The subtle fragrance of cotton needles

Chapter 140 When will you open your heart to me?

"Father, I am not happy when you say that. I am your biological daughter. Why don't you feel sorry for me for going through the gates of hell to give birth to a child, but instead feel sorry for the little one?" Mo Yuanli immediately seemed unhappy and pouted at the emperor.

As expected of the little princess who won his heart the most, she acted like a spoiled child even when she was throwing a tantrum: "How can I not love you? I personally picked the words 'Xihe' for you, and sent people to send you countless rare treasures to entertain you. Isn't this enough?"

"Then why does Your Majesty care so much about continuing the family line? Fortunately, I gave birth to a prince. If you had given birth to a princess, I'm afraid Your Majesty would not even come to your son's house for the full moon banquet today." Mo Yuanli sighed, as if he was sad.

Although she is a mother now, she is still so adorable when she acts coquettishly. Shen Zhe held the child in his arms and watched the little princess act coquettishly with a smile on his face.

"You, your father loves you the most. You can't take advantage of his favor and say ridiculous words to hurt your father's heart." Concubine Su knew what Mo Yuanli meant. She glanced at Mo Cheng's face inadvertently and said with some blame.

The emperor waved his hand and said, "Xihe has been like this since she was a child. Her true nature is what I like the most. Okay, stop acting like a spoiled child. I will send someone to deliver whatever you want."

"What if you only love Che'er?"

"Just take it, okay? You little clever girl!" The emperor said lovingly. This daughter always said what she thought and never made him unhappy. Her usual little tricks were nothing but that, and he saw through them but didn't expose them.

"Hmph, what belongs to me is mine. Father, please don't give things to Che'er under the pretext of giving them to me." Mo Yuanli calmed down after achieving his goal and stopped talking about this matter.

I finally managed to fool Mo Cheng about continuing the family line, so please don't let him cause any more trouble.

Ling Ning, who was bored at the side, suddenly had his eyes light up and came out from behind Ling Shang: "Uncle Huang, we still have a while before we leave, why don't you show us some of your skills to relieve your anger?"

"Oh? Youchun wants to show something? I wonder what Youchun wants to show?" Mo Cheng asked with interest, casually playing with Buddhist beads in his hands.

"There are many guests in this hall. If we want to perform sword dance, it won't work."

"Don't worry, uncle. Youchun will not practice sword dance today. It's just that Youchun has a small request, and I want you to satisfy it." Ling Ning said with a confident look, holding his head high and chest puffed out.

The emperor raised his eyebrows and asked cryptically: "What request?"

"Youchun would like to invite Princess Anping to dance for the emperor with Youchun, using silk instead of sword."

Everyone's eyes immediately fell on Xia Yanxiang.

Xia Yanxiang walked out slowly and saluted to the emperor, saying, "Your Majesty, I am not good at martial arts, so I can only decline your invitation."

"Princess Anping, are you afraid? But just show me a part together." Ling Ning frowned unhappily. Is Xia Yanxiang looking down on her?

"My princess, although my brother is General Pu Wei, I have never learned martial arts and don't know any martial arts at all. If my princess doesn't mind, I can play a piece of guzheng to accompany you." Xia Yanxiang nodded slightly to show respect.

Ling Ning was not satisfied, but the other party had made it sound smooth, so he could only look at the emperor, who did not say anything: "Then let's get started!"

Mo Yuanli sent someone down to get her piano.

After placing the zither on the table, Xia Yanxiang sat down gracefully.

After touching the strings, Xia Yanxiang had an idea in her mind, so she closed her eyes and started playing.

The sound of the piano is like the sound of nature, buzzing and hitting people's hearts.

Ling Ning was also a little frightened, and did not dare to be negligent. He started dancing with the water sleeves in his hand, sometimes like a graceful dragon, sometimes like a long sword, combined with a whole set of martial arts, which had both the toughness of practice and the softness of beauty!

Unfortunately, the real owner of the display was not in Mo Yuchen's sight.

The only thing in his eyes was the woman who was playing the piano calmly with her eyes closed. The beauty didn't look at the dancer or the strings of the piano. She had the music score and the strings in her heart.

Her slender fingers danced on the strings like an elf, her fingertips tumbling lightly, and there was only a faint layer of pink on her rosy nails.

Mo Yuchen suddenly remembered that he seemed to have held Xia Yanxiang's hand only a few times, and they were all hurried touches without him feeling it properly.

Thinking about it now, Mo Yuchen also looked at his hands.

Tsk! Now I really want to hold Xia Yanxiang's hand.

The beauty didn't care about anyone. She was only immersed in playing the piano, sometimes loud and sometimes soft. Her music was like a downpour in rapid succession and like a long stream in slow succession. There was no peak in the mountains and no destination in the deep valleys.

The song is over, the dance is over.

The ministers were speechless.

"Good!" It was Mo Cheng who clapped his hands. Then everyone reacted and applauded together.

Ling Ning panted slightly, turned his head and looked at Mo Yuchen expectantly, but saw that he was looking at Xia Yanxiang, and his joy was immediately extinguished.

Xia Yanxiang slowly opened her eyes, her eyes seemed to be flowing, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly.

"This piece of music is wonderful, and these five are very good! I didn't expect that the Third Miss is so talented. The score of 'Three Variations on Plum Blossoms' has been lost for many years. I didn't expect that someone could still play it. The cooperation with Youchun is even more amazing." Mo Cheng couldn't help but applaud.

Xia Yanxiang stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, this score of "Three Variations on Plum Blossoms" was obtained by my great-grandmother from a poor musician. It is the only copy passed down by his ancestors, but unfortunately our family fell into poverty and I had no choice but to sell it."

"Very good, very good. I am enjoying myself today."

"Uncle Emperor, Youchun also performed!" Seeing that everyone was praising Xia Yanxiang who played her supporting role, Ling Ning was unwilling to be ignored!

Mo Cheng finally reacted: "Good, good, Youchun also danced well, with a combination of strength and softness, and the ribbon was like a sword. Good, what a passionate daughter she looks like."

"Thank you, Uncle!" Ling Ning really looked like a little girl, and she was very happy to receive Mo Cheng's praise.

After completing the formalities, Ling Ning looked at Xia Yanxiang provocatively.

Concubine Su also nodded with satisfaction and called over Aunt Hua to give her some instructions.

Aunt Hua smiled and nodded repeatedly.

"Father, the banquet is ready, please come!"

So everyone followed the emperor to the banquet.

"Brother Luo Wang, why aren't you going?" Ling Ning asked puzzledly when he saw Mo Yuchen standing there.

Mo Yuchen did not answer her, but looked at the opposite side with a gentle expression. Ling Ning followed his gaze and looked over.

Xia Yanxiang was talking to Li Guan opposite, with her back to them.

After waiting for a while, guessing that they might have finished talking, Mo Yuchen walked towards Xia Yanxiang.

"Brother Prince Luo!" Mo Yuchen ignored Ling Ning completely. Ling Ning was so angry that he stomped his feet and turned away.

Li Guan cautiously pulled Xia Yanxiang behind him and said to Mo Yuchen, "Your Highness Prince Luo, Princess Youchun is waiting for you! What are you doing here?"

Mo Yuchen ignored her and called out to Xia Yanxiang behind Li Guan: "Yan Yan..."

"..." No? When she left, was she just air? "I said you..."

Before he could finish, he was interrupted: "A Guan, you go in front and I'll go behind you, don't worry."

Li Tian then glared at Mo Yuchen reluctantly, and walked forward without stopping him.

Mo Yuchen was no longer hindered, and he stepped forward, took Xia Yanxiang's hand, and squeezed her hand slightly, then said: "My little prince, don't you know how good Princess Luo is at playing the piano?

"There are a lot of things about me that you don't know." Xia Yanxiang curled the corners of her lips slightly and walked forward, and the slender jade Mo Chen slipped out of her hand.

Before it could even slip out, Mo Yuchen grabbed it back, unwilling to let go: "When will Princess Luo be able to have a heart-to-heart with the young prince?"

"Let's talk about it later!" Xia Yanxiang smiled slightly and walked forward. Mo Yuchen also walked forward. The two walked forward at a steady pace.