Gu Qingyi, who was born as the first oiran, has absolutely the best manners and temperament, and she is not afraid of others judging her.
Sitting quietly in front of the guqin, she waited until the voices of the spectators subsided before she spoke slowly: "The music prepared by the slave family for the banquet has been played before. I wonder what other music your nobles would like to hear? Please feel free to say it.
I will definitely play for you with all my heart."
Since there were no elders around, the sisters were able to relax in front of Jia Lian, and each one started to report their favorite songs.
Finally, Tanchun said with a smile: "Last time I heard Sister Gu playing a piece of music by chance at the Cuicui Temple, and I felt like hearing fairy music. It was just because the old lady was there that I didn't have time to ask in detail. It must be a piece newly composed by Sister Gu. Can I play it today?
Play it for us again."
"I wonder what the third lady is talking about?"
"I can't tell you about this, but I can barely remember two lines of the tune..."
Tanchun didn't know how to describe it, since they were all brothers and sisters of the same generation, so she hummed the tune she still remembered in a low voice.
Gu Qingyi understood. After knowing which song Tan Chun was talking about, she felt inexplicably fond of Tan Chun Duosheng. After all, it was hard to find a close friend.
"The song the third lady hums is called 'Love Song of the West Sea'. However, this song was not written by me. In fact, many of the songs that came out through my hands were written by the Marquis, including this song."
When Gu Qingyi said this, he glanced at Jia Lian with reverence.
She was like this, let alone others. Even people like Daiyu who knew the situation looked at Jia Lian with complicated eyes.
Second brother Lian, is he a genius?
Jia Lian accepted all these admirations. Anyway, his original intention was not to deceive the world and steal fame. His original intention was just to share the good things he knew with these lovely people he liked.
Knowing that the music was composed by Jia Lian, everyone became more interested and sat attentively waiting for the good news.
But Gu Qingyi hesitated again, called the maid Xiaozi, and said: "Go back and get the guzheng."
Afraid of arousing everyone's dissatisfaction, Gu Qingyi immediately said to Jia Lian, "Ever since Lord Marquis taught the slave family this song, the slave family liked it very much and played it on different instruments. In the end, they felt that this song was not suitable for playing on the piano."
Play.
The sound of the piano is deep, tranquil and elegant to the ears. The melody is high and open, like wild geese soaring in the desert of the Western Regions, showing the vastness.
Compared with the qin, the guzheng has a more transparent and ethereal tone, which can better express the rhythm and artistic conception of this piece."
Gu Qingyi's implication is that it is better to play "Love Song of the West Sea" with the zither than the qin.
Jia Lian naturally had no doubts about this. Most of his musical literacy was learned from Gu Qingyi, so he would not turn his back on the guest. Although he believed that the guqin version of the West Sea Love Song was already very nice.
"Hey, you want the guzheng, right? Why ask her to go all the way back to get it? I have it right here, just wait."
Sister Feng, who had been eating the melon in silence, wiped her mouth and said to Ping'er: "Girl Ping'er, go and have a look in the warehouse in the backyard over there. I remember that a guzheng was given to me by the imperial edict from Duke Shan Guo's mansion years ago.
Give it to the old lady. Because the old lady couldn't keep it in her room, she gave it to me. I'll keep it in that room and you can go get it."
Ping'er went there with two maids, and soon a guzheng was brought over.
Gu Qingyi took the hand and felt it. Although it was not as good as the one given to her by Jia Lian in her room, it was still of high quality, so she placed it on the table, then put on the armor (the strings of the guzheng were tight to prevent injury to the hands), and concentrated
After calming down for a moment, she slowly composed this piece of music that she knew by heart, without using the music score.
The clear, lofty and extremely beautiful melody immediately carried through the entire flower hall.
Everyone who heard it for the first time was shocked. Such a refreshing yet natural melody was indeed worthy of Tanchun’s praise of “immortal music”.
Even Jia Lian couldn't help but sit upright.
After the song ended, everyone was intoxicated.
Daiyu stared blankly at Gu Qingyi who was sitting quietly and holding back her hands, wondering what she was thinking.
It wasn't until the hall was filled with compliments that Daiyu calmed down. When she noticed that Jia Lian was looking at her, she licked her black hair and complained quietly: "This song is much better than the Tomb of Love."
Daiyu could also play the piano, so Jia Lian found some music scores from Gu Qingyi for her to practice.
"It's not that Tomb of Infatuation is not as good as this song, it's just that your accomplishments are not as good as others."
This simple reply made Daiyu's eyes widen with anger. If it weren't for the fact that there were too many people present, she would have wanted to strangle Jia Lian to death.
How dare you say that to her.
Once played, Gu Qingyi won the hearts of all the florists in the hall.
Everyone expressed that they had not heard enough and wanted to ask Gu Qingyi to play it again. However, Jia Lian felt sorry that Gu Qingyi had already played almost ten pieces of music in a row, so he interrupted everyone and asked Ping'er to take her master and servant down for dinner first.
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Although everyone was regretful, they did not force it and immediately started chatting and joking casually.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Baochai also brought a glass of wine to Jia Lian and said with a smile: "This glass of wine is to thank Brother Lian for the gift he gave me yesterday, and to express my gratitude to Brother Lian on behalf of my mother."
meaning."
Jia Lian took the wine glass from Baochai and pretended to be puzzled: "Oh?"
Baochai then told the public that the Xue family was under the care of the Xicheng Army Commander when the capital was in chaos.
"The Xicheng Soldiers and Horses Department is responsible for the security of Xicheng and protects the interests of all people from being infringed. Their actions are just part of their job."
Baochai shook his head: "Even so, the entire capital was in chaos at that time. If it weren't for Brother Lian, the governor, how could the Bingma Si Yamen be able to dispatch so many soldiers and horses in such a timely manner to protect them?
Xue family?
No matter what, my mother and I will have to bear the affection of second brother Lian."
Jia Lian smiled, stopped being polite, and drank the fragrant wine in one gulp, causing Daiyu next to her to frown.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Baochai took back the empty wine glass from Jia Lian and said: "My mother told me before to ask Brother Lian if he had any other arrangements for the evening.
If I have some free time, my mother would like to prepare some wine at home to thank Brother Lian for taking care of me."
Now Jia Lian hesitated. After all, he had already had two drinks today. If he went to Xue's house to eat in the evening, wouldn't he be like Jia She back then and become a complete drunkard?
But then he thought about it, Xue family's wine has always been his favorite. Moreover, although Baochai has promised to be his woman, the progress of his strategy has been so slow over the past few months that it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as a turtle.
This is not because he is careless or incompetent, it is simply because the opponent's defense point is too high.
If we go to Xue's house for a drink tonight, it might be an opportunity...
Before Jia Lian could think about it, Sister Feng next to her interrupted.
"Why is it that when my aunt holds a banquet, she invites him alone? Is it possible that I, my biological niece, am not as good as him in my aunt's eyes, so I am not worthy of drinking this glass of wine?"
"Look what you said. If you are willing to come here, my mother will be happy.
She invited you many times before, but you were not willing to go."
Sister Feng just smiled and said nothing.
Although she didn't want Jia Lian to get too close to the Xue family, after all, her cousin's character was there, and problems would inevitably arise if she had more contact with him.
The only thing that reassured her was that she knew that her cousin was very ambitious, and with her and Daiyu sitting in front, the other party would definitely not get involved easily.
And after all, it was a treat and thank you with a serious name, so it was not easy for her to interfere with it.
After Sister Feng's interruption, Jia Lian thought about it carefully and accepted Aunt Xue's invitation.
Others, such as Xiangyun and others, originally heard that Aunt Xue was hosting a banquet and wanted a share of the pie. However, seeing Sister Feng's activities all gone, they became even more embarrassed to "come uninvited".
"Sitting around is boring, why don't we all come and play games."
One person suggested it, and everyone agreed, and they all started discussing what to play.
As the host, Jia Lian neither took the initiative to participate in the discussion nor spoiled the fun. He just drank wine and admired the various features of his daughters' homes.
Just when I was having fun, I suddenly saw Ah Qin walking towards me in a smart and capable outfit.
"Master Hou, Su Keguang and Fan Jin came to ask for an audience."
"What are they here for?"
"The appointments from the imperial court have been made. Su Keguang replaced the Marquis as commander of the firearms battalion, while Fan Jin was promoted to deputy commander of the Xicheng Army and Horses Division and temporarily assumed the role of commander."
Ah Qin's tone was a bit unhappy. Although she did not follow Jia Lian to Tiewan Mountain this time, she roughly knew everything from her sister and others, and she felt that Jia Lian's experience was not worth it.
Jia Lian ignored this, he just thought about the appointment.
Obviously, this was Emperor Ningkang's intention. Because both Su Keguang and Fan Jin were recommended by Jia Lian to Emperor Ningkang before. I don't know if Emperor Ningkang actually accepted them all just to appease him.
Although Fan Jin is only the deputy commander, given his reputation, this is already an exceptional promotion.
At this time, the two of them must have just received the appointment, and they came to see him one after another, obviously coming to show their loyalty.
But this move was undoubtedly an eye-opener for him. If Emperor Ning Kang really only laid him off to protect him, then that would be fine.
If Emperor Ning Kang was really wary of him, the two men's actions would probably reinforce Emperor Ning Kang's psychology.
Therefore, without much thought, Jia Lian directly ordered: "Go back and tell them that I have something to do and don't have time to see them. The court has shown grace to them this time, and they should keep their guard up."
, fulfill your duties, and live up to His Majesty and the court's intention of cultivating fists.
In addition, I instruct Zhao Sheng and the others that from today onwards, if any officials from the central government come to visit me, they will all be dismissed on the grounds that I am observing filial piety at home."
Ah Qin wrote down Jia Lian's words, then glanced at everyone in the hall and turned away.
Such a vigorous and resolute manner of enforcing orders made the ladies and maids in the hall secretly look at him secretly. As expected, he was indeed the third-class bodyguard personally appointed by the princess. Such a dashing and heroic figure, with an attitude of not being inferior to women, really brought honor to his daughter's family.
Although Jia Lian and A Qin lowered their voices, those who were close could still roughly hear them.
People like Baochai, who have some understanding of officialdom and court, can smell many different flavors just from Jia Lian's words, and they are all thoughtful.
But for more people, they were secretly happy when they saw that Jia Lian did not follow Ah Qin out.
The atmosphere is just right. It would be boring if Brother Lian ran away.
"Brother Lian, taking advantage of the good times today and Sister Feng buying such a good venue, let's just open a poetry club? Anyway, we are only two days away from the official day of opening the poetry club, so let's forget it this time
It’s ready two days in advance.”
Xiangyun, Tanchun and others had already reached a consensus and came forward to seek Jia Lian's final decision.
If Mother Jia and others were around, they would definitely not dare to make this suggestion. After all, the country is filial to the family and the family is filial...
For fear that Jia Lian would not agree, they all looked at Jia Lian with hopeful and pitiful eyes.
Jia Lian, who didn't care about red tape, naturally knew what to do when faced with so many beautiful looks.
"Okay, but the president seems to be away."
"I'm going to invite my sister-in-law back!"
Xiangyun immediately flew out.
"And girl Baoqin..."
"Sister Bao, where did aunt call Baoqin? Could it be that she went back to your house?"
"Let's not call her today. After all, something like this happened to her. Even if we detained her by force, she couldn't let go. It ruined everyone's interest."
Everyone felt that what Baochai said was reasonable, so they didn't say anything more.