Chapter 67: The Prodigal Son
The dancers withdrew like a gust of wind, leaving only the lingering rhyme, and the cook of Ziyun Mansion wore a clean and neat skit, trotted upstairs with broken steps, and said with a smile: "The villain serves the distinguished guests a snow bubble pastry." ”
He also had this frozen snack in the palace, but the princesses had never seen how it was done. The cook held a bamboo cone and held the frozen snow crisp, and when the bamboo cone moved, the ice chips fell one after another, and there was a fine snow as follows. In the blink of an eye, a freezing point was completed, and the first end was given to Liu Fang, and Liu Fang gave it to Liu Yan.
"It's too cold for me to eat."
"Okay, then I'll eat two servings."
The freezing point has the aroma of red beans, and when you eat it, it rustles on your tongue, and a little coolness spreads on the tip of your tongue, just like taking a mouthful of snow.
Liu Yan had a long time later, and when he saw the snow, he felt that the snow must be sweet, just like the taste of the snow crisp he ate today, and he always wanted to take another bite.
Liu Yu took a bite and continued to eat silently.
The palace is afraid that the princesses will hurt their stomachs, and these cold things can rarely be seen, so she finally caught her a few more bites today.
The wine lady came up with a variety of fine wines in transparent glass wine bottles, and her voice was so soft that it seemed to be able to drip water: "Distinguished guests, please choose wine." ”
It is said to be wine, but in fact, the wine that the little girls drank only had the fragrance of flowers and fruits, and there was no smell of wine in it.
Osmanthus stuffed, rose dew, plum wine, pear blossom drunk, the wine is like a jewel in the glass bottle, chilled with ice, poured into the cup and emitting curling white smoke, and there are dried petals floating on it, which is particularly beautiful.
Liu Yu said a little sourly: "People outside will really enjoy it, there are so many tricks in a meal." ”
Lin Shu accompanied several princesses by the screen, and was amused when he heard this complaint.
What kind of trick is this? The real tricks this princess couldn't think of. Just like those maiko just now, if they were to dance at a different time and in a different place, they would have so few clothes on their bodies as if they were not worn, and those guests would not be as innocent and generous as the princesses.
Lin Shu can be said to be "well-informed" in this regard, there are many people who want to slap him, and there are always some people, and there are always some entertainment that can't be pushed away.
The next two dancers are even more interesting, one of them has curly hair, braided many small pigtails, and the braids are tied with bells, she seems to move every piece of flesh on her body, and it is an eye-opener for the three princesses. The other came up with a drum, a drum the size of a plate, and the sound was particularly crisp when struck. Later, she spun in circles like a spinning top, and the drum beat like fried beans, so fast that people couldn't see her movements, and she couldn't count how many times she struck in that spin, and the more the flute sounded, the more she turned, and the drum beat like a summer shower.
The well-informed Deputy Commander Lin said: "No one called her by her name, but now everyone calls her Drum Girl." Lin Shu motioned to his subordinates to go over and give the drum girl a generous reward, and then said, "You guys go down." ”
The drummer bowed and retreated, but when she reached the stairs she stopped.
The flute man who had come up with her just now sat there and didn't move.
That's not right. Musicians and pianists are the most discerning, and whether or not they are rewarded individually, the reward money received by the maiko musicians will also be divided among them, but the more and less will be different. How do you sit still when it's time to step back?
Lin Shu stared at the flute player twice, and suddenly smiled.
"It turned out to be you, when did you return to Beijing?"
The flute player shook the flute in his hand with a smile: "Just now, I saw your subordinates downstairs, so I came up to ask you for a glass of wine." ”
Lin Shu said of him: "You must not be presumptuous in front of the princess. Then he explained to Liu Yan and them: "The princess forgives her sins, this is a good friend of mine, Lu Yi, the youngest son of General Lu." ”
Liu Yu blurted out: "He is the ...... defeated"
Liu Fang hurriedly stopped her, but fortunately, Liu Yu was not short of heart and eyes, so he stopped his mouth in time.
Of General Lu's four sons, two died, and two remained. The eldest and the second two died in their early years, and the third is now stationed in the southwest, leaving one old and younger, who is a famous "prodigal loser" in Beijing, and his reputation has spread to the palace. Probably I did everything except for the main thing. I heard that he went to the official workshop for a while, and insisted on worshipping a blind old man as a teacher and learning skills.
Hearing that General Lu was so angry that he wanted to arrest him and go back to practice the family law, he ran away and ran for a few months before returning home.
This reputation was immediately resounding in Beijing.
There are a lot of prodigies, and there are really no waves like him who have reached this point. Other people spend all day drinking, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, after being a powerful person, there is no problem in doing so, at most everyone is not motivated. But like the Lu family, a loser, he does all the things that are unworthy and shameless, so everyone can't bear it.
The princesses have heard of it or something.
But this is the first time I've seen you.
The man's hair was a little messy, as if he had woken up with a hairpin, his face seemed to have not been washed, his eyes seemed to be open, and he seemed to be asleep when he was awake, well, he still had a green stubble on his face, and he was wearing a half-worn cloth shirt that was mixed with the musicians.
It's not like a disciple of the sect at all.
But I don't know why, when people take a look, they are reluctant to look away.
Maybe it's because his teeth are too white when he laughs, maybe it's because his voice is extraordinarily mellow and beautiful, or maybe it's the kind of uninhibited uninhibited that the eldest and his second child have never seen in others before.
Lu Yi stood up, straightened his clothes, shook the sleeves of his robe, and waved to the three princesses: "I've seen three princesses." ”
"Lu Gongzi doesn't need to be polite."
When this person saluted, he also had a different and unconventional demeanor.
Liu Yan asked him: "Your flute is really good." ”
The flute sounds...... Liu Yan can't describe it, he feels like a living snake, smart, alive, moving, staring at people with burning eyes.
With an unrestrained wildness.
Lu Yi smiled and said, "The princess has won the prize." But since the princess has praised her, shouldn't she also give a reward? ”
He said this reward too reasonably, and no one thought it was abrupt.
"Cheng, I'll give you a double portion."
Lin Shu pushed Lu Yi: "Zitao, you have been out for two years, and the old problem has not changed at all." ”
And he said, "The princess does not need to pay attention to him, this man is crazy alone, and the more people there are, the more crazy he is." ”
Before the words could be said clearly, there was movement on the other side of the stairs.
Someone shouted, "I just saw the drummers going down from here, and I don't know who is playing the flute?" But Song Shilang? ”
Lu Yi continued: "Song Shilang doesn't have it, but Lu Shilang does." ”
Lin Shu glared at him: "Look at it, as soon as you come back, you will make trouble, and if it reaches the ears of General Lu, you will have to suffer again." ”