Chapter 149: Did you steal your father’s private seal?

"So what if it was me who said it?"

The Prince's tutor, who still didn't know the seriousness of the situation, was very stubborn:

“Whether it’s painting skills or calligraphy, they are not even as good as a three-year-old child, not to mention this so-called little story, which is also nonsense!

After looking at the whole painting, I have no other comment except "unbearable to the eyes!"

"you sure?"

Yun Shu tilted his head and turned his gaze back to the prince and Shen Jingshu beside him:

"Brother Crown Prince, Concubine Shen, do you think so too?"

"I appreciate Fifth Sister's kindness. But Fifth Sister's painting,"

The prince paused for a moment and said calmly:

"It's true that more practice is needed."

"That's what the prince said."

Shen Jingshu raised her hand to cover her lower lip, as if she didn't want to show the mockery in her eyes too obviously, but her eyes still couldn't hide it:
"Your Highness, this painting really looks a little immature."

"Are you immature?"

Yun Shu turned the scroll over and looked at it for a while, puzzled. After a while, he pretended to understand something:

"I wonder why you all thought I drew this picture! It turns out you didn't even look at the whole picture!"

As she spoke, she turned the painting toward everyone again, but the hand holding the scroll loosened again, revealing the drawing paper that had been rolled up inside and not exposed.

There was nothing "poor painting skills" or "calligraphy that is worse than that of a three-year-old child" on that piece of paper.
There was a simple private seal on it, with four large characters written neatly on it:

"Yun Zhuoyuan Seal."

Yun Chuhuan pronounced these four words word by word and raised his head in a daze:

"Why does this name sound familiar?"

"Sound familiar?"

Yun Shu replied with a smile:

"Maybe it's because our father is called by that name."

"That's right! Our father is...father, father?!"

Yun Chuhuan realized it later and turned into a screaming chicken in a second:

"You also stole my father's private seal?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Yun Shu slapped Yun Chuhuan on the head with his other free hand in a bad mood, then shook the scroll in his hand and said confidently:

"This is a painting I specially asked my father to make for my brother, the Crown Prince!"

"This is impossible!"

The Prince's tutor, who was also shocked, panicked at this time. He tried desperately to prove that Yun Shu was lying.

"Your Majesty's painting skills have already reached perfection. How could you draw something like this... a painting that is exactly the same as your style, Princess?"

Yun Shu shrugged: "Because my father saw my paintings and found them interesting, he gave them a try."

"Then, how do you explain that word?"

The Prince's tutor still refused to believe it:

"Your Majesty's calligraphy is vigorous and beautiful, as graceful as a startled swan and as graceful as a swimming dragon! This..."

"This was written by my father's left hand."

Yun Shu explained in a somewhat "shy" manner:
"Perhaps because my painting style is not suitable for the calligraphy of 'graceful as a startled swan, graceful as a swimming dragon', so in order to make the painting look more harmonious, father used his left hand, which is not good at calligraphy, to write." "But..."

"I just asked my father for this painting in the imperial study not long ago. My Sixth Brother can testify to this."

Yun Shu's last words shattered all the Prince's tutor's lucky thoughts.

She slowly curled her lips and said softly:
"Don't worry, Crown Prince Junior Tutor. I promise to tell your appreciation of this painting to the Emperor exactly as it is.

There will absolutely be no exaggeration or malicious misinterpretation.”

Prince's tutor: "..."

Does this need to be exaggerated or maliciously misinterpreted?

He has already said it is "unbearable to look at"!

What should I do? Is it too late to change my mind now?
Thinking of the Crown Prince who had made the same comment as him, the Crown Prince's Tutor subconsciously turned around to see how the Crown Prince planned to respond.

However, the prince's attention was no longer on this at this time -

The Prince's Tutor would be worried because of a bad comment, because he doesn't want to be hated by the Emperor!

But what if my father has already held a grudge against me?

The veins on the hands hanging down between the legs were bulging because the fists were clenched too tightly.

The prince suddenly recalled that day in the imperial study, when his father said that the reason he opposed his marriage to Shen Jingshu was because a marriage between cousins ​​would most likely result in the birth of a disabled person.

My father said that he had never been afraid of me, the crown prince.

The emperor said that he had let him down.

So today was his wedding day, which should have been a good day for him, but his father gave him a painting titled "A dog bites Lu Dongbin, who doesn't know the kindness of others", scolding him as a dog who doesn't know the kindness of others.

Embarrassing him, the prince, in front of so many people!
How ridiculous!

The emperor cooperated with and condoned Yun Shu in humiliating him, and at the same time wanted him to believe that the emperor had never thought of deposing the crown prince before?
Well, even if what his father said was true, he had never had such a thought before.

What about now?

Is it already available now?
The Crown Prince had a gloomy and frightening look on his face, and all the officials in the Eastern Palace buried their heads like ostriches, and no one dared to speak.

Even the eldest prince and his companions, who were enjoying the show very much, kept silent in this tense atmosphere, not wanting to draw fire. They only glanced back and forth between the crown prince and Yun Shu.

Only Yun Shu was not afraid of death and handed the painting forward again:
"Why didn't the Crown Prince accept this gift? Don't you like it?"

"Thank you for your concern, Fifth Sister."

Slowly putting on a sinister smile, the prince gritted his teeth and spoke word by word:
"Shu'er, what are you waiting for? Why don't you quickly collect the gift from your fifth sister?"

"……Yes."

This was urging her to take action quickly.

Shen Jingshu's heart trembled, and she tightened her hand holding the handkerchief, but a smile appeared on her face, and she slowly walked towards Yun Shu:

"It was Shu'er who was ignorant and made Her Royal Highness the Princess..."

"Hey, hey, hey, this painting is not for you, what are you here for?"

At the critical moment, he suddenly remembered what Yun Shu had told him before.
Yun Chuhuan thought it was just right, so he took the painting from Yun Shu with one hand, held the gift box he had prepared with the other, and stumbled towards the prince:

"Brother Crown Prince, I have prepared a gift for you as well!"

Yun Chuhuan's sudden move really disrupted Shen Jingshu's original plan.

She was stunned for a moment, thinking that if it didn't work this time, she would look for another opportunity later.

However, she didn't expect that when Yun Chuhuan passed by her, he suddenly tripped and was about to fall on her!

Shen Jingshu took a step back reflexively, but she forgot that the back of her skirt was longer than usual.