Chapter Twenty-Four: Princess Yihua
When Concubine Jing saw me, her face was overjoyed, she stood up from the front of the piano stand and greeted her. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info helped me up, and said with a smile: "It's not time yet, so it's naturally not too late." Come on, come on, and listen to my new song. ”
I was flattered and didn't know why Concubine Jing was so close. But he also followed Concubine Jing Niangniang to sit aside, collected her clothes, and quietly waited for Concubine Jing Niangniang to play this song that had not yet been named.
The sound of the piano sounded, first a soft song like a girl, slowly turning, lingering; Then there was a startle, and then there was a nervous and rapid war, and then a tactful string sound was heard, and a sense of homesickness spread.
By the end of the song, I had tears streaming down my face. When Concubine Jing saw me like this, she said: "The noble man is crying, then I want to hear it even more, what does the noble man understand in this piano sound?" ”
"The beautiful wife is in front of her, but she wants to go on an expedition to join the army, the sound of Jin Ge's iron horse, and the wanderer is looking forward to returning at night. Niangniang's song, why don't you call it "Looking Back"? I took out a handkerchief embroidered with a plum blossom, wiped the tears from the corners of my eyes, and replied to Concubine Jing's words.
Concubine Jing seemed to be very satisfied with my answer, thought about it for a while, and said, "I hope to return...... Looking forward to returning...... Well, that's the name. This song is divided into three sections, one is parting, two is in the army, and three is looking forward to returning. I wonder if you can bring any musical instruments with you today? This palace should listen to itself. ”
I summoned Si Kite to come, found the flute I brought from home, and said to Concubine Jing Niangniang: "Because the concubine entered the palace, the other musical instruments were too heavy, and I only brought one flute, and I wanted to sacrifice my ugliness in front of my mother." ”
After speaking, I picked up the flute, and my ten fingers were either curved or zhang, beating between the flute holes, but it was still the song "Looking forward to returning". It's just that this song is interpreted with the sound of the flute, which is obviously a little more graceful and less rigid than the sound of the piano.
Concubine Jing was a little surprised when she heard me play the music she had just played, but she smiled. When it came to joining the army, the sound of Jing Concubine Niangniang's piano joined in, but it was not abrupt. It seems that this should be the case, the sound of the piano and the flute are harmonious, and it seems that the soldiers and their relatives are entangled with each other.
In the third paragraph, the sound of the flute is the same as before, but the sound of the piano is intermittent, as if there is nothing, as dreamy as smoke, but it comes and goes intangibly, like the brocade book is difficult to send, and the letters are intermittent and incomplete. The flute sounded sadly, and played the feeling of longing for the king's return.
After this song was played, whether it was Si Yuan Nian Yang or Qingyun and other maids waiting in the piano pavilion, they all silently shed tears. But I sighed to myself, feeling that the feeling of homesickness seemed to be a little stronger.
"Boom......" A faint cry came from Merlin. This voice can't be a palace maid, because palace maids have been taught, even if they cry, they won't cry out of the voice, which annoys the master.
Qingyun turned to Merlin and said, "Who is crying there?" Not ready to come out yet? Then he gave a look to the maids beside him, and the maids went into the plum grove to find someone.
Then a little girl came out of Merlin. He looked like he was only about five or six years old, with black hair, a princess bun, and a hairpin with beaded flowers hanging on it, with fine tassels hanging from it, and the tassels were swaying when he walked, which was very good-looking. White and clean face, fine and soft skin. Beneath the slender and picturesque eyebrows, a pair of small bright eyes were shining with tears. A pair of small hands are as white as jade, and they are wiping tears with a handkerchief.
"Yihua? What about the palace maids and eunuchs who follow you? How to let you run around all by yourself. Why are you still crying, come, come to Jing Niangniang, Jing Niangniang hug, don't cry......" Jing Concubine Niangniang saw this little girl, and recognized at a glance that this was the only heir of the emperor, Princess Yihua born to Concubine Jin. Seeing her pear blossoms with rain, Concubine Jing took Yihua into her arms, wiped her tears carefully, and comforted her in a whisper.
According to the rules, the master above the concubine is the concubine of the princess and the prince, and when you see the princess and the prince, you don't need to salute, but the princess and the prince also have to perform the junior ceremony. But concubines below the rank of concubine, when they see the princess and the prince, they still have to salute. Because of his low position, he is not a serious master, and he is still half a slave.
Therefore, the moment Concubine Jing called out Princess Yihua's name, I curtsied my knees and bowed to Wanfu and said, "Princess Yihua Wanfu." Princess Yihua had also stopped her tears, just shrunk into Concubine Jing's arms and sobbed quietly, hearing me salute her, her dark eyes looked at me, and then looked up at Concubine Jing: "Jing Niangniang, who is she?" ”
Concubine Jing stroked Princess Yihua's hair and said to her, "This is a noble person." It's your father's newly sealed concubine. Yihua, why did you cry just now? ”
"Nobleman? I think I've heard it somewhere...... Jing Niangniang, just now my kitten ran into Merlin, I came in to look for it, I heard a piece of music, and I ...... Only...... I miss my former home in particular...... I cried...... "When Princess Yihua heard my name, she first scratched her little head, as if she wanted to think of something, but she didn't think of it, and then she replied to Concubine Jing's words.
Concubine Jing listened to Princess Yihua's explanation, and she couldn't laugh or cry. called Qingyun to fetch water, wiped Princess Yihua's face, and brought some pastries to coax. Princess Yihua was already lively and cute, and after a while, she was smiling again.
After a while, several palace maids and eunuchs came to the Qin Pavilion with a cat in their arms, asking to see Concubine Jing. It turned out that these minions listened to the master's words and went to look for the cat, but the cat found it but couldn't find the master.
When Princess Yihua saw the cat in their arms, she ran forward happily, hugged the cat and said happily, "Furball, you're back!" Concubine Jing reprimanded a few words, and carefully instructed a few words, and Princess Yihua was picked up by a few minions.
After Princess Yihua left, Concubine Jing cleaned her hands again and sat down in front of the piano stand. He told me, "I invited you here today because I have asked for something." Today, I listened to the music of the nobleman, but I am afraid that this matter must be the nobleman. ”
I hurriedly said: "If there is anything to do with the mother, the order is that the concubine can do it, and she will not refuse." ”
Niangniang stroked the piano in front of her with her hand, looked at me and said, "The emperor said that in the spring of next year, he will send a large army to the southwest." When the time comes, it is natural to hold a banquet to bid farewell to the generals. The emperor asked me to present a song at the banquet, and I always felt that there was still something imperfect about this song...... I wanted to ask the nobles to solve their doubts, but today's ensemble made me feel refreshed. ”
Speaking of this, Concubine Jing used her slender fingers to run the strings, a string of sounds sounded, she looked at me slowly and said: "So this palace intends to ask the emperor for a decree, please play with me, what do you think?" ”