Chapter 18 Chapter Seventeen

The elder brothers who drove this time included the crown prince, the eldest elder brother, the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother.They are all masters who can ride and shoot well, and they are really nomads in the past on the grassland of "the sky is blue and the wild is vast".Looking at their figures riding horses on the grassland, I think this is their home.In fact, they all have strands of wildness in their ass, but they are usually restrained by the Forbidden City with layers of high walls. Just as she was fascinated by watching, Yutan came to the side and asked, "Does my sister like riding horses very much?" I still looked into the distance and said, "Yes! I like it very much. It feels like flying in the wind." After finishing speaking, I sighed Said: "Unfortunately, I can't!" Yu Tan smiled and said: "I can't either! It's a pity that although I can watch horses all day long here, I don't have the opportunity to learn."

I thought to myself that 'it depends on people's effort', and half turned my head and asked with a smile, "Is everything packed?" She replied, "Don't worry! Everything is ordered, and everything is packed." I thought about it and then Asked: "Have the prepared ice cubes been delivered?" Yutan replied: "Just now the little eunuch urged me again." I nodded, looked back at the galloping figure in the blue sky and green grass, turned and left. When I entered the tea room, the eunuchs who were working saw me and were busy saying hello. While I was looking at the various fruits on the table, I asked them to get up and continue working.

Seeing the sour plums on the table, Yutan asked with a smile: "Is it iced sour plum soup?" After the two rolled up their sleeves and cleaned their hands, the ice cubes just happened to arrive.I asked the eunuchs to use planes to cut the ice cubes into thin slices, took out the various containers prepared in advance, put the ice slices in, and put them on the ice cubes to freeze.They were also asked to take out all kinds of fruit juices wrapped in fine gauze and put them into various containers according to the color scheme they had thought in advance.Then take out the dried petals of various colors that have been soaked in warm water, and carefully arrange them in the container.

While I was busy with my head down, Wang Xi ran in and said, "Long Live Lord and all the elder brothers are back!" Without raising my head, I replied, "This is the way to go!" When everything was finished, the tea at Yutan's side had just been brewed. I came over to take a look, and exclaimed, "It's so delicate and beautiful! Just looking at it makes my heart feel cool." I raised my head and smiled, and asked the eunuch to hold the plate. Hold a cup of tea and go to the big tent. Before the person arrived, he heard bursts of laughter first, thinking that Kangxi was really in a good mood today.After entering the big tent, Kangxi sat in the middle, and all elder brothers sat sideways.I greeted Kangxi first, then served tea, and said with a smile: "Thinking that the emperor is riding a horse, it is a bit hot, and the servant has prepared some iced fruit juice. I wonder if the emperor would like to try the handicraft of the servant?" Kangxi smiled. Said: "Take it up and have a look! If it's good, you'll be rewarded, if it's not good, you'll be punished." Seeing that the emperor was in a good mood, Li Dequan hurriedly took two steps closer, took a set of dishes from my hand and gently placed them on the table superior.

The plate is a green chrysanthemum leaf, and the bowl is just a bright yellow chrysanthemum in full bloom on the green leaf. The bowl is filled with translucent pear juice, pieces of ice are floating in it, and the top layer is dotted with a few yellow chrysanthemum petals.Kangxi glanced at it and said, "It took a lot of thought!" I handed two silver spoons to Li Dequan, and Li Dequan tasted it first, then picked up the plate and served it to Kangxi.After Kangxi took a sip, he nodded and said, "I've never eaten this way before." Then he turned to Li Dequan and said, "It's the right way to bring her out this time." Li Dequan nodded quickly and said yes.

Seeing that Kangxi was satisfied, I turned around and served it to my brothers.The fourth elder brother was given a set of white magnolia flower bowls with a clear water plate. The plate was made of clear water waves, and the bowl happened to be a bright white magnolia flower floating on it. The juice in the middle was green grape juice, and a few pieces of white Jasmine petals are on top.When he saw the dishes and bowls on the table, he had a calm expression on his face, but with a hint of a smile in his eyes, he glanced at me and picked up the silver spoon. When Kangxi saw that the table had been served, each table was different, the crown prince's peony, the elder brother's rose, and the fourth elder brother's Mulan, he couldn't help but became interested. Looking at the tables in front of Shisan, he said with a smile: " I want to see what other tricks you have?" I was blessed with a healthy body, and said with a smile: "As long as Long Live Lord is happy, even if there is no trick, I will come up with it."

After finishing speaking, he took a set of white snow and red plums from the eunuch's tray behind him to Brother Thirteen.The plate was in the shape of a white snowflake, but the bowl was a red plum standing proudly against the frost and snow, with pear juice in the middle and a few red plum petals floating on it.Brother Thirteen nodded and smiled at me, and picked up the silver spoon. Kangxi smiled and asked: "Why haven't I seen these dishes before?" I glanced at Li Dequan, and just about to answer, Li Dequan bowed and replied: "The dishes are after Ruoxi drew the pattern last year, and the slave looks fresh. If it’s interesting, let the purchasing eunuch take it and let the official kiln fire it.”

Kangxi asked again: "How many colors were fired in total?" I replied: "There are thirty-six colors in total! But this time I only brought these sets." Kangxi smiled and said: "If I have a chance, I will see the rest. There are some flowers and plants." He nodded slightly, and said, "It's hard for you, what do you want me to reward you?" I hurriedly bowed and replied: "Although these things are the ideas of slaves, other things The people have put in a lot of effort, and the servants dare not take the credit and receive the reward." Kangxi said, "Then give them all." I quickly knelt down to thank, and Yutan and the eunuch behind me also knelt on the ground to thank with joy.

Kangxi asked: "Now you can tell me what reward you want!" I thought for a while, and replied: "I admire the vigorous and heroic posture of Lord Long Live on the horse, so I also want to learn how to ride a horse. I don’t dare to hope that I can catch up with Lord Long Live, but as long as I can learn how to ride, I will be satisfied, and I will not be in vain of the true nature of a man’s daughter.” After speaking, I despised myself first, and the elder brothers sitting on both sides all looked at me. Laughing, even the fourth elder brother, who usually looked indifferent, twitched the corners of his mouth.Kangxi laughed and said, "I've said so much, I won't do it if I don't agree. Yes!" I hurriedly kowtowed my thanks.Then the eunuch who led the jade sandalwood and the plate withdrew and retreated.

The two of them walked all the way, thanking me all the way, "Money is nothing, what matters is face, this is a reward from the Lord Long Live himself." The eunuch smiled and said: "If they find out later, they will still pay for it." I am overjoyed. This is the first time I have been rewarded by Lord Long Live since I entered the palace." After finishing speaking, he kept thanking me.I thought to myself, if I don’t give you some benefits, how can you do things for me with all your heart?I already understood this truth when I played class struggle in the office, and I have no choice but to continue to carry it forward here.Although there is no guarantee that everyone will be friends, at least it is right to reduce enemies.

Sitting outside the tent to enjoy the shade, I saw Wang Xi and Yutan hurrying over with happy faces. I looked at them and asked, "What reward did you get, so happy?" I dare not be frivolous in front of my sister. It is the prince of Mongolia who came to see the emperor and presented two BMWs to the emperor. I heard that they are very expensive. The emperor was very happy and ordered a banquet tonight!" When I heard this, I stood up, She smiled and said: "It's worth being happy. People outside the Great Wall are the most generous and enthusiastic, and they are good at singing and dancing. I will have some fun tonight!" Yu Tan clapped her hands and laughed: "I knew my sister would be happy." The bonfire was lit, fine wine was served, singing and laughter rang out, and the aroma of barbecue mixed with wine wafted under the star-studded night sky.Both Yutan and I were full of joy.After all, this kind of banquet is much more interesting than the banquet in the Forbidden City where the etiquette of the emperor and ministers is strictly observed. Tonight, the emperor mainly drinks wine, so he only asks the little eunuch to watch the stove and prepare water at any time, and Rue Xiang prepares the tea set.Li Dequan has to worry about other things, so I am happy and relaxed. A beautiful woman in an exquisite and luxurious ruby-red Mongolian gown was holding a bowl of wine, half-kneeling at the prince's table singing a "toast song". With a little embarrassment and a little joy, I listened intently.Just after the song was over, the crown prince had already taken the bowl and drank it clean. There was a burst of laughter and applause from around. Kangxi, who was sitting on the top seat and watching with a smile, turned his head and smiled at the Mongolian prince sitting at the bottom. After saying a few words, the Mongolian prince immediately stood up with the bowl and bowed to Kangxi with a Mongolian salute, then raised his neck and drank the wine in the bowl. At this time, the beautiful Mongolian woman had already walked to the table of the fourth elder brother, sang a beautiful song, and danced simple dance steps in front of the fourth elder brother's table with her waist lightly swaying.I found it extremely funny, and wanted to see how this always cold-faced person resisted such fiery enthusiasm.While watching carefully, he whispered to Yutan, "Go and find out who this girl is?" Unexpectedly, the expression on the face of the fourth elder brother was like the snow-capped mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, eternally immutable, with a calm demeanor, he listened to the song indifferently for a while, then stood up to take the bowl, and drank the wine in the bowl amidst the singing.No strange expression? !I shook my head, thinking to myself, I've convinced you! When he handed the bowl back to the woman, he saw me shaking my head with a smile towards him.A few smiles flashed in his eyes, he glanced at me, and sat down. Seeing her turn to the thirteenth table again, she was still singing and drinking wine, with a three-point smile and three-point arrogance on her face.Yutan came back in a hurry and whispered in my ear: "It's the daughter of the Mongolian prince, Suwan Guerjia Minmin, a famous beauty on the grassland." I thought, no wonder!I can toast each brother one by one.Just as he was thinking, he saw that Thirteen had stood up, with a smile on his face, he picked up the wine and drank it down. After drinking, he didn't return the wine bowl to Min Min Gege like other elder brothers did, but beckoned to let the servants serving on the side fill the bowl again. With a three-point smile, he sang a toast song loudly to Minmin.This unexpected move immediately attracted the attention of the audience, and everyone fell silent.I don't know whether Thirteen is speaking Mongolian or Manchu, anyway, I can't understand it.But it doesn't affect the charm of his singing at all. Thirteen was tall and straight, with heroic eyebrows, and a warm, loose smile. His singing voice was deep and loud, and it swayed far away in the silent night, as if it was the only voice on the grassland since ancient times.He is like the legendary Pegasus on the prairie, his two simple leaps have shocked the audience.Everyone had been paying attention to Minmin's toast, but at this moment, everyone's eyes were straightened and their ears were pricked up.I also heard it with a smile on my face, and my heart was full of joy, thinking, Thirteen, good job!Seeing that Min Min's face was slightly reddish, she was slightly surprised, but soon she just listened to the song with a smile on her face, then smiled softly, reached out to take the bowl, lifted her neck, and drank it all in one gulp.Thirteen laughed and clapped his hands a few times. Following Thirteen's unrestrained laughter and applause, all the people in the venue laughed, mixed with applause and shouts, I clapped my hands too, and sighed, "It really is the daughter of the prairie!" After she finished drinking, she handed the bowl to the servant standing beside her.Turning to face Kangxi, he knelt down on the ground and said loudly: "Please allow Minmin to perform a dance." Kangxi smiled and agreed. She slowly stood up from the ground, bowed slightly, and assumed a posture of riding a horse, standing still.Everyone in the audience watched her silently.Then she clapped her hands, and with a few crisp applause, the passionate and cheerful prairie dance sounded immediately.She also immediately turned from stillness.Bending down, looking up, turning sideways, turning, kicking her legs, and stretching her waist, she uses her exciting and comfortable dancing postures to show the unique style of the children of the grassland. They are eagles, horses, and children of this world.The Mongolians present began to clap their hands according to the rhythm, and some people began to hum along with the tune. Slowly, the applause and singing became louder and louder. All the Mongolians were excited by the dancing red flames in the field.When she spun around the prince's table, the prince couldn't help but startled, and then started to beat the rhythm.She turned a table and lit a flame.Except for the fourth elder brother, when she spun past his table, although the fourth elder brother also tapped a few times, his face was always calm. At the end of the dance, the audience roared with cheers.Minmin looked around the audience with a big smile, paused on Shisan, then looked at Kangxi with his right hand on his chest, and bowed to Kangxi.Kangxi stretched out his hand to signal her to get up, nodded and said something to the Mongolian prince with a smile.I sighed in my heart when I saw this, and told Yutan: "I'm a little tired, so I'll go back first. Even though Yunxiang is waiting in front, you should pay attention." Yutan quickly responded with a smile: "Sister, don't worry! Surely there will be no mistakes." I nodded and squeezed out of the crowd. As we walked far away, the laughter gradually disappeared behind us, and the soldiers who came across the battalion along the way stopped sideways to make way for me.My heart was overwhelmed, so I ignored it, and just walked silently. I have also had the experience of dancing the whole audience.Growing up in Xinjiang, Uyghur dancers are by no means inferior to those Uyghur girls who are the best at singing and dancing. When I was in Xinjiang, there were many people who could dance. Teaching chair, then took the whole family to move to Beijing.When I was dressed in Uighur costumes and danced with all my heart at the grade camp party, the whole audience applauded and cheered.It was probably at that time that he really noticed me, although in the past because I would occasionally rob him of the throne of the first age, he would glance at me when passing by.The teachers and parents were all angry at our puppy love. They didn't understand how the two top students were so out of line. They openly walked hand in hand in the school. They still held each other when they were eating in the cafeteria. He quickly learned to eat with his left hand. .Burning so gorgeously, but so what?He finally left me across the ocean!And I can only choose to stay away from Beijing to forget! I lay on the grass slope, looking at the starry sky, and found that I still remembered it.When I thought that everything was already a matter of my previous life, tonight it all came to my mind because of a dance.Holding the weeds on the ground tightly with both hands, tears slowly rolled down from both sides.If I knew this was the case, I would never, never leave my parents. If I could be with my parents in those three years, maybe I would have less regret now.I seriously hurt the person who loved me deeply because of my own little injury. After crying for a while, my heart gradually calmed down.He took a long breath, got up and knelt down on the ground, praying silently in his heart, God, no matter how you will treat me, please be kind to my parents.Brother, sister-in-law, everything depends on you!After the silent prayer, he fell on the ground and kowtowed three times.He knelt down for a while, then stood up slowly. As soon as he turned around, he saw Brother Si and Shisan standing quietly in the unlucky place.Under the darkness of night, I couldn't see their expressions clearly. I felt a little embarrassed, and after I bowed down to say hello, the three of them stood quietly for a while. Shisan walked a few steps quickly, came to him, and asked softly, "Is there anything embarrassing?" The fourth elder brother also came slowly and stood beside Shisan.I forced a smile, and said, "I just thought of my parents, and I feel a little panicked!" After hearing what I said, Shisan's expression darkened and he fell silent.The fourth elder brother glanced at him and patted Shisan on the back with his hand. I hurriedly changed the subject and asked, "Why did you come out?" Thirteen straightened his expression, and replied, "I'm a little anxious after drinking, so I came out to hang out and sober up." I said 'huh' and said "Are those Mongolian wine jars willing to let you go?" Shisan smiled and said, "People have three urgencies, and they won't let you go!" I pursed my lips and smiled, but didn't say anything. After a while of silence, I said: "It's been a long time since I came out, so I should go back." Shisan looked at the fourth elder brother and said, "We should go back too." Then the three of them went to the camp together. Walking on the road, Thirteen suddenly asked: "Why did you choose Hongmei for me that day?" I thought to myself, because you will be confined for ten years in the future, but you will be honored afterward, is it because the fragrance comes from the bitter cold? plum blossom?But he replied, "Don't you like the four gentlemen among Mei Naihua?" Thirteen smiled and said, "It's just that what you gave to fourth brother is his favorite Mulan, so I just asked casually." It's okay if he doesn't say anything, but when he said it, I felt angry and said, "I didn't see you answering the question when I asked you, but now I know everything." After finishing speaking, I still whispered He muttered: "It's not reliable at all." He looked at me embarrassingly, then at the fourth elder brother, and said with a smile: "I just tried my best to help you find out, so the fourth elder brother noticed." There was a cold 'hum', but there was no sound.He said with a smile on his face: "Today, in front of Fourth Brother, why do you ask about these... these..." He thought for a long time, as if he didn't think there were any suitable words, so he simply stopped talking. Just look sideways at me.I looked at the surrounding tents, and said, "Okay, I'm going back to the tent to rest, you can continue to drink quickly! I will leave now!" After finishing speaking, I didn't wait for him to answer, I just went to the fourth elder brother After saluting, he quickly turned right and left.I could only hear him talking to the fourth elder brother with a low smile behind him.