Chapter Seven: The Night Banquet (2)
At this time, Pan Yuechen seemed to think of something, glanced at him, felt a little relieved, and patted him on the shoulder with his hand: "Jingmao, you really didn't let me down!" Now that he has made a contribution to pacifying the war in the north, he will definitely increase his official rank after returning to Beijing. ”
Then he shook his head again, sighed and said, "But the power of the imperial court has changed a lot recently, you have to be careful when you return to Beijing!" It's best to be neutral and not join either side! ”
Lin Jingmao listened and asked cautiously: "Thank you uncle for reminding me, Jingmao wrote it down, but how can I say this?" ”
Pan Yuechen sighed again and said: "Alas, you don't know, the teacher who once taught me was forced to step down because he offended King Zhuo Zhouxing, and now his position is replaced by Feng Xu, the brother of Feng Guifei, who does not learn and has no skills. You might as well say bluntly that the prince was deposed in the early years, and now the emperor is old, not good at politics, and obsessed with the harem, which arouses the prince's heart to compete for the crown prince and form a party for personal gain; The favorite concubine of the harem relied on the emperor's favor to strive for her relatives to take power. ”
Lin Jingmao knew it in his heart, and couldn't help laughing: "I see, I was far away in the north before, and the news was blocked, and I didn't know yet, but now thank you uncle for informing me!" It seems that there are soldiers in the front yard and a fire in the backyard, and it is really restless inside and outside! But I'd love to go back to Beijing to see it for myself! ”
When Pan Yuechen heard this, he also laughed: "Haha, Jingmao, you are afraid that the world will not be chaotic!" But it's okay for us to watch the fire from across the strait, but it's not good if the people are also in turmoil or are implicated too much! You'll have to watch it when you get back to Beijing! ”
Lin Jingmao said sincerely: "Please rest assured, uncle, Jingmao is measured!" ”
Pan Changping noticed that they were talking, and everyone was listening, so he glanced at Pan Yuechen unhappily, and then said: "Big brother, if you want to talk about political affairs, go to the study, what political affairs are mentioned in the family banquet, and the ladies in the family are listening!" ”
Pan Yuechen glanced at him, "hummed", stopped talking, and buried himself in eating.
Mrs. Yang looked at this embarrassing scene, glanced at the sisters in the family a few times, and smiled: "The banquet tonight was originally to welcome the arrival of Jing Mao, but it made the scene so embarrassing and made people laugh, there are more sisters in the family, and they know how to have fun with some talents, so it is better to call them to perform for everyone to have fun!" ”
When the sisters heard this, they were eager to try, their faces were happy, and they wanted to behave well in front of Lin Jingmao; And Pan Mingzhong's face was expressionless, just like before.
Pan Changping smiled after hearing this, and said with interest: "Big brother, you have no opinion!" Jingmao, what about you? Do you have any comments? ”
Pan Yuechen didn't answer, Lin Jingmao saw this, and said with a smile: "How come, it's rare for cousins to be so enthusiastic, then I can't help it." ”
Thus, the sisters' performance began.
Pan Chengzhong played the tune with the guzheng, plucked the strings with the slender jade hand, her face was beautiful, her temperament was cold, her posture was beautiful, she was quite accomplished in the guzheng, and she could circle the beam for three days, which made people look at it with a unique charm.
When she was halfway through the game, Pan Yunzhong had a delicate and beautiful face, dressed in a red dance dress, and walked with lotus steps. She is soft and boneless, graceful, with red sleeves raised, and the dark fragrance floats, who has lost anyone's soul! The side waist rotates, the clothes are fluttering, like a red rose in full bloom, the posture seems to be falling, the step shakes lightly with the dance, as if the mountains and rivers are shaking, the dance posture is soft, and people are intoxicated. At this time, Pan Chengzhong's piano sound was graceful and bright, overflowing with tenderness, which seemed to be integrated with the dance and complemented each other.
At the end of the song and dance, people can't return to their souls for a long time. Seeing this, Mrs. Yang was so excited that she tightened her handkerchief and said with a smile: "Daughter, you guys are really amazing!" I'm so happy! What do you think? ”
When Lin Jingmao saw her asking, he smiled and said, "Well, light singing and dancing, good, wonderful!"
When Pan Chengzhong heard it, although he was a little happy, it was not visible, and Pan Yunzhong smiled happily when he heard it.
When Pan Changping saw him say this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and smiled: "It's good if Jingmao likes it!" It is also their honor to have such a high evaluation from you! ”
Pan Yuechen glanced at him lightly, and then said to Lin Jingmao: "It's not bad, but it's not to the point of perfection, so it's not worthy of your praise." After all, your praise is easy to make them bloated and not want to make progress. ”
When Pan Changping heard this, his face was a little ugly: "Yes, the eldest brother is right." However, appropriate praise can give them some encouragement. ”
When Pan Yuechen heard this, he snorted coldly and ignored him anymore.
Seeing this, Lin Jingmao smiled and said, "Uncle, I'm telling the truth, at their age, it's good to have such attainments!"
Hearing this, the faces of the two of them were better, and they both nodded, no longer looking at each other coldly.
At this time, it was Pan Lianzhong's turn to perform, and she said bluntly: "Dad, uncle, cousin, I'm not as talented as my sister, so I don't have any talent to show, just tell a few jokes for people to laugh at."
Aunt Zhao glared at her angrily, she ignored it, and said leisurely: "According to legend, there is a person surnamed Lu who is good at telling jokes. One day he met with a friend, who told him that the neighbor was a woman, and that she did not smile, and that if he could say one word to make her laugh and another word to make her scold, the friend invited him to dinner. When he had said yes, he went to the woman's door and waited for her to appear, and after a while she appeared, and he said 'Daddy' to a dog in front of the door, and when the woman heard this, she laughed, and then he called her 'Mother,' and the woman was angry and scolded him. After saying one, she smiled and said a few more.
Listening to her joke, Pan Yuechen let out a loud laugh, Pan Changping chuckled, the ladies and aunts covered their mouths with handkerchiefs and chuckled, Pan Yunzhong covered his mouth and snickered, Pan Chengzhong did not laugh, still expressionless. Pan Mingzhong couldn't help but look at Lin Jingmao, and found that the corners of his mouth were raised, his eyes were smiling, and he couldn't help but look at him and smile.
After Pan Lianzhong finished speaking, he got off the stage and sat down next to Pan Yunzhong.
Then in order, it's time for Pan Mingzhong to come to power. However, at this moment, she was nervous and a little hesitant to play.
At this time, Pan Yunzhong looked at Pan Mingzhong and made a contemplative gesture: "Mingzhong, it's your turn, why don't you go on stage yet?" After speaking, she seemed to think of something, and suddenly realized: "Oh, that's right, you can't play the piano or dance, and you shouldn't want to play!"
When Pan Changping heard this, his face became colder and colder. Everyone was silent, and almost all of them glanced at her with a slightly contemptuous gaze.
However, at this time, a gentle voice came: "Mingzhong, don't be afraid, don't be nervous, it's all your own family!"
This sentence made her settle down, and then she felt a little familiar, so she looked in the direction of the voice, and found that this sentence was said by Lin Jingmao, she nodded at him gratefully, and her mood was also a little excited, and a calm heart beat irregularly again.
After all, when everyone despised her, he was the only one who could trust her, and he was the only one who comforted her. However, with him alone, this is enough, thinking of this, she frowned a little, then stopped paying attention to others, and walked on the field indifferently.