Chapter Twenty-Five: Book Liangyuan
The noon of August 12 came as promised, Xiao Yixuan, who had practiced the hidden dragon duel all night, came to the Chuxiu Palace on time with a body ache and a head full of Qingming--- this feeling of pain after practicing has not been able to make people get used to it, since the beginning of the practice of this latent dragon duel, there is no change in the body, but the spirit is much better than before, which makes Xiao Yixuan realize that this latent dragon duel is still somewhat effective, but I don't know if after continuing to practice, will there be such a ability as mentioned above, After all, on the way to martial arts, he is a complete layman, and there is no one to teach him, so he can only take one step at a time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Today's Chuxiu Palace is more warm than the grand and serious atmosphere in yesterday, the second phase of the draft is set in the back garden of Chuxiu Palace, this huge garden is full of rockeries, sparkling lakes, all kinds of exotic flowers and plants are countless, it can really be regarded as a beautiful land in the world, the middle of the garden is surrounded by a large curtain out of a small field, in addition to a few scattered guards, the rest are mostly playing soothing drum music musicians, and holding fruit plates and pastries, shuttle back and forth of the palace maids.
As soon as Xiao Yixuan arrived here, he saw the Lord sitting on a graceful and luxurious figure, but it was his mother Chan Su'er who had already arrived here first, and he had politely refused his request to come to watch the ceremony yesterday, but he didn't expect that the other party was still relieved today, and went straight over.
Seeing this, Xiao Yixuan was not annoyed, thinking that the women he fancied yesterday were all people with good looks and backgrounds, and presumably the queen mother would not find any faults, even if he stepped forward and bowed, he said respectfully: "Sons and daughters visit the queen mother." ā
"Get up."
Queen Chan Su'er's mood today seems to be exceptionally good, no wonder, when any other mother is about to get married, that mood should be good: "Emperor, the few show girls you selected have also been quietly seen by the mother, and there are really a few good ones, the mother is very relieved!" ā
"The sons are here to thank the queen mother for their praise."
Hearing this, Xiao Yixuan replied with a smile, in exchange for Chan Su'er's disgust: "You kid, you haven't married yet, you started to speak for them, and I don't know if it's right or wrong to ask you to get married so early!" ā
Putting aside the gossip of the mother and son, seeing that the protagonist arrived, An Dachong, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, who had been waiting for a long time on the side, stood back to the side of the stands after asking the former two, and sang loudly: "The draft begins!" Meet all the beautiful women! ā
When this voice went down, the sound of drum music in the field died down, and then a burst of voices from near and far sounded one after another: "Meet all the beautiful women!" "Meet the beautiful women!"
It didn't take long to see the other side of the garden, a team of Yingying Yuanyuan appeared in the eyes of everyone, it was the thirty-two show girls who stood out yesterday, but they were no longer dressed as simple and unified as yesterday, but they were all dressed up in flowers, powdery battles, and tried their best to show their advantages and characteristics, some pure, some charming, some charming, some noble, lined up together and far away, just like a rainbow after the rain, a hundred flowers compete, dizzying.
Seeing this, Xiao Yixuan was hot in her heart, and Chan Suer also nodded with satisfaction, she seemed to be very satisfied with the quality of these show girls, and after all the show girls stood still in the field and saluted the queen and the prince together, the draft officially began.
In addition to the four major arts of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting of the show girls, there are also songs and dances, archery, horseback riding and other items to choose from, which is also due to the fact that the current emperor Xiao Tianjing is a commoner and has won the world on horseback.
With the singing of the ceremonial officer, the first person to appear was An Mulan, the daughter of An Dachong, who was wearing a dark purple gauze skirt today, wearing a silver hairpin, hanging crystal pendants in her ears, and a little thin powder, but she looked a little more charming and moving than yesterday, and even so beautiful that she faintly carried a little demonic spirit, which really has the ability to make men in the world unable to give up.
"The people's daughter An Mulan, meet the queen mother, meet His Royal Highness the prince."
Seeing An Mulan come out of the crowd, she stepped forward and saluted lightly to the stands, the queen saw that although she was very charming and charming, her manners and words were very polite and generous, and she had a good impression of her at the moment, so she smiled and nodded: "An Dachong, if I remember correctly, she is your daughter, right?" ā
Not far away, An Dachong, who heard the question, hurriedly stepped forward and replied respectfully: "Back to the queen's mother, Mu Lan is the little girl, so you can see and laugh!" ā
Hearing this, Chan Su'er chuckled and said: "Your daughter is naturally beautiful and generous, how can you laugh at such an outstanding daughter's family." ā
When the words fell, I saw An Dachong even speak humbly, but even so, there was a smile on his face, thinking that even the queen mother was very fond of her daughter, and when her daughter entered the East Palace, she should at least be awarded a badge.
"Okay, Mu Lan, what talent do you have, let's start."
The next moment, I heard Chan Su'er speak to An Mulan, and between that tone, there was already a hint of her own family's meaning, and An Mulan's face turned red when she heard it, and she hurriedly bowed her head and said: "Back to the queen's mother, Mu Lan has nothing else to do, only the second art of pipa archery is slightly involved, and this is to be ugly in public." ā
"Martial arts? Good! ā
Chan Su'er nodded with satisfaction, and when the words fell, the palace maid who was guarding on the side sent the pipa to her, An Mulan took it over, sat on the small stool that was sent next, her eyes were slightly closed, and she brewed for a long time, and then the slender ten fingers moved slightly, and a beautiful string sound came out slowly.
As soon as this sound came out, the field that was already audible was even quieter, the string sound from small to large, gradually spread throughout the audience, it was really a crisp and pleasant, jade bead-bearing plate, I don't know where she chose the tune, with the skillful and gorgeous playing technique, people listened to it fascinated, fascinated.
At this point, Xiao Yixuan was also very surprised, I didn't expect that An Mulan was not only beautiful, but also played such a good pipa, and at the same time, he was gradually intoxicated by the other party's strings, until half an hour later, An Mulan's song was played, and before the last string sound completely dissipated, Chan Suer on the first seat practiced and applauded: "Okay!" Good! Mu Lan, what else do you say is slightly involved, according to the palace, this is too modest! ā
As she spoke, she turned her head to Xiao Yixuan and asked, "Emperor, what do you think?" ā
Hearing this, Xiao Yixuan nodded with a smile, then turned his gaze to An Mulan, and said aloud without thinking: "The big strings are noisy like torrential rain, and the small strings are like whispers; Noisy and staggered, big beads and small beads fall on the jade plate. Mu Lan's string art is really amazing! ā
When the words fell, I saw An Mulan slightly stunned, and then the blush on her face quickly spread, and she hurriedly lowered her head at the moment, but the red ears still betrayed her mood at the moment, and she forced her heart to say excitedly: "Mulan Xie praises His Royal Highness the Prince!" ā
On the other hand, Chan Su'er was also stunned by Xiao Yixuan's exit chapter, and only after a while did she open her eyebrows and smile: "Mu Lan's pipa is played well, and the emperor's poems are better!" Emperor, why haven't I ever heard you write poetry before? obviously has such a literary talent, but he hides it in front of his mother, but he looks down on you for his mother! ā
"The queen mother is miserable, it's just a feeling."
Hearing this, Xiao Yixuan laughed loudly: "It's just that this poem hasn't been finished yet, when I go back to perfect and polish it, and then give it to Mu Lan when I go back, it will be my meeting gift." ā
After that, Xiao Yixuan snickered in his heart, thinking to himself that anyway, in this world, there are none of those famous ministers, fierce generals, great poets and the like, and if he doesn't pick up two poems for use, wouldn't he suffer a big loss? Mr. Bai Juyi, if you are really in this world, then you really can't help it...
An Mulan's song was played, which really stirred up the atmosphere of the scene, and then, she abandoned the string and bent the bow, and performed archery--- several eunuchs put the three targets that had been prepared fifty meters away, An Mulan scissors walked as he liked, and none of the twenty or so scissors missed the target, and most of them were in the eight or nine rings, and a small half was in the bull's-eye, although it was not called a hundred steps through Yang, but it could be regarded as an arrow, which could be called Chan Suer and Xiao Yixuan's mother and son surprised again, The former immediately slapped the board for his son and said, "Okay! Good! Come on, Ah, An Mulan, the daughter of the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, entered the East Palace, canonized Liangyuan, gave a hundred taels of gold, a thousand pieces of silk cloth, and a piece of jade Ruyi! ā
Hearing this, Xiao Yixuan didn't speak, just smiled and nodded, he still felt that it was more reasonable for the queen mother's arrangement, and An Mulan was overjoyed, and immediately knelt down and thanked him: "Thank you for the queen's mother's will!" ā
"Thank you, Queen Mother!"
On the other side, An Dachong, who was waiting on the side, also spoke out in time, he originally thought that it would be good for his daughter to get the title of Chenghui, but he didn't expect to directly raise a level and get the position of a good lady, which had to surprise him!