The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

Chapter 617

Lu Wanshan put his arm around Shen Lian's shoulder and said.

"Okay, I'll do it when I have time."

Shen Lian did not refuse Lu Wanshan's invitation. Among the Embroidered Uniform Guards, Shen Lian and Lu Wanshan had a good relationship. Lu Wanshan was a big and rough guy who didn't have a deep mind, and Shen Lian liked to be friends with people like him.

Not long after Lu Wanshan left, Tang Bohu and Wen Zhengming also woke up from their hangover. After Zhou Chu received the news, he had his servants bring them hangover soup. When the two of them came to Zhou Chu's study in a daze, Yun Jin also walked in.

"Little Yun Jin, come here and let your teacher take a good look at your paintings and see if you have fallen behind."

Tang Bohu's eyes lit up immediately when he saw Yun Jin.

Since returning to the capital from Tibet, Yun Jin no longer stayed at the Zhou residence every day as before; this was something her mother specifically told her.

"Are you planning to spend your whole life just being the younger sister of the weighing instrument? You're so old already, living in the Zhou mansion all day long, what kind of behavior is that?"

Madam Lu's words were a wake-up call. After that, Yun Jin basically lived at the Lu residence, occasionally visiting the Zhou residence.

This wasn't the first time Tang Bohu had met Yun Jin since arriving in the capital. When he first arrived, Yun Jin, as his student, had paid him a visit. However, at that time, Tang Bohu's mind was on eating, drinking, and having fun. It was only at this second meeting that Tang Bohu remembered to test Yun Jin's painting skills.

"Of course I didn't fall behind; I studied diligently without interruption."

As Yun Jin spoke, she picked up a pen from the desk, and Zhou Chu helped her lay out the paper. Looking at the paper in front of her, Yun Jin wrote with divine inspiration, and a freehand landscape painting was completed in one stroke.

"Great! Great! Great! Your drawing skills are almost better than your teacher's."

When Wen Zhengming saw the painting by Yun Jin, his eyes lit up.

Of course, Wen Zhengming's words were inevitably somewhat exaggerated. In terms of painting skills, Yun Jin was still far behind Tang Bohu. After all, Tang Bohu's painting skills had not remained stagnant over the years. Now, Tang Bohu's painting skills had already reached another level, a level that not only Zhou Chu could not reach, but even Yun Jin could only dream of.

"Sir, you flatter me. I am still far from good enough. My current painting skills are not even as good as yours when you were young and fashionable. Compared with you, I am still far behind."

Yun Jin said respectfully.

Tang Bohu, who was standing nearby, nodded upon hearing this.

"Not bad, not arrogant or impatient. What's even more remarkable is that your painting is unlike that of an ordinary woman. Paintings by ordinary women tend to have a bit of a petty, delicate quality. To put it nicely, they're called demure and pretty, but to put it bluntly, they're not presentable. Your painting is grand and magnificent. If you showed it to others, they would never have guessed that it was painted by a woman."

Tang Bohu picked up the painting Yun Jin had painted and was full of praise for it.

"Don't you even know who Yun Jin is? He's been leading troops in battle for so many years. What hasn't he seen of the vast and beautiful land of the Ming Dynasty, and the unpredictable storms at sea?"

Wen Zhengming, who was standing to the side, rolled his eyes and said.

"Second brother, Princess Deqing has invited my mother, my second brother and sister-in-law to visit the princess's residence. The princess also specifically asked my mother to invite you, our teacher, and our teacher's wife to come to the princess's residence together."

Yun Jin did not become complacent because of their praise; she had come to see Zhou Chu because she had something to do.

"Why would I go there when you people from the inner quarters are having a get-together?"

Tang Bohu blushed and said.

"What do you mean by 'people of the inner quarters'? How did Wenxin become someone of the inner quarters? And when did I become someone of the inner quarters? And what about the eldest son and daughter-in-law of the princess's family? Does Teacher perhaps have some unspeakable secret with the princess?"

Zhou Chu looked at Tang Bohu and couldn't help but tease him.

"What secret could there be? I'm already this old, I just find it inconvenient."

Tang Bohu explained.

"Then it's settled. Teacher, please call your wife and bring Tang Mo along. This little guy is so clever, the princess will definitely like him."