Even the marquis sitting next to him had an extremely ugly expression on his face.
Grandma cleared her throat, coughed lightly a few times, and glared at Chu Ranxin with dissatisfaction.
"Your sister is very busy with work, busy with building a charity hall to accommodate those children. She has so many things to do every day that she doesn't have time to prepare talents. How can these things like showing off your legs be more important than building a charity hall? How can you not know the difference between the two?"
Although she didn't scold directly, she gave a subtle warning.
At Chu Weiyue's instruction, the maid brought the things for painting.
She had learned sketching before and was very good at painting, which they probably had never seen before.
With the corners of his lips slightly curled up, Chu Weiyue took the pen and began to draw carefully on the paper.
Everyone looked at her curiously because they had never seen such a strange painting.
After a quarter of an hour, a sketch was completed.
"Grandma, this is the picture I carefully drew for you. What do you think of it?" She smiled and handed the painting to her grandma. The painting looked exactly like her grandma.
This shocked the grandmother: "How was this drawn? I thought she was looking in a mirror, it's so similar."
One of the university scholars picked up Chu Weiyue's painting and couldn't help but nod in praise.
"This painting is so ingenious. I have seen countless paintings, but I have never seen one so realistic. Even the eyebrows and hair are painted so lifelike. It is simply amazing. What a genius!"
After reading it, the university scholar immediately handed it to others, who again received comments and praise.
Almost everyone praised Chu Weiyue's superb painting skills.
Chu Ranxin was so angry that he almost fainted, and could only swallow his anger.
Originally, she wanted to embarrass the bitch Chu Weiyue, but now she is the one who loses face.
Because of the peculiar nature of Chu Weiyue's painting, no one remembered what Chu Ranxin had just prepared.
At this time, the servants in the mansion shouted loudly.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived, the Ninth Prince has arrived!"
Upon learning that the two of them were coming, everyone immediately stood up and bowed to them respectfully.
"No need to be so polite."
The prince pretended to be friendly and took the initiative to present his gift.
The gift he gave was an exquisitely crafted golden hairpin, which was very expensive and the most valuable of all the gifts at that time.
The gift given by Wen Jingchi was a night-shining pearl, which was even more valuable.
Seeing these two gifts appear at the same time, grandma was so shocked that she couldn't say a word.
Although she is old, she is not stupid.
The fact that these two people appeared at the same time and visited this old woman's birthday party was obviously because of Chu Weiyue.
After expressing his thanks repeatedly, he asked them both to take their seats.
Chu Weiyue immediately came up to Wen Jingchi. She also knew that Wen Jingchi came today just to give her face.
The prince had sharp eyes, and his face instantly darkened when he saw the two of them being so close.
He also did not forget to show his courtesy and took the initiative to come over and talk to Chu Weiyue.
Because it was grandma's birthday, I couldn't not give him face, so I could only reply to her indifferently.
It lasted until dark, and grandma's birthday party was finally over.
After everyone left, only their family was left.
When grandma looked at the mountain of gifts, the wrinkles on her face immediately smoothed out.
Holding Chu Weiyue's hand, his eyes were full of approval.
"My dear granddaughter, it's all thanks to you that I received so many gifts for my birthday. The Crown Prince and the Ninth Prince came because of you! This birthday is the most sensational and lively one I've ever had in my life. I want to thank you!"
Originally, she thought that Chu Weiyue was relatively young and had no experience in preparing for birthday parties, so many things would not be prepared properly.
Who would have thought that she was so thoughtful.
Song, who had not made his presence felt today, immediately took over the conversation.
"Mother-in-law, you are right. Wei Yue has really made great efforts this time. If it weren't for her, this birthday party wouldn't have been so grandly prepared. You really found the right person to hand over the birthday gift to her! Our Wei Yue is really capable..."
On the surface, she was praising Chu Weiyue, but in fact, she was secretly glancing at Lin Zixi out of the corner of her eye.
She knew very well that women's jealousy was everywhere.
As long as she praised Chu Weiyue harshly and didn't mention Lin Zixi, she could easily arouse her jealousy.
When all the contributions of a person are wiped out, she will naturally be petty with the person who is in the limelight.
Chu Weiyue immediately exposed the Song family's conspiracy and grabbed Lin Zixi's arm.
"Aunt, what you said is wrong. I am in charge of supervising the charity hall and I am very busy, so this time, Sister Zixi was responsible for a lot of things for grandma's birthday. It was all her credit that it was able to be so perfect. Grandma, I don't care, you must reward her well!"
A faint smile finally appeared at the corner of Lin Zixi's lips.
Chu Weiyue's magnanimous look made grandma laugh out loud.
"No matter what, it's all your credit, so grandma will also reward you!"
She took off a pair of bracelets from her wrists, put one on Chu Weiyue's wrist and the other on Lin Zixi's wrist.
"The bracelet is grandma's dowry and is her favorite. I'm giving it to you now as a reward. You must live in harmony in the future!"
Chu Weiyue and Lin Zixi agreed obediently, and this scene made grandma even more relieved.
Chu Ranxin stood aside like an invisible man, not getting any reward at all, and was completely mad with jealousy.
Why do these two bitches steal her limelight?
It was obvious that her performance today was the best, but she didn't get any reward at all. This is not fair!
After a busy day, Chu Weiyue was extremely tired and fell asleep as soon as he got into bed.
I slept until noon the next day and then woke up in a daze.
Without time to eat, I went to the charity hall to check on the progress.
After everything is settled, go to the teahouse to listen to the story and find out how to pursue someone.
There was a storyteller in the teahouse, telling a touching love story to many people.
He is an excellent speaker and you can tell at first glance that he is a well-informed person.
Chu Weiyue let out a smug smile as he handed the waiter a silver ingot and some extra change.
"Go and invite the gentleman downstairs to the private room for me."
The waiter understood what she meant instantly and in less than a moment, he invited the storyteller over.
The storyteller was reading the script to Chu Weiyue alone, and it was so wonderful.
In the end, he showed Chu Weiyue a clear path.
"Miss, if you want to pursue the Ninth Prince, you must be persistent and use some tricks. Once something becomes a habit, if you suddenly stop doing it, it will definitely take your relationship to the next level..."
Hearing this, Chu Weiyue's eyes lit up and she suddenly understood what he meant.
He came up with the idea of sending flowers to Wen Jingchi every day. Once he got used to it, it would naturally feel natural.
The shopkeeper in the teahouse was diligent and gave him money and asked him to deliver flowers to Wen Jingchi every morning when he went out.