Thirty-seven, Princess's quarrel

Three servants brought three brocade boxes and placed them in front of Zhou Xuan’s case. The three brocade boxes were arranged in sequence from small to large. Just looking at the box was very precious. Hu Shang Abu always made a fuss about packaging.

Zhou Xuan gently tapped the three brocade boxes with his knuckles and said, "The things in these three boxes will be difficult for those who like it, and those who don't like it will feel that it is worthless-"

"Brother Zhou, what kind of treasure is it? It's hard to make a fortune all at once, and it's not worth a penny at once, which makes you feel itchy." Sun Zhan was more impatient and rushed to ask.

Zhou Xuan smiled implicitly and raised his index finger: "Keep it confidential for the time being." He also said, "I entrusted Mr. Hu Shang Abu to collect these three gifts on his behalf. I would like to thank him for his friendship."

Abu quickly stood up and bowed to everyone. He was so flattered to see His Royal Highness nodding to him.

Zhou Xuan held his shiny Bayin Baoqin and said, "I play a song. Whoever can match the most appropriate lyrics for this song will get this first gift." He pointed to the smallest box.

The Sun brothers applauded and said, "Blow quickly and blow quickly."

Zhou Xuan held the piano in both hands, shook his head and swayed his head. The rhythm of the song was slow and the tune was graceful. It seemed to contain deep affection in the roundabout way, and the song finally had a long and endless meaning.

Influenced by Li Yu, Li Jian was also very interested in music and praised: "A good song is very different from the sound of my Tang Kingdom. It should be the tune of my cousin Xuan's home country, right?"

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is so good. This is indeed a national music in my country, called "Red Bean Song". Please ask the talented men, warriors, Gao Xian and beauties here to match the song." With a wave of his hand, a group of maids came in one after another, holding a pen, ink, paper and ink.

Lin Heishan smiled and said, "Don't put it in front of me. I, Lin Heishan, can't do anything, I can only do something with swords and guns."

Only Li Jian, Chen Ji, Sun brothers, and Yang Xiaopin asked for pens and ink. Of course, Lin Hanhan asked for a piece of paper and pen for her sister.

The maid grinds ink and Lin Hanyun spreads paper, and lets Fairy Jingyi write. Fairy Jingyi refuses to write. She cannot do this obviously fraudulent thing. If she wants to think of another lyrics, it is like "There is a scene in front of her, but Cui Hao writes a poem on top of her." The lyrics of "Red Bean Song" sung by Zhou Xuan last time were so beautiful, and it complements the song. It is almost impossible to create a new idea.

Lin Hanyun whispered: "Sister, write it. Zhou Xuan is the gift specially prepared for you. Because you don't have a birthday or accept gifts, you take this opportunity to give you the gift. Didn't you listen to him? What you like is not easy. Zhou Xuan's pick must be the things that his sister likes. If you ask others to take it away, wouldn't his wish be in vain!"

Fairy Jingyi reluctantly picked up the pen and wrote the three words "Red Bean Song". Thinking of the lyrics, she could not write it and said, "Hanyun, my sister can't write it, my sister forgot."

Lin Hanyun sighed and said, "Sister is just taboos this and that. What's the point? It's fun to collude like this. Okay, only the girl is here to do it for her. Sister, you really worry about the girl."

Fairy Jingyi was so funny that she was talking about.

Lin Hanyun held the sheep hair and pretended to listen to Fairy Jingyi's oral statement. She copied it on her behalf and asked loudly: "Sister, is it 'after storm and dusk'?"

Fairy Jingyi had no choice but to cooperate with her and said, "Yes."

Lin Hanyun "swish swish swish swish", a lyrics came out, and the first one handed the paper, and personally delivered it to Zhou Xuan. He said with a smile: "Brother Zhou Xuan, this is the lyrics written by my sister. Do you think it is well written?"

Zhou Xuan took it and said:

"I can't drop all my lovesickness and tears throw red beans, I can't bloom spring willows and spring flowers fill the painting building. I can't sleep steadily in the gauze window, after the wind and rain, I can't forget the new sorrows and old sorrows, I can't swallow the jade grains and the golden water chokes all over my throat, and I can't see the diamond-shaped mirror to describe my thinness. The unopenable eyebrows are even more leaking. Oh! It's like the uncoverable green mountains, the endless green water flowing, and the green water is leisurely-"

After reading it, Zhou Xuan praised: "The lyrics of Fairy Jingyi are so wonderful, "Red Bean Song" will definitely add color to the lyrics."

Chen Ji and Sun brothers said in unison: "It's really a good word."

Li Jian is a smart person. He knew at a glance that Cousin Xuan was deliberately letting Miss Lin get this gift. The words must have been drafted in advance. He couldn't help but smile and didn't bother to think about it. He praised: "The fairy's wonderful words should be the first."

Lin Hanyun said happily: "Okay, then open the first brocade box and see what kind of treasure it is?"

Zhou Xuan said: "It's not a treasure, it's three hand-written books." When he opened the brocade box, there was a yellow silk package in the brocade box. When he opened the package, three yellow books were stacked together. On the cover, Lin Hanyun thought: "Tea scriptures—written by Sang Zhuweng."

"A book of "Tea Classic"." Lin Hanyun was quite disappointed. The book was everywhere, not surprising at all.

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "This is a three-volume "Tea Classic" handwritten by the tea fairy Lu Yu. Lu Yu is called "Jinglingzi" and "Sangzhuweng". Please see, there is a poem written by Lu Yu on the title page - Don't envy the golden jar, don't envy the white jade cup; Don't envy the morning and enter the province, don't envy the evening and enter the platform; I envy the thousands of envy the water of the West River, and I once came down to Jingling City - The tea fairy is noble and elegant on the paper, Fairy Jingyi is good at tea ceremony, and this is the most suitable thing for Lu Yu to send Fairy Jingyi to Fairy Jingyi."

Lin Hanyun then smiled, held the brocade box over, and asked in a low voice: "Sister, do you like it?"

Fairy Jingyi said "um" and felt soft and heart-warming. This brother Xuan is so thoughtful.

Zhou Xuan clapped his hands and said, "Tonight is a music tea party. The second question below is related to tea - Mingfeng, Jianyue, and fragrant tea."

Two pretty maids came out of the red sandalwood tea tray. There were Yixing purple clay pots and Fujian black bowls of rabbit hairs. Each person placed a free hair cup in front of the desk. The tea was injected into it, and the fragrance was clear and elegant.

Zhou Xuan said: "Please give me some taste, what kind of tea and water is this?"

When Jianyue poured tea in front of Jingyi Fairy, Jingyi Fairy asked softly: "Jianyue, is this tea cooked by Mr. Zhou?"

Jianyue pursed her lips and smiled, "Yes, Mr. Zhou and his Tea slave, Lao Si cooked it together."

Fairy Jingyi smiled. He knew that the tea was just smelling the fragrance of the tea. The tea-making man was a master and fully demonstrated the characteristics of the purple bamboo tea. Good tea was like a naturally beautiful girl. Tea-making man was like dressing up the girl. He could dress up a vulgar powder and show his elegant and delicate posture. Although lotus emerged from clear water and was naturally decorated, good tea should also be cooked well, just like a beauty who was lightly swept her eyebrows and added to her beauty.

But I don’t know what kind of water it is for making tea? It requires tasting to distinguish it.

The guests on the Bagua pedestal all savored the tea quietly. Li Jian said: "I can taste this golden bamboo shoot tea, but I can't tell what water I use."

Apart from the Four Immortals, who can compare the tea ceremony with Fairy Jingyi? Four Immortals are tea-making people, and they have received instructions from Zhou Xuan, so naturally they will not say it. Only Fairy Jingyi can answer this question.

Fairy Jingyi said in a beautiful voice: "Tea is the purple bamboo tea picked in Changxing in March, and the water is the Thousand Buddhas Streams of Qixia Mountain, Jinling."

Zhou Xuan asked Siqi: "Mr. Fourth, can Fairy Jingyi answer correctly?"

The four fools said: "Yes."

Zhou Xuan applauded and said, "Fairy Jingyi has extraordinary tea skills. I have learned tea from the fairy for half a year, but I have not yet reached the hall to see the mystery. I am ashamed." As he said that, he opened the second brocade box, but it was a jade bottle, crystal clear, like a clean bottle in the hand of Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Zhou Xuan said: "This bottle is from the Jingu Garden of Shichong in the Western Jin Dynasty. It nourishes jade energy and stores water to grow flowers, which can keep the color of the flowers unchanged for seven days."

Lin Hanyun happily took it and said to Fairy Jingyi: "Sister, this is what you like again."

Zhou Xuan said loudly: "There is a third question below--"

Suddenly, a clear and gentle voice interrupted, "It's really boring. The Marquis of Xinzhou wants to give this fairy Jingyi, just give it straightforward. Why bother to beat around the bush and let us be accompanying guests? Is it fun?"

The person who spoke was Princess Qingle wearing a wedding dress and a veil.

Li Jian said anxiously: "Huozhu, what did you promise me when you came? Didn't you agree not to make trouble?"

Princess Qingle said, "I have been enduring it for a long time, but this is so annoying. I treat us as wood carving Bodhisattvas."

Princess Qingle has always been used to being bullied by the stars. She has been participating in this music tea party for so long that no one takes her as a princess seriously. Zhou Xuan has always been attentive to the Lin sisters. How could she stand this neglect? She is attacking.

Everyone looked at each other. Lin Hanyun pursed her mouth and wanted to retort, but her sister held her hand and reminded her that this was Princess Qingle and not offend her.

Zhou Xuan remained calm and smiled and said, "This is called fun. What's the point of giving a gift dry? Of course, you have to play tricks. What's wrong? Fairy Jingyi is the birthday owner. Wouldn't it be our guests?"

Princess Qingle said: "When I came, I only knew that this was a musical tea party, otherwise I wouldn't come."

For Li Jian's sake, Zhou Xuan did not say "I didn't invite you again", and said with a smile: "It seems that Your Highness the Princess is not convinced by the question I asked Your Highness to answer. Your Highness the Princess to answer. Your Highness the Princess will give you a question. Is this fair enough? How about the winning party taking this third gift?"

Princess Qingle thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll give the question first. This is a fill-in-word question, a lyrics, and six words are empty. If you can fill these six words correctly, you will win?"

When Zhou Xuan heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself: "I am so good at filling in the blanks of poetry." He said: "This requires a good lyric that has been refined for a long time. If it is a childish poem, the lyrics are just a nonsense. How can I fill in this?" This is to limit the scope of Princess Qingle's topic and the poems of famous artists. Otherwise, Zhou Xuan can fill in the lyrics of the nameless!

Princess Qingle said coldly: "This is my father's newly compiled "Huanxisha". Do you think it is a good word?"

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "It turns out that it is the imperial command of His Majesty the Emperor, so I feel relieved. I am afraid that it is the lyrics written by His Highness the Princess."

Princess Qingle was stunned, and then realized that Zhou Xuan was calling her childish and insane, so angry that she couldn't speak.

Zhou Xuan said: "Give her to paper and pen to the princess, ask her to give her questions."

Princess Qingle glared at Zhou Xuan for a while through the veil, picked up her pen to write a broken "Huanxisha" - "The red sun is three feet tall, the golden furnace is incense beast, the red brocade lichen follows the steps. The beautiful woman dances and lits the golden hairpin, picks the flower stamens when wine is bad, and hears the flute and drums playing in the separate hall."

Zhou Xuan took it and glanced at it. It was very good. He remembered the word and said, "The word is excellent, the word is average."

Princess Qingle was so angry that her cherry lips trembled again.

Zhou Xuan waved and said, "Little Pin, come here."

The pure and childish Yang Xiaopin came over, and everyone's eyes lit up. Princess Qingle covered her veil and sat there again. Even if she was beautiful, everyone didn't feel it. However, this Yang Xiaopin was real, like round jade and moist, like the first spring flowers blooming.

Zhou Xuan said: "Xiaopin, you can write for the sake of writing and fill in these six words." He thought to himself: "My buddy is the marquis, so how can I write it myself? How can I not have a little secret?"

The sheep knelt upright beside Zhou Xuan and listened to Zhou Xuan's chanting: "The red sun is three feet tall, and the golden furnace is filled with incense beasts, and the red brocade lichens are wrinkled as they walk. The beautiful woman dances and sniffs, picks up the flower stamens when she is drunk, and hears the flute and drums playing in the distance in the separate hall."

Yang Xiaopin filled in the six missing words one by one.

Li Jian was already applauding and laughing: "Cousin Xuan is a talented person, every word is good."

Princess Qingle asked: "Brother, have you recited this new word from the father in front of him?"

Li Jian shook his head and said, "No."

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "The difference between good words and bad words is here. Every word used in a good word has traces to follow, echoing the front and back, and the sentences are broken and meaning connected. Only by carefully thinking can you fill out the empty words, and it is difficult to guess bad words, haha."

Princess Qingle lost and was quite depressed and said, "You won this game, now you can set the question."

Zhou Xuan said: "Today, the garden is full of lights, not like Lantern Festival, but better than Lantern Festival. I have chanted the first half of the poem, how about the princess who continues the second half of the poem for me?"

Although Princess Qingle knew poetry, she was not very good at it. At this time, she was unable to get rid of the tiger, so she had to say: "Let's listen to the upper half of the poem."

"This is the song of "Qingyu Case"." Zhou Xuan chanted with his hands: "The east wind bloomed thousands of flowers at night. It blew down even further, and the stars were like rain. The fragrance of BMW carvings was everywhere. The sound of the phoenix flute moved, the light of the jade pot turned, and the fish and dragon danced overnight-please ask the princess to continue the next verse."

Princess Qingle was speechless for a while and said softly: "I can't continue."

Lin Hanyun laughed "sneer".

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "If you can't continue, you will lose. This third gift is mine. Now I will give it to the birthday master Jingyi Fairy." As he said that, he opened the largest brocade box and took out something.
Chapter completed!