Foster son and husband

Chapter 180 Appreciating the Moon ([-])

After dinner, Wan'er assigned two eunuchs to lead Meimei and Lin Runan out of the Kunning Palace, turned eastward and westward in the palace, and walked to a large courtyard. Yu Nu, Li Qiuge said:

"Yu Nu got sick and fell ill in bed, as long as she can support herself, she will come!"

Meimei hurriedly said: "If you are sick, you will rest, how can you force her to come? It's just that she is not here, no one can take the lead dance!"

Lin Runan said: "Then you go up!"

Li Qiuge nodded: "I chose the best for the string music and supporting dance, and the young proprietor personally performed the main dance. There is nothing wrong with it!"

Meimei smiled: "Nothing to say! Check and adjust the various instruments, let's rehearse when the time is right!"

At night, a round of bright moon rises slowly from the east, shedding pure and soft brilliance. The Fengyi Terrace in the imperial garden is surrounded by seats. Kings and grandchildren, high-ranking officials and talents, sit under the throne like stars and moons. The night breeze is blowing, the fragrance of wine and flowers is mixed together and wafts around, people are not drunk, but their hearts are also drunk.

The empress was inconvenient and could not participate in the moon-watching banquet, but the emperor could not be empty. Concubine Li and concubine Le were sitting on the left and right, and there were a dozen other concubines who were invited to sit a little further away.

The Empress Dowager was also invited to come. Sitting beside her was Concubine Chen, serving wine, tea and fruit from time to time. The Empress Dowager was all smiles, seemingly very happy.

The emperor toasted with his ministers and talked about drinking wine. When the glass was empty, his own concubine Li and concubine Le filled it up. The courtiers toasted. When the emperor was overwhelmed with alcohol, he smiled and passed the glass aside, and it was Concubine Li who took it and drank it. It doesn't matter if Concubine Li is drunk tonight, but Concubine Le can't be drunk.

The dancers of Takagi Kingdom came up to present songs and dances. A dozen or so brightly dressed women held two flower fans and danced for a long time. With just a few movements, the music was melodious and melodious, especially the one played by Prince Takagi himself. Yaoqin, melodious and ethereal, warm and graceful, successfully creates a pure and selfless artistic conception, which is fascinating.

The prince chanted a few poems to the moon, expressed his homesickness, and praised the beauty of the moon. The talented people at the banquet praised Prince Takagi, saying that he was talented and talented, and then they each displayed their peerless talents and chanted the moon. The verses are laid out continuously and eloquently, each poem is more gorgeous than the last one, and each sentence is more beautiful than the last sentence, so that Prince Takagi has no time to blink his eyes. He has now understood the so-called being lifted up and then thrown down hard .

Meimei and her band were arranged to sit in an inconspicuous corner, listening to people recite poems and sentences. In her opinion, no matter whether it was Prince Takagi or the talented person of the dynasty, everyone was so sour that they could not be more sour. The poems in praise of the moon that they recite, although the words are gorgeous, seem to be piled up. These people probably don’t know Li Bai or Su Shi.

After spelling the poems, the beauties of the court danced and sang, the string music played, but no one came on stage, Meimei dozed off, but Lin Runan was still in high spirits, Meimei leaned on Lin Runan's shoulder, but saw a girl not far away. Zhang Jingyun and Lingxuzi, hey!They also come to join in the fun?
The ancients lived a nightlife, but they were also very crazy. They were already at the climax of the moon, and they were still persuading each other to drink, pushing and changing glasses.

The face of the emperor on the top was not different, but his heart was abnormally annoyed. The two concubines around him were abnormal. Concubine Le, who wanted to rely on the heavy responsibility, saw that the emperor smiled at Concubine Li a few times, but she was so angry that she rushed to drink for the emperor. She was not drunk, but her legs were weak and she couldn't stand up, and she couldn't sit still. She couldn't dance anymore. Li Fei, who drank a lot of wine, was also not drunk, she sat upright, but she couldn't dance!
Now is not the time to be angry, the emperor glared at Ji Qing, he must find someone to replace Le Bin, otherwise he will make a joke and lose face in front of Prince Takagi!How can you break your promise by saying that there are new songs and dances with Songyue Songs!
The replacement appeared, and it was Liu Cairen who filled in new words and arranged songs and dances with Le Pin.

Liu Cairen is very talented, she is the concubine daughter of a rich and honored family in central Beijing, she also learned singing and dancing, because her figure is not as soft and graceful as that of Concubine Le, and she dances the same dance, the emperor only loves Concubine Le, she was hit hard, Gradually I stopped dancing, but I didn't expect to have another chance to dance tonight.

Liu Cairen's dance was mediocre, which was disappointing. Prince Gao Mu politely praised a few words, said a few words to the officials of the court who accompanied him, and then turned to talk to the people of his mission, smiling very proudly.

The emperor's face darkened, and he winked at Ji Qing, there are many outstanding singing and dancing girls in the palace, and here are a few more fresh and beautiful ones!

Ji Qing went down, and soon came up again, and played: "The maids in the empress's palace occasionally chanted to the moon, and also composed and performed dance music. I would like to present it. I invite the emperor, the empress dowager, His Royal Highness Prince Takagi and all the adults to appreciate and comment! "

The emperor was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile: "Sure! Act now!"

As soon as the words fell, a few figures flew across the arena, and the large sky-blue curtain covered the place where Meimei and the others were sitting. After two or three minutes, the curtain was pulled away, and people saw a strange and fresh arrangement. , a fairyland-like scene, with the bright moon in the sky, the silver glow like gauze, the rockery, flowers, trees, pavilions and pavilions in the distance are dreamlike, and the nearby clear water pool seems to have a faint smoke rising, and the eight figures on the grass are graceful. The beautiful woman in white dances lightly, and the sound of string music is ethereal and soft, slowly floating from a distance, and gradually approaching, lingering in the ears, so beautiful that people dare not breathe.

Prince Takagi couldn't help himself, he stood up abruptly, almost raised his feet and walked over, but was caught by the envoy next to him, he realized that he lost his composure, and hurriedly bowed to the emperor to plead guilty, the emperor made a gesture for him to sit down, and the expression appeared on his face. With a satisfied smile, he said to Concubine Li:

"Only the queen can understand my thoughts best. This is what I want!"

Concubine Li diligently fed the emperor a sweet fruit, and said with a gentle smile: "The emperor eats this—this fruit relieves alcohol. Get half a point from the queen!"

Le Concubine at the side leaned on the emperor and said in a drawn out voice: "Your Majesty, why don't they dance on the stage, why are they on the grass?"

The emperor pushed her away: "Sit down, Concubine Le, the envoys are watching!"

Concubine Li sighed softly: "Really, Concubine Le, I don't even know how much I can drink. If you can't drink, don't grab it. You're getting drunk!"

Instructed the eunuch and maid at the side: "Don't let Pin Le lose her composure in public, just help her down!"

The palace lady came up to help, but Concubine Le refused to leave. Concubine Li came over and persuaded softly, but Concubine Le grabbed her sleeve, Concubine Li couldn't pull it off, anxious and angry, she signaled the eunuchs and concubine to come up together with a straight face, the emperor sent Focusing on singing and dancing, ignoring how the two women around her were entangled, Le Pin was finally sent away by Concubine Li.

The sound of the wonderful string music is clear and distant, and the melodious and bright singing voice penetrates the night sky, which is melodious and intoxicating. The words and sentences chanting the moon are beautiful and timeless, just like showing a fresh and magnificent picture scroll in front of your eyes. forget me:

When will the bright moon come, ask the wine to the sky.

I don't know the palace in the sky, what year is this eve?
I want to go back by the wind, and fear Qiong Lou Yuyu,
The height is not cold.

Dancing clear shadow, like in the world!
Turn Zhuge, low tenants, and sleepless.

There should be no hatred, what is there to look forward to?
People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny.
This matter is hard to come by.

Nung, moon and new moon.

The singing voice comes from a woman behind the Yaoqin, who is pushing the piano and stands up slowly. She is dressed in plain satin in snow, wrapping her slender and plump figure, dancing lightly, and her skirt floats like a fairy descending to earth. The gauze scarf covers the head and face, the gold and pearl hairpins are shining brilliantly, and the gorgeous face is looming under the gauze scarf. It is really a fairy posture, peerless youth, you can only look at it from a distance, and refuse to come closer. They surrounded the masked woman and scattered among the flowers, disappearing in a blink of an eye.

Everyone woke up from the beautiful state, and before the good-for-nothing proposed to let the dancer go to the front, please reward me. A young man in a brocade robe and embroidered clothes came out from the banquet. He was tall and handsome, with a ribbon on his forehead. He bowed to the emperor and turned to A wooden mallet was picked up in front of a multi-faced drum, and there was a bang, followed by another piece of music. This time, all young and handsome men took to the stage to perform the dance. When Meimei and Li Qiuge composed this sword dance, they only wrote The song was released, but no lyrics were given. It was "The World", which is majestic and domineering, but also so tender.

The singing and dancing stopped, and everyone on the field was still immersed in it and couldn't extricate themselves. Prince Takagi was completely shocked, whether it was the beautiful and graceful dance of singing praises to the moon, or the masculine and breathtaking sword dance , It made him feel like weeping, he sat on the table, unable to speak for a long time.

The emperor looked at King Qi who was hiding in the crowd, with an unpredictable expression on his face, the queen mother's eyes were a little dazed, and asked the emperor:

"That child, is he King Qi?"

The emperor smiled: "It's far away, and my son didn't see it clearly!"

The queen mother said: "Oh, this sword dance is beautiful, it's too fast, you come and go, Ai's family passed without seeing clearly!"

"Do you want to watch it again, mother?"

The emperor asked with a smile, and the queen mother shook her head: "Forget it, seeing them jumping around, my eyes are dazzled! The dance in front of the moon is really good, that girl is not bad, she really looks like Chang'e who came down from the moon palace. The singing and dancing girl, the outstanding Aijia remember it, why haven’t I seen this one? It’s far away, one dance follows the other, and I didn’t come to ask her to come to see it. Why don’t the emperor let them come up now? , the Ai family will also give her a reward!"

The emperor smiled: "It's late at night, Prince Takagi is so tired, let's reward them together tomorrow!"

The woman stood up from behind the Yaoqin and began to dance, he became suspicious, and then sang, he heard that it wasn't Qin Meimei, who else?

Zhang Jingyun and Lingxuzi said that Meimei's Cyclamen has string music, singing and dancing, which is as beautiful as fairy music. The empress sent the singing and dancing just to make things better, but unexpectedly they saved the scene.

(End of this chapter)