Adventures in Heaven (novel) Zhang Baotong

After a while, I heard the audience stir, and when I looked up, I saw that the princess had risen and left the seat in the row in front of her, and walked quickly and restlessly towards the outside of the room. www.biquge.info This event was originally held for the princess, and people came to celebrate her, and as soon as she left, the sky seemed to be overcast, and the performance of the competition stopped. The king and the queen mother were very angry when they saw the princess getting up and leaving so rudely, but they did not know what was going on, and left the venue under the escort of the guards. A festive and lively event ended unhappily.

At noon, the king held a banquet in the Winter Palace to entertain the owners and guards of the villages. But I felt remorseful and guilty for the sudden departure of the princess, so I did not bother to go to the banquet, but quietly went back to the house and lay down on the bed, and slept with my head covered by the quilt as if I were seriously ill. She's attending the celebration today, maybe just to see the performance I played for her. For the princess can only choose a son-in-law among those who perform for her. If there is no husband she likes, then she can only choose again in the birthday celebration next year. As a traditional custom, the choice of a princess's husband symbolizes the power and nobility of the royal palace. However, because of my dishonesty, she was made to behave disrespectfully against the dignity of the palace, which is really painful.

I don't know when, I was woken up, and when I opened my eyes, I saw that it was Wen Juan. I got out of bed and asked, "Why are you here?" Wen Juan lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes and said, "The princess wants you to enter the palace quickly." "I looked out at the sky, and it was already evening, and if I had left now, I had hurried to the palace lest it be dark, and when I came back it would be late at night. Walking alone in the empty and dark night is really scary. But since the princess is invited, why should I not go? However, at this moment, I was really a little afraid to meet the princess. I asked Wen Juan, "What's the urgency?" Wen Juan said, "After the princess left the scene and returned to the palace, she cried secretly without saying a word. Later, you want me to pass you into the palace. ”

I immediately followed Wen Juan out of the house, thinking that if I could make the princess relieve her anger, I would be willing to suffer no matter how much I was wronged. But, somehow, my heart was still a little timid, afraid to face the noble and cold princess. She had come to the Hermitage yesterday to tell me again and again, but I still made her sad and disappointed, and she was disgraced. How do I respond to the princess again?

Wen Juan led me into the front of the Frangipani Garden in the harem and motioned for me to enter by myself. As if I had made a big mistake, I timidly entered the room, and saw an oil lamp lit in the dim room, and a lonely figure wiping tears was reflected under the lamp. The bright light shone on her face, and her long, lowered eyelashes and sad tears could be seen dripping in large drops. I never expected that the noble and cold princess would be so sad and sad, which made people look at it and feel moved, but also unbearable. I walked up to the princess, did not dare to look up, and whispered in shame, "The princess forgives me." ”

The princess did not speak, but she could be heard crying. In the silent silence, I bowed my head and silently waited for her anger and blame. But instead of anger or rebuke, she silently got up from the table and walked over, knelt down before me, and burst into tears. I was startled at first, then immediately knelt down and said, "Princess, forgive me," and wept silently. The princess took my face in her hand, stroked it gently, and then, with tears and laughter, whispered, "I know that your heart is too noble to express your affection to me in public. I shook my head and said, "No, it's because I'm too inferior to have that noble courage." The princess stopped her tears and wondered, "Why?" I said, "I originally wanted to perform for the princess, but Longhua's skills are clumsy, and I am afraid that the princess will laugh at me." The princess kissed me on the cheek and said, "Whatever the skill of the child, he is the most beautiful and beautiful in the eyes of the maiden." When I heard this, I was so moved that I held the princess tightly in my arms.

We hugged each other tightly, and after some time, I said, "I want to play a tune for the princess now." The princess smiled with tears in her eyes, "Then there is Mr. Lao." So the princess took the flute from the wall and handed it to me. I sat across from the princess and began to play the Prairie Love Song affectionately. This piece not only pours out my attachment, but also evokes my homesickness, blowing and blowing, my heart is immersed in an infinite depth of excitement and yearning. The sky was imperceptibly darkened in the sound of my flute. We hugged each other tightly again and kissed passionately.

After a while, Wen Juan came and told us to go to the king's place for dinner. When I came to Huxin Garden, the wine and food were ready. There are several small dishes on each of the four tables, including stewed chicken, fried ice fish, oil coriander, wild lotus flower, and a glass of wine. Today is the princess's birthday, and the feast is obviously more sumptuous than usual, with oil coriander and wild lotus flowers being the specialties of the hot river in Taocun, as these vegetables can only be grown in warmer climates. When the king and Ying'er saw us coming, they asked us to sit together. When we saw that the princess had turned from sorrow to joy, they were very happy, and they smiled at us very meaningfully, and we were all a little embarrassed.

His Majesty said, "Today is the nineteenth birthday of the princess and the festival of her coming of age, so please drink three glasses to congratulate her." Everyone toasted together and drank three glasses in a row. Then the king asked everyone to sing and dance to cheer up. The princess said that she was happy, so she wanted to dance for everyone, and asked me to accompany her. I picked up the flute and blew "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night". To the accompaniment of the music, the princess walked into the middle of the field, moved her waist and danced. Her dancing posture is like a magical and wonderful dream shadow, sometimes soft and stretching, sometimes fast and fluttering, which makes people can't help but be amazed. Originally, I was worried that the princess had never heard this piece, and that her dance steps would not fit in time, but I didn't want to, but she was like a fairy, and she blended the dance and the beat so perfectly that I thought she was a different style of Gna.

The next time it was Ying'er's turn to perform, she took my flute and played the tune of "Butterfly". Presumably, she doesn't know how many times she has blown this tune, so when she blows it again, it looks even more lingering and poignant, and when she blows to the place where her feelings are moving, she can't help but cry for a long time. So much so that at the end of the song, she was a little out of breath and began to gasp for air.

The king, who usually did not sing and dance with the people, was happy today and said, "In this case, I will sing a song of the great wind handed down by my ancestors." As he spoke, he drew a long sword from the wall and danced and sang. With the heroic singing of "The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying, Weijia is returning to his hometown in the sea, and the strong men are guarding the Quartet", the king danced his sword like lightning, whirring. After the king finished singing and dancing, he sat back in his chair with a slight sigh and asked me, "What do you think about Longhua's song and dance?" I said, "I have also seen people sing and dance Liu Bangzhi's "Song of the Great Wind" in Han China, but none of them have the king's bearing and wonderful swordsmanship. When the king heard this, he smiled and said, "Longhua has won the award." ”

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