Chapter 281: Clouds and Winds and Liu Mei'er (Part 1)
As the actual ruler of the Dashun Dynasty army, Liu Yu was very enthusiastic in his conversation with the Uighur envoy Dadu.
The enthusiasm of both sides lacks sincerity. As Liu Yu knows, the Uighurs simply want to use the Dashun Dynasty army to unify the grassland. In the face of interests, both sides will become enemies at any time. Liu Yu just thinks that Da are all envoys sent by the enemy.
Liu Yu originally wanted to send Dadu back to the National Hotel, but Dadu was reluctant to leave with Xiaohualou and did not want to leave for the time being.
"The city of Shunchao is extremely prosperous. I heard that many great writers were born in the brothel Chu Pavilion. Marquis Wuyi. Can you accompany me here to appreciate the versatility of Shunchao people?"
Although brothels are not specialties from the Central Plains, there is obviously no Feng Shui treasure land on the grassland that can be enjoyed and elegant. Dadu looks like he is only in his twenties and is young and energetic. When he comes to the Central Plains, he naturally wants to see something that he could only hear from books before.
For example, looking for flowers and willows.
If you ask a marquis like Liu Yu to accompany foreign envoys to visit the kilns, it will definitely be ruined when it is spread. Liu Yu smiled and said, "Since Prince Dadu likes the culture of the Central Plains, why not go to Chang'an City to have a walk tomorrow and have a good rest today?"
Dadu smiled deeply and gestured, saying, "It's a pity if you don't look at me?"
Liu Yuxin said that Da didn't understand the human nature of the people in the Central Plains at all. Liu Yu clearly lacked the enthusiasm for entertainment, but was perfunctory in reason. Dadu thought that Liu Yu was willing to be his guide to seeking flowers and asking about the willows.
"Since Prince Dadu is so persistent, please!"
Liu Yuxin said that Dadu knew at a glance that he was a lustful person, and he would stuff him into a girl's room later, so he would save even the steps to take the guests back to the national hotel.
Dadu walked out of the room accompanied by Liu Yu and Chai Jin. As soon as he opened the door, the vocal music of the silk and bamboo downstairs reached his ears. Dadu couldn't help but praise: "Qingyang, bright and fast... very nice."
Sui Yi and others saw Liu Yu coming out and stood up to greet him. Even Sima Xuan'er recognized Chai Jin, the fourth prince consort. It was not surprising that Liu Yu and Chai Jin came out together, or it might have been a chance to meet him. But Liu Yu and Chai Jin also had a mustache in Hu's clothes next to them, which surprised them.
"The nineteen princes of the Uighurs are Dadu." Liu Yu introduced to Sui Yi and Li Mi.
"Hello, hello." Dadu welcomed people with a smile. "Are you friends of Wuyi Hou?"
"Yes, yes." Sui Yi learned from Dadu's strange accent, "Your Highness, please sit down."
Dadu warmly saluted Sui Yi, Li Mi and Sima Xuan'er. Sui Yi and Li Mi accepted it calmly, and Sima Xuan'er seemed a little nervous. She was just a civilian woman, but she was greeted by a foreign envoy or a prince, so she didn't dare to bear it.
"You men in the Central Plains are so beautiful." Dadu said, "Our girls on the grassland are not as beautiful as he is."
Sima Xuan'er was praised for being "beautiful" in public and her face turned red. As she was about to reveal her body, Liu Yu hurried out to smooth things over and said, "What Prince Dadu said is that we Central Plains people live in a ventilated stone house without the wind and sun. The weather in the Central Plains is not as changeable as the grasslands. We plant and harvest in spring and autumn. After the cold winter, we will hide in the stone house. We must have a better skin than you grassland people."
Dadu thought about what Liu Yu said, and suddenly said, "Access to teaching. Marquis Wuyi's speech is really thought-provoking. It seems that if my tribe's life is beautiful, I have to live in a stone house and plant it in spring and harvest it in autumn. No, it is the grazing in spring and autumn, and it is not the grazing in winter."
After Dadu finished speaking, he sat on the chair and stared at Liu Meier who was performing downstairs. His eyes were full of awesomeness and admiration. Sui Yi and Li Mi looked at each other, and then looked at Liu Yu helplessly, probably asking where you found this earthy leopard. Liu Yu approached and gestured from upstairs to downstairs. It meant that he had seen the emperor go down from here.
Sui Yi whispered: "Brother Liu, is this the emperor invited me?"
Liu Yu made a gesture of silence. At this time, Liu Meier finished her dance and stepped down. Dadu reluctantly retracted his gaze to look at the three people who were gathering together and whispering.
"You Central Plains people are so polite." Dadu smiled and said, "Sit, sit, or I will be embarrassed."
"Then let's sit down." Liu Yu took action. Sui Yi and Li Mi were not very restrained. They were officials, and they knew the right way to receive foreign envoys. But after all, Sima Xuan'er was just a guest today, and her status was special, so she was a little timid at this time.
"General Liu has a guest here, so Yulan will go back first." Sima Xuan'er pulled Liu Yu's sleeve and said in a slight voice to her youngest daughter's house.
"It's okay." Liu Yu glanced at Dadu, who was talking to Sui Yi and Li Mi, and said disdainfully, "Just pretend that he doesn't exist. You have to meet Liu Meier up close later to make sure whether she is Liu Liniang."
Sima Xuan'er thought that Liu Yu invited her to come today to recognize people. Recognizing people is today's business, but later she became complicated. Although she wanted to leave timidly, when she heard Liu Yu mention Liu Meier, she nodded and said, "As soon as you follow General Liu's orders."
Sima Xuan'er sat restrainedly beside Liu Yu, her hands and feet together, not as free and easy as she came. Liu Yu smiled at her as encouragement, meaning that she would let go. When she came to such a place, only free and easy men would not suffer any losses.
The vocal music started again, and Liu Meier downstairs began the next dance performance. This dance attracted Sima Xuan'er's attention from the beginning, because the drum racks were ready on the stage, and what was about to be performed was also her best encouragement.
Since Liu Liniang created her own inspiration and was once performed by Sima Xuan'er at the imperial banquet of the palace, now inspiration has become a must-have program for the dance performances of the aristocratic banquets in Chang'an City. It is just because the dancers have different standards and it is difficult for ordinary dancers to perform such free and easy dance postures as Liu Liniang and Sima Xuan'er. This made the teachers of the Song and Dance Teaching House particularly jealous of Sima Xuan'er and wanted her to perform many times, but they were rejected by Sima Xuan'er every time.
When Dadu saw the drum racks set up, he turned to look at Liu Yu and asked, "Marquis Wuyi, what are they going to do? Are they playing drums?"
"It's not about playing drums, but the dancer is preparing to dance on the drums." Liu Yu explained.
Dadu said incrediblely: "This is impossible. Those drums are very high and unstable and shaky. What if they fall down from above?"
Speaking of this, Sima Xuan'er's face turned red again, she lowered her head but peeked at Liu Yu. It was said that Sima Xuaner and Liu Yu met not at the palace banquet, but because she fell off the drum rack at that palace banquet, the two met further. Liu Yu saved her and saved her from death, which also changed her impression of Liu Yu, the playboy.
Liu Yu smiled and said, "A dancer with good dancing skills will not fall off the drum. Prince Dadu will know after seeing him."
The finale is about to begin. Liu Meier did not rush to dance on the drum rack and started performing, but asked the drum rack to carefully adjust the position of the drum rack. For dancers like Liu Liniang and Sima Xuaner, they can adjust their dance steps through the position of the drum rack on the spot, but for some dancers who are not good at this, the drum rack must be placed exactly the same as the position she practices on weekdays, so as to reduce the possibility of deviation.
Taking advantage of the time before the finale, the maid from Xiaohua Building asked the maid to send tea and came over with a smile on her face to apologize. After all, if she could not be forgiven by the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture Sui Yi, Liu Meier would be taken to Jingzhao Prefecture for a crime after the end of her performance. It was most likely that she would go but never return.
Sui Yi faced the pleading of the madam and made a statement and said, "I said to the madam, whether the criminal is guilty is not my decision. It depends on whether she has committed a crime. I have always been very clear about it. If this Miss Liu is really innocent, then I will never make things difficult for her. If she is really guilty, I will do my job in public and never be biased."
Sui Yi said this and wanted to stick to the end. Which of these beautiful and famous brothel women were once not a wealthy daughter of a criminal family? Only when they talked well could they be sought after by customers. It is not easy for women from ordinary families to make a name for themselves. After all, the daughters of criminals were guilty, so how could they be innocent if they were innocent? Generally, brothel women were famous and were likely to be resold through the government, either to other brothels or to be kept by the powerful. This is not uncommon.
After hearing Sui Yi's words, the madam sighed. It seemed that the money tree she had worked hard to cultivate could not be saved.
After the madam went down, Dadu asked with confusion: "This Sui Prefecture, why do you make things difficult for the old woman?"
Liu Yu explained: "That was not an old woman, but the person in charge of this brothel. All the girls here are under her jurisdiction. Of course, the public security of the entire Chang'an City is also under the jurisdiction of the Sui Prefecture Prefecture."
"I see."
Dadu actually didn't understand very well, but at this time Liu Meier had already started an inspirational performance downstairs, so he had no intention of listening to Liu Yu's explanation again, and looked at Liu Meier's magical dance posture again.
Other guests admired dancing, and emphasized quietness and could not make any sound to destroy the rhythm of the performance. But Da was different. He didn't understand what restraint means, and he felt uncomfortable if his inner emotions did not vent. Seeing Liu Meier's body as light as a swallow, he shouted loudly, clapping and cheering. This not only made the guests glar at him, but even Liu Meier who was performing on the drum rack was almost distracted.
Perhaps Liu Meier was studying this encouragement more and more slowly, but she could not grasp the essence. She performed tremblingly, but she could hardly defend her balance. In order to pursue stability in her posture, ordinary dancers would use some relatively low drum racks. But Liu Meier learned Liu Liniang after all, and she was not tall and could not show her skills. In this way, she was disturbed by Dadu. If nothing unexpected happened—
Chapter completed!