The performance of the actors at the banquet continued. The frontier official pointed ahead with his eyes lit up: There is a gap in the siege, I must break through quickly
He hurriedly mounted a straw horse and moved his body up and down: Run, run! Someone next to him was hitting stones with an iron plate, making a rhythmic sound of "da da da".
After a moment, the governor slapped his forehead and said: "Oh no, I didn't have time to rescue my daughter. But saving my life is the most important thing now, I can't take care of it."
When he left the straw horse, a child actor put on the fur hat with tall feathers. The provincial governor went up to hold the child's arm, pressed him on the tiger-skin chair, knelt on one knee and said: The Great Malaysian Khanate has a new Khan, the Khan is wise and powerful.
The other actors also bowed and said: "The Khan is wise and mighty."
The provincial governor turned around and said to the audience: My daughter whom I left behind was young and beautiful, and the new Khan had long taken a fancy to her. I had planned to make my daughter the queen so that I could better control the new Khan. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned.
After that, all the actors stood in a row and bowed to the emperor. Guo Shao clapped his hands in approval, and then the officials in the hall clapped their hands and shouted: "Good!"
Xiao Siwen and others who were sitting in their seats turned pale and blue in the face, which was very ugly.
A bunch of actors jumped up and down like clowns, distorting the facts and making indirect accusations. Xiao Siwen wanted to kill them all. He finally swallowed his hatred. If he jumped out at this time, he would be pushing himself to the top of the wave. There was no benefit in arguing with the actors in public. What's more, how could he win or lose? The actors were performing the Great Malaysian Khanate and had many excuses to argue.
It was a heart-wrenching scene. Xiao Siwen truly felt the coldness in his chest, as if a sharp knife was stabbing him in the heart.
The actors picked up their props and left. At this time, the eunuch Wang Zhong turned his head and looked up, and Fu Jinzhan, who was sitting next to him, also cast a glance. Guo Shao hesitated for a moment and looked at Wang Zhong. Wang Zhong was slightly stunned, and then clapped his hands twice.
A group of pretty girls in dancing costumes came on stage with brisk steps to the sound of piano.
The woman standing in front and leading the dance was none other than Zhou Xian. She had a graceful figure and was the most beautiful woman in the room. Almost everyone in the hall was looking at her. When she glanced at him occasionally, she saw only Guo Shao.
However, one of the guests, Xiao Siwen, paid attention to another young lady, because she was Xiao Yanyan. Xiao Yanyan no longer had a bald head and her hair style was no different from that of a woman from the Central Plains, except that her appearance had not changed much.
Xiao Siwen sat there, still silent. Even though he was on pins and needles, he seemed to have no other choice. Xiao Yanyan was also looking at Xiao Siwen while she was dancing. She was distracted and obviously couldn't keep up with the rhythm of others.
Guo Shao sat in the upper seat, watching the dance with relish as if nothing had happened. Even if there were all kinds of joys and sorrows and separations and reunions and emotions intertwined on the stage, he didn't need to empathize with them.
The clear and crisp piano music and the undulating melody were followed by the brisk dance. Guo Shao did not understand the musical notation, but he could tell that the beautiful string music was crisp but neither melodious nor grand. It had a fast rhythm, varied and smooth, as if there was a mysterious and tense atmosphere hidden in it, and it was performed very elegantly.
This was the first time Guo Shao heard this piece of music, and he wondered if it was written by Zhou Xian.
Guo Shao couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Zhou Xian had seen the sinister grudges hidden in this alliance, as well as the manipulations behind the scenes, which was why this song seemed to fit the atmosphere so well.
While guessing that tiny thought, he kept an eye on Zhou Xian, just like the tiny ripples on the calm water, fleeting.
Even though Guo Shao is an outsider, he can see that Zhou Xian's dancing posture is completely different from that of ordinary dancers. She does not rely on constantly highlighting her beauty and figure to increase the viewing experience. On the contrary, her movements and charm are integrated, and what she expresses is not her chest and waist, but her artistic conception.
Guo Shao was very interested and wanted to learn something from the most advanced dance art of the era. He had his own method, which was to compare Zhou Xian with the dancer next to her.
The temperament and posture are very different, and there are also expressions. She not only expresses it with dance movements, but also changes her eyes. The dedication of body and mind makes Zhou Xian's dance very soulful.
Guo Shao also likes the inadvertent appeal in her eyes and the strength in her body. Although her skirt is so flowing and her body is so light, such a fast dance requires a lot of exercise, and it requires more strength and speed to make the movements not soft. Obviously, compared with those shallow girls, Guo Shao appreciates Zhou Xian's richness and sensitivity more.
No wonder people, both in ancient and modern times, are often addicted to sensual pleasures. There is indeed something fascinating about them.
After the dance, Guo Shao felt as if his body and mind had been played, and he enjoyed it very much. Zhou Xian led a row of dancers to come forward and kneel to salute Guo Shao and Jinzhan. Zhou Xian's breath was a little heavy, which was somewhat different from the lightness and ease she had shown on the stage just now. She said slowly, "I am waiting for you to perform your ugly tricks."
Guo Shao said casually: Both the music and the dance are very suitable for the scene.
Zhou Xian raised his head and gave him a meaningful look.
At this time, the eunuch Wang Zhong came forward and said, "Thank you Madam Zhou and Madam Xiao for your personal dance, which is a feast for the eyes." He pointed to a young girl in a row of dancers and said, "This is Xiao Chuo, the daughter of Xiao Shijun, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom."
The hall was suddenly in an uproar, and the sound of discussion filled the place. People had originally been paying attention to the stunning Zhou Xian, but now almost all their eyes were on Xiao Yanyan, because her identity was really very interesting at this time.
Xiao Yanyan's face flushed, and when she lowered her head, her ears also turned red, as if she wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into. Xiao Siwen's previous shame and anger had faded, and for a long time there was only dead gray in his eyes, and he looked rather dull.
After several rounds of drinking and two performances, Guo Shao and Fu Jinzhan stood up and left. Guo Shao often did this at imperial banquets. This had an advantage: the emperor's temporary absence allowed the guests to be more relaxed, and they would have less concerns about eating and drinking, going to the toilet, or resting.
Guo Shao and Jinzhan came out from the back of the hall together, walked along the corridor and entered a moon-shaped door. Jinzhan dismissed the attendants.
She clasped her hands in front of her body, walked slowly, and still said in a soothing voice: Every time I watch Zhou Ehuang singing and dancing, I will look in the mirror and feel that her beauty is not much better than mine. But she has a strength that I don't have, which is that she can sing and dance well.
Jinzhan is the queen, why should she compare herself with Guo Shaodao who is good at singing and dancing
Jinzhan's eyes seemed to be smiling, and she said in a half-joking tone: I am not lowering my status, but sometimes, status is the strength that you cannot maintain.
When did Guo Shao ask carefully
Jinzhan stretched out her jade-white hand from her sleeve and pointed at Guo Shao's chest, making you feel moved.
Even the smallest movement cannot be hidden from the person who cares about him the most. Guo Shao felt jealousy from Jinzhan's moonlight-like eyes.
Guo Shao walked and pondered; although Jinzhan said it so casually, as if it was a joke in the afternoon, Guo Shao did not dare to be careless. He knew Jinzhan too well. This was her way of expressing her feelings, always so subtle and silent.
He quickly made up his mind, such as "Everything I have is the result of our joint efforts, and no one can be compared with Jinzhan." But he immediately rejected this sentence.
He pondered and said: Some feelings do not necessarily need to be expressed through singing and dancing. I like listening to Jinzhan talk more than appreciating singing and dancing.
Sure enough, Fu Jinzhan's smile became more obvious. She asked with interest: What I say is very interesting.
Guo Shao paused, turned around and looked at her face and said: It's not what she said, but the voice itself has a kind of charm. The timbre is beautiful, the tone is ups and downs, the rhythm is soothing, and it is full of flavor, just like listening to a beautiful erotic poem.
Jinzhan lightly covered her red lips and said with a smile: After so many years, Shao Ge'er hasn't changed at all in the way he treats women.
Guo Shao said seriously: I am just telling the truth.
At this moment, he noticed a shadow passing by under the mottled shade of the tree, so he turned around and saw the eunuch Wang Zhong watching from behind. Guo Shao waved to Wang Zhong.
Wang Zhong bowed and walked over quickly, saying: “Xiao Yanyan wanted to see her father. I refused at first, but she asked me to ask the emperor.”
Guo Shaozheng thought about it for a moment, and Jinzhan spoke first: Let her see it.
Wang Zhong paused, as if to make sure that Guo Shao was not going to speak anymore, then he clasped his fists and said: I will obey your command.
Wang Zhong first walked back several steps, then bent over and turned to leave.
Guo Shao turned around and said: Thinking of the danger I had experienced, Jinzhan's sadness and worry, and the brothers I lost in the turmoil, my anger has never been able to find an outlet. So when I take revenge today, I have no mercy or compassion at all.
Fu Jinzhan said: Xiao Siwen is completely finished, but it is also his own fault.
Guo Shao raised his head and exhaled: It feels good to vent my anger for the people around me and myself.
The plans that were scribbled in the booklet were almost done today, and Guo Shao gradually relaxed. He admired the pavilions, plants, and rockery in the garden with great interest, and a curved stone bridge over the pond, which was quite beautifully built.
However, these buildings are still a little less imposing than the imperial palace.
Guo Shao suddenly said: I think the best house is not the palace.
Fu Jinzhan didn't seem to think much about it, and smiled and said: The villa I gave you back then
Exactly. Guo Shaozan said, it's not nostalgia, I don't miss the blacksmith shop that I saved up money to buy.
He reached out and found Fu Jinzhan's soft hand from her sleeve and held it. Fu Jinzhan blushed slightly and glanced at the surroundings. The guests were in the front yard and there were no outsiders. She was indeed a very dignified and polite person in front of others.