Chapter 2 Self-recommendation Dance
At this time, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Yao Yulu's heart jumped to her throat the moment the door was pushed open. A few thin beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, and her hand holding the fan trembled slightly. If someone saw the scene of her just tearing the fan, not only today's plan would fail with their mother and daughter. Safety is also difficult.
"Girl." A straightforward male voice interrupted Yao Yulu's thoughts that had flown far away.
Yao Yulu was shocked by the sound again. She turned around and saw a man standing at the door, wearing a green jade robe, and the jade pendant hanging on the robe marked the dignity of the owner. There is a shallow smile on his angular face, and the indescribable gentleness hides a little young and unruly.
"You... Are you?" Yao Yulu's face turned a little pale by this scare, and she asked tremblingly.
"Girl, if I guess, are you trying to frame the sisters who are going to perform at the banquet tonight?" The man seemed to see the movements of Yao Yulu's hand just now, holding the door frame with his hand, with a complex smile on his face.
"I have nothing to say to you, prince, if you want to say it, it's up to you." Yao Yulu immediately hid the fan behind her and looked at the man with a defensive face.
"Girl, you worry too much. Don't say that a fan is broken. Even if the house is burned, I don't want to get into these idle things. It's just that there are many fans. Can you help you if you break one? The smile on the man's face deepened.
Yao Yulu walked out of the door with two fans and passed the man without saying a word. The bright and delicate petals of the peony on it made people moved, while the other broken peony was also gloomy. She looked back at the prince and said, "Thank you here first."
"Wait, my name is Li Qingyu. I hope we can see each other again." He looked at Yao Yulu's distant back, with a slender white face, like... One person.
This "uninvited guest" has a lot of origin. His surname is Li, the most special prince of Daliang. Although today's emperor is not the warm and jade-like prince in front of him, Li Qingyu spoiled his son the most when he was alive. However, Li Qingyu had no intention of the throne, so he had the current emperor of Daliang.
"Linger, it's not good. Let's see what we can do. I fell while walking and scratched the fan just now. Yao Yulu saw Linger coming from afar and ran over and said to Linger with a chagrined face.
Ah? This... What should I do? Forget it and give it to me quickly. Come on, bring this cup of tea in. Linger stuffed the teacup into Yao Yulu's hand with an anxious face and hurried away with a fan.
Finally, this cup of tea fell into Yao Yulu's hands.
The opportunity that Yao Yulu had been waiting for so hard came to her. She took out the medicine bag and quickly opened it. The white powder was slightly blown away by the wind, but she actually had some hesitation at this time: Yao Yuyun was also looking forward to this opportunity to see the emperor. As soon as I sprinkled this powder, when will she meet the emperor that every famous lady and lady are eager to see again? That's really It's more difficult. But if my heart is soft... My mother and I have endured for so many years in vain.
Just as Yao Yulu was trembling and holding the white medicine bag and not throwing it away, Linger came back head-on towards Yao Yulu. I don't know if it was this sudden person who shocked Yao Yulu, or she had made such a decision in her heart. Yao Yulu watched the powder fall into the tea, and the small white particles slowly dispersed, like she was slowly scattered by the secular world.
Maybe, Yao Yulu is not willing to be trampled on like this.
"Linger, how's it going?" She calmed down and put away the panic just now.
"Miss Yulu, I hurriedly found another fan, which is considered to have passed this level." Linger shook the fan in her hand and smiled proudly.
"That's good, that's good." Yao Yulu replied.
Yao's house at night is brightly lit and more lively than New Year's Eve. The front hall was illuminated by dazzling lights, the delicate textures on the bowls and chopsticks, and the gorgeous clothes of the ladies all revealed the grandeur of today's banquet.
At this time, Yao Yulu was sitting in her boudoir, drawing her willow-like eyebrows with a thin eyebrow pencil. She was waiting, waiting for Yao Yuyun to dance, waiting for the maids to ask her to save the scene, waiting for her and her mother to turn over. After drawing her eyebrows, she clicked her red lips and looked at the person in the mirror. Her skin was like gel and her eyebrows were picturesque.
Yao Yulu has always known that her face is the best weapon, and her dancing skills are her only helper. She knows all these, and now she must learn how to use them.
The banquet began, and the guards filled the whole front hall. Emperor Daliang sat in the center. Today, he did not wear a yellow robe, but a golden robe made of brocade. There was a majesty on his young face, and the heroism between his eyebrows had a shocking power.
It's really worthy of being the honor of the 95th Five-Year Plan. Everyone in Yao's house secretly thinks so.
Two rows of the ministers specially invited today sit in the front hall. The closest to the emperor is Li Qingyu, the eighth prince, and opposite is Yao Guozhang, today's great meritorious official, Yao's general Yao.
Li Qingyu still had that shallow smile on his face, and the corners of his bent mouth were a little warm. He looked around, as if he were searching for something.
Emperor Liang Li Qingxiao stood up and raised his glass and said in a calm and majestic voice: "Today's celebration banquet is prepared for General Yao, who returned from this victory. This victory is thanks to the help of General Yao."
Li Qingxiao's words sound good, but in fact, the ministers can see that there are still words in them. Although Yao Guozhang is a veteran of the founding dynasty, he has made great contributions to the court in recent years. However, the emperor saw that the great meritorious minister in front of him stole his limelight, and his power in the court could not be underestimated. Although his daughter Yao Yujiao was the emperor's favorite concubine, Yao Guozhang was exposed, and Li Qingxiao's heart was also moved early.
Yao Guozhang also raised his glass, his thick eyebrows bent slightly, and the milky jade pendant at his waist hit the corner of the table as he got up. His lips opened slightly, and he seemed to have something to say but didn't know where to start.
"Yao Aiqing, if you have any requirements, just say it." Li Qingxiao also waved his cuffs cheerfully and said.
What did the old man come up with again, could it be... Li Qingxiao thought to himself, but his eyebrows remained calm.
"Your Majesty, I have received your blessings in recent years, but there is still a ruthless invitation. Yao Yuyun, a little girl, has been practicing dance skills since she was a child. Recently, she has specially prepared a song of flying grace. Please also ask the emperor to reward the thin face of the minister."
It's strange to hear this, but it's just a dance. What's so ruthless? But Li Qingxiao understood what General Yao was thinking and let your eldest daughter Yao Yujiao climb to me alone without saying that he wanted to find another woman to restrain me?
Li Qingxiao suppressed the anger that surged into his heart, drank all the wine in the glass, waved his hand hard, and said, "It's just a dance. General Yao's serious."
The ministers sitting down drank wine glass after another, but Li Qingyu, who had listened to it silently for a long time, still sat leisurely and frowned slightly.
The other box. Yao Yuyun was experiencing the pain of the dark. At this time, she frowned, and large beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. Her gorgeous makeup was slightly dizzy, and her eyes seemed to flash with tears.
"Mother, I don't know why this stomach is disappointing to choose such a day to splash." Yao Yuyun sat on the chair, smashed the table with a hammer, and muttered that the anger was also insignificantly suppressed by the pain.
"Yuyun, if you miss such a good opportunity to see the emperor again today, I don't know how long you will stay. You can endure the dance before calling the doctor."
"Mother, Yun'er can't help it. This belly is really dishonest. If it doesn't work, I still want to..." With that, Yao Yuyun lifted the corner of the gauze skirt and couldn't care about wearing dancing shoes on her feet. The tears that were about to flow down completely dizzy her makeup and went to the toilet in a desperate embarrassment.
The second lady An didn't know what to do. On the one hand, she was a daughter with unbearable abdominal pain, and on the other hand, it was a once-in-a-a-lifetime opportunity. Looking at the coming time, she clenched her handkerchief, and her slightly fat cheeks trembled because of the sudden anger, and the tip of her slightly oblique mouth were unwilling.
No matter how unwilling he is, he won't wait for anyone at this time. Looking at the getting late, An wiped the sweat on his forehead and said cruelly to Linger, "Linger, go and tell the lady that the young lady can't dance, that's all."
Linger was a little puzzled: Is there something wrong with that cup of tea? But she knew that the situation was already irreparable and would only suffer, so she nodded and hurriedly retreated.
"Madam, it's not good. Miss Yuyun's sudden abdominal pain is unbearable. I'm afraid she can't dance this dance." Ling'er rushed to the old lady's room and hurriedly reported the bad news.
The eldest wife Lu is Yao Yujiao's mother. After listening to the news, she knew that it was too late to tell the master. If something went wrong, she and An would not be better, but which lady could dance at such an imminent time?
At this time, Yao Yulu slowly walked in, wearing plain clothes, but with exquisite makeup, light eyebrows like autumn water, white jade-like skin seemed to be accompanied by the breeze, and her black hair coiled a goose heart bun, which was very unmatched with this dress.
"Yao Yulu?" Lu couldn't help but be a little surprised when she looked at the girl in front of her. She is in poor health and rarely goes to the backyard of the house. In recent years, she has rarely seen Lin's mother and daughter. The little girl in those years is now so flawless.
"Madam, it's the little girl. Maybe Sister Yuyun's vacancy can be filled. At this time, Yao Yulu came straight to the point, and she seemed to be fully sure. At this moment, he also has some self-confidence.
"Can you dance? Do you know how long Yuyun has been preparing for this time? Lv saw that although she was beautiful, she still didn't believe that the girl who usually hangs out with the maids could dance on the table.
"Madam, although Yulu can't dance gracefully, she has prepared a flying swallow. Although it is not as beautiful as my sister's dance, it can barely support today's situation."
Lv is a little helpless. Yao Yulu is right. If no one neglects the emperor today, it will only be worse. The good or bad dance will at least support the scene first, but today's entry into the palace is estimated to spare the concubine in front of her.
"That's all I have to do. Linger Yaner, hurry up and help Miss Yulu prepare for it. If this dance is appreciated by the emperor today, the master will not treat you badly. Although Lv said so, she was not relieved about such a situation. If the daughter of the Lin family, who was unstable in the house in those years, climbed up to the branch... But she has no choice at such a juke.
"Madam, Yulu should do her best." This was also told to Lv herself. Yao Yulu made a bow and retreated with Linger and Yaner.