C42 (1/2)
Wang Zhixi and Wang Rong had been together for a long time, so Fangruo was familiar with each other. Xi Tao still remembered that when Fangruo talked to Wang Rong in the past, they did not listen to each other and did not get along well, but Fangruo also did not want to warm her face up to Xi Tao's cold butt. Fortunately, Wang Zhixi only told Fangruo to follow Xi Tao and do things often, so she was not lazy.
Wang Zhixi just wanted Fangruo to follow behind Xi Tao and get familiar with the servants she met everyday. When the time was right, they could pass down the orders.
Wang Zhixi followed Wang Rong and went to visit the Gonghou Garden s behind her a few times, but discovered that every time she did so, she would not directly meet with the Emperor, and would only play a tune before leaving. The most recent time, Wang Rong was tired of playing her zither.
How loud are the triangles? It was Zhang Cheng. Wang Zhixi recognised him, and there were two favored eunuchs by his side, one was Feng Shang, and the other was Zhang Cheng. Feng Shang had come here once, but Zhang Cheng had come by many times, but he always came here for the sake of Wang Rong.
Zhang Cheng was the bridge between Wang Rong and His Majesty.
Wang Zhixi memorized it and watched carefully.
Zhang Cheng climbed up the mountain hastily, ”Miss.”
Wang Rong stopped to knock on the triangular bell, ”Why is Attendant Zhang here?”
Zhang Cheng looked at the triangular bell in Wang Rong's hand and laughed bitterly, ”His Majesty saw that the lady came, but he did not hear any music, so he let me take a look.”
”The sound of the triangular bell is not small either.” ”Wang Rong said while she knocked on the door.” To tell the truth, I didn't even bring my zither today, so I might as well not play a new tune now. ”
”Can the girl go to the bar? This will make it easier for Your Majesty to appreciate the sound of the young lady's bell. ” Zhang Cheng said.
”Attendant Zhang, has His Majesty been busy with government affairs recently?” Wang Rong He said, ”Every day you have to listen to the zither music, even if it's the musicians in Faculty Division, they should have a time to rest.”
”The most important thing for His Majesty to do right now is to select a talent show. The Cabinet knows the timing, so if there isn't anything important, it won't be sent to His Majesty.” Zhang Cheng said.
”It's too hard to repay the Emperor's favor.” Wang Rong sighed, then handed the triangular bell in her hand to Zhang Cheng: ”Bring this to His Majesty. The triangular bell doesn't have any techniques, the sound of His Majesty hitting it is the same as the sound of me hitting it, so I don't have to intentionally perform for him.”
”Miss, this.” Zhang Cheng was in a difficult position.
”This is the critical period of the talent show. His Majesty and I should avoid suspicion.” Wang Rong He said.
”Miss, please forgive this one for speaking too much. At such a crucial moment, obedience to His Majesty's wishes is the most important. Today, Your Majesty likes this lady, likes her calligraphy, likes this lady's zither, and doesn't take advantage of this period of time to win Her Majesty's heart. Perhaps, in the future, after entering the palace, you might not be able to see the emperor as often as you can during the Chuxiu Palace period. Zhang Cheng said.
”I know what the attendant's intentions are.” Wang Rong He said, ”It's just that I've already made up my mind. How about Inner Servant Zhang reply to His Majesty's words?” His Majesty liked her calligraphy, but she had already copied a few pages and said that she wanted to exchange them for other sincere thanks and liked his guqin. Currently, this Erhu had been playing around for several days already, and there were people secretly practising the Erhu technique on Chuxiu Palace. Of course, this is not a problem, but who knows when this Emperor would get tired of listening to Erhu.
Instead of being coldly said, 'I'm already tired of hearing it, I might as well take the initiative to suggest it.' Besides, she was really tired of endless embroidery. It was just like how she practiced when she first started. He still had to reject so many requests from the Imperial Consort Candidate to come with her every day.
Actually, she could have brought the Imperial Consort Candidate along. After all, she had never seen the face of the Emperor when she came to the Assembling Mountain. However, when he thought about it again, he realized that she was the one who was pulling on the Erhu for him to listen to. Why was it that there were even more people who were sitting in front of her like musicians? In any case, no one could prove that when she was at Gonghou Garden, her majesty was there as well, so all those guesses would be left to him. She wouldn't let herself get in the way.
After Zhang Cheng left, Xi Tao looked at Wang Rong He worriedly. Wang Rong She smiled at her. ”It's not a big deal.” By the way, what is Her Majesty's tolerance for her?
Zhang Cheng presented the triangular bell to his majesty, ”Your majesty, the young lady has broken the Erhu string, so she is knocking on it on the mountain. The sound is not loud, so Your Majesty has not heard any music in the Cultivating House.”
”Both? ”Is it because she didn't bring Hu Qin up today?” Zhu Yijun asked, he took the triangle bell and knocked it, and after going in and out with it for a few times, Zhu Yijun had some understanding of Wang Rong He's personality, ”She got annoyed playing the zither for me, so she used the triangle bell to fill it up? Didn't she think that Zhen had given her something that could save a person's life? It was only after playing the zither a few times that she became impatient. Was Zhen still going to help her next time? We even went from the Qianqing Palace to this Gonghou Garden, and she dares to openly lie to us. ”
”Your Majesty, how can a lady be so perfunctory? ”It's not that I accidentally made it in time.” Zhang Cheng said. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead. His Majesty had been moved like a candle, accurately guessing the girl's thoughts.
”You didn't ask her to come down and ring this triangle bell for us?” Zhu Yijun said.
”I haven't even said it yet, but I saw that she wanted to come down and play for His Majesty on the spot. However, I saw that her face was extremely pale, so I decided not to let her down since I was afraid that she would scare her majesty when she got to the imperial palace. This humble one has specially learned the art of the triangular bell from the young lady, and came down to play it for His Majesty. ” Zhang Cheng said.
”Why is he so pale when he's just fine?” Zhu Yijun asked.
”The lady didn't say anything, but this little guess, this pile of embroidered mountains is quite tall. A weak girl like her has climbed down the mountains many times, perhaps she just doesn't have the spirit to do so.” Zhang Cheng said.
”She chose the mountain herself, so this suffering is also self-inflicted.” Zhu Yijun said, and hit the triangular bell, ”Now that the triangular bell is in my hands, and her erhu is broken, and she doesn't even need to copy the book, go and tell her what kind of talent she's preparing?”