Chapter 41: The Summer Feast
He was left at the beginning, a few years have passed, and now the green building is ruined, he is not filthy, royal brother, imperial brother, do you really think that only half a mask can cover his whereabouts?
Nan Li's gaze wandered, and his soft footsteps seemed particularly heavy in the silent night, perhaps this day was never inevitable. But what is he looking forward to this encounter?
It's just a Qinglou woman, what qualifications does she have to favor him, even Yiqing has never made him look sideways, Su Yu, who has always been a gentleman and courteous, is it so unbearable now? Then what qualifications does he have to fight for this world?
Nan Li tightened his clothes, although it was summer, it was already a little cold, he thought, he must go and see what kind of appearance that woman is, so that Su Yu can be treated so specially. When I have a curious mind in my heart, I can't hold it back.
At the summer banquet three days later, Nanli looked at the full court of Pei Linlang. Jingle and colorful ribbons float on the trees, with words of blessing written. There is the fragrance of flowers overflowing, which seems to respond to the sentence "flowers attack people and know the warmth of the day", and all kinds of flower cakes are exquisitely placed on the jade plate. Such as flowers, such as tigers, such as rabbits, such as cats, delicate and small, the color is clear, at a glance I feel like a fairy, looking at this cute and exquisite pastry, some can't bear to eat.
The elixir in the crystal wine pot is specially made by her collection of lotus stamens, with a hundred flowers, and then accompanied by a special incense, so that the wine is rich and not dispersed, and the longer it lasts, the purer it becomes. Nanli was attracted by the pastry at the beginning, and before he knew it, his nose was filled with the aroma of wine, so he poured himself a glass and drank it with his ministers. It is fragrant in the mouth, and when swallowed, it is a little spicy and astringent, but it quickly turns sweet, which is really wonderful.
"Queen, the summer banquet you prepared this year is different from the past, where did the ingenuity come from?"
"Your Majesty, the concubine never dared to take credit, this is the idea of the concubine, the pastry was made by the person who personally instructed the imperial dining room, and the layout of this palace is also her mind, the concubine feels very good, thanks to her sister Hui Qian's heart, there are so many surprises."
He looked up at Yiqing and was very approving, "This wine is also made by you, I remember that there has never been such a fine wine in the palace?" ”
"Back to Your Majesty, this is a recipe that the concubine got by chance when she traveled abroad, and I am ugly here, please don't blame the concubine for making her own opinions."
Yi Qing Yingying bowed, she wore a red dress today, which was very charming. He shook his head when he looked at her, it was rare to see her dressed up like this.
"Concubine Ai is smart, it's too late for me to be happy. Everyone raised their glasses and drank together, and returned home with a good night. ”
Everyone raised their glasses to celebrate, she covered her sleeves and drank the wine in the cup, only to see Concubine Lan get up, "Your Majesty, the concubine has prepared a stunning dance for Your Majesty, I wonder if Your Majesty is willing to take a look?" ”
"Amazing Dance, this is a long-lost dance skill, I also want to see it."
An Ziyan listened to the holy words and went to change the dance clothes, which were woven from silk and used gold threads to outline the orchid pattern, and the patterns were repeated without overlapping, resulting in staggered beauty. The brocade red dance dress, shining in the moonlight, she turned around, the skirt was flying, like flowers blooming all over the ground, thousands of stacks of smoke, like a dream, weak and strong, there is the softness of the Jiangnan woman, but also the roughness of the wind and sand in the north, her dance seems to be telling a story, a beautiful beginning, a sad ending, ** ups and downs, the heart of the watch is entangled, a dance is silent, she bowed down to thank you, "The concubine is ugly, thank you Your Majesty." ”
This sound pulled him back from his dream, and everyone applauded, they felt that they had not felt such a shock in a long time. That dance seemed to have danced to the bottom of her heart, her clean eyes were calm and waveless, and the faint smile on the corners of her lips was so gentle and lovely.
Nanli applauded, "Okay." Ai Concubine, your dancing skills are inferior to all women in the world," he caught a glimpse of her dancing clothes, which seemed unusual.
"Who made this dance costume? It's not like the craftsmanship of the royal palace. ”
"Back to Your Majesty, it took the concubine seven days and nights to embroider, and the concubine has no talent, so there will be some female workers, thinking that they are full of intentions, so they spent some thought."
Nanli admired it very much, "Concubine Lan rewarded five hundred taels of gold and three hundred horses of silk." ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Situ Yan also stood up at this moment, "Your Majesty, the concubine has a new fragrance, and I want Your Majesty and the sisters to taste it." I don't know if it's possible? ”
"Nature."
The scarlet moire round-necked robe she wore today, the combed Feiyun bun, took out the incense burner prepared in advance, as well as spices, and perfumerization tools, grinded and prepared the spices, took an appropriate proportion and then grinded, compounded, and then poured into the incense burner, lit, the fragrance gradually spread from the inside to the outside, and everyone closed their eyes to enjoy, such as meeting the most beautiful memories in a magnificent dream. Or the first meeting, or acquaintance, or staying together, gradually addicted, suddenly the string sound, waking up from a sweet dream, everyone is still unfinished.
"Concubine Yun, does this incense have a name?"
"Back to Your Majesty, call the beginning of your dream."
"At the beginning of the dream, a very poetic name, it also matches this incense, I didn't know that you were so hidden, and I will punish you in the future?"
"Your Majesty rewarded the two sisters, but he wanted to punish the concubines, but the concubines did not follow." Situ Yan said angrily, very cute.
"Well, I won't lose you."
Situ Yan returned to his seat at this time, enjoying the singing and dancing behind, he looked at Nangong Yiqing, Nangong Yiqing was leisurely tasting pastries, not noticing his gaze at all. He turned his head helplessly, the performance in front was particularly exciting, but it overwhelmed the edge in the back. The dinner lasted a long time before it ended, and everyone was amazed by Concubine Yun and Concubine Lan.
Nanli drank some wine and went to the imperial study, suddenly remembered the woman in the Scarlet Garden, turned her head and changed into civilian clothes, and went outside the palace.
In the imperial study, by the faint light, a person was rummaging for something, she searched for a long time, there seemed to be no clues, she heard footsteps outside and panicked, after a while the footsteps suddenly went away, she relaxed and finally found the list. She carefully pulled it out, rubbed it down, put it back in its place, and slipped out quietly. The eunuch guarding the door secretly drank wine, and just came back, as if he heard something, a cat rushed out, it was a false alarm.
Nanli looked at the smoke capital in the night, he rarely went out of the palace, and it turned out that the smoke capital at the beginning of the lantern had a special brilliance. He walked for about half an hour, and Yulin guarded him not far away. He saw that the scarlet garden was beautiful and elegant, but it was a little different from what he remembered.
As soon as he stepped into the Scarlet Garden, the old mother greeted her, "Childe, you came at the right time, Wanyu is performing a song, Childe can listen to it." This Wanyu only played the guqin song once a month, and this young man caught up. ”
He went upstairs and found a place to sit down, which happened to be the place where Su Qi used to sit a few days ago, where the view was excellent, and the scenery under the stage was unobstructed.
I saw a woman fluttering down. In mid-air, she picked the strings with her bare hands, and the sound of the piano was clear, and she quietly returned to her place. The jade fingers fell like the spring color of the south of the Yangtze River, and the woman looked up, unlike the feeling that the woman in the palace gave him, like the wind that he couldn't grasp, and the smoke that he couldn't see clearly, but her smile made him imprint his heart with longing.
She seems to have a different kind of magic, falling in love at first sight, and then caring about the city.
"The girl's piano skills are rare in the world."
"The piano comes from the heart, this person's heart has never been consistent, and the piano technique is also unique."
Pei felt that it was the girl who gave this piano a different kind of affection.
"It's not appropriate to explain it like this, I don't know why Childe is here?"
"Oh?" He seemed puzzled by her question, but she smiled lightly and looked understanding.
"Childe must be a newcomer, I don't know the rules here, the reason for coming here is generally two, one is to seek pleasure, and the other is to solve doubts."
"So what do you mean?"
"Pleasure seekers, Qin Le is happy. Puzzlers, one by one. The woman patiently explained, but the old bustard behind the door was puzzled, I don't know what to do, she has never had such a rule, today, why is it so strange.
"Mom." The woman called out to the door, "I took this distinguished guest today, so mom should be busy." ”
The mother answered, and left full of doubts.
"Then I'm the second one. The girl is so generous, why did she fall into the green building? ”
"Childe can know that entering this scarlet garden is two lives, the dust of the past is gone, and the red dust is new."
"I see, has the girl ever thought about leaving?"
"Away? The little woman has no relatives and no reason, if she leaves here, where can she return to the big red dust? Childe is not joking. The woman laughed, as if she didn't agree with the man's claims.
"The confusion that Childe wants to solve is not a little girl." The woman picked up the fan on the side and embroidered it stitch by stitch.
"I didn't mean to be abrupt of the girl, but I did this for the girl." Nanli looked sincere, like an ordinary scholar, desperate for the red face.
Wanyu sneered in her heart. "Why should Childe be joking, if that's the case, presumably there will be no need to keep guests."
"The girl gave an eviction order, I'm afraid it's not good, Xiaosheng just moved the mind of the flower. Why should the girl be so rejected? ”
"If the son is not sincere, why should I treat each other with sincerity."
Nanli is helpless, this woman is not as weak as she seems, "It's late at night today, it's inconvenient to disturb, and I will talk to the girl in the future." ”
He got up and left, no wonder he lingered here, this woman is a powerful character. However, it is not an exaggeration to say that the piano art is unparalleled in the world. How rare a strange woman in this world is.
Yulin pondered again and again, "Master, use me to check the top card of this Scarlet Garden?" The time she was red seemed a little suspicious. ”
"Do you think this woman has something to do with him?"
"The subordinates don't dare to speculate at will, but they just have an intuition that this woman will definitely be closely related to the situation in the world in the future." Yulin's face was heavy. He seemed to see something else from the woman, but he didn't dare to say anything about his master's attitude, so he could only remind him.
"Check."
Yulin got the order and immediately launched an investigation. But when he really started investigating, he found that half of this woman's life was almost blank.