Chapter 236 Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens(1/2)
When the envoys at the banquet heard that Queen Loulan was going to perform a dance performance, they all had expressions of eagerness and surprise.
In Li Yu's impression, there seems to be a little bit of the ancient Loulan country, but he doesn't know if this Loulan is the other Loulan, but seeing the extremely happy faces of everyone, he knows that the dancing skills of the Queen of Loulan are extraordinary.
Li Yu didn't know, but it couldn't be said that others didn't know either. Speaking of Loulan, the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette of Dashen Dynasty didn't have much impression on her, but when it came to Queen Loulan, everyone knew about it.
Because the Queen of Loulan is not the king of the Loulan Kingdom, nor is she a core figure in the political power. Of course, she cannot be the same as the leaders of various countries and the king.
But the Queen of Loulan is much more famous than the king of Loulan.
There are three reasons. First, the Queen of Loulan is not a queen of royal blood. Instead, she was selected through many Loulan women. After dancing skills competitions, the most beautiful ones were determined through the performance of thousands of Loulan women.
came out.
Moreover, the selected women must not be over fifteen years old.
This is a bit like the Miss World beauty pageant in Li Yu's previous life. There is a strict selection process, and it is far more complicated than the current process. It not only depends on appearance, figure, and dancing, but also the review of identity, status and related matters.
, a bit like the political review in Li Yu’s previous life in the 1970s, which was as complicated and cautious as possible.
Since ancient times, Loulan has produced beautiful women, and the surrounding tribes and neighboring countries are well aware of this. The An Yuxuan in front of you is one of the tens of millions of Loulan women who finally stood out through such a complicated process. You can imagine her outstanding beauty.
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The second is that after she was selected as the Queen of Loulan, she enjoyed the same treatment as the prince of Loulan Kingdom. Her daily life, food, clothing and enjoyment were all treated like a royal concubine. She was very respected by the people in the country. But there was one thing.
, that is, they are not allowed to show their true colors to others. There is another issue that causes the most headache for candidates, that is, they are not allowed to marry for life.
The third is the Queen of Loulan, who is destined to shoulder the mission of serving her country. For the safety of her own country, she must be ready to sacrifice herself to the kings of other countries when necessary, in exchange for the safety of Loulan.
Therefore, when the Queen of Loulan appeared to speak, the National Preceptor of the Kucha Kingdom was of course nervous. Moreover, this man was absolutely a lecher. When the Queen of Loulan came, her actions today showed that she had no intention of going back.
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If the emperor who was so flattering to the Great Shen Dynasty was attacked by the Great Shen Dynasty, which was more powerful than their Qiuci Kingdom, it would undoubtedly be the most devastating blow. So Nanatu also began to become nervous.
Originally, Queen Loulan's pure eyes gave people a feeling of incomparable reverie. If it weren't for Li Yu's super abnormal performance at the banquet, Queen Loulan would undoubtedly be the most amazing performance at the banquet.
Su Yue knew about this custom. Seeing Queen Loulan performing the dance, he guessed that this was the first step in his plan to come to the Great Shen Dynasty. First, it would attract the attention of the Prince of the Great Shen Dynasty.
As soon as Queen Loulan appeared, she immediately attracted the attention of several princes, including the third prince Li Jimin, who was also filled with beautiful yearning for Queen Loulan. Not to mention the eldest prince and second prince who were full of harlots.
Li Yu is fond of him, but not to the point of obsession.
Seeing the Queen of Loulan come out, Li Yuye knew that the queen came to this country and took the initiative to perform a dance. She must have come well prepared. She thought to herself that it had nothing to do with him anyway. Anyway, everything here would not be more than two days.
It doesn't matter to me anymore.
He smiled and said, "It's our honor for the Queen to perform the dance. Mr. Su, if she performs the dance, do we have a soundtrack? We can't just let them dance alone. That would still lack some excitement."
The Queen of Loulan's eyes lit up and she said regretfully: "Originally, when the little girl came, she brought a musician with her. However, she was intercepted and killed on the road. Unfortunately, my musician was killed by the thieves in order to save the little girl. So now everything is gone.
There are only instruments, but no performers.”
After saying that, the Queen of Loulan glanced at the Kucha Kingdom's National Master Na Tu who was sitting here with anger. Obviously, outsiders would know that it was the Kucha Kingdom who was causing trouble.
But when Queen Loulan looked at the picture, he pretended to be very calm, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.
Li Yu didn't care so much. When he was a child, he had a little practice in ancient music. When he heard that although the musicians were intercepted and killed, they still had instruments, he got interested and asked: "Oh, really? But I don't know about you.
What kind of musical instruments are needed to play the dance music? Your Highness is quite familiar with music theory. If you let me take a look next, let’s see if you know.”
A trace of gloom flashed across the face of Na Tu, the national preceptor of Kucha Kingdom. It seemed that Queen Loulan had come well prepared. She even prepared musical instruments for the prince of the Great Shen Dynasty. Rumor has it that although this guy does not understand etiquette,
He is very talented in playing music, especially music theory. This is mainly because when Li Yu was in the Imperial College, he held a piano and singing competition, which made him famous far and wide. Everyone knows that Li Yu is also quite accomplished in music theory.
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After hearing the words of Queen Loulan, the National Preceptor of Qiuci Kingdom knew that this was going to be bad. If Li Yu was given a chance to show off, wouldn't Loulan's plan be half successful if he sang along?
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In desperation, the national teacher Na Tu stood up and said: "Since Queen An is not ready, let's dance another day. It is said that your Loulan dance instruments are very different from the instruments of the Central Plains. Except for the guzheng,
Most of the Central Plains are still mainly made of bronze, and your Loulan is mainly made of cucurbit silk. It is impossible for anyone in the Central Plains to play that thing, let alone His Highness the Crown Prince."
The pictures clearly meant to disparage Li Yu, but there was no way. He also knew that there was no better way to stop Queen Loulan from performing a dance to the prince of the Great Shen Dynasty.
This Queen of Loulan was originally selected from the tens of thousands of beauties in Loulan. If coupled with her graceful and graceful dancing posture, wouldn't it make them get twice the result with half the effort?
After Na Tu said this, An Yuxuan also frowned and thought that this was indeed the case. Although he came at the right time, he still had a certain understanding of the princes of the Great Shen Dynasty, including His Royal Highness.
Originally, King Loulan sent An Yuxuan here for the Emperor Li Zhi of the Great Shen Dynasty, but he heard that Concubine Yun of the Great Shen Dynasty was favored, so he offered this beauty to him, but he was restrained by Concubine Yun.
, so counterproductive, why not make a fuss about this stupid prince.
When he arrived, the Lord of Loulan had already drafted an edict, which was to give the Queen of Loulan to Li Yu as a gift for the prince's wedding, whether as a concubine, a dancer, or even as a maid.
No matter what, as long as she can protect the safety of Loulan Kingdom, her mission can be considered fulfilled.
In fact, the coming of Queen Loulan was a tragic and heroic act, an act of self-sacrifice, so even if the plan succeeded, it would not bring any sense of joy at all. Including the captain of the guard, Inata, had already prepared
The preparations for sacrifice came, but the two of them actually had no intention of going back.
The mission has finally come to an end. For the safety of tens of thousands of people in Loulan Kingdom, it doesn't matter if they sacrifice just one of them.
Such an incident was mainly caused by the serious illness of An Lusi, the most proficient general of the Loulan Kingdom. Originally, An Lusi existed in the Loulan Kingdom, and the neighboring Qiuci Kingdom, Dangxiang Kingdom and Huanxi Kingdom were equally powerful.
Basically, it can be regarded as a tripartite confrontation between the four countries.
But An Lusi suddenly became weak and fell ill on the bed. Several neighboring countries, especially the Qiuci Kingdom, began to make plans to annex the Loulan Kingdom, and began to harass Loulan and plunder its cattle and sheep.
and women. At this juncture, An Lusi fell ill again, and the whole Loulan country was in panic.
In front of the bedside, General An Lusi of the Loulan Kingdom called his niece An Yuxuan to the bedside, crying and asking him to find a way to ask for help from the Great Shen Dynasty, at least to restore this disadvantage, even if he sacrificed himself.
No matter what, the Lord of Loulan was extremely reluctant to part with An Yuxuan, but between the country and the beauty, the country was still important after all, so he reluctantly agreed to An Lusi's method.
It happened that the prince of the Dashen Dynasty was about to get married, so the Lord of Loulan sent a few capable guards to escort An Yuxuan to the Dashen Dynasty. Who knew that the news spread like wildfire, and they intercepted and killed several people along the way.
The guards fought desperately to save him, but in the end only Inata was left as a guard.
Seeing Na Tu, the national preceptor of Qiuci Kingdom, coming forward to stop him, he immediately aroused the displeasure of many people, especially Li Yu. Knowing that this guy was doing it for his own selfish interests, Li Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "Who said that, Your Highness?"
Don’t know how to play?”
When An Yuxuan heard this, he thought it was Li Yu who said it deliberately.
He repeatedly refused and said: "Otherwise, Your Highness is the Supreme One, how can you compose music for a little girl? I think forget it, let Yu Xuan perform a dance, and the music will be completed by my guard captain Inata!"
This was because Queen Loulan was worried that Li Yu would make a fool of herself, so she declined politely.
"Queen Yuxuan, you haven't taken out your musical instrument yet, how do you know that Your Highness can't play?"
Li Yu was still unyielding.
Many people are also thinking that His Highness is just for fun. It is exactly the same as the rumors. Not to mention that no one in the Great Shen Dynasty can play the musical instruments of the Loulan Kingdom. Even Loulan is a full-time musician in the palace, so it is possible to dance for the queen.
Tunes that correspond to each other.
Seeing Li Yu's persistence, Inata took out a gourd-shaped musical instrument.
An Yuxuan took the instrument, bowed to Li Yu and said, "This instrument is called Julangdao, also known as gourd flute. It is our Loulan gourd specialty and is made of bamboo tubes. The accompanying dance music is very elegant, Your Highness
Have you ever seen it?"
Li Yu saw the musical instrument in An Yuxuan's hand. Although he had traveled here, this thing seemed extremely familiar. Isn't this the cucurbit flute, one of the unique musical instruments of the Dai people in Yunnan? When playing with this instrument, it seems that there is another
The most famous song is called "Phoenix Bamboo Under the Moonlight" or something like that.
In his previous life, Li Yu did not go to Yunnan to perform special tasks. He was no stranger to this thing. He remembered that he was there. Hulusi had a unique and beautiful tone, simple appearance, soft and elegant appearance, and was easy to learn. For this reason, he even learned it specially.
For a while, it was also to pass the boring days.
Li Yu was also very excited when he saw this thing. Apart from the Yuquan Sword, this thing was the only thing he had seen in his previous life.
But Li Yu still pretended to be ignorant and said confusedly: "This thing must be blown with your mouth!"
Seeing Li Yu's look, everyone knew that His Highness had no idea what this was, let alone whether he knew how to play it.
However, Yu Sisi, who was standing outside the banquet hall, saw Li Yu's expression and knew 100% that this guy recognized the instrument. One reason was that Yu Sisi knew a little bit about Li Yu. If he really couldn't play with it, Li Yu wouldn't know how to do it.
Looking like such an idiot.
Another thing that Yu Sisi admires very much about Li Yu is his attainments in music theory, which are unfathomable. Needless to say, in just seven days in the Imperial College, he was able to defeat Qi Yuxuan, including Zhu Hongying and others.
If you don't have excellent attainments and talents, it will be impossible to achieve the sound of nature.
Li Yu's words immediately amused An Yuxuan.
After laughing, An Yuxuan quickly explained: "This thing is played with the mouth. Is there any other way to play it? Your Highness, can you play this gourd flute?"
"It's blown with the mouth, so that's easy to say. I don't have any other skills, but one thing is that I can blow all the things with eyes. Today, envoys from various countries came to congratulate me.
Host, in a few days, I, Li Yu, will perform a show of humiliation and provide music to Queen Loulan, and then she will dance. Can you all do this?"
"Okay, okay, I have long heard that the emperor's fourth brother is proficient in all kinds of rituals and music books. If the cooperation is successful, this will be a good story in the history of diplomatic relations of the Great Shen Dynasty!" The third prince Li Jimin clapped his hands and said happily when he saw this scene.
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Although the eldest prince and the second prince didn't treat Li Yu very well, they were certainly very interested when they heard that An Yuxuan was performing the dance. However, because of Li Yu's interference, they felt very uncomfortable. They also showed full contempt for Li Yu.
They all looked at each other, hoping that the prince would show his ugly face.
"Okay..." As the third prince clapped his hands in response, envoys from various countries in the hall also cheered one after another.
To be continued...