031 Competition
"Xiang'er, I ordered you to compete with the two sisters Bai Lingxun and Bai Lingrong."
I don't know when the singing and dancing have stopped, the hall is unusually quiet, and the cold voice of the fluttering voice floats down the hall.
Because he saw that Yaxiang only knew how to take care of the Xu family boy, and did not take him to heart, he was very unhappy.
"Xiang'er is not talented, how dare you compete with the two Miss Bai." Yaka was excited, stood up and returned coldly.
He meant it, right? How old is she? Actually let her compete with others? No matter how you say it, Bai Lingxun is two years older than her, and Bai Lingxun is already 15 years old, so it's not fair to think about it.
"Why is the county lord afraid of competing with Miss Ben's sisters?" Bai Linglu was a little arrogant, and Bai Lingxun was even more contemptuous, thinking that she was just a wild girl without a father, if she wasn't the emperor's younger sister, would she be named the county lord?
"Today is to celebrate the achievements of the returning soldiers, it is not suitable for the competition, let's change the day." Yaxiang made a cold face and suppressed the anger in her heart, not that she didn't dare, but that she didn't want to be in the limelight.
"Xiang'er, you might as well be entertained." Empress Dowager Yun saw that Yaxiang was blindly humble, but Bai Lingrong was aggressive, and her impression of her suddenly decreased a lot.
"Haha, exactly, Xiang'er, you can show off a piece of talent to cheer up grandpa's drinking." Qi Boyan also laughed, he didn't think that Yaxiang couldn't compare to his granddaughter, and he didn't think that she couldn't compare to Bai Lingxun.
Bai Lingxun is the daughter of Uncle Bai Lingling, she has been in Ji Lu for a few years, and the old man Bai wants her to enter the palace as the queen, which is an open secret that everyone knows, although they are in-laws, but Qi Boyan despises his behavior.
"In that case, then Xiang'er will sacrifice ugliness to help your old man and the generals." Yaxiang will no longer postpone it, let's compare it, see who can compare whom?
Bai Ling Lotus held a silk fan in her hand, took the lead in the center of the hall, and motioned for the band to play dance music, it turned out that she came prepared.
The soothing dance music overflowed the palace, and the white lotus root also danced with the dance music, the fan in her hand flew up and down, and the eight-year-old danced a "Fan Dance" perfectly, winning bursts of applause.
Eight-year-old Bai Lingxun already has such dancing skills, that Bai Lingxun don't say anything, I saw her walking up slowly, sitting quietly in front of the zither, her fingers flicked, and the song "Late Autumn Moonlit Night" poured down, euphemistic and beautiful.
Suddenly the praise was endless, and the white concubine showed a satisfied smile, her two nieces could earn enough face for her, and the white seal was even more proud, as if his granddaughter had become the noble queen.
Those colleagues who had good friends with Zhou, as well as the ministers who were not used to seeing Bai Seal's arrogance, as well as Xu Chengming, couldn't help but secretly sweat for Yaxiang, can she be better than those two Bai Misses? Because that's an unfair game in itself.
Although it is said that she was accepted as an apprentice by the emperor's master at the age of one, and now it is only five years, even if she can beat the eight-year-old Bai Lingxun, but can she beat the 15-year-old Bai Lingxun? That Bai Lingxun has been practicing art for ten years since she was a child, which is longer than her age.
Zhou Xiang's family was calm and leisurely, but Liu Bi was already very dissatisfied, and Xiuzhen just looked at the small figure with a smile.
Empress Dowager Yun also sighed secretly, I don't know why Piao Yi agreed to this competition? But Piao Yi next to him didn't seem to be in a hurry, had he already decided to marry Bai Lingxun?
Even she could see that tonight's game was different, and the old ghost of the Bai family would definitely take the opportunity to ask the emperor to canonize his granddaughter as the queen.
Gang Piao Yi promised them that if their sisters won, let them ask for a reward.
"Emperor." Empress Dowager Yun finally couldn't help but call softly, although she hoped that Piao Yi would be established as soon as possible, she didn't want Bai Lingxun to become the queen.
"Queen Mother, it's time for Xiang'er to play." Flowing eyes kept looking at Yaxiang, as if he didn't have any worries, in fact, he couldn't be sure in his heart, how much did Yaxiang learn from his master? Because he had hardly seen her play, or dance.
To say that Bi Painting has more hope of winning than Wu Gong Yaxiang, but what they proposed was to try dancing or playing.
I saw Yaxiang deftly walked to the center of the hall, and Na Cong'er also held her hand tightly and followed suit, Xu Chengming wanted to pull him back, but he refused to live or die, Yaxiang waved his hand and let him follow.
"Get that kite down." Yaxiang instructed the palace maid on the side, and she had already noticed the strangeness in her sharp eyes.
The palace maid took down the zither according to her words, and Bai Lingxun actually hated it a little, but she didn't expect Yaxiang to not play the zither, and it seemed that the reliable news was not reliable.
She was unprepared for the kite, and after playing, she did something to it, and those bowstrings would break as soon as she played them.
"Please borrow your lute, okay?" Masaka walked over to the musician holding the lute.
The musician was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect the county lord to be so polite, and then happily handed the pipa over.
Sitting on the piano bench and trying, the stool was too high, she was too short to sit on it and play, looked around, saw the jade steps leading to the imperial platform, so she led Cong'er over.
Everyone looked at her suspiciously, wondering why she was going.
"Queen Mother, Your Majesty, that stool is too high, can Xiang'er sit on the jade steps and play?" Sitting on the jade steps is bound to turn their backs to the emperor and them, which is very disrespectful, in order to cause unnecessary trouble, it is better to ask the emperor for their permission first.
"Okay, the mourning family is allowed, what do you see, the emperor?" Empress Dowager Yun was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing, she thought about it, but it was indeed very suitable for her petite body to sit down.
"The queen mother has approved, and the sons naturally agree." Piao Yi couldn't help but smile, it seems that nothing is difficult to pour Xiang'er.
"Thank you for the grace of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor." Yaxiang blessed her body slightly, turned around and sat on the jade steps.
"Thank you for the Empress Dowager, the emperor's grace." Na Cong'er also followed her example, and said in a milky voice.
"Haha. Okay, okay, then sit there obediently and listen to the county lord play. Empress Dowager Yun and Piao Yi were amused by his cute expression, and everyone below also laughed.
"Cong'er will obediently not disturb my sister to play." After saying that, he sat next to her, and watched Yaxiang's every move with a focused expression, which was so cute.
Yaxiang adjusted the strings, flicked her fingers, and suddenly a high-pitched and agitated and majestic "Ambush on All Sides" rushed out from her fingertips.
It seems that people have experienced the fragments of the battalion, blowing, point generals, arrays, marching, ambushes, small battles of Jiming Mountain, the battle of Jiuli Mountain, the defeat of King Xiang, the self-slaughter of Wujiang, the performance of the army, the generals fighting for merit, and returning to the camp in victory.
The music has ended, and people seem to be still reminiscing about every fragment, especially the soldiers who have just returned from victory, and they are so empathetic.
"The lord of Tianxiang County is Chitose, Chitose, Chitose." The reverence of the soldiers was endless.