Chapter Seventy-Two: The Exploitation of the Queen
Seeing Qin Luoqiu turn around, Bai Qianqing smiled gracefully and said, "Seeing that the wind is blowing, I will bring the cloak to you." She turned her gaze, moved behind Qin Luoqiu, and said to me softly, "Mulan girl Lan Xinhui, this piano sound is really moving. ”
"Her Royal Highness." I took my hand off the qin, stood up slowly, and bowed to Bai Qianqing behind him through Qin Luoqiu.
Qin Luoqiu's face changed, and he smiled after a moment: "When did you come?" Walked up to Bai Qianqing and probed her hand, "It's so cold, why don't you call me and stand here?" ”
"With such a piano sound, a rare beautiful scenery, people are fascinated by it, how can you be willing to interrupt?" Bai Qianqing softly let Qin Luoqiu hold his hand.
They went into the hall and sat down. The maids served hot tea. The three of them had their own concerns, lowered their heads to taste tea, looked at the heat curling in the tea bowl, and were speechless for a while.
Bai Qianqing sat next to Qin Luoqiu in the hall, looked at me for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "The song that Miss Mulan just played is so good, I don't know what the name of the song is?" ”
I put the tea bowl and replied without humility or arrogance: "The title of the song is "Butterfly". ”
"Turning into a butterfly..."Bai Qianqing groaned, as if chewing on the name, and nodded, "The song is good, and the name is good." ”
"The queen complimented."
"Can I play it again?"
Qin Luoqiu just put down the tea bowl, and without waiting for me to answer, he asked with concern: "Did Qianqing have dinner?" I specially instructed the cooks to prepare snacks. The last time you ate a piece, didn't you keep saying you still want to try it? ”
After saying that, Qin Luoqiu raised his palm and struck twice, called a maid to come up, and ordered: "Go quickly, bring all the snacks that have been prepared, and send a pot of wine." ”
After a while, dim sum and fine wine were delivered, and the dim sum was made by Chef Ningda.
Qin Luoqiu retired from the maids, personally poured a glass of wine for Bai Qianqing, and brought it to her lips. Bai Qianqing glanced at him, his eyes stopped for a moment on my face, which was expressionless, obediently raised his head and drank the wine given by Qin Luoqiu, used two more snacks, stopped making a sound, and his face was calm.
I looked at Bai Qianqing's eyes at me, and I understood her worries too well! Originally, a versatile woman like her didn't need to be jealous of others. But once she falls in love with a man, she will change from a high-minded seven-trick exquisite heart to an idiot.
Her eyes revealed her love for Qin Luoqiu and betrayed her feelings. And I need to take advantage of her jealousy. I'm just a passerby, out of it, without the slightest emotion, and naturally I can see it more clearly than her.
I picked up a piece of snack, shook my head, and put it down.
Qin Luoqiu asked, "What?" ”
I said, "Although it is Ningda's delicacies, it is not my favorite." ”
Qin Luoqiu groaned slightly, and said, "In that case, I'll send someone to find a cook from White Water City to come back." ”
I smiled and said, "Thank you so much!" ”
Out of the corner of my eye, I skimmed Bai Qianqing, who had changed color slightly on my face, took the wine jug, poured a glass of wine for Bai Qianqing, and suddenly showed a very kind smile, and said softly: "The wind outside has stopped, and the moon is about to come out." It is better to open the doors and windows of the hall, let the moonlight slowly shine in, and the queen listens to Mulan playing the piano while drinking, which is both boring and elegant. Luckily? ”
"Well, that's going to be comfortable." Bai Qianqing nodded and called someone to open the doors and windows of the living room. The autumn days outside the plug are short, and it is only an hour to enter the house from the courtyard, and the night has already fallen, and tomorrow seems to be a sunny day, and the stars and moon can be seen clearly.
The yellow moonlight poured into the hall like flowing water.
The maids silently carried the case of the qin in, and after a while, they brought Bai Qianqing's guqin and placed it on the table.
Bai Qianqing looked at her guqin, and a trace of hurt expression flashed in her eyes, which was fleeting.
I cleaned my hands and burned incense, and my face was already more solemn and beautiful. Sit in front of the piano, close your eyes with bated breath, lightly touch your fingers to the strings, and hook it. An extremely low trill, as if choked and spit on the strings.
When this sound reached my ears, I sighed: "Good piano, no wonder the king is looking for a good piano for the queen." With a shallow smile, he looked at Bai Qianqing and said, "Only such a good piano is worthy of the queen." ”
Qin Luoqiu gave Bai Qianqing a doting smile in return, and did not make a sound, only caressing her eyes with a gentle gaze.
I tried the sound, felt that my heart had calmed down, and looked up and asked, "What song does the queen want to hear?" ”
"A major matter like ordering music should be left to those who are familiar with the piano." Bai Qianqing's eyes fell on Qin Luoqiu's face, and she said lightly, "Just ask your husband to order a song for me." ”
Qin Luoqiu thought for a while and asked, "Chunming, how is it?" ”
I nodded, closed my eyes and concentrated for a while, and when I opened my eyes again, there was a kind of confidence and brilliance in my eyes that could not be ignored.
Gently press down on the strings and then expertly pick your fingers. The light piano sound, which is completely different from the audition just now, jumped out playfully. The sound of the piano is everywhere, and it is full of life. Without the cold of winter, it seems that time has gone in a hurry, which makes people suddenly think that after winter is gone, it is spring.
The slightly anxious tune does not make people feel irritated at all, but it is like seeing the spring rain continuously, and the water droplets under the eaves are falling drop by drop, gentle and lively. The sound of the piano became faster and faster, and when it reached a high place, it seemed that the bright spring light was overwhelming. Not a trace of impurities, not a trace of heaviness. Everything was cheerful.
Birds chirp through the woods, young grass emerges from the freshly melted earth, and old trees stretch out to change into new green clothes. The little beast, which had been quiet for a winter, quietly probed inside, and after a while, it had come out and approached the first shy one in the forest.
The scenes unfolded unreservedly in the sound of the piano, as if even the air was filled with the smell of earth. The people in the hall listened to it fascinated, imagining the spring light in March and intoxicating.
At last, the sound of the piano gradually decreased, as if the day was over, the birds flew back to the nest, and the tired little beasts went to find a clear water source to rest. The tender grass seems to have risen a lot higher after this day. The old tree calmly looked at the little squirrel curled up and sleeping on the branches. The aftermath lingers for a long time.
After a long time, Bai Qianqing woke up as if she was shocked, and praised sincerely: "There is such a sound of the piano in the world." The king will be accompanied by Miss Mulan in the future, which is really blessed. ”
I was praised, and I didn't look proud, and replied respectfully: "Mulan now lives in Ningda, and the queen wants to listen to the piano, just call me at any time." ”
Bai Qianqing looked very happy, nodded and smiled: "That's the best, can you play it again?" ”
"Of course, I wonder what the queen wants to hear?"
Bai Qianqing thought for a while and asked, "Since there is Chunming, then there should be a song in summer, autumn and winter, right?" ”
"Yes. Chunming, Xiasheng, Autumn Sound, and Winter Silence each have a song. ”
"Then ......," Bai Qianqing commanded softly, "play them all and let me hear them." ”
I answered, sat up straight, shoulders slightly raised, and my hands touched the piano again. The melodious sound of the piano rises from the delicate and gorgeous window doors, echoing in the huge bamboo courtyard.
Spring brightness, summer sheng, autumn sound, winter silence.
The bright scenery of spring, the color of summer blooming, the insects of autumn, and the silent language of winter.
"Chunming" has been played, and "Xia Sheng" has passed. Autumn is coming, blue but not cool. Inside and outside the courtyard, I was soaked by the sound of the piano as if I was out of the sky, and it was not until the sound of the piano stopped leisurely that I suddenly realized that I was fascinated by it, and "The Sound of Autumn" had come to an end.
This piano is extremely draining, I barely played three songs, tired hidden between my eyebrows, at this moment stroking the piano, ready to continue to play the "Winter Silence".
Qin Luoqiu, who had not spoken, suddenly stretched out his hand to stop it, turned his head to Bai Qianqing and said: "Qianqing, it is about to enter winter, listening to "Winter Silence" adds even more chill, it is far less interesting than the previous "Chunming", "Xia Sheng", and "Autumn Voice". Why don't you listen to "Winter Silence", leave a little aftertaste, and have the right to reminisce? ”
"Husband is right." Bai Qianqing nodded, and slowly commented unsatisfactorily, "These three songs have their own characteristics, but if you talk about courage alone, I still like the "Butterfly" I heard in the backyard the most. ”
Before Qin Luoqiu answered, I immediately followed Bai Qianqing's words and said: "If you don't listen to "Winter Silence", then let me play "Butterfly" again to the queen." ”
Qin Luoqiu thought that Bai Qianqing also saw my weakness, and his eyes looked forward to Bai Qianqing's refusal at the moment, but Bai Qianqing nodded and smiled: "Okay." ”
A trace of displeasure flashed on Qin Luoqiu's face, and he was not good at making a sound, his eyes were slightly dark, but his face was silent, still sitting and listening.
I sat upright, hooked the strings again, and picked them gently. The strings vibrated and made a beautiful sound, but there seemed to be no original Qingyue, and a few trebles seemed to stand on the edge of the abyss, with an unstable tendency.
I gasped for breath and shook my shoulders a few times, only to fall backwards. Qin Luoqiu jumped up from the chair suddenly, just picked me up who almost fell to the ground in his arms, and said, "Mulan! ”
"What's wrong?" Bai Qianqing was also taken aback, got up and walked over.
Qin Luoqiu didn't have time to answer her, grabbed my slender wrist, probed quietly on my wrist for a while, hugged me horizontally in the crook of her arm, bypassed the corridor, and carefully placed it in the bedroom, before she said in a deep voice to Qin Luoqiu who followed later: "The pulse is a little messy, she bumped all the way to Ningda, probably tired." ”
Bai Qianqing was stunned for a moment and said, "I shouldn't have ordered her to play the piano." "Apologize.
"It's all my own fault for being weak." I lay on the bed and said in a low voice, but I laughed in my heart, I really like to see Bai Qianqing look jealous! Uh-huh? Gong Dou? You Bai Qianqing will watch "The Legend of Zhen Huan" first!
Qin Luoqiu looked at me, suddenly reached out and stroked my hair, and said gently: "Rest for a few days, and you will be fine." ”
I nodded and whispered, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”
Qin Luoqiu was busy for a while, and he was afraid that the footsteps outside would disturb me, so he personally lowered the curtain in front of the bed for me. When he turned around, he saw Bai Qianqing standing behind him, silent.
Qin Luoqiu then turned his mind back to his wife, and said softly: "Qianqing, are you tired?" Why don't you go back and rest first? I'll go right away. ”