Chapter 8: The Birthday of Emperor Ming Qing (2)

Bao Yuan took the chess piece in his hand and looked at it carefully for a moment, and said to Xianru: "This chess piece is full of weight, it doesn't seem to be an ordinary thing, but I can't see what the texture is for a while."

"Back to the emperor, this is the 'Bai Yao Xuanyu' chess, which was specially ordered by my father to make it for His Majesty's birthday." Zhang Xianru's face was proud.

"Oh" Bao Yuan showed surprise on his face, and sighed: "The prime minister really has a heart, this Bai Yao Xuanyu Qizhen has only seen it in the dictionary, and I don't want to see the real thing today." ”

"Your Majesty, your subordinates are dedicated to the saint, and my father has always taught me and my brother like this." Zhang Xianruqian said, "Your Majesty, please see, what is this?" ”

Zhang Xianru took out a roll of bamboo slips from the second brocade box and presented it to Bao Yuan, only to see that on the first bamboo piece, the two big characters of "Yi Zhi" were written in seal.

This "Yi Zhi" is a theoretical article on Go written by the famous historian Ban Gu of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Bao Yuan was overjoyed at first sight and couldn't put it down at the moment.

"Zhang Chongrong, really thoughtful, Prime Minister Zhang Cheng is even more well-intentioned." The Queen Mother said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Zhang Cheng and Xianru have prepared such a generous gift for your birthday, which shows that their loyalty can be expressed, and they must be generously given."

"The Queen Mother is very true." Bao Yuan nodded and said to Zhang Xianru: "What reward does Xianru want, just say it!" ”

"The concubines don't ask for generous gifts, they only wish that our emperor and the queen mother are in good health and have a long life."

Seeing Zhang Xianru like this, Bao Yuan said to the Queen Mother: "Xianru is humble, why don't your mother give her a grace." ”

The Queen Mother pondered for a moment and smiled at Bao Yuan: "According to the mourning family, today the emperor gave her Ruyi double phoenix hairpin to show her favor." ”

"Ruyi Shuangfeng hairpin? This ......" Bao Yuan glanced at me, pondered for a moment, and then nodded: "Since the queen mother has decided, then give Zhang Xian Ruyi a double phoenix hairpin." ”

Zhang Xianru immediately smiled, knelt down and thanked him repeatedly.

I was a little shocked in my heart, according to the rules of the Shu Palace, only concubines above the second grade can wear the side phoenix bead hairpin (five-tailed phoenix), and Zhang Xianru is only from the fourth grade, and he actually gave the phoenix hairpin a license. It can be seen that the Queen Mother has a blue eye for Zhang Xianruo.

While thinking about it, I heard Zhang Xianru say again: "In addition to the gift today, Xian has prepared a flute song for His Majesty, and asked the emperor to teach him." ”

Bao Yuan is good at flute, everyone in the palace knows it, and no one in the country is out of the right, this immortal ru somehow picked this "big knife in front of the gate"?

Zhang Xianru walked to the hall and took the flute in her hand facing us, only to see that the cui flute in her hand was longer than the ordinary flute, and then she saw that her holding method was also different from that of ordinary flutes.

But I saw her flute on her lips, her face was calm, and the rhythm of the music came out slowly like flowing water......

At the beginning, the flute sound was gentle and clear, like a spring light falling through the clouds...... Gradually, the light and shadow faded, the mist filled, and the sound of the flute turned into a low and soothing rhyme...... Then the fog dissipated, the bright moon leaped into the sky, the rhyme of the flute disappeared, and the sound of the flute reappeared, bright, light, clear and cheerful......

After the song was finished, Zhang Xianru stared at Bao Yuan with a pair of beautiful eyes, and Bao Yuan was full of surprise, got up and walked to the hall, took the flute from her hand and looked at it for a long time.

"Hahaha, good, good!" Bao Yuan said to Zhang Xianru: "Aifei, I don't know where you got such a flute, it is so magical, you can actually integrate the two instruments of the flute and Xiao into one instrument, and you can even integrate the music of different timbres and artistic conceptions so seamlessly, it really amazes me!" ”

"Back to the emperor, this thing was made by the musician himself, and the music was also composed by the musician." Zhang Xianru said.

"Liluo? You say, this is from Luo? ”

"Exactly."

"Where is Aiqing?" Bao Yuan's eyes searched around.

"The minister is here." Got up from the seat of Luo Zi musician and walked to Bao Yuan to worship.

"Good...... Mr. Li is really a strange person! Bao Yuan took Liluo to the Queen Mother and me, and said: "Queen Mother, Rui'er, you also meet Mr. Li, he is the first strange person in my Dashu." ”

"Your Majesty, is this the musician you mentioned a few days ago who knows both magic and rhythm?" The Queen Mother carefully looked at the man in front of her in a dark green musician's uniform.

"Weichen see the Queen Mother, Mrs. Hua Rui." Liluo bowed and saluted.

"Flat." The Queen Mother signaled and said, "Leaving the musician, where is your hometown?" ”

"Weichen's ancestral home is Meishan, but he went around with his teacher to study when he was a child, and he only returned to Shu in recent years."

"Who is the Commander?"

"The family teacher is a monk and cultivator, known as the Purple Cardinal Daoist."

"The queen mother, Mr. Li is also quite proficient in the number of yin and yang techniques, a few months ago for the son to occupy a hexagram, Dao'er has the joy of adding Ding, sure enough, Fu'er has good news." When Bao Yuan said this, he really smiled.

He said to me again: "Rui'er, let Mr. Li help you do the math another day, and see when we can have our own children." ”

When I heard him say this, I felt uncomfortable, full of taste, but I still forced a smile on my face, and said to Liluo: "Then there is Mr. Lao Li." ”

Liluo bowed to me and said, "Niangniang's words are serious. ”

Shen Yuefu left her seat and said to Bao Yuan: "It turns out that Mr. Li has already calculated the joy of the dragon descendant, and he is really a master!" Your Majesty, why don't you ask Mr. Li, is the child in my womb male or female? ”

"Yes, Mr. Li, do you know whether the child in Shen Baoxiang's womb is male or female?"

Li Luo glanced at Shen Yuefu deeply, and said to him: "Then please tell me how the dream is recently?" ”

Shen Yuefu pondered for a moment and said: "Since I was pregnant, I have slept very well, I don't seem to have enough sleep every day, but I had a dream before dawn yesterday, dreaming that the Big Dipper in the sky is shining, and the third star is particularly bright, as if I can still see the child's face in that star." ”

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to Bao Xiang Niangniang." Liluo said to Bao Yuan: "If Weichen's guess is correct, Bao Xiang Niangniang is a prince." ”

"Oh, what do you say?" When the Queen Mother heard what Liluo said, she asked anxiously.

"Back to the Queen Mother, the dream of Bao Xiang Niangniang is a fetal dream, and the dream sees the Big Dipper bright, indicating that the dragon son is a noble person from the sky, and the third star is the star of Tianji Lucun, and the dragon son is afraid that the star monarch will come into the world, and it will be blessed and noble, bringing happiness and auspiciousness to Dashu." Off Lo Dao.

"Really?" The Queen Mother was overjoyed when she heard this, and folded her palms and recited the Buddha: "Amitabha, the heavens and the Buddhas bless, I Dashu get this auspicious omen, if the next day is really born is the prince, I will be rewarded to thank heaven and earth, and give to all sentient beings." ”

Bao Yuan personally helped Yuefu back to his seat, and asked again and again, and his love was beyond words. And Yuefu was full of spring, happy eyebrows, and then presented the dragon robe embroidered by herself.

Baoyuan Long's heart is happy, and he gives the moon and the red golden phoenix to shake a pair at the moment.

I looked at the house full of happiness, and my heart was faintly sad, yes! What could be happier for a woman than to have a noble son and be cherished by her husband?

"Mrs. Blossom, don't you want to surprise the emperor today? I don't know where this joy comes from? Zhang Xianru glanced at me and said loudly.

"Niangniang has a talented singing voice, let's sing a song for Your Majesty today to celebrate her birthday." Shen Yuefu also echoed her from the side.

I was silent, only forced my spirit and looked at Bao Yuan and the Queen Mother with a smile.

The Queen Mother nodded and said, "Since everyone is in high spirits, Concubine Xu will sing a song." "In this situation, I can't even think about it if I don't sing. But although it was a temporary idea, I was not afraid, only pressed the red tooth, tapped the sandalwood board, and slowly sang:

I wish you a blessed life and a happy birthday,

Every year has today, every year has today,

Congratulations, congratulations~!

Happy birthday to Your Majesty!

Those remnants of modern memories came one after another, and who could have heard this song that I sang with my mouth open. After singing this song, Zhang Xianru was stunned on the spot, Shen Yuefu showed surprise on her face, and even the expression on the queen mother's face was slightly stiff, only Bao Yuan was handsome or not.

Seeing everyone's reaction like this, he couldn't help but smile and took the lead in cheering: "Okay! Good! ”

"Your Majesty, the surprise of the concubines is still to come." After that, he stood up and clapped his hands and motioned to the musicians to play "Pouring Glasses".

The neighing sound of the horse, a red horse dressed in embroidered brocade and decorated with pearls and jade was led to the palace, and the horse pointed with a whip, and the horse began to dance with the beat of the melody, raising its head and tail, raising its hooves and swinging its body, dancing vertically and horizontally.

At the end of the music, the dancing horse held the jade cup, knelt on the ground, and wished Baoyuan his birthday.

For a time, the applause in the hall continued, and everyone sitting was amazed.

"Concubine Ai actually found a dancing horse to congratulate me on my birthday." Bao Yuan leaned sideways and sighed: "It is reported that the dancing horse congratulated Tang Xuanzong on his birthday, but it became extinct after the Anshi Rebellion. ”

"Back to Your Majesty, in fact, the dancing horse is not extinct, and the training method of this horse is unique to the people of the Western Regions. The Ling family was in business, and inadvertently purchased this horse from a merchant in the Western Regions, and today is dedicated to the emperor's birthday. May I have a smooth wind and rain in Dashu and a bumper harvest of grains. I stood up and said.

"Well, that's a good point." Bao Yuan was in high spirits, got up and raised his glass to the people in the hall: "Looking at my Dashu mountains and rivers, the land is rich, the people are simple, and now the wind and rain are smooth, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, which is really the desire of heaven and the blessing of all the people!" ”

This night of singing and dancing is leveling, indicating that Xishu is stepping into a prosperous and prosperous world.