Chapter 25 Miserable Anchor, How Have You Been? (2/2)
Her eyebrows twitching slightly, Tang Xia thought, ”The taunts of Lengmei seem too insincere.”
”Ah…” Tang Xia gave a long sigh.
Lengmei asked discontentedly, ”What do you sigh for?”
”I sighed because everyone knows that the Lengmei living in Yanyue Hall is sophisticated. Why are you so stupid now?”
”The emperor said just now that he was in favor of blue. I choose the blue dress in order to make the emperor happy. But you insist that I am following your style. You are just a junior imperial concubine, why would I, as a senior imperial concubine, need to imitate your dressing style?”
Tang Xia's words were full of insinuations.
Hearing what Tang Xia had said, Lengmei's look changed a little bit and her blue sleeves floated slightly. There was a fruity scent from the dining-table and beautiful music was being played by the band. Having seen what happened, Helian Jue remained still in his chief seat.
Wearing an indistinct smile with his bright and clean forehead, Helian Jue cast his eyes on Lengmei and Tang Xia alternately.
”Good!”
With that concluding word, Helian Jue came down from his chief seat clapping. Finally, he fixed his eyes containing a smile on Tang Xia in astonishment.
”It never occurred to me that the lovable Yue Ji could be so eloquent.” The emperor said.
Tang Xia bent down and said, ”Thank you for your compliment, Emperor.”
”My beloved imperial concubine, you look truly pure and beautiful in this dress. How about performing an impromptu dance?” The emperor asked.
”D- d- dance?”
Tang Xia's look froze immediately.
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Tang Xia wept inside her heart again and answered, ”I can dance… waltz… ”
Having heard the deep laughter behind her, Tang Xia tried to turn a deaf ear to it, but Chu Tiankuo's handsome look appeared in her mind.
Then Tang Xia's face flushed right away.
”Waltz? Is it a new type of dance? I have never heard of it.” Helian Jue contemplated for a while and said, ”Then just dance waltz, I would like to enjoy your beautiful dance in your blue dress.”
”Do you need the band to accompany your dance, my beloved imperial concubine?”
With her flickering eyes, Tang Xia looked into Helian Jue's starry eyes.
Standing aside, Chu Tiankuo lowered his head a little bit with his shoulder shaking up and down slightly.
”He must be laughing at me!”
Tang Xia summoned up her courage to face Helian Jue and said, ”Emperor, I would like to show my best performance for you…”
”But you may not know that waltz should be performed by a couple. And I intend to learn it well before teaching you myself so that I can have the opportunity to dance with you, the emperor… However… ”
”It is impossible now… ”
With her big flickering peach blossom eyes, Tang Xia said elegantly. Her beautiful look must be more enchanting in the sight of Helian Jue.
Helian Jue was stunned for a long time then sighed slowly and gently, ”I appreciate your painstaking efforts.”
Seeing that Tang Xia itched to dance, Helian Jue did not want to upset her and said, ”Who can dance the waltz? I offer you an opportunity to dance with Yue Ji today.”
But no one was willing to come forward.
Tang Xia pretended to feel really hurt and had a deep sigh, ”I just blame the embarrassment today on myself for learning the waltz. This dance fits kungfu practitioners so it takes a long time for me to make a little progress. ”
”Those seated in the banquet are all imperial concubines and are all graceful. Who can perform the dance based on Chinese kungfu?”
What Tang Xia meant was very clear that Helian Jue should pick one who has mastered Chinese kungfu.
”Everything I want to offer to my beloved imperial concubine should be a piece of cake.” Helian Jue said, looking around, ”What we need is just a kungfu practitioner.”
Then he said with a wave of his hand, ”Guard Chu, It is you then.”
Everyone was amazed and Helian Jue said, ”Dance the waltz with Yue Ji.”
Chu Tiankuo's face darkened.
Seeing what had happened, Tang Xia smiled complacently and bowed deeply to the emperor, ”I am deeply grateful that you care about me so much.”
Then she turned to the band and requested, ”Please play the music quietly and gently, would you?”
And Helian Jue nodded, hinting that the band should follow Tang Xia's will.
Tang Xia walked up to Chu Tiankuo with a sly smile in her eyes and said offering her delicate hand, ”Will you dance with me, Guard Chu?”
Chu Tiankuo remained silent for a moment then bowed to Helian Jue and modestly said, ”Your majesty flatters me, I am clumsy, but I will try to perform for you.”
Tang Xia and Chu Tiankuo walked slowly to the center of the hall together with their hands held. It happened to be the brief pause of the band changing music so there was an eerie quiet inside the Hecheng hall for a while.
Tang Xia put her hand on Chu Tiankuo's shoulder and said, ”Guard Chu, how have you been?”