Chapter Twenty-Three: Calm Weather
The phoenix-eyed man gently patted the paper fan in his hand, the fan bones were warm and delicate like jade, and with his beating movements, a faint light emanated, and Yi Chen's heart also followed the ups and downs of gurgling. www.biquge.infoSuddenly, he burst into a smile, but stretched out his fan to pick Yi Chen's jaw, Yi Chen turned his head sideways to avoid it, and his smile instantly changed to thin anger. A man in Tsing Yi next to him stepped forward to stop him without showing a trace: "Okay, third brother, since you know that it is the daughter of the Dingguo Marquis Mansion, if you are interested, you can visit the door another day, and there are people on this mountain road, so let her go, so as not to make her family wait for a long time, and also frighten the beauty." ”
The phoenix-eyed man withdrew his hand, but his eyes were still firmly fixed on Yi Chen's face. The man next to him glanced at Yi Chen, and then spoke slowly: "I don't want to disturb Yaxing, who is waiting for me, so why don't you go to your family quickly?!" ”
When Yichen heard this, he hurriedly took Su Yue and hurriedly walked out of the pavilion, and after getting out of his field of vision, he ran all the way, almost staggering down the mountain and returning to the temple. When he stopped, Fang felt frightened and almost exhausted. Su Yue helped her find a secluded corner to rest first, and then went to the temple to ask for some water to drink. When the two of them eased up a little, Yi Chen thought about it for a while, and told Su Yue that the matter on the mountain would be told to Ning Xuan and the others later, so as not to ruin their interest and cause trouble.
After waiting for a while, Ning Xuan and his party came back, Rushuang seemed to be extremely tired from walking, and when she saw Yi Chen, she shouted that her feet hurt, envying her for being leisurely and comfortable in the temple, Qiu Jing giggled when she heard it, and teased: "Miss, it's not like you're going to run up the mountain!" Duan Changyou also smiled, looking at the frosty eyes, which were gentle and doting. Duan Qing returned to the carriage and fetched water and snacks, and distributed them to everyone before driving back. Everyone was tired, and there was nothing to say all the way, and the frost was even sweeter to sleep.
The days that followed were calm, and the matter of Qixia Mountain, Yichen gradually forgot about it.
The government invited a new dancer to teach Rushuang dance, and the new dancer is said to have been a dancer in the palace who had just been released from the palace when she was old. Once an ordinary palace maid leaves the palace, because she has already passed the age of marriage, the delicate work of serving people is useless, so she can basically only find a small family with honest duties and marry her own money. Only this singing and dancing girl, after leaving the palace, it is hot, not to mention that the folk song and dance workshop is asking for a job, and a few of the ladies from rich families in the big families are unwilling to invite one to the house, not to mention how much dance skills can be learned, just by dancing in front of the emperor, there is enough capital to show off vanity. Rushuang has been obsessed with dancing since childhood, and this time his father also spent a lot of money to invite back a dancing girl in the palace, Rushuang is very excited, and has been practicing very hard for days. Yichen often watched with her aunt, but she was always not very enthusiastic, and her aunt only regarded her as not interested and did not ask her to dance as a classmate.
Yi Chen occasionally thinks of his previous days in Lixiangyuan, Twilight Snow, and Qiaohui Qiaolian. Since the last conversation with my uncle ended, the two of them have tacitly agreed not to mention everything about the past and about them. No matter what her uncle does or not, Yichen has no power to change anything, so she can only choose to believe that at least this will make her feel better in her heart.
When the last apricot leaf in the courtyard also quietly withered and fell, Chao'an City gradually moved towards the early winter, Shen Congyun's frowning brows have not been soothed, although the emperor gave the Shen family a unique scenery and a hereditary throne that everyone envies, but things in the court do not seem to be so comfortable for him.
On this sunny day, the frost moved the place where the dance was practiced to the garden, accompanied by my aunt and Yichen. My aunt sat in the pavilion, drinking tea and dancing, and Yichen chose a place where the sun could get the sun to sit down, leaning on the railing, and baking his whole body so lazy that he was not tired. I often listen to the people in the house talk about it, Rushuang's dancing skills are second to none among the daughters in the capital, and her skills are overwhelming, and now she has to be taught by the dancers in the palace in person, which is a lot more sophisticated. Although Yichen had to be guided by his mother when he was young, he was forced to train for a few years in Lixiangyuan, but compared to his skills like frost, he was indeed more than light and lacking in atmosphere.
Uncle also returned to the house at some point, quietly watching the dance on the sidelines, Yi Chen just wanted to go up to salute, but he signaled to stop him. His eyes were completely focused on his dancing daughter, with a satisfied smile on the corner of his mouth and admiration in his eyes. After the dance, Rushuang was already rushing over to hold her father's arm, and Qiu Jing on the side hurriedly wrapped her in a thick cloak first.
"Father, you haven't seen your daughter dance for a long time, has your daughter made progress?" Like frost, she leaned her head on her father and coquettishly.
The uncle patted Rushuang's sister lightly holding his little hand: "Not bad, not bad, very progressive." The next sentence was to ask Yichen: "Why don't you study with Chen'er?" ”
Yi Chen'er smiled softly: "Chen'er has a bad foundation, and she knows that she is stupid, so it's better to appreciate my sister's dancing." ”
My aunt also explained: "I see that Chen'er is happy and quiet on weekdays, and she doesn't seem to like these very much, so I didn't persuade her to study together." ”
"Your mother has been singing and dancing poetry since she was a child, but she is quite talented, especially in dance, it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a flying swallow in her hand, you have time, or study hard, it can be regarded as a relief and remembrance of your mother." Uncle sighed, and said again: "I heard Shen Xiu say that you like the qin, and since the phoenix wuqin left to you by your mother has been lost, let Xuan'er accompany you out to pick another one another day." ”
On the 3rd day, Ning Xuan received his father's instructions early in the morning and took Yichen to buy a piano on the street. As soon as the two of them walked to the door of the mansion, they heard a frosty voice from behind: "Wait for me." As soon as the words fell, the person ran to him out of breath: "Brother, you take Chen'er out to play, how can you not take me?" ”
Ning Xuan pretended to have a headache and knocked on his head: "Am I going out to play?" It was my father who told me to take Chen'er out to buy a piano. You stay at home and practice dancing, don't think I don't know what your idea is, do you really want to hang out with me? ”
Rushuang's face was full of red clouds, and he pulled Ning Xuan's sleeve and said coquettishly: "Good brother, I have already told my mother that I will take a day off today and not practice dancing, and I will also accompany Chen'er out to play the piano." Chen'er, do you think it's okay? ”
Yi Chen covered his mouth and snickered: "Okay." ”
The end result, of course, was that 3 people became 4 people. Where there is frost, it doesn't seem to be boring, although Duan Changyou occasionally makes her have a shy and gentle bow, but how can her lively and active temperament be suppressed? One moment he rushed to this vendor, and the other he jumped into that shop, and when he came across something funny, he grabbed it and laughed mischievously at everyone. Duan Changyou always followed her with a smile, carrying all kinds of gadgets he bought for her. Ning Xuan shook his head helplessly: "Shuang'er, look at you, where is half of Chen'er's beautiful women!" ”
Rushuang smiled back at everyone and grimaced: "Brother, don't be as verbose as your mother, Chen'er's demureness can't be learned even if you beat me to death." Besides, I've been in the house all day long enough to be aggrieved, and it's finally come out, and you won't let me play enough and go back. ”
Yichen is actually quite envious like frost, her melodious laughter like a silver bell is so pure, so joyful from the heart, people seem to be able to temporarily forget their sorrows, forget their pain and troubles. Such a carefree and unrestrained character requires a lot of pampering and care to develop, and not everyone can have this happiness and luck.