Qingchuan History

Chapter 25 The Night Banquet

Generally speaking, Gu Xinglang is a person who does not show his emotions or anger.Anger is also mild anger, and laughter is also a smile. There are no ups and downs of emotions, as if they were born this way.This is also why he has a very good-looking youthful face, but he always gives people a sense of maturity.

Occasionally, relatively strong warm emotions will appear on his face, like now, he is looking at Ji Wanling talking.Even though there was a distance of several feet, Shangguan Concubine and Duan Xirun still felt that warmth.

Enviable.

Ruan Xueyin didn't have time to pay attention to Gu Xinglang's expression.She was looking at Shangguan Concubine and Duan Xirun.

Including myself, the three of them are from the three kingdoms of Yin, Bai and Wei respectively.Although Ji Wanling was reserved, she meant something, and it was in front of their faces.

Even if it is completely logical to rule the world as the overlord of Qingchuan, if they say it like this, how can they deal with themselves?Ruan Xueyin was influenced by Jiji and had a weak sense of national borders, so she didn't think so. Aren't those two embarrassing?Or does Ji Wanling feel that others may not be able to hear the sub-string?

Shangguan Concubine was sitting diagonally across from her, and she was smiling, as if she didn't feel anything wrong.

Her scene skills have always been top-notch, and it is easy to keep calm.

Ruan Xueyin turned sideways and said to Duan Xirun sitting next to her, "This painting is majestic and detailed, it's really excellent."

Duan Xirun didn't expect Ruan Xueyin to talk to him suddenly. After all, the latter had never chatted at the banquet before. He was surprised at first, but immediately showed off his face, "It's really good. Such a long scroll was written by Mrs. Yu alone. It's amazing."

Unlike Shangguan Concubine, Duan Xirun didn't seem to hear anything, and the innocence of showing off her face and smiling was the same as when she first entered Zhexue Palace that day.

One flower, one world, maybe in her eyes, there are really not so many overtones and puns.

Ruan Xueyin felt a little relieved, but also a little envious.After all, there are people in this world who live like this, with little thought, little calculation, and flowers blooming like brocades when they look up.

Then she remembered Gu Xinglang's sentence just now, "Just this one time, never an example", perhaps not only talking about painting, but also reminding Ji Wanling to be cautious?

Is his attitude towards the unification of the four countries different from others?Or do you not want to be too obvious in front of the three of them?

I couldn't hold back my thoughts together until it was vague as if someone was whispering in my ear——

Yunxi?

"Ma'am. It's your turn, ma'am."

She regained her senses, only to realize that everyone at the banquet looked over in unison again, turned their heads to look up, and Gu Xinglang and Diyan were also looking at her.His expression was the same as when he was at Yuehua Terrace, his expression was light and indifferent, without any emotion, his eyes were like starlight.

"Madam Pei, it's your turn."

Seeing that Ruan Xueyin hadn't got up, Diyan reminded him respectfully again.

Yunxi didn't know what Ruan Xueyin had prepared.Just because she didn't even know about it, the atmosphere was extremely tense at this moment.

But she soon realized that the tension only belonged to herself and had nothing to do with Ruan Xueyin.

Because the latter stood up without haste, and said with a blessing:

"Forgive me, Your Majesty. The congratulatory gifts prepared by the concubines have to wait until a certain time to present them. The time has not come yet. May I ask Mrs. Jin and Mrs. Zhen to present the gifts first?"

According to the rules, the order of presenting gifts must be ranked according to the four wives.And the congratulatory gifts are all prepared in advance, so what time are you waiting?Of course, there was no precedent for this. For a moment, everyone looked at Gu Xinglang who was sitting on a high place in the north of the hall.

Gu Xinglang didn't care much, and nodded almost without thinking: "It's okay."

Di Yan understands without delay:

"Then please invite Mrs. Jin."

Shangguan concubine reacted very quickly, and gave Xi Wu, her personal servant, a wink, and saw Xi Wu raised her hand and clapped three times lightly, and then two palace servants carried a black xylophone into the hall, and they were soon placed in the hall. right in the middle.I also saw four women in light grass-colored skirts stepping into the hall, standing in a row about ten feet behind the ebony, each of them was holding the same object in their hands, of different sizes, all covered under the light gauze, and it was impossible to tell whether it was What.

When everything was ready, Shangguan concubine left the table and walked towards the center of the hall.With just a gentle step, you can see layers of waves on the hem of the purple skirt, like a whole string of roses.She walked to the side of the piano and smiled sweetly:
"The courtiers and concubines are not talented, they only know how to pluck the strings and play the pipe. I will play a piece of clumsy, and I hope that the king will be in good health, and the fortune of the Great Qi will last forever."

After finishing speaking, she Shi Shiran sat down in front of the piano, lightly raised her ten fingers, and placed them on the strings, only to hear a very melancholy sound of plucking the strings, then the second sound, the third sound, the ending was extremely long, and there was a lot of blank space , the rhythm is unusually slow.Then there are a little more syllables, and the rhythm is faster, like a mountain stream ding-dong, or like an empty forest swaying, the sound of the piano gradually gives rise to some emotion from the melancholy.

Ruan Xueyin is not good at musical instruments, and she doesn't listen much, but she recognized this piece from the first note.

Guangling stopped.

This is the only piece Jing Ting Ge can play.In the years of Pengxi Mountain where I hated having to sleep twelve hours a day and only studied for further studies, learning the piano was naturally a luxury.So she only learned this piece and played it for ten years.

So much so that even the teacher later said that she is the only one in the world who can only play a song at the national level.

Therefore, although Ruan Xueyin seldom listens to qin music, she has listened to Guangling Zhixi at the national level for many years.

Shangguan Concubine is really good at playing the piano.Compared with Jingting Song, it can only be said that the artistic conception and style are different, and there is no need to compete.

This piece of music is so famous that everyone at the banquet knew about it, and they all paid attention to it for a while, as elegant as King Ning and even slightly closed their eyes, as if entering the realm of the piano.

But she didn't finish playing.

After half a stick of incense, the sound of the piano suddenly stopped at a high place.The lingering sound lingered over the main hall, and there was something ethereal in the vain and restless mood of the midsummer night.

No one applauds.

The duet is not over.

Shangguan Concubine stood up, greeted Gu Xinglang with a blessing, and walked towards the No. 1 maid on the left behind her.The green gauze was uncovered, and a bamboo flute was placed on the tray.

She held the bamboo flute to her lips, and the melodious sound resounded in the hall like a spring warbler.And following the rhythm of the melody, the flute player also moves lightly in lotus steps, sometimes jumps, sometimes turns, his waist is like a soft willow, and his jade sleeves are blown by the wind.It was actually a bamboo flute dance.

The melody is played continuously, the dancing steps are non-stop, the green yarn is uncovered one by one, the pipa is replaced with a bamboo flute, the hole flute is replaced with a pipa, and finally a phoenix-headed harp.

The curling sounds of cheng and feng rang out one after another, and each instrument seemed to be given life in the hands of Shangguan Concubine.According to the shape of different musical instruments in her hands, she also constantly changes her body posture and movements. Against the backdrop of several light grass-colored maids behind her, the purple dress is like a thousand roses blooming at the same time, creating a flowing wind and snow by one person. feeling.

Not to mention the superb skills.This thought alone is eye-catching enough.

Ruan Xueyin deflected her gaze a little without a trace, and Gu Xinglang's faint smile seemed to deepen a bit from the corner of her eye.

Without looking at her, she could feel that Duan Xirun became a little nervous, because the air between the seats on the left was frozen.

She understood a little bit.

I thought it would be good for Shangguan concubine to play music and Duan Xirun to dance, each showing their own strengths.Unexpectedly, Shangguan concubine can take up both of them by herself, even if her dancing posture is not top-notch, after all, she is playing an instrument at the same time, so her performance is already excellent.

In comparison, Duan Xirun still played cards according to common sense and tried to dance a dance seriously, which paled a lot.

but--

All the ingenious skills in the world may not be worth a deep heart.

Ruan Xueyin watched Shangguan concubine strike the last syllable, ending the last look back, at this moment she said her congratulatory message and thanked her in high spirits, thinking silently in her heart.

It's not that Shangguan concubine has no sincerity.It's just that if you use your mind too much, it will appear to be floating.If Duan Xirun could dance so heartfeltly and soul-stirringly, he would not lose to her.

(End of this chapter)