Chapter 69: The Great Performance
Li Ke stood in place, watched the merchant turn the moon cave door, then raised his hand and dusted off his sleeves, and took the personal attendant beside him to bypass the Taiye Pool unhurriedly, and returned to the living hall where he lived through the imperial garden. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
As soon as he entered the palace door, Li Ke's face darkened, a pair of deep sharp eyes flashed with clearly visible anger, a muffled snort came out of his nose, and he sat down on the bamboo couch in the inner room with the sleeves of his robe swinged.
A figure flashed in silently outside the door, kneeling down on one knee in front of Li Ke, Li Ke squinted and saw Yuwen kneeling on the ground dressed in white.
"Yuwen, you go back to Luoyang, see what Golden Peony is doing these days, and come back to tell the king." Li Ke leaned on the couch and looked coldly at the lively spring greeting outside the window, and the yellow flowers inexplicably made him a little upset.
Yuwen raised his head slightly and glanced at Li Ke's expression, didn't say anything, got up and exited the inner room, looked around, avoided the eyes and ears of the chamberlain and the palace maid, jumped to the top of the palace, and disappeared in an instant. Li Ke was left leaning on the couch in the inner room, irritable.
Today's scene in the Lin De Hall made Li Ke a little surprised, Huo Yiqing is an aunt who is very valued by the Cui family, and he has always been quite willing to take refuge in him, but Li Ke has never given him a positive answer, but he once gave him a post when he was banqueting the ministers who were friendly with the DPRK and China, and he was lukewarm.
This time in the matter of businessmen, he actually jumped out to speak, behind it must have been bewitched by some people, if he guessed correctly, it should be a good thing done by Golden Peony.
"Golden peony! I didn't know that your hand could stretch so long! Li Ke picked the corners of his mouth and smiled, his white teeth were like fierce beasts that were chosen to devour, revealing a bloodthirsty tyrannical aura.
In the East Palace, far away from the living hall where Li Ke lived, the crown prince Li Zhi leisurely looked at the books in his hand. This time, Li Ke was allowed to live in the palace by the Tang Emperor, which made all the courtiers feel a little Jiujiu in their hearts.
The ministers who supported Li Zhi, headed by the eldest grandson Wuji, were mostly the ministers of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and they were very opposed to Li Ke living in the palace in their hearts, believing that this was not in line with the ancestral system, and the emperor attached too much importance to the prince other than the prince would cause people's hearts to fluctuate and the court was unstable.
Those who support Li Ke are mostly family lords, especially the Cui family and the Lu family, these family members have a lot of children who are officials in the palace, accounting for almost half of the civil officials, but this group of people is extremely optimistic about Li Ke, thinking that it is the blood of the two dynasties, which is unspeakably expensive, and it is natural to live in the palace, even if it is not impossible to further become a prince.
In the past few days, in the past few days, openly and secretly, I don't know how many courtiers have fallen off the horse, and they have been replaced.
Shaking his head slightly, Li Zhi sighed slightly, silently for him, in his name and many founding ministers befriended, he knew in his heart that but the affairs of the court, sometimes it is not a good thing to win, at this time, the father is still in the prime of life, why not be happy to be a son?
However, thinking of Huo Yiqing's words in the main hall of Fangcai, Li Zhi couldn't help frowning, this Huo Yiqing was too eager to please Li Ke, and he went against the meaning of the people in the hall, obviously relying on the body of Qingliu, and the emperor would not blame him for this, but this was too eager to please, like a horse's fart on the horse's leg.
Thinking of the hint of surprise that Li Ke showed in the main hall, Li Zhi laughed a little, it seems that this Huo Yiqing can't be on the stage!
Li Zhi stood by the window, holding a jade plaque in his hand and shaking it twice in the sunlight, the sunlight reflected by the jade plaque was mild and not dazzling, but it was eye-catching.
A moment later, a masked man dressed in gray suddenly appeared in the courtyard, and as soon as he saw Li Zhi, he knelt down on one knee and hugged his fist to Li Zhi in salute.
"What happened in the hall today, and you don't have to tell your master, can you know?" Li Zhi said to the gray-clothed man with a pleasant face, Li Mo has always placed a lot of people around him in order to keep him safe, but this time the matter in the hall has been settled, but there is no need to let him know that it is only worrying.
"Yes!" The man in gray lowered his head slightly, and took the order, as long as it was not a major matter related to the prince's safety, whatever the prince said.
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In a blink of an eye, the three-day period passed in a flash.
On the day of the dance, the leader of the nine surnames of Tiele entered the palace early in the morning according to the rules, handed the table to the emperor in the Xuanzheng Palace, showing his heart of submission, and another volume wrote down the many native products of the Heavenly Empire, among which there is a pure white tiger skin, from beginning to end, without a trace of flaw, it is rare and abnormal, rare in the world, Li Shimin was overjoyed, rewarded the leaders of the nine surnames with a lot of gold and jewelry, and gave a number of silk brocades, and the leaders of the nine surnames of Tiele received far more than the things offered.
For a time, the leaders of the nine surnames were very happy, and praised the emperor for his wisdom and wealth, and his flattery was endless, causing a commotion in the court to sing praises of virtue. Li Shimin, a generation of Ming Jun, was also stunned, smiling so much that his mouth couldn't close together, and his face was full of pride.
After the early dynasty was dispersed, the inner attendant led the leaders of the nine surnames to rest in the side hall, and after the emperor set off, he followed him to the Lin De Palace.
Shang Shang and the others got up early in the morning, and rushed to the Linde Hall before the sun rose, and a group of singers crowded in the side hall of the Linde Palace, waiting to listen to Liu Xianglan's assignment. Since that day the Tang Emperor Li Shimin approved the song and dance in the main hall, all the singers have been like taking a reassuring pill, working harder and harder, and are waiting for the big performance of this day.
Liu Xianglan also studied the singer dance costumes many times with the palace people of the palace department and the department decoration, and the hairpin ring ornaments used were all specially made by the inner court decoration department.
After Liu Xianglan's modification, the whole dance appeared more powerful and compact, and it really became a good sword dance.
However, after learning the lesson of the day's bun, the merchant's hair was just tied in a simple bun, tightly tied with a ribbon, and the ears hung down a little, lined with a few tassels of fine pearls, and the pearl flashed, making him even more shrewd and capable, with willow eyebrows and red lips, he looked like a chivalrous woman!
Liu Xianglan next to a few little palace maids standing aside with a hand full of clothes, every time she called a person's name, a singer came forward to take away the one that belonged to her, each person's clothes are tailor-made, the clothes of the merchant are changed a lot, in order to match the sword dance, the original skirt of the merchant only left the outermost layer of soft smoke, the inner underwear was replaced with a sword-sleeved Hu Fu, which looks heroic and clean, and the soft smoke of the outer cover also adopts the most convenient way, only tied with a tie around the waist, Like a simple burqa, it adds a bit of charm, but as soon as the strap is pulled, the outer clothes will fade under the feet, revealing a fiery red suit, from weak to tough in the blink of an eye.
Shang Shang took his clothes and went to the side to change them, and her face was as bright as the morning glow, and the long sword she was carrying in her hand was matched with the strong suit, which really looked like a chivalrous woman.
In the distance, I heard a commotion from the front hall, and the voices of the eunuchs and palace maids who were arranged in the front hall shouting long live together faintly came.
Liu Xianglan said a little nervously: "The emperor has arrived, at most three moments, the dancing queen will be on the stage, have you all done it?"
"Well, that's it." A group of dancers agreed.
"This time the dance, we have made some adjustments, Shang Shang's performance is placed in the second, Shang Shang will have "Qin Wang Breaking Array Music" after Shang Shang, this men's group dance does not have to worry about us, after this breaking array music, it is a barbarian Hu Xuan dance, you must each remember your own order clearly, don't make a mistake!" Liu Xianglan said as she looked at the singers in the hall, trying to find even the slightest uncertainty in their eyes, and then she would strangle all these uncertainties in the cradle.
Liu Xianglan looked at the businessman, and saw that she was dressed in red, covered with a layer of soft smoke, and quietly leaned on the dressing table on the side thinking about the dance steps, so she didn't bother her, she was the second, and it was not her turn yet.
Originally, the Lin De hall was gorgeously decorated, after a little decoration of the palace people, now it is more brilliant, the carved windows around the hall are all open, the sun shines into the outside of the hall is warm and bright, the new pinched gold silk hanging mans next to the window are flashing with golden light under the reflection of the sun, confusing people's eyes, the low table in the hall is the red lacquered wood that has been selected, there is no trace of bumping, it looks like it is brand new, the cups, plates and bowls on the few are excellent gold-edged fine white porcelain, exquisite, Filled with new fruits and delicious snacks prepared by the Imperial Dining Room, the freshly brewed spring wine exudes a rich aroma in the thin-necked sake jug, and the entire Lin De Hall shows the wealth and luxury of the Heavenly Empire.
A group of people sat down one after another, Tang Emperor Li Shimin was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe and was in the first place, sitting alone on the high throne facing south and back, and the two slender palace maids held the gorgeous palace fan behind the throne, standing quietly. Under the throne is Wei Guifei and Xu Xianfei, who have been in charge of the harem since the eldest grandson empress, the two palace concubines are dressed in full costumes, wearing palace flowers, sideburns and swaying, gorgeous and grand, living on the left and right sides under Li Shimin, Li Ke's mother Yang Concubine did not attend because she did not list the four concubines.
Under the two concubines are the courtiers on both sides, on the right side is headed by the crown prince Li Zhi, followed by Li Ke, the king of Wu, and then down is the eldest grandson Wuji in a purple official robe, Fang Xuanling and other founding ministers, and on the left is headed by the big leader of the Yao Luo Ge clan, and the next head sits in turn Hu Lu Ge clan, Du Luo Be clan, Qi Ge Xi Yan clan, A Bedi clan, Ge Sa's clan, Hu Su clan, Yao Bege clan, Xi Ye Be's clan, and behind several big leaders sat a lot of clansmen.
The ministers and the leaders of the Tiele tribes sat down on both sides of the main hall, leaving a large open space in the middle, and the musicians entered the main hall one after another, and fan-shaped half a circle on the side of the hall door, leaving the middle hall door to facilitate entry and exit, or sitting or standing are ready to stop, just wait for the emperor's order, you can start the dance.
Li Shimin saw that everyone was seated, so he calmly raised his hand, and the waiter standing at the foot of the stairs sang knowingly: "The feast begins!" ”