When Xie Fu composed this piece of music, he never thought that anyone could sing it so beautifully, one after another, as if his tongue could not bend.
Fu Xie couldn't stand the waste of his music in this way. He thought that Qin Chuzhen had not yet consummated his marriage and there should be no female relatives of his in the palace, so he followed the sound to look for her.
In the Spring Appreciation Pavilion not far from Xie Fu's residence, two women stood on the attic, looking at the spring through gauze curtains.
It's spring after the New Year, but it's still early spring, and the spring has not yet appeared. The yard is still gray and lonely, with no color at all.
Both women wore beard skirts and thin transparent gauze covering their entire bodies. Their faces were covered with black gauze and only a pair of eyes were exposed.
One of the women has deep blue eyes, like mysterious stars in the deep universe, which makes people look at her and catch them, making them unforgettable.
"Fifth Princess, tell the truth, Sara, you still need to practice this piece more."
"Stop singing. I will never be able to sing this song well."
"No, fifth princess, you like this piece of music so much, please let Prince Qi teach you more when he has time."
The woman named Fifth Princess smiled: "It's strange to say that I have been in the Central Plains for twenty years. I have heard hundreds of Central Plains songs, but I don't like them all. I think they are not as good as my Beidi songs. Only this song, I
As soon as I heard it, the green blood flowing in the Gobi desert, the soft singing of the gurgling stream, the loud and high sound of the waterfall falling from the sky, and the low voice of the grassland as night fell..."
"Fifth Princess, you are homesick, why don't we follow your Majesty..."
"Don't be stupid, no one will let me leave this land, and I am still from Daguan Country..."
As he spoke, he strangled himself and opened his voice to sing: "Pour another cup and worship both of us. We bow to you and bow deeply. We bow deeply. Tears and blood splash on the phoenix platform together. We make cups together and hate endlessly. We only dream of returning to the bank of Luoshui River."
It is obviously a sad song, but the fifth princess sang it with a strong sense of homesickness.
Shaluo exclaimed: "Fifth Princess, you sang this line beautifully."
The fifth princess smiled: "It's all out of tune, didn't you hear it?"
"It sounds nice even if it's out of tune. This song should be sung the way you, the fifth princess, do."
"The original song is more moving, but the lyrics are different. I don't know who composed this song, but it has such talent."
"Fifth Princess, I know that this person's name is Li Shaodian. I sent someone to bring him to the palace to sing for you."
"Oh, this name..."
Shaluo reminded: "He is the one who wrote "Peach Blossom Treasure Mirror"."
The fifth princess snorted and said in surprise: "What a coincidence."
"What a coincidence?"
"This book contains many love stories that are widely circulated in our Western Regions. I think this person must have been to the Western Regions."
Xie Fu was halfway through the journey when he saw that the unpleasant singing stopped suddenly. He couldn't help but smile. He was self-aware and knew that it was not good to make noise to harass others.
After walking back a few steps, I heard the woman singing again, but she only sang one sentence.
"Well, this line is quite interesting. Listening to the singing voice, it should be of the nature of nature, but I don't know why the song I composed is sung so unpleasantly. Is it intentional?"
With this doubt and curiosity, Xie Fu followed the sound again.
The fifth princess looked down at a red dot in the palm of her right hand. A month ago, this red dot appeared out of thin air on her palm. It was a strange spot on the skin in the Western Region. It was a sign of either misfortune or good fortune.
"Fifth Princess, I'm still thinking about what the fortune teller said yesterday."
The fifth princess smiled sweetly: "Listening to what he said, it is somewhat accurate."
"Fifth Princess, these charlatans and magicians are all liars. They are talking nonsense. Even the magicians in the Qin Tian Prison can't calculate your destiny. They say that your destiny is a destiny that cannot be revealed."
"You will believe what Master Qintian said."
"That's at least better than these charlatans."
But the words of the fortune teller echoed in the mind of the fifth princess: Madam, if the red luan stars move, the first man you meet after you return will be your destined one.
"Zaro, have I met a man since I left that fortune-telling stall?"
"Fifth Princess, don't believe this nonsense. Don't forget your identity. Who dares to be your destined person? Besides, if the first person you meet is Prince Qi, wouldn't it be a mess?"
"I'm just asking you, have I met a man? Please help me think about it carefully."
Shaluo recalled: "Uh..." but was speechless for a long time.
The fifth princess said: "There isn't one, right?"
"It's strange to say that when you got on the sedan chair and returned to Prince Qi's Mansion, it seemed...it didn't seem like there was one."
Shaluo said with a smile: "We will meet eventually, and we are not in the land of girls."
"Zara, do you still remember an ancient legend from our Western Region?"
Shaluo was shocked when she heard this.
At this time, a scream suddenly came from the yard. The two women looked over and saw an old maid falling to the ground, and the food on the tray was scattered all over the floor.
Shaluo couldn't help but said: "It's true, Prince Qi. There are only thirty-two servants in the palace, and they are all old slaves and maids. There are not even any young and strong ones."
The old maid endured the pain and squatted down, picking up the food that fell on the ground with numb hands.
The food fell to the ground, and there was no way to eat it. When the fifth princess saw it, she said, "Zara, go down and help her, and then bring the food up."
Those who work in the royal palace will be severely punished even if they make a small mistake. The fifth princess gave this order, which not only made this old maid feel at ease, but also made it easier to do business and avoid punishment.
Shaluo was about to go down to the attic when a figure flashed into view and squatted down in front of the old maid to help pick up the food.
The two women's minds suddenly trembled, men!
How could there be a man in this inner courtyard?
Seeing that this man was covered in dirt, and even his hair was stained with dirt, Shaluo couldn't help but cursed: "This damn slave!"
As she was about to go downstairs angrily, the fifth princess raised her hand to hold Shaluo.
Shaluo was surprised: "Fifth Princess, you can't take him seriously. He is just a slave, and a useless slave at that."
Why did Shaluo say this just looking at it from a distance?
In Chang'an, martial arts are prevalent, and the positive image of men is that they are good at martial arts, good at riding, rough and bold. Under this trend, many women also have the aura of being unworthy of men.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! With such a trend, those gentle and weak men have become negative images, and these weak men are also very easy to think of those delicate and squeamish people in the entertainment hall.
Male prostitutes naturally feel contempt for them.
This is why Mr. Xie, who is handsome and dressed in suede, is openly teased by a woman on the street.
Of course, it's either that you dress elegantly or that you are weak and can be bullied. If you can get the word "noble" on you, your image will be reversed immediately.
Qin Chuzhen is a good example. Although he is dressed in ordinary clothes, his eyebrows have an air of nobility that cannot be concealed, and he is also wearing expensive jewelry.
A piece of jade is a symbol of status, and it does not mean you can wear it casually if you have money and power.
Only officials of the seventh rank can wear court attire when attending official events such as accompanying sacrifices or paying homage to others. There is no court attire for officials below the seventh rank. Those above the fifth rank can wear jade, and the requirements for status and rank are higher for the formation of a jade jue.
In Chang'an, where Hu Feng was prevalent, the system of admiring jade was strict and hierarchical, which was also a complete preservation of the Central Plains culture.
However, far away from Chang'an, the requirements for wearing jade are not so strict. This is like wearing a sword in front of the emperor and wearing a sword in the green forest. They are completely different concepts.
For example, if a noble prince from the south of the Yangtze River likes to wear jade ornaments, he is suspected of following the trend, but if your status is not enough, you can be punished for the crime of disrespect at any time if you wear it like this at the feet of the emperor.
The fifth princess did not answer, but her blue eyes flickered, blinking like the mysterious stars in the night sky.
Fu Xie, who was helping to pick up the things, saw that the old maid looked not only panicked but frightened, like a prisoner about to be executed, he reassured her: "I'll just make another one."
"No, the meat that Madam eats is carefully selected. This is the last one."
After hearing this, Fu Xie took a closer look at the meat, but it was a piece of raw lamb breast. The quality of the meat seemed to be very ordinary. It was not a choice among thousands. He expressed his doubts: "I think it is just ordinary meat."
The old maid explained: "It's not about whether it's good or bad. The meat you eat needs to be a gift from God before you can eat it."
A gift from God?
As far as Xie Fu knows, the so-called gifts from heaven are things selected through special rituals and specially given to people with a certain status, especially meat.
"what to do?"
The old maid was so helpless that she asked a stranger for help.
Xie Fu lowered his head to look at the raw lamb breast that was already stained with mud and sand, and asked, "You didn't say what you were going to eat today, did you?"
The old maid was confused: "No!"
"Then leave it to me."
As a chef with superb cooking skills, Xie Fu naturally knows how to separate meat from sand. Some dishes also use sand in the preparation, such as sugar-fried chestnuts.
"Leave it to you? How can I leave it to you?" The old maid looked hopeful.
Xie Fu couldn't explain it in detail: "Come back in three-quarters of an hour, and I will turn it into a delicious dish for you."
"Okay, okay." The old maid can only act like a dead horse at this moment. She is about to leave and go back to the kitchen to see if there is any other way to use double insurance.
Xie Fu suddenly asked: "By the way, can we light a fire in this yard?"
"Yes, this is the Spring Appreciation Pavilion, a place for spring appreciation and entertainment. There are dead branches and grass that I have collected over there, and I am about to burn them as fertilizer for the flowers and plants in the yard."
Generally, in early spring, wealthy families have the habit of cleaning up their yards to welcome the revival of everything and the blooming of flowers.
Xie Fu looked over and saw that there was still a kiln. He was overjoyed. Everything was ready. He changed his words and said, "You can come over in about two-quarters of an hour."
The old maid nodded slightly in surprise and reminded: "Don't smoke too much, my wife lives in the yard next door."
"Don't worry, there will be no smoke in the closed kiln."
After the old maid left, Mr. Xie started immediately. The raw lamb breasts had been marinated and seasoned, and now the last step was to smoke them.
The fifth princess was far away and could not hear what the two said. She only knew that as soon as the two of them came together, the old maid left and left the matter to this man.
Shaluo asked: "Fifth Princess, what are they talking about?"
The fifth princess asked: "Did you hear clearly?"
Shaluo shook her head: "No."
The fifth princess smiled sweetly: "Me neither."
This will just feel very interesting, just like watching a real drama, and I am very looking forward to what will happen next?
"I mean what does he want to do?"
The fifth princess said lightly: "I'm also very curious."
Shaluo murmured to herself: "How can we eat the meat if it falls on the ground and becomes dirty?"
At this time, they noticed that Xie Fu was walking towards the wall. The two women's eyes lit up and they stared at each other intently, no longer talking to each other.
