Chapter Thirty-Eight: A Mere Lady
Wen Yukou crashed into his eyes, unable to escape for a while, just staring at him in a daze. Hesitation, hesitation, worry, pain, many emotions crossed, calmness and loss that did not match age, and in an instant, Xiahou Shenxiao actually had the urge to kiss her.
"You don't want to kill her?" Xiahou Shenxiao pointed to Cai'er.
"I'm still useful."
Xiahou Shenxiao smiled, no longer asked, the moment he turned his head, his eyes changed, he became very vigilant and sharp, and rummaged around, incense cases, jade unicorns, yellow mantles, cup exhibitions, etc., all of which were checked by him over and over again.
"What are you looking for?" Wen Yukou finished reviewing Cai'er and looked at the relief carvings on the tower wall. The relief is a mythical story, but when you take a few steps back, you can see that the whole thing is like a tomb......
"I'm looking for something very important." Xiahou Shenxiao picked up the jade unicorn and sighed: "It's a pity that such a perfect jade is smashed." ”
Wen Yukou walked over and helped him smash it, but there was nothing inside. Wen Yulan pinched the head of the jade qilin: "Then you have to find it quickly, I want to burn this place." ”
Xiahou Shenxiao stepped on a piece of broken jade and raised his eyebrows: "Oh? ”
Wen Yukou only looked at the reliefs.
The sky is dark, the large and small exhibition sheds have already been set up under the tower, the low couch is made with the beautiful animal fur, the carving is made with the gorgeous peacock feather and the coral bush of half a person, the colored feather is windy, the jasper is transparent, the palace lamp that is covered with white jade yarn in a row is lit up, the ten miles long street takes its fine scenery, the ambilight is colorful, the bright and dazzling, the steps are full of the delicate and blooming hibiscus, white orchid, jade and red chrysanthemum, etc., people walk through it, the clothes and ornaments are dyed with incense, the ring jade Lingling.
In front of a certain exhibition shed, there are already a lot of people around, green jade, silver earrings, red hairpins, white jade hairpins, looking around, well-maintained ladies, with a blushing daughter, covering their mouth and nose with a fan, with a smile in their eyes, chattering about something to the slender and delicate figure sitting in the shed.
"Legend has it that Miss Wen is gifted and intelligent, plays the piano well, and is the only one in heaven and earth, but the family rules are very strict, and she has never been allowed to show it easily outside the house. Some outsiders and staff members once heard the sound of this faint piano and were full of praise, but they didn't know who it was. Later, in order to celebrate her father's birthday, Miss Wen played a song in public, and the sound of the piano lingered for three days, so that the name of 'Qin Xian' was widely spread......
"Miss Wen's good fate, this time Miss Wen brought the piano, I'm afraid that I will perform again, I don't know how many people I will envy."
"Miss Wen is slowly getting older, and the Wen family will definitely choose a son-in-law for her, and the family will have a good character and strengthen the family. It is said that during this banquet, several princes in the palace came, and I think the Wen family is a drunkard, not drinking. ”
Wen Yulan held the piano and sat obediently behind the old lady, behind him were several pots of hibiscus that bloomed just right, with huge petals and stunning beauty. She stretched out her green jade fingers, twisted the tea lid, and stroked the floating tea leaves, her eyebrows and eyes were full of delicateness, and half of her face was covered by flowers, which made people want to peek at her moonlight more and more.
"The Wen family teaches her daughter to be well-mannered, sitting upright, smiling without showing teeth, generous manners, supple and gentle, this is the demeanor of a lady, good daughter, only you behave in accordance with etiquette, with your appearance, it is not a problem to choose a good son-in-law."
The speaker was Ouyang Haitang's mother, and Ouyang Haitang sneered: "Mother, a mere concubine, no matter how flattering she is, in my eyes she is just a clown on the beam, sooner or later she will be pulled down and thrown into the dirty sludge water!" ”
Ouyang Haitang's mother heard her daughter's words, smiled slightly, and did not answer.
Wen Yulan was playing on it, in fact, he was already impatient in his heart, but he held back the jumping heart and paid attention to the old lady's demeanor. Originally, the one sitting next to the old lady should be the concubine Wen Yukou, but after a long time, the old lady took her with her as usual, and the other two sisters could only sit far away, watching her out of the limelight.
Wen Yukou, you should be knocked out at this time, hum, save it from being an eyesore, the show is still to come!
She knew that many people were watching her, including many handsome young men, who urged them to listen to her play the piano, and they also wanted to "make a splash" in order to attract more admiring and envious eyes. The daughters of those nobles, no one is as good as her, just a move of her fingertips, what else in the world is not captured by her?
But the old lady only drank tea slowly, and chatted with the princess from time to time, as if she had forgotten her. Wen Yulan was a little unhappy in his heart, and when he put down the teacup, he used some force, and the tea lid deviated from the teacup and almost fell off.
"Yulan, why are you so careless today." The old lady didn't reply, and said slowly.
"I ......" Wen Yulan could have argued skillfully, but she didn't know what to say, her face turned slightly red, and someone behind her stepped forward to clean up and brought her a new cup of tea.
The crown princess smiled: "The second young lady is the age of trouble, and it is pitiful that she has sat with us for a long time and listened to these boring words." The moonlight is good tonight, why don't you let her go ahead and play a song, what does the old lady think? ”
Wen Yulan's good impression of the crown princess suddenly came up, she didn't know what the princess wanted to help her, but as long as she could let her play the piano, she would be sure enough to be in the limelight.
"Since the crown princess said so, Lan girl, I won't restrain you, go ahead." The old lady closed her eyes and said: "Ah Gui, take two grandmothers and four maidservants with you, if something goes wrong with the young lady, I will only ask you!" ”
Mama Gui responded with a smile, the old lady has always been nervous about the second miss, so it is not surprising that this arrangement is made...... Wen Yulan almost couldn't wait to leave, and a large group of people followed, and after a while, people went to the shed. The old lady shook her head and sighed.
The first time she went out, she didn't see anyone, and she was extremely rude. She wanted to introduce the girl to everyone, but the girl ignored it indifferently, and she was really not as good as her sister who loves to show off.
At this time, the sound of the piano ripples like the moonlight, light and soft, like a clear spring in the mountain slowly flowing by, murmuring and quiet, and like a lark crying, delicate and clear, resounding in the sky. Cheerful and with a faint and quiet piano sound, in the noisy and flashy banquet, beyond the ordinary, more and more unstoppable.
Wen Yulan's fingers hooked the strings, the white muscles and the red piano reflected each other, the piano is beautiful, the sound is beautiful, and the person is more beautiful.
She saw that in the shed not far away, the prince of Dezhuang, who was known as the "first beautiful man in Datan", looked at her frequently, and his handsome face floated with a satisfied smile. Sitting next to him was Xiahou Yubai, the most praised prince of virtuous and filial piety, with a pair of gentle eyes, the floating light in it, was it because of her?
There is also the eldest grandson of the Zhenguo Mansion, the handsome Su Chaoyu, and the young talents who rushed over from the fiefdom......
Wen Yulan's piano sound gradually became a little ambiguous, her cheeks were red, as if she was drunk, and she lowered her head shyly.
"Someone! It's on fire!! ”
"Zheng-" The strings broke, and the sound of the piano stopped abruptly.