The Queen looked at Jiang Qingxue with a chuckle, "I don't know how the Prime Minister's wife taught such two outstanding daughters. I really need to learn from you, Madam Wu, please don't be stingy with the secrets."
Although the queen also mentioned Wu Liuyun, this still could not calm Jiang Qingxue's anger that was about to explode. Her eyes widened and her mouth opened and closed. Reason told her that the hatred boiling in her heart was not consistent with what she showed on her face, which made her suddenly speechless.
Xin Yu quickly looked at the things in front of him and felt that this scene was so interesting.
They all said that their stupid daughter was favored by gods. Not only did she recover from her illness, but she also had such magical powers. She should have cried with joy.
However, the emperor praised them so much for their good teaching, and as the biological father, Prime Minister Wu and the mistress of the Prime Minister's Mansion looked like they had seen ghosts. Even the daughters of the Prime Minister's Mansion seemed to have seen their enemies. They must have... Wu Sheyue's life was not very good when she was stupid.
Xin Yu thought and raised an evil smile. Moreover, her future life may not be smooth.
So…
Han Yi was still studying in front of the canvas. He folded his hands on his chest and tilted his head to look at the deer. Then it moved to the left and then to the right, which was very strange.
After moving for a while, he seemed to have discovered a new way to play, and said in surprise: "Tsk, this deer seems to be following me and turning its head~"
The Queen Mother was immersed in memories and was silent for a long time, but she came back to her senses as soon as she heard Han Yi's words.
"Can it move?" She immediately thought of the rumored wooden bird that could fly.
In order to redeem the reward that the emperor had just mentioned, Wu Sheyue quickly gathered attention, "The deer I painted can indeed move. No matter where I stand, the deer's eyes seem to be looking at me."
Although this D theory is super simple... However, she doesn't want to talk about it. In order to get more benefits, she still deceives people a little bit.
When she said this, many people who believed in her began to do experiments. Two people couldn't help shaking their bodies funny, and finally said in surprise: "Hey, they are indeed looking at me."
"I thought it just happened to be facing this way."
"The birds are flying, but it doesn't matter if the deer looks at you!"
It was actually alive. The Queen Mother's eyes lit up and she immediately said: "Hurry! Help Aijia go over and have a look!"
The emperor was also curious. He stretched out his hand to support the Queen Mother's arm and stood up, "Mother, please slow down." The Queen must have wanted to see it for a long time, and she immediately stood up.
Xiao Ruo frowned and pushed his father beggingly from behind. Xiao Yuan, the cabinet bachelor, could only say: "I remember Miss Wu San said she wanted to turn off the lights and watch. What, you asked the Queen Mother to touch it?" "
"It's time to turn off the lights, but why rush to switch between the two paintings?" Because the paint was not cracked, Wu Sheyue no longer had any worries. She confidently took a step forward, looked at the Queen Mother with fulsome eyes and asked, "Empress Dowager, can you let me support you?"
Wu Liuyun felt like he was about to faint when he heard these words. Wu Sheyue actually dared to make such a request! This year's Hundred Flowers Banquet was simply a nightmare for her.
Jiang Ying made a loud noise in her nose. Her face was so dark that it was dripping with water. The plate in front of her was in a mess, all of which were poked with chopsticks when she was angry.
The Queen Mother held the emperor's arm with one hand and called Wu Sheyue with the other hand: "Okay, come here."
Wu Sheyue walked over and supported the Queen Mother with the Emperor, while the Queen followed beside the Emperor.
Wu Sheyue looked at the maids and said softly: "Stop it."
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The lights in the main hall are not all extinguished at the same time, but are covered one by one starting from the place close to the canvas.
As darkness gradually came, the scroll in front of everyone gradually became blurry. Wu Sheyue supported the Queen Mother and walked towards the scroll step by step.
The Queen Mother didn't notice anything at first, but this time she didn't ask again, and as she got closer, her curiosity reached its peak.
Finally, a trace of light gradually appeared in front. As the darkness increased, the trace of light became more and more obvious. Until this time in the main hall, after all the lights on the side near the scroll disappeared, a fluorescent white reindeer appeared in place of the sika deer.
Its long branch-like antlers spread gracefully upwards, and the cave behind it was dappled with green light, vaguely illuminating the swirling patterns on the inner wall of the cave.
Several fireflies were flying in the air around the reindeer. The shallow stream in the cave reflected all the light above, but was trampled by the reindeer's hooves to create circles of ripples.
No one in the hall spoke at this time. Maybe it was because they couldn't see other people's faces in the darkness, or maybe they really didn't want to talk anymore.
The emperor and the empress dowager stopped in the middle of the light and darkness. The empress dowager's back was facing the candlelight half of the wall. She squeezed Wu Sheyue's wrist tightly and said in a soft and careful voice: "This is..."
"Queen Mother, this is the sacred deer." Under the dim light, Wu Sheyue's words were somewhat mysterious.
At that moment, the Queen Mother completely believed it, but the old lady reacted quickly. She sighed, "It's so hard for you to spend two pictures on one roll of silk... Girl, how did you do this?"
Wu Sheyue did not feel embarrassed about having her lie exposed. She said in a deep voice, "It was made by grinding up night-glow pearls and mixing them with paint. So this painting can only be painted with light and shadow."
What followed was a long silence.
The extinguished candles were relit one after another, and the light gradually returned in the previous direction. Until the light and shadow of the sacred deer dissipated and the sika deer reappeared, everyone saw the surprised and amused looks of the others. Han Yi didn't know when he went back.
The Queen Mother turned away her eyes, let go of the hand held by the emperor, turned to Wu Sheyue, touched her head twice with her free hand, and pulled out a luminous pearl hairpin.
"The Queen Mother?" Wu Sheyue was stunned. She had just seen it in the darkness. The only thing in the hall that competed with the scroll was the treasure on the Queen Mother's head.
The Queen Mother had returned to her previous appearance of being a difficult-to-serve old lady. She inserted the hairpin on Wu Sheyue's head and said arrogantly and elegantly: "This night pearl is returned to you, but you gave me the painting."
"Thank you, Queen Mother, for the reward." Wu Sheyue knelt down as soon as she heard the pop. This Queen Mother is a genuine high-end night pearl. The stones she uses are all tattered rough stones that can only be thrown into the street. It turns out that grinding it up and turning it into a painting can be exchanged for such an expensive thing. She made a profit!
Wu Liuyun stared at them with straight eyes. She remembered that the luminous pearl was the most commonly used item by the Queen Mother...
Suddenly, Jiang Qingxue's hand grasped Wu Liuyun's. Wu Liuyun looked at his mother. Jiang Qingxue was frowning at her. Both mother and daughter looked very unhappy.
The emperor half-supported the queen mother and said, "Mother, please go back and sit down."
The Queen Mother sighed faintly, "It's okay, the Ai family has not seen a deer for more than 20 years. This is indeed much better than a wooden bird. I am sad, but I like it at the same time, haha..."
When Wu Sheyue heard that the Queen Mother called herself me, Wu Sheyue did not feel happy, but was so frightened that her heartbeat almost stopped, and her back was wet with sweat in an instant.
She thought it was a sure win at first, but... it turned out to be a narrow escape from death by choosing one of the two? !
The Queen Mother has not been able to see a deer for more than 20 years. What kind of memory must that be. It's a shame that she asked the Queen Mother to remember the good parts. If she remembered something bad, would she have been "dragged out and beheaded" like in the drama
"Mother, if you like it, hang it in your room so you can see it every night."
"This..." The Queen Mother hesitated for a moment, looked at it carefully, and then said: "Forget it, I'm old, and I can't always think about some things."
The emperor supported the queen mother and turned around and walked back, "Then take it, son. If the queen mother wants to see it later, she can come and sit with her son."
"well."
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Until Wu Sheyue went back and sat down, the emperor didn't open his mouth to mention anything about Xin Zhi. He didn't know whether he had forgotten or wanted to let her go.
In any case, this made Wu Sheyue breathe a sigh of relief. If the emperor really talked about it, she also felt that the Queen Mother could help. It would be best if the emperor didn't say anything.
As soon as Wu Sheyue sat back down, Wu Liuyun turned around and glared at her fiercely and whispered angrily: "How dare you play tricks on me!"
Wu Sheyue felt that it was very strange. Wu Liuyun was too restless today, and his usual paralyzed face kept breaking down today.
Wu Jinghua and others looked at these two people suspiciously.
Wu Sheyue curled her lips and said loudly and aggrievedly: "Hey, big sister, what are you talking about? Do you think there is something wrong with the gift Yue'er prepared for the Hundred Flowers Banquet?"
Many people were still paying attention to Wu Sheyue, and her loud voice attracted the attention of those in higher positions.
The queen looked directly over and asked, "What's wrong with Liuyun?"
Wu Liuyun was a little panicked. She actually forgot that Wu Sheyue, a lunatic, was never afraid of big troubles!
Under the suspicious eyes of everyone, she explained nervously and carefully: "Yes, it was the third sister who misunderstood. I was just curious that my sister had such a skill. She didn't say a word to my sisters and my parents before. Just now A little annoyed."
Shen Yanhuan pretended to be curious and asked: "Didn't you hear that people change as soon as they wake up? Is this strange? Even if Miss Wu is angry, don't be too angry. It will make people think that your sisters are jealous and resentful. This is not right. alright."
Wu Liuyun's eyes immediately turned red, and he pursed his lips and stopped talking. The speed surprised Shen Yanhuan. Wu Liuyun's charming appearance was so soft that many young men were instantly fascinated by her. This time, it looked like Shen Yanhuan was bullying others.
The girl next to Shen Yanhuan pushed her and signaled her to stop talking. Shen Yanhuan rolled her eyes in anger. She was really pretending to be weak these days.
Wu Sheyue leaned her body and whispered in Wu Liuyun's ear, "Hey, there are a lot of things I haven't seen, big sister. If you have a chance in the future, I'll ask you to see them all."
Wu Liuyun naturally heard that this was a threat, and she turned back bitterly, "Okay, remember it." (To be continued)