Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 882 Phoenix Seeking Phoenix

"I?"

Zhao Xi turned around in surprise and saw the female official in charge standing beside the screen, looking at her with a smile.

"Yes, your Majesty has gone to the study. If you have nothing to do, you can entertain yourself first." After the female official said this, she nodded slightly and went out.

She was the only one left in the hall.

Zhao Xiwei sat for a while, bored, and put his fingers on the piano, pressing the strings, and plucking casually -

With a "clang" sound, everything was silent.

After a while, the sound of the piano began to rise, the white snow fluttered her slender hands, and the green water cleared her heart.

Zhao Xiwei could no longer remember whether she was familiar with music, and she could not tell whether the guqin was valuable. However, when she played the tune casually, it seemed as if she was assisted by God. The sound of the tune was clear and transparent, like a cool icy spring flowing out.

Zhao Xiwei kept plucking the piano with her fingertips, the sound of the piano drifted in the palace, and her mind was also disrupted.

Zhong Qi has been dead for a long time, and there is no one in the world who understands him.

She was sitting here playing the piano today, not to practice music, nor to please her lover, she was just following orders - the female official said that the piano was prepared for her, so it must be for the new emperor to listen to it.

Since she had to listen, she couldn't disobey.

She remembered Liu Jishan's words.

Liu Jishan said that she lost a child and Li Xuanye threw her into prison.

  Fortunately, she couldn't remember such a painful thing or such a heartless person, otherwise, how miserable would she be now?

But, it is this person who holds her life and death in his hands. How can she turn things around?

"Zheng——" The strings of the piano trembled suddenly, and she was awakened from her chaotic thoughts.

Suddenly I looked up and saw a man in a black robe standing with his hands behind his back.

She was stunned for a moment and forgot how to react.

Li Xuanye's eyes swept across the guqin, and he said in a light tone: "Not as good as before."

Zhao Xiwei pressed his fingers on the strings, frowned, and said nothing.

On the first day of his accession to the throne, he summoned her here. There must be a reason, right? It seems that the new emperor is not a sentimental person. He was very decisive and efficient in the Supreme Court that day.

  Could it be that he came here just to listen to her sing a song?

While he was thinking, he flicked his sleeves and sat down on the dragon chair: "I didn't play this song carefully, let's play it again."

Play another song? Zhao Xiwei looked at the zither, then at him, somewhat surprised.

"What?" He glanced at me, and an invisible pressure came over me. "Don't want to?"

Zhao Xi lowered her head slightly and finally determined the purpose of his summoning her - he was clearly angry with her that day in the Supreme Court, but did not do anything to her out of decency.

She would not argue with him over such a trivial matter.

The new emperor has ascended the throne, and a grand ceremony will probably be held soon. At that time, she will be able to start using the mysterious art.

If anything unexpected happens, the new emperor will have to make a fuss about it.

Thinking of this, she plucked the strings of the harp and asked, "What would you like to hear, Your Majesty?"

I regretted asking as soon as I asked - she simply didn't know how to do it.

"Let's play a song..." He held the ink brush, but his eyes were looking at her. After a moment's thought, "Let's play the song of Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix."

This is not difficult. "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix" is not a rare song. It has been popular among the people for a long time. Young men and women often use this song to express their feelings and to prove their mutual love.

But he was the emperor, and he had a new love, so he summoned her and played a song of phoenix seeking phoenix...

Zhao Xi lowered her eyes slightly, and her fingertips plucked the strings, leaving a deep tremor that echoed in the huge hall, with a kind of absent-minded thoughts. Li Xuanye no longer looked at her, but just spread out the scroll and wrote something, as if he didn't care about her hesitation at all.

Zhao Xiwei raised her hand again, her light green sleeves fluttering in the wind, her pair of jade-like and snow-white wrists suddenly turned, and her slender fingers plucked the strings of the zither.

My mind was in a mess and floating. The sound of the piano was no longer as clear and lively as before. A good song like "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix" actually sounded like it reflected the passage of time.

Li Xuanye paused and stopped writing, the tip of the pen hovering, with the last stroke of the word "舍" remaining. The bright yellow silk embroidered with landscapes, sun and moon patterns, against the backdrop of vigorous and clear black regular script, was the solemnity and majesty that an imperial edict should have.

Zhao Xiwei's fingertips moved softly, and she became more and more proficient in the music, and she could play it more and more casually.

When the last note fell, she raised her hands, and the lingering sound still lingered in the hall.

She raised her eyes to the throne and saw the emperor staring at her with dark eyes.

"You are so absent-minded. Playing the piano for me, isn't that unfair to you?" His tone was indifferent, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry.

Compared to last time, he seemed much calmer, but...

  But it is even more elusive!

Zhao Xi looked at him calmly.

Li Xuanye had changed out of his court robes and was wearing only a dark-colored casual suit with gold patterns. He had taken off the emperor's crown with pearls. At this moment, he was holding the pen and staring at it. There was no trace of ambiguity, only the emperor's pressure.

Zhao Xiwei didn't want to cause any more trouble, so she avoided the attack and lowered her eyes, saying, "...I am not good enough in my art and have humiliated His Majesty. This is my fault..." She spoke clearly, without any fear at all, and paused for a moment, "It is an honor to play the zither for Your Majesty, but Your Majesty is busy with many things, and I am a criminal, so I shouldn't stay here. After the song is over, I should go back."

Even to the most nitpicking censor, this passage would be impeccable and reasonable.

But because it is too flawless, it makes the new emperor seem a little stretched and unreasonable.

Li Xuanye clenched the imperial pen and remained silent.

After a moment of silence, he spoke with a somewhat cold tone: "Go back? Go back where? To the prison of the Imperial Court?"

Zhao Xiwei's eyebrows twitched slightly: "Where does your majesty want me to go?"

Li Xuanye put down his pen and said in a low voice, "Zhao Xiwei."

Zhao Xiwei immediately became alert.

Sensing her distance, he smiled and said sarcastically, "You would rather stay in jail than see me, right?"

  What does this have to do with that!?

Zhao Xiwei was confused and frowned, "Didn't His Majesty put me in jail?"

From what she knew, he had no deep feelings for her and did not cherish her. Didn't she feel it was redundant to ask such a question now?

Li Xuanye stood up suddenly: "Zhao Xiwei!"

Zhao Xiwei clenched her palms and looked around. There were many guards standing outside the door. If he ordered her to be killed, she would be unable to escape even if she had wings.

There was deathly silence in the palace. After a moment, he stepped down from the throne and slowly walked to her side.

Zhao Xiwei stepped back.

Just this avoidance made his eyes even colder. Across the piano table, he asked, "Zhao Xiwei, was it me who put you in jail?"

Zhao Xi was silent.

He stared at her for a long time, then slowly spoke: "I favor you everywhere, gave you convenience, and let you track down clues, but you burned the evidence privately! Zhao Xiwei..." He called her, raised his hand suddenly, and pinched her chin, "How can I protect you if you act like this!"

He no longer called himself "I", but his aura became even more dangerous.

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I also want to torture the prince to death, he is too much...