"...Thank you very much, Elder Qi Gu." Nie Yun smiled brightly and spoke first.
But Elder Qi Gu is a veteran, how could he do this? He immediately waved his hand and chuckled: "Hey, you kid, you are here, so of course it's up to you. Your Majesty wants to see the young people.
The feast is not for a stuck 'young man' like me."
"Elder Qi Gu, that's not what you said. His Majesty has invited you here. Of course you are also a young man." Nie Yun's face stiffened and he subconsciously retorted. Are you kidding me? I just brought my apprentice here to play.
Just for fun, let’s learn a little more about it, what the heck is a town?
"If you say that, I'll leave now. You won't be able to escape when it's your turn." Elder Qi Gu glanced at a figure in a green skirt next to Nie Yun, and an inexplicable smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
As for Nie Yun, feeling the expectant gaze coming from behind him, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and then he slowly raised his thumb: "After all, it's still Old Jiang."
This makes it clear that he won't leave if he eats it right...
"Hehe, you're not that old." Elder Qi Gu raised the wine glass in his hand with a bright smile.
"Your Majesty is here!"
Suddenly, a sharp voice came out, which silenced the noise in the whole place, and then they all stood up, bowed their heads slightly, and bowed to greet him.
Not long after, a tall man wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and a tasseled crown sat at the top.
"Today is a big banquet. No need to be polite. Please take a seat."
Nie Yun then sat down with peace of mind, and raised his eyes to glance at the legendary emperor who was extremely powerful. His figure was indeed heroic, but unfortunately his face was obscured by the flow of the crown, so he could not see clearly, and Nie Yun did not dare to take a closer look.
, after glancing twice, she stopped taking a closer look. Instead, Shen Ling'er stared at the bright yellow figure and looked at it for a long time without hesitation, as if she wanted to take a thorough look at the founding emperor.
Fortunately, there were many young men and women present, and there were not a few who were as bold as Shen Ling'er and did not understand the rules, so they did not seem out of place. And with His Majesty's magnanimity, he would naturally not care about this.
...
The first position on the right hand side of His Majesty the Emperor.
Xiao Xue, who was sitting down with His Majesty the Emperor, looked at the young women who were looking at her father carefully and curled her red lips. She felt that many of the owners of these eyes wanted to be her little sister...
His angry eyes suddenly condensed, his body stiffened slightly, and then a flash of panic quickly flashed in his eyes.
"Xiaoxue, what's wrong with you?" Han Yue, who was sitting next to Xiao Xue, noticed the stiffness of Xiao Xue's body in an instant, and immediately frowned slightly and asked in concern.
"Yueyue...look." The corner of Xiao Xue's mouth twitched slightly, and the jade hand on the table was slightly raised, and pointed in the direction of Nie Yun.
"Huh?" Han Yue was stunned for a moment. She looked along Xiao Xue's fingertips and saw the young figure wearing a white robe at a glance. Her expression immediately froze: "Junior brother? Why is he here?
, weren’t you still wandering outside the imperial city just now..."
"Don't worry about it, what should we do now... We are going to attend a 'party at a girl's house', what should we say if we bump into each other here."
As Xiao Xue spoke, she lowered her head slightly to reduce her presence as much as possible, but she also knew that from such a forward position, as long as Nie Yun was not blind, he would see her sooner or later...
"Why did Xiao Yunzi receive an invitation to the Qionghua Banquet just a few days after arriving in Beijing? What's going on with my father? You couldn't have invited me for my sake, right?
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..." Xiao Xue even complained about her father at this time.
"Xiaoxue, you are stupid, we still have this." Han Yue said as she took out a piece of white gauze given to her by Nie Yun when she first arrived in the capital: "It's better than you lowering your head."
"Oh, that's right!" Xiao Xue's eyes lit up, she quickly took out the gauze and put it on her face, she slowly exhaled before she calmed down, and hummed:
"Xiao Yunzi is not a good person either. He lied to us and came out to play, but in the end he came to attend this Qionghua Banquet."
...
"Hey, what do you think are the seats below His Majesty?" Nie Yun looked at the seats in front of him that were suddenly full and scratched his head.
"Who else can it be? The prince and the princess. The ones wearing purple clothes below are the court officials." Shen Ling'er rolled her eyes: "Master is so stupid, he doesn't even know this."
"Hey, no, I mean the two veiled girls at the first table to His Majesty's right are also princesses?" Nie Yun's mouth twitched slightly, thinking of some not-so-pleasant memories.
"Uh... there should be only one, right..." Shen Ling'er looked at it intently, touched her head and said with some uncertainty: "After all, His Majesty only has one daughter..."
Hmm... She has a pretty good figure, and the emperor's daughter should have no worries about getting married. I don't know who will be "cheap" by then. Nie Yun nodded thoughtfully, silently mourning for the future prince-in-law.
for three seconds.
His own bloody experience told him that in the entire Kyoto, except for "notorious" people like Xiao Xue, those who wear veils are generally people with unspeakable secrets like Miss Li...
After everyone sat down, His Majesty the Emperor, who was at the top of the list, laughed, and a calm and majestic voice slowly came out:
"Daqian used force to rule the country and used culture to rule the country. After more than ten years of hard work, we finally achieved this prosperous age."
"However, talents have emerged from generation to generation, and each has been leading the way for hundreds of years."
"I also heard that there are many talents emerging recently, and I am very happy, so I have this beautiful banquet to see the talents from all walks of life."
"Let me see if Daqian's new generation of civil and military talents can take over the baton from the older generation and lead Daqian to a greater and more prosperous age!"
The words were not passionate, and could even be said to be dull, but they made the hearts of the younger generation of talents from all walks of life in the audience beat twice.
Everyone knows that as long as you can shine well enough at this Qionghua Banquet, the road ahead will be bright.
Looking at the reactions of everyone under the table, His Majesty the Emperor nodded slightly, and then continued:
"In the last years of South Vietnam, political corruption and people's livelihood were in dire straits, which led to the decline of the literary world and the loss of literati. Now, after more than ten years of recuperation, I want to see if the current literary world has regained its vitality."
"I want to set up a qin, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, classics and meaning, and discuss the Qiqingkui. I wonder who among the handsome men can be called the best?"
Oh, it’s none of our business. Nie Yun secretly felt relieved, and then he calmly grabbed a handful of longan and placed it in front of Shen Ling’er: “Hey, eat more. This is a rare thing, and you can’t even eat it outside.
"
As Nie Yun spoke, he handed the empty plate to the maid next to him and asked her to get some more.
"Master...can we keep a low profile?" Shen Ling'er's fair face turned slightly red and her rosy mouth moved, hinting that many people nearby were looking at her.
"Hehe, it doesn't matter." Nie Yun chuckled, casually opened a longan, and
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The crystal pulp inside was stuffed into Shen Ling'er's rosy mouth and said: "They don't know us anyway, and someone will come on stage later, who will look at us."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
"Hey, isn't there anyone here?" Nie Yun moved his mouth.
I saw a man in green clothes and a Confucian shirt standing up slowly from behind the desk, bowing to the bright yellow figure at the top, and then holding the guqin in his arms, with fluttering clothes, he walked slowly off the desk and stepped into the arena.
He knelt on the ground, placed the guqin with intricate carvings between his knees, and said in a clear voice:
"This song is called High Mountains and Flowing Waters, so I think it's time to give it a try."
Following the fate of the man in blue and Confucian shirts, there was a faint sound of discussion on both sides of the desk.
"I didn't expect Liu Xiu to be invited as well."
"Liu Xiu? Is that Liu Xiu from Liu Shui Qu Pavilion?"
"Otherwise, the mountains and flowing water are not something ordinary people can play."
Cen!
As Liu Xiu pressed the strings with his left hand and lightly lifted them with his right hand, a melodious sound of strings suddenly sounded, and the tiny noise in the scene fell silent.
Then there was a song of mountain water flowing slowly, and in the smooth and soothing tune, there were birdsong, as if birds were hovering in the sky, flying diagonally, or circling, lingering back and forth, setting off the beautiful scenery, as if it were real.
After a long time, the sound of the piano gradually faded away, and a picture of mountains and flowing water almost turned into a dynamic image, which came into my mind.
"Please taste it."
After the song, Liu Xiu held his hands around, and a clear voice slowly sounded, pulling everyone out of the high mountains and flowing water.
"High mountains and flowing water, this is high mountains and flowing water. No wonder he has become famous all over Kyoto in just a few years! He is indeed Liu Xiu!"
"Hey, how can you attract jade after throwing a gold brick?" Someone shook his head and sighed.
"As expected of a professional." Nie Yun casually opened a longan and placed it in front of his disciple's jade plate with admiration in his eyes. He was about to applaud but found that no one was moving around, so he quietly put it down and continued to open the longan.
"Yes, yes." Shen Ling'er narrowed her eyes into a crescent shape and said vaguely.
"Swallow what's in your mouth first and then eat...and did you listen carefully..." Nie Yun shook his head helplessly, but the movements of his hands did not stop at all.
"Hee hee, didn't the master say that we can't eat outside and asked me to eat more?" Shen Ling'er smiled and said indifferently. Anyway, no one around is looking at her now. They are all looking at Liu Xiu in the center, but
Eat hard and that's it.
"Then... I'm afraid it's not easy to listen to this kind of music outside." Nie Yun paused and said.
"Hee hee, it's not like I didn't listen, or I just didn't listen so seriously." Shen Ling'er didn't care so much and quietly glanced at Nie Yun who was concentrating on peeling the shells. Her red lips were slightly raised. What's the use of having a good tune?
Can it be eaten as a meal? But after the elixir is refined, it can be eaten as a meal, and it can also be played as a piece of music.
"Mountains and flowing water, the artistic conception is far away, and it sounds like you are far away from the rivers and lakes. Not bad, not bad!" His Majesty the Emperor nodded calmly, giving this song a final score.
"This song is only considered good by Your Majesty..." someone secretly sighed.
However, those who know His Majesty a little bit will know that this "good" evaluation is already extremely high in His Majesty the Emperor's mouth.