Chapter 33: The Morning Dew and the Epiphany (II)
"How did you go?" Li Kuan closed his eyes and listened to the hypnotic sound of the piano, which was comfortable, but the sound of the piano suddenly stopped, and he couldn't help but open his eyes, and saw the graceful figure leaving, and said loudly: "It's really not big or small, since you are the king's maid, don't play those little tempers anymore!" This isn't your boat, you know? The stern voice made Lian Xing's steps stop, turned around, a few strands of green silk in his ears were slightly inclined on his pretty cheeks, and a pair of beautiful eyes stared at Li Kuan, with a trace of grievance in his eyes.
Originally, as the most famous singer on the many flower boats in Qujiang Pond, she was just a Qing man and was sought after by many wealthy grandchildren. People who have always been able to listen to her piano music have all praised it repeatedly, but when Li Kuan came here, it became a lullaby to help people fall asleep, which made her, who has always been conceited, how acceptable. If she had her previous temperament, she would definitely be scolding. But now there are people who ask for help in front of them, and they can't make a sound, so they can only leave silently. This is already aggrieved enough, but he was still stopped and reprimanded, which made the already aggrieved pity even more sad.
Seeing that this little girl's eyes were red when she was said by herself, Li Kuan was a little reluctant, although it was an exchange of interests that made her his maid, Li Kuan was not very close to her in his heart, but he never thought that he would bully her! Now it's like this, it's really because Li Kuan's guy is a little out of touch with this era. I am accustomed to the vernacular style music of later generations, and the elegant ones are Chinese-style piggyback songs, and it is indeed not suitable to listen to the classical qin music of this ancient time. That's why he is drowsy, maybe Li Kuan's classical music cells have not developed at all.
Anyway, let's coax this girl first. In Li Kuan's eyes, the sixteen-year-old red sleeves are still a yellow-haired girl, and in his impression, girls of this age are still little ones who have just graduated from junior high school. Although his body is only thirteen or fourteen years old now, he is two years younger than the negative little girl!
"What's wrong! Isn't it just a lullaby that can be used to be heartbroken? Come on, chick, give me a smile! Li Kuan had no experience in dealing with little girls, so he had to talk nonsense like this.
"You ......" It's okay not to say it, but as soon as she says it, the little girl with red sleeves is even more angry. With red lips and a slender neck, he looked at the person with a slight evil smile in front of him, unable to speak.
"Alright. I'm scared of you! Really, none of you look like a maid, Xiao Tianxiang thinks about playing all day long, what about you. He still dares to show his master's face! You haven't learned these etiquettes before on the flower boat? Li Kuan was very puzzled. This girl is supposed to have learned these things, after all, isn't doing their job to serve people?
In fact, this is also because Li Kuan has not visited those Qinglou Chu Pavilions, in this era, the women of Fengchen are actually divided into three, six, nine and so on, and only the women at the bottom will do the leather and meat business. Like the little apricot fairy back then, the current pity star and so on have a skill. Basically, just by singing a song, you can get a lot of money. It was all the guests begging her. You don't have to learn the things that serve people. That's why this is an inopportune move. At the beginning, the bone-chilling Xingxian mother handed over the pity star to Li Kuan as a maid, in fact, it is the kind of singer who lets her play a song to relieve boredom when she is bored, and it is not the kind of maid who really waits for people.
"Since you said that the slave maid played badly, I don't know if Your Highness has a good piano music? Let the slave see the horizon! The red sleeves who were stopped did not move, but still leaned sideways like that, facing Li Kuan with her flawless side face, and said with a hint of crying.
"This, this king ......" Li Kuan was speechless for a while, where did he understand Shenma qin music, even drum music and the like also didn't know anything, although he had also played the majestic general order, but it was just a random beating according to the beat, those things at the beginning, now I think of Li Kuan himself feel very funny, when he first arrived, he wanted to attract the attention of Li Er or Li Yuan as quickly as possible, so as to cure his own illness, after all, Li Kuan didn't know when he would die. So I went to the doctor to do those things in a hurry, and now after going through so much, Li Kuan will laugh dumbly every time he goes back to the capital, and his original idea is really a bit rushed.
"Why, can't Your Highness think of it? The slave can only play the lullaby in the mouth of His Royal Highness, and other slaves really can't! Disappointing Your Highness! "The red sleeves are dressed in a green shirt, with long sleeves fluttering, flying in the wind, like a fairy in the clouds, as if they will be blown away by the wind.
"Let me think about it, I think I've heard a tune somewhere, but I don't remember it very clearly!" Li Kuan flipped through the dusty memories for a long time, and in his impression, these songs had an unusually strong ancient style, but he didn't know if they were suitable. Although I don't remember clearly, culture is not like science and technology, which has rigid qualifications, as long as he has energy, then he will definitely be able to exchange it.
So Li Kuan pretended to recall, and after thinking about it, he showed a relaxed expression. Then he motioned to watch blankly on the side, and Xiao Tianxiang, who pouted on the side, came over.
The little girl came over very obediently, and Xiao Tianxiang would never refuse Li Kuan's request, because in her simple world, Li Kuan is her qiē, which is the meaning of her existence. So the little girl's big eyes were still a little confused, and she didn't know what the master was doing when she asked her to come over, but she still came over obediently.
"Tianxiang, help the master go get pen, ink, paper, and inkstone!" Li Kuan decided to show his hand, and treated it as a joke.
Soon, there were footsteps, it should be Tianxiang who brought the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, but how do you feel a little wrong, turn around and look, how is there one more person, no, there is another outside the moon gate behind. Two more.
Don't think about it, it must be those two girls who are here, and the one who is more outside must be the little witch Yuzhang.
Seeing that Xiao Tianxiang was carrying an inkstone and a roll of rice paper, and Li Lizhi came with a pen holder and an ink ingot, Li Kuan hurriedly greeted him: "What, my father is willing to let you out of the palace?" ”
After Li Erci's marriage last time, Li Lizhen was grounded, and was only allowed to move in his own small Tibetan Jade Zhai, and was not allowed to go anywhere else, and then Changsun Chong was attacked, and this order was not lifted, and even Li Lizhen ran to Li Kuan and quietly ran out under the cover of Xiao Yuzhang. Because girls before marriage in this era are not allowed to meet outsiders. Li Lizhen's grounding was not lifted before, which means that the marriage between the two is still going to be held, although Li Kuan does not show it on his face, he is still uneasy in his heart. If Li Er really holds the marriage of Li Lizhen and the eldest grandson Chong as scheduled, what should he do? He was prepared for the worst, ready to surprise Changsun Chong with something he didn't want to exchange, but now seeing Li Lizhen standing in front of him, Li Kuan knew that Li Er had temporarily postponed the marriage between Li Lizhen and Changsun Chong.
"Father allowed Lizhi to come out to see the second brother!" Li Lizhi looked at Li Kuan, who was half a head taller than herself, and her eyes were a little red. Looking at the small courtyards around, I am even more sad. This qiē is all because of her, if it weren't for her, Li Kuan would not be hiding in such a humble courtyard now. This year, Li Kuan was fourteen years old, and according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, the prince was about to leave the palace at the age of fourteen to build a mansion. At the age of sixteen, he had to become a feudal lord. So Li Kuan moved out of the Hall of Talents and went to Guanglufang, not far from the imperial city, and found a small courtyard as his mansion in the capital. Compared to Li Ke, the prince who went out of the palace and built a mansion at the same time, it was simply chilling here.
Li Kuan couldn't help but feel distressed when he saw the tears in Li Liqian's eyes, in fact, Li Kuan didn't care about these things at all, in his eyes, such a yard was just right, if it was too big, it would look very deserted, and living alone in it really made Li Kuan's heart feel worried, so it was good: "Silly girl, don't cry!" What is this? This is the first time you have come to the second brother's mansion, you should laugh! Li Kuan comforted Li Lizhi awkwardly, and his hurried appearance made Yu Zhang, who was hiding outside, smile for a while.
"Giggle...... The second brother is so stupid! The little girl was wearing a white trench coat-like cloak, with a red jacket with some gold thread inside, and the whole person was dressed like a little dog and bear, running all the way, looking clumsy and ridiculous.
"You little girl, look at yourself stupid! Dare to laugh at the second brother! Li Kuan stepped forward and grabbed Yu Zhang, who almost slipped to the ground, and slapped her little ass twice.
"Second brother, you dare to beat Wei'er, beware of Wei'er's revenge on you!" The little girl struggled in Li Kuanhuai's China, and a weak threat came out of her mouth.
"Dare to say such a thing, it seems that you really owe it to clean up! Watch me tickle you! Don't hide! Li Kuan went to scratch Yuzhang's itchy flesh with both hands, the tickle meat of the little girl is not under the armpit like ordinary people, but on the chin, and the small chin with slightly baby fat is the sensitive point of this girl, which will make her laugh when she touches it.
"Haha...... Don't, Vile throws in the towel! The little girl collapsed in Li Kuan's arms with laughter, begging for mercy.
What Li Kuan didn't notice was that when he was laughing with his two younger sisters, a trace of envy flashed in the eyes of Tianxiang, who was standing on the side, and the red sleeves had a different look, which seemed to be envy and surprise.
After playing, Li Kuan walked to the pen, ink, paper and inkstone placed by Tianxiang. The little maid had already ground the ink, her little fingers gently held the ink ingot, grinding it in the inkstone, the ink inside was already ready, and the little girl's little face was red and the corners of her mouth were smiling, as if she had done something big. Perhaps in her opinion, it is the greatest happiness to be able to help her master.
Lifting the pen, Li Kuan immersed about one-third of the tip of the pen into the ink, and then gently removed the excess ink on the edge of the inkstone, and wrote a line of words on the snow-white rice paper.
Li Lizhi, who was on the side, tilted her head, looked at the words written by the second brother, and said in her mouth: "Morning dew and epiphany...... The end of the world ......" (to be continued......)