"I can only say he's been wildly imagining things, and his painting skills aren't anything special, either. Look at the County Vice-Magistrate's Five-Eyed Fierce Wolf Painting. The five eyes are clearly part of one whole—it's meant to depict a single ferocious beast. And he's gone and painted five oxen?"
"But I have to say, he paints fast. Su Zhe and Yan Xuan are only halfway done, and he arrived last, yet he was the first to finish."
"Is this a contest to see who can paint fastest?"
"..."
The County Vice-Magistrate's Five-Eyed Fierce Wolf Painting had already shown them the right direction, yet he'd still thought to split the five eyes apart and paint five Kui Oxen?
Su Zhe heard the voices around him. He paused briefly, then calmly continued painting.
Chu Yu glanced over, a trace of disdain passing between her brows. She remembered how Su Zhe had called the fourth painting included with the Painting Rain Pavilion's earlier purchase an unnecessary embellishment. Now it seemed this scholar really was too clever for his own good.
Just then, three figures hurried into the Painting Gallery.
"Painter Yuan is back," someone murmured.
"Not just Painter Yuan. Those two... are Lord Feng and Lord Liu!"
Everyone was startled. Why had the two officials come out of the Painting Gallery?
And why did they look so hurried?
At the sound, Su Zhe looked up. A flash of delight crossed his face as Liu Sitong and Feng Yuan strode toward him.
Lord Liu had even brought Lord Feng to see my Five-Eyed Violent Bear Painting...
Suppressing his excitement, he rose without showing either joy or displeasure and bowed. "Lord Liu, Lord Feng..."
Chu Yu hurriedly bowed as well.
As for Wu Tian, his eyes darted about. He bent his back and lowered his