At this time, in the Chunfang Garden, there are already tables and chairs lined up one after another, and the delicacies are displayed on it, and the peach-faced and peach-cheeked palace lady is all pink butterfly-sleeved palace clothes, holding a silver wine jug standing on the side of the table, smiling like a flower. The envoys of various countries have already sat in turn, the royal family is in front, the courtiers are behind, and those talented women who have been selected by the power of the country are final, because the master has not arrived, so no one moves chopsticks, but many people are talking about the glory of the Nanyan Palace, and the atmosphere is quite warm.

Suddenly, the little eunuch shouted outside Chunfang Garden: "The emperor has arrived, the queen has arrived!" ”

With this sound, the noise stopped, and the envoys of various countries stood up one after another and bowed their hands. Qi Jingzhi took Pei Ying's hand, step by step into Chunfang Garden, until he ascended to the main seat, both sat down, and set up two positions on both sides of the main seat, sitting Ye Tanghua and other four people, Ye Tanghua next to Han Yirou, Mu Qianlan next to He Fang.

Qi Jingzhi looked at the full hall of envoys below, raised his eyebrows slightly, and raised his hands with a smile: "No courtesy." ”

The envoys from various countries sat down again to thank her, Ye Tanghua subconsciously went to Nanli, but her eyes turned around in the Xiliao royal family, and she still didn't see the little girl, but saw the woman who was called Sister Nanli, she changed out of Xiliao's rough and bold service, and changed into Nanyan's clothes, but it was also a special feeling, a small braid was broken up into a bun, but obviously because the braids have been braided for a long time, the hair has been curled, and it is scattered on the back like waves, plus the Xiliao people are born with some high noses and deep eyes, The lips are thin and white, and at a glance it is full of exotic customs, which makes people a little unable to take their eyes off.

At this time, the elder sister obviously also felt Ye Tanghua's gaze, but there was no displeasure on her face, but she smiled at Ye Tanghua, and Ye Tanghua also smiled back, and then looked away and thought to herself.

Nanli is not at the scene, is he going down to prepare for the show? So although the situation has changed, Xiliao's plan has not changed, and they still hope to be able to use Nanli as a tool for peace? However, in the previous life, because Qi Yu had already married, Xiliao only made Nanli the prince's side concubine, and this time, their goals should be different, right?

At this moment, the eldest prince of Nanzhao Kingdom, Ge Longjia, arched his hand towards Qi Jingzhi with a smile: "Since everyone has arrived, please start this competition earlier, we can't wait to appreciate the demeanor of Nanyan's talented women!" ”

Qi Jingzhi originally wanted to be polite to these people, say some high-sounding reassuring words, and wait for the competition after dinner, but the eldest prince of Nanzhao Kingdom said this one by one, and he couldn't say how to shirk, so he had to nod and said with a smile: "Since the eldest prince is invited, let's start our competition!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the envoy of Xiliao, Zhagu, stood up and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, since this competition was mentioned by Xiliao, let's show the talent of the talented women of Xiliao first!" ”

Qi Jingzhi couldn't wait to let them come first, so that he could not only see through the level of the talented women of Western Liao, but also give Nan Yan some opportunities to improvise, so he nodded and smiled: "Just according to what the envoy said!" ”

Zagu sat back with a smile, the elder sister waved her hand to the people who served behind her, and after a while, she saw several girls wearing Xiliao clothes coming forward, and after saluting, they stood on one side, and then a few girls carrying four drums, guqins, and white silk screens walked up, they first saluted Qi Jingzhi, and then put down the things and then retreated, the drums were divided in all directions, the guqin was placed aside, and the screen was placed in the center. At this time, the girls who came up before each walked in front of what they wanted to perform, and a girl who was beating the drum raised her head and smiled at Qi Jingzhi, and went down with a hammer of "dong" to start the performance.

After the first drum sounded, the girls standing in front of the drum began to wave the drumsticks, although they stood not close, but the movements were surprisingly consistent, even the height of the sleeves flying was almost identical, and the girl sitting in front of the piano gently picked the strings with her hands, although the sound of the piano was intermittent, but it complemented the sound of the drums, only to see that with this rapid sound of the drum like a storm, the girl standing in front of the white silk screen each held a wolf in her left and right hands, dipped in the pen ochre yellow, and opened and closed on the white silk screen wantonly, Every stroke is like a wind sand, thousands of traces are piled up into a lonely city of strolling wind and smoke, the Xiliao girl has a painting in her hand, her body is not idle, with all kinds of moves, as if in general, not long the white silk screen will be full of the city, in the corner of the screen, a round of waning moon hangs there coldly, slightly sprinkled with some wind and frost, according to the high city wall, on the side is a cursive "Liangzhou words", the artistic conception and the picture in the words reflect each other, it is really endless words and endless meanings.

At this time, the girl who sounded the first drum raised her head to the sky and let out a long howl, threw the drumstick in her hand upward, and when the drumstick fell, she took it back into her hand and struck the last beat on the drum. This drum sounded like a song in the mountains, and the sound was heard for hundreds of miles.

When the drums had dissipated, as if a break had suddenly been drawn on this magnificent performance, the girls all fell silent, no longer making superfluous movements, but pushed the embattled drum to the middle of the banquet, and set up the white screen on the drum, which had already been prepared to support the screen.

The four girls who beat the drums and the girls who painted had done all this, and only the girl who played the harp was still sitting in the same place.

At this moment, a girl in a red dance dress ran up quickly, her bare feet and a circle of bells wrapped around her ankles, making a small chime, matching the sound of the tinkling sound of the jade pendant tassel on her wrist. The girl ran to the middle of the banquet, jumped on the white screen with a slight jump, splashed a cloud of smoke, it turned out that the ochre yellow paint was actually made of sand, because it was mixed with water, so the wet sand could stick when it was painted on the screen, but after a long time, the wet sand could not continue to adhere to the screen after being dried by the spring breeze, the girl jumped on the screen and the action was big, and a lot of sand shook up when she landed, because the head under the screen was padded with a four-sided drum, with the girl's jump, The drums on all sides made a dull sound at the same time, lined with the yellow sand and the girl's white and tender ankles, which was very amorous.

The girl raised her head and smiled at the main seat, and suddenly stepped on the screen, with the change of her upper body posture, her feet on the screen stepped faster and faster, more and more yellow sand was shaken, flying, swaying, accompanied by the sound of the piano......

At the end of the dance, the girl flipped off the screen with a tendon, knelt down on one knee and clasped her hands in front of her, and her head hung slightly: "In the south of the Western Liao Kingdom, I have seen His Majesty the Emperor of Nanyan!" ”

Qi Jingzhi was also attracted by this rugged and unique performance, and couldn't help laughing: "Get up, it turns out that it was the princess of Nanli of the Western Liao Kingdom who performed the performance?" ”

The woman who was called Sister Ah got up and said with a smile: "Since it is a competition, if you don't come up with the most talented woman in my Western Liao Kingdom, how can you be worthy of the opponent of the Southern Yan Kingdom?" ”

This sentence is both boastful and praised, Qi Jingzhi is also happy to accept it, and nodded happily: "Princess Nan Mi is too polite, but isn't the theme of our competition wind and snow?" I don't know how this talent of the Western Liao Kingdom fits the theme? ”

Nan Mi smiled: "I know that in the culture of the Central Plains, the wind and snow and the moon seem to represent the beauty of elegance and tranquility, but this is not the case in our Western Liao, where the wind always carries the yellow sand in the sky; The snow there is always desolate and desolate, and the night is full of mountains; The moon there is always lonely and cold, hanging high in the sky, shining on the ancient city below, so we used this performance to show the scenery of Xiliao. ”

Qi Jingzhi bowed his head: "Indeed, this wind and snow moon are all reflected in the talent of Xiliao, but I don't know where this flower is?" ”

At this time, Nanli raised a smile high: "I remember that there is such a sentence in the ancient poems of the Central Plains: 'Beauty is like a flower across the clouds', the flowers that can bloom in the desert are extremely tenacious and gorgeous, just like our beauties in Xiliao, the beauties of Xiliao are spirits, safflowers, and fiery suns, I am the beauty of Xiliao, that is, the flowers of Xiliao, I don't know if His Majesty the Emperor is still satisfied with this explanation?" ”

As soon as Nanli's words came out, some old-fashioned Nanyan officials sank their faces behind the table, this Xiliao woman actually openly boasted that she was a beauty in front of people, it was shameless!

Qi Jingzhi was also taken aback by Nanli's attitude, but he quickly calmed down and nodded with a smile: "The princess of Xiliao is really extraordinary, and I can be regarded as an eye-opener today." ”

Having said this, he couldn't help frowning slightly: "Having said that, but the four talents of Xiliao are all mixed together, and each talent is inseparable, so how can this competition be compared?" ”

Nan Mi raised his eyebrows slightly, and smiled a little slyly: "Your Majesty the Emperor, when we first discussed, we said that we would compare the 'qin, calligraphy, painting and dance', and we didn't say that we would separate." Besides, these talents have something in common, and performing together can complement each other, which is much more exciting than performing one item alone, isn't it? If you let people come up and play the drums, then let people play the piano, then let people draw and write, and finally let Nanli dance, it is really boring, how can it be compared to listening and watching? Since the talents of Xiliao are displayed together, please also ask the talented women of Nanyan to show their talents together, otherwise if you compare one talent with the four talents of Xiliao, we will not be happy to win. ”

Qi Jingzhi didn't expect Nan Mi to come up with such an almost quibble reason, so he couldn't help but sink his face and look at the four girls sitting with his head down. He really didn't expect Xiliao to use such a trick, and naturally he didn't tell the following to be careful, besides, he also knows a little about the preparation of these little girls these days, although they are practicing their talents hard at home, but they haven't communicated at all, if the four of them perform together, it will definitely be their own performances, there is no cooperation at all, I'm afraid I can't even catch up with the level of solo performances......

But if they are allowed to perform separately, not to mention the level, Xiliao will definitely not admit that his integrated performance loses to such a scattered performance, doesn't this have to lose?

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