Chapter 140 Jinghong Music House
Chapter 140 Jinghong Music House
Seeing Murong Feng, Murong Yanhui was unhappy, but still greeted him calmly, "My two nephews, what a coincidence!"
He glanced at Yu Qingli and saw that she was motionless, as if she was looking at Murong Feng. A trace of annoyance flashed across his eyes, but it was fleeting. He moved his feet slightly and stood in front of Yu Qingli.
The young masters who were accompanying them automatically made way for Murong Cheng and his group to pass, and some even voluntarily retreated far away.
Murong Cheng frowned, his eyes coldly sweeping over the servile young men. He looked displeased, but still walked up to Murong Yanhui and saluted respectfully, "Little Uncle."
His tone was very flat, and his expression was as cold as ever. Murong Yanhui smiled and patted Murong Cheng on the shoulder, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is still so cold, it really makes me sad! When I think about it when we were little, we were the best playmates together!"
"Isn't the young emperor's uncle still so idle?"
Murong Cheng retorted with a hint of displeasure in his tone, as if he really couldn't stand this matter.
Murong Yanhui laughed out loud. In this world, apart from his brother who was the emperor, the only person who dared to say so directly that he was not doing his job was probably the Crown Prince Murong Cheng.
Murong Feng still had a gentle smile on his face, and said in a calm tone: "Little uncle, don't be angry with the prince. Chengdi always speaks like this, he has no..."
"Which eye of yours saw that I was angry?" Murong Yanhui's eyes flashed with a dangerous light, and his tone became a little stiff, completely lacking the intimacy he had when talking to Murong Cheng. "Is yours trying to sow discord between me and the Crown Prince?"
Murong Feng quickly lowered his eyebrows, "My nephew didn't mean that. Uncle Emperor misunderstood!"
Murong Yanhui snorted coldly. He had never had much affection for Murong Feng to begin with. He really didn't know what Yu Qingli's vision was. She insisted on marrying this man! It really pissed him off!
Murong Feng gritted his teeth secretly. He would pay it back one day for all the grievances he had suffered.
Murong Cheng glanced at Murong Yanhui again, his expression filled with an indescribable complex emotion. After a long pause, he said coldly, "If you have time to fool around here, you might as well go back to the palace and spend more time with the Empress Dowager!"
After saying that, he looked at Murong Yan again before turning around and walking away, looking very angry.
Murong Yanhui was stunned for a moment, then she found it funny. After not seeing him for many years, the prince's temper had not changed at all, and was exactly the same as when he was a child.
Murong Feng immediately bowed to Murong Yan and turned away leisurely.
When they walked out of the Qionglou, Murong Yan looked back and found that Yu Qingli had disappeared without a trace. Even Xiaoliu on the opposite side took advantage of the crowd and ran away secretly.
Murong Yanhui sighed helplessly. This clever girl would slip away if he wasn't careful. But never mind. Since she had already arrived in the capital and had such an entourage around her, he probably didn't need to worry too much.
Yu Qingli was very glad that she was able to escape from the Qiong Tower successfully. Thinking about what had just happened, her mood was inexplicably complicated. She didn't know whether it was because she saw Murong Feng or because she saw Murong Yanhui.
After walking a long way, Yu Qingli and Xiaoliu finally stopped. The situation just now was really overwhelming. Now was not the time yet. She could not reveal her identity yet. All the revenge had not yet begun.
The sky was getting darker. After that incident, Yu Qingli decided to go out early tomorrow morning to look for the music hall.
For three consecutive days, Yu Qingli took Xiaoliu to visit all the music halls in Kyoto, but they couldn't find the Jinghong Music Hall in her memory. This made Yu Qingli begin to doubt her memory. Could she have remembered it wrong?
On the morning of the fourth day, the sun was shining brightly. Yu Qingli and Xiaoliu ran for the whole morning but found nothing. Feeling a little bored in the carriage, Yu Qingli was about to give up her original plan.
She didn't know what went wrong, but if she wasted time like this, she might not be able to do anything during the emperor's birthday banquet.
Just when Yu Qingli decided to find another way, she suddenly heard a noise. It seemed like a shop on the street was about to open.
Two strong men were working hard to hang up a huge plaque. Amid the sound of firecrackers, many beautiful women were seen coming in and out.
"Boss, look, the place that opened today seems to be a music hall."
After hearing what Xiaoliu said, Yu Qingli's eyes lit up. Could this be the reason why they haven't found Jinghong Music House?
"Xiao Liu, let's go and take a look!"
"Yes! Boss!"
The master and servant walked together towards the newly opened music house. After a burst of noise, a woman came out of the house. The woman was only in her thirties, with a charming face and beautiful almond-shaped eyes that were slightly raised, which was captivating.
She was wearing a bright red peony pleated skirt. The peonies on the skirt were proudly fragrant, and they set off her beautiful face, making her look extremely charming.
She bowed to everyone and spoke softly, "Everyone, my name is Liu Jinghong, and I'm the proprietress here. Today is the opening day of my Jinghong Music House. I hope you will come and support me in the future. All performances in the music house today are free. I hope you will be so kind as to watch."
After the opening speech, the guests who came to congratulate walked into the music hall, and even some onlookers were attracted in.
When Yu Qingli and Xiaoliu arrived at the door, they could no longer go in because there were too many people.
Xiaoliu was a little disappointed. He had finally found the music hall, but couldn't go in to take a look. He felt very unwilling. Yu Qingli was much more calm. In her opinion, since they had already found the place, it didn't matter if they went in a day or two later.
Thinking of this, Yu Qingli told Xiaoliu to go home together and come back tomorrow!
On the second day, the place was still packed with guests. When Yu Qingli and the others came, they were not able to get in. They heard that the singing and dancing in the music house were very beautiful, different from ordinary singing and dancing, and even had some exotic flavor, which made many guests pay for it voluntarily.
On the third day, Yu Qingli got up early and brought Xiaoliu to the door of Jinghong Music House.
It was still early when they arrived and the street vendors had not even closed their stalls yet, but there was already a long queue at the door of Jinghong Music House. Judging from their expressions, they seemed to be very impressed with Jinghong Music House.
Seeing this, Xiao Liu looked anxious, "Boss, it seems we're late again today. When will it be our turn with so many people here?"
"Let's wait and see!"
Yu Qingli also lined up with everyone else and walked forward slowly. The people in front of her went in one by one. The vermilion door opened and closed again. When it was almost Yu Qingli's turn, a sign was suddenly hung inside.
"Today is full, please come back tomorrow!"
Someone in the crowd made a dissatisfied sound, "Are you kidding me? I came here early in the morning to queue up, but now, after waiting for half a day, I'm not even allowed in. What kind of crappy music club is this?!"
The people who followed closely behind were also very dissatisfied, but they still had some manners and did not curse like that.
Yu Qingli stood in the crowd, with only three people left in front of her. She felt a little regretful, but also very curious. What was so attractive about Jinghong Music House?
From time to time, I could hear people talking. Some were unhappy, some were regretful, some were indignant, and some were trying to cheer themselves up. There were all kinds of discussions and they were endless.
Xiao Liuzi sulked, looking as if he had done something wrong. "Boss, this is all my fault. I promised to get up early yesterday, but I didn't make it."
"Don't blame yourself. If I hadn't asked you to buy breakfast from Changde Building this morning, you wouldn't have been late."
"In the final analysis, it's just that Jinghong Music House is too strange. Which place would open its doors and turn away customers? But they have such a stupid rule that they only accept 200 customers a day. Isn't that a bit too much?"
Yu Qingli smiled and said, "It's not excessive, it's just a business tactic. In this way, the guests who enter will cherish their time inside because of this rare opportunity, while the guests who don't enter will be full of curiosity. I have to say, this Boss Liu is very good at doing business!"
"Then what should we do? We can't just go back and wait today, right? We've been here for so many days..."
Yu Qingli lowered her head and thought for a moment. That was true. It was not a good idea to delay like this. Maybe something unexpected would happen tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
Thinking of this, Yu Qingli ordered Xiaoliu, "Xiaoliu, go buy a guqin!"
"Yes! I'm going right now!"
Although he didn't know what his boss was going to do, Xiao Liu still hurried to buy a guqin and handed it to Yu Qingli.
Yu Qingli reached out and stroked the ancient body of the zither. She had to admit that Xiaoliu really had some taste and the zither he chose was very suitable for him.
Xiao Liu asked curiously, "Boss, what are you planning to do?"
Yu Qingli smiled and said, "The ancients threw a stone to ask for directions. It seems that today I will follow the ancients and throw a song to knock on the door."
Xiao Liu seemed to understand, but he saw Yu Qingli sitting on the stone steps of Jinghong Music House, holding her breath and concentrating, her slender hands brushing the strings of the piano.
Just one melody made the guests who had been queuing for half a day under the scorching sun and returned in anger stop and look in surprise at the woman sitting at the door of Jinghong Music House with a guqin in her hand.
Today, Yu Qingli was still wearing a plain dress, with a white gauze covering her face and her clothes fluttering in the wind, which gave her a sense of otherworldliness. At this moment, she sat there, plucking the strings of the piano. The melody was fresh and beautiful. In this hot summer day, it was like a breeze blowing through people's hearts, or like a clear spring nourishing people's hearts.
Those who were originally preparing to leave stopped and watched. Even though it was a bright day and they were sweating profusely, being able to listen to such beautiful music, and the woman playing the piano was so pleasing to the eye, really made people stop and watch.
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