Chapter 71 This Painting is Not That Painting
Ye Yunchu took down the white jade box and opened it. Inside was a gold pen with hollow carvings.
The value of this pen lies in its craftsmanship. The beauties and scenery carved on the pen are so lifelike, beautiful and exquisite, it is a top-notch work of art.
It should be worth a lot of money.
Li Runrun saw him holding the jade box and motioning her to take the pen inside. She didn't dare to reach out, for fear that if she used too much force, she would ruin the beauty of the pen.
"It's just a rare thing. Take it if you want."
He added, "How long do you want me to hold it? My hands are sore."
Li Runrun was not willing to let the prince do this kind of work, so she reached out to take it, but failed to take the jade box from his hand.
I had to hesitate and carefully pick up the well-made pen. It felt cool and heavy, which showed that the material was solid.
Li Ruanruan held it very carefully, and she almost knelt down to hold it.
Ye Yunchu sat back in his chair and looked at her leisurely: "What new things did you learn? Teach me too."
Li Runrun blushed, but she still carefully put the expensive pen aside, picked up a brush at random, and dipped it in ink.
Ye Yunchu frowned.
But I saw the little girl drawing on the paper. After a while, a chubby fish appeared on the paper, but the expression on the fish was not lively enough and lacked some artistic conception.
Li Ruanruan put down her brush and asked Ye Yunchu for advice shyly: "I heard that the prince has extraordinary painting skills. I want to ask the prince for advice on how to add the finishing touch to a painting."
Ye Yunchu stared at Li Ruanruan, then looked at the fat fish on the paper, but he seemed to smile: "This is the new trick you learned."
Li Ruanruan nodded: "I want to embroider some interesting Suzhou embroidery, but it always lacks some spirit. I want to ask the prince for some advice."
Li Ruanruan looked at Ye Yunchu sincerely: "I wonder if I can take a look at the paintings of the prince..."
Ye Yunchu was not angry either. He stood up and said, "Come here."
Then he took out a random painting from the painting jar and said: "I made it when I had some free time. Take a look."
Li Runrun carefully opened the scroll, and inside was a vivid picture of a tiger coming down from the mountain. Li Runrun's eyes lit up when she saw it, it was so vivid.
She carefully spread the paintings on the desk, and when she was about to pick up another one, she withdrew her hand: "Master, can I see them all?"
Ye Yunchu nodded, sat down and took a sip of tea, lowered his eyes, but didn't know what he was thinking, and tapped the cup lightly with his fingertips.
Li Runrun opened another scroll, which contained a painting of withered lotus.
After watching it all at once, Li Runrun felt that it was a visual feast. No wonder Ye Qiaoqiao said that no one could compare to the prince in terms of painting skills.
It is indeed difficult for ordinary people to surpass. After seeing it, Li Runrun was a little curious about how Gu Yuanqing's painting was slightly inferior.
Compared to this, her chubby fish looks ugly.
Li Runrun looked at it again, then carefully put the prince's painting away.
She picked up two scrolls and held them in her hands: "Sir, could you lend them to me so I can copy them? I want to express them using the techniques of Suzhou embroidery."
One scroll is about a tiger, and the other is about a butterfly among peonies.
Ye Yunchu put down his teacup and looked at the small room. After a while, he just said, "My paintings are very expensive."
"If you sell it, you'll get a share of the profits. How much profit do you want?"
"Then I'll take nine."
"good."
Li Ruanruan agreed without hesitation.
Ye Yunchu glanced at her and asked, "Aren't you afraid of paying the compensation?"
She won't compensate.
But she couldn't say that.
So, Li Ruanruan, holding the scroll, looked even more gentle, and the way she lowered her eyes was extremely beautiful: "It's only natural to make some losses when doing business with the prince. Without the prince, I wouldn't be where I am today."
Ye Yunchu looked at this little concubine and sometimes felt sorry for her.
He grabbed her hand and pulled her into his arms, then threw the painting, which she had held in her arms like a treasure, onto the table.
He played with her hands and then said, "How can I bear to let you pay for it? I can give you a painting as a gift."
Li Ruanruan's eyes lit up: "Thank you, my Lord."
Ye Yunchu picked up the gold pen that Li Ruanruan had carefully placed aside and dipped it in ink. "Where should I draw?"
Li Ruanruan hurriedly stood up to get some paper, but he pushed her back: "If you draw it on your back, you won't be able to see it."
Li Ruanruan was shocked.
What does this mean?
She looked at Ye Yunchu in surprise and saw him staring at her with burning eyes.
Li Ruanruan seemed to understand something, but still didn't dare to believe it, so she asked carefully: "My Lord, are you going to paint on me?"
Ye Yunchu hummed lightly: "Or don't you want me to give it to you?"
How could she not do that? She hadn't received his guidance yet.
So Li Runrun made up her mind and looked at the closed study door.
No one will come here anyway, and it’s warm here even with the charcoal brazier lit.
So she nodded and said, "Okay, my lord, can you please draw the fish I just drew?"
"Draw it on the left or on the right."
“.......”
What else is there about her that is left or right?
Prince.......
He is indeed not serious.
Li Ruanruan blushed, then said, "It's all right."
So Ye Yunchu drew a fish on each side, making them vivid and colorful.
One is dazzling red, the other is dazzling gold.
Because I wanted to teach her, the little fish I drew were everywhere.
Then Li Runrun watched the little fish swaying around as if it were alive.
But in the end, it got wet and faded due to sweat. Li Runrun felt sad about it because this was a painting worth a fortune by the prince and it was really beautiful.
In the end, she couldn't take a bath and she even cried. Of course, it might be that the prince was too much and it had nothing to do with the painting.
The next day, Li Runrun woke up and was afraid that she had forgotten all the painting skills she had learned, so she prepared to go back to the ear room and paint a few paintings.
But he saw two pieces of paper on the bedside.
A piece of paper was painted with a cute, chubby, red goldfish, which looked vivid and lifelike, as if it was swimming in the water.
There was a picture of a raccoon on a piece of drawing paper. It was a three-colored dumpling with its fur all blown up, and it was extremely cute.
There is also a signature from the prince on it: "This painting is given to Ruanruan alone."
Li Runrun thought about it and felt that this should be a gift for her only and could not be sold.
Otherwise, the prince would not have written it like this.
This is a gift just for her.
Li Ruanruan is holding the painting and smiling like a fool. This cat is so cute. Can someone like the prince have such a soft heart?
He must have seen this kitten before to be able to draw it, the drawing is so detailed.
Li Ruanruan was still looking at the painting when Haitang came in, glanced at it, and suddenly smiled and said, "It's a colorful cat. It's been a long time since I saw the prince draw it."
Li Ruanruan was curious: "Colored cat? Is it the cat slave raised by the prince?"
"Yeah, it was a long time ago."
"Is that a passing?"
"Um......."
Haitang seemed to be thinking about what to say, but seemed to be hesitant.
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