Chapter 109: Ice and Fire

Shen Jing was left alone in the same place, he also knew that he was abrupt Ji Cheng, although he was a little disappointed when he heard Ji Cheng's refusal, but more than that, he was happy, which shows that Ji Cheng and Shen Cui are not the same person at all, how could it be that she instigated Shen Cui to do those frivolous things?

And Ji Cheng only said that this matter needed the orders of his parents and the words of the matchmaker, but he did not accept him as a person, and Shen Jing's heart was hot when he thought of this.

Ji Cheng only let out a breath after leaving Merlin far away, feeling a little awkward in his heart, only ashamed of what he thought just now.

When Ji Cheng saw Shen Cui, he felt a kind of jealousy and injustice in his heart, people like Shen Cui would have killed themselves if they were casually changed to other people's families, but she was born in the Shen family, although Shen Che didn't look down on her, but every time Shen Cui's things were in Shen Che's pocket.

So much so that Ji Chengkong had Shen Cui's handle but couldn't use it, and this time for such a big thing, Shen Che still smoothed it out for her, and she could still show off her power in the Qi family in the future, just because she had the Shen family as a backing.

For a moment, Ji Cheng couldn't help but feel a wish in her heart, how good it would be if Shen Che was her brother.

When Ji Cheng heard Shen Jing's words, she should have refused more clearly, leaving no room for anything, but what she thought at the time was that if she married Shen Jing, she would become a member of the Shen family, would Shen Che be able to take care of her like Shen Cui?

Ji Cheng lowered her head and stomped her feet, how could she have such a weak and shameful thought?

"Girl, what's wrong?" Yu Qian'er saw Ji Cheng's face full of chagrin, but she didn't know what she was annoyed about.

"It's fine." Ji Cheng continued to walk forward, and within two steps, he saw Weiyu and Aunt Hanbi coming side by side.

"Miss Ji." Weiyu and Ji Cheng are acquaintances, and when they saw it, they smiled and greeted each other.

Aunt Hanbi is Shen Jing's piano artist, although Ji Cheng didn't learn the piano, but he can be regarded as an acquaintance, so he respectfully shouted, "Sir." ”

"It's snowing this day, how can the girl still have the leisure to wander around the garden?" Weiyu asked.

Ji Cheng said: "It's nothing, and being idle is also idle." Where are you and Mr. You? "These two people are a little out of line when they walk together.

Weiyu said with a smile: "The valley master wants to rehearse a new dance, so ask Aunt Hanbi to compose the music on his behalf." If the girl is all right, go and sit with us. Weiyu thought that the three stinkers had competed against one Zhuge Liang, and heard that the dance performed by the fifth girl Shen Cui in the altar was rehearsed by Ji Cheng, which shows that Ji Cheng also has experience in this regard.

Since Weiyu had made an invitation, Ji Cheng naturally couldn't refuse it, "Okay." ”

Although Princess Anhe did not have a princess's mansion, the eastern half of this chime garden was given to the Shen Mansion because she married the emperor.

Now Princess Anhe lives in the south of the Kaoru Garden in the east, which can be called the garden within the garden of the Chime Garden.

There is a Qingyin Building in the Nanxun Garden, which is a place for musicians and dancers to perform. Princess Ann and Princess have spent half of their time here.

Speaking of Shen Che, this mother is really a weirdo, she lives in a simple place and doesn't talk much, although Ji Cheng has seen her several times, she has hardly spoken.

In the Chime Garden, you can almost hear the sound of silk and bamboo in the Nanxun Garden every day, and Princess An He likes to listen to music, enjoy dancing and watch some burlesque. The dozen or so little girls who sang songs in the Chime Garden were bought for Princess Anhe.

And when Princess Ann and Princess fell, there were dozens of musicians and dancers in the marriage. The princess is here every day, drunk and dreaming of death.

said that drunk life and dreams of death, it is really not Ji Cheng's mouth, she is familiar with Weiyu, and Weiyu often comes to her to think of an appetizer for Princess Anhe, so that Ji Cheng can think of the menu in a different way. That wine is an indispensable thing for Princess Ann and Princess in every meal.

"Is the princess there? Shall I go and say hello? Ji Cheng asked when he entered Nanxun Garden.

Weiyu shook her head, "The princess drank a few more drinks last night, and she hasn't woken up yet." I don't like people to bother. ”

Ji Cheng nodded, and went to Qingyin Building with Weiyu and Aunt Hanbi.

It turns out that the things you like will be annoyed after watching them for a long time, and this little pear orchard of Princess An and Princess can be said to have exhausted all kinds of tricks in order to please her. Not to mention the dance of the Central Plains, it is the Huxuan dance, the Persian dance, and even the dance of Tianzhu, as long as there is, those dancers have been rehearsed. In addition, even those little-known puppet operas and Tibetan operas have been performed, and Princess An He has long been tired of watching it for so many years.

Huang Yuanniang, the dancer in charge of the music and dance department of Nanxun Garden, saw that An and the princess didn't like it, and she hadn't recruited them to dance for a long time, so she was in a hurry. Those music and dance classes outside can survive everywhere, but they are different, they are all dependent on Princess An and princess, if the princess doesn't like it, the fate of these people will be pitiful.

That Huang Siwu and Han Bi were very compatible, and this time they specially invited Han Bi to help her with her ideas, which must make the princess happy.

Huang Yuanniang was very happy to see Ji Cheng, "I've heard of the girl for a long time, and today I can be regarded as seeing it." I also went to see the five girls' Zhongtan performance last time, and it's really hard for the girl to come up with that eight-cylinder listening method. ”

"I'm a layman in music and dance, it's just a coincidence today, my aunt don't dislike me and bother." Ji Cheng said with a smile.

After a few words of greeting to each other, they took their seats, and Ann and the princess still had something to do without Weiyu, and Weiyu sat down and left.

Ji Cheng listened to Huang Yuanniang and Aunt Hanbi discuss new songs and dances, and only felt that there was nothing new about it, that is, they were dealt with by them this time, and what would they use to attract Princess An He next time?

Huang Yuanniang is an eight-sided and exquisite person, with a lot of talents and means, otherwise she would not be able to sit in this position now, she saw that Ji Cheng had not spoken, so she had to take care of it, "Miss Ji, do you have any new ideas?" If there is, don't hide it, I'm burning my eyebrows here, the princess is going to feast on her sisters in the first month, if I can't get some real chapters, I'm afraid I won't be able to pay the difference. ”

Ji Cheng is kind to people by nature, businessmen want to be kind wherever they go, they can help if they can, and now they are planting trees, maybe they will enjoy the shade that year. Besides, Ji Cheng did have some ideas in his heart.

"I just heard Aunt Hanbi mention one, Aunt Yuanniang, you oppose one. In this big country, I'm afraid that you have finished performing all the dances you can perform, and how difficult it is to say new ideas. Ji Cheng said.

Huang Yuanniang was inevitably a little disappointed when she heard this, but she also knew that her expectations were too high, and she knew the difficulties here better than anyone else.

Han Bi gently shook Huang Yuanniang's hand on the table, "Yuanniang, don't worry, Miss Ji has something to say." ”

Ji Cheng smiled, "I have an idea, it can be regarded as throwing bricks and stones." Ji Cheng paused, and then continued: "Auntie, have you ever thought of combining this dance and drama together? ”

Huang Yuanniang thought that Ji Cheng could have any new ideas, but it turned out to be this old tune, "I've thought about it, I've tried it before, but we are not from singing, and the princess doesn't like to listen to those babbling and sighing tones." ”

Ji Cheng said: "I'm not rapping, but I'm saying that those stories are sung in tunes, in fact, the important thing is to express Xiàn with dance, just like taking the allusion of dancing in the palm of your hand......"

The palm dance is an allusion to Feiyan in the Han Palace, saying that Zhao Feiyan is as light as a swallow, and when she dances in the boat, she is almost blown out by the wind, and she needs someone to hold her feet to dance, which is the allusion that Feiyan can dance in the palm.

"On weekdays, you rehearse this dance, it's just a pure dance, why don't you use one person to dance to be the emperor, and the other to dance to do that Zhao Hede, there are more stories in it, there is a meaning that the music and dance can't convey, so you sing it with a tune, one after another, my aunt is afraid that she won't have to worry for many years." Ji Cheng said.

When Huang Yuanniang heard this, she immediately fell into silence, and only said after a while: "But it is feasible, Miss Ji really woke up the dreamer with a word, I used to only care about the play is the play, and the dance is the dance, but I didn't expect to use dance as a play, oops, this is really wonderful." Hanbi, you must help me, when I prepare the script, you will fill in the lyrics and compose the music for me. ”

Because Ji Cheng came up with such a method for Huang Yuanniang, Huang Yuanniang was simply grateful to her with enthusiasm, and only asked her to come to play often, and when she made a new dance, someone invited her to appreciate it.

Ji Cheng naturally agreed.

But what Ji Cheng was thinking in his mind was that if Huang Yuanniang could really do this thing, her road to the Western Regions would be smoother in the future. Those people in the Western Regions yearn for the Central Plains, but they also reject the Central Plains, and Ji Cheng wants to impress them with such a dance scene with the story of the Central Plains.

Although Ji Cheng doesn't know what "cultural and peaceful evolution" is, her thinking is already close to this, that is, to sinicize foreign races and let them get close to the Central Plains culture.

chatting too much and too excited in Qingyin Building, when Ji Cheng led Yu Qian'er back, it was already dusk, and snow began to fall in the sky, and Ji Cheng walked back with an oil-paper umbrella in his hand.

There is an East Lake between Nanxun Garden and Qiyuan Garden, and now the lake surface has frozen, but people still dare not step on the ice, for fear of encountering weak points, and it will be difficult to save them if they accidentally fall down.

So Ji Cheng didn't dare to take a shortcut to go back on the ice, when she went around the lake, she saw a figure in the middle of the lake from a distance, looking like the figure of Brother Hong, or it was the grandson of a certain mother-in-law in the garden, Ji Cheng stopped and looked at it for a while, only to hear a shout coming from the wind, and it was Brother Hong'er's name.

It turned out that Nalan Xiang had lost Brother Hong again, and a four- or five-year-old boy like Brother Hong was naughty but ignorant, and he was not afraid of anything and dared to do anything.

Hearing Lan Xiang shouting Brother Hong, Ji Cheng carefully tried the ice and took a few steps forward, the more he looked at the child, the more he looked like Brother Hong, and the thing in his hand was chiseling ice.

Ji Cheng was startled at first, and then saw Lan Xiang's figure appear on the ice. Lan Xiang breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Brother Hong from a distance, and ran to the ice without caring about anything.

This girl is too unsuccessful, how slippery the ice is, she is probably looking for someone in a hurry, and she didn't think much about it, and when she ran up, she didn't run a few steps, and she slipped at Brother Hong'er and fell over.

The ice surface was first chiseled by Brother Hong with a hammer and played with a hammer, but it was no problem to carry the weight of a small child, but as soon as Lanxiang went up, she fell down hard, but it was different.

Ji Cheng shouted, "Don't go over!" ”

It's a pity that it's too late, as Lan Xiang slammed on the ice, the ice cracked, and then after a few crisp sounds, Hong Ge'er and Lan Xiang both slipped into the water.

Ji Cheng saw Brother Hong fall into the water, turned around and threw a sentence at Yu Qian'er, "Go find someone." ”

Yu Qian'er reacted quickly, and immediately ran, shouting as she ran, "Help, help!" ”

Ji Cheng couldn't take care of it much at the moment, she pulled the cloak on her body, she didn't have time to take off her shoes, socks and clothes, and she slid into the broken hole as soon as she ran on the ice.

As soon as Ji Cheng entered the water, she felt cold and biting, her hands and feet were so stiff that she could barely paddle the water, and the ice water pierced her so much that she could barely open her eyes, so she could only fish in the water indiscriminately.

It is also considered that Brother Hong'er is blessed with a big life, and he was really caught by Ji Cheng, she touched the little hand, and knew that she was grabbing Brother Hong'er, so she dragged him over and went to the edge of the ice, in fact, Ji Cheng couldn't jump up at this time, there were still several meters from the shore, and it was impossible for her to get out from under the ice.

Ji Cheng's hopes were all pinned on Yu Qian'er, she laboriously lifted Brother Hong up and asked him to show his nostrils, but Brother Hong just fell into the water in a hurry, choked a few mouthfuls of water, and there was no movement at this time. Na Lanxiang struggled a few times and grabbed Ji Cheng's belt.

The person who fell into the water only cared about panicking and frightened, where is there any reason, Lan Xiang grabbed Ji Cheng like a life-saving straw, but poor Ji Cheng held Brother Hong with one hand, but couldn't push Lan Xiang away with the other hand, and was dragged by her and sank into the water.

Unfortunately, there was movement on the water at this time, and Ji Cheng tried his last bit of strength to lift Brother Hong'er up, just hoping that people would be able to see it.

Before Ji Cheng lost consciousness, Ji Qing, Yun Niang's faces flashed in her mind, and Ling Ziyun's face, as well as her second brother and eldest brother, and at the end of the day, she was still entertaining herself, hoping that with her sacrifice, Shen Che would be able to bypass the Ji family and the Ling family in the future.

Ji Cheng didn't know what bad luck he had this year, this Jingshi's feng shui seemed to be extremely discordant with her, and in Beijing for most of the year, he first fell ill to save Qi Hua, and then fell seriously ill again in Nanyuan, and after being rescued this time, he had a high fever for two days and two nights in a row, and it was already Chinese New Year's Eve when he woke up in a daze.

"Thank goodness the girl is awake." The tears in the corners of Yu Qian'er's eyes hadn't dried yet, and when she saw Ji Cheng open her eyes, she was so happy that she began to cry again.

"Brother Hong'er is okay, right?" Ji Cheng was helped up by Yu Qian'er.

"It's okay. It's just a pity that Lanxiang is out of gas after being rescued, and the girl almost can't be saved. Speaking of this, Yu Qian'er began to cry, when she called someone, and when she ran back to the East Lake, Ji Cheng had been rescued by Shen Che, but she didn't breathe at all, and Yu Qian'er was so scared that her hands and feet were cold, and she had no master.

Yu Qian'er watched the second son, Shen Che, press her chest and pat her belly against her girl, and finally he even lifted it up, and finally spit out the water in her stomach before she breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course, Yu Qian'er didn't tell Ji Cheng about these details, "It's a shame that the second son came in time, otherwise I would never see the girl again." When Yu Qian'er said this, she began to cry again.

"Stop crying, wipe your face." Liu Ye'er came in with bird's nest porridge, "Girl, let's eat some porridge first, and drink medicine on the stomach, so as not to hurt the stomach." ”

Liu Ye'er first put a pocket around Ji Cheng's neck, and then brought a bowl to feed her, "Girl, what are the three disasters and eight disasters this year, thanks to today's Chinese New Year's Eve, and tomorrow will be the first day of the first month of the new year, I hope these unlucky ashes will all leave quickly." ”

Ji Cheng was eating porridge when he heard the little girl outside the door say, "The eldest son is here." ”

It was not only Shen Yu who came, but he was also holding Brother Hong in his arms, Brother Hong looked more energetic than Ji Cheng, he twisted his body as soon as he saw Ji Cheng, Shen Yu put him down, and he ran to Ji Cheng's bed with a "knock knock", his big eyes blinked, and he was about to cry, "Sister Cheng." ”

"You're going to be able to go to the ground?" Ji Cheng looked at Brother Hong'er with wide eyes, this kid's body is much stronger than her.

"He grew up taking cool showers. Although it froze in the ice water, it was fine. Shen Yu said.

Ji Cheng really couldn't see that the only grandson of the Shen family had grown up taking a cold bath, but the effect of this was also obvious, Ji Cheng originally thought that Brother Hong would have to lose half of his life this time, but now it is not a big deal for someone to be small, but she is still dizzy.

"Cousin Cheng, thank you for saving Brother Hong this time. Archer told me that if you hadn't jumped into the water to support him, by the time he arrived, Brother Hong would have been saved. Shen Yu looked at Ji Cheng's eyes and said.

Ji Cheng was a little embarrassed by Shen Yu, "Brother Hong is also my nephew, they are all a family, I should share it when I save him, and Cousin Yu doesn't need to be so polite." ”

Shen Yu nodded, not knowing what he was recognizing. "You can take care of your illness, now the third aunt is inconvenient to take care of things, so let people tell my mother if they lack anything."

Ji Cheng thanked him, and Shen Yu pulled Brother Hong and was about to go out. Although he came to thank him, after all, there is a difference between men and women, and Shen Yu is not good at staying in Ji Cheng's house for long.

But Brother Hong didn't do it, "I want to be with Sister Cheng." ”

Ji Cheng avoided Brother Hong'er and sneezed twice in a row, "Brother Hong'er, I'm still sick, you go back with your father first, and when we are all well-healed, I'll take you to play." ”

Brother Hong pursed his lips and said, "You lie." ”

Ji Cheng didn't know how to say this.

Brother Hong complained: "You have never played with me for so long. ”

Shen Yu picked up Brother Hong, pulled the corners of his mouth apologetically at Ji Cheng, and then turned his head to Brother Hong and said, "When your Aunt Cheng recovers, I'll let you come over to play." ”

Brother Hong, this is not a fuss.

As soon as Shen Yu was sent away, her mother, Mrs. Huang, led Shen Qian to Ji Cheng's small courtyard, which was really expensive. However, Ji Cheng also saved Mrs. Huang's only grandson now, if she didn't come to visit Ji Cheng, she naturally couldn't say it.

Mrs. Huang asked about Ji Cheng's condition affectionately but not too affectionately, which was the same as what Shen Yu said, only that Ji Cheng could go to her if he had something.

Shen Qian gently squeezed Ji Cheng's hand, "This time it's really thanks to you." The second brother said, if you hadn't been dragging Brother Hong, Brother Hong would have ...... a long time ago."

Ji Cheng smiled: "Even you came to be polite to me?" ”

Shen Qian asked Ji Cheng to recuperate with peace of mind, and don't worry about anything else.

Ji Cheng has nothing to worry about, but there is indeed a case, I heard that it was Shen Che who rescued him from the East Lake, but he didn't know if there was any trouble.

As soon as Mrs. Huang left, Lu Yuan quietly slipped in with red eyes, and as soon as she entered the door, she firmly held Ji Cheng's hand and burst into tears.

"What's wrong?" Ji Cheng hurriedly asked.

Lu Yuan choked up and said, "Sister Cheng, you don't know how grateful I am to you. ”

Ji Cheng couldn't guess what he said, so he joked with a smile: "You haven't passed the door yet, but you are more grateful to me than the second lady." ”

Lu Yuan glanced at Ji Cheng with disgust, "Sister Cheng, what are people telling you seriously." ”

In Lu Yuan's intermittent words, Ji Cheng knew that it turned out that Brother Hong fell into the water, and the second lady naturally wanted to interrogate people, why did the ice on the lake suddenly shatter for no reason?

It turned out that day Lanxiang coaxed Brother Hong to eat fish, Brother Hong refused, Lu Yuan happened to meet him in the past, so he lied to Brother Hong that the fish was caught by lifting the ice cover in the winter, not to mention that it was fresh and tender, and it could strengthen the body after eating.

Brother Hong believed it, and on this day he heard Mrs. Huang say that she had been unwell recently, and she was rolling up all day long, and Brother Hong wanted to catch the fish under the ice cover for Mrs. Huang to eat.

Ji Cheng handed a handkerchief to Lu Yuan to wipe her tears, she was really wronged, she was kind-hearted, but now that something like this has happened, Mrs. Huang naturally wants to discipline her, why did she lie to Brother Hong for no reason? Instead, it brought about a great calamity in heaven.

"Don't cry. The second lady is angry now, and it will be fine in a few days, she knows in her heart that you are kind. Ji Cheng comforted Lu Yuan.

"But my cousin must blame me." Lu Yuan cried.

"Cousin Mi is not such a stingy person." Ji Cheng said.

Lu Yuan said again: "When we met before, he was still looking at me, but when I saw him these days, he ignored me completely. ”

Ji Cheng thought to himself, when did Shen Yu take care of the girl's house?

But thinking of this, Ji Cheng couldn't help but be surprised, if you want to say that Shen Yu took the initiative to take care of the girl's family, it is only Ji Cheng himself.

Ji Cheng couldn't help but have a bold thought in his mind, Shen Yu shouldn't be any different to her, right? At that time in Nanyuan, he took the initiative to visit the patient, and today it is again, although every time there is a reason, but in terms of his temperament, it is also very rare.

Ji Cheng looked at Lu Yuan, and thought about Shen Yu again, she didn't compete with Shen Zhen for Chu Zhen, firstly, because she felt that Chu Zhen was too young to protect people, and secondly, the most important thing was, of course, afraid of Shen Che. If Shen Che was not Shen Jing's brother, the situation would be very different. Now that it's Lu Yuan, Ji Cheng doesn't have such troubles, and they can compete fairly with each other.

Originally, Ji Cheng would never dare to fight Shen Yu's idea, but since Shen Yu was not indifferent to her, the benefits of marrying Shen Yu were too great.