Harem Daily Life

Tao Yanyan bowed to the Queen Mother and said, "Thank you, Queen Mother, for giving me Xuansi as a reward."

The Queen Mother responded calmly, saying nonchalantly, "Then let's begin. I and all the ministers please listen. Listen to the music and your own state of mind."

The emperor looked at the little beauty and winked at her. Tao Yanyan smiled and walked to the center of the hall holding the pipa.

Sitting in the seat where Chuchu had just sat, Tao Yanyan moved his fingers and began to pluck the strings of the piano.

Her skills and proficiency were not as good as Chuchu's, but her greatest advantage was the music. This time, she chose the song "Xiao". When the music started, it seemed to open up a vast landscape of mountains and rivers, and a world of revenge.

Following her pipa, it seems as if I can see snow falling on the mountains and rivers outside the pass, the cold wind blowing on the city walls, the lone smoke in the northern desert, a man and a horse galloping across the boundless mountains and rivers, sometimes hiding in the mountains like invisible rain, sometimes a hero holding a sword and laughing at the world, the sword energy piercing the sky, the Qiang pipe and the huqin playing and singing ancient ballads. When the song ends, it seems to have gone through thousands of years, looking into the distance between heaven and earth, the rivers and lakes are far away, and only the heroic young man is left, wearing bright clothes and riding a furious horse.

The empress dowager was deeply shocked. This song made her seem to see herself rushing to the palace with full enthusiasm, and how she had overcome all obstacles along the way from being an innocent girl to becoming the empress dowager today.

Everyone knelt respectfully at her feet, but her original dream was only to win one person's heart, give birth to a child, and live a stable, healthy and smooth life.

In the end, she did not win the heart of one person. Although she gave birth to a son, she became estranged from him because of a favorite concubine. Now that she possesses supreme power, there are still many things that make her feel unhappy.

The Queen Mother looked at Tao Yanyan. The faint tenacity emanating from this little girl was quite to her liking.

Prince Changping was extremely excited; this was the world of his dreams and the past he had been pursuing.

Although experts know that Miss Tao’s singing skills are slightly weak, they cannot resist the fact that her music is so beautiful that it makes people excited.

The Queen and Shu Fei were not in such a good situation. Their blood was also boiling at the moment, but they were angered by Concubine Tao.

Especially the Queen. She sent people to keep an eye on Yingyue Pavilion a few days ago, and the song that Concubine Tao was practicing was not this one at all!

The piece they were practicing was a gentle and lingering song. When the palace maids came back, they said that Lady Tao sang two lines: "The clouds are like clothes and the flowers are like faces. The spring breeze blows over the threshold and the dew is gorgeous. If we hadn't met on the top of the Jade Mountain, we would have met under the moon on the Jade Terrace."

Who can tell her why the song changed so suddenly?

The emperor was sitting next to her. The queen glanced at her casually and saw that the emperor was completely focused, his heart and eyes were filled with Concubine Tao!

He Linzhang was really surprised!

He originally thought that the little beauty was only good at playing sentimental love songs, just like the last time in Youzhou, when every note touched his heart and made him reluctant to let her go.

He didn't expect that Yan Yan could also play the role of a lone hero traveling the world with a sword.

In fact, Tao Yanyan was not prepared to play this song at the beginning. It was mainly because after listening to Miss Chuchu's "Bright Moon", his mood suddenly became open, so he gave up the "Qingping Diao" that he had prepared, and stopped sticking to the palace thoughts and turned to the broader world of rivers and lakes.

When she finished playing the song, Prince Changping stood up first and said excitedly, "I want to ask Lady Tao for the score of this song. Can you give it to me?"

Tao Yanyan doesn’t understand the music scores of this era at all. She only learned the simplified musical notation and the five-line musical notation!

She looked at the musicians behind her and said in embarrassment, "Can you please ask the musicians to help write down the music score and give it to the prince? I... I can't read the music score, so I can't write it down for you."

Everyone...

Let's talk about how you practiced. Did someone teach you step by step and you memorized them one by one?

Chu Chu stood up and bowed, saying, "I am willing to write down the music score for you, but I will trouble Lady Tao to play it a few more times."

Since Concubine Tao was unable to leave the palace, she looked at He Linzhang.

He Linzhang said: "Starting tomorrow, Miss Chuchu will be allowed to enter the palace and go to Yingyue Pavilion to listen to the music and record it. Oh, and also record the song from Youzhou."

Chuchu didn't know which song Youzhou was, but it should be a rare and good song. She bowed and agreed, her heart leaping with joy. For musicians like them, good music scores are more precious than gold and silver, and they can only be encountered by chance.

Master Cang Xuan became a great musician because he was good at composing music. He was highly respected and was treated as a guest of honor by princes and nobles.

Shu Fei clenched her fists tightly and closed her eyes. It turned out that her cousin the emperor was still thinking about her.

What happened tonight not only failed to erase the beautiful image of Lady Tao from the heart of her cousin the Emperor, but instead deepened it, which was something she had never expected.

She glanced at the queen, whose face was not looking good either, but she was just forcing a smile.

"Lady Tao's musical skills are superb, and she is no less than that of professional musicians. This really opened our eyes. I wonder if Your Majesty would like to reward Lady Tao?"

Chuchu's reward was prepared by the Queen. She had never thought that Tao Yanyan would be so outstanding, so she didn't prepare anything. In addition, she was very angry now, so she didn't even bother to think about what reward to give, so she threw the question to the Emperor.

The emperor looked at the little beauty. She couldn't understand the precious music scores hidden in the palace, and the antiques were too ordinary, so he said, "I got a piece of unpolished jade from the Western Regions, so I'll give it to Lady Tao and ask the Treasure Bureau to make jewelry for you."

The queen was shocked. The new jade from the Western Regions was a full foot high. How many bracelets and jade pendants could be made from it?

I'm so angry, I might as well just give her a bracelet!

All the concubines looked at each other, and couldn't help but look at Concubine Tao a few more times.

Tsk tsk, the emperor's new love is different. Even the rewards he gives are more generous than before.

The Imperial Concubine and the Rong Concubine were both silent. They silently picked up their wine glasses and drank the bitter wine silently.

Tao Yanyan thanked him with a smile on her face, and He Linzhang couldn't help but smile too.

The two of them exchanged glances, which made the queen mother shudder. This wave of dog food was a bit overwhelming.

After surviving the disaster, Tao Yanyan had accomplished one of the important things for the night. The next thing was to look for Qi Yizheng to discuss business cooperation.

Qingfeng had already secretly gone to see Lord Qi when Lady Tao was playing the pipa to attract everyone's attention. Qi Yizheng was very surprised. What did Lady Tao want to tell him alone?

The palace banquet was still going on. Qi Yizheng and others were waiting in the side hall. Qingfeng accompanied Concubine Tao and they stood guard at the door.

"I wonder what Lady Tao wants to talk to me about?" Qi Yizheng asked puzzledly.

"I heard that Lord Qi wants the secret recipe of fresh meat mooncakes?" Tao Yanyan's words made Qi Yizheng's eyes light up.

"I can cook more than just fresh meat mooncakes. Today I brought three delicious recipes. Lord Qi, you may want to take a look at them first. If you are interested, we can talk about the next thing." After saying that, he took out three pieces of paper from his sleeve pocket and handed them to Qi Yizheng.

Qi Yizheng became more and more excited as he watched. Just as he was about to ask Lady Tao what she wanted to talk about next, he heard a scolding voice coming from outside the door.

"Lady Tao is having sex with a man outside in there, and you slut, get out of the way or I'll be rude to you!" Qingfeng seemed to be arguing with someone outside the door, and both Tao Yanyan and Qi Yizheng frowned.