I’m the Farmgirl You Can’t Mess With - Chapter 1019

Chapter 1019: Information Chapter 1019: Information Editor: Atlas Studios Thinking of the two portraits he had received two days ago, Qi Xiuyuan couldn’t help but smile.

“Forget it, I shan’t make things difficult for your Fourth Uncle.

Also, I don’t want your younger brothers to be influenced by his painting skills which leaves much to be desired.” When the Second Prince said that he wanted to send a portrait to his Royal Father, he immediately searched for a brush to draw a portrait of himself.

However, he had just learnt how to write, and his idea of drawing a human was a few circles drawn together.

Not only did the portrait not at all resemble him, one couldn’t even tell it was a drawing of a human.

Thus, he could only ask the clever Little An for help.

On the other hand, though Little An had started to learn drawing from his teacher, he only knew how to draw objects.

The teacher had yet to teach the class how to draw human figures, so he could only try his best.

Although one could tell that it was a drawing of a person, it was impossible to tell that it was of Qi Wensu.

Hence, the four children could only go to Mu Yangling.

When Mu Yangling was learning how to draw maps, she had also taken an interest in sketching.

However, she wasn’t very good at it.

Still, she excitedly asked for charcoal and began to sketch a portrait for them.

When Qi Haoran returned, she had already drawn four portraits.

As the portraits bore a 50 to 60% resemblance, she was being praised by everyone.

This made Qi Haoran, who had been neglected, mock her endlessly.

He criticized her painting from beginning to end.

In short, there was no technique or beauty to it, and wasn’t even worthy of being called a “painting.” Hence, he got someone to grind ink and spread out the paper.

With a wave of his brush, he easily drew out the charm of Qi Wensu’s big eyes.

Anyone who saw that portrait would know that it was Qi Wensu.

Simply because, the resemblance was too great!

Not only the children, but even Mu Yangling exclaimed in surprise and looked at Qi Haoran in admiration.

Unexpectedly, Qi Haoran felt his face turn red.

He immediately balled up the drawing paper and wanted to throw it away.

In his words, his drawing skills weren’t very good, only sufficient for him to draw some animals for the children.

Only then did Mu Yangling remember that the children’s picture books were all drawn by Qi Haoran.

They were vivid and lifelike; a drawing of a tiger would definitely not be mistaken for a cat.

Mu Yangling immediately became excited and spread out a piece of paper for Qi Haoran to sketch a portrait of the four children and send them to Qi Xiuyuan.

Qi Haoran waved his hand repeatedly.

It was fine if he embarrassed himself in front of his wife and children since it was obvious that they didn’t know anything about paintings.

There was no need to embarrass himself in front of his big brother.

He knew that his paintings had always been ranked last when he was in school.

Even now, his paintings were far inferior to the casual paintings of some xiucai.

Therefore, he reckoned it was better for the family to have fun in private, but not show off his paintings to others.

However, Mu Yangling really felt that Qi Haoran was truly great at painting.

She felt that even if she worked hard at it for another five years, she would not be half as good as him.

Hence, she felt that others must think so too, so she insisted that he paint for them.

When the four children saw the shrewd Mu Yangling praise him, they became even more convinced that Qi Haoran’s painting skills were truly remarkable.

Four pairs of eyes looked at him eagerly.

They were just short of rolling to the ground and begging.

Unable to withstand the pressure, Qi Haoran could only agree.

Hence, Qi Xiuyuan received a portrait of four children standing together from Qi Haoran.

He didn’t think too much about it and thought that Qi Haoran just wanted him to know what his son looked like now.

Hence, he looked at the Second Prince in the portrait seriously for a long time and realized that he was much fatter than before.

One look and he knew that he had been eating and sleeping well in Guangzhou.

This made him feel a mixture of sadness and relief.

However, you would be wrong if you thought that this was the end.

In the next five days, Qi Xiuyuan received a portrait every night.

It was a little better than the portraits on the first day because it was no longer the four children standing in a row, but a playful version this time.

There was a portrait of the four children running barefoot on the ground with mud in their hands; another one of them squatting or sitting or standing while reading; practicing martial arts, and so on.

The portraits were lifelike, so much so Qi Xiuyuan could imagine how mischievous the four children were just by looking at the portraits.

Their naughty appearances seemed to be about to jump out of the portraits.

It was not that Qi Haoran was good at drawing, but that their charm was captured accurately.

Qi Xiuyuan felt that this might be the best portrait his younger brother had ever drawn, so he felt rather glad about it.

He felt that this many portraits was enough.

Unexpectedly, he received two more portraits two days ago.

Alright, this time, it was a family portrait, only excluding Qi Haoran himself.

That was when Qi Xiuyuan realized that he would be receiving portraits endlessly.

He couldn’t help but write a letter to ask Qi Haoran exactly what he was doing.

Unexpectedly, the next night, he received three letters complaining to him and one letter apologizing to him.

It turned out that this portrait was sent by the four children on their own accord.

Qi Haoran had merely drawn the portrait for his and Mu Yangling’s viewing pleasure.

In the end, the four children stole the portraits and sent them to Qi Xiuyuan.

There was also another family portrait which even included Qi Haoran.

The only reason the kids didn’t send that to Qi Xiuyuan was because Mu Yangling cherished it so much that she wanted to frame the painting in her bedroom to admire it.

Hence, the four little ones failed to steal it.

Of course, they called it “take” instead of “steal”.

The three children complained that he shouldn’t have written a letter to scold Qi Haoran.

As a result, they were discovered and even beaten up.

In their defence, they only stole the painting and sent it to Qi Xiuyuan because they reckoned their Royal Uncle missed them dearly.

Oh right, Qi Xiuyuan had written the words “miss you much1” in several letters.

On the other hand, the Second Prince blamed himself.

He felt that the cause of the matter was him, so it felt like his fault that they were beaten up.

It also seemed to be his fault that his Royal Father was blamed by his three older brothers.

When Qi Xiuyuan received the letter, although he knew that he shouldn’t have, he still laughed heartily three times.

Then, he strictly ordered Qi Haoran not to beat up the four children because of this.

For the past two days, he had not received any more portraits.

It was hard to say which he felt more ofaEUR”relief or disappointment.

Hence, when Little Treasure mentioned it now, Qi Xiuyuan smiled and felt a little disappointed.

“No matter how life-like the portraits are, it’s not as good as seeing it in person.” Qi Xiuyuan turned to Li Jinghua and said, “Although Haoran and Sister-in-law won’t mistreat my second son, we still have to send him his things.

By the way, ask him what he needs and send it to him.” “Don’t worry, Your Majesty.

I’ll get Wenchen to ask Wensu and prepare the things for him.

It’ll be sent over with the New Year goods.” Qi Xiuyuan nodded.

This matter was over just like that, and no one mentioned Concubine Zhao.

The Emperor and Little Treasure could forget about Concubine Zhao, but the Empress could not.

Concubine Zhao had been grounded by the Emperor with an excuse, but she could not be grounded indefinitely.

Moreover, it was about time the Second Prince’s matter was made public.

They had to tell her about this beforehand, or else things could turn ugly should she make a fuss about it afterwards.

After some thought, the Empress personally went to see Concubine Zhao.

Half a year of confinement had turned Concubine Zhao extremely skinny.

When she saw the Empress, she was fearful and hateful, but she could not help but kneel down and bow deeply.

Li Jinghua sighed and asked someone to help her up.

She pitied Concubine Zhao but would not sympathize with her.

After all, although she was pitiful, she did want to deal with the Crown Prince back then.

The Empress deliberated for a moment and said, “Concubine Zhao, His Majesty feels that it’s not good for the Second Prince to stay in the palace, so he wants to send him to Guangzhou to be educated by Prince Rong and the Princess Consort.

I’m afraid you won’t be able to see the Second Prince for a few years.” Stunned, Concubine Zhao stared at the Empress in a daze, as if she did not understand her words.

Wen Cui, who was waiting behind the Empress, twitched her lips.

Did the Empress do it on purpose?

Fancy telling Concubine Zhao about such a matter so directly.

Knowing Concubine Zhao’s temperament, she would probably go mad from anger.

in formal language, which Little An translated for them