Chapter 149 Slap
Hu Xin'er was still in shock. It turned out that Xuanyuan Jing'an had made a small mechanism and placed it at the door of the study.
At this moment, the little bastard was staring blankly at the hole in the pillar, and then he screamed loudly: "Ah! Someone is trying to assassinate me!"
But after confirming that Hu Xin'er was fine, Mu Qing picked him up directly. Xuanyuan Jing'an's scream was stuck in his throat and he couldn't make a sound.
How could this person, this person's aura be as terrifying as Grandpa's?!
Mu Qing is usually gentle, but when he loses his temper he becomes very scary, and even Hu Xiner doesn't dare to speak.
Xuanyuan Jing'an didn't even dare to breathe, his face flushed red.
As soon as Mu Qing let go, he fell to the ground.
"Apologize!" Mu Qing said coldly.
Xuanyuan Jing'an was obviously frightened. When Mu Qing asked him to apologize, he obediently walked up to Hu Xin'er and bowed to apologize.
His head almost dropped to the ground: "I'm sorry! Miss Lu, I'm too ignorant and offended you!"
Hu Xin'er pointed at the hole in the pillar, then at the stones on the ground: "You call this an offense?"
It's simply murder!
Originally, if Xuanyuan Jing'an apologized humbly and others refuted like this.
He would definitely order his men to break that man's legs!
But today he seemed to have changed his temperament. He was extremely obedient and kept bowing to Hu Xiner to apologize.
Hu Xiner was amazed: Is this non-violent non-cooperation?
It turns out that only violence can subdue naughty children!
With Mu Qing's presence, she took the opportunity to solemnly lay down three rules with Xuanyuan Jing'an: "First, during our time together, you—Xuanyuan Jing'an—must maintain the principle of equality and respect in our interactions."
Xuanyuan Jing'an nodded dejectedly.
Mu Qing coughed lightly, and Xuanyuan Jing'an shuddered: "Okay! We want equality! Respect!"
Hu Xin'er wanted to laugh, but she held it back. "Second, while I'm in the study, no noise or fighting, no unreasonable requests, and just read."
Xuanyuan Jing'an pouted.
"Thirdly—if the above requirements can be met, I promise not to send General Xuanyuan and this big brother to subdue you!"
After hearing the last point, Xuanyuan Jing'an's eyes lit up and he quickly agreed: "I agree!"
At this moment, a little maid said timidly, "Miss Lu, the Duke's wife wants you to come over..."
Hu Xiner sighed, just as she was escaping from the tiger's den, she fell into the wolf's den again.
As expected, she was called in to paint a portrait that afternoon.
It was still the table filled with precious painting materials, and it was still the second young lady who looked gentle and weak on the surface.
She was painting with great effort, while the second young lady was eating snacks, drinking tea, and commenting from time to time.
Within three sentences, all Hu Xiner's efforts were wasted.
It was the tenth revision she had made, but Hu Xin'er could barely lift her brush. She carefully placed the brush back in the pen holder and said weakly, "Please have the Duke's wife and the Second Miss take a look."
Almost everyone was staring at the painting, unwilling to take their eyes off it.
The woman in the painting is not a picture of a lady as mentioned before.
Instead, Xuanyuan Huili was sitting in front of the screen with a snack in her hand. The screen was painted with only a few strokes, but it contrasted with the flowers and birds on her skirt.
The woman sitting lazily on the chaise longue exuded a delicate temperament, but the corners of her lips were slightly curved, as if she was acting coquettishly to her parents, full of the demeanor of a little girl.
The most wonderful thing is the painting technique, as if every stroke is meant to be that way, with nothing to add or subtract.
The entire painting does not focus on facial features and body posture. There is no conventional beauty operation such as making the eyes bigger and the skin whiter.
However, it is so simple and realistic, yet it clearly transcends Xuanyuan Eri's own appearance and temperament, making people feel that this is the best side of Xuanyuan Eri presented in this painting.
"Is this how you see me?" Xuanyuan Huili's hand holding the snack froze in mid-air.
This cousin from the Lu family should be a scheming bitch, so why is she portrayed so beautifully?
Even the Duke's wife thought it was perfect: "This is absolutely impeccable. Come on, put it away!"
Everyone then started to move as if they had just woken up from a dream, and some of the maids who were not out of line kept looking at Hu Xiner.
As expected, he was chosen by General Xuanyuan himself. His painting skills are impeccable.
I really don’t know how much money it would cost to paint a portrait by such a good painter!
"Wait a minute!" Xuanyuan Huili didn't expect that her act of finding fault would actually bring out Hu Xiner's potential!
Her face darkened slightly: "Mother, this painting is not good!"
"Miss, what do you think is wrong? I'd like to hear more about it!" Hu Xin'er has been painting for so long that she has actually become numb to her own paintings.
This painting was just a casual drawing made on a whim of inspiration.
But the reactions of the people around her told her that this painting was excellent, better than anyone had imagined!
This gave her enough confidence to challenge the second young lady.
"I'm talking to my mother, why are you butting in?" Xuanyuan Huili choked. She really hadn't thought of a reason to refute. "This painting... I just don't like it!"
"If the Second Miss insists on finding fault with everything, I'm afraid she will never be satisfied with the portrait she has created in her lifetime." Hu Xiner stood up from the desk and shook her aching wrist.
Xuanyuan Huili's eyes flashed slightly, and the opportunity came.
She pinched her thigh and complained to Madam Guoguo with red eyes: "Mother, mother! What kind of painter did you find? She actually cursed me to never get married in this life!"
After all, Hu Xin'er is just a servant.
The joy that had just risen in the Duke's wife was immediately replaced by displeasure: "Miss Lu, when you go to work in someone else's house, you'd better be more polite!"
"How many times have I asked for this today?" Hu Xin'er said, with a half-smile on her face. "If the Second Miss doesn't want me to draw, I'll just tear these things up and consider them as my payment for the painting!"
She watched coldly from the sidelines that afternoon. Apart from the matter of getting married, the Duke's wife was almost completely obedient to Xuanyuan Huili.
In other words, although she was just a servant with the title of painter, in the eyes of the Duke's wife, she was just a person who could be entertained at will to please her daughter.
If I don’t resolve this matter today, I will be bullied by this mother and daughter every day in the future!
But this attitude also made the Duke's wife very unhappy, and she said she would punish her.
"How dare you commit treason!" Hearing her daughter's aggrieved cry, the Duke's wife's face darkened completely. "Someone, slap her in the face!"
Hu Xin'er had not expected that the Duke's wife would be so ruthless. When she was about to overturn the painting table and escape, a person walked in from outside the door.
"What are you doing?"
It turned out that General Xuanyuan was returning home from court. After asking the reason, he looked a little unhappy.
Everyone present was trembling with fear. It was all over now. Hu Xiner had actually offended the most terrifying Duke!
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