"Uncle Wang is in there?" Pei Qingmin asked slowly with his hands behind his back, his eyes fixed on a corner of a bamboo building hidden in the bamboo forest. Behind him was a eunuch and several guards.
"Our prince is not inside. It is Fourth Miss Qu who is playing the piano." The secret guard lowered his head and said.
Pei Qingmin raised his eyebrows in surprise, his eyes fell on the raised eaves of the bamboo building again, and he hesitated for a moment before saying, "I just happen to have something to ask Miss Qu Si, go and inform her!"
The secret guard was ordered to go to the bamboo building to report.
When Yudong heard that it was the King of Wei who came, he was very surprised and hurried to report to Qu Moying.
Qu Moying was also surprised. This sickly-looking prince actually came to Qingyun Temple? "Please welcome the King of Wei."
Yudong went downstairs and soon led Pei Qingmin, who looked extremely pale, upstairs. The prince looked even weaker than before. He only walked a few steps but his complexion did not look very good.
Even though the weather has warmed up, he is still wearing fox fur, which makes people feel cold...
The eunuch helped him sit down on the other side of the bamboo mat, and Qu Moying stepped forward to pay his respects.
"Miss Fourth Qu, you don't have to be polite. This originally belonged to my uncle. I am tired and it is wrong for me to come here to disturb you. If I ask Fourth Miss Qu to be so unfamiliar and polite, it would be even more of my fault." Pei Qingmin said gently, pointing to the other side of the table.
There was no other place to sit here, so after looking at it, Qu Moying knelt down on the mat on the other side of the desk without any hesitation.
Yuchun brought the tea again.
"What's the matter, Your Majesty?" Qu Moying took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and said seriously.
"It's nothing, actually. I'm just really tired after walking here, and I can't walk anymore. I heard the sound of the piano over here, and I knew there were people, so I thought of coming over to ask for a cup of tea and take a rest before I leave. I wonder if I disturbed Fourth Miss Qu?"
Pei Qingmin turned his head and coughed twice, his face did not look good.
The complexion is actually a little worse than the last time I saw it.
"Your Highness, you are too polite. This was originally the residence of the King of England. Like Your Highness, I am also a guest here." Qu Moying smiled slightly, her beautiful eyes polite yet distant.
"Was that Miss Qu Si playing the piano just now?" Pei Qingmin coughed again and asked, his eyes falling on the bamboo slips on the piano bench. "This is the music sheet that Miss Qu Si played just now. Can I borrow it to have a look?"
"Please do as you wish, Your Highness." Qu Moying said with a smile.
The eunuch stepped forward, took the music score from the piano stool and handed it to Pei Qingmin. Pei Qingmin took it and looked at it carefully. The more he looked, the brighter his eyes became, and his originally pale face became a little more flushed with excitement.
"Could this be an old thing of Princess Hengyang?" He raised his head and looked at Qu Moying, seeking confirmation.
"It should be. It was sent by the master of Qingyun Temple." Qu Moying nodded in response.
"I heard that Princess Hengyang was originally a person who loved the qin. I heard that when she passed away, she burned some old things. I didn't expect that she actually left behind such an old score, and it was in the earliest bamboo slip format. Could it be that this was made by Princess Hengyang herself?"
Pei Qingmin also liked it very much. After flipping through it, he checked the texture of the bamboo slips. "This bamboo slip has a texture that I have never seen before. It may be a rare fine product in Chu at that time!"
Because there was very little, they did not dare send it to the capital, for fear that the Emperor would ask for a large amount, and it would be useless in Chu.
Of course, it is also possible that the King of Chu at that time had no intention of sending the good things to the capital. After all, this King of Chu was rebelling at that time.
of.
If someone dares to even start a rebellion, hiding some fine products for his own use is nothing special.
Of course, it doesn’t matter what the truth is. The King of Chu is a thing of the past, and the turmoil in Chu has subsided, at least on the surface.
"This... maybe it is. I have never seen this kind of bamboo before. It looks like a combination of tear bamboo and purple bamboo. The surface is very smooth. Even after so many years, it still has a light and elegant bamboo fragrance. It must be a very good bamboo."
Qu Moying responded.
She was also curious about the bamboo.
"This music score... Miss Qu Si, can you play it again? I feel that the notes seem different from those in the capital. Could it be that Princess Hengyang kept it for this reason? I heard that Princess Hengyang burned many of her favorite old things in a fire, but she was reluctant to burn this too!" Pei Qingmin raised his eyes and looked at Qu Moying, smiling.
Qu Moying did not refuse. After a moment of silence, he nodded.
The eunuch brought the music score back and placed the music stool back in front of Qu Moying. He calmed down a bit, put his fingers on the music score, and started playing again.
Pei Qingmin closed his eyes and quietly enjoyed the piano music beside his ears. Suddenly, the music stopped abruptly.
"Miss." Yu Dong screamed and walked forward, looking at the bloodstain on Qu Moying's jade-white finger. The string of the zither was broken!
Pei Qingmin opened his handsome eyes, his gaze fell on Qu Moying's hand, and his brows frowned.
"I'm fine, the string is broken." Qu Moying looked at the broken string, frowned slightly, took the handkerchief handed to her by Yuchun, and gently pressed the wound on her fingertips.
"It's not playing smoothly?" Pei Qingmin suddenly asked.
"It doesn't play smoothly!" Qu Moying nodded. There was originally no problem with the strings, but there was always something weird at that place. She had discovered it when she played it before. That note couldn't be turned over, but that note was right there, and it was an important turning point.
Because I had not been able to play it smoothly before, I tried hard to play it smoothly this time, but unexpectedly, I accidentally broke the strings.
"This zither... is also from Qingyun Temple?" Pei Qingmin's attention fell on the zither again.
Qu Moying looked at Yu Dong, and Yu Dong nodded.
"It also belongs to Qingyun Temple. It should be an ancient zither, but there are no other conspicuous signs on it, so I don't know what kind of zither it is." Qu Moying also looked at the strings in front of him. Even if he didn't put enough force when playing, he shouldn't have broken the strings. Is it because the zither is too old and no one has maintained it for a long time
"Could this guqin also be left by Princess Hengyang?" Pei Qingmin said this to himself in a low voice, looking at the guqin thoughtfully.
The room fell silent. After a long while, Pei Qingmin said gently, "I am almost done resting now. I will not disturb Fourth Miss Qu any more. She hurt her hand just now. I happen to have a bottle of ointment here that will be most beneficial to the wound."
As he spoke, he took out a small bottle of ointment from his sleeve and placed it on the table between the two of them.
"Your Highness, you are too polite. It's not a big deal." Qu Moying declined indifferently.
What could be taken out from Pei Qingmin must be some special ointment. The wound on his hand was not big and the bleeding had stopped by now.
"Miss Qu Si, you don't have to be polite. It was originally my fault that Miss Qu Si injured her hand. If I don't put down the medicine, Uncle Wang will come after me." Pei Qingmin joked, standing
He stood up, looked at Qu Moying again, turned around and walked downstairs with his men.
Qu Moying looked at the ointment on the table and knew that it would not be able to be removed.
The wound on the fingertip was not deep, but it was burning with pain.
"Miss, can I use it?" Yu Chun asked hesitantly after looking at the ointment.
"Use it!" Qu Moying said, putting down the fingertips he was covering. The wound was not deep, but it looked a bit scary. The skin was originally white, and now the fingertips were covered with blood, with a long wound on them.
When the bottle of ointment was opened, a scent of medicine rushed out. Just by smelling the fragrance, you knew it was a rare and good medicine. Yu Chun carefully wiped the wound on Qu Moying's fingertips and applied the ointment. Qu Moying immediately breathed a sigh of relief, his fingertips felt cool, and the stinging pain seemed to have lessened a lot.
There was no longer the sharp pain as before. This medicine was indeed a good one. I wonder why the King of Wei carried this medicine with him.
This is medicine for wounds, not the medicine he used to use, right
"Miss, is this music score wrong? Why can't I play it smoothly and even broke the strings?" Yu Dong muttered in confusion.
The maids were all aware of their young lady's piano skills. They knew when she played the piano poorly, especially when she played it so poorly that the strings broke. They always felt that the music score was not right.
"It's unlikely that the score is wrong, but..." Qu Moying frowned slightly, with some confusion in her eyes. With Princess Hengyang's musical temperament, it was impossible for the score to have such an obvious mistake. Moreover, when she was playing just now, she actually had a special feeling and felt that this part should be playable.
But when I played it, it just didn't feel smooth and I didn't know where I went wrong.
"Miss, His Royal Highness the King of Wei just said that many things were destroyed at that time. Why weren't these zither scores and the zither destroyed? Is there any connection between them?" Yu Dong rolled his eyes and thought of another direction, "Could it be that these are not actually Princess Hengyang's old things, but are just borrowing Princess Hengyang's name."
"If it wasn't Princess Hengyang's old stuff, whose else could it be?" Yu Chun quickly replied.
After she finished speaking, Qu Moying was stunned for a moment, with a flash of doubt in her watery eyes. If it really wasn't Princess Hengyang's, then could it be someone else's
Who sent it here on purpose? What was the purpose? This is Qingyun Temple. Something was sent from Qingyun Temple, and it was sent by Pei Yuanjun. Could there be some other deep meaning that I don't know about? If so, today's incident is just the beginning.
Outside the bamboo building, Pei Qingmin slowed down his pace and looked back at the bamboo building beside him. There was a different kind of darkness in his clear eyes.
"Your Highness, this ointment was specially obtained for you." The eunuch reminded in a low voice.
"It was originally meant to be given away, so just look for it later." Pei Qingmin said nonchalantly, turning around and continuing to walk forward, "After entering the palace, don't tell mother about this. I will prepare the ointment that mother wants."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" the eunuch responded.
This was originally something that Concubine Jing had specifically ordered her own prince to find. Unexpectedly, it was actually used on Miss Qu Si. The most important thing was that the eunuch really didn't think it was a big deal. How many injuries could a guitar string cause? But her own prince kept such a good ointment.
Watching their own prince walking forward, the eunuchs followed helplessly. Compared with the queen's orders, the prince's orders made them obey orders even more...