking into the garden, people gathered in groups of people appreciating the paintings in front of them, and discussed the paintings in front of them.
"This painting uses concise brushwork, and the characters' expressions are implicit and dignified, but they are vivid and vivid in the portrayal."
"Yeah, the lines of the clothes are fluent, thick and continuous, and the colors are magnificent. It is indeed a masterpiece."
“…”
Bai Fuyao followed Bai Xuemei and Liu Piaopiao and looked at the painting. The painting depicted an old man leaning on a rock under a pine tree to take a nap. His gray beard and his belly was a slim, which made the viewer slow down his breathing so as not to disturb his rest.
Bai Fuyao saw Bai Xuemei and Liu Piaopiao also discussed the painting, thinking that they might think it was good if the paintings that the two of them discussed!
Bai Fuyao listened to the discussion between the two of them boredly, and then heard a loud noise a little far away, mixed with some surprise.
Bai Fuyao and the two who were appreciating the paintings were attracted by the sound. They turned around and saw that there were many people gathered in front of a painting. The three of them were a little curious when they saw this scene, so they walked towards the group of people in unison.
The garden in Ma Mansion is very large. In order not to affect the ladies and ladies' appreciation of paintings, the distance between each painting is relatively far.
When Bai Fuyao and his party walked to the stunning painting, it was almost impossible to escape.
Fortunately, Ma Mingyue, the third lady of the Ma Mansion, was also in front of this painting.
When she saw Bai Xuemei's arrival, she lit up and called out cutely, "Sister Xuemei", and waved her hand to tell her to come to her side soon.
The lady and lady beside him watched Miss Ma calling people, so she made a way out to let Bai Xuemei walk to Ma Mingyue, and kept looking at Bai Xuemei and her party, discussing who this beautiful lady was.
Among the group of ladies and ladies, Miss Bai Si looked at Bai Xuemei with burning eyes, and a trace of resentment flashed across her face. She was the focus everywhere, why!
Bai Xuemei felt a little satisfied when she heard Ma Mingyue call her over, and her face kept apologizing to the lady walking by, as if she was dignified and polite, only because of Ma Mingyue's call.
Ma Mingyue didn't care about Bai Xuemei's behavior. She looked at the woman with a very demeanor beside her and smiled and said, "Sister Wen, Xuemei is my second sister's friend. Her painting skills are among the best in Kyoto. How about letting her taste this painting with us?"
The woman next to her smiled charmingly, as if the flowers in the garden were a little bit lost because of her. She only heard her say to Ma Mingyue: "I heard Mingxue say that she has a friend in the boudoir and has painted a flower and bird painting. I have been with her for a long time. Today, I asked Mingyue's blessing to let me see her. How could I not say it well?"
The sound was like a yellow oriole coming out of the valley, attracting the attention of everyone around.
What a beauty! Even Bai Fuyao couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
Ma Mingyue next to her blushed. She had no achievements in painting skills, but her mother had no choice but to ask her to accompany the guests.
She was in a dilemma and didn't know how to appreciate the paintings with this literary sister of the Wen family. Fortunately, she saw her second sister's friend, Miss Bai's fifth, coming. Alas, let these talented women communicate with each other.
When Ma Mingyue saw that Bai Xuemei had already walked to her side, she introduced: "Sister Xuemei, this is Sister Wen, whose name is Lianxin, and she is also ranked fifth in the family. She is my cousin's sister-in-law's legitimate sister."
After hearing Ma Mingyue's words, the people present, including Bai Fuyao, couldn't help but look at Wen Lianxin more.
Ma Mingyue's cousin's wife was naturally the ninth prince's concubine of the dynasty. The ninth prince's concubine was named Wen Lianyi, and she was the third sister of the Wen family.
Speaking of this Wen family, it is a family that has been a century-old family for hundreds of years. It existed before the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty. To put it bluntly, a family like the Bai family is only considered a newborn baby in front of the Wen family.
Bai Xuemei heard that the woman in front of her was actually a family member of the ninth prince's concubine. She was always calm and couldn't help but feel nervous. She originally thought that she had an outstanding appearance, but she didn't expect that the lady of the Wen family was so beautiful.
Bai Xuemei greeted the woman in front of her with some restraint, "Hello Miss Wenwu."
Wen Lian smiled at Bai Xuemei with a generous smile, "Hehe, Miss Bai Wu, I heard Mingyue mention you a long time ago, and I was able to see you today. Miss Bai Wu and I are usually ranked fifth at home, but I am destined to be together. Maybe you and I are called by my boudoir name, so I seem closer. Miss Bai Wu thinks it's good?"
Bai Xuemei, who has always been a little arrogant, felt ashamed in front of a woman for the first time in her life.
"Miss Wen Wu doesn't dislike me, so I naturally have no objection."
Bai Fuyao, who followed Bai Xuemei with a thick face and walked to the painting, saw her fifth sister being half shorter as soon as she opened her mouth, and couldn't help but sigh slightly. The gap in aura was still very obvious.
Wen Lianxin seemed to treat anyone kindly and politely, smiling quietly, "I heard from Mingyue that Miss Xuemei's painting skills are outstanding, Miss Xuemei is willing to appreciate the paintings with us."
"I dare not take it. It is my honor to be able to appreciate the paintings with Miss Lianxin. I also want to ask Miss Lianxin for more advice."
"What does Miss Xuemei think of this painting?" After saying that, he turned to look at a painting with many hibiscus flowers in front of him, with an appreciation look.
Bai Fuyao also looked at the painting with everyone.
The half of this painting is the upper body of the Budai Monk, and the lower part is composed of a strong distant mountain. The Budai Monk's round skull is painted in fine brushwork, making the eyebrows, eyes, lips and teeth look cute.
The whole painting fully expresses the indifferent and laughing expression of the monk in the cloth bag to the fullest. Although he has a cynical attitude, he also shows a kind of generous, kind, and compassionate side.
Bai Fuyao was stunned for a long time when she looked at the painting. The cloth bag monk in the painting seemed to only hit her heart.
She envied the indifferent and laughing expression of the Buba Monk in the painting, which was her pursuit for two lives. But the worldly things tied her tightly like shackles. She couldn't get it away, and she didn't know how to get it away.
In her previous life, she thought that everything would go naturally and obey fate, so she could ignore the complexity of the world and keep the peace of mind alone, but the fact was that reality gave her a slap.
Even if she lives for a lifetime, she knows that she still has not found a way to achieve inner peace. Now she is still the object of the generous, kind and compassionate monk in this painting.
She envied this cloth bag monk and was also jealous of this cloth bag monk.
Bai Fuyao felt that she would definitely lose her composure when standing in front of this painting. She didn't know how to explain this loss to everyone at that time.
So she was calm on the surface, but in fact she left the painting in a daze and left the crowd surrounding the painting.
Fortunately, everyone was paying attention to the painting, Wen Lianxin and Bai Xuemei in front of the painting, and no one cared about her departure.
Bai Fuyao, who had left, didn't have the chance to hear Bai Xuemei's low amazement, "He is here today!", and at the same time, a suspicious blush appeared on her face.
However, Wen Lianxin, who was standing next to Bai Xuemei, seemed to notice the strangeness of the woman beside her and raised her eyebrows invisibly.
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