Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Imperial Presentation (I)
Ruyu is finally full of happiness to get married, but married quite far, Qiu Yuanwai was originally from Yangzhou, with the traffic of the Tang Dynasty and the identity of Ruyu's married woman, I am afraid that it will be difficult to return to Luoyang in this life, on the day of the wedding, Qiu Yuanwai took Ruyu to take a boat along the waterway to Yangzhou. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The song given by the merchant to Ruyu spread all over Luoyang City again and again overnight, whether it was the woman in the boudoir or the girl in the dust, they all sang softly in the bottom of their hearts, hoping to find a lover who held themselves in the palm of his hand like a jewel, and the name of the merchant resounded all over Luoyang again, pushing the business of Yunshuifang to a height that was difficult to match.
However, the merchant didn't care at all, and sent Ruyu away, and then calmed down to prepare for the royal performance.
Since receiving the instructions of the imperial performance, Sister Yun has arranged the frequency of merchants and merchants to pick up customers more scattered, and the price of the highest bidder has become higher and higher, but even so, the dignitaries and nobles in Luoyang City, the sons and young masters of the rich merchants are even more eager to come to Yunshuifang every day with a lot of gold and silver, just to see the businessmen.
It's really a "daughter buys a smile!" ", but Sister Yun couldn't close her mouth.
Seeing that it is the day of the big performance, Yunshuifang is like a big enemy.
Sister Yun got up early in the morning, ordered Bi Tao to call the girls and mothers-in-law, and called all the girls who participated in the performance on time, after breakfast, the group got on three carriages and rushed to Luoyang Palace, according to the requirements of the palace, they had to go to the side hall of the big show early in the morning to make preparations, so that all the people woke up the spirit of twelve points, and did not dare to have the slightest slack.
The carriage slowly stopped outside the Luoyang Palace, everyone got out of the car, the merchant jumped off the carriage with the hand of the green sleeve, and turned his head to see the Luoyang Palace in the slightly dewy morning light, quietly lying in front of him, like a giant beast.
The high palace walls, the city gate covered with copper nails in vermilion, and the brightly armored guards next to the gate all remind the merchants what kind of place this is. How many emperors have lived here, and how many past memories that have been swallowed up in dust and smoke whisper and echo quietly behind this closed door.
As the city gate was opened with a "creak", along the long alley inside the palace wall, the merchants seemed to see the shadows of countless palace maids who were gorgeously dressed but locked in the palace wall all their lives, peeking at their heads and peeking at their group of people who were about to step into the door.
The atmosphere is a little depressing, and the momentum of the imperial city is indeed extraordinary! After recovering from the daze, looking back at the people around him who didn't dare to breathe, Shang Shang couldn't help but sigh a little, if he didn't come from the afterlife, he was afraid that he would also be suppressed by the momentum of this imperial city! But now I feel more like I am visiting the Forbidden City in the future, but the sense of substitution here is stronger! Maybe I still can't fit into this era well!
Sister Yun pulled the merchant over and straightened the clothes on her body for her, and tightened the bead hairpin on her head a little, then took her hand, and followed the little eunuch who came to pick up people at the palace gate into the palace gate, the merchant turned around and glanced at the green sleeves, signaling her to follow behind him and not lose it, the green sleeves shrunk his shoulders, and followed behind the merchant timidly, not daring to relax a step, and the rest of the girls also followed quietly, for fear that if they made a mistake, they would cause some trouble.
Following behind the little eunuch, walked through the long palace road, and passed through several palaces and large imperial gardens, only then entered a large hall, this hall is huge, only afraid that it can accommodate thousands of people, the big pillar of the two people hugging together supports the high dome, facing the south and back to the north is the golden and brilliant high throne, and the whole hall is paved with bluestone.
For today's big performance, countless eunuchs and palace maids are flowing endlessly, except for a central open space reserved for the performers, the surrounding ground is being placed one after another on the low table, the people in the hall are busy with their own things with their heads down, but there is no noise at all, and the silence makes people feel depressed.
Seeing this formation, everyone in Yunshuifang was taken aback, everyone didn't expect that it would be such a big scene, looking at it like this, I am afraid that all the civil and military officials are basically here!
The little eunuch who walked in front turned around and coughed lightly, Sister Yun and the others came back to their senses, and hurriedly followed him and walked forward lightly, for fear of making a sound, this is the palace inside!
Passing through the main hall and entering the side hall, the little eunuch led them into a room and stopped, and said slowly: "This room is arranged by the top to groom you, if there is anything, just find the little eunuch outside the door, this is the palace, you don't want to walk around, no one can save you if something happens, when you come to the field, someone will come to call you, understand?" ”
"Yes! Slave maid understands! "Sister Yun bowed to her little father-in-law, as the saying goes: the prime minister is a seven-grade official in front of the door, not to mention that this is in the palace, any person stands up and says something, they all have to listen.
Sister Yun took out a gold coin of ten taels from her sleeve, stepped forward with a smile and pressed it into the little eunuch's hand.
"There is Father-in-law Lao! If there is anything, please take care of me! ”
"Well said! Say! The little eunuch checked the gold coin in his hand, squinted his eyes and looked at the color, then smiled at his sleeves, and arched his hand and said, "I'll go first, and I'll call you if I have something." ”
Sister Yun sent him out of the door all the way, and when she saw him out of the side hall, she closed the door and breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's it! Let's do our own thing! This is the Imperial Palace, so we can't just walk around and take advantage of the show yet! Let's go through the tunes and words that we are going to perform today, so that people can find fault when they can. ”
Sister Yun clapped her hands, beckoned all the girls to dress up, and took the words on the side to deepen the impression with them word by word, but Shang Shang continued to be familiar with the music with a few musicians, and she spent a lot of thought for this big performance.
Shang Shang carefully considered many tunes, "Qin Wang Breaking the Array Music" is known for its majestic momentum, if it is compared with such a large-scale song and dance, it is self-defeating, just imagine a group of female warblers, coquettish and tactful, how can it compare to the momentum of the voice of the old men who have been on the battlefield for a long time? Therefore, the performance of Yunshuifang should highlight the meaning of the family and country, and use the softness of women to show the delicate love of women for this family and country, so as to find another way.
After thinking about it, I remembered a well-known female solo and chorus of the mixed song "My Motherland", this song requires the female voice to be loud, the chorus is magnificent, and there are no forbidden words in the lyrics, but it is very suitable for performing in front of the emperor, in order to make the voice of the chorus not too feminine, the merchant also deliberately selected a few small guys with a good voice to participate in the chorus, and the effect is not bad.
For this word, Shang Shang also deliberately went to Lord Pei's mansion with Sister Yun, and after handing the word list to Lord Pei for review, he put forward a request to perform before "King Qin's Broken Array Music", because the lyrics contain words such as steel guns in order to open up a new world and jackals, which just highlight the necessity of the battle, so it can be placed before the breaking array music can skillfully guide the existence of the broken array music.
After reading the lyrics, Pei Ming praised it one after another, although the word is white, but it is good that it is concise and easy to understand, but there is elegance in the vulgarity, there are many illiterate people among the generals, such words may be more acceptable to them, in the end, it is worthy of the Oiran of Yunshuifang, it is indeed worthy of the name, and I readily agreed immediately, originally "King Qin Breaking the Array" is the finale of the years, and putting their program before it is a matter of one sentence.
After getting Master Pei's words, Shang Shang and Sister Yun happily returned to Yunshui Fang and devoted themselves to rehearsals, but Shang Shang really made it difficult to make it difficult in the musical instrument! It stands to reason that the main theme of this song should be the violin, but if only one violin is used in the chorus, it will never be effective, but now there are not so many musicians who can play the violin in the workshop.
Although it has been two months of practice, it is the first time for them to play in front of so many civil and military officials in the palace, and it is difficult to guarantee that someone will make a mistake due to nervousness, so the merchants have to confirm with them again that the rest of the musicians with the soundtrack have a much easier job, and the merchants mark the parts they want to play one by one on the score, and they only need to follow the music and look at the score. When the tune reached their part, it was enough to add the movements of the instruments in their hands, so that the merchants made more than a dozen different versions of this score alone, and it was almost like they had to be copied by hand.
"Have you all remembered?" The businessman talked for a long time, and finally felt that everything that should be said was almost done, so he finally stopped.
"Remember, don't worry, girl! We will live up to the girl's expectations. Master Zhong, the leader of the musicians, replied respectfully, originally he looked down on this little girl, but after contacting it, he had to be convinced, no way, people understand more than you!
Shang Shang nodded with satisfaction, and was about to say something more but was grabbed by Sister Yun.
"Don't talk about them, your makeup should be neat, you can't just comb your hair like this and go to the show! You are the signboard of our Yunshui Fang, you can't lose our face! ”
As he spoke, he pressed her to the stool and asked Green Sleeves to remove her hair and comb her hair, but he opened the package on the side and took out a dark red feather veil from the package.
"Sister Yun, will you let me wear this? It's cold in the hall, and it's winter! The merchant looked at the thin feather veil with some surprise.
"Don't worry! I've inquired a long time ago, curtains will be hung around the hall, and I looked carefully when I came in, there are braziers placed around the hall, it won't be cold, come and try it. Sister Yun said as she shook the yarn in her hand.
The merchant rolled his eyes helplessly, and when the green sleeves combed his hair almost enough, he had to stand up and pick up the gauze in Sister Yun's hand and change it to the side.
The style of this gauze is simple, mainly solemn and generous, after all, it is a big performance in the palace, too enchanting Sister Yun is afraid that it will provoke the emperor to blame, therefore, when Sister Yun customized this gauze dress, she warned the tailor not to be too revealing, not too cumbersome. Dark red feather yarn, lined with the same color backing, the neckline adopts a square neck design, only revealing a small piece of snow-white skin above the chest, and the collar is embroidered with a whole circle of silver-red entanglements, luxurious and generous, and the full begonia at the skirt of the seven broken skirts echoes from afar, both atmospheric and not frivolous, which is a good cover for the too immature side of the businessmen, on the contrary, people see a mature and glamorous, stunning beauty of the country and the city!
Sister Yun nodded with satisfaction, it seems that her vision has not regressed!
The merchant sat back on the stool, and Green Sleeves opened the makeup box and was picking up the hairpin.
"Knock knock!" There were a few soft noises outside the door, and Sister Yun hurriedly turned around and walked to the door and opened the door.
"Is it Mama Yun from Yunshuifang?" Outside the door stood a palace maid with her hair combed and her hair in a double bun.
"Exactly, I don't know what the female history commands?" Sister Yun replied respectfully.
"The guests in the main hall have come one after another, and Mama Yun must hurry up. I'm afraid that it won't be long before I have to wait outside the palace. The palace maid smiled slightly, obviously Sister Yun's respect and honorific title in her mouth still made her very useful.
"Yes, the slave knows!" Sister Yun bowed, and the palace maid saw that she was quite respectful, so she didn't say anything more and went away.
Sister Yun turned around, the expression on her face was faintly excited, and the golden step on her head was also swaying slightly, and the people in the room were quietly looking at her.
"Girls! Lift up the spirits! If we succeed today, Yunshuifang will be famous all over the world! ”
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