Volume 3 Spring and Autumn of the Pencil Chapter 214 Lady of Destiny?
Lu Lao ignored Cao Yi's resentful eyes, and said to Yu Youwei gently: "Miss Youwei, can you practice Cao Yi's "Qingyu Case"? ”
Yu Youwei glanced at Cao Yi and found that the latter was also raising her eyebrows at her at this time, and couldn't help laughing for a while, Lu Lao turned his head and just saw Cao Yi's strange appearance, and said unceremoniously: "Why, I let Miss Youwei sing, and I have to get your permission?" ”
"No, Gong Lu, it's just that yesterday afternoon, when Gongzi asked me to visit you with him this morning, Gongzi said that with his understanding of you, you would definitely let me sing "Qingyu Case", so let me practice well in advance." Yu Youwei watched Cao Yi being questioned by Lu Gong, and quickly explained.
"Oh, so I'm wrong to blame Cao Yi?" Lu Lao said with a smile, obviously relieved that Cao Yi knew him so well, which showed that his students still took it to heart, otherwise it would not be like this.
"Hey, it's okay, who called you my teacher, as a disciple, it's okay to be blamed by the teacher, I'm used to it!" Cao Yi first shook his head at Lu Lao, and said slowly, but the beginning of this was fine, but the more he got to the back, the more he didn't hear it, and how did he feel that Cao Yi was on the verge of danger.
Lu Lao was a little upset by Cao Yi's words for a while, but the two masters watched it with relish from the sidelines, they had already seen a lot of mutual damage between Cao Yi and Teacher Lu's apprentices, so they could watch the play so well at this moment.
However, Sikong Ye, Sikong Youyi and Yu Youwei were nervous, and they really thought that the two were going to quarrel. The two girls didn't say much because they were still outsiders, and Sikong Ye, as a disciple of Lu Lao, was naturally suitable to speak at this time, so he immediately changed the topic and asked: "Master Meng, what did you let Miss Youwei sing "Qingyu Case"?" Could it be that during my absence, someone in Jiangning City wrote this good poem? ”
Lu Lao snorted at Cao Yi and said, "Oh, it was written by this stinky boy." ”
"Really? Brother Cao, why didn't you tell me about this when I came yesterday, so that I could read it in advance. ”
"Hey, low-key, low-key, I'm not a showy person!" Cao Yi said modestly.
"Yes, a low-key person, he was in the limelight four times at once, oh, no, plus the acceptance of Miss Youwei, there were five times in the limelight on the night of the Lantern Festival...... "Lu Lao said softly.
"......" Cao Yi looked at his teacher speechlessly, and found that Lu Lao's personality seemed to have become a bit like an old naughty boy recently, and he wasn't like this before, but it's good to be like this.
"Oh, so in this way, in addition to "The Qingyu Case", Brother Cao also wrote three other poems? It was all written during the last Yuan Festival? Sikong Ye is also a talent, naturally smart, listening to the dialogue between Cao Yi and Lu Lao, it is not difficult to guess that Cao Yi should have been in the limelight four times with his poetry, so he asked.
"The three songs were written and given to Lu Lao before, but I sang them in public on the eve of the Yuan Dynasty, and then the son wrote a song on the night of the Yuan Dynasty because of the request of the mad father......" Yu Youwei explained to Sikong Ye. Then he said to Lu Lao: "Lu Gong, I have already practiced, do you want to hear it now?" ”
Lu Lao nodded and shook his head, and said, "You can listen to it now, but it's better to wait a while." Lu Lao turned his head and said, "Ya Niang, I'm sorry for you!" ”
Ya Niang glanced at Lu Lao gracefully, and said: "Miss Youwei, you wait for me to order tea, you Lu Gong likes to listen to music while drinking tea." ”
Then Ya Niang first burned an incense, and then began to order tea elegantly, tea cups, hot bottles, drags, tea mills, silk Luo, tea whisks, and boiling water dishes were placed on a table, Sikong Youyi on the side opened her big eyes, and she was already stunned, while Yu Youwei sat up straight unconsciously. At this time, the palace nobles and scholars of the Great Yan Dynasty upgraded the water of drinking tea, which was either strong or light, to playing the piano, playing chess, writing, appreciating paintings, singing poems, drinking wine, Bogu, and flower arrangement, so the people of the upper class liked to order tea very much.
As the first Oiran in Jiangning, Yu Youwei has practiced all kinds of elegant things since she was a child and is familiar with them. Therefore, it can be said that he is very good at the method of ordering tea, and even sometimes he feels that he has excelled in this regard, but now when he sees Ya Niang's tea ordering techniques and skills, he instantly perceives that there is a huge gap between himself and Ya Niang, which is actually the way of the insider, the more he understands thoroughly, the more he is in awe, and Yu Youwei is in such a mood now.
And Sikong Youyi is a complete layman for the method of ordering tea, but she just feels that all the movements are so smooth, so stretched, and it seems to be completely integrated into a small space, full of a natural and harmonious beauty, so she will show a look of stunned, and her eyes burst out with curiosity, love and even fascination.
Although you should keep your full attention and ask for concentration when ordering tea, Ya Niang has obviously reached the Grandmaster Advancement of returning to the basics in this regard, so at this time, she still has time to raise her head to look at the situation around her, and when she sees Sikong Youyi and Yu Youwei's expressions, she can't help but smile. Because there were quite a lot of people this time, Ya Niang took a long time to order a drink for everyone.
When he handed Sikong Youyi the tea soup, he asked, "Youyi, do you think the method of ordering tea is beautiful?" ”
"Good...... Pretty! Sikong Youyi replied nervously.
"Do you want to learn?" Ya Niang continued to ask.
"Yes!" This time, Sikong Youyi answered very decisively.
Yu Youwei's body was also tense when Ya Niang asked the three words "Do you want to learn", and then relaxed, looking excited, but obviously thinking of something, sighed in her heart, lowered her head and took a sip of tea soup.
"Then Youwei, you will come with Youyi in the future, right? Shall I teach you how to order tea? Ya Niang looked at Yu Youwei's body movements and said suddenly.
Yu Youwei stood up instantly, looked at Ya Niang in disbelief, and even suspected that she had misheard it just now.
"Yes...... Is that okay, Mrs. Ya? Yu Youwei said excitedly.
"Youwei, you have to believe in yourself, you can do it!" With a gentle smile on her face, Ya Niang's eyes looked at Yu Youwei's eyes, and said meaningfully: "Back then, I was also the number one Oiran in the capital, just like you, child. ”
Yu Youwei obviously understood Ya Niang's words, and nodded with a little excitement at the moment.
"Official, wife, I want to take Youyi and Youwei as goddaughters and teach them the art of ordering tea, is it okay?" Ya Niang suddenly said something that shocked Cao Yidu at this moment.
On formal occasions, the side room has to be called Mrs., and if there is a fate, it will be called Mrs., but Cao Yi knows that Ya Niang and Mrs. Qin have a good relationship, and they usually call Mrs. Qin their sister, and they suddenly called it so just now, which shows that Ya Niang discussed with Lu Lao and Mrs. Qin in a very serious attitude, and what shocked Cao Yi even more was that Mrs. Qin turned out to be Mrs. Fate, which shows that Lu Lao's previous identity was not simple, and it may even be an important minister of the court......
Cao Yi looked at Lu Lao, who was smiling inexplicably at the moment, and seemed to be a little puzzled, this old man who was just a supervisor of Jiangning Mansion, before that, would he be a prominent high-ranking official who was favored by the emperor? However, Cao Yi threw this thought away in an instant, he didn't plan to be an official, he wanted to do what he didn't do, no matter what, he was his own teacher, and he was his disciple.
And Sikong Ye on the side was excited, he obviously didn't expect Ya Niang to suddenly accept his sister as his goddaughter, and he didn't hear the meaning behind Ya Niang's "wife", otherwise he would definitely be even more excited.
Ya Niang did not look at Lu Lao, but looked at Mrs. Qin with the eyes of the expectant wing, because she knew that only when her sister nodded, the official would nod. Mrs. Qin smiled mildly and said: "Sister, you want to recognize them as goddaughters, sister, I naturally support you, your goddaughter, that is, the goddaughters of me and the officials, is that today's incident is too sudden, and I haven't prepared any greeting gifts." ”
Mrs. Ya smiled at Mrs. Qin with a grateful smile, turned her head to Sikong Youyi and Yu Youwei and asked, "Two children, are you willing?" ”
Sikong Youyi and Yu Youwei turned their heads to look at others at the same time, with inquiring expressions in their eyes, just looking at Sikong Ye and Cao Yi.
Sikong Ye nodded excitedly to her sister, while Cao Yi looked at Lu Lao with consulting eyes, if it was before, Cao Yi would naturally not ask Lu Lao, but now that he knows that Lu Lao was an important minister of the court before, there are naturally some things to be afraid of. After all, Ya Niang's acceptance of Yu Youwei as her goddaughter, in fact, to a certain extent, is equivalent to Lu Lao's acceptance of her daughter, in this way, it is the important ministers of the court to accept a dusty woman as a daughter, this kind of criticism is sometimes very fatal, especially in the hands of political enemies.
Cao Yi knew from Lu Lao's words before that Lu Lao still hoped to give full play to his residual heat and continue to do things for the court and the people, but now since he is only a supervisor of Jiangning Mansion, it is difficult to say that he was killed by political enemies, not that he was willing to resign and retire, so Cao Yi was afraid that the matter of accepting Yu Youwei as his goddaughter would affect the possibility of Lu Lao's subsequent return to the capital to take on the heavy responsibility.
Although it was only for a moment, Cao Yi had already sorted out the possible impact of the matter, so he deliberately consulted Lu Lao with his eyes just now, and he believed that with Lu Lao's experience and intelligence, he must also be able to understand what he expressed, and at this time there was a tacit understanding between the two people, so when Lu Lao nodded to him, he nodded to Yu Youwei.
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