Chapter 192: The Queen Mother's Birthday
"The young lady of the Squire of the Military Department, surnamed Jiang." Shi Yingqiu only heard Ye Junhao introducing this person softly in his ear.
Miss Jiang's background is good, but her better side is that she is almost proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting in the capital, the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, such a good opportunity to perform, and foreign guests to congratulate, if she can be in the limelight on such an occasion, it is also an excellent thing for her.
Shi Yingqiu frowned slightly, she didn't know much about these young ladies of the family.
As long as such an occasion doesn't involve her, she just wants to be an idle fish, just sit here quietly and eat and drink.
But the more she wanted to eat and drink quietly, the more people wanted to pull her in, especially the so-called Miss Jiang.
The Queen Mother naturally did not refute Miss Jiang's face, and after hearing this, she smiled and turned her head to look at the emperor and said: "I have long heard that Miss Jiang's piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are a must, and today the mourning family is fortunate to see Miss Jiang perform in person." ”
The emperor should also be with the Queen Mother's words: "Since the Queen Mother likes it, then it is better to let Miss Jiang perform well for us, if it can really make the Queen Mother laugh, it will not be bad." ”
After hearing this, a trace of joy appeared on Miss Jiang's face, and she hurriedly ordered someone to bring up her piano and perform a song of mountains and rivers.
The mountains and flowing water are also considered classic guqin music, especially because it is known for its high difficulty.
Shi Yingqiu sat on the side, and when she listened to this song, she couldn't help but feel a sense of awe in her heart.
But Ye Junhao's attention was not on these people at all, his eyes were only staring at Shi Yingqiu alone from beginning to end.
"Why don't you listen to tunes and keep staring at me?" Shi Yingqiu was a little uneasy to see, and she looked at Ye Junhao curiously and asked.
Ye Junhao burst out laughing, straightened his clothes seriously, and said, "The tunes played by other women are not as good as my mother's." ”
Come on, this is the beginning of the love talk again, Shi Yingqiu's face suddenly turned red when he said it.
"Don't expect me, I don't know anything, if you expect me to play this, you might as well be free!" Shi Yingqiu snorted, looked at Ye Junhao with disgust and said.
And Ye Junhao put a piece of dim sum in front of him into Shi Yingqiu's bowl with a straight face, and said with a straight face: "Why do you know this, if I want to hear it, there are people in this house who can play this tune, why bother with you?" Besides, my lady is so good at making money, will such trivial things be fine? ”
This sentence has reached Shi Yingqiu's heart.
After Miss Jiang finished playing the song, the Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction, I have to say that she has practiced this mountain and flowing water to the point of being superb, but the song is too proficient, so she is just playing the piano, and she has lost her understanding of this song.
The Queen Mother clapped her hands, and the other people also clapped their hands when they saw this: "Okay, come here, reward!" ”
Miss Jiang received the reward of the Queen Mother, but she only felt that there was light on her face, and she said shyly to thank the Queen Mother.
After saying this, she held the guqin and lowered her head, but her eyes fell on Ye Junhao's body intentionally or unintentionally.
When he felt that someone was coveting Ye Junhao, Shi Yingqiu frowned.
How could the Queen Mother not notice this scene, but Ye Junhao sat there like a piece of wood, as if he hadn't reacted to anything.
Shi Yingqiu always had an uncomfortable feeling that her things were coveted, although it was not good to express her position directly in front of everyone, but she was not to be outdone, and put a piece of fried shrimp in front of her into Ye Junhao's bowl.
She looked up again, and when she accidentally saw Miss Jiang's face, she saw that Miss Jiang's entire face was distorted.
How could Shi Yingqiu not see the jealousy in her eyes?
However, Ye Junhao is very useful now, at least his little lady is willing to fight for him.
How could Miss Jiang swallow this breath? She looked at Shi Yingqiu with a smile and said: "Princess Rong'an was born so beautiful, she must also be proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, today is the day of the Queen Mother's great joy, why don't you perform what the Queen Mother will perform to make the Queen Mother happy?" ”
When she heard this, Shi Yingqiu frowned, she wouldn't ask her to perform anything, isn't that embarrassing?
Shi Yingqiu picked up the wine glass, made a toast gesture towards the Queen Mother, and said: "Miss Jiang has only learned to be one of the best in the capital, and the three-legged cat of this concubine seems to have kung fu, but I am afraid that I will not be able to enter the eyes of the queen mother, so forget it, so as not to laugh and be generous." ”
Before the Queen Mother could say anything, she saw Miss Jiang continue: "I am waiting to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, just to make the elders laugh, could it be that the princess is unwilling to honor the Queen Mother?" ”
This gunpowder-smelling words shocked Shi Yingqiu's heart, she didn't want to compete with Miss Jiang, but now she was holding on to herself.
Shi Yingqiu stood up in a moment.
Although she doesn't know how to play the piano and paint, but in terms of dancing, Shi Yingqiu has also practiced dance for a period of time in modern times, and she will not be ashamed if she performs it.
Ye Junhao saw the unwilling look in Shi Yingqiu's eyes, and knew what she was going to do, he gently pulled the hem of her clothes and said in a low voice: "You let her say it, with this king here to protect you, she doesn't dare to say anything more." ”
Shi Yingqiu glanced down at Ye Junhao, who was sitting beside him, his eyes were full of worry: "It's okay, you have to believe me, I won't be ashamed, if I don't go today, it will make others look down on our Rong'an Palace!" ”
Shi Yingqiu had an extremely perfect smile on her face, looked at Miss Jiang and said, "What Miss Jiang said is very true, aren't we learning these talents just to be able to make the ladies laugh?" It's just that the concubine didn't dare to compete with Miss Jiang in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and it happened that she had nothing to do during this time, and she also practiced some dances, so she was ugly. ”
Miss Jiang bowed slightly after hearing this, she wanted to see what Shi Yingqiu could perform, you must know that her talent is one of the best in the capital.
Could it be that Shi Yingqiu wants to perform one, and can't he do beauty on the spot?
When the ladies of the family below saw this scene, they also talked a lot, Shi Yingqiu's talent did not have any fame in the capital.
After saying these words, Shi Yingqiu looked up at the Queen Mother above, and said with a light smile: "Please let Rong Chen's daughter-in-law go and change her clothes." ”
The Queen Mother nodded slightly, signaling that Shi Yingqiu could go.
She didn't plan to show anything today, but at this point, even if she didn't go, she had to go, fortunately, there were ready-made dancer clothes in the Harmony Department, which were relatively new, and she could let Shi Yingqiu wear them.
When Shi Yingqiu went to change clothes, Ye Junhao's whole heart had an uncontrollable excitement, he had never seen Shi Yingqiu show any talent, and now it was the first time.
Soon Shi Yingqiu changed into bright red clothes, and when she came up and saw her appear at the door, Ye Junhao's eyes were straight, and this scene in Miss Jiang's eyes made her even more jealous.
She didn't understand, what was so good about Shi Yingqiu, was Ye Junhao, who could be attracted by just changing his clothes, so crazy?
The song she wants to dance is called Falling Flowers, and this dance is something that everyone has been practicing hard for a long time.
When the music sounded, Shi Yingqiu threw out his water sleeve and crossed an elegant arc in the air, the original light of the banquet was not very strong, and this arc was like a meteor in the night light.
Her movement of retracting the water sleeve was extremely elegant, not affected by the dance costume in the slightest, and the whole movement flowed smoothly.
From a professional point of view, Shi Yingqiu's dance performance is extremely perfect, her body is as soft as a bone, but the whole process gives people a feeling of softness and rigidity, which shows that she has some foundation.
Miss Zhang didn't expect Shi Yingqiu to really have so many brushes, she was so angry that her whole face turned green, and she sat on the side holding her piano and was silent.
Originally, she wanted to show her skills at this birthday banquet and compare Shi Yingqiu, but she didn't expect that the person who was really compared was herself.
And when Ye Junhao saw Shi Yingqiu's dance, his eyes straightened.
After the dance ended, Shi Yingqiu's mouth gasped softly, she hadn't danced like this for a long time, and she was worried that something would go wrong with her!
The Queen Mother watched Shi Yingqiu dance in person at this time, not to mention how happy she was in her heart: "Not bad, yes, worthy of being the daughter-in-law personally selected by the mourning family, this dance is really eye-catching, much better than the cookie-cutter dances of the Harmony Agency, if you have time, you can also guide them!" ”
Ye Junhao hurriedly got up, walked quickly to Shi Yingqiu, and then draped the cloak on her shoulders, it was a little cold this night, and she would sweat a little after dancing.
When he saw Shi Yingqiu being taken care of so carefully by Ye Junhao, the faces of many of the ladies of the family here turned green.
I really don't know what Ye Junhao likes about Shi Yingqiu, is it because she can make money?
Even if Miss Jiang is reluctant now, it is not easy to show anything, she has a smile on her face, but her eyes are filled with jealousy: "This dance of the princess is really eye-catching." ”
"Miss Jiang's piano skills are also good, but she is too proficient in playing it, and she loses her understanding of this piece and loses her own style." Shi Yingqiu looked at Miss Jiang modestly and said.
Even if she doesn't learn guqin, she has some understanding of this aspect.
As soon as Shi Yingqiu said this, many people here came back to it, too, Miss Jiang's piano was played smoothly just now, but it had no charm, just like boiled water without taste.