"Let me go faster, the emperor is having a banquet in the Shangqing Palace, you can watch your heads if you miss the hour!"

The moonlit night was cold, and Shen Xiao, who was dressed in dark blue under the corner tower, looked at the palace people who were walking quickly not far away and smiled, and then raised his hand and called, "Lin Nei Waiter." ”

The chamberlain surnamed Lin looked left and right, and when he saw the figure standing under the corner tower, he immediately led a group of dancing girls to step forward with a smile, and looked at Shen Xiao with great reverence, "It turned out to be Lord Right Minister, what is Lord Right Minister doing here?" The emperor invited the envoys of Wu State to a banquet in the Shangqing Palace, and if the right minister was not present, I am afraid that the emperor would be in a hurry again. ”

"Haha!" Shen Xiao pretended to smile, then shook his sleeves, looked back at me and said, "Didn't you come here specifically for the banquet?" ”

"Surprise?" Lin Neishou looked at Shen Xiao suspiciously.

By this time, I had already changed into a bright red dancing girl costume.

After meeting the shocked and envious gaze of the Lin Nei attendant, I pretended to be "shy" and lowered my eyes, allowing the silver bells hanging from the two corners of the red veil on my face to collide together to make a crisp sound.

"Lord Right Minister, what is this?"

"Can't you see it? That's what I mean by surprise! ”

Shen Xiao stared at me with a smile, and said, "You don't know, this dancing girl has an outstanding figure, but I spent a lot of money to buy it in the hands of a Wu man who walks the rivers and lakes, and now it can be regarded as borrowing flowers to offer Buddha." ”

"Walking?" There was a slight hesitation on Lin Nei's face.

Shen Xiao took the opportunity to say, "What? What are the doubts of the Ryashi squire? You might as well say it first, and think about countermeasures. ”

As soon as Lin Neishou heard him say this, he was so frightened that he hurriedly waved his hand, "Since it was recommended by Lord Youxiang, it must be excellent, and the slave is happy and convinced, how dare he have any doubts." ”

"That's good!" Shen Xiao symbolically hooked the corners of his lips, "In this way, this dancing girl of Wu State can be regarded as complementing each other when she dances at the banquet where the emperor entertains the envoys of Wu State." ”

"Hehe, what the right minister said is very true." Lin Nei secretly wiped the corners of his forehead, and then leaned over and said, "Then in this case, the servants will retire first, and the emperor is still waiting for this group of dancing girls." ”

With that, Rinnai turned around.

"Ah, wait." Shen Xiao spoke out at the right time.

Lin Nei hurriedly turned around again, "What else does Lord Right Xiang command?" ”

"Didn't I say it was a surprise? What is this surprise called if it is not hidden? ”

"What does the right minister mean?"

"Let her dance in this group of dancers behind you."

"This," Rinnai's face was puzzled, "However, the number of people has already been decided, and if there are more people, I'm afraid"

"Afraid of what? If the emperor investigates, I will explain it at that time, and besides, this is just a dance, so Lin Nei can rest assured! ”

As soon as Shen Xiao said this, Lin Nei relieved his mind a little, "Okay, since the right minister has spoken!" ”

"There is a lau lin attendant, I will explain her a few rules," Shen Xiao smiled, turned to me, and pretended to say, "Xin'er, the palace is not as free as my house, remember"

Shen Xiao lowered his head and approached me, stuffed a bag of things into my hand from an angle that was invisible to the forest attendant, and said, "It's sinister inside, this is hook kiss poison, and later you will take the opportunity to dance and secretly put it in Alhatu's cup, as long as he dips a drop, he will definitely die." ”

I froze for a moment, then raised my eyes to look at Shen Xiao's solemn expression and nodded slightly.

"Don't worry, I'm here!" Shen Xiao secretly patted my hand again.

I haven't had time to react.

I heard that the Lin Nei attendant behind him was a little embarrassed, "Lord Right Minister, do you see if we should go, otherwise the time will be missed, and the emperor will blame the slaves and they can't afford it!" ”

"Good!" Shen Xiao turned around and smiled heartily at him, "Then there will be a lau lin chamberlain!" ”

"Where's the right minister-sama!" Lin Neishou took the trouble to bow to Shen Xiao again.

I took the opportunity to salute him, and then quickly got into the group of dancing girls.

Then I lowered my head and followed behind Lin Nei, and I don't know how many palace gates and how many corner towers I passed.

I only heard the music in my ears gradually approaching, and I peeked at it, only to know that we had arrived outside the door of the Shangqing Hall at this time.

"You're all waiting here, I'll go and say goodbye! You'll be announced later, and you'll come in again, understand? ”

"Yes!" I followed the group of dancing girls to the forest to serve the blessings.

Lin Nei coughed slightly, and then raised his legs and walked down to the Shangqing Palace

I took the opportunity to take a look inside.

I saw that on the throne of the golden lacquer carved dragon in the hall, Yin Linxi's father was sitting, and the incense burners on the pedestals on both sides were burning with unknown spices, and the smoke rising during it was drifting layer by layer with the dancing girl with the sleeves of the clothes at the bottom, and then with the melodious music and the glorious palace, it really made people have the illusion of being in the heavenly palace.

As the main guest of this banquet, Alhatu sat first to the right of Yin Linxi's father, and Yin Linxi, as the crown prince, had to sit opposite him.

Except for the occasional eye collision between the two of them and raising their glasses to avoid embarrassment, there was almost no communication during the rest of the time.

Yin Linxi's father only said a few polite words and looked at the song and dance in a dignified manner, which seemed to be very jealous of Alhatu.

For some reason, I suddenly had a bad feeling in my heart.

When Shengle stopped suddenly, I heard Lin Nei shouting in the hall, "Xuan, Jiangdong Feather Dance!" ”

After the words were finished, the music in the hall suddenly started, and I was pushed to the hall by these dancing girls, only to know that it was us who was shouting at this Jiangdong Yu dance.

But I don't quite understand what they danced.

I had to rush along with the others, so in the end, in the eyes of everyone, I was the only one dancing the strangest.

"Stop!"

Halfway through the jump, Yin Linxi's father seemed to be unable to stand it anymore, so he waved his hand and shouted to stop.

Lin Nei beside him stood aside, and his face was hard to see.

"Who summoned these dancing girls?" Yin Linxi's father had a straight face.

Lin Nei's face immediately turned pale with fright, knelt on the ground, and said tremblingly, "Back to the emperor, it's a minion!" ”

"You" Yin Linxi's father propped his head, looked at Lin Nei who didn't dare to raise his eyes on the ground, and said with anger in his voice, "The distinguished guest of Wu Guo came from afar, so you let everyone see this?" Are you a lowly slave? ”

"Minion" Lin Nei waiter stopped talking, secretly glanced at Shen Xiao who was sitting in the banquet, and after seeing his unwavering smile, he probably knew that he was weak and could not defeat him, so he had to lower his head, knock out his teeth and swallow blood, "It's a slave who deserves to die!" ”

"Cheap slave! Come, drag him down for me, and give him thirty strokes! ”

Father Yin Linxi said quite majestically, and someone immediately rushed over.

"Wait!" I glanced at the Lin Nei servant with an earthy face, and Zhao Yin Linxi's father was blessed, "The emperor is so responsible for the Lin Nei servant because of the clumsy relationship between the slaves and dancers?" ”

Yin Linxi's father didn't expect me to speak, and his expression at the moment was as if he had seen something rare.

caused the palace people next to him to scream angrily, "Presumptuous, you are just a dancing girl, the emperor dared to speak out without asking you, what a big boldness!" ”

I smiled, ignored the palace man, and said to Father Yin Linxi, "If the slave said, this is just a surprise prepared by the slave and sisters for the envoys of the Wu State who came from afar?" ”

"Surprise?" A few doubts drifted across Daddy Yin's face, and then he looked at Alhatu, who was watching a show on his right, "What surprise?" ”

I gently hooked the corners of my lips, and my eyes swept in the direction of Shen Xiao intentionally or unintentionally.

The guy immediately smiled and whispered something to the palace man behind him, and after listening to it, the palace man walked towards the musician.

It wasn't until the sheng music started again that I stretched my hands with the rhythm of the music, sometimes flicked my water sleeves, and danced the water sleeve dance that the lady had taught me when I was in Zhongli.

Every spin, every sway, I know it by heart

Therefore, it was not until the music was finished that I bowed to Yin Linxi's father in the stunned eyes of everyone, "Back to the emperor, this is the surprise prepared by the slaves and sisters!" ”

"Oh?" Father Yin Linxi's face regained his composure, and he just stared at me with interest, "But I look at your dance seems to be very unfamiliar, but it doesn't look like my fresh dance." ”

"Hehe," I smiled lightly and said reverently, "Back to the emperor, this is the dance of the slave's hometown, called Water Sleeve." ”

At this time, Alhattu, who was sitting on the right side, paused his right hand holding the white jade wine glass, and looked at me with a pair of eyes as sharp as an eagle.

At this moment, I only felt that the drums of war were beating in my heart, and then I recalled the scene when I saw him in Fengcheng, and my footsteps couldn't help but retreat a little.

"You say it's a dance from your hometown? But the water sleeves are clearly the dance of Wu Guo, are you from Wu Guo? Alhatu squinted at me.

Seeing him take the bait, I secretly rejoiced in my heart, thinking that if I hadn't known that the ancestral home of the lady who taught me this water sleeve dance was Wu Guoren, I really wouldn't dare to choreograph it randomly.

In order not to let Alhatu see the flaws, I had to lower my head to my chest and make an extremely respectful appearance and said, "Lord Hui, the slave is from Wu. ”

"Ha, I said how can others dance such an immortal posture," Alhatu sighed, and said, "In the past, my mother was also very good at dancing this water sleeve, but now looking at you, I really have my mother's eight-point charm!" ”

"Hehe, the minister praised it falsely." I chuckled lightly, slightly chin, but my subordinates secretly pinched the hook kiss that Shen Xiao handed me and was highly poisonous.

It seems that the opportunity to hate the prince's brother has come!

I was about to step forward and approach Alhattu, but behind me I shouted, "Waste, I can't pour you a drink!" ”

"The slave should die, please forgive His Royal Highness the Prince!"

Everyone's eyes were instantly attracted by the direction from which the voice came.

Seeing this, I had to hide the poison back in my sleeve for the time being.

When I turned around and met Yin Linxi's angry eyes, my whole body trembled unconsciously, and then I lowered my eyes weakly.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the guy pushed away the palace man who was kneeling beside him, pointed his finger straight at me, and said with an elusive expression, "You come and pour me wine!" ”

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