Chapter 8: The Shadow Dance of the Crane
The sky began to glow with the morning light, and when Wange opened the door, the courtyard was still foggy, and there were a few butterflies flying among the flowers.
Wan Ge looked at the clusters of flowers, thinking that when she was in Yuxiao Palace, she and her sisters danced and frolicked in the Valley of Hundred Flowers.
Wan Ge lowered her eyes, a deep sadness appeared in her clear watery eyes, she suddenly missed the past, she missed the time when she danced with them to her heart's content, she couldn't help but close her eyes, and danced on tiptoe in the yard.
Wan Ge quietly recalled the time when she danced solo in the past, dancing and spinning gently, her body was as light as a crane flying in the sky...... In the foggy morning, a woman wearing a goose-yellow flower-dragging skirt danced in the yard with her eyes closed, her face was quiet and calm, and her posture was swaying, as if she had also become a flower in the courtyard, so beautiful and moving.
Jing Muhui stood by the attic window and looked at her figure a little distracted, so that she didn't notice another man standing at the entrance of the garden who could also see God...... Wan Ge opened her eyes, and her depressed mood was almost vented with the dance, she felt a little quiet around her, just like last night, but not so depressed.
She turned around to find someone in the doorway looking at her in surprise.
Jing Muhui looked at the woman downstairs, he had never seen her dance, she was wearing a goose-yellow plain dress, and she danced like a crane.
Mu Hui looked at her, and suddenly felt shocked in his heart.
This woman is actually dancing the crane dance!
Mu Hui looked at her and couldn't seem to see through it...... "Uncle Zhong, this is ......"
Wan Ge blushed slightly embarrassedly and asked, Ye Zhong introduced: "Oh, Doctor Jun, this is the personal guard of the four princes, and the Imperial Forest Army is the commander of Moyun Cliff and Mo Du. ā
Wan Ge looked at the man in front of him who was dressed in black and had a silent face, and called politely: "Wan Ge has seen Mo Dutong!" ā
"What's your name?"
Mo Yunya asked, his tone stern and cold.
"Jun Wan Song"
Wan Ge replied, his thin lips were tightly closed, as if he was thinking about something, and only after half a salary did he speak: "Where is your lord?" ā
"My ......"
Wan Ge repeated in some surprise, and then corrected: "The prince should not get up in Qinxuan yet, and besides, Wan Ge is only temporarily living here!" ā
He glanced at her and walked away proudly...... Mo Yunya walked without distractions, looking preoccupied.
When he arrived at Qinxuan, Ye Zhong carefully knocked on the door and said, "Lord Wang"
, "Say"
Jing Muhui walked downstairs and stood in front of the table and said heartily, Ye Zhong said: "Lord Qiqi, the fourth prince just sent Mo Dutong over to invite the prince to go hunting in the Ten Thousand Beasts Forest together. ā
"Mo Yunya has seen the Seventh Prince!"
Mo Yunya half-knelt on the ground and clenched his fists with both hands, Jing Muhui looked at this cold and unruly man coldly, and refused expressionlessly: "Sue him, this king is going to Fengzen Temple today, and he is not free!" ā
"Fengzen Temple? But ......"
He couldn't help but raise his head, the moment he saw him, his pupils couldn't help but dilate, and he stared at Jing Muhui in a daze...... Jing Muhui looked at Mo Yunya, who was half-kneeling on the ground and staring straight at him, and asked coldly with a frown of his sword eyebrows, "Is there anything else?" ā
Realizing his gaffe, Mo Yunya lowered his head and said, "No! ā
"Then you're not leaving?"
He sat down and said, "Farewell!" ā
Mo Yunya got up and left the room quickly, passing by the garden when he saw Jun Wange's figure walking by, he couldn't help but glance back at her back, frowning as if trying to recall something, and muttered to himself: "Strange, it seems to be where ......"
The sunlight gradually sprinkled through the mist, the mist gradually dissipated, and the entire Seven Kings Mansion slowly brightened up in the golden sunlight.
Wan Ge didn't think about how to face him after last night, she hastily ate breakfast and didn't come out of the room, especially when she was dancing in the morning and was seen by strangers, but she always felt that Mo Dutong who came in the morning looked at her strangely, but she couldn't say anything was wrong.
Wan Ge shook her head, thinking that she was probably suspicious!
Wan Ge felt that he should cure Jing Muhui's illness first, so he packed up his mood and went out to the study, planning to read more medical books!
The door of the study was hidden, and Wan Ge gently pushed the door open, and suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief, fortunately there was no one.
She walked over to the bookshelf to get the book, her eyes inadvertently scanning the table, and she caught a glimpse of an unclosed book on the table.
When she walked in, there was a picture of a man on the page, a woman in a dancing gesture to be exact.
She flipped through it curiously, and couldn't help but smile and said, "I didn't expect the Seventh Prince to still watch the dance score!" Hey, how can this person dance like he's seen it there? ā
"You are dancing the dance on this dance score, naturally familiar!" ā
Jing Muhui stood at the door, glanced lazily at her flipping hand and replied, "Huh? ā
Wan Ge was startled, turned around and saw him shouting, "Lord Wang? ā
"Hmm"
He came in and answered, "What does the prince mean when he just said that Wan Ge danced the dance on this dance score?" ā
Wan Ge asked suspiciously, "You danced the crane dance on this dance sheet early this morning!" ā
He explained, "You ...... See it too? ā
Wan Ge asked, he paused and said, "I didn't mean to see it."
He replied, "Oh......"
Wan Ge lengthened her voice and lowered her head with a faint blushing face.
"You danced ...... Much like that! ā
He gently spit out a few words and continued to patiently explain, "It is rumored that this crane dance was created by Qingyue, the queen of the Cold Moon Kingdom, and only Qingyue in the world can dance the essence of the crane dance and dance the shadow of the crane. You...... Dancing the essence of this dance"
His warm voice gently escaped from his thin lips, as pleasant as the joy of mountains and flowing water!
Wan Ge heard his soft and shallow voice, and was stunned for a while before realizing that he was praising himself, and his thin red face suddenly turned crimson.
After a long time, she asked, "Well, that...... Is Queen Qingyue still alive? ā
Wan Ge looked at his face carefully, after all, she was asking about the queen of a dead country, which was a taboo for Chongjingguo.
"What did you ask her for?"
Mu Hui asked with some subtlety, "Because...... The prince just said that she danced the crane dance......"
Wan Ge didn't know how to express it for a while, "You want to see her, because of the king's words just now?" ā
Mu Hui looked at her and asked rhetorically, Wan Ge nodded and asked in a low voice, "Is she still alive?" ā
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Mu Hui nodded and said, "Imprisoned in the Fengzen Temple"
Mu Hui looked at Wan Ge and asked, "Why are you so interested in her?" ā
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Wan Ge smiled and said, "I don't know, maybe it's just the rise of the crane dance!" ā
"The king will leave the house later"
He coldly threw out a sentence and said, "Oh"
She responded, "It's going to Fengzen Temple!" ā
He lowered his head and waited with interest for her reaction.
Listening to his words, Wan Ge paused before she realized that he was going to the Fengchan Temple where Qingyue was imprisoned, the pupils in her clear eyes couldn't help but widen, and after hesitating for a moment, she asked timidly: "Wang, Wangye, can you take Wan Ge there?" ā
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"Fengzen Temple is a place where important family members and daughters are held"
He paused, Wan Ge was a little disappointed and thought that he couldn't take him there, he found that it felt good to tease her once in a while, he continued, "After entering, I have been following this king, don't go around!" ā
Hearing his words, her watery eyes flashed with excitement, and she happily held his wrist and asked, "Really?" ā
He nodded, his eyes falling on her hand holding him, stunned!
It was summer, and his hands were still cold, but her hands were frighteningly warm...... "It's here"
Mu Hui stepped out of the carriage and said, "Oh! ā
Wan Ge, Mu Hui strode in, and Wan Ge followed him quickly and closely.
"Poor Ni has seen the Seven Princes"
The abbot Jing'an said respectfully, "Bring Qingyue to see this king!" ā
Mu Hui ordered in a cold voice, "Please wait in the meditation room, and the poor nun will go to the Qingyue benefactor!" ā
Saying that, Mrs. Jing'an was ready to leave, "Take her to the backyard, where the king is waiting for her!" ā
Mu Hui got up as he spoke, and Wan Ge also followed him towards the courtyard...... Dressed in a simple black and gray monk's robe, the wooden hairpin simply tied his hair up, and his thin face showed heavy sorrow, but he couldn't hide the elegant and calm noble temperament of the royal family.
"Qingyue, the surviving person, has seen the Seventh Prince!"
She bowed slightly, looking at Jing Muhui, Qingyue's heart was full of mixed feelings, if it weren't for his Leng Yanli, maybe he wouldn't be dead, but maybe he wouldn't ...... "kneel"
The attendant on the side shouted, "Please forgive me the Seventh Prince, Qingyue is the queen of the Cold Moon Country, how can you kneel to the people of Chongjing Country!" ā
Qingyue said firmly, "Bold, kneel!" ā
The attendant shouted violently, "What can't you say well, what are you yelling!" ā
Wan Ge watched the man yell at Qingyue and said dissatisfiedly.
Seeing her slightly angry appearance, he said coldly: "Retreat, you can't let people enter this courtyard without the king's orders." ā
"Yes, subordinates obey!" ā
"Have you ever danced?"
Mu Hui asked casually, "What is the Seventh Prince asking for?" ā
Qingyue asked suspiciously, "It's me, it's Wange who heard that your crane dance is the best in the world, so he wants to see his wife's crane dance and begged the prince to bring Wange to see you." ā
Wan Ge said politely, "Crane Dance..."
Qingyue enlisted the levy and said, "Since the moment Qingyue married the emperor, she swore that she would only dance for him in this life, and now that he is gone, Qingyue will not break her original promise!" ā
"So you don't want to jump?"
Mu Hui looked at her coldly and asked, "It's not that I don't want to, but I have an oath in front of me!" ā
Qingyue said calmly, "Then it seems that this king has to let people bring Leng Fengxi, so that you can dance the crane dance, right?" ā
Mu Hui stared at Qingyue coldly and asked, inexplicably he didn't want to see her disappointed.
"Don't, can you ask the prince to spare you?"
Qingyue begged, "Lord Wang, why don't we stop watching it?" Now she probably doesn't have the strength to dance the crane dance."
Wan Ge said.
Qingyue looked at her, this Wange girl should be angry when she heard that she didn't jump, but now she helped herself out.
"To jump, or not to jump?"
Mu Hui knew that Wan Ge was kind, and he didn't want her to run for nothing, so he saw a little chill in Qingyue's eyes, and Qingyue looked at Mu Hui in embarrassment and was silent!
"It's better to ...... I'll dance, ma'am, can you guide you? ā
Wan Ge Ti yƬ said, "This, Wan Ge girl..."
Qingyue looked at Mu Hui, "This can't be done?" ā
Mu Hui asked dissatisfiedly, "Yes, Miss Wange, please come here." ā
Qingyue took Wan Ge to the middle of the courtyard.
Wan Ge heard Qingyue call her "Wan Ge"
smiled at her.
She said to Qingyue, "Are we going to start?" ā
"Hmm"
Qingyue looked at her, this Wange girl is so kind.
"Alright, let's get started!"
Wan Ge said with a smile...... The wind blew gently, and the roses, magnolias, crape myrtles, peonies, yueji, etc. in the garden beside the courtyard all proudly raised their heads and danced in the wind with the song of Wange, and there was a large gardenia tree and a stout acacia tree in the courtyard.
The wind gently blew across Jing Muhui's cheeks, bringing a faint floral fragrance, and he inhaled gently, and the gardenia was mixed with a few traces of indistinguishable floral fragrance.
He looked at the woman in white clothes dancing under the acacia tree in front of him, her face as bright as the sun, and her laughter like silver bells, like a crane in the air, so beautiful but unattainable.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Mu Hui couldn't help but think of his true identity, and remembered that he would leave soon.
His face is not as old as that of mortals, and he can only stay here for a dozen years at most, and there are still people calculating behind him.
She is a mortal, she will be born, old, sick and die all her life, and it is impossible for her to stay by her side forever, perhaps...... I shouldn't have forced her to keep from the beginning!
Mu Hui thought silently in his heart, and suddenly felt a feeling of depression, which made people feel uncomfortable.
The flowers fell on Mu Hui's shoulders with the wind, and the appearance of a song smiling like a flower seemed to be imprinted in his mind at this moment.
Looking at Wan Ge, Qingyue thought of Feng Xi, I don't know how she is now, and her eyes turned red when she felt it.
"What's wrong with Madam, isn't Wange dancing well?"
Wan Ge asked, "No, it's just a momentary feeling!" ā
Qingyue said, "If she hadn't died, she would have come to you!" ā
Mu Hui said coldly, "Do you have to kill Xi'er, she was just born in the emperor's family by mistake, it's not her fault, beg the prince to let her go?" ā
Qingyue sat on her knees and begged bitterly, "It's time for us to go!" ā
Mu Hui said to Wan Ge, "That... You can't..."
Wan Ge looked at Mu Hui hesitantly, "This matter has nothing to do with you"
Mu Hui said and pulled Wan Ge away.
Wan Ge let go of his hand and ran to help Qingyue up and said, "Madam, you have to take care, if that princess Fengxi comes to you, you ask her not to fight against the court, in fact, the seventh prince is not so cold-blooded, let's go first, you take care." ā
After Wan Ge finished speaking, he got up and said goodbye to Qingyue.
On the way, Mu Hui just walked in silence, Wan Ge looked at him and asked, "If one day you find out that the people around you have been lying to you, ...... What will you do? ā
Mu Hui approached and looked at her, and asked with a somewhat elusive look in his eyes, "The people around this king?" Are you referring to you? ā
, Wan Ge looked at him with a little weakness and said, "What, how can there be, the people around you are not just me!" ā
Hearing her say this, Mu Hui asked rhetorically: "Then tell me who else is beside this king?" ā
Wan Ge looked at him and was stunned and said, "No, no, aren't there still the Nine Princes and Ouyang Gongzi?" ā
"They? Hmph......"
He snorted lightly and looked at her, sneered inexplicably and turned away, leaving her with a clear back and a cold voice, "There is only one person around this king, and her name is Jun Wange." ā