Chapter 170: The Crowd Dominates
"Your Royal Highness is young, you should drink less in the future, you are always as drunk and unconscious as last night, and the Queen Mother will probably be unhappy when she sees it."
After Zhu Qiming got up early to wash, Mama Cui served him to change his clothes, and chattered a few words, and saw Yin'er and Quqing on the side covering their mouths, as if they were snickering.
After dressing, Zhu Qiming habitually came to the courtyard and wanted to practice martial arts, staring at him as if he remembered something, he turned back to the study, and always felt that there was a familiar atmosphere in the study, and he looked around but did not see a familiar figure, so he stood there in a daze, and cast an inquiring glance at Yin'er and Qu Qing.
Yin'er and Qu Qing just looked at each other and smiled, but did not answer.
Zhu Qiming stood for a moment, stared at the historical books on the bookcase, turned around and walked quickly to the main hall.
There is still a lingering smell of a hangover on his body, recalling yesterday's dinner, and vaguely remembering that the emperor frequently raised his knighthood, only cared about drinking and having fun, and all other things were not to be discussed. He himself didn't know how much Jue wine he drank passively, but he remembered that last night's imperial wine could be called a jade liquid, the entrance was soft, and after overdose, he only felt that his body was fluttering, and when he was drunk, he couldn't help but take a few more glances at the huge lineup of palace banquets and dances, and felt that the entire dining room was full of flying immortals from outside the sky.
"Your Highness, why don't you study and practice martial arts today?" Mama Cui asked in surprise, and then shook her head, "The imperial supervisor sent dozens of jars of imperial wine, and I don't know what the emperor means!" ”
Zhu Qiming took a seat and casually picked up the blood Yushan on the case to play, "This king will play and have fun from now on, and be a prince who is content and relaxed." ”
Mama Cui stepped forward to check whether the treasures on the case had fallen into the dust, "If that's the case, it's better to go back to Yuefu to live." ”
Do you think this king doesn't want to go back to Yuefu? Zhu Qiming was unhappy in his heart, but he could still do it without revealing anything, "The emperor said that it is much more interesting in the palace than in Yuefu. ”
Mama Cui swept her eyes to Yin'er and Qu Qing at the door, "You two have entered Qingning Palace since childhood, and the Queen Mother has taught you personally, but you still don't do things carefully, look at the dust on this case!" Hmph, just looking for fun, but forgetting to get down to business! ”
Zhu Qiming's eyes froze, and he faintly felt that Mama Cui's words were for him.
Yin'er and Qu Qing hurriedly came over to wipe the case again, and Zhu Qiming got up and avoided aside.
There was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the door, and an attendant said through the curtain: "His Royal Highness King Yue, the direct hall supervisor and his party have been ordered to come and clean up the courtyard." ”
"I heard that the emperor originally wanted to assign a few chamberlains to the other courtyard on errands, but the empress dowager said that it would be better to be empty than to be overwhelmed, so the matter was shelved. Alas, I can only bother the palace supervisor every once in a while. Leaving these words, Mama Cui went out to greet the waiter.
Also, if there are a lot of eyes and ears in this courtyard, I'm afraid that he, the prince, will be in trouble in the future! It's a pity that there are very few attendants in Qingning Palace, otherwise the other courtyard would definitely not worry about the lack of attendants.
"Your Royal Highness, the emperor issued an order yesterday, from now on, I will order people to lead the female music and dancers of the workshop to come and perform every day for His Royal Highness." Yin'er said with a smile.
When Zhu Qiming returned to the side of the case, he saw Yin'er and Qu Qing, who were wiping the dust, hurriedly stopped, probably afraid that the dust would rise to him.
"Why doesn't Mama Cui know about this?"
Yin'er and Qu Qing looked at each other and smiled again, "Your Highness probably forgot, Your Highness was drunk last night, and it was the two slaves and maids who helped His Highness back to the courtyard, and the slaves and maids heard the emperor give an edict in front of His Highness, but you ······ at the time." Yin'er cut off the words "unconscious", "The slave doesn't dare to tell Mama Cui about this, for fear that she will pass the word to the Queen Mother and make the Queen Mother angry." ”
How could the Empress Dowager be angry? You're too cautious! Zhu Qiming just smiled bitterly, and did not reveal the complaints in his stomach.
At this time, without reporting, Meizi led a girl in, "Your Highness, the Queen Mother ordered the slave maid to send Miss Zhou to the other courtyard." ”
Zhou Xiaodie? Zhu Qiming replayed the image of the "flower butterfly" in his mind, and his ears echoed Meizi's "small report" yesterday, his mouth pursed, and he didn't look at people, and his tone was a little cold, "This king has been accompanied." ”
"The Queen Mother said that it doesn't hurt to have one more."
Seeing that Zhu Qiming didn't speak for a long time, Meizi was embarrassed in her eyes, "The slave and maid retired." ”
Yin'er and Qu Qing glanced blankly at the uninvited guests in the hall, and followed Meizi out of the main hall.
"Die'er see His Royal Highness King Yue."
You are Zhou, you can't call yourself a butterfly! Zhu Qiming turned around abruptly and swept his eyes towards Zhou Xiaodie, which startled the girl in front of him. As soon as he looked at it, his anger froze on his face and slowly faded as time passed.
At this time, Zhou Xiaodie was dressed elegantly, her face was not powdered, she looked at Zhu Qiming blankly with a pair of big eyes, and the fear was still on her white and red face, like a frightened lamb, stunned and at a loss.
Just by looking at the posture in front of him, Zhu Qiming could hardly be rough again.
Seeing that Zhu Qiming's face was relieved, Zhou Xiaodie was blessed again, "The Queen Mother ordered Die'er to accompany Her Royal Highness to study martial arts." ”
"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you." Zhu Qiming said lightly: "From now on, this king will play and have fun every day, and will no longer study and practice martial arts." ”
Just when Zhou Xiaodie was surprised, a female voice sounded outside the door: "Shangyi Bureau Sizan He Ye has been ordered to come to see His Royal Highness King Yue." ”
"Come in." Zhu Qiming greeted and pouted at Zhou Xiaodie, "Look, the fun has been found." ”
He Ye led more than a dozen female musicians and dancing girls into the courtesy.
"The emperor said that His Royal Highness likes to watch dance and music, so he ordered more than ten people to be selected from the Department of Teaching and Workshop, and brought them with concubines." He Ye pointed back to the more than ten young women behind him.
"Why did He Sizan come?"
"Oh, the emperor said that the concubine has met with His Royal Highness, and he is worried that different people will be uncomfortable when they come to His Highness."
I see! Zhu Qiming glanced at the women behind He Ye and saw that they were all good-looking, and they should be between sixteen and eighteen years old.
"Hey, this king is feeling bored, what good repertoire is there for this king to enjoy?"
He Ye bowed slightly, "Your Highness, the elegant music used in the festival banquet, such as "Pacifying the World" and "Fu'an Siyi", is naturally not suitable for His Highness to watch, and His Highness can choose a small song or a dance. ”
"How do you talk about Xiaoqu?"
"Of course, Your Highness knows that my Daming's poems are far inferior to the previous generations, the so-called 'poetry makes Tang, words make Song, and song makes Yuan', only Xiaoqu is far from being comparable to previous dynasties. "Angkor", "Gui Zhi'er", "Luo Jiang Resentment", "Jujube Pole" These small songs are my four masterpieces of the Ming Dynasty. ”
In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Cheng Zhu Lixue had already passed its peak period and began to go downhill rapidly, the upper-level bureaucratic intellectuals became more and more extravagant and decadent, and completely lost their moral leading role, and the people rejected the hypocritical education above the temple in their own way, from the top to the people, people at least psychologically moved farther and farther away from Cheng Zhu Lixue, and the invisible collapse of the superstructure inevitably changed the direction of literature and art. In addition, the whole society has been immersed in a strong commercial atmosphere for a long time, and has entered a period of "etiquette collapse and happiness", elegant culture is gradually declining, and secular literature and art have risen strongly.
Zhu Qiming remembered the scene of listening to the big and little fat singing folk songs in Gulinji, and it was expected that the repertoire reported by He Ye would definitely not be much more elegant than what he heard back then, with his age and the artistic edification he had experienced, I am afraid that it will be difficult to accept too vulgar singing and dancing for a while. So, his interest immediately shifted to what He Ye said about Shi Wu.
"What about Shi Wu?"
"The dance of the time is popular in the market, the rise and fall are fast, and the old goes and the new comes every ten days and a half."
In modern language, the so-called dance is the art of fast food. Zhu Qiming didn't seem to understand it, and immediately lost interest in Shi Wu. "Can they perform Tang Dynasty songs and dances?"
"This ······" He Ye obviously couldn't answer, and was stunned for a while.
A dancing girl with an excellent figure came out of class, and her voice was as graceful as a yellow bird: "Your Highness, the Teaching Workshop Division has rehearsed "Amazing Dance" and "Lingbo Dance", if His Royal Highness does not give up, the slave family is willing to give it a try." ”
Thinking that "Amazing Dance" and "Lingbo Dance" are all related to Tang Xuanzong, one is the famous dance of Tang Xuanzong's early favorite concubine - Concubine Mei, and the other is choreographed because of Tang Xuanzong's dream, Zhu Qiming felt bored, he wanted to refuse, and glanced at Zhou Xiaodie beside him, he changed his mind again.
"Hey, hey, Limbo is good."
The dancer was overjoyed when she heard this, and she did not want musical accompaniment, but twisted her waist and began to perform. It's a pity that she doesn't have the fairy posture of the dancer in the Chunxi Hall back then, and she doesn't have the style of Pei Sanniang in the immortal building, her dancing posture is very ordinary, and she will only discharge at Zhu Qiming with hot eyes.
Zhou Xiaodie probably couldn't stand it anymore, and even ignored the fact that she was still a guest when she first arrived, and whispered: "Vulgar! ”
Zhu Qiming glanced at Zhou Xiaodie, and clapped at the dancer: "Wonderful! Wonderful! This dance is truly wonderful! ”
The dancer was so happy that tears almost fell from her eyes, and then she twisted her waist even harder, and the movement was so amplitude that even the blind dancer could see that her dancing was badly deformed.
Her companion obviously didn't like it, and someone whispered: "Which is this "Limbo Dance"? It is clearly "Jumping Dangdang" performed by the men of the Wuxun family! ”
Don't talk nonsense, "Dancing Dangdang" is a martial dance!
Zhu Qiming didn't care, he still looked happy. Seeing this, the dancer didn't care about the bad comments given by others, and danced and discharged.
The anger on Zhou Xiaodie's face here became more and more intense, a face was distorted and deformed, and suddenly she kicked a stool flying, and the stool slid all the way and hit the dancer's legs.
This is the king's other courtyard, and you don't treat yourself as an outsider! Zhu Qiming turned his head to look at Zhou Xiaodie, and when he saw the angry expression on her face, he was immediately shocked.
That's an exaggeration, isn't it?
He endured it and was about to open his mouth to pick up someone, but he saw Yin'er walking quickly and put his head to his ear.
"Your Highness, there is already dancing music prepared in the side hall, please move over and watch."
Well? Zhu Qiming was startled, and the anger in his heart suddenly dissipated.