Everyone gathered in the water pavilion at night. I heard that there was a competition, so many people came to watch it. The water pavilion was full of people.

Qian Niang also invited Academician Ying Shaoqing Ying, the most famous Qingtong Academy in the city, who was visiting the mansion, to judge.

Yelan Water Pavilion is built on the pool water, connected by four corridors in the southeast, west and northwest. The water is surrounded by a low and flat fence, and a gooseneck chair is installed for seating and resting chairs.

Qian Niang asked someone to set up four desk tables in the middle, posing with piano, chess, pen, ink, paper and ink.

"You want Jiao Niang to be one-on-four? It's so unfair." Qian Niang invited three other people to compete with Jiao Niang for piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Qiao Niang was naturally dissatisfied, "It was said that you and Jiao Niang were competing. What does it mean if you asked someone else to help?"

Pei Xiuqin is very skilled. When she competed with Jiao Niang this time, she sang: "Didn't it mean that she can compare with all the girls in Licheng? Qian Niang can't represent everyone, so after we discussed it, we sent out the best four aspects to compete with her. If she wins all, wouldn't it just perfectly fulfill her reputation?"

"You are bullying!" Qiao Niang pulled Jiao Niang away, "No more!"

Qian Niang stopped her, "Qiao Niang, you are always so anxious, why don't you ask the fifth cousin's opinion?" Then she and Jiao Niang said excitedly: "Fifth cousin, you won't retreat at the last minute, don't you dare?" She raised her hand, "Where are so many people watching now."

Jiao Niang pulled Qiao Niang back and said with a smile: "How could it be that it is my blessing to have a conversation with so many talented girls."

Qian Niang smiled and pulled Jiao Niang to the middle, "Look, my fifth cousin is still brave, so let's compete one by one."

Looking at Pei Xiu, Pei Xiu walked to the front of the piano and was about to sit down when she heard Jiao Niang say, "It's too troublesome to come together."

As soon as he spoke, everyone was upset and looked at Jiao Niang together.

"I know I'm sure I'm losing, am I planning to give up?"

"I think I'm scheming, so even if I lose, I will lose well."

"Maybe they are really capable, so some of them have been watched in this competition."

Everyone was talking.

Academician Ying was surprised that he had witnessed many competitions over the years, and he also had to compete with four items for the first time when he met someone. So he asked Jiao Niang for sure, "Girl, this four items of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting require full attention and no distraction. Will you be too embarrassed if you take the four items together? Don't worry, there is no time limit, so don't worry."

Jiao Niang saluted respectfully, "In response to the academician's words, Jiao Niang can handle it, and the birthday party will soon begin. I don't want to waste everyone's time." She glanced at Qian Niang, "Let's start."

Qian Niang's eyebrows condensed and looked at Jiao Niang deeply, wondering in her heart whether she really has the ability to use all her heart? Thinking about it again, maybe she was pretending to be mysterious and didn't want to lose so ugly.

She nodded to the other three, then sat down together, and the four of them sat in one direction, forming a four-cornered corner. Pei Xiu played the piano and sat in the south. Princess Caixia was good at chess and sat in the north. Qianniang stood on the west side, holding her hands to write. The other one was Qianniang specially invited to help. She was a famous painter in Licheng, with her surname Bai's name Rushuang. The things she painted were all vivid and as real as real. Even Mr. Hua's study was hung with a painting of her.

Such a grand occasion was unprecedented, and everyone was amazed, and then they were curious about how the girl looked at her one-on-four at the same time.

But when she saw that she was not in a hurry, she first took a step on the chess, then wrote a word, and then drew a stroke, and repeated this way.

Academician Ying followed Jiao Niang. Every time she completed a step, she stroked her beard and nodded, looking very satisfied. This made everyone even more curious. She stretched her neck and wanted to see which step Jiao Niang took, what she wrote, what she drew, and how she played the piano.

Hua Junze accompanied Ying Che to the garden and walked here unknowingly. Seeing that the water pavilion was surrounded by people, someone also went to watch the fun. By passing by him, he asked, "What are so many people doing in front?"

The man replied, "Young Master, don't you know? The two sisters of your Hua family competed for their talents in the front. I heard that one named Jiao Niang is very exciting with one on four."

"Girl?" Hua Junze was still puzzled, and saw Ying Cheren had already strode forward, "Let's go and have a look."

Jiao Niang was always calm and formed a sharp contrast with Princess Caixia who was sweating heavily. After Jiao Niang finished a black spell, Princess Caixia's white spell could no longer break through the siege. Jiao Niang smiled, "Princess, I'm giving up."

Academician Ying came over and nodded, "In this game, the beautiful girl wins."

Qiaoniang and Muzi smiled happily when they heard this, hugged each other and jumped in circles, and shouted excitedly: "That's great, the girl wins."

Princess Caixia glared at them, threw the chess piece hard on the board, and said unhappily: "She just won this game, and there are three games left."

At this time, Qian Niang finished writing, "Academician Ying, I've finished writing." She has been practicing hard with both hands for more than a year, and she is confident that she can beat Jiao Niang.

Academician Ying walked over and looked, "It's very good. It can be seen that Miss Qian is working hard, but her strokes look very much like a person."

Qianniang said proudly: "I will not hide it from the academician. I learned calligraphy and asked Mr. Nanling to be my teacher."

"Oh, it turns out it was him. That's a great calligrapher. Not bad, not bad." Academician Ying praised it repeatedly, and everyone thought that Qian Niang must win this game. "She must win this game. After all, she is also Mr. Nanling's apprentice."

When Qianniang heard others' discussions, she was even more confident and looked at Jiaoniang with contempt.

Jiao Niang happened to have finished writing the last word, "Academician Ying, I have also written it."

Similarly, Jiao Niang also wrote books with her hands, and she wanted to defeat her with what Qian Niang was best at.

Academician Ying went over to look at it again, and first frowned, and everyone became nervous. Is it bad to guess? I couldn't help but worry about the girl.

After a moment, Academician Ying said three "goods" in a row, and then said, "In this game, the beautiful girl won."

Everyone was shocked, and Qian Niang's face turned blue in an instant, and she asked, "Why?" She walked to Jiao Niang, pulled the paper and saw that she was written in five types of regular scripts, regular script, seal script, running script, cursive script, and official script. It was indeed very exquisite, but she still didn't understand how bad she was. "Just because she wrote in five different types of scripts, did I lose?"

When Hua Junze heard this, he couldn't help but exclaim, "You can write five fonts with both hands. This beautiful girl is usually hiding her weakness with me." He turned his head and looked at Ying Che, but saw that he looked at the beautiful girl with a bright look.

Academician Ying shook the feather fan gently, and he looked like a fairy-like look. "You both can write books with both hands. Mr. Qian Chengnanling's calligraphy has a great style. The beautiful girl can write five styles of calligraphy, and she is also clever in her mind. In this regard, you two can be said to be comparable."

"Since that's the case, why do you say that the girl is beautiful?" Qian Niang was impatient and seemed impatient to speak to the elder.

Academician Ying didn't care and said bluntly: "If you lose, you lose because you only care about imitation and have no own style. When I first read your calligraphy, I felt like someone. When you said you learned from Mr. Nanling, I remembered it. Calligraphy emphasizes charm and style, not copying. If you only focus on imitation, you will never write really good characters. The beautiful girl is different. Her calligraphy is not like others, but just like herself, with soft outside and hard inside, and has her own style. This is where she beats you."

The girl worshipped her, "The girl received teachings."

Academician Ying used a feather fan to support Jiao Niang and said, "Although your handwriting is great, I can still see that there are shortcomings."

Jiao Niang listened carefully, "Sir, give me advice."

She respected him as her husband, which made Academician Ying very happy. He said: "Although soft on the outside and hard on the inside, it is too forgiving, so you will hesitate when writing. It's not that you can't bear it, but you can't go too far. This calligraphy is like a human being. Sometimes you have to make a quick decision, otherwise a hesitation may destroy a good article."

This is very profound. I can't understand it all at once, but I nodded and remembered it in my heart.

Qian Niang was angry and felt that the academician was intentionally biased, and she didn't think she lost to Jiao Niang. But she invited the person, so what could she say more? She just stared at Jiao Niang hatefully, snorted, and shook her hand back to her original position.

Bai Rushuang has also completed this place. She drew a picture of a hundred flowers, which was the scenery outside the water pavilion. It can be said that it was a wonderful brushstroke, and she painted all the sea of ​​flowers into the painting.

Some people couldn't help but admire that these hundred flowers were drawn in such a short time, which shows their profound painting skills. Some people thought to themselves that the beautiful girl had lost this game.

Qian Niang smiled proudly, "Girl, where is your painting?"

Jiao Niang looked at her and said, "It'll be fine soon." Then she saw her pour out all the tea from a teacup, ask for another cup of water, and then look around.

Cheng Yu was always present. When he saw that the girl seemed to be looking for something, he walked over and said, "What are you going to do, I'll help you."

Jiao Niang smiled at him and handed him the teacup, "Please help me get some stamens inside."

"Okay." Cheng Yu took the teacup and went to look for flowers. Qian Niang hummed softly, "What's your secret?"

Jiao Niang just thought it was inaudible, and collected the drawing papers on the table one by one and then clamped them on the drawing board. There was only a lotus bud on the paper. Although the drawing was good, it was not comparable to the Bai Rushuang's picture of flowers.

Academician Ying looked at him and shook his head, "Miss, if this work is just like this, you will lose."

The girl smiled slightly, "Academician, please wait a little longer."

Soon, Cheng Yu came back with the teacup soaked in the stamens. Jiao Niang stirred it. When the fragrance of the stamens penetrated into the clear water, she saw her gently splashing water on the painting with her fingers.

Everyone was puzzled. Wouldn't it be ruined if the painting was well-deserved?

Princess Caixia laughed sarcastically and said, "Your way to admit defeat is quite strange."

Bai Rushuang disagreed and walked step by step to the painting of Jiao Niang, waved her hand, "No--" She saw the painting on the paper change little by little, "Look."
Chapter completed!