Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but begged for mercy with a wry smile: "The county master should spare me, can't I admit my mistake? I shouldn't know the sky is high and the earth is thick to make fun of the county master."
Xiao Jinglin quietly curved the corners of her mouth: "No! You have to learn!"
"Your stick... I can't even hold your gun, how can you learn it?" Ren Yaoqi protested while looking at her dazed smile.
Xiao Jinglin was very proud to see Ren Yaoqi like this. Ren Yaoqi had practiced the violin with her for so long, and her image of wise and martial arts was almost completely lost.
Ren Yaoqi can't bear to make fun of her on weekdays, who makes her inferior to others
However, as a martial arts master Xiao, her master taught her a truth early in the morning: it doesn't matter if you lose temporarily, while trying to improve your own martial arts, you should also wait for the opportunity to find the enemy's flaws, and then find the field elsewhere. Come on, this is what is called being able to bend and stretch.
Xiao Jinglin thought for a while, then said mercifully, "If you can't hold the gun, then practice the sword."
Then, without waiting for Ren Yaoqi to protest, she happily instructed Hongying, "Go get that 'Xueyi'."
After a while, Hongying came out holding a brocade box. After opening it, there was a dagger about ** inches in length.
Xiao Jinglin raised her chin towards the short sword in Hongying's hand: "Take it up and try it."
Although Ren Yaoqi doesn't practice martial arts and doesn't understand weapons, she also has an appreciation for beautiful things as a woman. This sword looks very delicate, so she really took it from Hongying.
"Huh? It's so light?" Ren Yaoqi took the sword into his hand and found that its weight was equivalent to the weight of a bamboo sword, so he couldn't help being a little surprised. In her impression, the weapons are all very heavy, and she couldn't dance when his father practiced them. This sword is like iron but not iron, like jade and not jade, and I don't know what material it is made of.
"This is a tribute from a small island country in the south to the court. It is said to be made of a special stone on their island. The emperor rewarded the sword to the prince, and the prince gave it to me. I tried it, and it still works. It's very sharp, if you are willing to practice the sword with me, how about I give it to you?" Xiao Jinglin saw that Ren Yaoqi liked this gimmicky and not very practical sword in her opinion, and began to tempt her.
Ren Yaoqi hurriedly said: "It was given to you by the prince and also a tribute, how can I ask for it."
Xiao Jinglin didn't care: "The court has to give a lot of tributes every year to show their kindness, so we can't give them all, right? The prince just likes to give these delicate things that are not very useful, but I don't use them here. Come on." His tone was extremely contemptuous.
Xiao Jinglin has always had little regard for her brother, who is far away in the capital and has no power to restrain chickens. Those who dislike other people's wives are not as good as the second brother who is sick.
Ren Yaoqi is not easy to answer.
Xiao Jinglin handed the gun to Hongying, took the dagger from Ren Yaoqi's hand, and grabbed a sword flower. After thinking about it, she looked at Ren Yaoqi with contempt, "I know you must be afraid. It's rude to practice martial arts, and it's not good to fight. Let me teach you a dance that looks good."
Saying that, Xiao Jinglin danced in the courtyard with a flick of her wrist.
Different from the sharpness and sternness when she was playing guns, Xiao Jinglin seemed to make Ren Yaoqi see more clearly. Her movements were extremely slow, but she was smooth and agile. She harmoniously combined swordsmanship with the softness of women. Indescribably elegant.
With her movements, the fallen leaves in the courtyard were also lifted up by her sword wind, adding a bit of glamour and mystery to this sword dance.
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but be fascinated. It was not until Xiao Jinglin stopped the movement that she touched her hands and praised: "Is this the sword dance? It's really beautiful."
Xiao Jinglin didn't appreciate it when she heard the words: "I know you like this kind of soft and impractical flower handle style. But this is swordsmanship, not sword dance, but I changed it a little and slowed down my movements again. It's not very useful when you're not, but it's enough to strengthen your body. You're weak, and your blood is weak. It's good for your body to practice this on weekdays."
What else did Xiao Jinglin have to say? Da Sujin, the maid next to the princess, came in and said that Mrs. Xu had come, and the princess asked Xiao Jinglin to go there.
Xiao Jinglin only stopped talking and said to Ren Yaoqi, "That's it. From now on, follow me to practice the sword for half an hour every day. This snow-clothed sword is temporarily placed with me, and you can take it back when you learn it."
Ren Yaoqi knew that Xiao Jinglin wanted her to practice swordsmanship, but it was more for her own good. Her physique is poor, and although it is not obvious on weekdays, it is easy to catch a cold when it is cold in autumn and winter, and it is not easy to recover when she is sick.
So when Xiao Jinglin said so, Ren Yaoqi did not refuse.
When Ren Yaoqi followed Xiao Jinglin to Jiuyang Palace, the princess was talking with a middle-aged woman who looked to be in her early forties.
Ren Yaoqi was a little surprised when he knew that the woman should be Mrs. Xu. Mrs. Xu, Ouyang's should be over fifty years old, but she doesn't want to look very tender.
Ouyang's appearance is not too good, just handsome. Moreover, her face was a little pale, and the color of her lips was a little dull. At first glance, her health was not very good.
However, Ouyang has an elegant and gentle temperament from a scholarly family in the south of the Yangtze River.
This temperament of Ouyang's is different from Aunt Fang, Madam Fang and other Jiangnan women. She has a "poetic and literary spirit" on her body, which makes her only six points of appearance. points, and the charm becomes more and more precipitation with age.
In her previous life, Ren Yaoqi often heard Mr. Pei mentioning his deceased wife. She was also curious about a person as elegant as Mr. Pei, what kind of woman could make him sigh, "Except Wushan is not a cloud", and said that in his wife's case. After his death, he did not marry again.
Now that she saw Mrs. Xu, the image of Mrs. Xu overlapped with the imagination of Mrs. Pei in her mind.
Although Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Pei are 20 years apart in age, they are not a compatriot, but there should be similarities. It's a pity that at this time, Mrs. Pei has passed away for nearly two years, and she has no chance to see Mrs. Pei again.
Because Ren Yaoqi had been betting on Ouyang for a long time after the ceremony, Ouyang looked at her. After Ren Yaoqi reacted, he was a little embarrassed, but Ouyang Shi showed her a broad and reassuring smile, and took the initiative: "This is the fifth girl of the Ren family? very well."
Ouyang's voice was a little low, but his tone was extremely soft and gentle, which made people feel like a spring breeze, and it was easy for people to have a good impression and trust.
"It's just that I spent more time studying at home, and it was the princess who praised me." Ren Yaoqi said.
Xiao Jinglin said from the side: "I think you play very well."
Although Princess Xiao was occasionally dissatisfied that she had lost her mastery in front of Ren Yaoqi, she still showed respect to Ren Yaoqi, a close friend, in front of others.
I don't want Ouyang's to laugh at her and tease her: "In the eyes of the county master, I'm afraid it's better than you? It's okay if you don't praise it. If you praise me like this, I want to let the fifth girl play a song. already."
Xiao Jinglin was not annoyed when she heard the words, but smiled and winked at Ren Yaoqi, which rarely brought the liveliness and agility of a girl her age.
Ouyang was a little surprised when he saw it, and couldn't help but glance at Ren Yaoqi again.
However, Ren Yaoqi could also see from Xiao Jinglin's attitude that she had a different attitude towards this Ouyang family than the other ladies in the back house.
If other wives and wives were present, Xiao Jinglin would only put on a cold face that no strangers should approach, which made people feel that Princess Xiao was not easy to approach, and made those who wanted to come up and get close to retreat.
The princess smiled and said, "Sir, listen to them and then talk, but I can put my words first, if Lin'er can't pass the test of her husband today, she will have to train me four times a day for the next two days. time."
Xiao Jinglin's face stiffened.
Ouyang looked at Xiao Jinglin with a smile, and said to the princess, "The princess specially asked me to be this villain today, right? That's not good."
Ren Yaoqi was a little surprised when he heard the concubine's address to Ouyang's family. A woman would only address a teacher respectfully to a teacher who taught her kindness.
Do Ouyang Clan and the Princess still have the right to be masters and apprentices
When everyone moved to make the side hall of the piano room for Ren Yaohua, Xiao Jinglin whispered in Ren Yaoqi's ear: "My mother-in-law used to worship at Mrs. Xu's door when she was young, and her piano, chess, calligraphy and paintings all follow Xu. Madam learned it. Madam Xu was a well-known talented woman in Kyoto when she was young, and the previous emperor once praised her as a champion."
Ren Yaoqi understood this.
Today, the Ouyang family was specially invited by the princess. Every year at the Yun family's daughter-in-law banquet, all the daughters of the family will perform their talents, and at the end, a few girls with outstanding talents will be selected.
Ouyang Shi was one of the people who evaluated the talents of the ladies, and because of her status and knowledge, her opinion was the basis for other ladies who participated in the evaluation.
In order to avoid suspicion, other people naturally would not invite Ouyang to enter the mansion at this time, but the Yanbei Palace does not need to pay attention to this rule.
Apart from the personal friendship between Princess Yanbei and the Ouyang family, the Qianjin Banquet is the same as the dragon boat race at the last Sujia Duanyang Festival. As long as someone from the Royal Palace of Yanbei participates, the crown will come from the Palace of Yanbei. This is a practice that everyone knows.
The princess invited Ouyang to listen to Xiao Jinglin play the piano, but she didn't want Xiao Jinglin's level to be too far away from the position of the crown and be teased behind her back.
After all, the fake name is for others to see, and the real ability is your own.
Xiao Jinglin has been practicing a song "Moon Full Guanshan" these days, and she is very proficient at playing it. As soon as she started picking the strings, Ouyang Shi couldn't help but nodded when she saw her raising her hand to play the piano.
Ouyang Shi knew exactly what level Xiao Jinglin's piano skills were in before. From her appearance today, she knew that she had not done much hard work these days.
Of course, Xiao Jinglin's level is incomparable to a real expert, but at least she won't lose face at the Qianjin Banquet.
Xiao Jinglin closed the song, and Ouyang said with a smile: "It seems that I can't be a bad guy today, and the county master's piano skills have greatly improved."
Although Xiao Jinglin didn't show anything on her face, Ren Yaoqi could see that the county master Xiao was silently proud of it, because the county master Xiao deliberately glanced at her.
Ouyang Shi seemed to see what Xiao Jinglin was thinking, but she turned the conversation and said warmly: "It's just that the princess must understand that playing the piano, like many things in this world, cannot be accomplished overnight. Expedient measures are only expedient measures after all. , steady and steady is the way to long-term survival. Don’t waste your basic skills thinking that there are shortcuts to take. Otherwise, once you meet a real master, you will suffer a big loss.”
When Xiao Jinglin heard the words, she hurriedly cleaned up her complacency, nodded and listened to the teaching: "Yes, ma'am, Jinglin follows the teaching carefully."
The princess is also very satisfied with her daughter's performance today, thinking that as long as her daughter calms down and is willing to learn, it is not a dead wood that cannot be carved.
As a mother, the princess still hopes that Xiao Jinglin can learn some piano, chess, calligraphy and painting like ordinary women, and understand some ways to survive in the inner house, because no matter how strong her daughter is, she still has to marry a woman in the end. The rest of his life will be spent in the house.
Princess Yanbei understood the truth of Jin Zhu Zhechi, and knew that Xiao Jinglin was able to calm down and play the piano in large part due to Ren Yaoqi's credit.
After this period of cold-eyed onlookers, the princess felt that although the third Miss Ren family was only born in a businessman, but perhaps because of some royal blood, she didn't have the petty personality of an ordinary businessman, but she was very measured in dealing with people and had a calm and gentle personality. , Rare and versatile, he can do everything in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.
When Princess Yanbei was young, she also regarded herself as a talented girl, and did not agree that a woman was virtuous without talent, so she had a good impression of smart girls.
But no mother would hate her daughter's contact with a child like Ren Yaoqi. Therefore, Princess Yanbei has been very kind to Ren Yaoqi these days.
The princess wanted to raise Ren Yaoqi, so she smiled and said: "Lin'er has passed the test of Mr. Yao, and Yaoqi will come to play a song. As long as he gets a compliment from Mr., whether he can get a good reputation at the Qianjin Banquet is the second thing. ."
Mrs. Xu smiled and shook her head, looking at Ren Yaoqi gently and encouragingly.
Ren Yaoqi pursed his lips and smiled, got up and bowed before sitting down on the Qin desk.
She didn't pick too difficult or obscure tunes, and only played the usual "Flowing Water". She sat on the piano table, and the elegant and quiet temperament on her body became more and more obvious, and it looked like a pleasing landscape painting.
Ren Yaoqi's fingering is also proficient, the overtones are light and clear, the scattered sounds are calm and vigorous, and the sound is sometimes soothing, sometimes agitated, and sometimes dignified.
Ouyang shi tilted his head slightly and listened carefully, and silently moved his fingers to beat the beat.
When Ren Yaoqi finished the song, Ouyang looked up at her with a smile.
Ren Yaoqi stood up and bowed his head to listen.
"how old are you?"
"It's 12 years old." Ren Yaoqi just turned 11 in May, and girls of this age usually don't have birthdays, so Ren Yaoqi didn't make a sound. However, according to Yanbei's rules, when asked about age, the answer is usually a false age, that is, one year old when one is born, and one year is added for every passing year.
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