Chapter 38: Playing the Piano
The eunuch who followed her next to her sang loudly: "The winner will appreciate a six-petal general buckle of glass transparent crystal, a small jade cicada with a blue and white jade belt through the sky, a set of coral red depicting gin, and a handle of koi play lotus gold Ruyi." ”
The prizes were so generous that some people who were not going to participate in the show were immediately ready to move.
Princess Rouhui smiled: "It's all a gadget." Who wins and who loses, not I alone have the final say, after each person's show, the person who likes it can send a lotus, and whoever gets the most lotus flowers will win. Do you think about it? ”
This method was immediately approved by everyone, and several eunuchs carried up a human-high bronze vat, which was filled with dense lotus flowers, all of which were about to bloom buds, with long green stalks, which made the lotus fragrance in the room strong for a while.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, I'll show off first!" At this moment, a person rushed out from behind the table and shouted noisily.
Everyone looked over, it was Yan Xiuyu, who was dressed up incomparably and burned buns.
The princess smiled and said, "It turned out to be Lord Yan, what talent are you going to show?" ”
"I can play the piano, I want to play "Guangling San"!" Yan Xiuyu waved outside: "Bring my piano up." ”
The two silent scholars beside Yan Xiuyu picked up a guqin with a pale red luster, which was worth a lot of money at a glance. At the same time, there was also a piano table.
Yan Xiuyu sat down at the piano table in a good manner, waited for it to be quiet below, put his hand on the string, plucked out the first tone, and played it slowly.
If you ignore the piercing sound of the piano, just look at his handsome face and dress, as well as the whole body, he really performs well.
It's a pity that the sound of this piano is not only out of tune, but it can't be heard at all that it is "Guangling San", and it is noisier than playing cotton, and there is already laughter below, if it weren't for Yan Xiuyu's young age, plus he wants to give Yanwangfu face, he would have been booed off the stage a long time ago.
Yan Xiuyu felt good about himself, and after the song was played, he stood with his head held high, and said with a smile: "Hurry up and offer me lotus flowers." ”
The lowly teenagers and girls snickered, but they didn't step forward, only a few elders stepped forward and chatted with encouragement to send a few lotus flowers.
Yan Xiuyu's eyes were shining, staring at Yan Qingge's table tightly, his eyes were full of joy, and his expression seemed to be saying, "Come and send me flowers." ”
Ling Xiao couldn't look at it first, and said, "Little Lord Yan is also pitiful, I'll give him one." She stepped forward and took a lotus flower from the big urn, put it on Yan Xiuyu's piano table, and finally made up five lotus flowers.
Yan Qingge also stepped forward with a smile and offered a flower.
Ling Lie saw his sister cheering, walked out of the boys' seat, and also gave a flower, the most unexpected thing was that Wei Qiao also came out and left a lotus flower for Yan Xiuyu.
Wei Qiao stood up, and Yan Qingge realized that Wei Qiao was very tall, and her current height could only reach his waist and abdomen when she stood up. He has long legs, he is not conspicuous when he sits, and with a tender face, people think that he is very small, and when he stands up, his age rises.
Wei Qiao is out of the ranks, and many girls have straight eyes, who can not love such a handsome unmarried young man.
Fortunately, Yan Qingge just watched him finish putting the lotus flowers on Yan Xiuyu, so he didn't chase after him anymore, making the corners of Yan Xiuyu's mouth show a smug smile.
Yan Xiuyu's show of art ended in getting a total of eight lotus flowers, he hugged the bouquet of long-handled lotuses, and returned to his seat with a smile, overjoyed.
Then there were about 20 people performing, but fortunately, no one played the piano anymore, some danced swords, some chanted poetry, and a bold girl danced for everyone.
This person got at least a dozen lotus flowers, and the girl who got the most flowers got sixty-four.
Today, there are only about 70 guests in the tent, which shows that her talent is recognized by almost everyone.
But Yan Xiuyu was not jealous at all, his eyes were on the bundle of purses in his arms, one of them was the most tightly closed, and the lower part of the bud still had a faint cyan, this bud was given to her by Yan Qingge.
Seeing that the game was about to end, on the table next to Yan Qingge and them, a girl sighed and said, "Why didn't the third son of the Wei family come forward to show off." ”
These words spoke out of many people's hearts, and the women at the banquet sighed, and some people even whispered, do you want to tell the princess to call the third son of the Wei family Xiuyi.
Ning Minzhi furrowed her delicate eyebrows, she was about to marry into the Wei family, of course, she was interested in her future brother-in-law, and she didn't want him to be forced to perform.
She saw that the nobles over there were more and more outrageous, and they really wanted to go to the princess, so she said helplessly: "Why do you have to persecute the third son of the Wei family, it's really not good, I'll go to perform, take up all the time, and see how they speak." ”
Ling Xiao nodded and said, "Count me in, I'll ask someone to fetch my whip, my whip is good." Then she looked at Yan Qingge and said, "Qingge, the trick you made last time was not bad, I'll play the whip, you play the trick, Sister Minzhi will also play one, let's go together." ”
Yan Qingge said with a smile: "You play with whips, I play tricks, do you think the two of us are street performers!" You play with the whip, and I'll play the piano next to you to accompaniment, okay? ”
Ling Xiao's eyes lit up and said, "Okay! So we can get on together. ”
Seeing that time could not be delayed, Ning Minzhi was becoming more and more anxious, Yan Qingge held her hand and asked, "Sister, what are you best at?" ”
"I'm the best at drawing." Ning Minzhi was a little anxious: "But it takes half a day to paint at every turn, and I can't sing and play next to me." ”
Yan Qingge thought for a moment and said, "Sister, you are the best at drawing, and it is not bad to splash ink." If you are given a rough pipe and a piece of paper that is tall and tall, are you sure that you can draw a lotus flower splashed with ink in a quarter and a half hours? ”
Ning Minzhi said: "Splashing ink is fast to paint, lotus flowers are also often painted, a moment and a half is enough, but the ink is dripping everywhere, I'm afraid it's indecent." ”
"It's okay, we'll put the paper up with a screen, I have a way." Yan Qingge smiled at her, stood up, and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, our three sisters are willing to perform on the same stage and have a good time for everyone." ”
It had been solo performances before, but this was the first time that three people had to perform together. Princess Rouhui was also interested, and said, "Oh, what are you three going to perform?" ”
Yan Qingge said: "Seeing that the time is not early, the three of us are willing to end today's night banquet." In order to avoid everyone's displeasure in watching, Sister Ling danced the whip, Sister Ning painted a lotus flower splashed with ink, and I will play the piano. The three of my sisters don't come for the reward, it's good to have fun with everyone. ”
Princess Rouhui smiled and said, "Sure enough, he is a child with a heart." Whatever you want, I'll tell someone to get ready to go. ”
Yan Qingge asked for a large piece of rice paper with a height of a person, a very thick wolf hair, and two small urns of polished ink for Ning Minzhi. He also caused someone to bring a screen and fix the rice paper on the screen.
Here, Ling Xiao's whip was also delivered, and Yan Xiuyu asked the scholar to carry his precious guqin for Yan Qingge.
Yan Qingge looked at Ling Xiao's bare whip, and with an idea, he took out the handkerchief in his sleeve, tied it to it, and begged Ning Minzhi and Ling Xiao for the handkerchief and tied it to Ling Xiao's whip. "The light at night is not as bright as in the daytime, and with various handkerchiefs, the handkerchiefs fly when the whip is danced, which will look better."
Ling Xiao tried, and sure enough, she said, "These handkerchiefs are still too few." She turned her head and begged for veils from the other maidens, and in a moment she tied a long whip of colour, which the girls used, and many of them were incense-scented, and danced not only beautifully, but also fragrantly. Ling Xiaole can't do it, and he praised Yan Qingge for thinking of a good way, and dancing the whip like this is much more interesting.
They stood in the middle of the field, the three of them nodded to each other, and Yan Qing began to play the piano as soon as he moved.
The first note came out from under her fingers, and some people heard that what Yan Qing singer played was "Guangling San".
"Guangling San" is full of fighting spirit, and has a sense of indomitable and heroic depression, which is actually not suitable for playing on this kind of fun occasion.
However, since Yan Xiuyu's stinky hand played in front of him, and Ling Xiao is dancing whip, this piece has become just right.
At the same time, Ning Minzhi dipped a very thick wolf hair in an urn filled with purple and black pine ink, then picked up a small jar and splashed it on the rice paper.
Because the rice paper is upright, the ink on the paper is dripping, occasionally a little blank, the upper part is more inked, you can draw lotus leaves, the lower part is left blank, and the ink flows down one by one, like a natural lotus handle.
Ning Minzhi looked at the splashed ink, and her heart was even bigger, and she gently stroked towards one of the inkblots, only to see the wolf hook, and a long-handled ink lotus bloomed angrily towards the sky.
And Ling Xiao's colorful whip was even more swinging in the air, more than a dozen handkerchiefs fluttered and danced, and with the whining sound of the whip, it became several colorful flags, which were like envoys' festivals floating in the air.
Everyone couldn't help but shout hello.
With the sound of Yan Qingge playing the piano, Ling Xiao and Ning Minzhi's movements were faster or slower, but they did not pause.
And everyone gradually got drunk in the beautiful scenery of the three girls wielding ink and playing the piano and dancing whips.
Affected by the sound of the piano, Ning Minzhi's ink lotus is a little more arrogant and unyielding, with a self-respecting temperament, and the branches of lotus flowers are blooming to the sky, even the few buds that are not in full bloom are as sharp as the head of a spear, which is very different from the elegant and indisputable lotus flowers in ordinary people's pens.
Not to mention Ling Xiao's whip, although it is added with a colored handkerchief, it is also a dancing whip in the end, of course, it is strong.
After the song was finished, Ning Minzhi and Ling Xiao both stopped.
Ling Xiao was still panting slightly, she wiped the sweat from her forehead, smiled and pulled Ning Minzhi and Yan Qingge to stand up, and saluted Princess Rouhui: "Your Royal Highness Princess, we have finished our show." ”