"Queen Mother, you look so good today!" There was a sweet-skinned little palace lady waiting outside the hall, and said with a clever smile, "The young lady of Dongfu who can play the piano sent by His Royal Highness King Yu is here, do you want to meet her?" ”

The female official instructed: "Set up a soft seat under the verandah, and the Queen Mother should look at the silk eggs for a while." ”

The Queen Mother asked, "Is King Yu also here?" ”

Xiao Gong'e shook her head and said, "No, I heard that Princess Yu was brought into the palace, and Princess Yu asked Concubine Liu to talk." ”

The Queen Mother bowed her head and said, "Okay, then let Miss Dong play the piano under the eaves of the porch, so that the birds can also hear it." ”

So, the agarwood piano table was placed under the corridor, and the golden silk nanmu qin was placed on it, and a girl in pink came forward to bow and bow, "The courtier Xuan Ying bowed to the Queen Mother Wanfu Jin'an, and the Queen Mother was a thousand years old." ”

The Queen Mother's eyes looked at the past flatly, and saw that her eyebrows were eyebrows, her eyes were eyes, and her appearance was very lovely.

The Queen Mother sat down on the soft seat at the top, called Dong Xuanying, and asked her to stroke a song to taste.

The female officer bowed down and asked softly: "The musicians who play the gonghou and the strings are waiting outside the Nianxiang Palace, do you want to call in to play together?" ”

The Queen Mother wrinkled her eyebrows and said: ""Fried Tang Snow" is a very spiritual qin music, and the mourners are impatient to listen to those laymen play this music. After losing such heavy words in front, he said to Dong Xuanying again, "You can play." ”

Gong E on the side muttered in her heart, the Queen Mother just said that laypeople are not worthy of playing this music, and told Miss Dong to play, why is it a little bit at the willow tree to eat dates - what do you mean to embarrass her? That Miss Dong was only afraid of cowardice in her heart, and she didn't dare to play.

In the face of the seven strings, Dong Xuanying seemed much more comfortable than before, and stroked a clear note, although it was not a tune, it was also soft and beautiful.

Then, when the tune of "Pantang Snow" sounded, the Queen Mother's complexion soothed a lot, listened to the tasting, and gradually nodded.

At the end of the last Huiyin, the queen showed a hint of gentleness and looked at Dong Xuanying again, but saw that under the willow eyebrows, a pair of dark and heavy starry eyes under the fan-like eyelashes had a maturity and sharpness that did not belong to her young age.

The Queen Mother was puzzled and asked, "You are the sister of the noble lady, how old are you this year?" ”

Dong Xuanying's eyelashes drooped, covering her sharp eyes, and replied softly: "Back to the Queen Mother, the courtiers are eighteen, and the noble lady is the sister of the courtier's mother." ”

Under the corridor, Xiangyun couldn't help but be stunned.

She is Dong Xuanying's personal maid, and she is very familiar with the voice of the young lady. Why is the voice of the young lady no longer hoarse, and the voice has become different from before?

And Xiangyun also knew that it would take two months for the young lady to make a birthday wine, and now she is eighteen years old. When asked, she always said that she had just turned 16 this year.

In the Western Wei Dynasty, eighteen-year-old girls who have not yet allowed others are generally the ones who have dark diseases or look really sorry. Mademoiselle certainly does not fall into this category.

Although Xiangyun felt strange, she only thought that the atmosphere in the palace was depressed, and the young lady might have a broken brain, so she couldn't say anything.

The Queen Mother nodded and commented: "The mourning family can hear that you are a talented and capable child." But when you play this song, you have distracting thoughts, and you can't go deep into the artistic conception of this song, but it is extremely rare to be able to play like this, at least stronger than the sum of more than a dozen pianists in my palace. ”

Dong Xuanying bowed and thanked: "The Empress Dowager tastes the piano art, the courtiers are ashamed and ashamed, and they must improve themselves in the future and play better piano songs." ”

The Queen Mother recalled the afterglow of Fang Cai's piano sound, shook her head slightly, and said: "There is no need to be diligent, depending on your fingering proficiency, at least you have more than 20 years of skills, and you already have your own set of styles, and it is not easy to change it......"

"Yes." Dong Xuanying responded.

"Although it doesn't quite fit the heart of the mourning family, it can be regarded as presentable, windy and bone......" The queen mother was distracted for a while, "Alas, after all, the piano artist who is most in line with the mourning family has already ...... Well? You say you're only eighteen this year? ”

Although the face is young and immature, the woman in front of her does not feel like a twenty-nine girl.

"Back to the Queen Mother, the courtier's daughter is eighteen years old." Dong Xuanying hung her head and answered.

"Come closer," the Queen Mother squinted, "The mourning family has also been dazzled recently, how can you see that your face is similar to that of Wan Guiren?" ”

The female official on the side chuckled and said, "The Queen Mother forgot, Miss Dong and Wan Guiren are sisters, and of course they look alike." ”

Dong Xuanying walked closer, and the Queen Mother took her hand to look at it carefully, and the more she looked, the more surprised she felt.

The bones of this hand are distinct, and they are very hard to the touch, showing that the owner of the hand is a woman who is hands-on and strong, and there is no roundness and softness of a girl at all, and it really doesn't look like the hand of a young lady.

And on the palm of the hand, although it has just been carefully maintained, there is still a layer of finger calluses that cannot be faded, which reminds the Queen Mother of another violinist she admires, Wei Moqin, Yi's hands are also calloused all year round, and they are not maintained, so they play the piano and grind out new calluses.

Suddenly, the Queen Mother had two more good feelings for Dong Xuanying, and said with a smile: "What the mourning family likes is a hard-working girl like you, in recent years, Beijing has been extravagant, and young girls are also squeamish, and they can't bear the slightest hardship, and the mourning family disagrees." Just look at your hands, you know that you are a diligent girl, you have lived in the palace for the past two days, and the mourning family wants to listen to you play two more songs. ”

Dong Xuanying bowed and said: "Empress Dowager Xie carries love, and the courtiers are grateful." ”

After asking a few more homely words, the Queen Mother felt tired.

Turning her head to look at the female official, the queen mother's phoenix eyes were dyed with a little evil, and she said coldly: "Go!" The mourning family wants to go to the queen's palace for a trip, and asks her why she is procrastinating like this, and she doesn't miss out on one thing three or four or five times, don't you put the mourning family in your eyes? ”

"Quick, go and call the stephen." The female official hurriedly instructed the palace people.

After a while, the Queen Mother got up from Nianxiang Palace, and more than a dozen people in the palace eunuch left in a majestic manner, and the group of people who raised birds in the palace breathed a sigh of relief.

Just now, the swallow's nest is above the queen mother's head, there are no swallows in it, and there are no bird eggs, as long as you look up slightly, you can see it, fortunately, the queen mother only focused on listening to the piano, and didn't look up.

The mother in charge secretly rejoiced, she knew that the Queen Mother and the Queen had never been on good terms, and there were unpleasant places everywhere, and the Queen Mother was going to find fault with her posture again, and she would definitely not be able to come back without an hour or two.

The breaking of the egg of the divine bird can be concealed for a moment, and the queen mother can only know when it is a good time.

In the past two months, the Queen Mother has become more and more moody, and the former kind and majestic, reward and punishment Queen Mother is like two people, sometimes Gong'e does not make any mistakes, but also ushered in the anger of the Queen Mother, and is heavily responsible.

Sometimes, the queen mother will suddenly rise up and give birth to an idea to formulate a new palace rule, which makes the palace people miserable and dare not complain.

The imperial doctor looked at the Queen Mother's illness and came to the conclusion that she was not happy with her old man's health, and it was inevitable that she would not be happy. When her condition improves, her temper will also improve. But what disease the Queen Mother suffers from, the imperial doctors also have different opinions, and they can't reach an agreement.

The Son of Heaven was busy with the previous dynasty, although he was connected with the mother and son of the Queen Mother, and was filial to the world, he seemed to be a little afraid of the Queen Mother's temper.

In short, Mama, who is in charge of feeding the birds, has made up her mind to let Miss Dong, who caused trouble, take full responsibility and bear the anger of the Queen Mother alone.

The queen mother left the palace for a while, and the palace people unified the caliber.

The lady in charge went to see Dong Qianmo, who was in confinement, and persuaded: "When I see Miss Dong, you are a well-informed lady, knowing that you are causing trouble, you are willing to take it, and you are not crying and making trouble like ordinary women." It is good for all of us that you know etiquette in this way. ”

Dong Qianmo smiled at her and asked, "Did the Queen Mother go to the queen's mother?" ”

The lady in charge said, "Yes, Miss Dong, how do you know?" ”

Dong Qianmo said: "Just now I listened to my second sister stroking the qin, the beauty is beautiful, but there are a few paragraphs in the middle but it is very condensed, which has something to do with the second sister's fuqin style, and I can't control the bright style of "Pantang Snow". After hearing this, the Queen Mother felt panicked in her heart, and of course she had to find a place to vent her anger. ”

The lady in charge opened her eyes, hurriedly "shhhh Miss Dong, if you talk like this, it will cause everyone to lose their heads! If you close your mouth and talk less, the Queen Mother will not punish you heavily. ”

Dong Qianmo, who was locked up in the room, knocked on his shoulder, moved his neck, and said nonchalantly: "Mama, don't fool me, those few precious bird eggs, any one of them weighs more than my head." Anyway, I'm going to die, and I'm in a panic, and I can't hold it myself if I say anything. ”

The lady in charge chuckled in her heart, and asked in a tight voice, "Miss Dong, is this trying to threaten the slave?" You can't help but know how thick the sky is! ”

Dong Qianmo tilted his head and asked rhetorically: "Does Mama think there is anything that is not in line with the palace rules and can make me threaten?" If not, Mama would have turned a deaf ear to my threats. ”

The lady in charge hesitated for a moment and asked, "Miss Dong, what do you want?" You are the only one who caused the disaster, so why should you implicate others? ”

Dong Qianmo said slowly: "There are four side halls in Nianxiang Palace, only this one has a famous bird verandah outside, you know that we are all playful young girls, and they also led us to this side hall, and a palace maid who served tea was not left to us." Aren't you jointly and severally responsible for causing trouble? ”

The lady in charge was speechless. Yes, this side hall only entertains concubines of noble concubines and above, and the official ladies who usually meet the queen mother should not come here at all, but I don't know which stupid palace maid attracted them here.

Dong Qianmo observed the face of the lady in charge, and knew that he had guessed correctly, they had been suppressing and not reporting because they were also guilty and afraid of being exposed.

And if you guess correctly, the culprit who broke the nest of birds' eggs, in addition to Wei Qihua's one-handed arrangement, there must be at least two traitors in this Nianxiang Palace who cooperate with the strategy, so that it will be successful.

At first, the verandah was quiet, and half of the figures were gone. As soon as the eggs were broken, and as soon as the swallows and the swarm of bees flew away, a large crowd of people came out of the hula.

However, the bird's egg was destroyed, and the Queen Mother wanted to be held accountable, and the first one would be asked to the head of the mother, so the mole would not be her.

"Mama, you look at this is good," Dong Qianmo curled his lips and smiled, "You let me out, don't tell the Queen Mother about me breaking the bird's eggs, let me be introduced to the Queen Mother as the sister of the noble lady, and accompany the Queen Mother to dinner." If you cooperate with me like this, I won't talk nonsense in front of the Queen Mother. ”

"What do you say? Do you want to accompany the Queen Mother to dinner......" The lady in charge was stunned, and said in her heart that this Miss Dong is crazy, her life is difficult to protect, and she is still thinking about eating.

"Yes," Dong Qianmo patiently reasoned with her, "Anyway, I'm a young lady, I can't run far, and I don't like birds that can fly, are you still afraid that I won't be able to escape from the palace?" I just wanted to see the banquet before I died, and then I took the blame and let it be disposed of. ”

"Is that true? Really? ”

"It's true, it's more real than real gold. Mama quickly opened the lock, let me go out and take some breath. ”

"That'...... All right! ”