"What are you doing, rubbing yourself in the stove ash?" A child is a child after all. As soon as Hua Cai gave the system a nice look, he instantly forgot the pain from the previous night. He had just come out and was already happily popping up.
"I suddenly have a great idea." Hua Cai walked towards her room: "Baozi, is anyone around here?"
"No." Although it didn't know what Hua Cai wanted to do, the system still answered honestly.
Upon hearing this, Hua Cai turned and went straight into the room. She put out the breakfast and then gently dabbed the ashes from her fingertips under her eyes in front of the mirror.
Wiping the remaining ashes from her fingertips, Hua Cai picked up her breakfast again and quickened her pace toward the study.
At this time, Zhao Qiang would usually be up and practicing calligraphy in his study, without fail.
Um...except when Zhao Min was around.
Whenever Zhao Min appeared at the Prince's residence, Zhao Qiang would always show off his martial arts skills, never touching calligraphy or books.
Sure enough, when Hua Cai arrived at the study, Zhao Qiang was admiring the calligraphy she had just copied.
The gentle breeze that came with the opening of the door made Zhao Qiang's hair flutter slightly. His gaze as he stared at the Xuan paper was as gentle as water. What a handsome young man!
It's a pity that she's so stubborn and can't see things clearly.
The flowers lamented.
"Put it down." Hearing the door open, Zhao Qiang put down the Xuan paper in his hand, looked up, and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Upon hearing this, the speechless system twitched.
It certainly knew why Zhao Qiang reacted that way.
Zhao Qiang was startled by the two large dark circles under Hua Cai's eyes. What was going on? She was fine last night.
"Is Wenxiang alright?" Hua Cai lowered her head and walked over, gently placing the breakfast on the table. "If Master has nothing else to say, Wenxiang will take her leave now."
The system was startled again when Hua Cai made a sound.
Is she about to cry?
What's going on? Everything was fine before I came in.
“Raise your head.” Zhao Qiang had already walked up to Hua Cai.
Hua Cai nervously clutched the hem of her clothes, and without making a sound, she pinched her leg hard again.
Oh my god, it hurts so much! This mortal body has no defense at all.
"Wenxiang, are you not even listening to me anymore?" Zhao Qiang's voice suddenly turned cold.
Hua Cai seemed startled and quickly looked up, meeting Zhao Qiang's gaze. She then lowered her head again as if frightened.
Luckily, I reacted quickly, otherwise, even after the tears had subsided, I would have had to pinch myself again.
Zhao Qiang was, after all, the master. In such a feudal society, no matter how good-tempered the master was, he could not tolerate a servant who was too "individualistic".
"Master...Master, Wenxiang is fine, she just slept late last night." After Hua Cai finished speaking, she paused for a moment, and when she didn't hear Zhao Qiang's voice, she cautiously spoke again: "Master's trip this time will be quite long, Wenxiang will go and pack your things for you now."
"Go." After a while, Zhao Qiang's voice came again, his tone unreadable.
Hua Cai bowed her head and left, while Zhao Qiang stared blankly at the doorway.
Was he being too nice to this maid, making her forget who she was? Could it be that she took the rumors circulating in the courtyard recently to heart?
Just because I refused her request to come along, she dares to give me attitude?
"Go and inform the steward that after I leave this time, Wenxiang will be transferred to another courtyard and should not be transferred back."
"Yes." A cold voice suddenly came from the empty study.
Hua Cai returned to her room empty-handed, head down the whole way. When she encountered other people along the way, she only responded with her head down, which aroused a lot of gossip among the servants who had ulterior motives.
"Dear, the mission objective is to send you to work elsewhere." The system, which was monitoring Zhao Qiang's movements, started to get anxious and frustrated again.
In comparison, Hua Cai was much calmer: "What's the rush, you idiot? Can you even draw?"
The system is silent.
Hua Cai picked up a towel and wiped away the dark circles under her eyes, but still hadn't heard a reply.
"Idiot, stop playing dead, I'm asking you a question."
The system was confused: Ask...ask me?
"But you just called me 'idiot,' I...I was called 'Baozi,' wasn't I?" the system said, pointing to its finger.
"Don't you have any self-awareness? Can't you even draw?"
"Yes." His strong survival instinct made him swallow back the "Damn it!" that was about to escape his lips.
"Make me a painting of a brother and sister. Use Wenxiang's face for the girl, and make the boy look eight or nine parts like Zhao Qiang. Hmm... make sure the two of them look harmonious. Use your imagination for the specifics, and make it look old after you finish painting it." Hua Cai rested her chin on her hand, staring at the roof beam, thinking about her next move.
At this time, the system was still very efficient. A ball of light spontaneously floated to the table, a piece of drawing paper appeared out of thin air, the inkstone started to spin automatically, and the brush flew out and danced on the paper.
Before long, a lifelike painting appeared on the paper. The system dropped the paper and pen and happily floated the painting to Hua Cai to show off its success.
The painting depicts a smiling man and a smiling woman.
Both of them looked to be around twelve or thirteen years old. One was a tall, handsome boy who looked at the girl in front of him with a doting expression. He had one hand on the girl's shoulder and was half-embracing her as they looked ahead.
The girl he was holding was clutching a snow-white rabbit in her arms. She looked disgusted with the boy, her face full of reluctance, but her eyes were brimming with happiness.
Four neat, small characters in the upper left corner.
Brother: Wen
Sister: Fragrance
Hua Cai was quite impressed with the system. Despite having absolutely no connection with Zhao Qiang, the painting somehow managed to capture a nine-tenths resemblance.
"Hmm, very good. You actually knew I like rabbits." As someone who can't draw, Hua Cai expressed 100% affirmation: "Let's fix it up a bit, make it look a bit old, four or five years should be enough."
System: ...He would never admit that he originally wanted to draw a fox, but his strong survival instincts led him to change it to a rabbit.
However, the system was still somewhat excited to receive praise from Hua Cai for the first time. White light flashed merrily around its body, and a white ball of light spun around on the paper, turning the once-white Xuan paper a faint yellow.
"Where did this drawing paper come from?" Hua Cai suddenly asked, looking at the long piece of drawing paper.
"Of course I got it from the store." The system blurted out in a moment of smugness, but then realized something was wrong. It turned its head and met Hua Cai's smiling face.
"You really do have a little warehouse."
The system froze, and the ball of light trembled so badly it almost fell to the ground.
"Yes, yes, yes! I've accumulated energy for nearly a hundred years, and after traversing this world, I still had a tiny bit left. I used it all to exchange for this piece of paper from the shop. Zhao Qiang has used a lot of paper in the Prince's Mansion, so he can recognize it at a glance. I...I...I did this for the greater good." The system tried its best to sound selfless, hoping to move the fickle little fox in front of it.
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