Chapter 64: The Challenge
After consideration, Dong Guoxiang wanted to start with the queen, the queen is a woman, and women are soft-hearted and easy to say.
"Bu Shu, call He Le Nu from the entertainment hall."
Dong Zhongshu thought about it, it would definitely not be good for him to go to see the queen alone, he had to bring a few women as a cover, and no one would gossip when he went to see the queen.
He Le Nu is a beautiful woman in the Yule Hall, and she is in charge of the collection of folk songs. There is a music hall in the Prime Minister's Office, and its main work is to publicize and educate the miscellaneous work of sacrificial music.
As soon as Lu Bushu heard that the teacher was going to call He Lenu, Lu Bushu felt uncomfortable. Because Ho Le Nu is a beautiful woman. When Lu Bushu came, his wife quietly instructed him to take good care of his teacher and not to be carried away by the fox spirit.
Therefore, Lu Bushu is most afraid that the teacher will have a relationship with a beautiful woman. I don't know why, even if the teacher may be for work. As long as the teacher has a relationship with a woman, he unconsciously remembers his wife's entrustment.
"Teacher, just ask me to do the general things, and don't bother the people in the music hall."
In the absence of people, Lu Bushu called Dong Guoxiang not the national minister, but only the teacher. It's only when you call the teacher that it's kind.
What is the teacher's matter, Lu Bushu can't do it without him, why call someone else, let alone a beautiful woman.
Lu Bushu resisted the teacher's name He Lenu from the heart, so he couldn't stand still.
"Lu Bushu, what do you mean? I told you to do something, and you still pick and choose? Do you remember your wife or something? ”
Dong Zhongshu couldn't see Lu Bushu's careful thoughts, and became stern: "Go quickly." ”
Seeing that the teacher was serious, Lu Bushu couldn't resist anymore, so he had to pout his lips and go angrily.
Lu Bushu didn't dare to talk to the teacher before, but since his wife entered Chang'an and was with the master, under the instigation of the master, he sometimes dared to confront the teacher.
When Lu Bushu called He Lenu, He Lenu asked: "Dong Guoxiang, why are you making your students unhappy?" ”
This He Le Nu is too, and she dares to blame him Dong Guoxiang? I, Dong Guoxiang, only met a few times ago, as if they have been serious for a long time, as if they are on an equal footing.
He Lenu and Dong Guoxiang are only because of work, although they have met a few times, it is only a relationship between superiors and subordinates, He Lenu should not blame the Minister of State when they meet again. It seems that He Lenu is a straightforward person.
Dong Guoxiang didn't care about He Lenu's questioning, just took care of his business: "Is the music ready?" ”
Dong Guoxiang arranged for He Lenu to prepare two repertoire today. The new minister of state ordered work, where dare to be lazy?
"Prime Minister, get ready."
He Lenu agreed, but she was a little unhappy in her heart. Dong Guoxiang asked her to prepare and repertoire, and she went to see the queen.
Speaking from the heart, she He Lenu is a woman who doesn't know how to be an official. But after entering the Prime Minister's Mansion, I still know some ways to be an official. A new minister of state, where does he behave like this? A few days after your prime minister came, isn't it a little inappropriate to take a female subordinate to see the queen?
He Lenu dared to forgive.
It seems that Dong Guoxiang is really a Confucian master, who is an academic and does not know the art of being an official.
Seeing that He Lenu wanted to speak and stopped, Dong Guoxiang asked: "He Lenu, what are your concerns?" ”
He Lenu has a straightforward personality, since you Dong Guoxiang said it, she won't hide it: "I thought about it last night, is it inappropriate for you to accompany you to see the queen as a newly arrived minister and a man, and I am a woman?" Others don't know, thinking that we are still relatives. ”
He Lenu said it euphemistically, saying that she was a relative, and she almost said that she was intimate.
He Lenu estimated that Dong Guoxiang couldn't see the king, and wanted to find a breakthrough from the queen and make a fuss about their women, where is this what a big man does? Where is this Confucian master?
"I know that you women just have a lot of eyes and think about this and that. I'm telling you, I'm all about work. As long as we do the right thing, what are we afraid of? Besides, it's not like you're the only one who goes, and there will be other women later. Don't worry, grab your tracks. ”
Anyone else? Who is it? He Lenu thought in her heart and didn't dare to ask.
He Lenu held two rolls of bamboo slips from her body and raised them in the air, saying, "The two tracks are all taken." ”
On the way here, Lu Bushu was angry, and he didn't notice that He Le Nu also had two volumes of repertoire on her, so she asked curiously: "What repertoire?" Dedicated to the Queen? ”
"One is called "Lamentation", and the other is called "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix". He Lenu replied.
Lu Bushu couldn't figure it out when he heard it, teacher, you just came, what does it mean to send a "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" track to the queen? Lu Bushu knows that "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" is a song of intercession......
Lu Bushu couldn't help it: "I said He Lenu, you asked the great minister of our Jiangdu Kingdom to send a song of "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" to the queen, what do you mean?" Is it to provoke the contradiction between the king and the prime minister? And ruin my teacher's reputation? Isn't this a deliberate attempt to drive our teacher away? Did the king tell you to do that? Want to drive us away from Jiangdu Kingdom? ”
He Lenu ignored Lu Bushu. I thought to myself that you are not a student of the Prime Minister, and you are still very verbose.
This repertoire was asked by Dong Guoxiang He Lenu first, and the selection of these two repertoire is also often set by He Lenu after careful consideration.
He Lenu felt that the queen's age and identity were at the time of thinking about the romantic love in the past, and if she listened to those love romances at this time, she would think of the beautiful things in the past....... Just thinking of good things is naturally good for the body.
Thinking of this, Dong Guoxiang criticized Lu Bushu, who was impure in thought: "You are still young, you don't understand, you only know that "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" is a love track, but you don't know the deeper meaning. I can't tell you clearly for a while, and I'll tell you slowly later. Go and tell the queen that I am going to visit her. ”
Lu Bushu is still worried that this track is not very good, if you give it to the queen, everyone will think that it is a message of courtship. If the king knew, what would he think? The king is a rough man, and he thinks about things simply, if he thinks about it, his temper comes, can the teacher stand it?
Lu Bushu was still worried: "Teacher, you may think more deeply, but if the king can't keep up with your thinking so deeply, he thinks that you are courting the queen, which is a terrible thing." In order to prevent misunderstanding, I still forget the track "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix". ”
Dong Guoxiang still said the same sentence, what do you know, and also explained: "The most beautiful thing in human beings is love, and the greatest power for people is also love." The current queen needs to recall the love of the past, if she is asked to reminisce about the love of the past, I don't know how much spiritual power can be awakened to her! Do you understand? ”
Dong Guoxiang explained this, and Lu Bushu was a little foggy.
But Dong Guoxiang's sonorous and powerful preaching seemed to be true, and Lu Bushu didn't believe in superb deeds.
Lu Bushu had no choice but to obey the order and inform the queen that Dong Guoxiang was going to visit her.