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Chapter 34 - Borrowing Flowers for the Buddha
An Qing Ran was in her house, she still clearly remembered the dress she wore for her party in her last life. It was a soft pink and gold thread embroidered hundred butterfly thin cotton dress with a small jacket of matching colours on top.
Now, before her was this outfit, she picked it up and put it down again. She didn't like the colour of it now, she was in a state of mind where she couldn't wear such a soft pink anymore, she felt old!
"Jiejie!" A childish voice came from the courtyard, An Qingran looked at the little girl who pushed her way in, today she was still in a pink dress, almost the same style as the dress she had just looked through.
She remembered that in her previous life, whenever she made any clothes, Yiniang would make two sets of similar patterns, and at that time, she felt happy, but now she realised that this was precisely her hidden ambition! An attempt to confuse the difference between the Di and the Shu!
An Yanran held a scroll in her hand with a mysterious look in her eyes, "jiejie, guess what I've got!"
She knew what was in her hand!
It was all the same as in her previous life.
All that makes a difference, I fear, is their own choice.
An Qingran said blandly, "Can't guess, what is it?"
An Yanran sat down in front of her, lifted her cup and took a sip of water, then said, "Does Jiejie know about Dongfang Ruoxue?"
"Shouwang residence's Ning'an county princess, how could I not know!" An Qingran smiled, Shou Wang Dongfang Bo was the only brother of Emperor Yun Qi, but he was a Shu born(born from concubine), probably because of this, Dongfang Bo was a low-profile and introverted person, and usually one could hardly hear any rumours about him.
But his daughter, Dongfang Ruoxue, couldn't keep a low profile even if she wanted to, because her painting skills are one of the best in Yunqi. It is rumoured that if her painting of a hundred flowers is hung in the corridor in summer, the bees and butterflies will pounce on the painting, confused and tossing around, and will not leave for a long time, which is absolutely unprecedented and unique in the world. ......
Therefore, even her ordinary practice work painting is also the rich merchants and noblemen in the capital to compete for things. Every family that had one of her paintings would show it off at a banquet for distinguished guests, and that was enough to make people envious.
Dongfang Ruoxue paints purely from a spiritual point of view. If she did not want to, she would not be able to paint one for a year. Sometimes she would tear up her painting if it was not to her liking, so in recent years, her work has become more and more limited, but also more refined!
So it was even harder to get a copy.
An Yanran had a smug smile on the corner of her mouth as she looked at RenDong: "Ren Dong, please clear the table, wipe the water dry well, and have thick tapestry spread well ......"
Rendong stepped forward, cleaned up neatly, and said with a smile, "Does Second Miss want to issue an imperial decree? Do you want the servant to burn the incense of pine and cypress in the room and come to receive them after bathing and dressing?"
At this moment, Rendong had not yet recognized An Yanran's true face, only thinking that she was a lively and cute little girl, so she usually had no real distinction between master and servant, but treated her as a little sister.
"Rendong, you don't need to say anything, I promise you, it's something good you've never even seen!" An Yanran sold the story.
An Qing Ran naturally knew what she was holding out.
Finally, An Yanran carefully opened the scroll, and as she did so, a painting of a peony with a butterfly was revealed before her eyes.
Although she had been prepared, An Qingran's heart was still shocked.
The butterfly on the painting looked as if it was flapping its wings from afar, while the peony was even more delicate. Standing in front of the painting, one could even feel a fragrance coming to one's face in a trance ......
An Yanran was obviously pleased with her expression and smiled, "This, it's a new one I got for my Jiejie!"
