Aunt Chang had expected that someone would lose her temper and responded calmly: "Ms. Chen, please be patient. The Queen Mother has said that since the supervisor of this competition is Shi Liuniang, she will make the announcement." The name of the leader."
"Huh?" Shi Qingxue blinked her big eyes, but she didn't expect that being a little supervisor would have such benefits.
Under the envious and jealous eyes of everyone, Shi Qingxue happily took the Yi Zhi and opened it, but was stunned for a moment.
After a while, the name was read out smoothly: "The top prize is Shi Baoning's "Missing You"."
"Impossible!" As soon as Shi Qingxue read out her name, Chen Xiujiao retorted excitedly.
Her eyes were widened, and she didn't believe that Shi Baoning could win the first place. "She has lost all her paintings, how can she still be the first place? It's obviously you who is pretending to be the emperor!"
Shi Qingxue silently rolled her eyes at Chen Xiujiao, not bothering to pay attention to the other party's sour grapes mentality, and happily congratulated Shi Baoning.
However, Shi Baoning, who got the first place as expected, did not show joy. On the contrary, when Aunt Chang announced the second place, his expression began to be dazed, and his eyes fell on Chen Xiujiao in a daze.
What's going on here
Shi Qingxue was stunned, and suddenly remembered that Shi Baoning's lost painting seemed to be called "Love".
Could it be...
Shi Qingxue looked at Chen Xiujiao again and her eyes suddenly became sharp. Aunt Chang also frowned at this time and said seriously: "Ms. Chen, be careful! The decree was written by the Queen Mother herself, and the ranking was also appointed by the Queen Mother. Servant I have been watching from the side, does this mean that you are also accusing this slave of falsely conveying the imperial edict?"
Aunt Chang was a popular person around the Queen Mother, and even the current emperor had to treat her with some courtesy. Chen Xiujiao did not dare to be disrespectful and quickly shook her head in denial.
But she really couldn't bear this tone and muttered in a low voice: "Huh, even if Shi Baoning really submitted the work, I don't believe that the work she rushed out at the last moment can surpass all of us?"
"The empress said that last year, because it was a chess competition, the outcome was clear at a glance, and it was difficult to have any objections. In this painting competition, in addition to announcing the top three, their paintings will also be displayed, and the palace will use it as a basis."
Say so, Aunt Chang asked someone to open the three paintings of the second and third place and display them in front of everyone.
Looking at the exquisite paintings, several noble ladies were originally as angry as Chen Xiujiao, but after seeing these three paintings, they all stopped and admitted that their skills were inferior to others.
But Chen Xiujiao didn’t!
She looked at the other two paintings and felt even more confident. It was clear that her works were superior to the other two in terms of artistic conception and painting skills. She asked proudly: "Didn't the Queen Mother say that the former Are all the works of the top three artists on display? Why not only Shi Baoning’s paintings? Are you afraid that we will be embarrassed after seeing them?”
"Yes! Jiao Niang's "Love" is cleverly conceived and extremely beautiful in artistic conception. Such a work can only be ranked second, so how beautiful is the first place?!" Luo Wenmei also echoed, but her words Shi Baoning, who secretly ranks first, is only in name.
This made Chen Xiujiao even more confident. She raised her eyebrows and looked at Aunt Chang, as if to say: I want to see what kind of paintings you can come up with and surpass mine!
"Since you want to see it, Chang, please take out Baoning's painting for everyone to see!" Ling Ruiyin also came out at this time, sitting upright and waving to Aunt Chang.
Aunt Chang did as she was told and spread out the painting "Missing You" bit by bit in front of everyone.
When they only heard the name "Missing You", everyone thought that Shi Baoning's painting was just an ordinary painting of a daughter's family missing her lover on Chinese Valentine's Day. Such a common and widespread artistic conception is at best similar to Qin Yanyan's "Begging for Skills". I am afraid it is not as novel and bold as Shi Baojin's "Lovesickness", let alone compared with Chen Xiujiao's "Love"!
However, when the painting was actually displayed, everyone fell silent.
"Missing the King" is written in black ink throughout, depicting a picture of Kyoto women meeting together to go out of the city gate to welcome their lovers who have returned from the expedition, and their lovers, the great soldiers of the Mo Kingdom, are neatly heading this way. As they walked forward, everyone seemed to have excitement and joy on their faces, which was in perfect harmony with the women's eager anticipation.
The word "victory" prominently displayed on the flag swaying in the wind makes the emotion of the painting rise to the victory of the entire country, and is no longer limited to the love between children.
On the one hand, "Missing the King" depicts a touching scene of lovers getting together, and at the same time, it also shows the selfless emotions of Mo soldiers who temporarily put aside their personal emotions for the sake of righteousness, resolutely went to war and finally returned victorious, making the originally monotonous and solemn scene incomprehensible. Heart-shaking.
I have truly achieved the goal of not only thinking about the 'king of the family', but also like the 'king of the country'!
Ling Ruiyin saw that everyone was staring at "Missing You" in a daze, as if they had not recovered from the painting, and then slowly smiled and said: "Although Aunt Chen's "Love" is also very clever in its conception, it is the final thought of one person. It is not as important as the family, the country and the world, so the Ai family has designated "Sijun" as the leader. Do you still have any objections to the ranking set by the Ai family?"
Everyone was silent for a moment and responded in unison: "The Queen Mother's judgment is accurate, and I am convinced."
Ling Ruiyin nodded with satisfaction, turned around and looked at Shi Baoning for a while, and asked with interest: "Xiao Xueer really didn't lie this time, but Ning Yatou, how on earth did you come up with the idea of painting with the title "Missing the King" of?"
They all called Shi Baoning Ning Yatou, which showed that Ling Ruiyin had greatly changed his opinion of Shi Baoning, and even praised her!
But Shi Baoning didn't feel happy at all. Instead, his hands were sweating profusely and he was extremely nervous.
Shi Qingxue was still afraid of bad things, so she took the initiative to answer the question, "Empress Dowager, didn't you even notice this? Xiao Xueer could tell it at a glance?"
Ling Ruiyin was indeed diverted by Qingxue's words and asked with a smile: "Oh? What did Xiaoxue see?"
The old god Qingxue glanced at Dong Hui, the Duke's wife, who was sitting beside the ladies, and said: "Of course it's because my mother misses her father too much and is looking forward to his triumphant return, so my sister made this painting to comfort her. Dear!"
As she spoke, she nodded matter-of-factly, indicating that she had guessed correctly.
Ling Ruiyin couldn't help laughing when she heard the words, and looked at Dong Hui along with everyone else. She blushed at the sight and then praised: "Mrs. Shi is so lucky. She gave birth to two daughters. One is smart and the other is well-behaved and dignified. Both of them are very filial." , it really makes the Ai family envious!"
This was the first time that Dong Hui was called out by the Queen Mother alone. She was frightened for a moment and quickly bowed and thanked her, "Your Majesty, you are so complimentary. Qingxue is naughty and always knows how to make jokes. It is only because of your kindness that I don't care about her."
"That's right! Grandma, Qingxue has a bad mouth, how can you say good things about her?" When Mo Yu really saw her, Qingxue narrowed her eyes proudly, became angry, and approached Ling Ruiyin to start competing for favor.
Ling Ruiyin also liked this lively and cheerful granddaughter very much, and naturally praised her profusely, "My third daughter is naturally the best too."
Mo Yuzhen smiled brightly and immediately made a face at Shi Qingxue, who stuck out his tongue in response.
Naturally, the cute behavior of the two little girls could not be hidden from Ling Ruiyin's eyes, but the old man loved to watch the juniors having fun and did not care about their little actions in private. He just called Shi Baoning to his side and asked some questions in detail. .
Shi Baoning answered one by one.
For a time, Shi Baoning seemed to become the Queen Mother's new favorite.
When Chen Xiujiao saw this, she sneered again: "Someone just spared no effort to show off, but in the end, didn't he marry someone else and didn't get any benefits at all?"
This is because Shi Qingxue took the initiative to answer for Shi Baoning just now because he wanted to stand out.
"You can't say that. What if they really have a deep love for each other and can even give up their favors?" Luo Wenmei retorted with a chuckle.
Chen Xiujiao curled her lips and hummed: "Yes, then she has got her wish now!"
At that time, Qingxue had already fallen out of favor with these noble ladies, and she spared no effort to ridicule them.
Shi Qingxue was delighted to see her sister becoming more and more calm in front of the Queen Mother, but she didn't expect these annoying flies to bump into her again.
Especially Chen Xiujiao, she was sure that Shi Baoning would turn a blind eye to her throwing away the painting, right
He actually dared to come forward. How big must this man's face be
Shi Qingxue smiled slightly, pretending not to hear what they said, and deliberately chatted and laughed with Mo Yuzhen: "Yuzhen, everyone has their own style and habits when painting. Over time, sometimes you can recognize a painting just by looking at it. Who is the author, let alone my little daughter’s family who likes to do some little tricks, don’t you think so?”
Qingxue was unhappy when Mo Yuzhen heard the ridicule of those noble ladies. Suddenly, he was confused when he heard these questions. He nodded confusedly: "I just like to add my own unique marks to the paintings so that others can see them." You knew it was painted by me... No, Qingxue, what are you talking about?"
Everyone else thought that Shi Qingxue changed the subject because they couldn't explain it to them, but Chen Xiujiao's face suddenly turned pale when she heard this. When she saw Qingxue looking at her with a half-smile, she suddenly said with a stern look: "Look at what I'm doing. What, I don’t know anything.”
After saying that, she still felt extremely guilty, fearing that Shi Qingxue would really expose her in public, so she quickly pulled Shi Baojin, who was also silent, and hinted with a smile: "Mother Jin, when we were painting just now, the two of us were always We are together, we are inseparable, even the final rankings are the same, it shows that we two are destined, you can't abandon me!"
If Shi Qingxue really exposes me for stealing paintings, then you, who are with me, don’t even think about escaping!
Shi Baojin trembled when he heard this, and felt great pain in his heart.
She was not a idiot like Chen Xiujiao who stole other people's paintings for work when she had no ability; she just didn't want to see Shi Qingxue and the two sisters in the limelight and wanted to embarrass them, but unexpectedly she dug a hole and buried herself in it.
If this is revealed, it will be a matter of character.
She suddenly panicked and looked at Shi Qingxue for help: They are a family!
Shi Qingxue felt funny, these people were so shameless! Why didn't he think that they were a family when he was watching her being ridiculed by outsiders before? But now he would come to beg her if something happened.
Qingxue spread her hands, saying that she was powerless.
There was no way she could watch someone use her sister's paintings to cheat!