Chapter 46
Chapter 46
Cangwu Jingyuan was snickering, but out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly found that Prince Beiyuan, who was watching the show, turned her gaze to her side, and the two of them coincidentally met each other.
The prince Beiyuan over there was slightly taken aback, and then a look of joy flashed in his eyes, and he raised the wine glass in his hand to Cangwu Jingyuan from a long distance away.
The smile on Cangwu Jingyuan's face froze, she raised her wine glass at him, and stopped looking at him after she drank it down.
Cangwu Jinxiu, who had been paying attention to Prince Beiyuan during the banquet, saw all the interaction between him and Cangwu Jingyuan, and a flash of jealousy flashed in her eyes. After twisting into scum, he turned his head and whispered a few words to the maid beside him, then continued to watch the show calmly.
"The three princesses really deserve their reputation." At the end of the song, the Prime Minister of Beiyuan Kingdom couldn't help but express his praise.
Cangwu Lingxue expressed his thanks to him in time, but found that the prince of Beiyuan who was sitting next to the prime minister of Beiyuan country was currently wondering what the corners of his lips were curled up and downcast eyes. The surprise here, is there something wrong?
"Couldn't the third sister still have a show to perform?" Cangwu Jinxiu, who has never seen others better than herself, couldn't help but sarcastically. She was unwilling to let Cangwu Lingxue overshadow her hard-working dance. Now Seeing that Prince Beiyuan was equally absent-minded about her performance, he naturally couldn't hide his pleasure.
Although Cangwu Lingxue was a little stunned, she was not as brainless as Cangwu Jinxiu, and retreated without saying anything more.
Then it was Cangwu Jingyuan's turn, and Cangwu Jingyuan was not stage-frightened, so she gave a salute and asked the little palace man to present her guqin.
Cangwu Jingyuan was going to play "High Mountains and Flowing Water", but when she opened the cloth wrapping the guqin, she found that two strings of the guqin were broken.
Seeing this, everyone was in an uproar, and some family members sitting in front even began to whisper to each other. Cangwu Jingyuan looked at the broken strings of the Guqin and frowned. She had confirmed that the strings of the Guqin were intact before going out, but now it is like this, Someone obviously wanted to take this opportunity to embarrass her.
Why bother, Cangwu Jingyuan hooked the corners of her lips, there was no panic in her eyes, she already had a plan in mind.
"Jing Yuan, why haven't you started yet?" The queen didn't notice that Cang Wu Jing Yuan's guqin had broken a string, she only said that she was nervous and stage fright, and couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied.
"Emperor Mother, my son's string... accidentally broke." Even though it was broken by someone, Cangwu Jingyuan didn't intend to just say that, after all, there were people from Beiyuan present tonight.
The queen frowned when she heard the words, "Why are you still so frizzy, you don't even know that the guqin you are going to perform is broken."
Seeing that the empress was dissatisfied, Cangwu Jinxiu couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth, she was full of pleasure now.
She also heard that Prince Beiyuan even went to see Cangwu Jingyuan on purpose. Now Prince Beiyuan should know that Cangwu Jingyuan is an idiot with gold and jade in it.The more she thought about it, the more complacent she became, and she almost laughed out loud when she thought of Cangwu Jingyuan's embarrassment that she had to leave with her tail tucked in the end when she thought of Cangwu Jingyuan's complacent desire to make a big splash.
The queen also knew that she might not be able to complete this performance, so she raised her hands and said, "In that case, you should go down first."
"Empress, don't worry, even if two strings are broken, this piece can still be completed."
Hearing this sentence, there was another discussion among the people around, and Prince Beiyuan also raised his eyebrows interestingly. Although they had only been together for a few days, he just felt that Cangwu Jingyuan would not give up easily.
"Oh? Really? Then let's start!" The queen also wanted to see what Cangwu Jingyuan could play with the remaining strings.
Cangwu Jingyuan hooked her lips and smiled, turned to Bai Qian's position, and asked loudly: "I knew that Bachelor Bai was proficient in rhythm, but I don't know if Bachelor Bai would be willing to honor the face and play a duet with this princess?"
Bai Qian was still worried about Cangwu Jingyuan, but now that she was calm and composed on the stage and invited herself to play a ensemble, she felt relieved, stood up and bowed to her, with a slight smile on her lips, "Bai Qian is honored to."
The two discussed for a while behind the stage and then re-emerged on stage.
What they were going to play together was a piece called "Zheng Rong", which was said to have been learned by a woman in the previous dynasty from a top luthier who lived in seclusion in the mountains.
When Cangwu Jingyuan heard it from Guijun by chance, she liked it very much. She dragged Bai Qian to practice for a long time in private, but unexpectedly it came in handy today.
Cangwu Jingyuan nodded to Bai Qian, and Bai Qian held the jade flute to her lips, and when the melodious and clear sound of the flute sounded, everyone couldn't help but listen carefully.
At the beginning, the part of the flute seemed to complain and sigh, which made people feel helpless. After the sound of the flute stopped, Cangwu Jingyuan strummed the strings, and the sound of the guqin suddenly became rapid. She plucked the strings fast and slow, The method is extremely skillful.
The sound of the zither is high and low, sometimes like a silent drizzle sinking into the running water, and sometimes like a person holding a sword and pulling out thousands of moves.
Cangwu Jingyuan became more and more devoted to playing the flute, and Bai Qian's flute sound matched just right. Such a tacit understanding, as if the two had been in touch for thousands of times.
Cangwu Jingyuan curled her lips and couldn't help but look up at Bai Qian, only to find that she was also looking back at him, her eyes were as warm as water, filled with unspeakable affection.
At that moment, it seemed that she and Bai Qian were the only ones left in the whole hall, without the strange waves of the world of mortals, and without the national and family hatred that had to be borne, just the two of them.Flick the qin and hold the flute, as if you can live like this forever.
At the end of the song, there was no sound around, Cangwu Jingyuan only felt that his mood was agitated, and he couldn't get away from the sound of the piano just now, and there were roaring cheers and applause in his ears.
"This song should only exist in the sky, it's rare to hear it in the world." The speaker was Prince Beiyuan, who just woke up from the soul-stirring sound of the piano, and couldn't help sighing.
It’s been a long time since I’ve heard such moving tunes. Although there are many famous teachers in the Beiyuan court, those tunes are beautiful, but it’s hard to resonate with them. For a while, the palace gate was deprived of its most natural and simple characteristics.
But tonight, Cangwu Jingyuan and Bai Qian's performances are different. Although Prince Beiyuan thinks he is quite talented in rhythm, he has to applaud their ensemble, and his evaluation of Cangwu Jingyuan has risen a bit in his heart. .
Cangwu Jingyuan walked to Bai Qian's side, eyes full of unconcealable affection, gently took her hand, and the two bowed slightly to express their gratitude to everyone in the audience.
"The three princesses are quite good at piano skills, and they are also full of spirituality. Today really opened my eyes. Princess Cangwu is really talented and talented. This is really a blessing for Cangwu Kingdom." A minister who looked very serious Can't help but praise.
"May I, Beiyuan and Cangwu, have a good relationship forever, inherit the heaven together, and prosper from generation to generation." The Prince Beiyuan, who had been in the palace for a long time and had not expressed his opinion, stood up at this moment, drank the wine in his glass in one gulp, and the other envoys also drank one after another. Drink all the wine in the glass to show the sincerity of harmony.
"Okay, okay!" The empress was very happy, she raised her wine glass and stood up: "May I, Cangwu, and Beiyuan have a good relationship forever, inherit the heaven together, and prosper for generations to come."
"Eternal diplomatic relations, common inheritance of Tianze, long live my emperor!" Everyone also raised their glasses and drank to celebrate this historic moment together.
Cangwu Jingyuan looked at the celebration, and suddenly felt a kind of pride in her heart. She remembered the words of Zhang Zai, a great Confucian in the Northern Song Dynasty, explained by Zhao Taifu, "Build a heart for the world, establish a life for the people, inherit the knowledge for the sages, and open up for the world. peace".
Once again, she swore secretly in her heart that if she became the empress, she would make this prosperous world last for a hundred years.
However, when everyone was cheering and applauding for this matter.Underneath, there was a pair of eyes staring straight at Cangwu Jingyuan, which were full of passion and determination.
The owner of these eyes was Shen Ye. He drank some wine tonight. He was dressed in a white brocade robe and a crown with long hair, which made the already handsome him even more handsome.
He had never put Cangwu Jingyuan in his eyes at all before, especially when Cangwu Jingyuan and Yan had repeatedly expressed their love for him before, Shen Ye was even more disdainful, thinking sarcastically in his heart that she is a good-for-nothing How could he be worthy of attracting his attention?
But who would have thought that this woman's performance recently made it more and more difficult for him to take his eyes off her. Not to mention a few poems at the poetry conference some time ago, they have attracted a lot of attention whether in the South Study Room or in front of the Queen.
As for tonight's song, her concentration when playing the piano, her innate grandeur and ease on the stage, and her calmness in times of crisis all attracted his attention.
Moreover, for some reason, when Shen Ye saw Cangwu Jingyuan and Bai Qian standing together in such a tacit understanding, a feeling called jealousy surged in his heart. At that moment, Prince Beiyuan's fiery eyes on the stage did not move away from her for a moment, which only made Shen Ye feel more and more uncomfortable.
Of course, Cangwu Jingyuan didn't know about the undercurrents below. Looking at the astonishing gazes of the people around her, she knew that she had accidentally become the focus of everyone's attention. She stuck out her tongue to her side and planned to borrow Go out to avoid it under the pretext of urinating.
In view of the lesson from last time, Bai Qian was worried and wanted to be with Cangwu Jingyuan, but Cangwu Jingyuan said that the two of them would inevitably attract attention if they left the banquet at the same time, which showed that she was bringing Qinghe with her at the moment, and her recent martial arts It made a lot of progress, which made Bai Qian feel at ease.
Walking out of the Chengqing Palace, Cangwu Jingyuan originally wanted to stroll around and went back, but she didn't expect to think about something, and when she looked up again, she walked to the Imperial Garden. Looking at the lake water shimmering under the moonlight, Cangwu Jingyuan hooked up. He hooked his lips, picked up a stone and was about to throw it into the lake, when he suddenly heard the faint sound of footsteps behind him, he lowered his eyes and threw the stone towards the source of the sound...
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