"His Royal Highness, fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law, don't you like venison?" Jiuzhu asked before everyone moved the chopsticks.
"Maybe it is." King Chen rolled up his sleeves and started to attack the venison.
An Wang finally remembered what he had forgotten.
Forgot to invite fourth brother!
Just when he was about to send someone to the fourth disciple's courtyard to invite him, he saw Yun Yanze and Sun Caiyao walking out of the inner courtyard.
The eyes met each other, and the atmosphere became awkward.
Yun Yanze saw the brothers sitting neatly around the table, and saw the slightly embarrassed smile on An Wang's face, but he still didn't understand what was going on.
"Fourth brother, you came just in time." King Jing said, "Second brother is setting up a venison feast. We are going to send someone to invite the two of you. It just so happened that you came out. Please take a seat."
Sun Caiyao was worried, His Highness has always been cold and noble, and several princes were so slow...
"Thank you." Yun Yanze lifted his robe and sat down at the table.
In this situation, Sun Caiyao felt even more distressed. If it was the former His Royal Highness, why should he feel so wronged
According to the order of princes, Yun Yanze should sit on top of King Chen, but King Chen sat next to King An.
Princess Huai and Princess An diligently talked to Ming Jiuzhu, which was full of flattery.
Of course, they were not courting Ming Jiuzhu, but Yun Duqing beside Ming Jiuzhu.
Yun Yanze looked at King Huai and saw that the other party was absent-minded, he couldn't help sneering in his heart, as the eldest son, is the eldest brother really willing to be Yun Duqing's pawn
"Meat, it's interesting to bake it yourself." An Wang imitated Yun Duqing and rolled up his sleeves: "Today we don't need anyone to serve, what do you think?"
"Okay." King Huai picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it all in one gulp: "Do it yourself."
A group of princes, princes and concubines started to roast venison with pride, and finally got a bunch of roasted meat that could not be eaten. Fortunately, there were other dishes on the table to drink, so they barely saved their face.
Jiuzhu couldn't see their bad and good things, and put the roasted meat into the bowl of King Chen, and the aroma of the roasted meat spread to everyone's nose.
Seeing that King Chen was eating with relish, the mood suddenly became unhappy. Everyone failed to eat barbecue, why don't you two get along
King Chen didn't know that his brothers were glaring at him, or that even if he knew, he would pretend that nothing happened. If it was just like that, he ate the roast meat, put down his chopsticks and leaned in front of his own princess to learn how to roast meat with her.
"Your Highness is amazing."
Oh, just turning the meat over, what's so great
"Your Highness has done a great job."
Tsk, brushed a layer of honey on the meat, and the meat was roasted.
"How can your Highness do anything, you can learn it right away?"
Oh, that's impossible, unless he's bragging.
"Come on, try it." King Chen picked up the roasted meat and blew it, feeding it to Jiuzhu's mouth.
The charred venison was a bit woody, the seasoning was not evenly sprinkled, the salty taste was too heavy, even a little bitter, and the taste was not good.
"what about the taste?"
Jiuzhu looked at His Highness's expectant eyes and smiled.
The arrogant fairy fell from the sky for her, and dyed her with fireworks. The hand holding the whip was stained with oil smoke, and the smoke was burning, just to bake a piece of meat for her with her own hands.
After swallowing the venison, Jiuzhu smiled and nodded: "It's delicious."
"Then I will continue to bake for you."
"OK."
After a few glasses of wine, King Huai was not drunk. He looked at Yun Duqing and Ming Jiuzhu, who were almost sticking together, and snorted. Back then, when he and Princess Wang first got married, they weren't sticky either.
"My lord, this servant will pour wine for you." A palace maid held a wine jug and poured a glass of wine for King Huai in a soft voice.
Seeing this palace maid, King Huai subconsciously glanced at Princess Huai. Seeing that Princess Huai didn't notice, he said, "Go back, I don't need you to serve me here."
"Yes, the slaves retire." The palace maid Yingying bowed and walked away with the jug in her hand.
"The venison that the second brother got today is really good." King Jing gradually found out the secret of roasting meat, and praised: "No wonder I specially called the brothers together."
Yun Yanze sipped his wine without saying a word, and Sun Caiyao put the roasted meat into his bowl: "Your Highness, can you taste it?"
"It's a little salty." Yun Yanze took a small bite: "You haven't done this before, it's already good."
Sun Caiyao touched the spot on the back of her hand that was scalded by the oil and smiled.
Princess An threw aside the unidentified object that was roasted black and charred in her hand, and re-grilled a barely visible piece of meat and put it in Prince An's bowl.
An Wang silently swallowed the meat into his stomach, not even daring to chew it.
"Come on, the five of us brothers gather today and have a drink together." King Huai held up the wine glass: "May... brothers love each other deeply and never forget the joy of gathering together today."
King Chen put down his chopsticks and picked up his wine glass: "Come."
The five wine glasses touch each other.
The wine is the same, the wine glass is the same, but the mood of drinking is different.
For the second cup, the prince, prince and concubine raised the cup. While drinking, King Chen took the cup in Jiuzhu's hand: "She is not good at drinking, so I drank it for her."
"Okay." An Wang praised: "The fifth brother is very courageous."
Jiu Zhu waited for King Chen to finish drinking two glasses of wine, then picked some meat and fed it to his mouth to help him suppress the wine.
However, the posture of His Royal Highness drinking for her is so unrestrained.
After a few rounds of drinking, the princes were already a little drunk. They sometimes talked about things when they were young, and sometimes they sang loudly with each other's shoulders on each other's shoulders. They really looked like brothers.
"The dishes are cold, bring new dishes." Princess Huai stood up and said to several younger siblings, "Let them make trouble on their own, let's talk to the side."
Princess Jing and Sun Caiyao did not move.
Princess An and Jiuzhu got up and sat down with Princess Huai at the stone table next to them, and the maid brought them tea to relieve their tiredness.
Hearing the incoherent singing of several princes, Princess Huai sighed, "I haven't seen the five of them together for a long time."
Princess An glanced at Jiuzhu and said nothing.
Princess Huai chuckled and said, "We're talking between concubines at the moment, don't care what their men think."
"We women who are married to the royal family, we always have to pay attention to everything we talk about and do things on weekdays, always be careful, it's rare to be yourself at this time, and you don't have to worry too much." Princess Huai paused and looked at Jiuzhu: " Nine beads."
Jiu Zhu was drinking tea with her head down, and she raised her head and blinked at her when she heard Princess Huai calling her.
"Thank you." Princess Huai looked at Jiuzhu with some kindness in her eyes.
Jiuzhu looked at Princess Huai puzzled, what did she thank her for
Princess Huai laughed out loud: "they sing, we can't just sit around and let me play a tune for you."
The palace servant brought the qin, and Princess Huai fiddled with the strings: "Because I played a song at the flower viewing banquet held by the empress, I was favored by the concubine, and finally married into the palace."
"Qin, I haven't played for a long time." The smile on her face faded a little: "If it doesn't sound good, the two of you will take more care."
The moment the song was completed, Jiu Zhu unconsciously put down the teacup and sat up straight.
Even Princess Jing and Sun Caiyao, who were sitting beside her husband, turned their heads and looked over here.
On weekdays, Princess Huai, who seems to be regular and stable, plays a song that has a bit of spring vitality.
Listening to the song, Jiuzhu seemed to hear the spring breeze, saw the growth of grass and trees, and the blooming of flowers.
After the song was over, Jiuzhu was so excited that she clapped and clapped: "It sounds good, it sounds really good, everything is alive, and flowers and plants are prosperous."
Princess Huai looked at Jiuzhu's bright eyes, caressed the body of the piano lightly, she was intoxicated, if it was in the past, she would never be able to do what she is today: "This song was made by me in my spare time, it was never famous, since Jiuzhu likes it, I put it on it. Let it be called "Beautiful Pearl"."
Jiuzhu was a little embarrassed: "Will this be a little bad?"
"A good song is hard to find a soulmate. It is a blessing for this song to win your favor." Princess Huai smiled and shook her head: "If it weren't for you, this would be an unnamed song."
This song, when you listen to it at first glance, will only feel cold, sad and lonely, and few people can hear the joy after the cold.
When everything grows, it is silent, and when flowers bloom, it is also cold and silent.
The growth and hope after the cold and quiet are most easily forgotten and ignored.
Baozhuhuan, Baozhuhuan, a song that makes nine beads happy.
Princess An looked at Ming Jiuzhu who was smiling happily, and found undisguised love in her sister-in-law's eyes.
As the eldest son, the princess regards the most threatening prince and princess as her bosom friend, which is a rare sight in the palace.
It's a pity that everyone in the world praises men's affection, and how many literati write about the loyalty of their daughter's family
Princess An joined in the fun and played a tune with a jade flute. In the praise of her sister-in-law, she turned her head to look at Jiuzhu: "Jiuzhu, would you like to present a song?"
"I don't know many tunes, and I don't know such an elegant instrument." Jiuzhu hesitated for a while, and asked the palace servant of the Sixth Palace of Zhang: "Is there a Xiqin?"
"Yes, please wait a moment, Princess."
Xi Qin
Princess Huai and Princess An were both curious, few noble daughters learned Xiqin, did not expect Jiuzhu to do this
"My grandfather, he often plays music for me with Xiqin. After a long time, I will become familiar with it." Seeing their curiosity, Jiuzhu talked about her childhood: "Especially in summer nights, when cicadas sing and insects sing, and moon stars sing. Rare, the music echoes in the valley, as if it came from the sky."
The palace servant took Xiqin, and Jiuzhu tried the strings with a bow, and the strange squeaking sound made the princes who were drunk a little sober.
"Xiqin originally had a plucked string, but like Master, I like to draw a bow." Jiuzhu put Xiqin on her thigh and pulled it up.
The sound of the piano is melodious, as if there are birds in the empty valley ready to fly.
However, after the bird flew, it was unspeakable loneliness and sadness.
Princess Huai and Princess An, who were listening to the music seriously, were fine, but Wang Huai, who was drinking, suddenly had red eyes, pouring cold wine into his stomach one cup after another.
King Chen put down the wine glass, turned to look at Jiuzhu who was playing the qin, and listened carefully to the sound of the qin.
"Fifth brother, what are you doing, drinking?" Drunk An Wang stretched out his hand to pull Chen Wang's sleeve.
King Chen glanced at him and ruthlessly pulled his hand off his own arm.
Is he in a daze
That is to enjoy the song of my daughter-in-law.
King Huai was still crying, but no one of the brothers went to comfort him, even Princess Huai just glanced at it, and then looked away as if he didn't see it.
"This wine, the more you drink it, the more bitter it becomes." King Huai wiped his face with his sleeve: "Whoever played the tune makes people feel uncomfortable when they hear it."
After listening to this song, he finally understood what the situation was in "Jiang Xue", "Thousands of mountains and birds fly away, and thousands of people disappear".
"Brother, don't say a word." Even if he was drunk, An Wang kept in mind that he could not offend the fifth brother: "That's a song played by the fifth brother and sister."
"The fifth younger siblings are young, how can they pull such a..."
"The sound of the qin is unintentional, but the listener has a heart." King Chen interrupted King Huai's words: "It's not that the sound of the qin is bitter, but your heart."
Where is the pain in this song
It is clearly a song of green mountains and green waters, leisurely and peaceful. It is like an old man who has gone through a thousand sails, finally found a home of peace of mind, relieved his exhaustion, and obtained peace of mind and body.
"Where did the song come from?" As night fell, the sound in the harem was particularly evident.
Emperor Longfeng, who was walking with Empress Su, stopped and listened to the sound of music in the wind: "It seems to be the sound of Xiqin?"
"Go back to your majesty, His Royal Highness An Wang held a roasted deer banquet in Zhangliu Palace. The prince and the prince and concubine are there." Liu Zhongbao replied, "The princes sang loudly, the princes and concubines played songs, it was very lively, you want to see it Look?"
"No need, let their brothers play by themselves, if I go, they will not be comfortable playing." Emperor Longfeng listened for a while: "This song is well played, I also heard this song a long time ago. ."
"Your Majesty, tell me, what kind of song is this?" Queen Su was curious: "It sounds very pleasant."
"When I was five years old, on the birthday of the emperor's grandfather, a musician used the Xiqin to play this piece." Emperor Longfeng lowered his eyelids: "Then the musician intended to stab and was shot by Jin Jiawei on the spot."
"assassinate?"
"Yeah." Emperor Longfeng nodded: "Some people said that the musician was a remnant of the previous dynasty, and since then, no one in the capital has played this song again."
Forty years later, this piece was almost forgotten by musicians in the capital.
"At that time, more than a hundred years have passed since the fall of the previous dynasty. Could it be that the remnants of the previous dynasty have not given up?" Empress Su felt that if this was true, the descendants of the former dynasty's relics would be quite determined.
"It doesn't matter if it's true or not, no one cares." Emperor Longfeng sighed: "A lot of people died in the capital at that time."
The so-called remnants of the previous dynasty are just an excuse for the emperor's grandfather to eliminate hidden dangers for the emperor when he was old.
It is a pity that the grandfather did not expect that after the father, the emperor, who had no worries about the future, became dazed and almost pulled the entire Dacheng Dynasty into the abyss.
At the age of five, he watched as the musician was shot and turned into a hedgehog full of arrow feathers. His eyes widened when he was about to die, and he firmly remembered this tune.
"The one who plays the qin should be Jiuzhu." Emperor Longfeng smiled. The younger generation, who knew this tune and still learned this tune, is probably only Jiuzhu who didn't grow up in the capital.
"It's good, right?" Queen Su pushed him gently: "Don't scare the child about this song in front of the child."
"If I really mentioned it, our son would not have to go to Taiyang Palace to make trouble with me." Emperor Longfeng laughed out loud: "This stinky boy is with me and loves my dear master."
After the roasted venison banquet was over, the princes were already drunk, Jiuzhu walked to King Chen, and saw that although his cheeks were red, he was not like other princes lying on the table.
"Your Highness, are we going back?"
"Well, go back." King Chen stood up, put his hands behind his back, and took a few steps forward. Seeing that Jiuzhu didn't keep up, he looked back at her: "Why don't you go?"
Jiu Zhu quickly followed, holding his sleeve: "Your Highness, aren't you drunk?"
"Hmph." King Chen raised his chin slightly: "How could this amount of wine make me drunk."
Jiu Zhu took advantage of the situation and hugged his arm. There was a faint smell of alcohol on his body, but it was not bad.
"Why is there no moon tonight?" King Chen suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky.
"It may be raining soon." Jiuzhu replied, "It is always easy to rain during the Qingming season."
"Oh." King Chen was silent for a moment: "So we can't sunbathe the moon together tonight."
Jiuzhu looked up at him, he looked down at her.
In his eyes, Jiuzhu saw the mist-like water light, and the corners of her mouth were taut, like a little cutie who was aggrieved.
Ah, so His Highness was drunk.