Ye Tianhuai was stunned for a moment.

Although concubines are not forbidden to drink alcohol in the palace, it is rare to see concubines drinking in the harem except for palace banquets.

One is because there are few women who love to drink, and the other is because they are easy to lose their temper when drinking.

What's more, Chen Julian in Ye Tianhuai's impression is a generous and dignified lady who is as light as a chrysanthemum, and people like her really can't fight with things like drinking.

When Ye Tian was surprised, he only heard the sound of the zither cracking silk, like a torrent pouring down, and then stopped abruptly.

Chen Ju played the last note in a row, and there was a brief pause in mid-air before letting it go. Her whole body slowly softened with the hand that had been lowered.

"Tan Qiu, did you bring the wine?" She asked, looking back.

The voice was not as gentle as she usually was, dyed with some alcohol, with a little inexplicable pride.

Tan Qiu, who was kneeling on the ground, did not dare to respond, but secretly raised his eyes to look at the emperor at the door with a frightened gaze.

Chen Julian looked a little ignorant, and when he saw that she was silent, he followed her gaze, and then saw Ye Qianhuai in black clothes.

Her hazy drunken eyes woke up most of the time in an instant.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and then Chen Julian withdrew his gaze, got up and walked out from behind the piano, and gave Ye Tianhuai a full salute.

Although she looked a little flustered, her demeanor was still down-to-earth and pleasing to the eye.

"Good song." Ye Tianhuai applauded lightly and asked very kindly, "It's the first time I've heard Guzheng's "Pre-Battle Song", did you change it yourself?" ”

Chen Julian replied: "It's a little clumsy, which makes Your Majesty smile." ”

She regained her usual gentle and pleasant appearance, and her voice became softer.

Ye Tianhuai walked in front of the palace maid Tan Qiu, bent down to pick up the wine jar in front of her, and took it to his eyes to take a closer look.

It is a flower carving.

"You won't mind if I drink your jar of wine, will you?" Ye Tianhuai asked Chen Julian very politely.

Chen Julian hung his head, bowed again, and said, "The concubine doesn't dare." ”

"Go get a bowl." Ye Qianhuai said to Tan Qiu.

The little palace maid got up in fright and trotted to the east kitchen in response.

Ye Tianhuai lifted the hem of his clothes and sat on the steps in front of the main hall.

She looked at Chen Julian with interest and said, "I want to listen to the concubine play another song." Will you play "Will Enter the Wine"? ”

Chen Julian looked at her, a little surprised.

She was originally worried that the emperor would punish her for being drunk and undignified in the palace as a concubine, but she didn't expect the emperor to open his mouth to listen to her play this most popular drinking song in Dajing.

This song is not like "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" and "Yangchun White Snow" are court music, but a song that is widely circulated among the people, especially in Goolan wine shops, the tune is very down-to-earth, catchy but inevitably a little vulgar.

Chen Julian naturally had never learned such a piece in his piano lesson.

But she herself likes this song very much, and once secretly tried to make up several versions of the tune.

It's just never played in front of people.

Now seeing that the emperor opened her mouth to ask, she looked at Ye Tianhuai, and her heart was filled with hesitation.

"Will it?" Ye Qianhuai asked again, with a gentle smile in his eyes.

Chen Julian lowered his head and replied, "That concubine is ugly." ”

Because she was sitting on a stone bench that was fixed to the ground, she had to turn her back to the emperor when she played.

But perhaps it was because she couldn't see the emperor that she was able to let go a little more. Although he was still a little cringe at first, Chen Julian soon entered the state, and every note was chic and neat, and there was no cowardice.

Ye Qianhuai sat on the ground, one hand propped on his knee and his head propped up, looking at Chen Julian's yellow back, drinking a glass alone from time to time.

There is no wind tonight.

But Ye Qianhuai felt that there was a wind in this small courtyard, and the wind filled Chen Julian's sleeves flying up and down, making her look like a bird with wings ready to fly.

A bird that shouldn't have been imprisoned in this wall.

The wrist, which was so slender that it seemed to break with a single grip, was now composing the most sonorous music in the world.

There is unbridled laughter in the sound of the piano, there is a heroic spirit, and even the prosperity of fire trees and silver flowers.

Ye Tianhuai suddenly remembered the landscape painted by Chen Julian that she saw in Chen's Mansion years ago.

The painting is like this piece, magnificent, not as if it came from the hand of a daughter.

It's just that she forgot.

She only remembered that she was Chen Yuansi's granddaughter.

This identity that could not be ignored occupied Ye Tianhuai's field of vision, so much so that she couldn't see Chen Julian himself at all.

Ye Qianhuai is married to Chen Yuansi's granddaughter, as for whether she is Chen Julian or Chen Lianju, it doesn't matter to Ye Qianhuai.

It was not until this moment that Ye Tianhuai suddenly realized that the woman in front of him was not only Chen Yuansi's granddaughter, but also the first talented woman in the capital. She had taken a fancy to her paintings at first sight.

One song is finished.

"It's a big drink." Ye Qian weighed the wine bowl in his hand and said, "The concubine is so large, this is the first time I know about it today." ”

Chen Julian turned around and lowered his head to her, without speaking, like a child who had done something wrong, waiting to be reprimanded.

Ye Tianhuai didn't mean to reprimand, seeing that Chen Ju didn't even speak, she asked again: "Why are you drinking alone here?" ”

Chen Ju paused for a moment, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just lowered his head.

Ye Tianhuai then turned to Tan Qiu on the side and asked, "Why is your master drinking today?" ”

Tan Qiu is Chen Julian's personal maid brought into the palace from Chen's mansion, and her relationship is much closer, seeing Ye Tianhuai asking, she looked at Chen Julian in Xi'an City, but the other party hung his head and didn't look at her.

The little girl said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, today is Niangniang's birthday." ”

Ye Tianhuai was taken aback and said, "You and Shu Yao are on the same birthday?" ”

Chen Julian still hung his head and replied, "Yes." The concubine is also the third birthday of the eighth month. ”

Ye Tianhuai suddenly realized.

No wonder she was silent when she watched the play today, and she hurriedly retired after the performance. I guess there was some anger in it.

"I was negligent. Alas, the Ministry of Internal Affairs too, why didn't you remind me of such a big thing? Ye Qian said annoyedly.

Annoyed, she touched her body again, but found that she didn't have anything on her except for the close-fitting jade pendant left by Empress Dowager Jingmin and the gold medal of the Emperor Xian used to transfer the Eagle Guard.

Needless to say, the gold medal should never be given away. And that jade pendant was also returned to her by Chen Julian, so naturally she couldn't take it out as a gift anymore.

Ye Tianhuai was a little embarrassed. Not only did she ignore the concubine's birthday, but she also asked her to go with her to celebrate the princess's birthday, and at this moment, she couldn't even take out a gift to make up for it.

(End of chapter)