Chapter 104 The Most Beautiful Maid
Mrs. Liu from the Jingzhao Yin Mansion became famous.
Just because the portrait was praised by Emperor Yan himself.
The Great Yan Dynasty was a country where the monarchy was supreme, and being praised by the emperor was a great honor to the family.
Now Liu Pozi is known as the most beautiful maid in the capital.
It's an exaggeration, but it's the truth.
Mrs. Liu suddenly became a hot commodity.
In order to catch a glimpse of Mrs. Liu's true appearance, many officials' wives rushed to visit her mansion.
Liu Pozi was dressed up by the mistress of the host family, put on makeup and appeared in front of a group of noble ladies.
The portrait praised by His Majesty is now hung in the most conspicuous place in the living room of the mansion.
While admiring the paintings on the wall, the noble ladies looked at Mrs. Liu. After comparing the two, they found that the portrait was very real, but many times more beautiful than Mrs. Liu herself.
“Like, really like!”
"There really is no painter as good as this in the capital. He can paint me exactly like me, but the painting is much more beautiful than the real me."
"It's obvious that the painting is of this madam, but the madam in the painting is so beautiful. This painter is really amazing. I also want to ask this painter to paint a picture for me. I'm sure he can paint me very beautifully."
"If you are looking for a blind date for your daughter, send this portrait to the man's family, and he will be the one who looks right."
He can actually paint a portrait that is several times more beautiful than the person himself and it also looks very realistic. Which woman would not like such an artist?
The young woman in the pink dress gently stroked her cheek, imagining how beautiful the portrait would be.
As a result, Mrs. Liu received many rewards from the noble ladies, including silver ingots, silver peanuts, and silver bracelets.
One day’s reward is more than the monthly salary of staying in the mansion for a lifetime.
In addition, the owner took the portrait away and rewarded her with one hundred taels of silver.
When she had her portrait painted in Beiyue City, she only spent one or two taels of silver, but she made 99 times the profit with tears in her eyes.
I should have drawn more pictures earlier.
At first, she just wanted to ask the second son of Qin to help her draw a nice portrait, but she didn't expect to indirectly become a wealthy woman.
After redeeming herself, she can become a landlord's wife.
Mrs. Liu thought of what Captain Lin had said to Master Qin in person, and how true it was.
Painting the women prettier really makes the guests happy. Look how happy these ladies are.
With this happiness, money came rolling in.
Mrs. Liu was grateful to Captain Lin in her heart, because it was because of Captain Lin's guidance to the Second Young Master Qin that she was able to obtain such a coveted portrait.
"I really want to go to Beiyue City."
"Not only can you get a portrait that is a hundred times more beautiful than the real person, but you can also stroll around the beautiful ice sculpture garden and broaden your horizons."
"I want to go too, but——" But it's difficult.
All the ladies in the room were yearning for it and wanted to go to Beiyue City to see the ice sculptures.
But as the wife of a wealthy family, although she seemed very glamorous on the surface, she was not as free as the servants in the mansion. If she wanted to go out, she had to get the consent of her mother-in-law and husband.
Rich families have many rules, and if a married woman wants to travel far away for fun, it is probably harder than climbing to the sky.
Especially Beiyue City is far away.
Wanting to go to Beiyue City is like wanting to pick the moon from the sky, it is so far away that you can only sigh in despair.
Some people complained: "Why can men travel far away freely, but women can't? This is so unfair."
"Yes, this world is too harsh on women."
Granny Liu listened to the women in the room sighing and thought that Captain Lin was the one who lived a comfortable life.
Most women don't have the courage of Captain Lin, who dared to donate an official position for herself and completely ignored the expressions of her elders at home. How many girls envy her.
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Lin Mansion.
Wang was very happy to learn that Madam Sun and Granny Liu both had their portraits painted.
The wife of the Jingzhao Yin has been in the limelight recently. Whatever she has, we in the Lin Mansion also have.
"Mother Sun, take out your portrait and hang it in the living room so that the guests can see that you are no less beautiful than the most beautiful maid in the capital."
Mother Sun thought to herself: I don’t have the heart to compare myself with others. It is you who wants to compare yourself with the wife of Jingzhao Yin.
After bringing Mother Sun's portrait back to the capital, she treasured it very much and locked it in a paulownia wood box.
When Wang mentioned this, I knew that the portrait could not be saved.
Her portrait is much more precious than that of Mrs. Liu, because there are some changes made by Miss Qianqian on it, which are the finishing touches and are very precious.
Wang found that Madam Sun was a little slow and urged her, "Madam Sun, what are you still standing here for? Go and get the painting."
In this way, Wang forced Mother Sun to confiscate the portrait, framed it, and hung it in the hall to decorate the house.
This move also attracted many customers to visit.
As for the tips given to Mother Sun by the guests, they were all confiscated.
In order to buy moisturizer, Wang almost spent all her dowry.
But after enjoying the effects of this moisturizer, I became addicted and couldn't stop using it.
There were many visitors in the Lin Mansion, and even teachers from the Imperial College came.
After they viewed the portrait, they actually praised it as better than the one in the home of the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture.
But Wang was very happy.
The wife of the prefect of Jingzhao was very proud of the portrait she got from her maid recently, but the university scholar Cui from the Imperial College said that her own portrait was better than that of the prefect of Jingzhao.
It is said that this Grand Secretary Cui is very prestigious in the Imperial College.
This is a good opportunity for my son to become an apprentice.
Wang quickly asked someone to bring her son Baoyu over, hoping that he would have a chance to be appreciated by Grand Secretary Cui.
Lin Baoyu was not dressed like a scholar, but rather in a very noble manner. His clothes and belt were all made of gold, and he wore a golden crown on his head.
He was originally playing with the parrot in the house, and had not yet had enough fun when Wang called him over. He became a little impatient and frowned.
"Mom, what do you want from me? Hurry up, I'm busy."
"Baoyu, come and meet the Grand Secretary Cui."
Under normal circumstances, Grand Secretary Cui would not pay attention to such an impolite child, but now he was very interested in the paintings in the Lin Mansion, so he nodded politely to Baoyu.
"Not bad, not bad, this young man is teachable."
After some polite words, Cui Daxueshi could not help but ask, "Madam, are you selling this painting? I am willing to pay one thousand taels."
One thousand taels?
Mother Sun told her that this painting only cost one or two taels of silver in Beiyue City. If it was sold for one thousand taels, wouldn't it be a thousand times the profit!
But at the moment, I still need this painting to decorate the store, so selling the painting can only be discussed later.
In fact, if Grand Secretary Cui is willing to accept Baoyu as his disciple, he can give him to him for free.
"I'm sorry, Grand Secretary Cui, this painting is a gift from my Baoyu as his apprentice. It cannot be bought or sold at will."
Scholar Cui looked at Lin Baoyu and then at the painting.
It's a contradiction. Although he likes painting very much, he really can't like Lin Baoyu. He can only leave with regret.
Just as Grand Secretary Cui and his wife left, Madam Qi, who had gained a little weight, arrived.
Mrs. Qi was very interested in the portrait and directly rewarded Mother Sun with two gold beans, being very generous.
"It would be great if I could draw a portrait of myself. Unfortunately, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave the capital in this lifetime."
To be honest, Madam Qi really envied Captain Lin. It was really enviable that a little girl could walk freely between heaven and earth!
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