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“If Scholar Song and Madam Jiang need anything, feel free to assist in procuring it.”
While almost anything could be bought with money in this world, Scholar Song and Madam Jiang were newcomers to the capital, unfamiliar with the surroundings, lacking connections. This made certain tasks inconvenient for them.
“Rest assured, Young Master,” Xinghe assured.
Scholar Song and Madam Jiang were generally easygoing individuals. Even if they needed something, it likely revolved around ordinary items, so it wasn’t a difficult task.
Xinghe instructed reliable overseers and attendants to handle these matters discreetly.
Meanwhile, unaware of these arrangements, Song Jingyun and Jiang Mixia were busy weaving bamboo paintings in the courtyard.
Jiang Mixia was concerned about Song Jingyun’s well-being.
She worried about his health after enduring the three rounds of examinations and spending days in the chilly spring weather in the study room. Additionally, his appetite had waned after the Spring Imperial Examination, causing him to appear slightly leaner than before.
Observing Song Jingyun’s enthusiasm, she hesitated to disturb him and instead assisted him in weaving bamboo paintings.
As the bamboo strips, dyed and dried, fluttered in Song Jingyun’s hands, the bamboo painting of Guanyin Bodhisattva began taking shape. Song Jingyun couldn’t help but smile faintly.
Despite feeling slightly down, Song Jingyun selected two bamboo paintings he had worked on during those days and decided to visit Jiang Junli and Lord Yin.
Jiang Mixia, upon hearing Lord Song’s response, didn’t pay it much mind and continued helping him prepare the dyed bamboo strips.
As the peony buds went from closed to blooming in an instant, bursting into full blossom, creating a vast and breathtaking display of beauty.
However…
“After working on several bamboo paintings in the past few days—landscapes, flowers, birds, Bodhisattvas, all repeating patterns—are you planning to complete a collection by adding a peony flower painting now?” Jiang Mixia teased.
“How about the next bamboo painting being a peony flower?” she suggested playfully.
After these days, Song Jingyun felt his appetite had improved slightly.
Just like a moment ago, he had been planning to have the braised pork belly with preserved vegetables that he had been craving for lunch, but suddenly, the image of a peony flower popped into his mind.
“Well, sometimes I have a few ideas, and I just weave whatever comes to mind,” Song Jingyun chuckled.
The peony, known as the “King of Flowers,” symbolizes prosperity, harmony, and reunion, making it a popular and auspicious choice.
As the bamboo painting of the peony took shape, Song Jingyun’s weaving speed, usually devoted and passionate, began to quicken.
The lush and vibrant peony flowers sparked a creative itch in Song Jingyun, inspiring him to capture that beautiful scene in his intricate bamboo painting.
The seven individuals were currently in the first courtyard. When Lord Song arrived, everyone was pleasantly surprised.
“Today, Song Jingyun unexpectedly has some free time. Quite rare,” the Crown Prince joked.