Chapter 10 Solo

Zou Leshi was suddenly injured, and everyone lost their minds for a while. After Ran Ning heard the letter, she also came to Zou Leshi's room to visit.

Zou Leshi's room was full of people, and Lord Le Qing was also there, frowning solemnly, watching the imperial doctor help Zou Leshi bandage. Zou Leshi's right wrist was a little red, swollen and bruised, and the nails of his right index finger and thumb were broken in half of the flesh and were still bleeding. Nails are very important to luthiers, who need its help to pluck the strings and play good tunes in a variety of techniques. Some luthiers will also rely on armor because they are born with soft nails or are not easy to keep long, but for the vast majority of luthiers, they prefer to play the piano with their own beautiful nails rather than armor, and the quality of nails was once considered one of the criteria for judging the talent of luthiers.

Ran Ning's nails grow very well and she attaches great importance to them, so she also understands Zou Leshi's attention to nails, as well as the chagrin and regret after the nails are broken, after all, it still takes time to grow again. But at the moment, everyone doesn't have time to care about when Zou Leshi's nails will grow, but they are more concerned about what to do with tonight's birthday banquet.

"Why did you get hurt all of a sudden?" Le Qing asked with a frown. Le Qing has not been in a good mood recently, so the people of the Lile Division don't dare to bother her if there is no big matter.

"It rained last night, and the road was a little slippery, so I accidentally fell down the steps of the Magpie Bridge." Zou Leshi said with a flat expression, except for the slight frown and unconsciously withdrawing his hand when he was touched by the wound, there was no extra expression and movement.

"Why was it so careless?" Le Qing's face was very ugly, as if she felt that Zou Leshi had to embarrass her at this time.

"I didn't expect ...... either" Zou Leshi didn't look at Le Qing, only stared at his injured hand.

After the imperial doctor finished dealing with Zou Leshi's injury, he got up and said to Le Qing: "Zou Leshi is fine, the sprain of the wrist is not strict, and it will be fine after about ten days, the nails are a little bad, but they will grow again, don't worry." ”

"There's Dr. Lao." Le Qing said.

The imperial doctor left a prescription for reducing swelling and stasis, and left with the medicine box.

"Le Qing, I'm afraid I won't be able to lead the lead today, so while there is still some time, find someone to replace me." Zou Leshi said.

This incident was indeed an accident, and Zou Leshi injured his hand again, and Le Qing couldn't say anything about her, so she could only find someone to replace her. But there are only a few people who know how to play the zheng, and when they play with the accompaniment ensemble, they are always playing with Zou musicians, and others have to hold their feet temporarily, and there is no way to fully match the arranged music, and basically they can't fit the rhythm.

Le Qing swept around the people who knew how to use the guzheng and named a few more people, but everyone was looking for a reason to shirk it. After all, they didn't practice the song together at that time, and now let them play temporarily, in case something goes wrong, Long Yan will be angry, and no one can protect them. Everyone is not stupid, so naturally they don't want to take this matter, even if it is an opportunity to show their faces.

After looking around, he couldn't find anyone, and Le Qing finally set his eyes on Ran Ning, but he didn't speak.

There was silence in the room for a while, and everyone seemed to be able to see that Le Qing didn't want to give Ran Ning a chance even at this time.

"Le Qing," Zou Leshi opened his mouth to break the silence in the room, "The song was written by Ran Ning, and I don't think anyone is more suitable than her." Of course, if Ran Ning is afraid of making mistakes and doesn't want to lead the voice, I can also understand it, after all, she doesn't know what instruments we added to it. I just think it's most appropriate for this piece to be played by Ran Ning. ”

Zou Leshi's words, Ran Ning didn't know whether to help her or harm her, after all, if she pushed her up, then she would have to take responsibility.

Le Qing pondered for a moment and asked, "Ran Ning, what do you say?" ”

Ran Ning didn't answer immediately, she was also thinking about whether to take this position. After all, the song was written by her, and there is no better understanding of what she wants to express than her, but after a certain arrangement, and the different pianists, there is a little gap between the things expressed, so even if she can play it, it is difficult to say whether she can be integrated with the accompaniment and express the same artistic conception. Besides, she hadn't heard of a single practice.

"Le Qing, it's not appropriate to let Ran Ning go to the music she arranged before, after all, I haven't practiced, and it's very easy to have problems. So I mentioned yì according to Ran Ning's request. Now what we have to do is to dedicate the song to the virtuous concubine Niangniang, as for what form and how many people, it doesn't matter, the important thing is to fit. Let the concubine like it. Zou Leshi said.

Hearing this, Ran Ning knew that Zou Leshi didn't mean to harm her. If the other party wants to harm her, she will definitely use the song she wrote as an excuse to make sure that she must cooperate with the previous arrangement. But now, Zou Musician tried her best to let her play the music in her own way and willingly, so that there would be no mistakes in the coordination of zài, and she would only look at Ran Ning's piano skills.

Le Qing didn't seem to have any other way, and asked, "Ran Ning, this time the song can only be handed over to you, don't let me down." ”

"Yes." Le Qing's relaxation and Zou Leshi's persuasion from the side gave Ran Ning more room for self-play, which was easy for Ran Ning.

It's not too early, and others have other tunes to play at the banquet, and they don't stay long when they see that Musician Zou has nothing to do. Ran Ning was the last to leave, and Zou Leshi smiled at her, but didn't say anything.

The birthday banquet is held in the center of the lake, the pavilion is very large, because it is in the lake, not only the scenery is beautiful, but also very cool, suitable for such a summer.

In addition to the virtuous concubines, the emperor and the concubines of various palaces, this banquet also invited a few juniors who were very popular with the virtuous concubines, which was agreed by the emperor. However, none of this has anything to do with Ran Ning, except for being allowed to enter the pavilion when she played "Ruyi", she waited outside the pavilion at other times.

The wine and food were sent into the pavilion like a stream, and the music in the pavilion covered the sound of talking, but with the emperor here, the atmosphere must not be bad.

Ran Ning waited quietly outside for an hour, watching the men and women performing music and dancing come out of the court, some of them lowered their heads and walked back, with no expression on their faces, and some of them were smiling, but they didn't dare to show it too obviously, such an expression Ran Ning guessed that he was probably rewarded.

"Three girls." Father-in-law Chang, who was waiting inside, didn't know when he came out, and he didn't call her Ran Leshi when he walked in front of Ran Ning.

"Father-in-law Chang." Ran Ning bowed to him halfway.

"Are the three girls still used to being in the palace?" Chang Gonggong's voice was not loud, only enough for the two of them to hear clearly. But it is precisely because others can't hear what they say that there will be more speculation in their hearts.

"Yes, thank you father-in-law for taking care of me." Ran Ning understood that if it weren't for Father-in-law Chang sending Ji Lu to come to see her, even if her piano skills were recognized, life might not be so easy.

"The third girl is polite, when the old uncle is here, he takes care of me a lot. The most important thing for the old uncle is the three girls when he was alive, and now that the three girls have entered the palace, I naturally want to take care of one or two. Chang Gonggong said with emotion.

Chang Gonggong used "I", instead of "old slave" or something like that, Ran Ning understood that this was not disrespectful to her, but on the contrary, it was something more important than respect, it was for the sake of her ancestor's face, and she was regarded as her junior.

"Thank you, father-in-law." Ran Ning smiled.

As soon as the words fell, Ji Lu came to inform him, saying that it was almost Ran Ning's turn.

Father-in-law Chang didn't say anything more, and ordered Ji Lu to help Ran Ning carry the qin, and then went back to the Weirui Pavilion and waited for the emperor's orders.

The kite was put in the pavilion, Ran Ning entered the pavilion, did not squint, sat on the piano bench and took a deep breath, a familiar smell entered the tip of her nose, making Ran Ning stunned, this special smell She still remembers, it was the smell on the carriage that sent her back after the murder that day, to be exact, it should be the smell of the son.

This smell seemed to speed up Ran Ning's calmness, and Ran Ning put her mind back on the kite, raising her hand and playing a gentle music with the technique of chanting and kneading.

At this time, the people of the Rite and Music Division outside the pavilion all pricked up their ears, and at Ran Ning's request, this "Ruyi" song did not add any accompaniment, and it was completely completed by Ran Ning independently. But the people present at the Lile Division were all people who knew how to play music, and Ran Ning popped the first paragraph to completely put them at ease.

Ran Ning's attention was all focused on the zheng, and her zheng's sound was more suitable for this song, and the lingering taste on the tip of her nose made it easier for her to enter the artistic conception that the song was intended to express, and the more she played, the more comfortable she became.

If Zou Leshi's "Ruyi" pops up is the smooth and happy life of his daughter's family after getting married, then Ran Ning pops up is the contentment and pride of everyone after the peace and prosperity of the family and the country.

Different luthiers can play different flavors of the same piece, and the listener will also hear different moods, which is the beauty of the song.

The two-handed cooperation in the middle part plays quickly, and the rhythm is cheerful and delicate, which makes people never get tired of listening to it. The finger shake part is smooth and coherent, and it is a complete treat.

The music comes to an abrupt end in a tight scale, and it takes a long time to come back to your senses.

"Okay." The emperor smiled and clapped his hands, and said loudly: "Reward! ”

This relieved everyone in the Rite and Luck Division, and also brought everyone present back to their senses.

"Your Majesty." Ran Ning thanked him calmly, then bowed back and prepared to leave. When he turned around, he inadvertently met a pair of narrow eyes, which made Ran Ning frightened for a moment, but he did not lose his temper and naturally retreated. Ran Ning didn't know who the other party was, but she had never seen such a handsome man, and she was indeed a little distracted for a while. The man is dressed as a literati, but his temperament is full of domineering, even with a hint of evil. The narrow eyes seem to be able to see through a qiē depth, the bridge of the nose is high, the lips are thin, and the facial features are quite exquisite. And Du Muyi, who was sitting next to the man, Ran Ning also saw it, but the occasion was inconvenient, so he didn't say much.

After Ran Ning left, Du Muyi touched the man next to him and said with a smile: "The title of the first pianist in the capital is really true." ”

The man didn't say anything, and after a new round of music sounded, he got up and left his seat. The graceful and luxurious concubine sitting beside the emperor looked at the back of the man leaving, and then looked at the direction in which Ran Ning left just now, revealing a loving and somewhat understanding and meaningful smile.