The willows on the south embankment shine on the clear water, and the shadow has never reached the heart of the wave.

The mirror pond of the Weiguo Mansion occupies a very considerable area, a large area of clear waves is vast, even the golden sun in early July can not fill it, it is this side of water, the front yard and the back house, the east and west houses are distinguished, and the wing tower is located on the south embankment.

Although it is called "tower", in fact it is two three-storey pavilions side by side, there is a bridge between them, between the east and west two pavilions, the separation is only two zhang, at this time, the attic is full of male and female guests respectively, the opposite wall carved folding door is closed, so although it is a separate pavilion and sitting, the words and laughter are clearly audible, and the shadow of the clothes and sideburns is clearly visible.

It was the beginning of Shen, the banquet had ended, and it had entered the link where the talented and beautiful women showed their talents, so some of the guests moved here.

Most of the Lang Jun in the West Pavilion are young people who have not yet married, just like Wei Guogong, an elder who already has a family and children, naturally will not attend, so on the chief, sitting are the second, third, and fourth three princes, on one side are the Su Xun brothers who are the masters, and on one side are the fifth, sixth, and seventh princes, and the eighth prince is still a little too young, and he is not very interested in the beauty, and this son is sitting on one side with Qin Xiang's eldest grandson playing backgammon.

The position of Yu Feng, the prince of the king of Chu, was also arranged in the first column, and it was naturally Yu Zhou who sat with him.

At this time, the third prince was praising the Su Xun brothers who had just returned to the table: "Although silk and bamboo ensembles are also common at the palace banquet, the ceremonial music performed by the teaching workshop is inevitably a little dull, and after listening to it too much, it is really a little boring, far less elegant than what your brothers and sisters are playing today, and it is still festive. ”

After that, raise a glass to congratulate.

Su Xun was modest, thanked for the wine, and said: "Your Royal Highness praises it, and you don't dare to be ashamed, but it's just the idea of your sisters, how can you have such an ingenious mind." ”

These words naturally made a group of Lang Jun weigh in their hearts - which sister's idea was it? Naturally, it was difficult to ask, so they all looked at the opposite East Pavilion from afar, and searched in the few delicate red sleeves around the eldest princess.

Yu Zhou found out that Yijing was annoyed with Xie Sanniang in the morning, and his mood was not high, just now he only focused on Yijing who was concentrating on stroking the qin, and then saw her smiling face from a distance, holding a cup of tea to the eldest princess, as if she was saying something, I couldn't wait to pass through the overpass in the middle in a few steps, go over there to have fun, and coldly heard Su Xun's words, and involuntarily blurted out: "The song was composed by Mr. Wei, and it must be the credit of the fifth sister to be so cleverly arranged." ”

"It's no wonder, Su Wuniang has won the championship at the Fanglin Banquet for two consecutive years, and she naturally lives up to her reputation." Prime Minister Jin Qilang sat in the second row, but it happened to be behind Yu Zhou, and then he patted Yu Zhou's shoulder with a smile: "I heard that you are childhood sweethearts, it is really enviable, although Su Wuniang is still young, at this time it can already be seen that he is a beautiful embryo, and Erlang will be very lucky in the future." ”

He and Yu Zhou are classmates of Guozijian, and the two have their own friendship, and they speak a little casually, but at this time they lowered their voices, just when no one heard.

I didn't notice the faint glance from Yu Feng, and his eyes were cold.

Yu Zhou smiled and glanced back at Jin Qilang.

In the East Pavilion, the scene is much more lively than here.

Not only the young ladies who are in their prime age, but the noble ladies who have daughters to be married in the family will naturally not let go of this good opportunity to "choose a good son-in-law", and gather together, at this time, they all flattered around the ingenious opening song.

"The eldest princess is really blessed, and now her children and grandchildren are around her knees, her two grandsons are both civil and military, and her granddaughters are also like flowers."

"Just a song, elegance and festivity, it is rare for grandchildren and grandchildren to be so attentive, work together, and celebrate your birthday as a princess, which is really enviable."

"I really don't know how the eldest princess is trained, it's really eye-catching."

The eldest princess didn't expect a few juniors to play such a song, very surprised, listening to these words, her face was even more smiling, in fact, she also knew that several granddaughters were not without mustard, and there were often disputes, Erniang was domineering, Sanniang was heavy-hearted, Liuniang was too arrogant, Baniang was really cowardly, and the eldest mother was square, but her temperament was a little old-fashioned, only the fourth mother and the fifth mother who were brought up with one hand were the most agreeable, so she also felt a little bit of pain.

I don't want to be born today, but these granddaughters can work together to perform a song wonderfully, it can be seen that even if there are some contradictions in the past, in the end, they are blood siblings, as they get older, those daughters' idleness and mustard will inevitably become weaker and weaker, and they will get along harmoniously.

Home and everything is prosperous, this is the most cherished gift of the eldest princess.

Yijing sat with the eldest princess for a while, and was pulled aside by Huang Jiangyue: "No wonder I asked you what you prepared earlier, but you smiled and didn't answer, it turns out that your sisters have premeditated, and even I am in the dark, now it's okay, you are a blockbuster, but what should I do." ”

In their previous lives, Yi Jing and Huang Jiangyue teamed up to play a song.

At this time, Yijing had to pretend to be surprised: "What? What were your original plans? ”

"I originally wanted to play with you, didn't we arrange a song "Xiaoxiang Water Cloud" in the past, I just thought you would not refuse." Huang Jiangyue cried with a sad face.

It turns out that this aristocratic banquet shows talents, quite a bit of unagreed customs, for example, each person can only play once, whether it is a solo performance, or cooperation with others, like a beautiful scene, just now has been on the stage to stroke a song, if it is played with Huang Jiangyue again, even if the song is interpreted to the aftermath, it has become a deliberate show, love vanity, and be honest and frivolous.

"You also know that the song is quite difficult, and I don't dare to play it solo, but I ...... for a while" Huang Jiangyue was in a hurry, but there were still people who added fuel to the fire-

"Look, the song "Qiongtai Banquet" just now shocked the four people, which caused our three princes to be stunned, this is to stroke the piano and celebrate my aunt's birthday."

The young woman who spoke was dressed in a splendid phoenix robe, her hair was covered with gold hairpins and emerald hairpins, and the pearl tassels were shaking, bright and radiant, and it was the crown princess Zhen.

Yijing raised his eyes slightly, and saw the third prince lightly teasing the hem of the purple python's clothes, and sat down on the side of the piano case, with a smile in his eyes, like a spring water, and her gaze met unexpectedly, and raised his eyebrows slightly, Yijing hurriedly went to see Yichen, but saw that Mrs. Kong, who was sitting with her grandmother, was holding her hand, and didn't know what she was talking about.

A song "Xiaoxiang Water Cloud", smooth out, overtones elegant, a rippling, smoky picture scroll seems to be slowly unfolding in the sunshine, attracting a group of little ladies to be fascinated, looking at the purple-clothed prince under the sun, all slightly red cheeks, confused eyes, blooming their different thoughts, but it became the last straw that crushed Huang Jiangyue.

She screamed in a low voice: "It's okay now, I don't know what to do." ”

And Yijing is in no mood to comfort her girlfriend.

Damn it! In the previous life, because he was the leader of the Fanglin banquet with Qi Niang, the opening song was played by the two of them hand in hand, and the song "Xiaoxiang Water Cloud" attracted everyone's praise, the third prince did not have the opportunity to show his piano skills, and he didn't want to change the opening repertoire because of her intentions in this life, but let this demon get a good opportunity to open the screen in front of the eldest sister! At this time, the beautiful scenery forgot the original plan for a while, and only looked at the beautiful Chen worriedly.

But I saw that Yichen was just dignified with his eyes, and he was not like those little ladies, with a nostalgic face.

Yi Jing sighed just now, glad that the eldest sister was not good at the piano, and she didn't have too much love for the piano music.

couldn't help but stare proudly at the self-absorbed demon who was slightly closed with a pair of phoenix eyes - His Royal Highness the Third Prince, you have miscalculated, my eldest sister is not as good as those frivolous women, and she was lost in despair by your song.

At the end of the song, there was silence, and there was a sound of admiration from the West Pavilion, some people attached their palms, and some people simply shouted: "The three princes have outstanding piano skills, and they have really increased their prestige for us. ”

This is the war book.

And in this compartment, most of the little ladies have not yet come back to their senses, immersed in gloomy sadness.

The three princes are talented and well-born...... It's a pity that the identity is too noble, they are just Xiao Xiang.

Among them, the most soulless person is undoubtedly Sanniang Yiluo, at such a moment, she hates the identity of a concubine even more.

These days, before falling asleep late and late, they have repeatedly recalled the appearance and bearing of the three princes, hoping to meet him in a dream...... But even in his dreams, he never came...... If there had never been that encounter, he would never have talked to her so gently, and he would never have left the sentence "The plain skirt is pretty in the amaranth, and the moon is shy and a beautiful woman", and he never looked back and smiled affectionately when he left...... She didn't dare to think about it, which was out of reach, by his side.

But it all happened clearly, and she felt the affection from him.

But do you have to stop at the disparity of identity?

But Sanniang is Sanniang, although she is sad, she has not missed the opportunity to make things difficult for others.

She cleaned up her emotions and said to Huang Jiangyue with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Third Prince is a song, and the skills are amazing, but unfortunately the fifth sister is no longer good, but fortunately, there is Ah Yue on our side, last year's Fanglin banquet was more than the qin, you are the leader, and you should fight now." ”

It immediately attracted the echo of many noble girls.

"Ah Yue don't have a burden, even if you can't compare to the third prince, but with your talent, you won't let us lose too much." Someone followed suit.

Huang Jiangyue's little face turned pale, and she looked at the beautiful scenery sadly.

"Since His Royal Highness the Third Prince stroked the piano, it would be better for Ah Yue to respond with a pipa song." Yijing then remembered her plan, and gave her an idea with a smile: "Mr. Wei's "Cold River Reflecting the Moon" has not been circulated outside, and the world has not heard of it, but fortunately, I have already taught you, and you are very proficient in playing, and the difficulty of that song is quite high, plus it is a new song......

Before the words were finished, Huang Jiangyue's eyes lit up.

Isn't it? Why be limited to the piano, in comparison, she has always been good at the pipa, "Cold River Reflecting the Moon" was made by Wei Yuan, the world has never heard of, as long as she plays her usual level, she will be able to win the applause of the house.

At that moment, Luo Luo got up generously and went to the overpass with the pipa in his arms.

After a song, the gentlemen of the West Pavilion were boiling, and the little ladies on the side of the East Pavilion also felt angry.

Only Zhen Mo was very anxious.

She had already inquired about the good Zheng of the Duke of Weiguo, and was ready to use a pipa to match, resulting in the trend of "piano chorus", but the Lang Jun lady of the Duke of Weiguo had an ingenious ensemble, if she joined with the pipa, it was really inexplicable, and it was a laughing stock, and at this time Huang Jiangyue had an amazing song, if she played the pipa again, there was really no certainty of winning.

If you stroke the piano again, you can't compare to the three princes.

In fact, similar to a banquet competition, winning or losing is not so important, but Zhen Mo is competitive and competitive, and she doesn't want to be robbed of the limelight.

In a hurry, he couldn't help but complain to Yijing: "Your idea is to solve Ah Yue's urgency, but it makes me in a dilemma, I don't care, you have to make an idea for me." ”

What Yi Jing was waiting for was this sentence, the reason why she instigated Jiang Yue to play the pipa was to steal Zhen Mo's limelight, even if Zhen Mo played the pipa later, whether it was a song or a technique, it would be difficult to cross Jiang Yue, so naturally it would not attract the attention of the eldest brother, but if Zhen Mo was unwilling to be overpowered......

The girl rubbed her brows, and her beautiful face was full of guilt: "Sister Mo, I really didn't know that you were also preparing pipa music." ”

Zhen Mo was not angry with Yijing, so she had to smile reluctantly: "I thought that you and Ah Yueqin were outstanding, so I didn't dare to compare with you, so I prepared the pipa." "Who knows, there are accidents one after another, and another third prince is killed, it is not good to change this son to Yaoqin, and there is no way back for a while.

Yijing frowned for a while, as if racking his brains to think, his eyes swayed on the musical instruments placed under the west wall, and suddenly lit up: "I didn't know who mentioned it last time, my sister can play Yang Qin?" ”

Yang Qin is Emperor Taizong, from Persia to Da Long's musical instruments, there are very few people in the world, the nobles are in the palace banquet to see the musician played this rare thing, only a few people are curious, from Hu Shang to buy, invited the musician to teach, Yi Jing remembers, Zhen Mo seems to be rough, and she remembers more, Yu Zhou's sister An Hui, in order to be a blockbuster in the competition, carefully practiced for a long time, in the previous life, it was at the grandmother's birthday banquet, she won the applause of the house with a skillful Yang Qin song.

Zhen Mo seemed to be extremely hesitant: "It's only been a long time since I learned it, and I really don't dare to show my ugliness in public." ”

Yijing hurriedly said: "Yang Qin was introduced to Dalong, but for decades, there are few familiar people, but compared with the usual Yaoqin and Zhengse, the sound is fuller and brighter, and the solo performance is not thin, and it is novel and interesting. ”

Zhen Mo thought for a while, feeling that this was reasonable, if she didn't say anything else, the nobles knew Yang Qin's scarcity, and they were not afraid of being put in the limelight.

The crown princess also seemed to notice Zhen Mo's embarrassment, deliberately approached, listened to the conversation between the two, and immediately made up her mind for Zhen Mo, pulled her aside and whispered: "Ah Jing's proposal is very good, this is more than talent, it is already a lively and interesting picture, I think that today, everyone has only prepared the usual ones, you might as well not look for strange paths, the sword will go sideways, it will definitely attract the attention of the prince of Weiguo." ”

At this time, there was another person over there who finished stroking the kite, and it was the turn of the East Pavilion ladies to play.

Zhen Mo immediately no longer hesitated, and chose Yang Qin.

The beautiful scenery was so neat that she glanced at An Hui, who was gossiping with the county lord of Pingle - her face really changed, and her apricot eyes were round, and she couldn't wait to crush Zhen Mo's bones to ashes.

An Hui believes that she is a clan girl, with a noble status, and she disdains to be with the daughter of the noble and the daughter of the family, and only talks with the lord of Pingle and a few clan girls, of course, she never pays attention to the words of Yijing and Zhen Mo.

She has already passed the ceremony, and she was originally a family, so she naturally attaches importance to the major occasions to show her talents, especially the birthday banquet of the eldest princess, the nobles of Kyoto gathered, in order to choose a good match, she has carefully prepared Yang Qin, who is not skilled in everyone, originally prepared, where did she think of killing Zhen Mo halfway?

What's more, Zhen Mo is seventeen years old and has reached marriage age as early as possible, so she seems to be a potential opponent of An Hui.

It wasn't until - when he heard that Zhen Mo's song Yang Qin was not more skilled than herself, An Hui breathed a sigh of relief, and the fierceness in her eyes changed to disdain.

But Zhen Siniang's song ended, and it also attracted a lot of admiration.

"That is, I only listened to the musician play this Western piano at the palace banquet, and I don't think Zhen's Siniang will also have such skills." There are Lang gentlemen attached to the palms.

When Zhen Mo blessed his body, his bright eyes were slightly raised, accurately capturing the upright posture and handsome face of the prince of Weiguo, he was bowing his head slightly, as if he was appreciating, Zhen Mo was suddenly overjoyed, joyful, the corners of his lips were pulled, and his smile was gorgeous.

But when he turned around, he saw Yu Anhui coming from the East Pavilion with her head high, a hibiscus silk flower on her sideburns lined with a delicate face, and her charming eyes glanced at herself along the bridge of her delicate nose.

Zhen Mo secretly said that it was not good, but she didn't expect what happened next at all.

An Hui smiled: "Thank you Ah Mo for throwing bricks and jade." ”

What the? Throw bricks and lead the way!

All of a sudden, the young people in the West Pavilion who were not present were all boiling.

Seeing that the crown princess and Mrs. Zhen were all white, Yijing couldn't help but sigh in her stomach, she thought of the ending and didn't expect the process, Sister An Hui was really ...... It's more tough than you can imagine.

The old princess didn't seem to understand what was going on in front of her, and said to the eldest princess sideways: "An Hui has been preparing carefully for a long time, just waiting to congratulate you on your birthday today. ”

Xiao Xie secretly complained bitterly, and laughed with the crown princess with a weak heart: "An Hui is used to being used to concubines, it's really ......"

Before the crown princess could speak, Mrs. Zhen snorted coldly: "Ah Huigui is the daughter of the clan, compared to her, my fourth mother is naturally a brick." ”

Xiao Xie was choked by these words, and immediately felt a little unwilling, so he simply turned around and ignored the mother and daughter of the Zhen family.

What happened to the crown princess? At present, the crown prince has not ascended the throne, whether he can become a queen in the future is still two words, what is there to be arrogant.

While speaking, An Hui was already sitting in front of the piano, holding the piano and bamboo, and played it with a ding-dong knock, which turned out to be "The General's Order".

When she returned to the banquet, Zhen Mo was already blue and white-lipped, and she could naturally hear that An Hui's skills were more than twice as high as herself......

It's a shame today!

And at the other end of the West Pavilion, the Lang Jun were excited, the applause that rang out from time to time, and the boiling admiration, these fell in Zhen Mo's ears, like a silver needle stinger, which stimulated her to leave the table in anger, but fortunately, the crown princess squeezed her palm tightly, and warned in a low voice: "Don't strain your face and fall down, this is just fun, you can decide what you can get, with my sister planning for you, the position of the prince of Weiguo can't run, Yu Anhui is frivolous and domineering, where can the eldest princess look down on her, what are you doing with her?" ”

Zhen Mo forced herself to suppress her anger, closed her eyes slightly, and tried her best to smile like a flower: "I don't want Ah Hui to play Yang Qin so skillfully, I really threw bricks and stones." ”

There was no embarrassment and calmly admitted defeat.

The eldest princess couldn't help but bow slightly when she saw it in her eyes.

Yijing is not worried, after all, today's calculations are nothing more than to prevent the eldest brother from becoming emotional about Zhen Si, and in the current situation, her goal has been achieved.

There is no chorus of pianos, and there is no skill to surprise the four, and the eldest brother will not have too deep an image of Zhen Sidang.

As for what's next......

She hasn't started yet, but she promised Du Yuniang to ruin Zhen Si's reputation.

An Hui was in the limelight, and even the third prince praised it repeatedly: "The beauties are really clever in throwing bricks and attracting jade, now it's okay, how should we deal with the battle?" ”

These words were a little high, which suddenly made Zhen Mo's pretty face white again, and he tightened his palm fiercely.

But I heard someone over there say: "We still have a killer feature, I have heard that the prince of Chu is talented, and we have seen poetry and calligraphy and painting, but I have never heard the prince play the qin, and now, I have to invite the prince...... Hey? What about the son? ”

Yijing looked over there, and at some point, Yu Zhou's side was already empty.

She frowned slightly, but after a breath, she looked at the mirror pond and the Muhun Building by the water.

So while no one was looking, he got up quietly, only pulled Qiu Yue, and the two left the noise.