Chapter 15: Alternative Strikes Back

During the conversation, a woman in a goose yellow dress came out of the women's seat, with a beautiful face and elegant posture, all of which were the appearance of everyone's ladies.

"The courtier Li Manlong paid a visit to His Majesty the Emperor, as well as all the ladies, and Manlong is willing to propose a pipa song to celebrate tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve feast."

"You, whose daughter are you?"

Seeing Emperor Xia Yu ask, Mo Xin'er withdrew her finger with a lack of interest, she glanced at the side, and said with a pun: "Your Majesty, is this girl the youngest daughter of Li Youyushi, or the first talented woman in Kyoto City?" ”

"Oh?" Li Aiqing's daughter - isn't it the queen's favorite one? Emperor Xia Yu couldn't help but think about it, "It's right!" ”

"Emperor Xie!"

Li Manlong was thoughtful, humble and modest, step by step, graceful and graceful, and the eyes in the hall couldn't help but be attracted by him.

She took the liuqin handed over by the palace maid, and slowly sat on the stool on the stage in the hall.

The crisp sound is like the jingling of a stream, the sound is like a muffled thunder through the window, the soothing miscellaneous bullets are like a continuous drizzle, the fierce staggered strings are like a golden iron horse, the sound of the warbler in the intermittent time, and the meaning of the spring flow......

A pipa sound, Qiongxia Hall lingers.

Xiao Huang has listened to so many music collections, and he has to praise it in his heart at the moment, and sure enough, his art is not inferior to the pipa.

In the middle of the night, Emperor Xia Yu clapped his hands and laughed, and said happily: "What a talented woman in Kyoto, good, reward!" ”

"Weichen thanked the emperor for the little girl!" During the banquet, Li Youyu Shi hurriedly got up and thanked him when he heard this, and his pride was overflowing.

The officials who came back to their senses echoed one after another: "I have heard the name of Ling Yan's qin art, and I am fortunate to hear a song today, which is an eye-opener for us." ”

"yes, yes, that's a great sound......"

Seeing this, Li Manlong was even more proud, "Your Majesty, since you are friends with art, then naturally someone has to compete with your courtiers." ”

"That's right, then do you have a candidate in mind?" Emperor Xia Yu was quite interested.

The latter turned to one side slightly, looked for a moment slowly in the women's seat, and then raised his slender hand and pointed to the person sitting between Lian Huaying and Mrs. Chai.

"The courtiers are not talented, I wonder if Miss Jimo can give it a try?"

“……”

From the moment Li Manlong turned around, Xiao Huang had a bad intuition, and now it seems that this is really the case, she has to return to the palace again, "If you go back to the emperor, the courtiers won't know how to pipa." ”

"Miss Jimo doesn't have to be humble, no matter what instrument you use, it's okay." Li Manlong said decent and generous words, but secretly glanced at her with great disdain.

Capturing Li Manlong's gaze, Xiao Huang said word by word: "Miss Li, that's really embarrassing, I don't know a single instrument." ”

The queen really had good means, and she was pushed to the forefront so easily, Xiao Huang felt funny in her heart, could it be that the so-called famous ladies are not brainy?

If she really fell into the eyes of the queen, how could she let her kneel until her calves were numb and she forgot? That's just the most common excuse used by those in power.

refuses to compete, not because she is not good at music, on the contrary, Xiao Huang has learned the guzheng, piano and pipe flute, because the flute is homophonic with "Xiao", so she prefers to play the flute.

For the rest, calligraphy is an interest; As for chess, she plays chess quite well, and she has never touched Go; For painting, it seems that she can only sketch, but this is because when she studied medicine, she signed up for an interest class to learn in order to deeply remember human bones and acupuncture points......

"Miss Jimo doesn't look down on Manlong, so she doesn't want to ......" The words were not finished, but the meaning was conveyed very sufficiently.

No, there were people on both sides of the banquet who began to talk to each other, no matter what others said, Xiao Huang was safe, and said with some playfulness in his cold and alienation: "Miss Li is too worried, playing the piano hurts my hands, I'm afraid of pain, and it's not strange if I don't learn." ”

Seeing Li Manlong standing awkwardly awkwardly, she didn't say anything for a long time, and the woman in a pink skirt couldn't help but walk out of the seat, and said generously: "Then playing chess doesn't hurt your hand, Miss Jimo is willing to meet friends with Chuyue through chess." ”

Xiao Huang remembered that when she first entered the Qiongxia Palace, Sima Yi seemed to call her Miss Qin.

It's really a wave of unsettled waves, "Playing chess hurts the nerves, Xiao Huang is afraid of being tired, and he doesn't want to learn." ”

As soon as the words fell, some kind of dramatic procedure seemed to have been started in the Qiongxia Palace, whether it was a women's seat or a men's seat, someone asked questions as if they were watching the excitement.

Xiao Huang didn't feel that it was a shame to be "without art", so she did not shy away from it and replied respectfully and politely:

"Reading hurts ...... eyes"

"Painting takes ...... time"

"Dancing ...... Laborious"

"Singing consumes ...... voice"

……

The Chinese New Year's Eve banquet of the Xia Yu Dynasty over the years was the first time that this kind of farce that did not set up a stage but was like a singing drama, and finally Emperor Xia Yu really couldn't stand it, and the wine bottle threw the dragon case, and the hall was suddenly silent.

He was angry, "Ridiculous! Jimo Aiqing, you, how did you teach your daughter, how could you teach such a ...... Yes?! Halfway through the words, I couldn't find the words to describe it for a while.

After all, she is the daughter of an important minister of the imperial court, and no matter how bad it is, she can't say it too badly.

Without waiting for Jimo Liyun to confess, Xiao Huang turned around and looked directly at him first, and asked, "Your Majesty, the courtiers have a question, I don't know if to ask?" ”

"What do you have to ask?" The two unhappiness at the banquet were because of this woman, and Emperor Xia Yu was extremely impatient at this time.

"Fathers and mothers love their children, and children give back to their fathers and mothers with filial piety and filial piety, I don't know if they are guilty?"

"This is the foundation of a family, of course there is no sin."

"In this case, the emperor can't blame the father and mother of the courtiers."

"Hugh ......"

"Bold! Don't hurry up and admit your mistakes to the emperor! Without waiting for the general manager of Fuquan to say "Hugh is presumptuous", Sima Yi quickly got up and scolded, and did not forget to secretly give Xiao Huang a look in the gap.

Emperor Xia Yu raised his hand to signal Sima Yi to be calm, it may be that no one had ever contradicted him like this, and for a while, he not only did not get angry, but felt a little fresh, "Why is it strange?" ”

"The courtiers can't do a good job, because they are afraid of pain and tiredness, and their parents are distressed, so they never force the courtiers to learn what they don't want to learn, and give the courtiers a free and happy childhood, what's wrong with this?"

While arguing, a gloom flashed quietly in Xiao Huang's eyes, and she thought...... The original "Jimo Xiaohuang" should be the same as what she said.

"In the final analysis, even if the courtiers have no merit, they have nothing to do with others? Moreover, the Xia Yu Dynasty did not have any legal system that clearly stipulated, and women had to learn something. ”

As soon as the words were finished, the audience was silent, not caring about what others thought of her words and opinions, Xiao Huang stood firmly in the center of the hall, secretly speculating about the emperor's thoughts, and did not dare to relax in his heart.

In less than a moment, a chuckle suddenly came from the left side of the main hall, which was really abrupt at such a quiet moment.