Chapter 797: Brother Ye's Identity (2)

Impossible? The birth mother of the Fourth Prince is Noble Consort Shu, and she only had him.

"Crown Princess?" The Empress reminded her again, and Nangong Nini then came to her senses and looked at the Empress, "This is... Once, the Fourth Prince heard that I could paint portraits, so he asked me to paint one for him. This has been put off for a long time, and now I just remembered it."

The Empress was not so easily fooled. "Aren't there painters in the Palace? Why must you do the painting?"

"He finds the palace painters too dull, having to sit for an entire day. I'm different; I can paint from memory. Mother, do you think my painting looks like him?" Nangong Nini asked with a smile, regaining her composure and smiling quite naturally.

The Empress looked again carefully and then said, "The age is very close, but this nose and mouth don't quite resemble him; the nose is too straight, and the lips are too thin. The painting is actually more handsome than the Fourth Prince."