236 Slap in the face (2nd watch)
In late March, the envoys of Liang arrived in Kyoto, Akigu.
Yuan Shoufu and Honglu Siqing and Xuanping Hou personally greeted him at the city gate.
Originally, Xuanping Marquis didn't want to come, but he didn't finish copying the last penalty, and the emperor said that he went to meet Liang Guoshi, and the task of penalizing and copying was offset.
Xuanping Hou reluctantly went to the gate of the city, and Jiao Erlang was crooked in the carriage, and even Yuan Shoufu almost couldn't look at it.
However, as soon as the envoys of the Liang State arrived, the state of the Marquis of Xuanping took on a new look.
He got out of the carriage and stood there calmly, with thousands of flowers, and he was magnificent, elegant as jade.
It's no wonder that the emperor had to let him greet the envoys, but his face is simply the face of Zhaoguo.
The officials on both sides are cold to each other, and Xuanping Hou can't drag out two cultural farts on weekdays, so naturally he doesn't talk much at this time.
Therefore, the outside world's evaluation of Xuanpinghou has always been cold and cherishing words like gold.
The envoys of the Liang Kingdom stayed in one of the royal gardens, which was very close to the palace.
In the evening, the crown princess held a banquet in the Qilin Hall of the palace to wash the dust for the envoys of the Liang State.
"Princess, princess! It's time to go! β
Princess Rui was sleeping soundly, and was suddenly woken up by Lady Xu.
She opened her eyes blankly: "What's wrong?" What happened? β
Female Officer Xu looked at her confused look, and couldn't cry or laugh: "You forgot that there was a banquet in the evening, it's time to get up and dress up." β
"Isn't it early?" Princess Rui glanced at the sky, turned her head and continued to doze off.
After she became pregnant, she was sleepy a lot, and Lady Xu didn't dare to pull her, so she stayed by the bed and let her sleep for half an hour before she woke her up.
Princess Rui washed up, changed into a heavy princess dress, put on a beaded hairpin ring, and entered the palace with a black face.
The third prince, King Rui, had already entered the palace and had been following the eldest prince King Ning to receive the envoys.
Princess Rui saw him from a distance and waved at him, but he didn't see it.
"Princess!" Female Officer Xu reminded in a low voice.
Princess Rui sighed: "I know, I know, the rules, manners, and manners." β
On the steps of the Qilin Hall are the emperor, Empress Xiao and Concubine Zhuang.
Concubine Shu was grounded, Concubine Xian was sick, and the rest of the concubines were not qualified to attend this kind of banquet.
On the long hall, on the left side sat the envoys of the Liang Kingdom, and on the right side sat the imperial family and the humerus ministers of the Zhao Kingdom.
Princess Rui sat on the mat, and Lady Xu sat on the wooden floor behind her, ready to serve her at any time.
King Rui came over for a while and was called away by the emperor, and Liang also came to the royal family this time, and several princes were vying to show their faces in front of the emperor and the royal family of Liang State.
The banquet soon began.
Tonight's banquet was held by the crown princess, and Princess Rao Shirui didn't like Wen Linlang anymore, and she had to admit that her banquet was well organized.
From the menu to the setting, from the staff to the program, every step is flawless.
After a few entertaining programs, the crown princess arranged the highlight: "In order to express our welcome to the envoys, next, our Princess Rui of Zhaoguo will play a song "Shocking Photos" with Xie Leshi, the first court musician of Zhaoguo, with the piano and flute. β
Wait, isn't it a solo?
When did it become an ensemble?
"Shocking" is the music of Liang Guo, created by the first musician of the Six Kingdoms, Moon Shadow, the original song is divided into two parts, the first part is called "Shocking", and the next part is called "Shadow".
It's just that the score of "Shadow" has been lost.
This piece was indeed played with an ensemble of qin and flute at the beginning, but the flute is more suitable for "Shocking", and the guqin is more suitable for "Zhaoying".
If the guqin and the flute are used together to play "Shocking Hong", the guqin is easily pressed down by the flute.
These details are not clear to ordinary people, and perhaps only Princess Rui and a few people who are very proficient in music and rhythm will understand this.
Did Wen Linlang deliberately make her look ugly?
As soon as the thought in Princess Rui's heart flashed, she heard the palace people come to say: "Xie Leshi suddenly fell, and the injury can't come." β
Everyone was shocked.
Princess Rui thought that she was going to play solo next, but she heard that on the side of Liang Guo, a young man in a navy blue robe stood up: "I have heard that Princess Rui's piano skills are unparalleled, and I am not talented in the next place, so I would like to play a song with Princess Rui." β
"This is ......," the emperor looked strangely at the young man who had suddenly appeared.
Prince Yu of the Liang Kingdom introduced, "His name is Nameless, and he is a descendant disciple of Lord Moon Shadow. β
Everyone was shocked again, and their eyes showed envy and appreciation.
Lord Moon Shadow has always been a legend among the Six Kingdoms, and they are afraid that they will not meet that Lord in their lifetime, but it is also an honor to meet his descendants.
Oh, it turned out that it wasn't for her to make a fool of herself, it was for her to be a match.
It's really going to make the most of it.
Princess Rui was silent.
Nameless took the flute and arched his hand: "Princess Rui, please." β
Princess Rui gritted her teeth: "Bring the piano." β
"Yes." Female official Xu went outside the hall to bring the piano box.
Someone had already set up a desk and a cushion in the center of the main hall.
Princess Rui is in place.
Lady Xu opened the piano case, and then she was stunned.
This is not the princess's piano!
Seeing that she didn't understand, Princess Rui also glanced sideways, and with just one glance, she almost fainted!
Where's her Akizuki? How did it become Fuxiqin?
The two pianos are just different in style, and the sound is the same, but she is used to using her own piano, and she never uses imitation pianos.
However, she also recognized that this was Gu Jiao's piano, because the scorched place at the end of the piano was too iconic, and the body of the piano was actually Fuxi, which was a bit too much to fake.
She remembers it vividly.
The case is hers.
Of course, she wouldn't think that Gu Jiao coveted one of her guqins, so she secretly changed the pianos of the two, it must have been the little eunuch who made a mistake.
"Ouch! Are you Zhaoguo so poor that you want to use scorched Qin? β
A military general of Liang State who spoke, Liang Guo's status was above Zhao Guo, and the envoys didn't take Zhao Guo in their eyes at all, and a few words of ridicule were considered light.
A civil servant beside the military general echoed: "If Zhao Guo lacks guqin, our Liang State can give you a few for free!" β
The envoys all laughed, laughed.
Princess Rui was so angry that she wanted to blow their dogheads!
Concubine Zhuang's face became a little ugly.
This talent was actually recommended by her to the crown princess, or in front of Queen Xiao and the harem concubines, in order not to give the crown princess a chance to refuse.
Her intentions are good, and she hopes that Princess Rui will shine at the banquet and fight for their pulse.
But before he could fight, his face was lost first.
"What does the third daughter-in-law think? Can't even hold a good piano? β
Pretending to be a concubine is angry.
Empress Xiao is also angry, don't look at her fighting with King Ning to the death, but that's a fight behind closed doors, where is the reason to lose your face to other countries?
The emperor's face also sank.
Entertaining the envoys of Liang with a broken piano, not to tell jokes, it is easy to be honest, originally Liang Guo's trip was to cut the fat of Zhaoguo, and now there is a reason to cut it more violently.
"Slave maid go and change the piano!" Female Officer Xu said.
"It's late." Princess Rui shook her head, her face had already been lost, and changing it would only make them more cowardly and embarrassed.
Princess Rui closed her eyes, and regardless of whether the Moon Shadow-sama's disciples were willing to play with her own ensemble, she played the first note first.
Just one note made everyone present stunned.
Nameless was the fastest to react, he saw that Princess Rui began to play, and hurriedly turned the flute in the palm of his hand, and put it to his lips to keep up with Princess Rui's rhythm.
This piece was created by an unknown teacher, and Nameless has practiced it many times, not to mention that he still has an advantage in musical instruments, no matter how you look at it, it will be dominated by him.
Because she was not familiar with this piano and because of the interference of her thoughts, Princess Rui did not enter the state at first.
But gradually, she herself was attracted by the sound of the piano.
How can there be such a good piano to play? How can there be such a beautiful sound?
The sound of Fuxi's piano suddenly overshadowed the flute's limelight.
Everyone's expressions are different.
Empress Xiao muttered, "What kind of piano is this...... Did the Fu Xiqin you heard in Liang Country sound so good? β
When the crown princess was young, she accompanied the Zhao delegation to the Liang Kingdom.
The crown princess looked at Princess Rui in the center of the hall with a complicated expression: "Erchen has only seen it, and I have no honor to hear it." β
After a song, the death-like silence in the hall was obviously too beautiful, and everyone was still immersed in the sound of Princess Rui's piano.
Suddenly, the prince of Liang stood up and took the lead in applauding Princess Rui: "Wonderful! Wonderful! β
The two sounds in succession were given to Princess Rui, although the music was good, but the flute did not occupy much of the ingredients, and all their attention was attracted by the melodious sound of the piano.
The one who laughed at Princess Rui didn't dare to say anything.
If this is a broken qin, I'm afraid that there is no guqin in the sky.
Nameless looked at Princess Rui, and then looked at the guqin in front of her: "My master's Moon Shadow Fuxi Qin is not as good as this qin, dare to ask Princess Rui, where did this qin come from?" β
The Moon Shadow Fuxi Qin is already the most perfect imitation qin in the Six Kingdoms, it is better than it, what kind of qin does it have to be? Is it really Fuxi?
If others say this, it may not have any weight, but Nameless is a descendant of Moon Shadow.
The Emperor suddenly smiled.
The third daughter-in-law gave him a long face again.
It can't be said that it was taken by mistake.
Princess Rui thought for a while, and said, "Ask a friend to borrow it." β
Nameless: "That friend isβ"
Princess Rui: "I'm sorry I can't tell you. β
Nameless arched his hand and retreated to his seat.
With the wonderful performances of Princess Rui and Fu Xiqin, the carefully arranged repertoire behind the crown princess has become boring.
Everyone only remembered this piano and Princess Rui who played it.