"Du Pianhong, I will accompany you.”Du Shanhong just stood there in a daze, his mind constantly replaying the Sage Emperor's words. His indifferent words changed her original strategy.
She had originally planned to quietly retire, and if she was called to the stage, she would just casually jump a few steps and deal with it. She had never thought of using this dance to gain the Sage Emperor's admiration.
What she wanted to do was the exact opposite. She wanted the Sage Emperor to think that she was a woman with an undeserved reputation.
But…
If the Sage Emperor were to accompany her, everything would change.
At this moment, the Sage Emperor had already stepped onto the stage, holding an ancient zither in his hands. He gently put down the zither and casually plucked the strings. The sound of the zither suddenly rang out clearly.
He had clearly heard this zither music in the Elegant Pavilion.
The Sage Emperor began to signal Du Penhong to begin after he finished adjusting the instrument. He raised his head slightly and his eyes quickly swept over Du Penhong.
With just a light glance, he could not see anything at all.
Then, the sound of the zither slowly flowed out from her slender white jade fingers. It was sometimes melodious and sometimes sorrowful.
In the middle of the opening song, Du Pian Hong began to dance with his wide sleeves.
"There is a beauty in the southern country, beautiful like peaches and plums. In the morning I travel to the north bank of the river, and in the evening I sleep at the edge of the river."
"The world is so vulgar, who has white teeth? It is difficult to rely on glory for a long time.”The music was sometimes high and distant, sometimes low and sorrowful. Coupled with the Sage Emperor's clear voice and Du Pianhong's peerless dance, this performance was truly something that only existed in the heavens and rarely appeared in the mortal world!
Du Pian Hong gently waved his white sleeves, drawing a moving arc in the air. She turned her eyes and smiled faintly, causing the world to lose its color. She would occasionally leap into the air like a white butterfly. She would occasionally lower her body, like a swan swimming in the lake. One smile, one movement, one silence, one leap…each had its own charm.
Then, the sound of the zither gradually rose to a high tide, and Du Pian Hong's body began to spin in place with the intensity of the music. From afar, it looked like a pure lily. The white ball was a bright spot in the pitch-black night sky, leaving a moment of surprise in everyone's eyes.
As the Sage Emperor played the zither, he raised his head to secretly glance at Du Penhong. At this moment, she looked different from the one in the imperial garden. At that time, Du Pian Hong was filled with worry in the imperial garden. However, she was different now.
It was as if dancing could give her a new life. The dancing Du Pian Hong was so stunning and unforgettable.
He couldn't help but sigh. As expected, the folk legend of 'Fairy Guangxiu' lived up to her reputation.
She was dressed in white and had an elegant posture. The breeze fluttered her dress, making her look like a celestial imperial concubine that had descended from the sky.
If he could keep her by his side and dance for him for the rest of her life, how good would that be?
He wanted her to dance only for him, and he wanted her dance to be exclusive to him…
He wanted her to be his!
Haha…
The Sage Emperor couldn't help but smile, but his lips curled into a smile as a determined expression appeared on his face.
How could he give up such a beauty?
Therefore, he sped up his movements, and the sound of the zither became more and more exciting under his playing.
He finally understood.
In truth, the Holy Palace's selection was only for Du Pian Hong!
The sound of the zither gradually weakened, as if announcing that the dance was about to end. Du Pianhong finally leaped up and spun three times in the air. When she landed on the ground again, the sky was filled with fallen flowers.
White clothes, fallen petals, beauties, red flowers…
It was like a beautiful scene in April.
The faint echoes of the dance were still lingering in the air. The audience below the stage seemed to be still immersed in the wonderful dance just now and could not come back to their senses.
Only when the Sage Emperor clapped did the audience begin to clap.
The atmosphere instantly reached a climax.
The Sage Emperor hugged his zither and smiled. He slowly turned around and walked back to the main hall, step by step.
He had already made up his mind.
He smiled, and at the same time, his heart was filled with satisfaction.
When he returned to his seat, he looked at Du Pian Hong with deep affection, his eyes full of smiles.
He remembered that he had never been a person who liked to smile!
However, he was smiling because of a woman today.
"Ladies, please return to your rooms and wait. Tomorrow in the court, His Majesty would announce the candidates to be conferred.”The presiding eunuch walked over and took away the jade tokens from each of the young ladies. According to the rules, if anyone's jade token was lifted tomorrow, they would be conferred a title.
The eunuch walked up to Du Paihong and stretched out his hand to touch the jade token. However, Du Paihong only shook his head, implying that she did not have such a thing.
The eunuch did not panic and only smiled mysteriously.""Young Lady Pian Hong need not be secretly angry. Presumably, you can receive the title even without the jade token.”
Du Penhong only frowned slightly upon hearing this. Ignoring the eunuch, he turned around and left.
However, before he could take a few steps, his body was blocked by Hou Yuying.
Hou Yuying forced a smile and said sadly,"Younger Sister is really blessed! The performance just now was really…really beautiful!”
Du Pian Hong calmly agreed and then comforted,""Actually, Sister's dance is also rare in the world. Didn't His Majesty praise Sister just now?”
"Is that so?" Hou Yuying only lowered her head, ignoring the wind blowing at her temples.
Was that so? she asked herself.
No matter how amazing her dance was, it couldn't compare to Du Pian Hong's smile.
Moreover, the Sage Emperor had personally played the zither for her and sang for her!
Just like this, none of the young ladies present could compare to him!
It seemed that no matter how hard she tried, she was far from being as rare as Du Pian Hong.
She turned around and left in disappointment, her body swaying.
The belief that had been supporting her all this while had completely collapsed at this moment!
Du Pian Hong wanted to chase after her, but he gave up when he saw the other women beside Hou Yuying. She stopped at a remote corner of the flower bush and watched Hou Yuying and the other beautiful women talk and laugh.
She looked carefully and found that one of the young ladies looked very familiar. It seemed to be the Ruan family's young lady who was performing the flute on stage at that time.
She watched as the two of them gradually walked away and then disappeared from her eyes.
"Du Shanhong? What are you doing here?" At this moment, a voice that sounded like a nightingale came from behind Du Paihong. Du Penhong turned around and saw a pair of smiling eyes in a long green robe.
" You are…" She stood there and thought for a long time before she finally called out,""Are you Ji Nanfeng? Sister Ji?"
Ji Nanfeng nodded, then began to size up Du Pian Hong. His red lips were smiling." Look at you, are you done with your dance?" Why are you dressed in white? It's really unlucky!"
Ji Nanfeng took Du Penhong's hand and led her to his room.
She walked in front with a solemn expression.
As a result, the hand that was holding Du Paihong's hand began to tighten…
It was as if she had already predicted that something ominous was about to happen!
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