After the divorce, the reborn emperor seduced me into his arms

"it is good!"

Prince Jing suddenly came down from the platform in excitement.

He stared in amazement at Yan Qing's peony painting, on which there were no less than ten butterflies resting.

The peonies are lifelike and the butterflies are dancing.

It’s really a stunning view!

Prince Jing exclaimed in admiration, "A painting attracting butterflies—this is a truly rare sight. I declare Miss Yan the winner of this competition!"

Suddenly, there was silence all around.

The noble ladies looked at Prince Jing with strange expressions.

Prince Jing seemed to have just realized what he had done. He ran to the eldest princess with a shameless face and said with a silly smile, "My sister, what do you think?"

The eldest princess looked at Prince Jing with gloomy eyes.

Is he deaf?

Didn't he hear that she had just made a final judgment on Yan Qing's painting? He should have just agreed with her, but he actually contradicted her? And asked her what she thought?

She thinks such idiots don't deserve to live in this world!

Although Yan Qing's painting attracted butterflies and surprised everyone, the eldest princess did not intend to admit her victory.

She will definitely teach Yan Qing a lesson today.

"I think..."

"Not bad!"

Just as the eldest princess opened her mouth, Prince Li's voice also floated over.

Prince Li came down from the high platform clapping his hands. He walked into the middle of the crowd, causing the noble lady beside him to become shy.

Prince Li looked at Yan Qing's painting and exclaimed, "I have never seen a painting so lifelike that I can't even distinguish butterflies. Have you ever seen one?"

He said the last sentence to the ladies.

The ladies immediately screamed and said excitedly, "No! No! We have never seen it, just like the prince!"

Prince Li smiled slightly, gentle and elegant.

He turned to look at the eldest princess and asked sincerely, "Sister, have you seen it?"

The eldest princess's face twisted instantly.

Prince Li has always been at odds with the Second Prince. She and the Second Prince are born of the same mother, and this time he is deliberately taking advantage of her misfortune to embarrass her!

Want to see her make fun of herself?

snort!

The eldest princess said firmly: "This princess says..."

"In my opinion, Miss Yan and Prince Consort Lu each have their own strengths and weaknesses, so the fight is a draw."

The King of Qi stood in front of the eldest princess and interrupted her.

The eldest princess frowned and looked at him.

Qi Wang shook his head slightly at her.

This time, both Prince Jing and Prince Li said that Yan Qing won. If the imperial sister continues to insist on having her own way, she will probably offend both of them.

Besides, judging from this competition, Yan Er was indeed the winner.

He also didn't expect that Yan Er's painting would attract butterflies. No matter how she did it, what happened today would definitely spread, which would be even more detrimental to the emperor's sister's reputation.

But he won't let Yan Er win easily.

If the game ends in a tie, there is no loser.

The eldest princess instantly understood what her brother meant. She suppressed her anger and said coldly, "That's right. In my opinion, it's just a tie with the prince consort."

Lu Mingyue gritted her teeth and said nothing.

He had no right to speak at this moment.

Yan Qing seemed to have anticipated this outcome. She showed no anger or annoyance, but instead stepped forward and bowed to the three princes and the eldest princess. "Since it's a draw, how about I have another contest with the Prince Consort? This time, using the eldest princess as a reference, the Prince Consort and I will each paint a portrait of the eldest princess. What do you think, my princes?"

Prince Jing immediately clapped his hands: "Good!"

Prince Li also nodded: "I agree."

After they finished speaking, they looked at King Qi at the same time, but King Qi looked at Lu Mingyue. Seeing that he lowered his head and his shoulders were shaking, his brows immediately fell.

The eldest princess was moved: "Okay, then I'll draw this princess!"

She had wanted her husband to paint a portrait for her before, but he always prevaricated. Although it was Yan Qing who proposed it now, it was exactly what she wanted.

The eldest princess walked up to Lu Mingyue, took his hand and said, "Mingyue, just keep painting. I believe in you."

Lu Mingyue trembled all over.

The princess did not notice anything unusual about him and immediately ordered the canvas to be replaced.

Seeing Yan Qing standing by with a calm face, as if he was confident in his plan, the princess snorted coldly, "My husband and I have been together day and night. I don't believe you can paint better than him!"

Yan Qing glanced at Lu Mingyue.

No words were spoken.

If the princess asked someone to compete with her in other things, she might hesitate, but when it came to painting, she believed that no one in Dayong could beat her.

It's just that she originally thought that Lu Mingyue also had some real talents and knowledge. After all, her reputation was so great that it didn't seem fake.

But it was not until he saw Lu Mingyue's ink painting that Yan Qing realized what it meant to be a complete fool under a great reputation.

What stream of consciousness? It's just scribbling.

What is Liu Boqi's character?

Dayong was good in every way except for its low cultural attainments, often ridiculed by other nations. This was especially true in the art world, where, aside from the painting master Liu Boqi, no one could rival the other nations.

But Liu Boqi was short-lived and died ten years ago.

So people began to regard his paintings as masterpieces.

From then on, anyone who could imitate Liu Boqi's painting style would be called a master of painting!

Yan Qing speculated that Lu Mingyue's early years may have had some of Liu Boqi's painting style, and he relied on Liu Boqi to establish his own reputation.

Later, he was noticed by the eldest princess and became her husband's wife. I guess he had no interest in painting, so his mood and painting skills became rusty.

At least at his current level.

A three-year-old could beat him!

I really don't know how Lu Mingyue became one of the four great masters...

As for why the eldest princess praised Lu Mingyue for her good painting?

Of course she doesn't understand painting.

Not only the eldest princess doesn't understand, most of the noble ladies here don't understand either.

When it comes to things they don't understand, most people are used to pretending to know, so that they can appear less stupid.

Besides not understanding, there is another reason why the eldest princess did this.

That means Lu Mingyue is hers.

She brought back the person who was loved by everyone from Fan Yang. If Lu Mingyue was just a fool, then what was the eldest princess?

So the eldest princess would never admit that Lu Mingyue lost no matter what.

But it's okay.

Since they praised the stream-of-consciousness painting technique so much, she would compete with Lu Mingyue in painting the simplest painting - a portrait.

She just didn't believe that Lu Mingyue could draw the eldest princess using stream of consciousness!

Here, the canvas and table have been reset.

This time Yan Qing stepped forward: "Prince Consort Lu, please—"

The eldest princess also said with anticipation: "Mingyue, don't be afraid, just keep drawing. I guarantee you can win!"

Lu Mingyue looked up at Yan Qing.

He looked at the eldest princess again, and finally looked around at the hundreds of people who were staring into his eyes.

Suddenly he knelt down with a plop.

"Princess... I'm, I'm sorry... Wuwuwu..."

Lu Mingyue suddenly crawled to the eldest princess's side, hugged her legs with both hands, and burst into tears: "...I, I can't draw...I'm sorry, Princess, I was wrong...I promise to draw well in the future..."