Chapter 16: Poetry and Painting (2)
In this case, all the daughters are you look at me, I look at you, and the atmosphere stiffened slightly. Chao Ximeng is the daughter of the general, although she is only a second lady, but after all, she is from the general's mansion, and they dare not offend, and Li Qingqing is the daughter of the prime minister and the queen's niece, so they also dare not offend.
The way to do a good job is to remain silent, no one opens their mouths to say anything, and if they don't speak, they will never make a mistake. The originally lively atmosphere fell silent like this, Li Mei had an incomprehensible smile on her face, and she didn't open her mouth to break the atmosphere, picked up the teacup alone, and tasted it quietly.
Chao Xiwu didn't care about the current atmosphere, she sat leisurely and lazily, eating the osmanthus cake on the plate. I have to say that the things made in the palace are delicious, usually she thinks the osmanthus cake is sweet and tasteless, today's osmanthus cake tastes, although it is sweet, but the rich osmanthus fragrance blooms in the mouth, even if she doesn't like to eat it, she eats a few more.
"Xi Wu, how about you comment on the poems written by the two of them?" Li Mei put down the teacup in her hand, and with a word, she pushed the disaster onto Chao Xiwu's body.
Chao Xiwu unhurriedly put down the uneaten osmanthus cake in his hand, frowned slightly, a trace of light flashed in his eyes, and said with a little embarrassment, "Queen Mother, Xiwu was sent by her father to practice martial arts since she was a child, and she has never learned anything like poetry. ”
The news that she was sent to the iceberg to apprentice has long spread in the capital, no one knows the way, Li Mei said this, but she deliberately made her ugly, but Li Mei miscalculated, she thought that Chaoxi Dance would be hard-headed, and both of them would be offended when the time came, where would they know the way, Chaoxi Dance actually admitted so boldly and honestly that she was only a shallow learner, and she really didn't say anything.
"Look at the memory of Beigong, why did you forget that Xi Wu has not been in the General's Mansion since she was a child, and I don't blame you if you don't understand, a woman is virtuous if she is not talented."
Li Mei's self-reproachful expression, as well as comforting words, made everyone more sure, Chao Xiwu didn't know anything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, looking at Chao Xiwu's eyes, she couldn't help but be a little more sarcastic, she looked like a goblin, and there was no ink in her stomach, what is the difference between such a woman and a woman in the Qinglou.
Chao Xiwu didn't care about their gaze at all, she didn't know how to, but she just didn't want to be the wronged boss. She also did this deliberately, so that this group of daughters could spread the news, and it was best to reach the emperor's ears, and whether she would become a princess or not was another question.
The royal family pays the most attention to face, the future princess must have both ability and political integrity, and Li Mei is the biological mother of the prince, she was unhappy with the Chaoxi dance from the beginning, with this matter, Li Mei can dissuade the emperor in a bright way, so why not do it, a little reputation is nothing.
At this time, the silent Chao Ximeng smiled and explained for Chao Xiwu, "Queen Mother, my father has always cultivated my sister as a man, and I hope that my sister can go into battle to kill the enemy like my father in the future, so I didn't teach my sister piano, chess, calligraphy and painting." But my sister's martial arts are very good, why don't you let my sister demonstrate a paragraph to the queen? ”
Although Chao Ximeng hates Chao Xi Dance, she will not let Chao Xi Dance lose the reputation of the General's Mansion, and she has a sister who doesn't understand anything, and she will be ashamed herself, so she will kindly explain it for her.
Li Mei smiled when she heard this, and said, "It's okay, there are indeed few women in the Celestial Empire's martial arts, and today this palace is fortunate to be able to meet them." ”
Chao Xiwu lowered her eyes, eager to slap her sister to death, she really helped more and more, and Li Mei spoke again, she couldn't refute anything, so she had to say, "That courtier is ugly." ”
Chaoxi Dance's weapon is the Divine Dance, what she is best at is also using a sword, her Divine Dance is carried with her, the Divine Dance is a soft sword, which can be used as a belt around the waist, which is convenient and not easy to be detected. On such an occasion, it was impossible for her to take out the divine dance, so she had to go to the side of the garden and break off a willow branch from a willow tree.
Walked directly in front of Li Mei, made a blessing, and said, "The courtiers used willow branches instead of swords, and offered ugliness." ”
After speaking, the Chaoxi dance moved, the pink figure was as light and beautiful as a butterfly, the wrist rotated gently, the willow branch in the hand was like lightning, and in the rapid dance, it seemed like a ribbon was constantly flying and spinning, the green willow branch and the pink figure fused together, the movement seemed to be extremely fast, but every movement, they could see it clearly.
This set of movements is more like dancing than playing with a sword, her every movement is light and powerful, churning and spinning, all like the movements in the dance, but the dance is a little softer and more graceful, and the sword dance of the Chaoxi dance is both rigid and soft. It's the perfect combination of the two.
Chao Xiwu slowly stopped, without any breath, as if the person who danced the sword just now was not her, standing in front of Li Mei, Ying Ying made a thousand blessings, and said, "The courtiers are ugly." ”
After finishing the speech, the applause came out of Li Mei's hand, and with Li Mei's applause, the applause of other people also followed, Li Mei didn't expect that Chao Xiwu could play the sword so well, so that she miscalculated, and now she had no excuse to make things difficult for her, so she had to pretend to praise and praise, "It is worthy of being the daughter of a general, and she has a bit of the demeanor of a general." ”
Those young ladies who originally laughed at Chaoxi Dance and looked down on Chaoxi Dance couldn't help but be surprised, such an action, they were unheard of, unseen, and immediately changed their impression of Chaoxi Dance a little bit.
"Thank you for the queen's compliment, the courtier's is just a small skill of carving insects." Chao Xiwu said without arrogance or impatience.
Although she didn't want to bend with Li Mei, she had no choice, she had to be careful with every word in the palace, and she could only stammer Li Mei.
"Today's flower viewing has also allowed the palace to see, the talents of the girls, and I hope you can give full play to tonight's banquet." Li Mei's words are comprehensive, no matter whether she has performed or not, she is naturally excited when she hears this, who doesn't want to perform well in front of the emperor, and then get a reward to win glory for the family.
"Thank you, Queen Mother." All the women knelt down on one knee and said in unison.
"It's not too early, and the palace is going to the emperor, so the palace will take the first step." After Li Mei finished speaking, she was helped up by the grandmother on the side, and left gracefully and luxuriously.
The women, who did not stand up, said again, "Congratulations to the queen." ”