So compared to the won’s mad jealousy and dissatisfaction, the n exhibited a deep interest in Shen Xiaoyu.
Yan Qing caught this scene and, sowhat displeased, glared in the direction of the Crown Prince who, puzzled, touched his nose and wondered why he was being glared at. Wasn’t this the ti to glare at those from the Prince Zhao Mansion?
In the final round of the painting competition, Xiao Yu didn’t use the essential materials for water-ink painting. Instead, Xiao Ya brought her the prepared easel, sketch paper, pencils, and erasers, and she found a girl to sit down so she could draw a portrait of her.
She had learned sketching up until high school but had stopped, giving her a solid foundation in drawing. Although it was not professional, she dealt with the ancient subjects with ease.
As everyone knows, among the various painting techniques, portraits are the most difficult to master, and completing one quickly within a certain ti fra was particularly challenging.
Water-ink painting emphasizes the artistic conception, while sketching focuses on details. Therefore, when the other party had finished their drawing, she was still not done.
However, the girl was so intrigued by her thod of drawing that she specifically reported it to the Emperor and asked to wait for Xiao Yu to finish her drawing. After receiving the Emperor’s permission, Xiao Yu spent about another half an hour before she completed the artwork. Then, she stood beside the palace maid with the sketch paper for a live comparison; to everyone’s surprise, the drawing resembled the palace maid by about seventy to eighty percent.
Instantly, it was deed an extraordinary feat, and people marveled at it, while Xiao Yu generously gave the drawing to the palace maid in question.
"Miss Shen, what kind of drawing technique is this? I have never seen it before," soone asked.
"Oh, this is done with a charcoal pencil, made from grinding charred wood—used for these more intricate drawings. It took a long ti to find this type of paper in various stores, as it’s quite suitable for drawing. This technique is sothing I figured out by myself when I had so spare ti. It’s quite laughable, really," she explained.
Miss Yang conceded defeat and accepted her loss graciously, admitting, "If I were to draw a portrait with charcoal ink, I couldn’t achieve such realism. Thus, I lost this round."
Originally, the competition should have stopped there. After all, counting four rounds, with one tie and two victories, Xiao Yu had technically only lost one round, making her the winner. However, Princess Yijia wouldn’t let her off easily and insisted on competing in dance.
Although Tangyuan had practiced modern dance as a child, those dances were not suitable for ancient settings, and most of the specifics had faded from her mory, making imdiate improvisation impossible.
Fortunately, she had co prepared, having altered her Dance Rhythm Yoga outfit into an ancient dance costu—a celestial white one with lace and skirts.
On one side, Princess Yijia led the dance herself with palace maids complenting her performance, perfectly showcasing her good figure and excellent moves.
But Xiao Yu had the musician play a soothing lody without specifying the song, simply dancing elegantly to the rhythm.
Dance Rhythm Yoga emphasizes the gracefulness of the body, perfect coordination between the wrist and arms, whether doing splits or handstands. Her movents, filled with various dance movents, ant that anyone familiar with dance wouldn’t consider her dance level to be low.
The Empress, having practiced yoga, naturally realized the extent of Xiao Yu’s proficiency...
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