Long Sword and Jun Wu

Walking out of the back door of Zichen Hall is Penglai Hall, where the pear garden is located.

Song Zhimin had been leading the way humbly and did not dare to neglect. King Yong Li Ze walked slowly as if strolling in the courtyard. Gongsun Ling was always half a step behind him, following behind and to the right of King Yong.

Li Ze turned around and looked at Gongsun Ling, and asked with a gentle smile: "Is this the first time for Mrs. Gongsun to enter the palace? Are you a little nervous?"
Gongsun Ling also smiled back, "It's acceptable, thank you for your concern, His Highness King Yong."
Li Ze asked again: "Ms. Gongsun's dancing skills are amazing. I was amazed after seeing her last night. Judging from her movements, she seems to know martial arts and swordsmanship. I wonder who she studied under?"
Gongsun Ling avoided the important and took the easy, "My home is not far from Taihe Mountain, so I learned a few tricks from Master Ye and incorporated them into the dance. In fact, they were all just fancy and useless."
Li Ze smiled again, "Mrs. Gongsun is too vain." Then he asked, "Where is your family name, Gongsun?"

Gongsun Ling: "Hangzhou Mansion."
Li Ze nodded and praised Gongsun Ling: "Hangzhou is a good place, with beautiful scenery of the West Lake, a peach blossom and a willow tree, heaven in the sky, Suzhou and Hangzhou underground, and yet you can be as beautiful as you, Lady Gongsun." , it can be seen that the name of Hangzhou Prefecture, a paradise, is true."
Hearing him boast that he was like anything in the sky or on the earth, Gongsun Ling looked at Li Ze in surprise, thinking that His Highness was too enthusiastic, but looking carefully at his expression, he seemed to be innocent. It didn't seem like he did it intentionally. Could it be that he was just True temperament?

Gongsun Ling didn't know whether to be happy or to remind him that they didn't know each other that well. However, due to his status as a prince, he could only pretend to smile shyly, "Your Highness, you are so complimentary. I was just born into an ordinary family. I happened to know some dancing skills and was praised by the saint." Just saw it."
Li Ze chuckled and said, "Actually, you don't need to be so cautious. Just treat Gu as a partner. You and I have to work together well. In two months, we have to perform well in front of the saint."
Gongsun Ling did not dare to take these words seriously, so he could only reply with a smile: "Yes, Your Highness King Yong."
Seeing that Gongsun Ling was still so unfamiliar, Li Ze curled his lips, seeming a little aggrieved.

Penglai Hall is quite large, even bigger than Zichen Hall. Song Zhimin introduced each hall to the two of them in a low voice as he walked.

After walking through the corridor, there was a middle-aged female officer coming towards the corner at the front.

As they got closer, the female official saw clearly that they were King Yong Li Ze and Song Zhimin, so she knelt down and saluted: "See His Highness King Yong, the envoy of Song Jiao."
Li Ze was very easy-going, "No courtesy, just get up."
When Song Zhimin saw the person coming, he smiled and said, "Ni Zhangwu is very polite. Did today's choreography go well?"

Ni Zhangwu replied calmly, "It's okay, but I haven't decided on the person who will lead the dance yet."
Song Zhimin said: "Thank you for your hard work palm dancing. Come, let me introduce Lady Gongsun to you."
Song Zhimin pointed at Gongsun Ling and said with a smile: "This is Gongsun Ling from Qianyi Pavilion. The saint was so amazed by her dancing skills last night that she specially invited her to the pear garden to dance with His Royal Highness King Yong during the Qianqiu Festival."
Only then did Ni Zhangwu see Gongsun Ling behind King Yong. When he saw her face clearly, Ni Zhangwu was obviously stunned and couldn't help but murmured: "Zhi."
But she seemed to realize something and immediately closed her mouth. After a while, Ni Zhangwu tried her best to smile and said, "Ms. Gongsun, you are polite. My name is Ni An. I am Zhangwu from Liyuan. They also call me Aunt Ni."
Gongsun Ling bowed and saluted: "Aunt Ni."
Ni An looked a little embarrassed, which was completely different from the calm and indifferent tone just now. She glanced at Gongsun Ling again, and then hurriedly bowed to King Yong and left. "This servant is going to the Clothing Bureau to discuss the costumes for the dancers for the Thousand Autumn Festival, so I have to leave first."
Li Ze hummed softly, and Song Zhimin replied: "Okay, you go ahead."
Ni An immediately turned around and left quickly without looking back, as if he was running for his life.

Song Zhimin looked at Ni An's back and was a little confused: "This Ni Zhangwu is usually neither impatient nor impatient. He is very calm when things happen. I don't know what happened today, but he is like going to the market like this?"
Gongsun Ling did not ignore Ni An's unusualness after seeing himself.She took advantage of the situation and asked Song Zhimin, "Master Song, this Aunt Ni is a palm dancer, so she must be a very skilled dancer, right?"

Song Zhimin continued to lead the two of them forward, and replied as he walked, "Actually, it's not bad, but she has been in this Liyuan for almost 20 years. In terms of seniority, she can be considered a veteran of the Liyuan, and she is older than our family. But she has been here for almost [-] years." As for dancing skills, our family heard that a dancer at the same time as her had extremely high dancing skills and was deeply loved by the emperor and ladies in the palace. However, we heard that she later got married and had children, so she left the opera house."
Gongsun Ling was moved when she heard this, and quickly asked, "What is the name of that dancer? Does Song Jiao recognize her?"

Song Zhimin shook his head, "We were just a young eunuch in the palace at that time. How could he be qualified to enter the opera garden? Besides, it was a past event more than ten years ago, and no one wants to delve into it anymore."
Gongsun Ling was a little disappointed, but looking at Ni Zhangwu's expression just now, he knew that there were still clues to find out, so he relaxed a little and followed Song Zhimin forward.

Song Zhimin took her and Yong Wang Li Ze to the first dance hall. There were already ten dancers in the hall. When they saw Song Zhimin and Li Ze beside him, their eyes shone and they all bowed down.

Li Ze still asked them to waive the courtesy. Song Zhimin introduced Gongsun Ling to them. Gongsun Ling greeted them with a smile, and the dancers also smiled in return.But when Song Zhimin introduced that she would be co-starring in a song with Yong Wang Li Ze during the Qianqiu Festival, the expressions of these dancers completely changed.

Some are jealous, some are sad, and some look down upon them.All those grievances were finally directed at Gongsun Ling.

They couldn't understand how such a good thing as dancing with His Highness Prince Yong could happen to a novice like Gongsun Ling.

Gongsun Ling didn't pay attention at first, but his resentment was so strong that he couldn't ignore it in the end.

Song Zhimin was also an experienced dancer and knew that something was wrong with the atmosphere, so he hurriedly took Li Ze and Gongsun Ling to another dance hall.

"His Royal Highness King Yong, Madam Gongsun, you will use this dance practice hall. Please don't worry, I will give instructions. From now on, during the Qianqiu Festival, this place will only be used by you two, and no one else will come."
Li Ze nodded with satisfaction, "Very good." He said to Gongsun Ling, "Ms. Gongsun, let's rehearse the dance here tomorrow before it's time, okay?"

Li Ze still has official duties and has to deal with his own official duties before noon, so it is impossible to rehearse with Gongsun Ling all the time.

"Okay, Your Highness Prince Yong." As a prince, Li Ze condescended to come to the Liyuan to practice dancing with her, so Gongsun Ling naturally didn't dare to do so.

"Well, I still have something to do, so let's take a step forward and see you tomorrow." Li Ze nodded to the two of them, then turned and left.

After sending off Li Ze respectfully, Song Zhimin breathed a sigh of relief. From tomorrow on, he would just leave this responsibility to Gongsun Ling.

Finally, I came to the Liyuan that I had been thinking about, and started the most prosperous sword dance mode in the Tang Dynasty.