Chapter Ninety-Five: Insect Carving Skills (II)
Ling Fei glanced at Liu Jing, and saw that he was leisurely fighting wine with the boss Chen Guoyan, you toast me, I toast you, and he didn't seem to be interested in or disgusted by the incident provoked by Lin Ying.
Ling Fei has been by His Highness's side for thirteen years, knowing his penchant of being a cold bystander. If there is no obstruction, it is acquiescence. If there is a trace of warmth in the eyes, it is heartfelt joy. He felt that when His Royal Highness was chatting with Boss Na Yan, a trace of warmth could occasionally flash in his eyes. Probably because Boss Yan has traveled around the world since he was a child, he has a wealth of knowledge, speaks wittily and uniquely, and behaves casually in the rivers and lakes, as well as the flexibility of the business field. His Highness does not have any of these qualities. Looking at the Song Dynasty, no one has it.
As for the two girls who don't like each other, since they were all married to Her Royal Highness by the Queen Mother, Your Highness must be curious about what the two of them are like. Tonight, taking advantage of the gin and the moonlight, let them dance to His Highness in this tavern outside the city, maybe they are as indifferent as His Highness, and they can finally open their minds to women.
Lin Ying had already caught a glimpse of the lyre placed in a corner of the courtyard, and it was estimated that the Qiao brothers liked this place and often came here to drink. Lin Yingxiao said to Qiao Ji and Ling Zi: "Su Mou is dripping blood from his fingertips and breaking all seven strings, and he also accompanies the dance steps of the two fairy sisters. ”
Shu'er frowned at Lin Ying, as if to say, you also said this to Princess Zhao, but you never played a song for her, and I don't know when your mouth for fear of chaos in the world became thicker than your cheeks!
Lin Ying winked at Shu'er, got up and walked to the lyre that King Song had placed here, and asked, "Two sisters, I don't know what dance you want to dance?" ”
Qiao Cheng said with disdain in her eyes: "What music Mr. Su can play, we will dance." ”
Ling Zi heard that Qiao Cheng's words were not to "Mr. Su", but to provoke her when she was three years old. Ling Zitian said: "Mr. Su's piano skills are outstanding, it is better to let Mr. Su choose the music." ”
Lin Ying put her slender fingers on the strings, squinted her eyes and thought about it, the corners of her mouth gradually rose, and said: "The dance of the wind and the moon that everyone can dance is inevitably vulgar, and it hurts the dignity of the two sisters." There is a song "Xuannu Step" in the ancient song of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which was created by King Zhou Le for his eight daughters, and the footwork includes the Zhou Yi hexagram, which is dense and dense, ups and downs, and the dance is graceful and graceful, and the lotus is born step by step. The rhythm of the piano is sassy, the changes are endless, and the playing is also very dexterous and happy. Why don't you take advantage of the moonlight tonight, and the two sisters also let Su Mou see the posture of the Nine Heavens Xuannu? ”
Qiao Cheng snorted coldly, thinking, who doesn't know that this "Xuannu Step" is an extremely difficult dance music that can only be danced after ten years of dancing. The girl of the Ling family is known as learning to dance at the age of three, but with her stupid appearance, she has not practiced such a profound dance music as "Xuannu Steps".
Ling Zixiao glanced at Qiao Hui, who had cold eyebrows and eyes, and guessed that the daughter of the Northwest Pyeongchang Wang family was somewhat famous among the boudoir ladies of the Song Kingdom, but she had never heard that she could dance. Maybe she had never heard of such a profound dance as "Xuannu Step"?
But I heard Qiao Cheng say: "Mr. Su chose well." "Xuannu Steps" is wonderful in music and dance, presumably even if she is the most valuable dancer in Fanjing, she may not be able to practice to this realm. ”
Ling Zi also clapped her hands in agreement: "Yes, this dance can only be danced after ten years of practice." Just jump on this! ”
Liu Jing suddenly asked Shu'er: "I heard that more than 20 years ago, Fanjing's most valuable dancer could dance "Xuannu Steps" at the age of ten. Could it be that she was practicing dance since she was in her mother's womb? ”
Shu'er took a sip of wine stuck in her throat. She knows this story, too. After living in seclusion in Chen Guo for many years, she has already quietly inquired into the old things of the dancing girl, from the admiration of the dancer in the willow lane of Flower Street, to the addition of the storyteller in the teahouse restaurant, nothing is missing. That dancing girl has a dancing talent that has never been seen before or since, and even today's Chen Wang Li Chen, the eldest prince of the Prime Minister's Mansion of Chen Guo, also obeys and admires that dancing girl. Because her waist is slender and soft like a willow, the dancing girl is called "Willow Waist", and she is the princess of Qi who died in Suhua Palace, and the biological mother of Shu'er in the rumor.
Seeing that Shu'er didn't answer, Liu Jing asked coldly, "Could it be that I remembered wrong?" ”
Shu'er choked on the wine, came back to her senses, and coughed and said, "You...... That's right. ”
Lin Yinghu said suspiciously: "Brother Qiao is so knowledgeable, can he still hear such an old trivial?" ”
Liu Jing raised his neck and drank a whole cup of peach blossom drunk brewed for thirteen years, and sighed: "I just heard it by chance." ”
With the wine in her bowels, Liu Jing couldn't help but think of her sister who suddenly disappeared thirteen years ago. He knew that his sister's biological mother was the late Xiao Niangniang of Suhua Palace.
In the more than ten years of looking for his sister, he also heard more stories about Xiao Niangniang, and knew that she was the head of the four beauties of Chen Guo and was dedicated to her newly enthroned father by King Chen of that year, and knew that she was the most valuable dancing girl in Fanjing of Chen Guo, and she was the prey chased by many elegant sons in Fanjing. It is rumored that Xiao Niangniang had been having affairs with other men long before coming to the Song Kingdom. Those men, including today's Chen Wang Li Chen, as well as the top of the current Kyushu master list, the island owner Zhuge of Xuanji Island, and countless romances...... So my sister's biological father is probably not my father at all.
Although Liu Jing already knew that the missing sister was probably not his own sister at all, whenever he thought of her innocent smile, remembered her deliberate troublemaking and misdeeds when she was hugging, remembered the two of them running and jumping on the star-picking platform again and again, and remembered their conversations under the starry sky on a summer night...... His heart will still fall into the dark abyss in agony.
If only he could have been holding her hand that day, instead of running around with her and being swept away by the crowd......
If that day, he didn't take her out of the palace to play at Ling Fei's house, and didn't ask Ling Fei to take them out of Ling's mansion to visit the Nancheng Bazaar......
If she were still alive......
Shu'er saw that Liu Jing's usually cold eyes suddenly turned deep and sad, probably because she thought of something unforgettable and sad after drinking. And such a man in his prime, what can hurt his heart, I'm afraid is only the matter of Fengyue, probably because the rich son fell in love with a poor girl or a courtesan and dancer, and the family inevitably strongly opposed and beat the poor story of the mandarin duck, so he laughed at him and said: "Brother Qiao, although you can't see the demeanor of the Chen Guo dancer, today there are two famous ladies of the Song Kingdom competing in front of you." The dance of the dancing queen in Fanjing is expensive and valuable, but the dance of these two deep ladies is hard to find. Don't you want to take a closer look? "If you want to talk about "The Ups and Downs of the Nations" with more like-minded people, follow "Hot Network or rd444" on WeChat to chat about your favorite books with more book friends