"Ha, didn't you say that you should call Xu Xiaolang?" Xincheng stretched out his little finger and pointed at Sister A, laughing at her for not remembering herself.

"You can't call it in front of Xiao Zhao." The son defended, and immediately felt that it was easy to mislead the girl, she didn't like to divide the occasion clearly, and she wasn't used to calling it how she wanted.

Thinking of this, the son took the initiative to admit his mistake and said, "Okay, I said it wrong." I repeat, Xu Xiaolang will definitely send us good things. ”

"Definitely, definitely." Xincheng nodded again and again, and licked his lips involuntarily, probably thinking about the deliciousness.

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Although Xiao Zhao doesn't like the dullness and restraint in the palace, and prefers to be the king and hegemon at home freely, he is still very happy and happy when he sees his son. After all, there are not many friends of the same age as her.

As soon as they met, the giggling laughter was endless, and the three children held hands and said hello.

"His Highness Xincheng is growing so fast!"

"Xiao Zhao, your clothes are so beautiful."

"His Royal Highness Jinyang, you have gained weight!"

"Sister Xiao Zhao, what are you loaded in the car? It's delicious, it's still fun. ”

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Ake also has a maid ring, fifteen or sixteen years old, who has worked in Xu Mansion for many years, and is relatively diligent and honest.

helped Ake get out of the car, and the girl was a little at a loss when she got the piano on her back. This is the emperor's palace, and those two little girls are princesses with golden branches and jade leaves!

Ah Ke couldn't see, only giggling laughter, and the chaos of the three little girls you said I asked. Lowering her head slightly, she pursed the corners of her mouth and smiled slightly.

She is more than a year younger than Xu Qilin, although she is not too old, but she can look at Xiao Zhao, her son and Xincheng, but she is really a child. Listening to the childish words of the child, she couldn't help but want to laugh.

Yes! Xiao Zhao finally remembered his companion, and hurriedly introduced him to his son and Xincheng, "This is my sister-in-law, her name is Ah Ke, and she is the best singer." ”

Ah Ke raised his head, listened to the direction of the footsteps, and said, "The folk girl has seen Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

The son looked at Ah Ke curiously, and couldn't help but stretch out his hand and shake it in front of her eyes, seeing that her eyes didn't move, and her eyes didn't blink, she was sure that she was a blind girl, and hurriedly said, "Hurry up, Sister Ah Ke doesn't need to be polite." ”

Xincheng was more curious than Sister A, opened his eyes and looked carefully, and said after a while, "Sister Ake can't see me, this is really bad." ”

Ah Ke smiled and said, "Although the slave family can't see it, they can also know that the princess of Xincheng is both good-looking and smart when they hear the voice. ”

Hehehehe, Xincheng grinned, stepped forward to take Ake's hand, and said, "Sister Ake is also beautiful!" I'll take you to the dressing room, where my sister and I are in the palace. Why don't you live there too? ”

Ah Ke smiled, knowing that her residence would be arranged, but it was not necessarily the little princess who had the final say.

Yahuan also forgot to salute Her Royal Highness the princess, and when she saw that Ah Ke had already taken steps, she hurriedly followed and took care of her on the other side.

Xincheng walked a few steps, then stopped and instructed the palace people, "You guys, move all the things in the car to the dressing room." ”

The son pulled Xiao Zhao and said, "You can also live in the dressing room, there are several palaces there, you can sleep wherever you want." ”

Xiao Zhao was a little hesitant, she was going to live with Sister A. But then I think about it, Sister Ah may always have to take the test, but it is better to live with the little princesses more comfortable.

"I should go and see Sister Ah first to see if she has any arrangements?" Xiao Zhao hesitated and said, "She must know that I am coming, so she can't be rude!" ”

The son thought for a while and said, "Then let's go to see Xu Chongrong first, and Xincheng and I will invite you to the dressing room again, and Xu Chongrong will definitely not stop you." ”

Xiao Zhao nodded again and again, and beckoned Xincheng and Ake, who were walking in front, to go to Sister A's palace first. Then, she commanded the palace people to bring the gift for Sister A, just so that she could send it directly.

Xu Hui knew that her sister would be able to go to Jiucheng Palace today, and she hadn't seen her for a long time, and she missed it very much, and she was a little anxious to see her sister.

But her identity is there, how can she be as free as the two little princesses, and she can run to the palace gate and wait. waited patiently in the palace, but he didn't care about anything else, and looked out from time to time.

Seeing the palace attendants, the little princess and the sister walked over this side holding hands, Xu Hui hurriedly stayed out of the palace, and a happy smile appeared on her face.

"Sister-" Xiao Zhao easily opened the princess's hand and trotted forward, screaming in his mouth.

"Slow down, slow down, don't run." Xu Hui hurriedly reminded, walked down the steps quickly, and waited with his hands open.

Giggled, Xiao Zhao threw himself into Sister A's arms with a crisp laugh. There was no such act before, and the reunion of the little don't belong, the thoughts and family affection come from the heart.

Xu Hui also smiled happily, her body was slightly lowered, hugging her little sister's body, and her face was close to her face.

Xiao Zhao hugged Sister A and rubbed his face before he smiled and separated from Sister A.

"It looks like he's grown taller again." Xu Hui stood up straight, stretched out his hand to measure, touched the little sister's face again, and said with a smile, "It seems that you have eaten well, and you have grown meat!" ”

Xiao Zhao grinned and said, "Sister is getting more and more beautiful, like a fairy." ”

Xu Hui touched her little sister's head and said with a smile, "It's okay for my sister to say this in private, but if you want outsiders to hear it, you have to make people laugh." ”

"Xu Chongrong has indeed become-" The son couldn't think of a suitable word to describe it for a while, so he stretched out his hand and gestured before saying, "It's plumper and rounder than before." ”

Xu Hui covered his mouth and smiled, "That's getting fat, not slim!" ”

The son tilted his little head and thought about it, and finally had the right word, "It used to be thin, but now it's still slender." ”

Xu Hui and the little princess were already very familiar, and they were not as formal as before, and when they heard these somewhat naïve but sincere words, they smiled even more happily.

The new city and Ake who came later attracted Xu Hui's attention.

Xiao Zhao ran up a few steps, took Ake's hand and introduced, "My sister, Xu Chongrong." ”

Ake is as polite as a ritual, "The folk girl Ake has seen Chongrong Niangniang." ”

"Hurry up, hurry up." Xu Hui took a few steps forward, stretched out his hand to help him, and looked at Ah Ke's gray eyes, a look of pity flashed on his face.

When everyone entered the hall and sat down, the son mentioned that he wanted Xiao Zhao and Ake to go to the dressing room to live temporarily.

Xu Hui hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement. She wanted her little sister to live here, but she thought that Xiao Zhao was invited by the princess after all, and she also wanted to play with the two little princesses, and it was also good for the little sister to deepen her relationship.

"Oh, Xiao Zhao has brought so many gifts to his sister!" Looking at the box that the palace people moved in, Xu Hui laughed and said, "Let me see, it's all good things." ”

Xiao Zhao jumped down, walked closer to his sister, stretched out his finger and introduced, "These are for food, these are for fun." As she spoke, she opened the two boxes and said with a smile, "These are two educational toys, Sister must like them." ”

Xu Hui looked at it, but he didn't recognize it, but the shape of the child on it was very pleasing, he reached out and looked at it for a while, and asked, "What is this, how to intellectualize?" ”

Xiao Zhao stretched out his hand to take it and introduced, "This is called Sixiwa, which needs to be inlaid and assembled, and it can form several shapes." As she spoke, she fiddled a few times, held it up for Sister A to see, and asked with a smile, "Sister, look." ”

Xu Hui looked at it and said, "These are two children lying on their stomachs. ”

Xiao Zhao turned his angle again and said with a smile, "Now, has it changed?" ”

Xu Hui nodded and said with a smile, "This time it's two sitting children." ”

The Sixi people are very widespread, and there are copper Sixi babies in the Tang Dynasty, and then there are also pottery, wood, jade, porcelain, clay and so on. In principle, it is a mosaic assembly toy, which can be said to be the "grandfather" of Lego toys in later generations.

Xincheng saw that his eyes were hot, and he asked, "Sister Xiaozhao, do I also have this toy?" ”

"Yes!" Xiao Zhao said as a matter of course, "There are still two, one porcelain and one wood." ”

Xincheng is now relieved, and if he has it, he doesn't have to rush to ask for Xu Hui's hand.

Xiao Zhao took another wooden toy, opened the lid, and revealed several squares of different sizes inside, with drawing paper pasted on the squares, including Cao Cao, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others.

"This is called Huarong Dao." Xiao Zhao introduced, "By moving the wooden block, moving Cao Cao to the exit below, it is considered a success. ”

Xu Hui took it and fiddled with it twice to know how to play, but at a glance, it was not easy to move Cao Cao's big square out.

Xiao Zhao grinned and said, "I can play with these two toys, if Sister really can't think of it, I'll tell you." ”

Xu Hui knew that it must have been taught by the little brother, but she still touched the little sister's head and praised, "The little sister is smart, let the sister try it first, and then ask you for advice!" ”

Xiao Zhaotou nodded happily, and opened other boxes to introduce to his sister, eating less and using more, fully taking into account the needs of my sister.

Xu Hui didn't have to worry about eating, but when she saw her brother and little sister so considerate, she was full of joy and frequently expressed her love for these gifts.

After reading the gifts, Xu Hui took out the two hanging ornaments that had been prepared earlier, the tassels were neat and the gems were shining, and they were doted on Xiao Zhao's neck, and then the other one was given to Ah Ke, which was regarded as a meeting gift.

Regarding Ah Ke's resignation, Xu Hui said politely, "My sister can't always be by Xiao Zhao's side, as a righteous sister, Ah Ke has to worry more." ”

This was said so close to his cousin that he couldn't refuse. Because Xu Hui admitted that she was Xiao Zhao's sister-in-law in disguise, and Xu Hui was also a sister, it was not natural to give a small gift.

Ah Ke thanked Xu Hui, smiled a little shyly, and gently stroked the ornament around his neck with his fingers.

"I see, Xiao Zhao went to live in the dressing room, and Ah Ke lived with me." Xu Hui smiled and said, "The three of you are patronizing and playing, but you have to snub Ake." Here, Ake can still chat with me and stroke the piano, and he will not be lonely. ”

The three little girls looked at each other and thought that this arrangement was not bad. Although they are very sympathetic and caring for Ake, they are children in the end, and they are playful, and they really can't take care of them.

"Alright, let's go to the dressing room and settle down." Seeing that no one objected, Xu Hui decided to come down, and said to the three little girls with a smile, "Remember, come to me for dinner in the evening, and pick up the wind for Xiao Zhao and Ake." ”

"Let's go, let's go!" Xincheng jumped down first, pulled Xiao Zhao and walked out, saying as he walked, "I have several big puppets, all with names, and sleep with me every night......"

Xiao Zhao still stopped and greeted Ah Ke before leaving with the little princesses.

Xu Hui looked at the three little girls and walked away with a smile, turned around and enthusiastically placed Ah Ke, and pointed to two palace people to wait for her.

"It's like being at home, don't be afraid, don't be polite." Xu Hui took Ah Ke's hand and sent her to the side hall where she was sleeping and resting, and comforted her with a pleasant face, "Don't think that there are many royal rules and taboos, and it is a big crime to violate it." Look at Xiao Zhao, she has no reputation, and she is the same as you, so she is very open. ”

Ah Ke listened quietly, pursed her lips and didn't say much, but she also felt Xu Hui's kindness and concern.

"You two, if you dare to snub Miss Ake, I will definitely punish you severely." Xu Hui turned to the two palace people, rarely seeing frost on the ground, "She is Xiao Zhao's righteous sister, and she is also Ben Rongrong's righteous sister, you have to treat her as if you were serving me." ”

"How dare a slave snub a nobleman." The two palace people were also clever, and hurriedly bowed down to salute, not even daring.

Xu Hui snorted, waved his hand, asked them to clean up, and led Ah Ke to sit down next to the soft chair, drinking the tea served, and talking casually.

Several palace people brought in the cage brought by Ake and placed it away.

Xu Hui saw that the girl was still carrying the piano, and she didn't know what to do timidly, so she couldn't help but smile and said, "You don't have to be nervous, wait for Ake with your heart." Put the piano down, don't you feel heavy when you carry it on your back? ”

Yahuan obeyed the order, put the piano down, removed the outer cloth cover, and carefully placed it on the table next to it.

Xu Hui glanced at it casually and saw that this guqin was different. Curious, she got up and went over, looked at it carefully, plucked the strings with her fingers, and asked, "Ah Ke, how does your guqin have a different shape?" ”

Guqin, known as Qin and Yaoqin in ancient times, originally had five strings, corresponding to the five tones of "Gongshang Jiao Zhengyu", and at the same time coincided with the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth.

According to legend, King Wen of Zhou added a string, which was called Wen string; King Wu of Zhou added a string, called a martial string, and then the guqin fixed the shape of the seven strings.

And Ake's piano was transformed by Zheng Tuantuan after being taught by Xu Qilin on the seven-tone scale. It is longer than the piano of the time, and has a wider scale and range.

Ah Ke opened his mouth to explain, "This is a restructured guqin, which has two more notes than 'Gongshang Jiao Zhengyu', and the vocal range is also wider. ”

Xu Hui was stunned for a moment and asked, "But the change sign and the change palace?" ”

The earliest record of the names of the seven ranks is the "Huainanzi? Tianwen Xun", "Chinese? In the Zhou language, it is called "change sign" and "change palace".

The Book of Sui? The Chronicle of Music records a kind of heptatone scale with "clear angles" and no "change signs", and another kind of seven-tone scale appeared in the Sui and Tang dynasties, with two tones of "change" and "leap".

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