Chapter 256: Taking risks
Concubine Qi followed the words of Concubine Lu, "It's a parrot. It's a beautiful painting. It's a peony painting, which contrasts with it, making the whole painting come alive immediately."
After fighting with the queen for more than ten years, no one knows what the queen likes and hates anything more than Concubine Qi. The queen likes peonies and hates parrots. She deliberately said that the parrots and peonies are beautiful when they are painted together. What she wants to express is obvious to the insider.
After hearing her words, Princess Amin, Lin Wan'er and others also squeezed over and looked at it, and they started to talk about it, roughly praising the painting.
The queen knew in her heart that Concubine Qi was unhappy for her and deliberately said such slander to disgust her.
She didn't like parrots, and even hated her. Concubine Qi just touched her preferences thoroughly. She said this clearly that she wanted her to ruin the portrait, or to deal with Chu Xinyu like she had sent the concubine back then.
If she really did this, wouldn’t it be as good as Concubine Qi’s wish? Chu Xinyu is the future daughter-in-law of the Duke Rongguo Mansion and the cousin of the King of Qin. If she did this, wouldn’t she offend the Duke Rongguo Mansion and the King of Qin?
In short, it feels uncomfortable whether she does it or not!
But they were wrong. They all thought that she had dealt with the concubine because she hated parrots, but they didn't expect that she had to cover up some truth and took advantage of the problem. They didn't expect that these people would use her likes and dislikes.
She wanted to see what these people wanted to do, so she smiled and said, "Sister, you don't say it, but I really didn't see it." As she said that, she looked at Chu Xinyu and asked, "Is this parrot painted in this painting?"
When Concubine Chang and the Crown Princess saw the expressions of the parrot in the painting, they did not escape Chu Xinyu's eyes. Although no one told her, they could guess something from their expressions. The queen didn't like parrots, and the one she painted in the painting was indeed a parrot.
Just now when she was drawing this painting, she saw a parrot suddenly flying over and landing on the peony branch. For the sake of reality, she drew the parrot, but now they are praising her paintings. Even Princess Amin, who just wanted to bet with her, was praising her. If something happened abnormal, there would be a demon. Then she said, "Go back to the Queen, no."
The queen smiled, Concubine Qi frowned, Princess Amin and Guiren Lu looked at each other, and the two met quietly. Princess Amin bit her lip and stood up and said, "Lie, the picture here is obviously a parrot. Why do you open the lie and deceive the queen?"
Lin Wan'er echoed: "Yes, we have all seen the portrait. It is obviously a parrot. Even if Miss Chu Wu was named the lord of Shengping County by the emperor, she could not point a deer as a horse in front of the queen."
This is a pity!
Isn’t this accusing Chu Xinyu of being so charming and not even taking the queen seriously?
The queen's eyes became stern and she looked straight at Chu Xinyu, her eyes as if she was trying to see through Chu Xinyu, "Miss Chu Wu, I ask you again, is there a parrot in the painting?"
Chu Xinyu immediately knelt down and said firmly: "Empress, Xinyu is not painting a parrot, just because Xinyu has not finished painting, some places need to be trimmed. Let the queen decide when Xinyu is finished."
"Okay, then you can repair it and submit it to me."
"Hold on."
Chu Xinyu sat back in front of the tripod, picked up the charcoal pen and brush to trim. She gently brushed the drawings a few times, making the blurry background clearer and the flowers brighter. Before, everyone looked at the bird that looked like a parrot, she brushed it twice and turned into a lark.
Princess Amin's face suddenly changed when she saw it, "Chu Xinyu, you cheat!"
Chu Xinyu raised the corner of his lips, turned his head and looked at Princess Amin and said, "I don't know why the princess said this?"
"It was obviously a parrot just now, but you modified it into a lark. What's wrong with cheating?"
"Xinyu is going to draw the lark, but it's not finished yet. It's because you misunderstood."
"Misunderstanding? It's clear that you are quibbling! There is a parrot on the branch. You draw it down and we all see it." Princess Amin turned around and said to Lin Wan'er, Xu Zhilan and others: "I'm right?"
"Yes, we all saw it." Lin Wan'er nodded.
Xu Zhilan said nothing.
Concubine Qi sat down, Concubine Lu stood beside her, and the palace maid presented new tea.
Chu Xinyu smiled coldly, "Do you see if there are birds on the branches when I was painting? What kind of birds are there? And what I see is a lark."
"this……"
Princess Amin was speechless when asked. The parrot was found by Concubine Lu. The parrot was trained. While Chu Xinyu was painting, it fell quietly on the branches. When they arrived, the parrot had already flew away.
They thought that when the queen saw the parrot and she entered the painting together, she would immediately get angry and punish Chu Xinyu. Maybe she would alarm the emperor because of this, and maybe take her title back. But why didn't they expect that the queen would actually ask Chu Xinyu if she was not angry, but Chu Xinyu opened her eyes and lied to the queen, and even asked them back.
"What? Can't you say it?" Chu Xinyu said.
"Although we didn't see it,... but Concubine Chang and the Crown Princess." Princess Amin couldn't answer it, so she could only throw the question to Concubine Chang and the Crown Princess. They were standing by Chu Xinyu's side, and they should have seen what Chu Xinyu saw.
"I saw nothing."
The Crown Princess shook her head quickly. At that time, she was all focused on painting the movements in Chu Xinyu's hands, and did not pay attention to the changes in the scenery behind the queen.
Concubine Chang also shook her head and said she didn't see it.
No one present at that time saw it as a parrot. So, Chu Xinyu said whatever he said, even if the parrot flew back now, he would not make up.
Princess Amin and Concubine Lu exchanged glances when they were not paying attention. Concubine Lu shook her gently and signaled her not to act rashly. Princess Amin secretly clenched her fists and glared at Chu Xinyu fiercely.
"Miss Chu Wu is really skillful. You painted the lark into a parrot, and the parrot into a lark." Concubine Qi put down the tea bowl and looked at Chu Xinyu and said, "I wonder if the black and white portrait I painted for this palace last time can turn it into color?"
"What has been painted naturally cannot be changed."
"Forget it." Concubine Qi waved her hand. She knew that she missed the opportunity to punish Chu Xinyu today. If she persisted, it would make people suspicious.
The painting was completed, and Chu Xinyu handed it over to the queen. The queen was very satisfied, and the one she had painted was a lark. She had raised a lark when she was a child, which happened to be very similar to the one she painted.
Chu Xinyu explained some ways to maintain the portrait. After saying that, she said goodbye to the queen.
When he came out of the Imperial Garden, Princess Amin caught up with him, blocked Chu Xinyu's way, and said, "Why are Miss Chu Wu so anxious to walk? Are you afraid that the Queen will come back to her senses and ask you to punish her?"
Chu Xinyu looked at her, and a trace of sarcasm flashed across his lips, "I have never committed a crime, so why are you afraid of the empress being punished?"
"What you are drawing is obviously a parrot?" Princess Amin said angrily. She didn't understand. She clearly painted it as a parrot, but how could she become a lark after she trimmed it?
Judging from the painting, there is no trace of any modification. Is that brush a magic pen? I can't help but feel cold sweat at the previous yelling to compete with her. If Chu Xinyu agreed at that time, wouldn't he have lost?
"Wrong, I'm drawing a lark!" Chu Xinyu glanced at her coldly and said, "What? Princess Amin wanted to tell me that you put the parrot on the branches?"
"you……"
Princess Amin glared at Chu Xinyu in shock. Did she know? So, was she indeed drawing a parrot at that time?
Chu Xinyu possessed her and leaned into her ears and whispered: "But thank you very much. If you hadn't come to remind me in time, once you have finished painting, you would not be able to modify it."
If they weren't anxious to kill her, if they didn't understand the exquisiteness of charcoal paintings, once the color was dry, she wouldn't be able to brush it off and drop their traps.
"You, you..."
Princess Amin was so angry that you couldn't say a complete sentence for a while.
"Also, if the person behind you asks you, what you and I have said, you can tell them the truth." After that, Chu Xinyu glanced at the person walking over from afar, sneered at the corner of his lips, and turned around and walked forward with the maid.
Lin Wan'er and Xu Zhilan walked to Princess Amin, and Lin Wan'er asked, "What did she say to you?"
"She said..."
Princess Amin's eyes flashed and she said, "She said, you are all stupid and she was fooled by her."
After speaking, I took a step away.
"Yinghua, does Chu Xinyu really say that?" Lin Wan'er asked softly.
"She is so arrogant, it's not surprising that she will say this."
"I didn't expect her to be so quick in adapting, would she let her be so arrogant?" Lin Wan'er clenched her fists silently and said angrily. She hated Chu Xinyu for taking away her glory, hated her talent for being praised by the emperor and the empress, and hated her for receiving supreme glory.
Xu Zhilan looked at her and smiled coldly, "How could those tricks frame Chu Xinyu? If you really want to defeat her and make her have no place in Kyoto City, you must ruin her reputation."
Speaking of this, Lin Wan'er's jealousy faded away, and she was covered with a proud smile. She said, "Don't worry, I mentioned the matter you suggested to the Queen Mother a little, and she agreed."
Xu Zhilan nodded slightly, lowered her eyelids to cover up the coldness in her eyes.
Taoist Master Changmei once said that if she comes back, if she wants to change her fate, her hands must not be stained with blood, otherwise everything will be restored. Therefore, she has to use others to remove all obstacles, but it is too slow to use others' power.
Especially when dealing with Chu Xinyu, she failed to eradicate her again and again, and even let her steal all the glory that originally belonged to her!
Chu Xinyu didn't get rid of it for a day, and she was nervous every day.
This time, she would never let her escape again.
Chapter completed!