In the White Jade Palace, the pavilions are the same, but no one knows the princess of Qi in the past. Ten years of exile, ten years of wandering, ten years of learning art, incognito, just for today's move.

She kept her head down, not wanting to see that her former home was now a palace that had changed hands, but the layers of jade steps came into the eye, evoking her childhood memories.

More than ten years ago, she sat on the jade steps outside the Ningguo Hall and waited for her father. When she was a child, time always passed very slowly, and she was impatient to wait, so she picked up the small pebbles in the sunset flowers and carved them vigorously at the corners of the jade steps, but the jade steps were hard, and the stones were scratched on the jade steps, leaving no traces.

A little boy ran over and stared at her. He asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"I wanted to draw a flower on this step," she said, "but I couldn't. ”

He smiled and took out a small black jade sword from his arms and said, "You can try it with this." ”

She suspiciously took the palm-sized jade sword and forcefully carved a small flower on the jade steps. She smiled in amazement.

The little boy said, "This is the vajra jade produced by our country, which is harder than your Qi white jade. ”

She was unconvinced: "But our Qi Baiyu is better-looking!" Your diamond jade, ink-black, ink-black, who is rare! ”

The little boy said, "No one dares to tell me that the diamond jade is ugly, what is your name?" ”

She said arrogantly: "I am the princess of Qi Kingdom, and no one dares to ask my maiden name!" The boy said, "Oh! It turns out that you are the concubine my father chose for me! You are Xiao Yi, the little princess of Qi Kingdom! ”

She glared at him, "Who are you?" Why did I become your concubine? ”

The little boy laughed: "I am the Prince of Weiguo." My father's envoy is discussing our happy event with your father in the palace of Ningguo. I heard that the little princess of Qi is talented and beautiful, but I didn't expect it to be you, a meat dumpling! ”

She snorted: "I heard that the prince of Weiguo is seven feet long and mighty, but I didn't expect it to be you, a dwarf winter melon!" The two of them fought a few words, and they were both announced into the Ning Guo Palace.

The King of Qi and the envoy of the Kingdom of Qi smiled at the two dolls standing in the center of the main hall staring at each other, and promised a doll kiss that Qi Wei had formed an alliance with. Prince Wei gave his precious King Kong jade sword to the princess of Qi who he called "meat dumplings" as a wedding gift, and she pouted and refused to accept it, saying that I should not be your concubine of "dwarf winter melon". He laughed and thrust the little jade sword into her fleshy bun.

Later, the Song State defeated the Wei Kingdom, the King of Wei was captured by the Song army and committed suicide, and the Prince of Wei Guo heard that he was also killed by the rebel army. Later, the Song army invaded the jade capital of Qi State, and her father and queen mother hanged themselves on the bank of Peach Blossom Creek on the outskirts of the city. She was at her aunt's house in Yingcheng in Qi that day, so she followed her aunt's family across the borders of the Three Kingdoms and finally fled to Chen.

After her aunt died of illness, no one in the family wanted to support her in vain, so her uncle and cousin sent her to Chen Guofanjing's dance hall to learn art. Her uncle and cousin are secretly gathering the old people of Qi to find the son of Qi who is living among the people, waiting for an opportunity to restore the country. Ten years have passed, she has been a willow-waisted girl admired by everyone in Fanjing, and when she returned to her homeland, she thought of that carefree childhood, only hatred, only sadness.

It was almost time to arrive at the Ning Guo Palace, and she was inexplicably looking for the little flower carved with diamond jade, as if if she found it, it would prove that she was once the princess of Qi Kingdom, that her father and mother were the real masters of this White Jade Palace, and that the disappeared Qi Kingdom and Wei Kingdom had existed.

The leading waiter walked quickly, and the flower may be too small to be found, and may have been covered by the spreading sunset flowers. She didn't see the flower.

She bowed her head and stepped into the Ningguo Palace, which was the hall where her father summoned envoys from other countries, and now it has become the hall where King Song summoned envoys from other countries. The envoy of Chen said: "King Chen heard that the new monarch of the Song Kingdom had ascended the throne, and specially presented 500 pearls, 50 red corals, 100 embroidered brocades, and four beauties of Chen Guo. ”

The waiter led the people of Chen State to stand on the side, and announced that the envoys of Zhao, Chu, and Shu entered the palace. Zhao sent a princess to marry the Song State, she brought a rich dowry, the Chu State presented a small city that had been on the border of Song and Chu, and the Shu State presented five carts of precious medicinal materials and two famous Shu doctors.

King Song said: "You have come from afar, it is very hard, and you don't have to be formal. Today, the king is here to entertain you with a family banquet, and I hope you will get used to eating. King Song's voice was calm and calm, and the envoys of the four kingdoms couldn't help but quietly look up to examine the new monarch, only to see that he was in his twenties, with a thin body, a kind complexion, and elegant manners, which was very different from the rumored King Wu of Song. King Wu of Song is the father of Liu Ying, the king of Song, who reigned for more than 30 years, fought in the south and the north, destroyed the country, collected the Qi country, and even moved the capital of the Song country to the jade capital of the Qi country. It is rumored that King Wu of Song is heroic and decisive, but I don't know if this elegant and kind King Song can suppress the territory of today's Song Kingdom.

After three rounds of drinking, the envoy of Chen got up and saluted the King of Song and said: "The king presents four beauties to the King of Song, all of them are piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, can sing and dance, and can dance for the King of Song." ”

King Song said, "Thank you King Chen for your kindness." So he made a "please" gesture.

The envoy of Chen Guo said: "My Su Qin girl from Chen Guo Maung City plays the piano well, Song Yun girl from Lanquan is a well-known beauty with wonderful sound, and Yan Xiao girl from Jiu County and Liu Waist girl from Fanjing are the best pair of dancing girls in Chen Guo. The king said that the Song Kingdom and my Chen Kingdom are far apart, presumably after the Song King ascended the throne, he did not have the opportunity to come to my Chen Kingdom to experience the customs and customs, so I hereby send four Chen beauties to hope that the Song King will appreciate and smile. ”

King Song said: "The widow heard about the prosperity of Chen since he was a child, and he longed for it, and he went to Fanjing once with the Song caravan when he was young. At that time, passing by Wei Guo, Qi State, and Zhao State, the deepest impression was the sword of Wei Xia Ke, the pavilions and pavilions of Qi Baiyu, the vast fields and beautiful villages of Zhao State, and the prosperous bazaar of Chen Guo Fanjing. Chen Guo is a beauty, and the widow has also heard of the names of the four girls, but he didn't expect King Chen to be so generous, and he actually sent the best girl in Chen Guo to Song Country all the way, just to let the widow have a glimpse of Chen Guo's demeanor. ”

The envoy of Chen Guo did not expect that this young new monarch of Song State had actually been to Chen State, and had heard of the four beauties of Chen State, but he didn't know how to answer for a while. The envoys of other countries had already heard the envoys of Chen State alluding to the meaning that the new monarch of the Song State would not be able to beat the Chen State for the rest of his life, but they did not expect that the King of Song not only visited all countries when he was young, but also the old King of Song had already pocketed the Wei Kingdom and the Qi State that the new Song King passed by when he was young. The envoy of Zhao couldn't help pinching a cold sweat, looked at the envoy of Chen State, and there was a great meaning in his eyes, "This new Song king can't afford to offend".

Liu Ying, the king of Song, looked at the envoys of Zhao and Chen with a pleasant face, and the envoys of Chen noticed that King Song was looking at the envoys of Zhao, and lowered his head in embarrassment. Liu Waist took advantage of King Song's look at Zhao Guoren's side, and boldly raised his head and looked around. The hall was full of guests from all over the world, but they were all in order, shrunk their heads and tails, and did not dare to breathe for fear of offending the Song State, and only Chen Guo, who was quite strong and relied on the barrier of the Zhao State, dared to argue with the Song State.

I pity the princess of Zhao State, seeing that she was only twelve or thirteen years old and was sent here as a gift, I don't know when Song Guo will attack Zhao State.

She looked at Song Guoxinjun again. He was high up, sitting in the position where her father once sit, did he know that with the demise of the Qi Kingdom and the Wei Kingdom, how many people were forced to flee and leave their homes, how many families were shattered, and how many people were separated forever? And these are just to expand the territory of the Song Kingdom hanging behind him.

Liu Waist was stunned and thinking, Yan Xiao gently tugged at her sleeve and whispered in her ear: "Let's go, Qin'er wants to play the tunes composed by Zhuge Gongzi." ”

Liu Wei nodded, walked to the center of the hall with Yan Xiao, Su Qin, and Song Yun, and saluted King Song together. Su Qin started with a song "The Ballad of the Bright Moon", and the sound of the piano was soft and translucent, like moonlight sprinkled all over the hall. Song Yun sang with the sound of the piano:

The moon rises brightly

The way back is long

There is a beautiful woman in the heart

It's hard to toss and turn

Bright eyes

Smile brightly

The shadow of the moon is faint

Thoughts murmuring

Thousands of miles away

Looking at the clouds

My heart is looking forward to it

It's hard to sleep

Yesterday

It's like a dream

Yesterday

It's like a dream

Willow waist and Yan Xiao are a pair of dancing girls, stepping on the piano and singing, dancing enchantingly. They had skipped this song too many times, and each pose had already been familiar to them, and they danced lightly and skillfully, like a moon shadow. At this time, she danced, not to please anyone, but to really feel a joy. The joy of returning to my homeland and knowing my wishes.

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She remembers hearing this song for the first time on the tower of the old city of Chen Guofanjing.

After the expansion of the city, the guards of the old city tower moved to the new city tower, and the old city tower became an elegant place to admire the moon and play the qin, drink and give gifts.

That night, the autumn was crisp and the moonlight was bright, and many dignitaries, literati and scholars met friends on the upper floor of the old city. Liu Waist responded to the invitation of the eldest son of Chen Guoguo's family, saying that he had a talented friend from Chu State, who was proficient in piano art and music theory. Liu Waist is a famous dancing girl in Fanjing, and she doesn't go to the invitation of ordinary people, but the eldest son of Chen Guoguo is honest and trustworthy and talented, and she is a gentleman's friend, and he has never invited her, so she accepted the invitation to meet the Chu people who have never been seen.

The Chu man had a long sword hanging from his waist, wearing a wide robe and a large-sleeved shirt of the Chu State, and said with a smile: "In the Xia Zhuge Escape, I have long heard that Chen Guo is full of beautiful women in Beijing, but I am puzzled when I come here for a few days, thinking that the son of the prime minister boasted too much in the letter. ”

Liu Wei has heard many men praise her, but most of them have obscene eyes and flickering eyebrows, but this Chu native has a natural and generous expression, just like praising a landscape, without the slightest desire to possess. Liu Waist smiled and said: "The little girl has never seen the people of Chu, but I heard that the mountains and rivers of Chu are beautiful, and the people are outstanding. ”

The three of them talked very happily, the son of Chen Guoguo told the Zhuge Escape of Chu about the ten cities and nine counties of Chen State, and the Zhuge Escape of Chu State described the interesting story of his journey through Song and Zhao to the son of Chen Guoxiang. Liu Waist poured them wine, and also told them about what she had seen and heard about the old Wei Kingdom and Zhao State when she was a child, but she didn't say a word about her hometown Qi State. When the three of them were slightly drunk, they heard the sound of the piano on the side was very beautiful, so they walked over to enjoy it, and the woman who played the piano was Su Qin, who was playing the piano in the Song Kingdom Hall today.

After playing the song, Zhuge escaped and applauded: "Good piano skills!" If the girl doesn't dislike it, I want to borrow the girl's piano and improvise a song to give to my two friends who are entertaining me today. ”

Su Qin smiled and said, "Childe, please use it." ”

Zhuge escaped to the moon and stroked the qin, and it was this song "Ballad of the Bright Moon" that he played.

It was the first time for Liu Waist to hear such a clear and delicate tune, with a touch of sadness and tactful thoughts, she couldn't help dancing under the moon while she was drinking, her body was plump, the ribbon was fluttering, and she forgot what night it was.

Zhuge escaped a song, the willow waist was dancing heartily, stopped suddenly, the bun was loosened, the green silk was like a rainbow, and the ink-colored diamond jade hairpin inserted in the bun was falling into Zhuge Trace's arms.

A group of onlookers of literati and ink writers recognized that this was the first dancing girl in Fanjing, and Zhuge escaped because she accompanied her with this song "Ballad of the Bright Moon" and received the jade hairpin she dropped, and suddenly became famous in Chen Guo. Many people spent a lot of money to ask him to compose music, so he lived in Chen Guo and composed many well-known songs in Chen Guo. He and Willow Waist also became acquainted with each other, and sometimes he would play his proud work to Willow Waist for appreciation, and Willow Waist would make up a dance to show him the tunes he liked.

Later, Miaoyin Song Yun traveled from Lanquan to Fanjing and got acquainted with them, Zhuge Escape filled in the lyrics in his own tune, Song Yun sang, and the willow waist danced. Later, I don't know which noble son threatened to say that there was a Yan Xiao girl in Jiu County, whose dancing posture was not inferior to Fanjing's willow waist, and he also took Yan Xiao to Fanjing, trying to let Yan Xiao and Liu Waist try their dancing skills, but the two did not compete, but appreciated each other and became friends. Yan Xiao also met the son of the prime minister.

Since then, there has been a word from the Prime Minister Chen Guoguo's mansion: "Fanjing willow waist, Maung Cheng Suqin, Lanquan Song Yun, Yan Xiaojiu County." "The four beauties of Chen Guo in the world came from this.

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The willow waist danced, thinking of this, I secretly regretted it. Su Qin, Song Yun, and Yan Xiao are all beautiful women of Chen Guo who are very talented and good-looking, if they didn't get acquainted with her, they would not have been sent to Song Guo, at this time, they may have already found a good home in Chen Guo. What she owes to the three of them can only be repaid in the next life.

At this time, Su Qin played another song of "Leisurely Song" made by Zhuge Escape. Zhuge said that this was a song that he felt when he passed by the fields and villages of Zhao Kingdom, and he never filled in the lyrics, because he could not find anyone who could sing mountain songs with a clear voice. Song Yun's voice was just right, so he filled in the words:

Return to the garden and live leisurely

I'll give you a handful of wild flowers

Cattle and sheep, white clouds low

Thatched huts are erected at the foot of the South Mountain

Forget the old thoughts and leave the old hatred

The mountains are long and the water is wide, a pair

Qi Baiyu, Wei Baojian

Not enough for you to glance at

Return to the garden, return to the garden

Corn porridge for another day

When the envoys and guests of various countries heard "Qi Baiyu, Wei Baojian", they couldn't help but quietly look at the new monarch of the Song Kingdom. Chen Guoren sang such words in front of King Song, which was really provocative. Now it should be "Song Baiyu, Song Baojian", how can there be any Qi and Defend the country? But Liu Ying, the king of Song, was not displeased at all, still with a pleasant face, dragging his cheeks, and seriously enjoying Chen Guo's singing and dancing.

The last song played by Su Qin is "Sauvignon Blanc", the sound of the piano is rich and sad, and Song Yun sings three sighs:

Chu Shui Shisha is cold in twilight

The lonely light is obscure on the passenger ship

I want to speak and stop the sound of the piano

The roller shutter looks at the south of the jade capital

Sauvignon Blanc, heart-wrenching

The autumn wind chills and the cicadas can't stop singing

Dreaming back to Dongyang disturbs my heart

There are 3,000 songs and dances in Fanjing

Fifty jars of Lanquan wine

Taste the herbs alone

Poison-ridden and undead

I want to return to the countryside and live leisurely

Stand by and watch the world happen

Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc memory

I knew it was so stumbling

How can I not know each other at the beginning

Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc......

Yan Xiao and the willow waist are staggered and entangled like butterflies, the willow waist is extremely fast, shuttling between Yan Xiao's dance steps, and everyone present is amazed, but I didn't expect a dancing girl to be as agile as a master of the rivers and lakes. For a while, her red silk clothes were full of shadows, and the green silk was fluttering, and she couldn't tell whether she was a fairy or a charm.

This song was written movingly, some guests couldn't help but sour noses, and those Qi people who were used as slaves even lowered their heads and wiped their tears. "If you want to speak and stop the sound of the piano, the curtain looks at the south of the jade capital", everyone in Qi knows that when King Wu of the Song Dynasty invaded the jade capital, King Qi Ai and Qi Aihou both killed themselves on the bank of the Peach Blossom Creek in the southern suburbs of the jade capital.

The envoys of various countries and the courtiers of the Song State who were clearly thinking heard the subtlety. In the lyrics, this writer wrote about the hookah waves of the Chu State, the southern suburbs of the jade capital of the Qi State, the former capital of the Wei State, the singing and dancing wine of the Chen State, the strange poisonous herbs of the Shu Land, and the leisurely pastoral of the Zhao State, but did not mention the Song State.

This kind of rebellious remark actually dared to openly play and sing at the banquet of the Song State to invite the envoys of various countries, Chen Guo must have eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall to dare to disobey the Song State so much. I saw that the high King of Song frowned slightly, and the envoys of Zhao State were shocked. Chen Guo's frequent provocations today angered the King of Song, and the first unlucky one must be Zhao Guo, which is located between Chen and Song.

Zhao Guoren was talking in a whisper, only to see a red silk in front of the hall passing by, heading straight for the high King of Song. Everyone forgot to exclaim, and for a moment, they all looked at the assassin in amazement. And that assassin is none other than Chen Guowuji, who is dancing in the center of the main hall!