Chapter 15: Yue Yin, we can't let her steal your limelight
Xie Guanlan didn't answer him.
A large colorful hydrangea was thrown into the air.
Six dancing lions soared into the air, flipping and jumping as hard as they could.
These young men were already skilled in martial arts, and their lion dances were even more colorful than ordinary lion dances. Their various difficult juggling moves drew cheers from the audience, and even the knowledgeable old concubine could not help but praise them.
The sound of gongs and drums gradually reached a climax.
As they danced the lion, they chanted auspicious words in unison: "The gongs are beating loudly, the drums are roaring to celebrate the birthday star. Since the blue lion performed, spring has filled the world with blessings. The flower that the lion performed has brought a house full of children and grandchildren!"
The sound of gongs and drums stopped abruptly at the climax.
Several dancing lions seemed to be tired, holding down the hydrangeas with their big paws, and each of them lay on the ground and dozed, leaving only a small empty space in the middle.
In the silence, the sound of quick allegro suddenly rang out.
The pink dancing lion that Xie Guanlan had seen took nimble steps and stepped into the open space circled by the other lion dancers.
She placed the wine jar on the ground, brought her exquisite and gorgeous lion head closer and sniffed it, as if indulging in the aroma of the wine. Her large eyes closed and opened again as if intoxicated, her front paws were on the ground, and her tail, raised high, swung briskly.
The peach blossoms are fragrant, and the lion is drunk.
His naive appearance made the guests laugh.
When the pink lion picked up the wine jar and acted as if it was greedy for wine, Xie Guanlan saw a peach blossom fall out of the lion's head.
It was the peach blossom he put on Wen Xingluo's hairpin.
Thinking of something, he raised his eyebrows slightly.
The pink lion got drunk and took funny and cute drunken steps in the open space. The wine jar rolled to a green lion next to it. The dancing lions suddenly woke up one after another and started dancing and jumping again with the sound of gongs and drums.
They broke the wine jar in mid-air, and the pink lion and the green lion jumped up, stepped on their backs, and steadily caught the bright red brocade that fell from the jar.
The pink lion and the green lion pulled open the bright red brocade.
On the brocade, written in a majestic and vigorous style are the words: I wish grandma a life as long as the Southern Mountains and a life as blessed as the East Sea.
Suddenly, there was overwhelming cheers all around.
The old concubine stood up excitedly and walked forward with her dragon-headed cane: "Who are you?"
Wen Xingluo and Xie Shian are the ones who play the pink lion and the green lion.
They took off the lion's head and bowed, saying, "May Grandmother be blessed with blessings as vast as the East Sea and live as long as the Southern Mountains!"
The old concubine's eyes were red, and she held one of them lovingly in each hand: "Okay, okay!"
Wen Xingluo looked at Xie Shian and smiled at him.
She originally planned to give the old concubine an inkstone screen to celebrate her birthday, but Xie Shian kept inviting her to participate in the lion dance, saying that he could help her design some simple movements.
So they secretly rehearsed in the palace garden every night, which led to the results they have today.
In addition, the birthday inkstone screen was touched by Wen Rufeng and Wen Rulei yesterday, and Wen Xingluo thought it was dirty, so he simply performed the lion dance with Xie Shian as a birthday gift.
The old concubine asked Xie Jing with a smile: "Look, are these two children dancing well?"
Xie Jing stroked his beautiful beard and said cheerfully, "Well done, very well done!"
The old concubine smiled and looked at Xie Guanlan: "What do you think, Ziheng?"
Xie Guanlan took a sip of wine.
His eyes passed over Wen Xingluo.
Under the spring sun, the girl's hair was a little messy, the silver butterflies on the side of her bun fluttered, her little round face was red, and she was wiping the sweat behind her ears with an apricot-red handkerchief.
She is like a tender apple with green and red spots.
He looked away, and the image of the pink lion holding the wine jar and drinking greedily emerged in his mind.
He said, "It's very good."
Wen Xingluo looked at him in surprise, as if puzzled that he would actually praise them.
Xie Guanlan felt that her wide-open eyes made her look very much like the cute pink dancing lion.
Wen Yueyin at the next table bit her lip.
Seeing that the old concubine actually asked Wen Xingluo to sit next to her and wanted to introduce her to the ladies at the table, she couldn't help but secretly clench her handkerchief.
Wen Rulei gritted his teeth and said, "That damn girl isn't sending Yanping off again! I think she's grown cocky and has more ideas! Yueyin, we can't let this damn girl steal your limelight. Lion dancing is so vulgar and unworthy of highbrow status! Yueyin, why don't you perform a stunning dance for the old concubine right now to open her eyes to what a true lady of noble birth is!"
Wen Yueyin was stunned.
Wen Xingluo had just finished her performance, and now she was rushing to go on stage. What did that look like?
Those who didn't know would think she was deliberately trying to steal her sister's limelight.
And the Jinghong Dance is not suitable for this kind of occasion at all!
The third brother has strong limbs but a simple mind, he is really too stupid!
If he had not made military achievements in the future and joined the Jinwu Guard, becoming the Crown Prince's right-hand man, Wen Yueyin really didn't want to deal with him.
She was about to refuse when Xie Yanchen suddenly smiled and said, "Grandma, I just heard that the eldest daughter of the Wen family wants to dance for you."
Wen Yueyin felt a chill all over his body.
This sound is...
She looked at Xie Yanchen in fear.
The young man in white clothes is more graceful than a pine tree, and as calm and quiet as the broken jade from Kongtong. There is a dot of bright red cinnabar between his eyebrows, and he has a face that looks like the compassionate Guanyin.
But this person...
In her previous life, when Xie Yanchen came back to stay for a while, she thought he was a prince of some noble family and shamelessly wanted to make friends with him. However, before she could use her bed climbing skills, he knocked her unconscious.
When she woke up again, this guy had actually sewn a large piece of black dog skin on her thigh!
Later she married that minor official, and was also despised and tortured because of it.
She found out that Xie Yanchen was disliked by the King of Zhenbei because of his evil intentions since childhood. When he was fifteen years old, he treated a dying person. Although he helped the person live for three more days, it was later discovered that he had hollowed out the person's internal organs. No one knew what method he used to help the person live for three more days.
Everyone says that he is very weird.
Since then, the King of Zhenbei drove him out of the mansion, and now he lives in Yizhuang and deals with corpses.
Wen Yueyin subconsciously touched that piece of flesh.
Fortunately, in this life, the piece of black dog skin has not been sewn onto her body.
Maybe soon, it will be sewn onto Wen Xingluo's body.
She was lost in thought when Wen Rulei excitedly nudged her, "Yueyin, why are you still standing there? Come on and dance for the Concubine Dowager! Everyone's waiting."
Wen Yueyin was forced to stand up and dance.
She performed a stunning dance in the open space, but this dance was obviously not suitable for a birthday party, so the ladies present all ignored it. Instead, some men with ulterior motives kept looking at her.
Even though they were at a distance, Wen Yueyin could still feel those disgusting gazes.
Finally the dance was over, and there was no cheering in the garden, only a few scattered laughs.
Wen Yueyin blushed and walked back to her seat feeling aggrieved.
Wen Rulei seemed oblivious to her emotions and excitedly said, "Yue Yin, you danced so well! I was completely stunned just now!"
Wen Rufeng also echoed, "Yes, Yue Yin, I guess from today on, many noblemen will become your slaves."
Wen Yueyin lowered her head, her eyes gradually turning red and moist.
These two brothers are as stupid as pigs!
Didn't they realize that all the men who looked at her were uneducated and unskilled dandies?!
She seemed unable to bear this grievance any longer and ran out crying.
The commotion here attracted the attention of the old concubine and others.
Xie Yanchen laughed as he peeled a crab, "She was the one who wanted to dance, and she was the one crying. She even came to my grandmother's sixtieth birthday to cry, and she didn't think it was unlucky."
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