Lady Changning

Chapter 39 Showing Art (3)

Fengzao Palace

Si Qing left the maid behind him, and his only son walked into the palace alone.Above the main hall, a gentle and majestic woman was tasting tea, and she was not surprised by Si Qing's appearance, as if she had agreed to meet her.

"See empress empress." Si Qing saluted respectfully.

The queen dismissed the maids around her, leaving only Si Qing and her in the hall.

"how?"

"She's a good seedling, but her temper is a bit weak. If she is buried alone in the prime minister's mansion, she may not be able to make her mark." Si Qing reported truthfully in terms of observation.

After listening to Si Qing's report, the queen thought that she really saw the right person, Xi Changning was not the same as the people in the prime minister's mansion.With her talents, it would be a good thing if she could support the prince. The empress knew about the matter between her and the prince, but now that her status was embarrassing, she was born as a concubine, and it was impossible for her to reach a high position without someone to help her. Knowing how to observe words and expressions to approach her.That being the case, she would go back to build a bridge, this time the emperor's birthday must be Xi Changning, not Xi Hanxue.

"Don't let her know that Bengong told you to do this. How to train it is also your business. Bengong will not intervene."

It was the emperor's birthday, and the crown prince was about to come of age. The queen didn't want to interfere too much, so as not to be caught by those with malicious intentions.

"Empress, don't worry, Si Qing will definitely train her well."

Si Qing has already dealt with Xi Changning, although it is not a close friendship, but based on her experience in seeing people, this girl has a deep heart and a delicate mind, which is a good material.only……

"Empress, Si Qing is bold. No matter how we train him, the emperor is afraid that Xi Hanxue is the one he likes. Prime Minister Xi has a high position in the court, and his family is trying his best to cultivate the eldest lady Xi Hanxue. It is not impossible for the emperor to have a heart. The prince will also let it go."

These empresses are not without worries. Xi Jian has an emperor, and the eldest wife in his family is a relative of the empress dowager, but the empress dowager and her natal family are incompatible with each other. If she hadn't been pregnant with the dragon species back then, I am afraid that the position of empress would have been given to the empress dowager's natal family People sit down.Fortunately, Xi Jian is not a traitor and can't have any thoughts, but the queen mother doesn't think so. The queen mother always wants her natal family's dragon descendants to sit on the throne, otherwise there would not be so many her natal family members in the harem .

"Xi Changning is enough. Xi Jian just wants to continue the glory of the family. Although Xi Hanxue intends to cultivate Xi Hanxue, Xi Changning is also his daughter. In the end, he still has to admit it. Besides, Xi Jian is also a smart person. I will blindly listen to the words of the eldest lady or the queen mother. All this is still uncertain."

Si Qing was promoted by the empress, so it is not surprising that the empress said more to her. She understood what the empress meant, and knew that she knew enough, so she stopped asking and bowed to leave.

And this Xi Changning just let it be as soon as it comes, it has been lying on the canvas for a long time, and the sun in the spring makes people lazy, but it is a pity that she can't sleep, otherwise she must be sleeping.She can be sure that this is the first time she has met Si Qing, but Si Qing seems to treat her too specially, presumably there must be someone behind Si Qing.If you don't think about it, there are only a few people you know in the palace. After all, they are not bad. After you know it, you also understand that you will not be in any danger.

"...When we are together, mandarin ducks don't sleep alone. But if you see a newcomer laughing, then ask the old one to cry..."

It is "Beauty Song".In this deep palace compound, someone actually sang such a sad song in broad daylight.Who is the one?Xi Changning followed the singing and came to a small river through the flowers and plants. It seemed that there were not many people here, and the railings by the river were a little dilapidated, and the singing came from the pavilion on the other side of the river.But there is no way to find a way to the other side. Could it be that there is an isolated island in this palace?
In order to be able to see clearly, Xi Changning ignored the danger of falling into the river, and leaned close to the railing to look at the opposite bank. Fortunately, the two banks were not far apart and there was only a small river in the middle, but the depth of the river was not flattering.In the pavilion, a woman in a long white gauze dress is singing and dancing, her face is covered with white gauze, she can't see her real appearance, and her movements are soft and soft, which is even more beautiful than Xi Hanxue.But for some reason, she began to repeat the same lyric as she sang, and when the newcomers laughed, the old ones cried.At the end of the singing, it had turned into a hoarse roar, and finally turned into wild laughter, and the dancing was no longer graceful, and even a little chaotic.

"Who are you? You're wearing a red dress, haha...you want to marry! I want to marry!"

Xi Changning already knew that this woman must be a lunatic, but it's a pity that she danced.

"Miss Four! Miss Four!"

The maid's voice came from behind Xi Changning, who should have come to deliver lunch, and when she looked across the river, the pavilion was empty, as if everything she saw just now was her imagination.She didn't think much about turning around and returning to the original canvas.

"Miss Si, where have you been? I'm dying of anxiety."

It seems that the maid is really anxious, even the sweat is coming out of her forehead.

"I saw the flowers blooming just right there, so I went to have a look."

Only then did the palace maid feel relieved, and arranged the delivered lunch one by one.Xi Changning was not in the mood to eat, she was still thinking about what happened just now, she didn't believe that all of this was her own imagination.

"What's your name? How many years have you been in the palace?"

Perhaps the lady in front of her would know something.

"Servant Chunxiang. It has been five years since she entered the palace."

It has been five years, and according to Xi Changning's observation of the decay of the buildings on the other side of the lake, it has been at least ten years. The maid in front of him may not know much.

"Do you know who lives on the other side of the lake?"

Chunxiang shook her head, not to mention the other side of the lake, she had never even been to the place where she was standing now, Master Si also wondered why the lady in front of her came here?

For Chunxiang, Xi Changning had no hope at all, and it was expected to hear such an answer, but it aroused her curiosity even more.

"Go back and tell Mr. Si that you can come to pick up the painting in an hour."

Chunxiang was surprised, the fourth lady spent the whole morning here without painting at all, how could she be able to paint such a big canvas well with one thing?Seeing that Xi Changning was full of confidence, Chunxiang packed up the food, left in a hurry, and hurried to report to Master Si Qing.

An hour later, Lord Si Qing brought the maids to the place where Xi Changning was, but no one could be seen from Xi Changning, only a huge canvas was left, with ink dotted on it and a flower that could be seen everywhere.Master Si Qing was a little surprised, even a little angry, did she miss it?Or is she not transparent?She intends to teach Xi Changning dance skills, but Xi Changning is very perfunctory.After thinking about it carefully, Si Qing felt that he would not have misjudged the person.

"Take away the canvas, lay a new one tomorrow, and take that pen with me by the way."

The next day, Xi Changning appeared here again.In fact, she knew that Master Si Qing would definitely send her back here because of yesterday's painting. Although Master Si Qing did no harm to her, she cared more about the woman on the other side than this matter.

Xi Changning simply placed the canvas on the bank of the river, always paying attention to the changes in the pavilion on the opposite bank.Sure enough, at about the same hour yesterday, the woman in white appeared again, with the same dance and the same song, Xi Changning wanted to paint this moment with a paintbrush, but this time Lord Si Qing actually took away the paintbrush.

"Hahaha, come dance. Come on." The woman started laughing wildly again.

But then she became quiet. She looked at Xi Changning without taking her eyes off it. Xi Changning was rarely seen sweating on his back.

"Red clothes, red clothes, red clothes." The woman in white kept repeating these two words.

Seeing her staring longingly at her red dress, Xi Changning took off her coat, but there was no way to pass it to her. The river is not wide or narrow, even a man may not be able to throw it over.She looked helplessly at the red dress in her hand.

Seeing that she couldn't get the red dress, the woman in white looked sad, and sang a beautiful woman song at random, and she didn't forget to dance while singing.Xi Changning really wanted to draw her dancing posture, but she was afraid that the person would disappear if she lowered her head and then raised her head again, so she simply took off her embroidered shoes, dipped her feet in ink and stared at the woman intently.

Seeing Xi Changning's strange behavior, the woman also imitated Xi Changning's movements.Coupled with her graceful dancing posture, even Xi Changning was dumbfounded.Xi Changning suddenly remembered what Master Si Qing said, painting is the same as learning to dance, you just think of yourself as a pen.It seems that Master Si Qing intends to force her to learn dancing, but is this woman in front of her deliberately arranged or let her meet by chance?

When Xi Changning came back to his senses, the woman disappeared again, and the canvas was only a few footprints that Xi Changning had just stepped on.It seems that we have to wait until tomorrow to figure it out, Xi Changning learned the girl's dance steps from memory, it was very stiff, and there were several steps missing in the middle.Xi Changning sat down on the grass, looked at the pavilion, as if the woman hadn't left, and couldn't help singing the song sung by the woman.

But when the newcomers laugh, ask the old ones to cry.

Tayue Pavilion

Mingyu looked at the young lady's shoes and socks in surprise. If the young lady hadn't said it again, she would have thought that the young lady had gone into the ink.

"Mingyu prepare an extra pair of shoes and socks for me tomorrow."

Mingyu was curious and couldn't help asking more questions.

"Miss, Mingyu has heard of those dancers whose feet are so worn out that their skin bleeds, but I haven't seen anyone who can practice ink."

As Mingyu spoke, she still did not forget to tap the basin of ink that was washed out with her hand.

Xi Changning ignored the nagging Mingyu, still thinking about that woman in white, who could it be?Why was he imprisoned on an isolated island in the palace?captivity.Thinking of this word, Xi Changning was even more sure that this woman was unusual.

"Mingyu, is there any movement in Xuege?"

Withdrawing his curiosity about the woman in white, Xi Changning still did not forget the recent situation of Xi Hanxue in the hall.Originally, she wanted to ruin Xi Hanxue's dance to prevent her from being in the limelight, but now it seems that someone wants to help Xi Changning. No matter who it is, the result is the most important, and Xi Changning will not waste this opportunity in vain.

"Recently, the eldest lady has been practicing dancing day and night, and even the eldest lady has gone outside to invite the best dancer back to the house. Other things are fine."

The more Xi Hanxue worked, the more exciting her disappointed expression would be. She deserved all of this.If she had known sisterhood in her previous life, she would not be like this in this life.

"Go get me some canvases the size of a bed."

Mingyu was surprised, such a big canvas, what is it going to do?The young lady knew that she was good at painting, but if she hadn't dealt with Taifu's painting on weekdays, she would never have seen her move the brush.

"Miss, are you going to...paint?" Mingyu asked in a low voice.

"Practice dance."

Mingyu was even more confused. What does this canvas have to do with dancing practice?But what the lady said must be right.Thinking about it, the hands and feet are ready to go.

(End of this chapter)