The Princess's Deadly Daily Life

"So that's how it is." Zhu Youzhen bowed slightly, "Since sister doesn't want to, then I won't force it."

Li Xi's gentle expression made her look at him with a new respect. She didn't expect that he was like her mother in this respect. He was neither arrogant nor impatient. It seemed that he could also see that she was unwilling and did not force it.

Then she thought that Zhu Ze's birthday might be an opportunity, and then changed her words: "If the palace arranges a program for me on Xiangguo's birthday, I will naturally go. If not, I can only apologize."

When it was his turn to say something, Li Xiying quickly left with the pipa in her arms, not giving him a chance to say anything.

When she got back, her ears were almost bursting from the noise.

Since she was not arranged into the music house, she had to return to her original residence, and the pipa was returned to the eunuch. He vaguely asked Li Xiying to come back and wait for news, saying that the emperor liked her music very much and would arrange for her to go to the music house in due course.

While waiting, these idle maids were very interested and surrounded Li Xiying, wanting to hear about their meeting with the little emperor today.

"Li Qing, does His Majesty like the pipa you play?"

"Did His Majesty reward you?"

"What did His Majesty say to you?"

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Li Xiying was confused by this group of people who didn't understand the situation. Just at this time, Dian Zheng came, and the maids heard the sound and scattered like frightened birds.

I seldom see her on weekdays, and she is an intimidating presence. Perhaps it is because she is old and needs someone to support her when she walks.

Everyone was as quiet as a chicken, and Li Xi's ears were finally much quieter.

"Li Qing, from now on you are a member of the music house, so pack up and go." Dian Zheng accurately found her among the crowd and glanced at her with a complicated expression.

"Yes." Li Xiying nodded in response.

Just to say this one sentence, do you really need to trouble Dianzheng to go all the way to say it?

Then a maid led her to the music hall.

She left the noisy group of maids without looking back.

After walking a short distance, we soon arrived at the music hall.

This place looks like it was built from an abandoned palace. Some of the walls look new, and the paths along the way were paved not long ago. Judging from the exquisiteness of the music house, it can be seen that Zhu Ze focused on repairing the music house before moving the capital to accommodate the musicians.

It seems that Zhu Ze went to great lengths to satisfy his own selfish desires. He built the music house for the Li Tang royal family under the pretext of seeking convenience for his own enjoyment.

Listening to the endless sounds of stringed instruments and wind wind music, it is obvious that there is no shortage of talented musicians.

The music hall has been built and there are musicians, but if my younger brother wants to listen to a song, he has to ask the maid pitifully. Her treatment of Zhu Ze cannot be simply described as unbridled!

After entering the studio, everyone was wearing masks of fatigue. Some were busy, some were acting, some were singing, some were dancing... The air was filled with a strong smell of sweat. It looked like they had been training day and night until they were exhausted but they didn't dare to slack off. After all, Li Xiying couldn't find anyone who was lazy.

Li Xiying asked the maid beside her why they practiced so hard?

The maid couldn't help but whisper to her, "It's to prepare for the Prime Minister's birthday next month. If anyone makes a mistake during the performance, or if it's boring, be prepared to bear the wrath of thunder!"

Thunderous wrath? Li Xi frowned. So this was the reason why Xiao Huangmen couldn't find a musician to play, but he didn't even dare to mention the truth.

The maid took her to a courtyard. Most of the musicians there were minor officials, and there were few women. Each of them had a musical instrument and was good at playing it.

One of the women saw her, put down the sheng in her hand and walked over. Unlike the others who had been sad along the way, she looked cheerful and cheerful: "Are you Li Qing?"

The maid brought the person here to accomplish her mission, and without telling her who would be in charge of her, she left in a hurry, leaving Li Xiying to deal with the problem.

Li Xiying nodded, "Yes."

"My name is Zhang Zhusi. I can currently play the reed pipe, transverse flute and pan flute. I want to learn more. Please take care of each other in the future!" Zhang Zhusi smiled and counted the instruments she could play on her fingers. She looked innocent and should not be very old, about 27 years old.

Li Xiying took a quick look around. Including the newcomer herself, the number of women here could be counted on five fingers, so the little musician in front of her was the youngest. Even though Li Xiying was three years older than her, she was still the second youngest here. So was she friendly?

She didn't mind the other party's approach, but she was sure that she was not the manager here, so she asked, "Are you new here too?"

She is the one who has the most free time here. She must be different from those old musicians. She is young and naturally has little to do.

"How did you figure that out?" Zhang Zhusi rolled her eyes and calculated in her head, "I guess so. I've been here for about two months."

Then she took Li Xiying's hand and whispered warmly, "Everyone is busy here. I want to learn other instruments but no one will teach me." Then she smiled and said, "I wonder what instrument you can play?"

Li Xi looked up and pointed at a row of musical instruments on the wall. His fingers flicked at the pipa in the middle of them. "Can I take it down?"

Zhang Zhusi suddenly realized, "So it's the pipa. I heard that pipa is not easy to learn. You must be very good at it since you can come here!"

As he spoke, Zhang Zhusi walked through the crowd to the foot of the east wall and took down the pipa from the wall. He said to her, "The musical instrument on the wall has no owner, and it's still new. Maybe it will belong to you in the future!"

There were lacquer-like patterns on the top of the pipa, which were complex but full of luster, and exuded a scent of sandalwood, indicating that it was indeed newly made.

"Would you like to try it?" Zhang Zhusi asked expectantly.

Li Xiying took it and tried the tone. It was delicate and clear... It has four strings, which is common, but not as rich in tones as seven or eight strings. However, the playing methods are different.

Unexpectedly, as soon as her fingers touched it, she was stopped by someone, "Who told you to take the instrument on the wall?"

Zhang Zhusi, who was standing by, was startled by the sudden shout. After she recovered, she found that the musicians around her were silent for a moment, and then all kinds of music started playing again, noisy and disorderly...

The visitor was about thirty years old, with a gentle appearance. Although he was scolding her, he did not feel intimidated. Instead, he felt that she had a reason for doing so.

"Yes... I took it." Zhang Zhusi admitted, but she was neither humble nor arrogant, "No one told me not to take it, right?"

Li Xixiao looked at the person walking towards him, with her followers behind her, holding their heads high and chests puffed out in a very stylish manner. It seemed that she was a female official.

Her eyes met Zhang Zhusi, and she instantly calmed down. "The pipa is newly made. Aren't you afraid that the newcomer's heavy hands and feet might damage it?"

As she spoke, she walked closer to Li Xiying, her expression unclear, "Are you the new Li Qing?"

"Yes." Li Xi nodded.

"Do you know who arranged you here?" she asked again.

Li Xiying shook her head.

"Your Majesty sent someone to ask today whether a musician named Li Qing could continue to play music for him tomorrow. I was wondering, how could there be anyone with the surname Li in this music troupe? It turned out that a little maid who had just arrived went to His Majesty today and played a piece of pipa under the name of the music troupe?" She turned and looked at the person in front of her.

"It seems that you arranged for me to come here?" Li Xiqi said indifferently, "Thank you for the promotion."

After hearing this, she looked confused and sighed slightly: "Don't think that playing a song for His Majesty is a big deal. It's best to understand your position clearly, so that you don't be unaware of the disaster when it comes!"

Afraid that she didn't understand, he immediately lowered his voice into Li Xi's ear: "Everyone knows that being favored by His Majesty is not necessarily a happy thing. Don't implicate innocent people!"

Her voice was drowned out by the music, and apparently only Li Xiying could hear it. Zhang Zhusi stood aside with a confused look on her face, obviously not hearing it.

Li Xiying didn't expect that she would tell her this openly.

She immediately smiled and replied without getting angry: "Then according to you, who would make it a good thing to be reused by someone?"

The woman was slightly surprised, not knowing how straightforward this new and honest person was in replying to her, and was obviously choked.

Zhang Zhusi thought that such a big commotion was caused by a pipa, and she could not help but feel surprised and suspicious. Finally, she chose to break the stalemate and said to Li Xiying with a wry smile: "I forgot to introduce her. This is our Dian Le. All the musicians here have to listen to her to arrange the repertoire, no matter the main or the secondary order."