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Jiang Ning hurriedly waved her hand: âPut it down, let me take a look.â
The maid placed the basket in front of her.
Suddenly, Miaomiao ran over, jumped on her lap, and meowed a few times.
âGood Miaomiao.â Jiang Ning stroked its head, âAre you hungry? Chunlai, bring Miaomiaoâs cat bowl and prepare some food for it.â
Chunlai responded and brought a bowl of food.
Miaomiao jumped down and started eating quietly.
Chunlai, Xiachu, Qiulai, and Dongxie, as her accompanying maids, were all wearing brand-new clothes and looked bright and pretty.
Seeing the cat bowl, the expressions of the people in the room were a bit complicated.
Especially Jiang Yuan, who couldnât help but say: âJiang Seventh, did you steal this bowl from somewhere?â
âShut up if you canât talk. What can I do with a broken cat bowl? Get rich by stealing it?â Jiang Ning said annoyedly.
âBroken cat bowl?â Jiang Yuan sneered, thinking that you are just a poor girl, and using such valuable things as cat bowls would make you seem rich?
Jiang Yan whispered: âSeventh Sister, where did this bowl⦠come from?â âSomeone gave it to me.â
âThis bowl is very valuable; put it away and use another bowl for Miaomiao.â Jiang Yan cautiously advised, âYou are taking this cat to Prince of Yuâs residence; if people there see it, theyâll think our familyâs girls are arrogant.â Valuable?
Jiang Ning looked down at the cat bowl, feeling a slight stir in her heart.
This bowl was also given to her by Old Man Li.
She wanted to pick it up and take a closer look, but Miaomiao was eating. Nevermind.
She reached into the basket and took out a painting, then unfolded it and looked at it.
She didnât know much about painting and thought that the one in her hand wasnât that great.
But Jiang Yuan and Jiang Yanâs eyes lit up when they saw it.
âA Painting of the Sunset in Spring.â Jiang Yan murmured.
Jiang Yuan had already leaned over: âThis⦠must be fake, an imitation, for sure!â
Although they were both concubine-born daughters, they grew up in a scholarly family and followed their lady tutor since childhood, so they had at least some appreciation skills in terms of poetry, calligraphy, and painting. Jiang Yan said: âFifth Sister, are you sure? I think this is an authentic piece.â âImpossible!â Jiang Yuan immediately denied.
âIf you donât believe me, letâs ask Father and Third Brother.â
âWhoâs calling me?â
Jiang Yi happened to be at the door and walked in when he heard the voices. Seeing Jiang Ning dressed in a red wedding gown with a phoenix coronet on her head, he was dazzled.
He walked closer and looked carefully for a while: âLittle sister, you look beautiful.â n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Jiang Yuan couldnât stand her third brother praising Jiang Ning and pouted: âAny woman in a wedding dress looks good.â
Jiang Yi glanced at her: âWhat were you talking about just now?â
âThird Brother, please take a look at the painting in Seventh Sisterâs hands.â Jiang Yan hurriedly said.
âPainting?â Jiang Yi leaned in and looked, then exclaimed, âThis painting⦠seems to be an original.â
After carefully examining it for a moment, he was somewhat surprised: âI thought the original was in the palace. Itâs actually in our house? Is it part of Fatherâs collection?â
Jiang Ruobai, who was listening at the door, was devastated.
The one in his study was a fake, sobbing in distress.
Jiang Yi glanced at the cat bowl on the ground: âHuh, it looks like the one on Fatherâs desk.â
Jiang Ruobai:
Please, donât say it!
There are fakes in your own fatherâs room!
The real ones are right by this young girlâs catâs mouth!
Jiang Ning was also shocked.
So, the painting in her hands was valuable?
She reached into the basket and took out a porcelain cup: âAnd thisâ¦.â