Golden branches and jade leaves

Chapter 40

Su Mi was sitting on the side seat, the breeze was blowing, and the silver curtain was half rolled up and half covered, swaying slightly.She looked into the distance, and the dusk in early spring was extraordinarily gorgeous. Large swathes of clouds were rendered in a bright red color and dotted in mid-air. Some clouds sank almost touching the wide water surface. The setting sun was dyed a translucent golden color, rippling in thin ripples under the blowing of the spring breeze.In the blurred scenery of water and sky, the palace towers in the distance turned into a thin long line, dividing the golden red of sky and water.

After a while, under the ceremonial guards of the Tian family, neatly dressed, the empress and Qi Long, who were dressed in high buns, walked in with well-dressed female officials and servants, and the banquet began.

Delicacy on a jade plate, sake in a gold bottle, listed in order.

Royal banquets, of course, cannot do without singing and dancing.The palace people had selected a place with a clear view in the wide part of the nine-curved corridor early on, laid thick carpets, and decorated the surroundings with delicate palace lanterns.

As soon as the palace banquet started, several slender dancers came up, dancing to the melodious sound of qin and zither, turning their waists and raising their sleeves, making various graceful and graceful movements. , voiceless and graceful dance, like a misty cloud platform.The fruit fragrance and wine are mellow, and the music is harmonious. Accompanied by Dongxiao, Yaoqin, and the night is gloomy, it is a rich and prosperous palace banquet.

Qi Taki sat in the middle, holding a glass of wine and leisurely watching the singing and dancing arranged in the wide corridor.

Seeing that Qi Taki was not in high spirits, the queen asked, "These are Feitian dances recently prepared by the priest of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. What do you think, Your Majesty?"

"The songs and dances in the palace are all the same, and there are few new ones." Qi Long said with a lack of interest: "Whatever flies into the sky, it is no different from the last song and dance."

The queen smiled and said: "The emperor said so, but the concubine saw that they had just arranged a song and dance recently, it was extraordinarily delicate and unique, why don't you ask them to come over and have a look."

"Those things are tossed and turned over and over again." Qi Long said in a downcast manner: "There is no need to change it."

"Your Majesty, the specially prepared song and dance this time is different. Your majesty might as well take a look." The queen persuaded softly.

"Okay." Qi Taki nodded dispensably,

The queen smiled sweetly, clapped her hands, and immediately ordered the palace people around her to go down to spread the word. Soon, the flying dance in front of the palace was over, and the dancers retreated in an orderly manner.

The musicians in the corridor started to play again, and a group of graceful dancers floated along the Jiuqu corridor with brisk and long music.

After stepping into the arena, the sound of music turned high, and the women danced gracefully with long sleeves, and immediately stretched out their light postures like flowing clouds and flowing water. , The majestic posture rises.Even the air becomes an intoxicating fragrance due to the waving of the water sleeves,
The sound of the music gradually weakened, and the girls gradually gathered in the middle, and the sound of the music gradually stopped. Everyone thought that the dance was about to end. At this time, a melodious flute sounded lightly. Among them, this clear voice is particularly soul-stirring.

With a wave of the long sleeves of the girls, countless fresh and delicate petals were lifted up, gently floating between the sky and the earth, blown by the wind, and scattered with the fragrance of flowers. The girl backed away gracefully, and a young girl in green clothes appeared in the center of the field. The whole scene was like a flower blooming suddenly, with red petals stretching around, revealing the pure and delicate stamens.

Originally, the dance clothes worn by all the girls were all red, and she was the only one wearing a blue shirt, but it seemed that those pink and tender reds had become a foil to the green leaves, and the girl in blue was the only one. The set off safflower is the focus of much attention.

The green-clothed girl raised her head, Su Mi was slightly taken aback, she immediately realized that this familiar figure was the peach-clothed girl she had met in the corridor of Xuanhe Palace.Isn't she a show girl to be selected?How did you become a court dancer?
Su Mi turned her head to look at the queen, who was looking at Qi Taki's face from time to time.

Su Mi's eyelashes drooped down, it seemed that today was another good show arranged by her.

The sound of the flute suddenly rose high and came out through the air.

The girl danced, she skillfully rolled up her colorful sleeves, folded her slender waist, and was as light as a butterfly piercing flowers, and her style was like a sunny day. At first, she soared and flew with the sound of the song, neither slow nor fast, and then the sound of the flute gradually With the high-pitched rhythm, her movements also became quicker. For a moment, the red covered the green, just like a colorful cloud hovering and dancing on the water.

The people around couldn't help admiring and astonishing, if it wasn't for the etiquette in front of the king, I'm afraid someone would cheer up on the spot.

Su Mi secretly observed the faces of the people, and Qi Taki could not take his eyes off it.

Her eyes flicked across the concubines, and all the eunuchs, maids, and guards present all had fascinated expressions. She was about to turn her eyes away, but suddenly saw a scorching gaze from among the guards. different.

Su Mi looked at that gaze, and the gaze that caught her attention came from Qi Taki's side and rear.For a family banquet like this, there are the empresses and concubines participating in the venue, and the inner eunuch maids standing behind, ready to serve the masters at any time, and then the guards in charge of security protection, guarding the guards, at this time All around the gazebo.

It was a young bodyguard, somewhat familiar, he was wearing the samurai uniform of an ordinary bodyguard, he was handsome and clear, but at this time his face was... Su Mi's eyes were really indescribable, it was hard for her to imagine that he would Seeing so many expressions in the eyes of a guard, such as sadness, shame, and anger, it seems that he can't tell how much things can be contained in those scorching eyes. Although he tried his best to keep his expression calm, the above The look of sadness still couldn't help showing it.

Su Mi followed his gaze.He was looking at the girl in green in the arena.

By the way, this guard has met once before, the last time at the night banquet in Tianxiang Garden, Su Mi suddenly remembered, but... She recalled that the last time he was wearing the black and gold-edged warrior commanded by the guards seemed to be the same Take it, why did you become an ordinary guard this time?Isn't this girl the girl to be drafted this time?Does it have anything to do with him?

(End of this chapter)