At this time, Qingle also played, and there was no lively palace music and singing and dancing at the palace banquet, so everyone felt a little embarrassed to drink with Qingle like this. Imperial Concubine Xie Wanru said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this year's palace banquet is simple, and there is no large-scale singing and dancing according to the etiquette system. ”

The emperor smiled: "Concubine Ai is really careful, I don't know what Concubine Ai has ideas?" ”

Xie Wanru said with a smile: "Your Majesty, all of you here are outstanding young talents and famous ladies from my Dayan Kingdom. My Dayan country has always been a woman who does not lose to a man, and everyone here is also proficient in poetry, how about drinking with poetry? ”

"It's nothing special!"

"Your Majesty, the concubine wrote the names of all the young ladies on a piece of paper and put them in this box. The concubine wants to draw out ten people first, and order the ten sons and ladies to write poems according to the words issued by the concubine and the orderer, for example, if the commander says the plum character, then these ten people will recite the poem with the plum character, and drink three glasses of wine if they can't answer. ”

"And that's all answered?" The emperor smiled and asked,

"Giggles," Xie Wanru smiled nicely, "If everyone answers this round, let's have a drink together, and then change ten people, a total of four rounds, so that all the young ladies present have a chance, which is also fair." ”

"What if it's not your turn?"

"Those who don't have their turn will perform after the drinking order." Xie Wanru pursed her lips and smiled.

"Good!"

"Your Majesty will draw the first round!"

"Your Majesty," Lin Chaoying suddenly clenched his fists and said, "Your Majesty, the courtiers have grown up at the border since childhood, and they are not as proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting as the ladies in Beijing. ”

The sword dance was used as an instruction for the sake of drinking, but it was popular in the military. The issuing officer is required not only to be familiar with the password of the wine order, but also to dance the sword according to the sword trick of the right order. It can be said that it is also active to move the muscles and bones.

"Good !!" The emperor was very happy, this kind of gameplay is rare in Beijing. When he was still a prince, he had met once in the army, and the memory of that time can be said to be fresh in his memory to this day, "Three treasures, go get the soft sword." ”

Sanbao responded and immediately took an unedged soft sword and handed it to Lin Chaoying, and the palace people also surrounded the city with ten small cases, leaving a piece in the middle for Lin Chaoying to dance the sword.

Xie Wanru asked people to carry the box to Emperor Xiping and asked Emperor Xiping to draw out the names of ten people. "What a coincidence, the first one is your Lin Chaoying's name!" The emperor smiled and said, "Since you have become the commander, naturally you can't do it, so I will draw another one." ”

The Emperor tinkered with the box for a long time, and finally drew ten pieces of paper full of names. Imperial Concubine Xie Wanru read aloud: "The first Prince of Anguo, Jing Zhu, the second His Royal Highness King Li, the third Chen Wentao, the son of the Cheng'en Mansion, the fourth Miss Ye Yixun of the Emperor's Mansion, the fifth Lord of Xuehuan County of Prince Xian's Mansion, the sixth Lord of Linlang County of Zhennan Wangfu, the seventh Prince of Huainan Palace, Han Ji, the eighth Deputy Commander of the Patrol Battalion, Miss Nanlingfan, the ninth Prince of Weinan Hou Shizi, and the tenth Miss An Yurao. ”

"Please take your seats!" The ten young ladies who were named sat down in order of rank, and Lin Chaoying pursed her lips and smiled in the middle: "Since I am the commander, then everyone here has to listen to me no matter what their status." Fu looked at His Majesty again and said, "Please give your Majesty an order." ”

"Let's take Mei, the head of the four gentlemen, as the theme!" Emperor Xiping said with a smile.

"Good! Listen to the command! Lin Chaoying said with a smile and began to dance the soft sword. I saw that her body was light, like a fluttering butterfly, and like a vigorous swallow, dancing with a soft sword and quickly dropping the move, pointing the sword at Jing Rong, the prince of Anguo, and reading in her mouth: "A plum on the left is the head." The prince of An Guo immediately replied with a smile: "Mei Xue is not willing to descend in the spring, and the Sao / Renge pen fee is commented." ”

"Good !!" The crowd applauded. Lin Chaoying smiled and continued to dance the sword, pointing the sword at His Royal Highness King Li and smiling: "The two branches on the right are the tail of the plum." King Li replied with a smile: "It's not that Chunguang doesn't return early, but because of Chunxuele Shumei." The crowd continued to applaud.

I saw Lin Chaoying continue to smile, and then danced a few more tricks of Luoying's colorful swordsmanship, and the last one-word horse sat in the center, pointing at Chen Wentao, the son of the Chengen family, while pointing at Han Ji, the son of Huainan Wangfu, and said loudly: "Three branches and three or four early." Chen Wentao pondered for a moment and replied: "I am absolutely surprised that the plum blossoms are late, and I am vying to peek in the snow." Han Ji immediately replied: "It is urgent to pour wine and pour freezing, and there are also sparse plums to call customers." ”

"Good !!" Everyone applauded and cheered again, and even Emperor Xiping shouted three times happily! Lin Chaoying pursed his lips and turned over with a smile, made two more flying fish turns, pointed his sword at Ye Yixun of the Emperor's Mansion, and continued to read loudly: "Treading the snow to find the fragrant plum in the center." Ye Yixun panicked at this time, and his head was full of sweat. In fact, when she saw this drinking order, she was a little panicked.

Because this wine order not only stipulates the position of the word "plum", but also requires that the verses containing the "plum" poem are located in the sentence structure of the whole poem, Ye Yixun was half dead in a hurry, and he couldn't say a word for a long time, and after five breaths, Lin Chaoying put away his sword and said, "Please Miss Ye drink three cups of fine wine." Ye Yixun had no choice but to drink three glasses of wine, and his face turned red when he choked.

Lin Chaoying continued to dance the sword and pointed to the next, saying, "Treading the snow to find the fragrant plum in the center." The county lord of Xue Huan immediately replied: "In the snow every year, I often get drunk with plum blossoms, and I have no good intentions when I get rid of plum blossoms, and I win full of tears." "Good!"

Lin Chaoying closed the momentum and said: "Half a round has passed, change the big one." After hearing this, the palace people immediately replaced the small wine glass and replaced it with a big one. This is different from the usual wine glasses for feasting, but this is the usual amount of three glasses of wine poured together. If these three cups go down, most of them will be drunk.

Lin Chaoying changed his swordsmanship, continued to dance, and settled in one move, the head of the sword was in the county lord of Linlang County in the Zhennan Wangfu, and the swallowtail pointed to Miss An Yurao of the Taishi Mansion, and said loudly: "And the flowers are both." Nan Lingmei, the lord of Linlang County, couldn't answer for a long time, so she had to drink three glasses of wine; Miss An Yurao of Taishifu replied: "The white plum is lazy and endowed with red plums, and the first to welcome the drunkenness is open." ”

"Good!" "She is worthy of being Miss Taishifu, she is really knowledgeable and talented." The crowd on the side praised each other. Lin Chaoying finally danced a few moves quickly, and the sword paused slightly at Nanling Fan and Fang Jin, the prince of Weinan Hou, and said, "Come and go without a shadow and leave a fragrance alone." Nanling Fan immediately recited aloud: "When it opens, it is like snow, the incense is not in the stamen, the incense is not in the calyx, and the bones are fragrant." "The prince of Weinan Hou hesitated for a long time, Ren didn't come up with a word that didn't have the word plum but wrote plum fragrance, so he could only resign himself to drinking the three major wines.

Lin Chaoying saw that after he finished drinking, he finally carried out light skills, raised his sword and waved it in the air a few times, only to see the plum petals falling one after another, and everyone in the field was like bathing in the rain of flowers, and finally she fell lightly, and saluted with a slight breath: "Your Majesty, the round is over." ”

"Good! Good! Good! Emperor Xiping took the lead in applauding and praised repeatedly, "Lin Chaoying, you have done a very good job as a commander, and I want to reward you heavily." Come on, admire Lin Chaoying's rainbow satin three horses, three sets of heads, and then give her the lady's sword! ”

Lin Chaoying immediately knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor to express his gratitude.

Xie Wanru said at this time: "Your Majesty, Miss Lin is also fortunate to have been a commander and danced a sword again, why don't you let her rest for a while, listen to the song and enjoy the painting?" ”

The emperor nodded in agreement, and Xie Wanru said: "Your Majesty, it's not interesting for the concubines to paint the ordinary piano, why don't the concubines draw out five people, one of them strokes the qin, and the remaining four people paint according to the experience of the sound of the qin?" ”

"Look at the arrangement!" Emperor Xiping said loudly.

Xie Wanru first took out the name on a slip of paper and wrote Qiao Jingqiu, the daughter of Qiao Zhiru, a scholar of Wenlan Pavilion, and stroked the qin. Hu Tong, the son of Hu Zhongmin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Feng Tianyu, the eldest son of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, Nan Lingxuan, the daughter of the Hunan governor of Erpin, and Xun Qian, the daughter of Xun Qi, the first assistant of the cabinet, painted by four people.

So Xie Wanru asked people to take the "Winding Beam" and hand it to Qiao Jingqiu, the palace people removed the small case of the wine order, put the piano case and the Jiuxiao ring in the center, Qiao Jingqiu faced the emperor, sat on the ground, and started the audition unhurriedly. The other four painters are located on the left and right sides of Qiao Jingqiu.

With the first note of Qiao Jingqiu's hand, the noisy sound in the hall immediately quieted down. The clear and clear sound of the piano flows, sometimes like a still spring from a deep valley and secluded mountain, flowing quietly; Sometimes it is like a stream running in the mountains, flowing with a tumultuous ......

Qiao Jingqiu played the famous song "Mountains and Flowing Water", and the four of them began to immerse themselves in painting according to the artistic conception in the song.

The wine used in the liquor order is plum blossom drunk, and this wine tastes sweet in the mouth, but has great stamina. Nanling Mo saw that Nanling Mei had drunk a little too much, so she gave Mei Xue a color, Mei Xue stepped forward and said to Nan Ling Mei: "County Lord, your dress is a little dirty, our county lord asked the slave maid and Huichun to help you go to the side hall to rest for a while and drink a bowl of sobering soup." ”

Nan Lingmei was no longer able to explain anything at this time, her mind was in chaos, she just nodded weakly, and Mei Xue and Huichun took her to the side hall.

Generally, women from the family will prepare an extra set of clothes for emergencies when attending banquets. Nan Lingmei was a little anxious to drink this time, and when she got out of the Yixian Palace, she was blown by the cold wind, and she suddenly felt a little nauseous, and she suppressed the nausea in her heart and changed her clothes by Huichun. As a result, I couldn't help but vomit after a toss.,The clothes I just changed into were stained again.。。

Huichun even had the heart to cry, and asked anxiously, "What should I do, what should I do?" Mei Xue pondered for a moment and said, "Our county lord has brought a set of spare, why don't I go and ask the county lord for advice?" ”

Huichun couldn't think of any other way, so she could only nod quickly. Mei Xue pretended to go out for a walk, and came back and said, "The county lord said, it is most important to return to the banquet cleanly now, and then talk about other things when you go home." ”

Huichun nodded gratefully, Mei Xue saw that it was a little difficult for her to help Nan Lingmei alone, so they helped her change Nan Lingmei's clothes. Then Mei Xue hurriedly asked the palace people to bring a bowl of sobering soup for Nanling Mei to drink, and she went back to serve Nanling Mo.