The servants of Anfu brought up seven paintings, seven paintings, and were unfolded at the front of the banquet. Four of them were painted by famous artists in Dongzhou. They were beautiful enough, but they were not precious enough. In the eyes of everyone.

Dongfang Hao stood up and said, "Brother Mingjing, if they are all like this, they will not be as good as the eyes of Your Highness. Even if we look like this, it will be a bit insufficient."

Several other families are also involved.

An Mingjing did not answer, but said, "Brother Dongfang, don't be anxious. There are three paintings, everyone can see them with their eyes wide."

As he said that, the other three pictures were expanded.

These three paintings are from the famous Jinling painter, Old Man Mo Shi, and are precious paintings that An Yue just bought from Jinling.

An Mingjing said: "Old Man Mo Shi is famous for painting peonies. Now he has sealed his pen and no longer paints. These three peony paintings are excellent works collected by my Anfu this winter and spring. These three pictures form a whole, the first morning peony, the second red fire peony, and the third night moon peony, and the three pictures form the daylight situation of peony, collectively known as the "Peony Morning Fire Night Moon Picture".

As An Mingjing said this, everyone's eyes also lit up. Three pictures were unfolded on Mu Yuanlu, one in the four major families, and one in the literati.

These three pictures instantly set the atmosphere of the spring banquet to the highest point.

At this time, Liu Shian had already changed seats with someone beside Lu Bushan. Although he attracted some indifferent gazes from some literati and said something that was not polite, Liu Shian smiled and didn't care.

Lu Bushan said: "These paintings really express the color of the peony to the fullest."

Liu Shi nodded secretly.

At this time, Mu Yuanlu also left the chair and read all three peony paintings. He nodded quickly and praised: "At that time, I was in Zhongzhou and had seen the peony work of the old man Moshi. At that time, I just glanced at it quickly and was moved by the brushwork structure. Now I can see this "Peony Morning Fire Moon Night Picture" in this mansion, and I feel so happy."

Mu Yuanlu looked at it and raised his glass to drink. His body had not yet healed. He smiled again. With the urge to drink, he suddenly felt chest pain.

Seeing the Eighth Prince so happy, An Mingjing felt very good, and even gave Dongfang Hao a color at the banquet, as if he was showing off.

The Dongfang family, Dongfang Hao, had a little low face.

An Mingjing said: "Dongfang Hao, there seems to be no paintings of Old Man Mo Shi in your mansion. Will your largest peony planting clan in Dongzhou be a bit unworthy of your name?"

Dongfang Hao sneered, and the people from the aristocratic families next to him laughed. The Dongfang family has always claimed to be the peony clan, but now it is in Anfu Peony Flowers, which has lost some face, which makes the other families a little happy.

An Mingjing saw Dongfang Hao but did not answer, but was very happy.

Na Mu Yuanlu said, "Master An is troubled. I like these peony pictures very much, especially the pictures of the old man Moshi. The three pictures tell the whole story of the peony in one day, which really makes me happy."

An Mingjing smiled and said, "Your Highness praises you."

Mu Yuanlu turned to Governor Liang and said, "Sir, don't you come and see these three famous paintings?"

Governor Liang patted his stomach and said, "The belly is too big. Once I sit down, I am too lazy to move. The official also saw this peony picture. It should have cost a lot of money. I heard that the old man Mo Shi's picture is now tens of thousands of taels of silver per picture, let alone this set of pictures."

An Mingjing spoke: "It was indeed a little silver, but it was also for the flower viewing feast to add color."

Mu Yuanlu was happy when he heard An Mingjing's words.

Mu Yuanlu thought for a while and said, turning to everyone, "This group of peony flowers actually has an allusion, but few people know it. This prince has read some classics when he was young, and he just knew it. I wonder if anyone knows it here?"

At this time, An Mingjing didn't know that there was any such story, but since the Eighth Prince had mentioned it and was in his heart, and in order to cater to the Eighth Prince, he also spoke: "An really doesn't know what stories there are in this group of peony flowers. It's just that few people know about it. An has an idea. Who can tell the allusion of this, and I will give one of the four previous peony flowers."

Mu Yuanlu said: "Lord An is full of fun, does anyone know?"

Everyone below listened to the rewards and increased their interest, and they were meditating on it and thinking about the allusions in it.

At this time, Ling Lan asked, "Miss, when this old man Mo Shi was reluctant to give up his love, did he mention this set of allusions about peony paintings?"

An Yue shook her head and said, "There is no allusion? The old man Mo Shi has a very bad temper. He went there several times, but he stayed away from him. In the end, it was because of his father's face that he gave up three peony pictures and loved me. Other gossips have never been said before."

Ling Lan said: "This old man Mo Shi is also very stubborn."

An Yue replied: "Painters all have some tempers, but they don't know if anyone in the field knows this allusion."

For some reason, An Yue looked at Liu Shian in the distance, hoping that this young master could answer this question. Liu Shian was still looking at the resting dancers from time to time.

"This pervert."

An Yue said in her heart.

At this time, someone had already stood up and answered that it was the man who had been helping arrange flowers downstairs before. He left his seat, bowed and said, "See Your Highness, sirs, Li Qingwen."

At this moment, someone finally recognized this person who kept shaking the fan and was silent.

"This is the gardener master Li Qingwen."

Li Qingwen was a gardener master and a former Jinling native. Because of a quarrel with his family, he never returned to Jinling after coming to Dongzhou.

He has a very high attainment in flower arrangement. When he reported a flower banquet in Jinling, he would ask Li Qingwen to take action. Now that he appears in Anfu, he knows that this flower banquet should be due to Li Qingwen.

Liu Shinan looked from afar and said, "This is called Li Qingwen. Sure enough, she is a flower arrangement master. See what allusion he can tell."

An Mingjing said: "Your Highness, Master Li, the flower banquet in An Mansion, has a lot of help."

Mu Yuanlu nodded and said, "Let's talk."

Li Qingwen said: "Li was originally from Jinling, and he had also heard about some things about the old man Moshi. He said that it was the old man Moshi. He worked hard to draw this "Peony Morning Fire Moon Night Picture", because his wife died of illness during the season when the peony flowers bloomed. He watched his wife burned into ashes in the fire. When the peony flowers bloomed in the courtyard, he saw that she had this inspiration and made this picture. Li finished speaking."

Mu Yuanlu said: "It is indeed a touching story, but it is not the old man Mo Shi. Does anyone know about the story of making peony pictures?"
Chapter completed!