Chapter 144

"What musical instrument do you use?" the Empress Dowager asked, looking at the eunuchs and maidens making trouble on the stage. "Are there only these drums?"

"Go back to the empress dowager, yes," said Du Xiaoli.

That's the drums on her instrument tonight. Because I didn't expect to perform, I've never practiced any musical instruments with others. If I rashly find someone to play with now, I'm afraid it will have the opposite effect. But if you just mix a few tones in, it's no problem.

"Miss Du, it's ready." the eunuch said to Du Xiaoli after fixing all the drums.

Du Xiaoli came to the stage from one side and looked at the dense people under the stage. She saw Du Xiuheng clenching her fist and cheering, as well as Han Mingyi's smiling eyes. She took a deep breath, saluted everyone, came to the big drum, held the drum face in her hand, and went up with all her strength.

"Bang - Bang - Bang -" Meng Jiangzhuo stood on the edge of the stage and knocked the drum three times with a drumstick. With her drum sound, Du Xiaoli on the drum surface began to move. His arms crossed his head and his upper body twisted in the direction of his hands. After drawing more than half a circle, his two water sleeves were thrown out and hit on both small drums.

"Bang -"

"Bang -"

With this beginning, Du Xiaoli began to sit on the drum surface with various difficult movements. Almost every movement would hit the small drum around him after going out. The drum sound came one after another, like an accompaniment. Although there is some monotony in such music, the sound is shocking to people's hearts. Coupled with Du Xiaoli's free and easy action, it seems that people see a touch of soft color on the battlefield, where perseverance and tenderness coexist. This feeling is better than Ji Liuxia's dance performance just now!

"Good!" Han Mingze saw Lu Junqi's dance before. His exquisite dance skills made him think that Du Xiaoli would lose tonight, but he didn't expect Du Xiaoli to do so. The great momentum completely suppressed Lu Junqi's dance.

"Originally, Xiaoli dances so well!" Ji Liuxia looked at Du Xiaoli's body rotating on the drum, and her chin was about to fall to the ground!

Not only Ji Liuxia, but also Han Mingyi, Luo Qi and Du Xiuheng. Everyone present was shocked by Du Xiaoli's dance. In particular, this encouragement was seen by many people for the first time. Almost everyone couldn't believe their eyes. Especially those who always think Du Xiaoli is useless!

Lu Junqi sat in his own position and stared at Du Xiaoli dancing. He murmured, "there is such a dance, there is such a dance..."

Han Mingyi looked at the people dancing on the drum and thought that she was competing for herself. He thought that she was finally willing not to hide her talent. The corners of his mouth couldn't help rising.

Compared with Han Mingyi's happiness, although Luo Qi was also conquered by Du Xiaoli's dance, her heart was like drinking a cup of bitter wine.

With the dense drums, it indicates that the dance has reached the final climax. Du Xiaoli jumped and rotated on the drum, and his water sleeves were wide open. He beat all the small drums once. Finally, he sat on the drum surface before the drum disappeared and ended the dance with a difficult action.

After a few seconds of silence, the loudest and most lasting applause broke out tonight. Everyone knows that Du Xiaoli proved to the world with her two dances tonight that she is not a waste, and even Lu Junqi, the best dancer in Dongli country, is not her opponent.

"Ha ha, good, good! Prime Minister Du, I can't imagine that your useless daughter is so powerful that even a master dancer can't compare with her!" Han Mingze said with a laugh.

"Thank you for your compliment." Du Yunhan's Fox eyes narrowed with laughter. He knew that his daughter was not like this on the surface, but he didn't expect that there was a startling dance!

"This dance is rare in the world because it is in the sky!" the Shuiqing fairy exclaimed.

"Three princesses, this result..." the queen looked at Lu Junqi's face and asked.

"Needless to say." Lu Junqi interrupted the queen and said, "I admit defeat. I'm a little uncomfortable. I'll go back to the post station first."

Lu Junqi said that, nodded to Han Mingze and others, got up and took his servant girl to leave. Han Mingze asked a eunuch to show her the way. She didn't even have a gift this time. She turned and left directly. When she brushed past Du Xiaoli, she didn't look at her.

Du Xiaoli stepped off the stage and walked forward. Seeing Lu Junqi's eyes when he left, he sighed in his heart.

In a place far away from home and relatives, her proudest talent was overwhelmed by technology. Naturally, she was sad, but no one accompanied her.

But if she hadn't picked up the trouble tonight, she wouldn't have been hurt.

"Du Xiaoli, you dance well! I was trying to reward you. Suddenly I thought of your bet. In that case, you'd better win the Dingwang back." Han Mingze said half jokingly and half seriously.

Sweat——

Du Xiaoli didn't know how to answer Han Mingze's words. At this time, his father came to save the scene. "Emperor, Xiaoli just took a competition and couldn't be rewarded by the emperor! It's her great blessing to have the emperor's appreciation."

"Well, although I say so, I can't really give you the night pearl that I paid tribute last time," Han Mingze said. "Thanks for the emperor's reward." Du Xiaoli took the night pearl and returned to his position. Then he took a long breath. It was not generally tired to attend the banquet. "Tired?" Du Xiuheng looked at Du Xiaoli with some pain. "It's all right." Du Xiaoli drank the wine in front of her, and then continued, "but I'll be tired to death if I come to such a party more times! Such occasions are too depressing." "well, there shouldn't be many such occasions in the future." Du Xiuheng comforted her. After Du Xiaoli returned to her seat, the Empress Dowager said that she was tired and went back to rest. Originally, there were some other arrangements, but because the banquet was delayed for a while at the beginning, and then came out again, the time was a little late and everyone was a little tired. The Emperor let everyone go and go home to rest. Du Xiaoli followed Du Yunhan out of the palace with them. When she left the gate of the palace, she felt that the air was suddenly different, and the originally depressed feeling suddenly disappeared. "Finally come out!" Du Xiaoli sighed. "Go back and have a good rest tonight and see what makes you tired." Du Xiuheng stood beside her and knew why she was so tired. "Well, tomorrow I'll go to Zhuangzi and live well for a while!" Du Xiaoli said. Speaking of Chuang Tzu, she thought of the Empress Dowager's going to Chuang Tzu. She really hoped that the Empress Dowager and Mrs. Meng were joking.