Master Yang respectfully took a painting from Pingyang Xian and slowly unfolded it towards the audience.

"Great painting!"

"The painting of a hundred flowers in full bloom, with all kinds of flowers painted vividly, just looking at it is like being in a sea of ​​flowers, with overwhelming fragrance."

"Whose painting is this? She is definitely the top of the list!"

Hearing the discussions of the people below the stage, Lin Qingrou raised her chin and felt very pleased. In order to learn painting, the second wife invited a famous artist to teach her when Lin Qingrou was five or six years old. It took ten years of hard practice to acquire such painting skills.

The top spot was naturally hers, but what were these teachers waiting for? Why hadn't they announced that she was the top spot?

At this time, Master Wei took another painting from Pingyang ***, stood beside Master Yang and slowly unfolded the painting.

"What is this painting?!"

"How can there be such a vivid yet strange painting?"

"The signature is 'Shu'. Could it be that this is a painting by another young lady in the General's Mansion, Lin Yushu?"

"I never thought that the eldest daughter of the Lin family, who is rumored to be illiterate, actually has such painting skills. I think it's better than Lin Qingrou's!"

Lin Qingrou stared at the painting in front of Master Wei in disbelief, her eyes full of fear.

"Impossible, this is impossible!"

Unlike other ladies, there is not a single delicate flower in Lin Yushu's painting. Instead, half of the painting is filled with lush and green forests, with a few roofs with smoke rising from them faintly visible in the depths of the forest.

The magical thing is that although there is not a single person in the painting, one can still see the bustling scene of people coming and going deep in the woods.

The other half of the painting is separated from the woods by a ruined wall. There are no trees or roofs on the other half, which looks very desolate. There is only a sword stuck in the ground with the hilt exposed.

The broken hilt was stained with blood, and the sword was covered with deep and shallow horse hoof prints and broken arrows.

Likewise, without a single character, one can tell that this was an extremely brutal war, with perhaps countless casualties, and the owner of the sword is likely lying not far away, never to wake up.

After gazing at the painting for a long time, everyone was shocked by the strong and sharp contrast between the left and right sides of the painting and remained speechless for a long time.

"Lin Yushu, can you explain what you are painting?"

Pingyang *** looked at Lin Yushu gently, with admiration that could not be concealed in his expression.

Lin Yushu stepped forward and saluted, then turned and stood next to her painting, her tone sincere and earnest.

"Although I don't understand the affairs of my country, I was born into a family of generals and I dare not forget my ancestors' teachings. My grandfather fought on the battlefield to protect the people, and my father is now stationed at the border and has not been able to return home for many years. They are all for me and other people like me to live a safe and happy life without being disturbed by foreign enemies."

"When I was a child, I heard my father mention the cruelty of the battlefield. Thousands of men who defended their country died on the battlefield, their bodies wrapped in horsehide, and the world became their graves. However, their homes outside the battlefield were safe and sound because of their protection. Therefore, I used this painting of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains to mourn those soldiers who wanted to return to their homeland and comfort their souls in heaven."

"well said!"

"To protect our homeland with weapons and cavalry is to live a meaningful life. I didn't expect Miss Lin to have such a broad mind. It's really admirable."

"Superb painting skills, unparalleled conception, well-deserved top spot!"

Princess Pingyang looked at the Minister of Rites Ge Ming and the Fifth Prince Nan Huaishuo beside him with satisfaction, "It seems that we don't need to argue about it. This is what everyone wants."

Ge Ming nodded with a smile, secretly cursing Lin Minglang, the old fox, for asking him for help, it turned out to be no good!

Supporting Lin Qingrou to be the top of the list almost made him offend the emperor and the Prince of Jin.

Nan Huaishuo nodded in agreement with a magnanimous look on his face. The reason why he did not choose Lin Yushu was simply because of the unspeakable sense of familiarity that made him feel dangerous.

He didn't trust his intuition, but he couldn't ignore the sense of crisis that Lin Yushu brought to him. He felt like a prey being stared at by a hunter. This feeling was very bad.

In this case, it would be better to nip the danger in the bud and not give Lin Yushu any chance to stand out. This is Nan Huaishuo's usual method, and he would rather kill the wrong person than let her go.

What's more, when she just came, Lin Qingrou smiled at him with admiration in her eyes. The tenderness of a little girl inadvertently revealed in her words made Nan Huaishuo's chest swell with a sense of accomplishment. The look he gave Lin Qingrou became much gentler and more affectionate. Only a woman like this was qualified to be his principal wife!

Unfortunately, Lin Qingrou's portrait was far inferior to Lin Yushu's, so she failed to achieve her wish.

"The top scorer in this painting test is Lin Yushu!"

Master Wei announced the final result of the quiz loudly.

Lin Qingrou was trembling all over, and the blood kept beating in her eardrums, making it impossible for her to hear what was just said. "What? Lin what? It can't be Lin Yushu, it must be me..."

Master Yang was Lin Qingrou's teacher after all. When he saw that she was not in a good state, he immediately pulled her off the stage, fearing that Lin Qingrou would cause trouble on the stage and offend the important people on the stage.

Lin Yushu respectfully took the document handed over by the master, which briefly recorded the process and results of the painting test. There were two copies, one for Lin Yushu and the other for storage in Lingjiu Hall.

Turning his eyes, he saw Nan Rongjing drinking tea calmly, as calm as an old man drinking tea and listening to music in a teahouse.

Seeing the inquiring look that *** gave the Minister of Rites and Nan Huaishuo just now, Lin Yushu knew that among the four, *** and Nan Rongjing supported her, while the other two supported Lin Qingrou.

The opinions of the masters were not as important as those of these four, which was why the dispute just now arose.

Minister of Rites Ge Ming has some friendship with Lin Minglang, so it is understandable that he supports Lin Qingrou, but it is intriguing that Nan Huaishuo also supports Lin Qingrou.

Lin Yushu asked herself if she hadn't offended Nan Huaishuo yet, so there was only one possibility, that this pair of dogs and bitches had already hooked up with each other!

It turned out that they had been secretly in love as early as this time. Lin Yushu really underestimated Lin Qingrou's ambition and endurance. In her previous life, Lin Qingrou did not enter the palace as a concubine until Nan Huaishuo ascended the throne.

After waiting for so many years just for the position of queen, Lin Yushu believed that she could not stay dormant for so long.

Lin Qingrou and Nan Huaishuo were indeed the same kind of people. They waited beside their prey patiently and sinisterly like vultures. The moment the prey took its last breath, they would immediately pounce on it and bite and eat it until they had swallowed the last piece of flesh and blood of the headhunter.

She suddenly became curious. If she had helped this couple get together earlier in this life, would things have become more interesting?

He walked off the stage while thinking, a shadow was cast in front of him, and a tall man in brocade clothes stood in front of Lin Yushu.

"Miss Lin, His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin reminds you not to forget your appointment for the medical consultation."

Lin Yushu stared thoughtfully at the tall guard in front of her. They were similar in stature and height, and even their voices were not much different. Maybe he had disguised his voice when he came to see her, just like the time when Lin Yushu went to Changshengpu.

Lin Yushu did not answer. She observed Mu Shang for a while. It seemed that she still had doubts, so she circled around Mu Shang, observing him carefully inch by inch.

Mu Shang originally wanted to go back and report to the prince immediately after hearing Miss Lin's reply, but things gradually became weird...

This Miss Lin not only kept staring at him, but also circled around him!

Mu Shang swore that he felt Lin Yushu turn behind him and sniff his back!

She smelled him, what's going on! ?

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