By the time we arrived at Prince Chen's Mansion, the sky was already dark.
Ye Lizhu entered through the small door. After getting on the sedan, Ye Lizhu quietly opened a corner of the curtain and looked out.
The layout of Prince Chen's Mansion is different from that of Ye Mansion. Ye Fu'an has an elegant taste. There are many exotic flowers and plants in the mansion, and it is quiet and quiet. Prince Chen's Mansion is more open and bright.
The servants in the mansion were coming and going, all of them were neatly dressed and looked pleasing to the eye.
Half a quarter of an hour later, Ye Lizhu arrived at the residence of the second lady of Prince Chen's mansion.
After getting off the sedan, Haitan held Ye Lizhu's arm, and Yusha followed behind. The person at the door went in to announce. After a moment, Ye Lizhu heard hearty laughter: "It's a girl from the Ye family who is here."
Ye Lizhu saw a young girl wearing a pomegranate red dress. The girl was about seventeen or eighteen years old. She was tall, smiling, and looked smart and smart.
A maid said: "This is our princess."
That is, Tao Meiwen, the second young lady in Prince Chen's palace.
Princess Sirou was also there, and Tao Meiwen was tall and eye-catching. Although Princess Sirou was in the middle, she was still outshone by Tao Meiwen.
Ye Lizhu smiled and said: "I have met the third princess and the princess."
Princess Sirou smiled faintly, and Tao Meiwen said: "I had something to do and I didn't go to the palace the day before yesterday. I have long heard that Sister Ye is a beauty. When I saw you today, you really lived up to your reputation."
Ye Lizhu said: "The princess is so complimentary."
Tao Meiwen has a cheerful nature, she said: "We will often play together from now on, just call me Meier."
Ye Lizhu nodded and followed Tao Meiwen into the yard.
This yard is very large, with two large peach trees. The peach trees have no fruit and their branches and leaves are spread out in all directions. The servants have long hung all kinds of lanterns on the trees.
The expensive ones include glass lamps and crystal lamps, as well as the common and easy-to-see lanterns made of paper. Some of the lamps have riddles written on them for people to guess, and some are blank, waiting for people to inscribe and write poems on them.
There were five or six girls playing in the yard. They guessed riddles for each other and wrote poems on the lamps from time to time. Suddenly a stranger came. One of the girls said: "Princess, this is..."
Tao Meiwen said: "This is the young lady of the Ye family, Wu Ying, haven't you seen her before?"
Wu Ying's father is Wu's brother, and Wu Ying is Wu's niece. After the Wu family was rehabilitated, her brother also gained a lot of glory and was promoted to an official position in the capital. Although he was a sixth-rank official, he was still respectable.
Wu Ying originally couldn't play with people like Tao Meiwen. Last year, Wu came to Chen Prince's Mansion and brought Wu Ying with her. Wu Ying was a smart person, so if she was given a chance, she quickly became a member of the Duke of Dun's Mansion. The eldest lady has been going in and out of Prince Chen's Mansion with the ladies from Duke Dunguo's Mansion ever since.
Tao Meiwen's eyes were high, and she usually looked down on Wu Ying's status. But the circle is so big, if she deliberately targets anyone, it will be bad for her reputation if word spreads about it.
Wu Ying had never met Ye Lizhu. She shook her head and said, "I have never gone to Ye Mansion to see Sister Ye before. How is Sister Ye recently?"
Ye Lizhu nodded: "Everything is fine."
Wu Ying said: "The sky is getting dark, and these lights look brighter and brighter. Princess, I heard that you have recently choreographed a new dance, why don't you show it off?"
Tao Meiwen likes to be the limelight in the crowd. She smiled and said, "Okay, the instruments are all here, you can play music."
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Wu Ying didn't have any talent. She didn't know poetry or music, nor was she good at playing the piano or chess. She only knew how to play the flute. Many noble ladies made fun of her behind her back.
Wu Ying thought that Ye Lizhu had grown up in a temple, and there was no teacher there to teach her reading and writing, let alone musical instruments.
If others knew that Ye Lizhu knew nothing, others would definitely make fun of Ye Lizhu instead of her in the future.
With this thought in mind, the maid has already fetched your musical instruments. Wu Ying said: "What musical instruments can Sister Ye play?"
Yusha said quickly: "Our lady is not in good health and cannot play the flute or the piano today."
"That's it." Wu Ying pursed her lips and chuckled, "Since she is not in good health, Sister Ye will just be a spectator."
Tao Meiwen also thought about it. Ye Lizhu grew up in a temple and might not even know her words. It would be difficult for her to play an instrument.
She came to Ye Lizhu's rescue and said: "How can there be no one to appreciate singing and dancing? Sister Ye is just in for a treat."
Ye Lizhu said: "Every sister has a musical instrument. Next time I come over, I will bring the piano to play with you. I know a little about painting, so why not let people prepare pen and ink? The sisters have fun while I paint on the side."
Tao Meiwen hesitated for a moment and glanced at Princess Sirou.
Princess Sirou has always been cowardly and has no opinion, so she didn't say anything.
Which of these ladies is not good at painting? The family carefully cultivates them, and some of them have certain appreciation abilities even if they cannot paint.
Ye Lizhu grew up in a temple. What famous paintings did she appreciate in the temple? Tao Meiwen was worried that Ye Lizhu was arrogant and ignorant, and that the things he would draw would make people picky and lose face.
Wu Ying also didn't believe that Ye Lizhu could paint. She said: "That's just right, Princess. Last time you complained that you couldn't spare the manpower to paint the scenes of our joy."
Tao Meiwen had no choice but to ask her servants to prepare the pen and ink, thinking that she would praise her first later. She started to praise her, and others could not belittle her because of her reputation.
The pen and ink are ready, the orchestral music is playing loudly, and Tao Meiwen is dressed in gorgeous clothes, dancing gracefully under the lamp. She is tall and slender, and her dance moves are agile and graceful.
Ye Lizhu was right opposite. Because the wind had picked up in the evening, the temperature had dropped a lot. Ye Lizhu was wearing a pearl white dress and a light cyan cloak. Her dark hair was softly scattered on her shoulders. Although the clothes were extremely elegant, her His face is very confusing.
At this time, Ye Lizhu carefully rolled up her sleeves, moved her wrist lightly, dipped the tip of her pen in paint, and left a thick stroke on the paper.
A quarter of an hour later, Tao Meiwen finished her dance, and everyone else handed the instruments in their hands to the maids of Prince Chen's Mansion, and came over to watch Ye Lizhu paint.
Ye Lizhu painted very quickly. Because of the short time, he did not paint in detail. He outlined the outline and added a little color with a few strokes.
Although there is no detailed description of each person's facial features, only the body shape, posture and color of clothing are outlined, it is possible to see the differences between each person.
She drew the charm of everyone.
Tao Meiwen was fascinated by it: "Li Zhu, who taught you your painting skills?"
Ye Lizhu made a few strokes and mentioned an ancient poem in the blank space: "The golden flower folds the hood, and the white horse returns late. The wide sleeves are dancing gracefully, like a bird coming from the east."
She stopped writing and said: "When I was bored in the temple, I often painted Buddha statues by myself, and then I started painting other things. No one taught me."
Tao Meiwen said with a smile: "You are really amazing. Some people like us can't get it right even if they ask the best teachers to teach them."
The person she was secretly mocking was naturally Wu Ying. Just now, Wu Ying spoke before Tao Meiwen, which already made Tao Meiwen disgusted.
Wu Ying's face didn't look very good either. She looked at it carefully and said, "Sister Ye is quite smart, but it would be nice if she could describe it carefully."
"Where do you have so much time?" Tao Meiwen said, "It has only been a quarter of an hour, and such a simple painting is already beautiful enough."
Wu Ying did not dare to speak any more.
Wu Ying was good friends with the girls from Dun Guo Gong's family, and they always fawned over others. The daughter of Dun Guo Gong's family was named Tian Qiao. Seeing Tao Meiwen fighting Wu Ying for the newly arrived Ye Lizhu, she felt a little dissatisfied.
Tian Qiao said: "It's just unorthodox. This kind of painting cannot be considered elegant."
Naturally, Hai Tan would not let others squeeze Ye Lizhu. She said: "Even if Zhou P and Zhang Xuan were to paint in a quarter of an hour, they would not be able to draw so many characters in fine strokes. I think our lady's painting is not good, so I will give it to you." In a quarter of an hour, can you draw an elegant painting?"
Tian Qiao really couldn't. The reason why she kept Wu Ying here was to find someone to take the back seat and show that she was not the worst among the noble ladies.
Being talked back to by a maid, Tian Qiao's face instantly turned red, her almond-shaped eyes stared at Hai Tan: "You——"
Ye Lizhu smiled and said: "This girl - she speaks without thinking, and she offends people for no reason. Girl, I will punish her when we get back. She won't be allowed to eat tomorrow morning."
Ye Lizhu did not beat or scold Haitan in front of Tian Qiao, and just said lightly that she was not allowed to have breakfast. She was already protecting her shortcomings in an upright manner. This also means telling everyone that she is not a soft persimmon who can be manipulated by others.
There will always be little friction between girls, and it will be over temporarily by talking and laughing.
There are lanterns not only in Tao Meiwen's yard, but also in the garden outside. There is a large plum forest in Prince Chen's Mansion. There are no plum blossoms in bloom this season, so the plum trees are covered with lights.
Haitan asked Yusha to wait for Ye Lizhu in the yard. She walked around with Ye Lizhu. As they walked, Haitan said that she had lost her money bag and wanted to go back to pick it up, so she asked Ye Lizhu to wait for her in the pavilion in front.
Ye Lizhu remembered the way back and was not worried. She walked towards the pavilion. The closer she walked, the brisker her steps became.
She thought to herself, would she meet that man again
Ti Xiao was indeed in front. He drank a lot of wine with King Chen and others in the afternoon, so he just waited here and took a nap with his eyes closed.
Ye Lizhu really thought Ti Xiao was asleep.
She smelled the alcohol on Tixiao's body and thought that this man must be here to socialize. She also thought that it was a coincidence that the two of them met.
There was a cool breeze in the evening. Tixiao was wearing a thin dark-colored robe, and his figure was very good wrapped in the clothes. His hand was casually placed on the railing, exposing a part of his wrist.
This place is at the mouth of the wind, and Ye Lizhu is worried that Ti Xiao will be blown by the wind when he is drunk and will fall ill when he wakes up later. She knew it was uncomfortable to be sick, and she didn't want the noble one to get sick.
Seeing that there was no one around, Ye Lizhu took off his cloak and covered Ti Xiao's body.
Suddenly, Tixiao smelled the light fragrance of peonies.
Ye Lizhu wanted to sit quietly next to the man for a quarter of an hour, then quietly took her cloak and left. Unexpectedly, just after she covered her with the cloak, the man opened his eyes.
She was startled and her lips parted slightly.
Ye Lizhu's lip color was indeed too bright tonight, making her look even more plump and alluring. Ti Xiao held Ye Lizhu's wrist and said in a cold and low voice: "I met you again."