Chapter 8 The Wonderful Dinner

Wangcheng Cangzhou, tonight is particularly lively. On the eighth day of the first day of each year, if it is not a special circumstance, the state capitals will go to the royal city to participate in the New Year's banquet, the courtiers will give gifts, the monarchs and ministers will rejoice, tonight's dinner, Jiang Xue is not the first time to participate, during the study in Taixuefu, she has participated in several times, one of which is a performance on behalf of Taixuefu, a song of spring breeze and rain has attracted everyone's amazement, and Emperor Donghua has given a white jade flute, and the name of Donghua.

"Hey, it's boring." Jiang Xue sat behind her father and sighed. I only heard someone whispering, "I heard that this banquet invited Daze Proton, I don't know what the emperor means." ”

"What else do you mean, woo you."

"Where is there such a co-optation? Proton, King Daze sent people to ask Proton to go back many times, but the emperor rejected them. ”

"Okay, okay, don't talk about it."

This kind of banquet is a song and dance performance, a toast by ministers, a celebration of monarchs and ministers, performances of various ministries, chatting and exchanging feelings between ministers, and secretly a blind date banquet.

Eating wine and food alone, I don't want anyone to pay attention to me, and I think about how to get away. Watching the people in front of him perform in kabuki without being alive.

"Aiqing, what do you think of this year's song and dance?"

"My Donghua dance music is the best in the world, and this year is even more so." Left Prime Minister Lu Xiangguo responded.

"Best? Lu Xiang, you are not afraid of making jokes, today Daze Gongzi is also here, you haven't heard of Daze Gongzi's piano skills, that's a must, I haven't heard of it for a long time. Emperor Longdi of Donghua sighed.

"It's a minister who has little knowledge, I don't know if I'm lucky enough to hear about Daze's piano art." Lu Xiang replied.

When Jiang Xue heard this, she thought to herself that these big names were going to act again. Boredom looked at these false faces in front of him. Suddenly realized, Qi Liang?

"Don't dare, since Lord Xiangguo appreciates it, Qiliang is willing to play a song for everyone." The familiar voice caught Jiang Xue's attention, it was him, the upstairs pianist. Jiang Xue was shocked, it turned out to be Daze Gongzi, but how could he be upstairs.

"It's just that playing the piano is a little monotonous, or let's change the way, Donghua will also have a person, and Qiliang Gongzi will have a discussion, so that you can listen to the difference between Daze and Donghua's music." Lu Xiangguo said.

"It's new. What does Qiliang Gongzi think? Emperor Donghua asked Qiliang.

"Qiliang piano art, I dare not compare with Donghua Nengren."

"Huh-just communicate with each other, Qiliang Gongzi doesn't have to be modest, Qiliang Qin Yi still doesn't know."

"Your Majesty, although Daze's music art originated from Donghua, after all, the folk style and tunes are different, and the sudden ensemble is afraid that it will not be satisfactory. Taixue Fu Yu Taifu said.

"Lord Yu thinks that my Donghua is not as good as Daze, and no one can come out?" Lu Xiangguo asked rhetorically.

"Okay, Xiangguo, Mrs. Yu is reasonable, but Lu Xiangguo's proposal is also novel, and I am also very curious, so let's do it, let's have a person and play a song together." Emperor Donghua said again.

"What the king said is that it's just an ensemble, and I'm happy, but this person, eh? Since ancient times, the guqin has been playing each other, this person is a candidate. Lu Xiangguo has already pointed out.

Jiang Xue secretly screamed in her heart, she always felt that a lot of eyes were staring at her.

"Jiang Xuexiao, the daughter of Jiang Capital, is a master of my Donghuaqi woman, and she happens to be there today, so it is better to ask Miss Jiang to bring you a song." I don't know who said it.

The officials chimed in: "Yes, yes." ”

"Jiang Aiqing?"

"Thank you for your kindness, thank you colleagues for your kindness, Xue'er, everyone is happy today, play a song for everyone." Jiang Shoufu gestured to Jiang Xue with his eyes.

"Yes." Jiang Xue understands that the current situation does not allow her to retreat, but how to cooperate with this song.

On stage, Jiang Xue and Qiliang greeted each other and glanced at the plum blossoms lined in the hall. Qiliang started with his hand, the flute and the sound of the piano, the piano and the flute are really a perfect match in the world, the sound of the piano is rich, and the sound of the flute is far away. A song of ice and snow is leisurely, like the sound of the world, and the intersection is corresponding. Everyone in the audience was amazed by this song, Jiang Xue was surprised by Qiliang's piano skills, and Qiliang was moved by Jiang Xue's flute sound.

When the song was finished, no one spoke.

Instead, Qiliang opened his mouth and said: "Miss Jiang's flute voice is amazing, which makes Qiliang admire." ”

"Childe is too modest, if it is not for the sound of the child's piano to lead, how can you get the beauty of the flute." Jiang Xue returned.

"Oh, what a song. Qiliang and Miss Jiang really opened the old man's eyes. Lu Xiangguo said. Insiders know that this is impossible to judge when they hear it, and it can be said to be a tie.

"Hehehe, Lu Xiang, let's just say that you are lonely and unheard, the two of you also amazed me today, the cooperation between the two is so tacit, it is really rare." Emperor Donghua said thoughtfully.

"One is the master of the moontail qin, and the other is a master of the white jade flute, which can be regarded as an opponent in chess." Yu Taifu said.

However, who Lu Xiangguo is, he can best understand the emperor's thoughts.

"What Mrs. Yu said is that when you meet opponents in chess, the tacit understanding is very good, this is really fate." Lu Xiang's deliberate sentence made the audience stunned, and everyone was shocked by this sentence. Lu Xiang was indifferent, and he didn't realize that there was anything wrong.

"Jiang Aiqing, Ling Qian's daughter has never been married." Emperor Donghua asked.

"This, back to the king, has not been."

"Oh, it's nineteen this year, and it's not small."

"The little girl has been spoiled by her ministers since she was a child, she is extremely willful, and she is still teaching in good life, and she has not yet been married."

"Lord of the capital, you don't understand this, as a person who has come over, I can see that it is time for Ling Qianjin to marry, and once the daughter's family gets married, it will naturally change." The queen said.

Jiang Xue secretly screamed badly, and just wanted to speak, Jiang Wan came to her side and grabbed her, signaling her not to speak.

"Thank you to the emperor and the queen for your concern, there are not many children under the courtiers, only one son and two daughters, the eldest son is away all the year round, the second daughter is married far away, and only the younger daughter Jiang Xue has to be in front of him. Jiang Shoufu's tone was tough, and the audience heard it.

"Hahaha, it's just a casual ask, Aiqing doesn't have to be serious, Aiqing is really old, and she has become so serious, haha, don't say anything tonight, just drink, come and continue drinking, haha." Emperor Donghua said.

Jiang Xue was worried about her father, today her father brushed the king's face in front of everyone, and in the future, her father will be in the court, I am afraid that it will make the king even more angry. Jiang Xue also heard that Emperor Donghua intended to win over Daze and wanted to marry Daze. Jiang Xue realized that Qiliang was Daze's proton in Donghua.

A group of people drank again, and this stubble was over. Jiang Shoufu and Yu Taifu on the right raised their glasses, and toasted to Yu Taifu in the air, thanking him for what he said just now, and how many people could stand up and speak.

"General Chu, this Taifu is really affectionate and righteous." Dazai-sama, who was at the top of the left, said to General Chu Huan.

"What Dazai meant, Chu Huan doesn't understand." Chu Huan said to Dazai.

Dazai-sama is the right minister of Donghua. Donghua has a left and right Xiangguo. The main text of Zuo Xiangguo, that is, Lu Xiangguo. The right minister is in charge of the martial arts, but since the previous right minister stepped down, it has been hanging in the air, and Chu Huan temporarily took the position of the right minister. The former right prime minister, is this Dazai-sama, the former master of the Tai Academy Dazai - Hongyu, the surname of the official position in the past dynasties, the world called Dazai Hongyu, because of the national situation as the prime minister, after the success of the military power returned, the right prime minister's right exists in name only. The right minister originally wanted to resign from the position of the right minister, but the right minister of the eight generations of meritorious service, Emperor Donghua asked many times to hang a minister's empty title, everyone respected Dazai, has never changed his words, has always respected him as Dazai-sama. Since then, the lord of the Taixue Academy only dares to call himself Taifu, and does not dare to call himself Dazai. I had already retired to the court, but when I came back by chance, I was invited to a banquet and meet old friends.

"Ha, I haven't seen you for many years, and the straightforward General Chu in the past has also become cunning, and it seems that I have missed a lot of interesting things in the past few years." Dazai looked at the Kabuki in front of him and said, holding a wine glass.

"Dazai-sama, what does Chu Huan mean" Chu Huan was speaking.

Dazai-sama interrupted Chu Huan, "No need, I'm just just asking, I finally came back once, so I drank to my heart's content, come, and salute General Chu." ”

"I didn't expect Dazai-sama to come back, I met once when I was a child." Jiang Xue said to Jiang Wan.

"yes, I didn't expect to have the opportunity to meet me this time." Jiang Wan said.

"This matter is over, but I see the way that Osawa Gongzi looks at you, do you know each other?" Jiang Wan said to Jiang Xue.

"Well, I've seen it twice."

"You guys? Isn't it? ”

"What's not, isn't it, second sister, don't think about it."

"But I look at the way he looks at you, um—seems to be interesting to you."

"You read it wrong, how can it be, I've just seen it, and I'm not familiar with it at all."

"Oh, then I guess I'm wrong. After sitting for a long time, my stomach is a little uncomfortable, so I will go and take a rest first. Jiang Wan said.

"Sister, it's okay, I'll send you to rest." Jiang Xue asked worriedly.

"It's okay, your brother-in-law will send me, you can have fun."

"Okay, you guys can show it."

When Jiang Xue saw Chu Yan coming, she let Jiang Wan go, and she continued to eat boringly by herself, but she didn't know that Qiliang's eyes kept looking at her.