[R18] There’s too much meat, I don’t want it anymore – “Too Much Meat, I Don’t Want Any More” Chapter 7 [English]

0007 Banquet (2)

Hua Xuan, whose face was already flushed with food, found that she suddenly became the center of attention. She was so scared that she froze there. With her bulging cheeks, wide eyes, and dark skin, she looked like a briquette coming out of a coal mine.

Hua Xuan immediately swallowed the food in her mouth. She automatically ignored those who were watching her jokes, laughing, and taunting her. She lowered her head pretending to be panicked, huddled up, and dared to stare at the ground.Anyway, she just needs to maintain this image. Hua Yingying has the ability to make her make people laugh, so she must have the ability to clean up this mess.

Suddenly hearing Huang Zitong talking about Huaxuan, Hua Yingying almost stiffened. The smile she had been maintaining showed her embarrassment. She glared at Huang Zitong without leaving any trace. She knew that Huang Zitong was deliberately embarrassing her.

As we all know, Huang Zitong likes the sixth prince who is full of knowledge, so when she heard that the sixth prince was coming to the banquet today, she tried her best to attract the sixth prince’s attention.But she didn’t expect that there is a mountain as high as a mountain. At today’s banquet, she and Hua Yingying competed in piano skills, and actually lost to Hua Yingying, so she wanted to move out Hua Xuan, the legendary waste, not only to make Hua Xuan look bad and make herself lose face, but also to make Hua Yingying lose face.

Hua Yingying twisted her body uncomfortably and saw that everyone was looking in the direction of Hua Xuan, and Hua Xuan had done such a rude thing. She wanted to refuse, but when she saw Huang Zitong’s sarcastic face, she knew that Huang Zitong would not give up, so she could only show Hua Xuan unwillingly, hoping that Hua Xuan was not really stupid and did something that would make people laugh.

“Since the princess has said so, then sister Xuan, you can draw a picture to open everyone’s eyes, so that the princess can be convinced!”

Hua Xuan knew that Hua Yingying didn’t dare to fall out with Huang Zitong easily, and with so many people watching, she seemed to feel bad if she didn’t go up now.So Hua Xuan got up and stretched herself out, her body trembling, her eyes panicked and she said, “Then…then I’ll…show my shame.”

Hua Xuan walked to the center obediently and twisted her body unaccustomedly. After all, she would be tired after pretending for too long.She stared at the white paper on the table and the colorful paints, and began to formulate pictures in her mind.

She couldn’t ruin her years of hard work just because of a temporary itchiness. She worked hard to avoid all right and wrong. Since Hua Yingying asked her to paint, she shouldn’t live up to her kindness. As for whether the painting was good or not, it would depend on her mood. Anyway, she was already guilty, and she didn’t care about adding a few more unnecessary charges.

Hua Xuan used the largest brush to occupy the ink, and then swung the brush in one go. Although she was so powerful, in fact, her brush did not touch the drawing paper at all. She just let the ink on the brush drip onto the drawing paper. Ink droplets of different sizes appeared on the drawing paper, just like her clothes.Then Hua Xuan put down the paintbrush, picked up the thinnest paintbrush, dabbed some pink paint on the paper, and finally used her hand to spread the water droplets on the painting.

Hua Xuan pretended to wipe her hands, then leaned over again and said in a panic, “I’ve already finished the painting.”

During the painting process of Hua Xuan, Hua Yingying was always on tenterhooks. When she heard that Hua Xuan’s painting was finished, she breathed a sigh of relief, but when the maid picked up the painting paper for everyone to appreciate, she almost fainted.

Hua Xuan’s painting can’t be considered a painting. It’s just a large black ink dot with some pink paint. It doesn’t even have the shape of the pattern, and it looks muddy.

“Hey! Miss Hua Er’s painting is really good! But I don’t know what you are painting? I can’t tell what it is even if I look left or right, can you tell me?” Huang Zitong covered his mouth with his sleeves and faintly laughed.This made those who had been holding back their laughter instantly burst into laughter, with a lot of irony in the laughter.

Hua Xuan still ignored the laughter, but in order to make her role more popular among people, she shook her shoulders hard and pinched her thigh secretly, making her eyes filled with tears. Then she said with a cry: “This is… a lotus picture…”

“What a picture of lotus! I wonder if the girl can give it to me for collection?” Li Yiwen, who had been silent for a long time, stood up, looked at the painting from a distance, and then sighed sincerely.

Because of Li Yiwen’s appreciation, everyone at the banquet stopped laughing. Although Li Yi had no power in the government and the public, and was not liked by the emperor, Li Yiwen’s calligraphy and painting were very famous in the capital. Whenever he published a collection of poems, the phenomenon of expensive paper in Luoyang would definitely appear in the capital.Therefore, when they heard Li Yiwen’s praise, everyone looked at the painting in a different light. However, no matter how they looked at it, they could not see any tricks. It was still so ordinary.

When Hua Yingying heard Li Yiwen’s appreciation, she felt relieved. Although she, like others, had looked at this painting for so long, she still couldn’t see anything special about it, but being able to get Li Yiwen’s appreciation must have a lot to do with it.Either way, the artistic conception of this painting is too superb and cannot be understood by ordinary people like him. Maybe others don’t know it, and she doesn’t understand it yet. What can that loser Hua Xuan do?That leaves only one reasonable explanation. Li Yiwen deliberately helped Hua Xuan.Thinking of this possibility, Hua Yingying thought that she had a deeper understanding of Hua Xuan, and her attention to Hua Xuan became even more profound.

Huang Zitong originally wanted to ridicule Hua Xuan and thereby make Hua Yingying lose face. However, Huang Zitong was disturbed by Li Yiwen’s praise. She was unwilling to accept it and was jealous of Hua Xuan.She obviously painted such an ugly painting, but Li Yiwenhai was willing to come out to save her. It seems that this Hua Xuan is not simple. Please pay more attention to her in the future.

Hua Xuan was also surprised that Li Yiwen stood up. Seeing that he was full of appreciation for his paintings, she felt a little uncomfortable. Could it be that he saw some of her tricks in the paintings?Can she be understood to mean that she successfully attracted Li Yiwen’s attention?

Everyone present had their own thoughts because of Li Yiwen’s sudden appreciation. They continued to recite poems and have fun with a friendly look on their faces. In fact, their hearts had already turned countless corners, and they were secretly turbulent.

======I am the dividing line after the banquet========

Li Yiwen took out Hua Xuan from his arms and spread it on the banquet paper house table. He focused on admiring the mystery of the painting and said to the air without raising his head: “Tie Zhu, go and help me collect all the information about the second young lady of the Hua family.”

Tie Zhu, who had been protecting Li Yiwen in the dark, was shocked. Over the years, Li Yiwen had never asked him to investigate any woman, and that woman had only met him once, and she looked so ordinary that she could not be found in the crowd.

But Li Yiwen’s order is a military order, and he must obey it. How can he ask so many reasons?So Tie Zhu appeared and kowtowed to Li Yiwen before disappearing into the room.

Seeing the surprise in Tie Zhu’s eyes, Li Yiwen smiled. In fact, he couldn’t blame Tie Zhu. He didn’t know why. He just wanted to know more about the ordinary-looking woman. Could it be that this painting was causing trouble?

Li Yiwen put the drawing paper into the basin. After the drawing paper was soaked in water, the ink stains blurred and everything became blurred. It can be said that the entire drawing paper was covered with black ink stains.

After the paper softened, Li Yiwen carefully picked it up and placed it on the table. He used a dry rag to absorb the moisture, and then patiently dried the paper.

As time goes by, the ink on the drawing paper fades, and the graphics become clearer and clearer. Finally, a picture of lotus flowers in early spring after the rain emerges. The lotus flowers are in bud, the dead branches of the lotus leaves are in full bloom, the raindrops are lifelike on the lotus leaves, and the fragrance of ink permeates the entire room.

Li Yiwen touched a lotus on the painting paper with his hand, and he couldn’t help but admire Hua Xuan’s painting skills. It not only has the delicacy of a woman, but also the boldness of a man. The two are combined together, what a wonderful work!And she uses long-lost painting skills to present it, making this painting even more unique.

For such a talented woman, Li Yiwen was even more interested in Hua Xuan. What’s more, he also wanted to know why Hua Xuan had to hide it even though she had such a talent.He believes that he will have a lot of time to dig slowly. He hopes that the gift he will send out tomorrow will not frighten this mysterious little woman.