Chapter 35: Music
When the nobles or sons of the family present showed their talents one by one, this spring banquet almost came to an end.
The officials and wives sat firmly in the audience, looking satisfied or hesitant, and there were even a few doers who had already done what they said, who had already set up a line with their favorite in-laws, and were talking quietly with their heads down.
It stands to reason that the seats for a banquet are fixed, and even if they have intentions for each other, it is difficult to get acquainted with people who are just nodding friends before the end, or even those who have not said a few words at all, but as the host, Princess Yun has simply exerted her ingenuity to the extreme:
The young ladies of the son are just sitting on the left and right, but the lady of each family has deliberately set aside a separate place, arranged all the positions of everyone, and even specially arranged a lot of free seats in it, if you are interested, as long as you hint at each other a little, you can find a reason to get up and go out for a walk, and then pick two adjacent seats when you come back.
In fact, it doesn't matter if you don't leave - everyone knows it anyway, and most people's attention is attracted by the performers in the middle of the banquet, so it doesn't matter if you just change seats.
Seeing the harmonious atmosphere between the wives, maybe after today, after a while, there will be a few more marriages in Beijing.
After all, this spring banquet will be led by Princess Yun every year, and the people who can get the worship post are all people who have seen it herself, and she has made sure that her character and knowledge can reach the passing line before giving such a chance.
For Princess Yun, who is backed by the royal family, few people dare to deceive their children about what they have done, and the housewives are naturally relieved.
You must know that Princess Yun herself is not a good stubble - there was such a family at the beginning, who had crooked thoughts and concealed the true situation of her son, which made the young lady who married in the past suffer a lot.
After knowing the truth, Princess Yun didn't bear it at all, and directly took the government army, pressed the other party to sign and leave the book, and rescued the young lady.
As for the family that dared to cover the sky...... Those days happened to collide with the death day of the Empress Yuan, and the emperor was in an extremely bad mood as always, and King Yun entered the palace to play a game of chess with him, and when he came out, he carried the holy decree that had just been written in his arms, and directly drove all the people to the bitter cold land.
From finally becoming a Beijing official, to the county order that I am afraid that I will never be able to return to the capital, anyone who sees it has to sigh.
What do you think you're doing with this little cleverness?
It's a pity that He Qianwei doesn't care much about these things, after all, she just stayed in the palace for a long time and was bored, so she ran out to relax for a while.
Not to mention it for the time being, after going back, Mama Chen was angry, at least now He Qianwei is just holding her chin bored, watching the excitement of other people.
At the banquet, no one did a performance, at least Xiao Zaiyang and He Qianwei stayed out of the whole process.
Xiao Zaiyang naturally doesn't need to say that this lord who was directly named the crown prince at birth, when he was favored by the emperor and couldn't walk, he played with the jade seal, and even smashed it I don't know how many times.
Even the emperor didn't let him show his hand at any banquet, if people themselves didn't want to, who would be full and couldn't think of talking more.
As for He Qianwei, although on the surface, this one who only occupies the orphan daughter of a general does not seem to have a prominent background, but the alarm bell that Lin Qingyan used the second half of her life to ring has been ringing for a long time.
Since you can't afford to provoke it, it's better to hide as far as you can.
It was because everyone tacitly ignored the first two people of the right age who were not engaged, and only focused on the others, although most of them were pretended.
Now there is only one son under his knees, and the position of Concubine Xiao Zaiyang, as long as she can sit firmly, she is the future mother of the country, but anyone who has a daughter in the family is greedy; If there is a son in the family, then it will naturally be eyeing He Qianwei, after all, as long as she can marry her into the door, she will be able to catch the two emperors through this line and make a sure profit.
This is also the reason why He Qianwei has no expectations for marriage.
She is not a simple-minded lady in the book who is dizzy when she encounters love, after reading so many books, if she still has no consciousness of her own sweet identity, she will simply find a piece of tofu and kill her.
After all, although He Xiuzhu and his wife are both military generals, they have fought wits and courage with many traitors in the officialdom, and the lintel of the He family can't afford the negative impact of her being stupid alone.
Thinking about it, He Qianwei sighed imperceptibly, and took another sip of the teacup.
Compared with the intrigue between the capital and the palace, she really prefers the simple Wancheng.
Otherwise, it would be better to marry back in the future, and by the way, I can also become the military advisor I have been thinking about, so that the Huns can see the ability of the He family.
Xiao Zaiyang next to him was not interested in the spring banquet in the first place, purely because He Qianwei would come to lie down like this, and he had already chatted in every way, but now when he saw her sighing inexplicably, he immediately had a plan to go home in his heart.
Just when He Qianwei imagined her heroic posture in strategizing and winning thousands of miles away, Xiao Zaiyang was thinking about leaving, and the last noble girl who was interested in performing her talent appeared on the stage.
can only appear at the end, either because of a low status and dare not easily compete with others, or because he deliberately wants to play a finale, and this young lady holding a pipa and a confident smile on her face is obviously the latter.
No matter how she behaved in the end, at least now, other people's attention was more or less attracted, and even He Qianwei stopped the fantasy in her mind and followed everyone's gaze.
Xiao Zaiyang naturally followed.
Under the watchful eye, the young lady lowered her head and casually played a few syllables with the help of the pipa, and the other sounds slowly fell silent with these few notes, and then a complete piece of music.
There is a poem in Xiangshan Layman, "The bottom of the flower is slippery, and it is difficult to go under the drift ice of the secluded spring". The current piece may not reach such a situation, but it also has the timbre of a jade bead walking plate, and it plays a movement in the journey of flowing water into the sea.
Pipa is divided into literary songs, literary songs, and literary and martial songs, all of which have their own merits and emphases.
For example, martial arts songs that value the skill and strength of the right hand are majestic and generous, narrative-based, and magnificent; Wenqu emphasizes the expression of left-hand skills, and the style is delicate, mainly used to express emotions.
As for Wenwu Qu, it combines the characteristics of the two.
This young lady is playing a literary song.
The sound of the pipa is clear and bright, coupled with the skill of the player, this piece is like a fairy sound only in the sky, which makes everyone vibrate.
He Qianwei learned the guzheng and had no knowledge of the pipa, but even Bai Ding, who was illiterate in big characters, could get insights from the music, and she played the first grade for this piece in her heart from the bottom of her heart.
If He Qianwei were to choose the most satisfying one from tonight's dazzling show, she would definitely say this tune.
Throughout the audience, almost everyone showed unbearable expressions, and Princess Yun on the main seat looked even more sad.
When the last syllable fell, no one in the audience made any sound for a while, until Princess Yun took the lead in breaking away from her emotions and said a good word, and the praise of this batch of people also sounded one by one.
He Qianwei is also mixed in, only Xiao Zaiyang is an exception.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is dedicated to learning on weekdays, and he has not used his prominent status to enjoy any beautiful knee gentle township, not to mention that he has occasionally been thrown by the emperor into the imperial history of the city patrol over the years, and then took the Qinglou in the whole capital to take a, and arrested many officials who sneaked up to prostitutes, but he had an inexplicable ...... for pipa music. Well, disgusted.
Of course, right things and not right people, Xiao Zaiyang hid his emotions very well, and even clapped his hands casually.
The young lady waited until the praise stopped, and then slowly held the pipa in her arms, Shi Shiran saluted, and said: "Courtier Liu Huanyan, this song was made by the mother of the family a few years ago, when she met the homeless people on the way, and I hope that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will give you some advice." ”
This is said clearly and righteously, and most of the time Xiao Zaiyang, who has a good temper, also said a few words casually.
He Qianwei hid and snickered beside her.
As for Xiao Zaiyang's dislike of pipa music, she naturally knows, and she doesn't want to guess that this person must not have listened to it at all just now, don't look at what he is saying right now, I'm afraid it's just a few words casually used for perfunctory.
Why don't you let me come, she said, she thought to herself.
However, He Qianwei was gloating, and Liu Huanyan, who had listened to Xiao Zaiyang's comments with a slightly red face, suddenly became troubled.
"Why is Miss Ho laughing? Huan Yan knows that his skills are not as good as others, but he also uses his heart, who knows that he will be treated like this. ”
The corners of He Qianwei's mouth, who was caught, froze, and she quickly put away her smile.
She glanced at Xiao Zaiyang vaguely, and was greeted with a fleeting smile by the other party who knew it.
At the moment, he can't settle accounts with Xiao Zaiyang in public, He Qianwei has no choice but to look at Liu Huanyan below.
She knew that she was at the loss, so she admitted the hostility one by one, apologized repeatedly, and praised it for a long time by the way.
Who knew that Liu Huanyan's face did not get better at all, but got worse and worse, and in the end, he showed a crying expression.
"The displaced people are suffering and suffering, Huan Yan knows that he is powerless, and can only express his grief with the sound of the piano, and Miss He's parents insist on going their own way and provoking the war, but they can still enjoy it, which is really chilling!"
Liu Huanyan spoke, but his tone became more and more intense, with a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance.
Now He Qianwei is in no mood to apologize.
Xiao Zaiyang reacted the fastest, and while He Qianwei was still laughing at this passage, he immediately threw out the teacup in his hand, and the crisp sound of the porcelain shattering exploded everywhere along with the splashing wreckage.
Miss Liu said cautiously. He said coldly, "The two generals He and Jiang are deeply saddened by the national donation bureau, but they will not let the loyal generals under Huangquan be humiliated in vain. ”
He Qianwei also put away the attitude of calming things, and gently knocked on the table without a match, but her tone was very calm: "That laughter is my fault, but if Miss Liu wants to climb up the pole and make trouble unreasonably, it is better to shut up quickly." ”
The others didn't expect things to develop like this, and they were silent for a while, and even Princess Yun was caught off guard.
On the contrary, Liu Huanyan was not affected, and even had a little confidence in his expression: "If it weren't for General He's relentless pursuit, the war would have ended long ago, how could it have lasted so long?" ”
When He Xiuzhu was stationed in Wancheng, in order to clear the obstacles, he led his troops to go deep into the border many times, forcing the Huns' defense line to retreat continuously, completely ensuring the safety of the surrounding Wancheng.
It is precisely because of his tough methods that the Huns hold a grudge and have been persistently harassing Wancheng.
With so many people present, I am afraid that there is no one who understands Wancheng-related matters better than He Qianwei, and when she heard this, she just asked rhetorically: "According to Miss Liu, should my father take the initiative to sue for peace and strive for peace with the Xiongnu?" ”
"Naturally!" Liu Huanyan puffed up his chest.
"The sage said that although the country is big, the warlike will perish, and the saying also says that people are forgiving and forgiving, if you keep holding on like this, how can you really get peace?"
Oh, it turned out to be a stupid person who read and read, not only has he never been on the battlefield, but he is also a fool who has unrealistic fantasies about the Huns.
Qiguo has been emphasizing literature over military force since the time of the first emperor, and now that he has ascended the throne for so many years, it has only improved slightly, and He Qianwei usually sees such arguments, but no one runs to her and says something wrong.
Occupying the geographical advantage, He Qianwei glanced around and found that although many people did not dare to speak, they had some recognition on their faces.
She thought to herself, if these pampered bastards in the capital were all of this virtue, it would be no wonder that her father would take the initiative to ask for help and run to Wancheng.
It's ridiculous.