After calming down for a while, he tidied up his clothes and quietly returned to the banquet. He couldn't help but go to see Concubine Hua first, and saw that she was still sitting alone drinking. Swallowing the novel www. Lingrong asked anxiously: "Where did my sister go? I haven't come back for so long.

Sister Mei has asked people to look for her several times."

I smiled lightly: "I was drunk and slept for a while in the side hall, but I overslept."

Lingrong breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "My sister is in deep sleep, and my sister is worried."

While I was talking, I saw Xuan Ling coming towards me and said, "Your maid said you had gone to change clothes. Why have you been gone for so long?"

"I was drunk and fell asleep for a long time before I woke up."

"I'm a little drunk too, so I asked someone to bring me some fruits to soothe the bar." The maid had already brought fresh fruits of various colors from the well water. The fruits in the snow-white porcelain plate were still dripping with sparkling water.

Extremely tempting.

The Queen smiled and said, "That's all. This lotus root was newly dug out of the lake. It's very crisp and tender." Everyone smiled and thanked them for tasting it.

Cao Jieyu came over and said with a smile: "Although today's singing and dancing are grand, they are a bit too rigid. This is a family banquet, and everyone here is family members, so why not think of something relaxing?"

Xuan Ling said: "You are the rightful master today. Let me hear what ideas you have."

"I think that all the sisters in the palace who serve the Holy Emperor must have their own merits. Why don't we write down these merits and draw lots on paper. Whoever catches what will perform it in public to entertain the guests. What does the emperor think?"

Xuan Ling nodded and said: "This idea is quite new. Just do what you said."

Cao Jieyu hurriedly went to prepare, but after a while she brought a square vase with blue and white patterns and said, "Sister Ronghua is pregnant and should not work hard. Let me take care of the job of drawing lots."

Xuan Ling said: "Why, you, the person who came up with the idea, don't you act in it yourself?"

Cao Jieyu said: "I have no talents. I can only play beads. It is really difficult for me to be an elegant person. I have already thought about it. No matter what the sisters perform, I will give you a string of beads as a gift."

Express your feelings. Your Majesty, do you agree?"

"That's barely enough."

Meizhuang said from the side: "What if the paper you win does not write about a certain sister's strengths?"

Cao Jieyu smiled and said: "Even if you are not a good person, you always know a little bit about the superficial things. Besides, we are sisters who see each other every day, so you can do whatever you want."

The banquet has been going on for half a day, and they are tired of listening to the music of silk and bamboo. Seeing Cao Jieyu mention this idea, they all find it interesting and eager to try it. The concubines in the palace have always used all kinds of treasures to compete for favors, and they are competing for beauty. Now seeing this move, it is again

The matter of competing for face in front of the emperor, empress, and nobles was all done with great ambition.

Cao Jieyu drew the queen to write the word "shou" on each hand of her left and right hands. The queen's exquisite calligraphy was a unique skill in the harem, let alone writing with both hands. As soon as the two characters "shou" came out, everyone praised her.

Concubine Duan was weak and had gone back to rest long ago. Feng Shuyi wrote a poem; Tian Guiren and Qin Fangyi played a song "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix" together; Liu Liangyuan painted a painting "Guanyin Sends Off Her Son"; all of them showed their style.

Cao Jieyu raised her hand, took out a paper sign and said in the palm of her hand: "This belongs to Zhen Wanyi." She unfolded the paper sign and looked at it, and she smiled first: "Ask my sister to compose the song "Jinghong Dance"."

He turned to Xuan Ling and said with a smile: "My sister's appearance is as graceful as a swimming dragon, graceful as a startling giant."1, but I have chosen this one, so it is obvious that it is my sister's turn to dance. Please don't push me away.

But."

With her hands slightly curled, "Jinghong Dance" was originally created by Mei Fei, a concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, and has been lost for a long time. Empress Chunyuan loves rhythm dance. She searched for the original dance several times and painstakingly modified it. Once she danced, she moved the world, no matter in the palace from then on.

It became very popular among the people, and wherever there was a well, there would be women performing the "Jinghong Dance". However, this "Jinghong Dance" is extremely difficult to learn, as it has strict requirements on body shape, and you cannot dance unless you have three to five years of skill.

It takes seven or eight years of hard work to achieve success. If you dance well, you will be astonished, but if you dance poorly, you will be imitating others and making people laugh.

Concubine Xin Gui is a person with a clear mind, and her face has already shown a bit of disdain: "Zhen Wanyi is so young, how can she write "The Dance of the Dragon"? It would be too difficult for others."

Cao Jieyu smiled and said: "Sister Xin is too small and underestimates sister Wanyi. My sister has always been smart. All women can dance in this "Jinghong Dance", how can my sister not be able to do it? Besides, it is reasonable for her to dance not as well as the old empress.

Among them, my sisters can just do as they please, and there is no need to be serious."

Concubine Xingui was complaining about me, but Cao Jieyu was so blocked that she couldn't say a word. She turned her face in anger and ignored her again.

Concubine Hua, who was pouring and drinking alone, said: "Since you can't dance, don't dance. Why force it? Therefore, the queen once danced all over the world, and no one can compare with her now." After saying this, she said nothing.

Lift your head and take a drink.

These words were obviously very exciting. There was a chill in my heart, and I had already thought clearly. If I didn’t dance, people would inevitably laugh at me and say that the emperor’s new favorite, the Zhen family, was mediocre and untalented. She had gained a false reputation and lost the dignity of the royal family. If I danced,

If you don't dance well, you will definitely be laughed at; if you dance well and win everyone's praise, you will have a lot of glory today. If you don't follow the emperor's wishes one day, you may be said to be disrespectful to the late empress by people with ulterior motives.

.The current queen is the biological sister of the late queen. The emperor and the late queen were married at a young age and their love is extremely loving. If someone is slandered like this, I am afraid that my life in the palace will be difficult in the future.

When the queen heard someone mention her late queen again and again, her face changed slightly, and she just looked at Xuan Ling. Seeing that Xuan Ling was thoughtful, she said softly: ""Jinghong Dance" is easy to learn but difficult to master. It's better not to do it, and find something else.

Just what."

Meizhuang and the mausoleum both frowned. Meizhuang knew that I had always been obsessed with poetry and books, and did not pay much attention to singing and dancing. He winked at me repeatedly and asked me to say goodbye to the emperor. After hearing the Queen speak, he quickly agreed: "Wanyi just now."

It’s not appropriate to dance when you’re drunk.”

Xuan Ling stared at me for a moment and said slowly: "The Dance of the Ring has not been performed in the palace for a long time, so I would like to take a look. Wanyi, you can just dance as you like."

Now that the emperor has spoken, he can no longer refuse. He took a deep breath and walked slowly to the center of the hall. Everyone was ready to see my joke: how the Zhen family, who was blessed with the emperor's eloquence in poetry and calligraphy, would dance "Elegance".

The posture of "Ruo Jinghong" is probably the posture of "Frightened Bird".

Meizhuang suddenly stood up, smiled at the emperor and said: "The ordinary sound of silk and bamboo orchestra is too vulgar. It is better to let the concubines play the piano and the selected servants sing to cheer up Wanyi."

I knew that Meizhuang wanted to help me, distracting everyone's attention with the sound of the piano and singing. I took a look at the mausoleum, and Meizhuang wanted to attract the emperor's attention to the mausoleum, so that he could help us. This is also an opportunity, but it's just that

I wonder if Lingrong is willing?

The emperor nodded and said: "Go and get Concubine Shu's 'Sauvignon Blanc'." The eunuch was busy and brought the qin that I played that day in Shuilu Nanxun Hall. In the past, Concubine Shu was lucky enough to be blessed by the late emperor.

Concubine Shu's identity at that time, the two fell in love for a long time before they achieved good results. On the day Concubine Shu entered the palace, the emperor specially gave a piano named "Long Love" and a flute named "Long Xiangshou" as tokens of love.

After the collapse, Concubine Shu invited herself out of the palace to practice cultivation, so the harp and flute stayed in the palace.

Meizhuang adjusted the tune a few times and nodded vigorously towards me. Lingrong bowed to the emperor and empress, then sat beside Meizhuang with her head bowed and looked at me worriedly. I nodded slightly, and Lingrong started singing in a sweet voice.

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Music and dancing began, and my people also rose gracefully. Except for the sound of the piano in Meizhuang and the singing of Lingrong, the entire Fuli Palace was silent, as quiet as if no one was there. The broad sleeves were flying.

Like scattered clouds, the ring of pearls on the head swayed rapidly, the waist was as soft as a willow, and gradually turned back and down. The purple roses in full bloom in the garden were carried by the dancing sleeves, causing the sky to be filled with rain like flowers.

, very much like the apricot blossoms that flew up all over the sky with my kick that day.

The singing voice of the mausoleum was beautiful, and the meizhuang piano music was brilliant. I only concentrated on dancing. I thought to myself, Cao Jieyu underestimated me. She thought that because I came from a family of poets, I was not good at dancing. Although I was lucky enough to speak poems and calligraphy.

Yu Emperor, but I understand that you don't need to show all the good things at once. Only by having surprises in unintentional places can you attract the attention of the people you want to attract.

I am not worried about my dancing skills. When I was a child, my aunt who lived in the south of the Yangtze River often taught me how to dance. When I was seven or eight years old, I heard that Empress Chunyuan's "Jinghong Dance" was so confusing that all living beings were turned upside down. Everyone who watched it was amazed. It coexisted in my little mind.

Being very competitive, my father specially asked a dancer who had accompanied Queen Chunyuan in the palace to teach me. He also studied "Fu of the Goddess of the Luo River" and all the historical materials related to Concubine Mei's "Jinghong Dance". For ten years,

It takes hard work to achieve this.

However, what makes me embarrassed is that my "Jinghong Dance" originated from Queen Chunyuan's creation that day, and all the movements and postures are imitated by her. How can I follow the rules and have my own style, so as not to overwhelm others?

Catching the painful leg of being disrespectful to the late queen. It is really tricky to come up with new ideas in this moment, and it takes a lot of planning.

Suddenly I heard a wisp of clear flute sound rising up high, gentle and bright like rippling blue waves, and light clouds coming out of Xiu. I saw King Qinghe standing in the court with a swirling dance, holding a purple flute and playing leisurely to his lips, and the sky was filled with purple and fine pieces of radish.

Under the flowers, the snow-white clothes are fluttering like the wind. After a few notes, the tune has gone away from the ordinary "Jinghong Dance" tune. It is like the tide of the blue sea and the falling brilliance. It has gone up two tunes and is longer and more leisurely.

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Meizhuang was alert, and as soon as the tune changed, he caught up with King Qinghe, and Lingrong also changed the tune to sing.

My heart felt relieved and I was very happy. The Qinghe King played freely, which made me break away from the rigidity of the dance postures I usually learned. I threw my cloud sleeves in the air and danced freely. The petals of purple roses fluttered past my temples and fell on me.

The sleeves, along with the melody of the music, spread into a boundless sea of ​​fragrant clouds.

While they were dancing happily, the sound of Mei Zhuang's piano gradually became quieter, and a few noises were thrown into chaos, which was no longer able to follow up. I looked back in a hurry, and Mei Zhuang frowned and covered his mouth as if he was about to vomit. I didn't have time to think too much in my haste.

, I saw King Qinghe throw his purple flute towards me, casually pull it over the "Sauvignon Blanc" mat and sit down to play the piano.

Meizhuang was hurriedly helped to rest by the palace maid. I took the purple flute and immediately had a suspicion in my mind. In the past, Mei Fei Jiang Caiping was lucky enough to be married to Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. Because she was proficient in poetry and music, she was even rarer to be good at singing and dancing.

She was deeply loved by Xuanzong. Concubine Mei "played the white jade flute and composed the "Jinghong Dance", which was a glorious sight" and was nicknamed "Mei Jing" by Xuanzong. Now that I have a flute in my hand, I will naturally not dance with Empress Chunyuan again.

Comparing it with the elegant posture of nothing, let alone saying it is disrespectful and transgressive. Moreover, "The Dance of the Shocking Dragon" originated from Concubine Mei, so it is not a digression.

Thinking that the flute was already on my lips, my feet spun even faster, until my skirt burst out like pomegranate flowers, my hoops flew like water, and everyone around me turned into white shadows, but my breath was short of breath.

No chaos. The song is melodious to the end.

While spinning, I heard the sound of a flute chasing the sound of the flute. It was very familiar. I knew it was Xuan Ling playing, and I felt even more happy. I glanced at him and saw him looking at each other with affection and concentration. His expression was just like the scene when we first met that day.

Once warm, I no longer want to dwell on the matter of Huaishui Green Nanxun Palace.

The flutes and flutes harmonize with each other, the music of the piano curls up, and the singing voice gradually slows down, as if there is nothing. The body is like a soft willow that is swept down by the strong wind, and gradually spins to a certain level with the tail note of the flute. It is white and light.

The soft gauze skirt spread out in all directions as I knelt low, and spread into a snow-white flower, blooming on the bright red carpet. Yingying raised her eyes and looked at Xuan Ling, who was walking towards me, and he stretched out his hand.

He held me in his arms and whispered in his ear: "How many surprises do you have that I don't know about?"

He lowered his head and smiled sweetly: "It's a small trick, it's just a smile on the Emperor's part."

Looking sideways, he saw that Cao Jieyu's expression changed slightly. She immediately stood up and said to Xuan Ling with a smile: "What do you think, your Majesty, my concubine? My sister is really smart and can do dances that ordinary people cannot do. She is no worse than the late queen when she was alive."

Before she finished speaking, the queen looked at Cao Jieyu with a half-smile and said: "Why did Cao Jieyu repeatedly mention the late queen's "Jinghong Dance" today? I remember that when the late queen performed this dance, even Concubine Hua had not yet entered the palace.

, let alone you, Jieyu, how could Jieyu know how the Queen’s Dance was like? And how could she compare with Zhen Wanyi’s Dance?”

Cao Jieyu heard that the queen's tone was not kind, which was very different from the past. She smiled and said: "I am so reckless. I have also heard about it, but I cannot see the queen's dancing. It is my regret."

Xuan Ling frowned slightly at Cao Jieyu and didn't answer her. He only asked me softly, "Are you tired after dancing for so long?"
To be continued...