Chapter Twenty-Five: Cold
The fingertips trembled, Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen turned their heads with great effort and looked at Xu Yourong and Xu Mingcheng.
But the two of them didn't have any expressions, especially Xu Mingxi's face, which was even more cold.
And Mrs. Qi, who was sitting in front of them, politely refused several times, but she was blocked back, and in the end, Xu Mingcheng was still named.
To say that Xu Yourong, because she was born a few days earlier than Xu Mingcheng, she occupies the name of the eldest daughter of the Xu family in Jiangzuo, and she is lively by nature, and she belongs to the most popular type of person, so she can also be said to be the girl with the biggest halo in the Xu family now.
But Xu Mingcheng didn't get into her because of this, and the relationship was not generally good, although the heart was part of it, but the other half was because even if Xu Yourong was so dazzling, it didn't make people forget another girl of the Xu family, Xu Mingcheng.
In the Chaoyang Pavilion, the moment Xu Mingcheng got up and walked out, it began to become quiet, but in the center of the pavilion, Rong Yun was still there, she really hadn't reacted yet, how did everyone's attention move from her to Xu Mingcheng's side.
"Miss Yung."
Xu Mingxi's face now no longer has the coldness that frightened Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen, she looked at Rong Yun with a smile, motioned to her, and got up.
"......" Rong Yun was not stupid, lowered her head, so that people couldn't see her expression clearly, stood up, returned to Mrs. Rong, who had a complicated face, and gave up the most central position to others.
"Since today is the birthday of the Queen Mother, the courtiers will present a song to meet the occasion."
Xu Mingcheng sat next to the zheng, and everyone's eyes instantly condensed - Guangling is a song, moving for nine days. I once asked what this song is?
On that day five years ago, on the Phoenix Stage, Xu Mingxi, who was only eight years old, had already shocked the world with the song "Guangling San". And "Guangling San" is a veritable masterpiece, an ancient relic song, and the fingering has long been inherited, but Xu Mingcheng can actually reproduce it in the world, which is enough to shock the world. It's a pity that since then, Xu Mingcheng has never touched the zither in front of outsiders. This time, it was the first time in five years, in the room, as long as they knew what happened on the Phoenix Stage back then, they all looked at Xu Minghuan with enthusiastic eyes, compared to Rong Yun in the previous round, it was simply not at the same level.
However, the more they were like this, the more frightened the people of the Xu family who were silent in the corner.
"Bell"
Xu Mingxi's fingertips, which are obviously much longer and more beautiful than ordinary people, touched the first string, but Xu Youshan's eyes have gradually widened.
"Huaiyang Dream." Xu Yourong muttered.
"Huaiyang Dream", is a famous poet of this dynasty wrote the lyrics and songs, was completed on the birthday of his old mother, writing the sigh of hoping that his mother will live a long life.
But everyone at the table had long forgotten what was appropriate for the occasion and other issues, and all they paid attention to was the girl in the center who was playing the piano.
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"Ding"
At the last sound, the sound of the piano ended, Xu Mingcheng sat quietly next to the guqin, but there was silence in Chaoyang Pavilion.
"Okay."
In the end, in the clear voice peculiar to a teenager, the people in the cabinet came back to their senses and gave crazy praise.
But the Xu family was not happy at all, including Xu Mingming, who was still smiling with a fake smile, and in that "good", he almost broke the gong and directly made a cold face.
The third prince, Xie Wen, looked at Xu Mingming's eyes, and he was frighteningly eager.
"I knew, I knew, sooner or later there would be this." Old Madam Zheng finally sneered, and mocked with some despair.
When Xu Mingcheng popped up "Guangling San", the Xu family was already vigilant, and they took every precaution, just because they were afraid that Xu Mingcheng would be favored by people who shouldn't have taken a fancy to her, but some things are so helpless after all, especially in this era when the imperial power commands the world. Xu Youshan now understood why the coldness on Xu Mingxi's face at that moment was, but her heart was very blocked, as if she had stepped into a swamp and had no way out.
"It's amazing, at such a young age, to have such attainments, it's amazing." The Queen Mother was also amazed, but I don't know if it was because of the location, from Xu Youshan's perspective, she actually saw the ruthlessness in the Queen Mother's eyes.
"Empress Dowager Xie's praise." Xu Mingcheng saluted and replied.
But Concubine De suddenly rushed in front of the Queen Mother at this time and said: "This is not a false praise, but it is well deserved." But Old Madam Qi, I don't know if Ling Yan has promised......"
As soon as Concubine De spoke, Concubine Xian's color changed, and Xie Wen, who was next to the Queen Mother, suddenly became overcast, but Concubine Xian and Xie Wen didn't have time to make a move to deal with Concubine De, and the sound of an announcement outside Chaoyang Pavilion slowed everything down.
"The emperor has arrived."
Emperor Zhou Hui is here?
This is quite unexpected, although Emperor Zhou Hui will definitely come to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother, but generally not now, Emperor Zhou Hui must have stepped on the last point, came to show his face, and then left immediately.
But it's still early!
"Greetings to the Holy Driver."
But surprise is surprise, except for the queen mother in Chaoyang Pavilion, all the people still hurried to the gate to greet the emperor.
"Everyone, please."
Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen knelt behind Xu Yourong and Xu Mingcheng, and Xu Mingcheng took advantage of this opportunity to quickly return to the team under the eyes of Mrs. Qi and several others. At this time, they all knelt on the ground with their heads bowed, looking at the bright yellow clothes in the afterglow across the corners of their eyes, and after this person asked the queen mother to say goodbye, they listened to the sick voice.
"Your Majesty."
To say that he was not surprised what the emperor looked like was definitely a lie, so Xu Youshan stood in the crowd and raised her eyes boldly.
The first thing I saw was, of course, the bright yellow dragon robe, the dazzling yellow that symbolized his status; Then, naturally, the gaze moved upward, and what entered the eye was a pale face.
This face, with sickly pale, dull skin, sword-like black eyebrows, slender eyes, a high nose, and thin lips - this is also a handsome face.
It turns out that this is Emperor Zhou Hui, this is the emperor who is becoming more and more ridiculous and suspicious.
After Xu Youshan saw Emperor Zhou Hui clearly, her eyes couldn't help but turn to the person who was actually standing behind Xie Yan and Xie Wen at this time-Xie Jing. In fact, in terms of appearance, the one who is most like Emperor Zhou Hui should be Xie Jing, especially those narrow eyes, which are exactly the same.
"Emperor, are you feeling better?" After Emperor Zhou Hui sat down, the Queen Mother asked with a concerned face.
Just yesterday, Emperor Zhou Hui was so ridiculous with many concubines that his already weak body finally failed, and he summoned almost all the doctors in the Tai Hospital overnight, even Qi Yuan.
"Empress Dowager Xie cares, my health is fine."
Next to the queen mother's phoenix seat, as early as when Emperor Zhou Hui came, another dragon seat was placed, and at this time, the sick Emperor Zhou Hui sat on this dragon seat and replied.
"It's okay, the emperor, you are too, no matter how diligent you are in state affairs, you must also pay attention to your body!"
"What the Queen Mother taught me is that I must pay attention in the future."
With this nonsense, Xu Youshan is really shaking off the goosebumps on the ground.