Chapter 42: The Woman Who Fuqin
Although Murong Jue didn't have too much affection for this imperial concubine, but Ye Wanying was also the only concubine he made public, how could he let Qiao Xun, a foreign envoy, covet it? So he simply broke off his thoughts, and without waiting for Qiao Xun to refuse, he said to the Ministry of Industry Shangshu who was sitting below: "I heard that the concubine of the Ministry of Industry Shangshu is very talented, if Qiao Envoy likes talented women, I will marry her, how about it?"
"No, no need, Qiao has already had a wife, thank you Emperor Yingguo for your kindness!"
Although Qiao Xun is a foreigner, Mo Lieguo's status is not as good as that of Yingguo, but he has a pivotal position in Mo Lieguo, and not all women are worthy of him, and today he is fortunate to see a beauty like Emperor Ye, and it is not in vain.
"Imperial Concubine Ye is so capable, His Majesty the Emperor of Yingguo is really blessed. ”
"The envoy praised, although this palace is just a woman, but as the emperor's concubine, it is natural for the emperor to take care of these trivial matters, if you change to the emperor's concubine today, you will also do so decently. ”
Su Yang could see what he meant to herself from Qiao Xun's eyes, but she only had the word revenge in her heart, if she was silent today, she was afraid that Murong Jue would be even more disgusted with her, in order to prevent such a thing from happening, she opened her mouth before Murong Jue and started Tai Chi with Qiao Xun.
Qiao Xun was very detached when he heard her words, he didn't even take the slightest shyness, and he didn't bother himself, he obediently closed his mouth, drank and danced.
After solving Qiao Xun, Su Yang's eyes moved to Murong Jue again, if she heard correctly, Murong Jue seemed to be displeased because Qiao Xun was interested in her, but if she thought about it carefully, she was just taking decency into consideration.
Just as she was thinking about it, a dance was over, but several palace maids brought up a guqin, a veiled woman came up to the stage, gently plucked the strings with her bare hands, the tune was melodious, and several dancers writhed with its music, and the picture was extremely harmonious.
"This song, if it really lingers......"
Qiao Xun listened to this song, only felt relaxed and happy, and a pair of eyes stared directly at the woman on the stage who was playing the qin, Su Yang followed his gaze, but felt that the figure was very familiar.
Suddenly, a demonic wind blew from nowhere, drooping the veil on the woman's face, and Su Yang recognized that this person was Ye Qinxin!
Murong Jue saw that the woman on the stage was Ye Qinxin, his face instantly became gloomy, and he asked in a suppressed voice, "This is also what you arranged?"
Su Yang was a little at a loss when she heard this, and she didn't prepare for this show when she rehearsed before, so she shook her head at Murong Jue and said, "Your Majesty, the concubines don't know ......."
"How could you not know?"
Murong Jue gritted his teeth when he said this, his eyes were stained with a little anger, and the frightened Su Yang didn't dare to say a word.
At the same time, the Queen Mother's eyes also looked at Su Yang, she really couldn't understand how Su Yang, who was as smart as Su Yang, would deliberately arrange for Ye Qinxin to perform at the state banquet.
Such a depressing atmosphere was maintained until Ye Qinxin's song was finished, and Qiao Xun took the lead in breaking the silence: "Your Majesty the Emperor, this female piano is exquisite, even I, Mo Lieguo, can't pick out a few who can compare with her, if you want, can you ......?"
Ye Qinxin was frightened when she heard Qiao Xun's words, she originally wanted to attract Murong Jue's attention, who knew that the mistake actually attracted the attention of Mo Lieguo's envoys, which made her panic in her heart.
"No way!"
Before Ye Qinxin could speak, Murong Jue spoke first, and Su Yang could hear a little annoyance in his voice.
Due to the occasion, Murong Jue could only show a cold face and explained: "This woman has a humble status and is not worthy of the envoy, and the envoy is better to pick a lady." ”
"......"
"Lord Qiao, the emperor has explained that this girl is just a lowly singer, you don't have to hold on to it like this, right? Besides, the daughters of the ministers of the court and the central government are more upright than her, and there are not a few who are exquisite in the piano, so you might as well choose one of those women from the family. ”
Qiao Xun still wanted to speak, but he was choked by Su Yang's words and didn't know what to say, so he could only shut up and stop Na Ye Qinxin's thoughts.
But at this time, Su Yang had mixed feelings in her heart, she thought that Murong was determined to have her, at least willing to speak for her, but after seeing Murong Du's reaction at this time, she realized that Murong Jue loved only Ye Qinxin from beginning to end, and that nervous look could not be hidden.
"Stand down. ”
"Yes, slave and maid retire!"
Murong Jue waved his hand to signal Ye Qinxin to retreat quickly, Ye Qinxin hurriedly left when she saw this, but she was overjoyed in her heart, although she did not win Murong Jue in one fell swoop, but it made Murong Jue worry about her once, just this time, she understood that Murong Jue still had her in her heart, and it was not a loss.
After a turmoil, the state banquet still needs to continue, between the staggered planning, everyone has drunk three rounds, and when the interest gradually rises, Su Yang smiled and said to Qiao Xun: "Lord Qiao, this palace heard that you have always liked to play games, so I specially recruited two chess players to play with you, what do you think?"
"Oh, Imperial Concubine Ye is so well arranged? Then Qiao must try to see how good your country's chess players are. ”
At this time, Qiao Xun drank a lot, and his interest was high, and when he heard Su Yang talk about playing chess, he was naturally full of fighting spirit, Su Yang saw this, and hurriedly ordered people to go down and move the chess table, and then invited Tuoba Hu and Feng Yi.
"My lord, these two are ordinary chess players of my dynasty, and I hope you don't dislike them and learn from them. ”
"Naturally, I don't dislike it!"
Qiao Xun heard Su Yang say that these two people were folk chess players, and he was a little disdainful, but he thought that since she had carefully arranged them, he would not embarrass her, and first began to play against Feng Yi.
At the beginning of the chess game, Qiao Xun had the upper hand, just when the courtiers thought that the wind game would undoubtedly lose, the chess game was suddenly reversed by the wind game, but after five pieces, the overall situation was completely reversed, Qiao Xun was a little invincible, and in the end he couldn't, so he could only throw a son to admit defeat.
"I conceded. ”
Looking at the young man who was about seventeen or eighteen years old sitting opposite, Qiao Xun felt a little surprised, this person was ordinary, but his chess skills were exquisite, even an old chess player like him who had played chess for many years was ashamed of himself, not to mention, this is still a folk chess player, you can imagine how strong the court chess player should be!
"Ahem, it's really a hero no matter how young a teenager is, hahaha, this kid has the style I had back then!"
Hearing Qiao Xun's words, Feng Yi couldn't help but roll his eyes, and muttered in his heart: "If I grow like you, I'd rather throw myself into the well!"
The next player to play against him was Tuoba Hu, Qiao Xun thought that Tuoba Hu was just an old man over half a hundred years old, and his thinking was not as active as a young man like him, so he kept hanging on after the start of the game, and he didn't take it seriously at all.