Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Sound of Drums Conveys Poetry and Flowers
The silver moon quietly casts a clear glow, and the elegant breeze is warm and cool. The end is a quiet night like water, and the scenery is intoxicating, but such a quiet scenery can't erase the sad eyebrows.
"What do you say is good about her Zhu family, why is she Shuyuan, but I can only be a Ronghua!"
Su Qian twisted*, and kept complaining about his position with Biluo. A turquoise floral skirt lined the graceful figure with a slender posture, and the lotus steps swayed so that the gold beads on the head swayed back and forth.
"Niangniang, Zhu Shuyuan can only be named Shuyuan by relying on the child in her belly. You can bear with it any longer, and one day you will also give birth to a dragon heir for Your Majesty, and it will not be easy to carry the throne. Biluo's eyes squinted at Chai Xuan, who was meeting the oncoming Chai Xuan, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "Besides, you are a Ronghua, but some people don't even have a position!" You see......
Following Biluo's words, Su Qianfeng's eyes lifted slightly. I only saw a woman in pink coming, with green silk but no too much decoration. The skirt is generous and simple, although it is a gorgeous dress, but there is no dazzling color.
"Girl, I have already told you all the positions of the mothers, you remember." Looking at Su Qian, who suddenly appeared in front of him, Xiao Man's heart tightened, for fear that he would forget the etiquette and cause some trouble.
"Slave Chai Xuan has seen Su Ronghua!"
Chai Xuan bent down properly and saluted. Looking at Chai Xuan, who reacted quite quickly, Xiao Man exhaled with peace of mind and bowed down.
Knowing that Chai Xuan was going to attend the banquet, Xiao Man hurriedly told Chai Xuan about the etiquette of meeting a concubine. I'm afraid that I'll miss something and make something wrong. But now it seems that his worries are a little redundant, and Chai Xuan is still quite clever.
"Yo, who should I be, it turned out to be a lowly slave. Why, you also came to the banquet, the noble concubine will not be called the wrong person! Su Qianre said coldly, looking at Chai Xuan's outfit with disdain, and didn't forget to roll his eyes.
Listening to Su Qian's sarcastic words, Xiao Man felt a little annoyed in his heart. Cao Pi obviously sent Chai Xuan such noble and gorgeous clothes and decorations, but Chai Xuan didn't bring them. It's okay now, it's despised, isn't it?
"It's not that I thought exactly the same as Su Ronghua at the beginning. But you said that Miss Qingying came to invite her in person, and repeatedly told her to come, you said that this noble concubine was so invited, if the slave maid didn't go, wouldn't she give her face? Chai Xuan looked at Su Qian very sincerely with a smile, but her eyes flashed with a little contempt.
"What are you talking about, your concubine Niangniang actually sent Qingying to go in person!"
Su Qian looked at Chai Xuan incredulously. This Qingying is Guo Zhao's personal maid, and a maid can actually be a cronie of a noble concubine.
"If Rong Hua doesn't believe it, go and ask Miss Qingying."
Chai Xuan raised her eyebrows playfully, glanced at Su Qian, who was slightly surprised, turned over and left. For this kind of person who has nothing to do, Chai Xuan doesn't bother to pay attention to it at all.
Looking at Chai Xuan's completely disdainful figure, Su Qian's whole person was not good. With his fingers like shallots, he pointed to Chai Xuan's back, stomped his feet and said, "Hey, isn't it just a slave, you dare to walk in front of me!" Biluo, go, catch up with me! β
Let's say it, Su Qian angrily took Biluo and ran in the direction of the Changfeng Palace.
The palace lights are like day, a brilliant one. In the hall, which was as clean as new, there were many people.
"Girl, there are so many people!"
As soon as he entered the main hall, Xiao Man was firmly attracted by the beautiful women in this room. Looking at the gorgeously dressed women in amazement, he pouted in displeasure.
"Girl, why don't you wear that?" Xiao Man looked at the women in brocade clothes and dazzling clothes. I felt more and more that Chai Xuan's body was a little shabby.
For this room full of people, Chai Xuan can know very little. After contemplating it, he successfully found Pan Xue in goose yellow clothes among a group of ladies. Moreover, now she is Pan Shuyuan of Cao Pi Jinfeng.
Xu noticed that someone was looking at him, Pan Xue subconsciously looked back, and found Chai Xuan standing at the door at a glance. With a smiling face, he immediately greeted him.
"Sister Xuan, why are you here?"
Tonight is Guo Zhao's banquet for the concubines and the minister's wife, but in Pan Xue's impression, Cao Pi's decree to seal the concubine does not seem to mention Chai Xuan's name.
"Your concubine Niangniang sent someone to inform her, how dare she not come, girl."
Seeing that Chai Xuan was a little hesitant, Xiao Man first gave Pan Xue a salute, and then got up and said.
The clear eyes squinted, and the slightly warning eyes couldn't help but startle Xiaoman, and he hurriedly lowered his head. The jade lips opened lightly, and said lightly to Chai Xuan, "Since you are invited by the noble concubine, my sister should come now." β
Staring at Pan Xue's eyes that disappeared in an instant, Chai Xuan's heart didn't feel tight. Since she can ask this question, it shows even more that this place should not have come in the first place.
"Your concubine has arrivedβ"
As soon as the long sound came out, it ran through the entire Changfeng Hall. Everyone instantly became solemn and respectful, and their eyebrows were lowered and their heads were facing forward.
Pan Xue intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Chai Xuan, although Chai Xuan received it. But in addition to the multiplication of doubts in my heart, I don't know what the meaning of this glance is.
"Concubines, concubines!"
Everyone shouted in unison, and all bowed to the ground. Chai Xuan also knelt down with everyone.
"Rise up, everybody." Above the main hall, Yuyin said.
"Xie Guifeiβ" Everyone called again.
"Today, at the behest of His Majesty, this palace is inviting all the concubines and ladies. You don't need to be formal, just think of it as a banquet. Alright, everyone, please take a seat! With his hands raised slightly, several palace people entered the hall together, signaling everyone to take their seats.
Chai Xuan raised her eyes and looked at the people in the hall: crimson skirt, Fengfei brocade robe, red lips with rebelliousness, gold and green silk. The smile is full of atmosphere and grace, and the temperament that is proud of everything really has a bit of the bearing of the world.
The desks are lined up to fight left and right, the minister's wives on one side, and the harem concubines on the other. I guess the order of this seat must be arranged according to the status level!
All the people seated were happy, some were dissatisfied. Just like Su Qian, who was sitting in the second row, was very unhappy, and Zhu Yu could sit in the first row. And Chai Xuan, under the leadership of a little palace maid, sat at the end of the last row, and Pan Xue was in the first row.
"Xiaoman, do you know who is in the first row?"
Looking at the unfamiliar face that excluded Pan Xue, Chai Xuan was a little curious. If you are in position, those people are not small roles.
Kneeling behind Chai Xuan, Xiao Man raised his eyes to take a look, shrunk his neck to Chai Xuan's ear, and whispered: "Girl, that one excludes Pan Shuyuan, and the remaining four are all nobles, but the specific one is, and the slave and maid don't know." β
Looking at the row of faces that were better than the other, Chai Xuan couldn't help but smile in her heart. To be honest, this Cao Pi's vision for picking women is really good. One by one, they have to have a figure, and they have to have a face. It's just that just looking at this seat, the number of beauties is already quite a lot.
After thirty years of drinking, suddenly the bells and chimes sounded, and the drums and chords were harmonized. With light music, dancing in neon clothes, the center of the hall paved on the red carpet is like a bunch of gorgeous pink butterflies, which is dazzling to see.
Chai Xuan, who didn't like these soft singing and dancing, looked at the dizzy circles, and borrowed a few glasses of wine to show a little sleepiness. Unconsciously squinted his apricot eyes and dozed off.
Su Qian, who was enjoying the singing and dancing with great interest, glanced at Chai Xuan who was dozing off one by one. With a roll of his eyes, the family plan was in his heart.
Pink lips spread, and he stood up with a smile like a flower. Softly holding the wine bottle, she said: "Noble concubine, although this song and dance is good, it will inevitably lose its novelty after watching it for a long time." The concubine heard that the literati were flowing with poems and romances, so it was better for us to imitate it, passing it on with flowers and timing it with the sound of drums. Whoever this flower reaches will improvise a poem based on the flower. β
"It's good, it's fun for everyone, it's fun, it's very good."
After listening to Su Qian's suggestion, Guo Zhao agreed very much. After all, just watching dance music can only make everyone gather, and it can't be used to get close.
"If that's the case, how about starting with the concubine?" Su Qian happily pinched a flower from the flower pot in front of him, and said to Guo Zhaoyan, "Your concubine, the concubine will start to spread!" β
As soon as the brocade sleeves were raised, the drum sounded, and Su Qian quickly handed out the flowers in his hand, and the drum sound became more and more urgent, and it spread faster and faster. The impartial flower was falling in front of Chai Xuan, the drum stopped suddenly, and everyone's eyes fell on Chai Xuan, who was sleeping.
Seeing that Chai Xuan didn't respond for a long time, Xiao Man hurriedly stepped forward and stabbed her, and called softly, "Girl, girl!" It may be that she was in a hurry, Chai Xuan was stumbled down from her seat, and her plop made everyone laugh instantly.
Suddenly, there was a burst of laughter, and Chai Xuan got up in a second, stood upright on the seat, raised her eyebrows and looked at the laughing crowd blankly. Her eyes swept away, but Pan Xue frowned tightly and stared at herself worriedly.
"Xiaoman, what's wrong?" Suddenly stared at by so many people, Chai Xuan was still a little inexplicably flustered.
Xiao Man picked up the flowers on the table and handed them to Chai Xuan, pinched and said, "Girl, let you compose poems, poems about flowers!" β
"Poetry?"
Chai Xuan twisted her eyebrows and glanced at Xiao Man, who was restless. Didn't you just take a nap, how could you become in this situation as soon as you opened your eyes?
"Your concubine, I'll forget it. What kind of poems can a cheap maid make, even if it is made, it will not be able to ascend to the hall of elegance! And dare to sleep at your banquet, you will be punished! Su Qian gloated and squinted at Chai Xuan, who was standing in the position, not to mention how happy he was.
"I said how could I sleep at the banquet, it turned out to be a slave who had never seen the world."
"Who said it wasn't, look at her shabby energy, why didn't the concubine take her lightly!"
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Su Qian's words were like pebbles that stirred up a thousand waves, and everyone present began to whisper, and they did not shy away from laughing at Chai Xuan.
"Your concubine, why don't you come and do it for her!" Looking at the embarrassed Chai Xuan, Pan Xue hurriedly got up to relieve the siege.
Looking at Pan Xue who got up to help, Chai Xuan's eyebrows tightened, and she pinched the pink and delicate Yue Jiyan in her hand and said, "No need, Pan Shuyuan's kindness, Chai Xuan thank you." But poetry is not my forte. β
Chai Xuan got up and left her seat, walked to the front of the hall and bowed down and said: "Back to your concubine Niangniang, Chai Xuan is indeed not good at writing poetry, but the slave can change the performance to offset it." β
"What do you want to change?" Guo Zhao asked.
"I wonder if your concubine can allow the slave to dance the sword?" Chai Xuan said.
"Dancing swords?"
Hearing Chai Xuan's answer, everyone present looked at each other. Pan Xue's color slowly slowed down. This sword dance has always been a man's thing, and the women's sword dance is just a soft dance. Now Chai Xuan proposes to dance the sword, which is enough to amaze them.
"Your concubine, since Chai Xuan asked. You might as well let her dance, and if she doesn't dance well, she will be punished. Pan Xue Yingying bowed and said softly.
"It's okay, if you don't dance well, I'll punish you well!" Guo Zhao looked at Chai Xuan, who was kneeling in the hall, and said in a deep voice.
The little servant sent the sword to the hall, and Chai Xuan, who took the long sword, seemed to have touched a familiar guy, and an inexplicable calmness suddenly rose in his heart. The silver light was raised, and the sharp gaze suddenly became domineering.
The cold blade is like a dragon, and the wind is like electricity, and the wind is growing under the crotch. The flowing swordsmanship opened everyone's eyes, and that move was heroic and cool, and the blade was windy. Where is the ordinary girl dancing the sword soft and weak, just like a general who wants to go into battle to kill the enemy.