Dragon's Origin

Chapter 449: Official Performance (Part 2)

After mentioning a few key points, Wang Sheng stopped and didn't say another word. Chief Steward Li was itching with impatience but could do nothing. He certainly couldn't force Wang Sheng in the Duke's mansion, right?

However, almost everything Wang Sheng said was something Chief Steward Li and the others had never considered before. But from a guard's perspective, these key security points were as comprehensive as could be. With just a few words, Wang Sheng made the royal guard methods that Chief Steward Li and the others had always been proud of look like a joke.

No wonder Wang Sheng could easily enter the inner city of the imperial city as if it were his own backyard. If Chief Steward Li previously thought that Wang Sheng's ability to freely enter and exit formations played a key role, after hearing Wang Sheng's guidance, Chief Steward Li immediately updated his views.

Even without that ability, it didn't seem too difficult for Wang Sheng to enter and exit the inner city of the imperial city. It would just take a little more time.

In the Duke's mansion, Wang Sheng casually pointed out how the Royal Grand Theater should be secured, and he had already hit the vital points of those security measures personally arranged by Chief Steward Li. If someone like Wang Sheng wanted to assassinate the Emperor, according to the security measures he had arranged, the Emperor would probably die several times!

Fortunately, Wang Sheng wasn't an enemy! Chief Steward Li felt a cold sweat running down his back. Seeing that Wang Sheng had no further intention of giving guidance, he quickly got up to take his leave, hurrying to make up for the shortcomings, not daring to delay for a moment.

Although it was the first official concert performance, there was actually a ceremony beforehand, which was the unveiling ceremony of the Royal Grand Theater. Fortunately, this ceremony was relatively simple. The Ministry of Rites officials had drawn up the steps, and the Emperor only needed to take out the imperial decree and have the officials read it out.

As for the leadership speech, when would the Emperor easily show his face outside? He was sometimes too lazy to speak in the court and had the eunuchs do it for him. If this grand theater didn't have a royal label on it, the Emperor wouldn't bother with it.

There were people who advised the Emperor not to do such a thing that would lower his status, but since the Emperor had the idea of building the capital into a cultural and artistic center, how could he not pay attention to these things? Like a stubborn person, he was determined to promote the royal brand, for which he paid tens of millions of gold coins, causing many ministers to feel distressed. How great would it be if these gold coins were put into the imperial treasury?

Wang Sheng was definitely going to attend. He brought three people this time: Meiniang, Sister Qiangwei, and Lingxu Old Daoist. Every noble who attended brought at least one female companion. Those with wives brought their wives, and those without wives brought their daughters. In short, the ratio of men to women was balanced. It was also a rare occasion for some noble women and socialites to appear at a royal event.

After the brief unveiling ceremony of the Royal Grand Theater, heavily guarded by the Imperial Guards, the Emperor, Empress, Wang Sheng, Meiniang, and Qiangwei entered the central box on the second floor together.

Lingxu Old Daoist was also there. Although the Emperor might not attack Wang Sheng, Lingxu Old Daoist was not at ease. As the oldest ancestor of the Old Lord Temple, he was qualified enough to sit in this box. Because Lingxu Old Daoist was there, all three Royal Grand Masters were also sitting in the box, not trusting Lingxu Old Daoist either.

Grandmaster Yu and the others had been practicing hard for three days. After correcting the few minor flaws that Wang Sheng had pointed out, the orchestra felt that they had reached perfection and were just waiting to perform in front of the Emperor.

It was still the same little steward as before, now promoted to master of ceremonies, who first appeared on the stage, bowed to the front, and began to explain the rules of listening to the concert to the official audience.

The Ministry of Rites officials in the audience were shaking their heads. How dare a few musicians ask the Emperor and the officials of the court to abide by their rules? They simply didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth!

However, the Emperor had already said that since they came to the theater, they should abide by the rules of the theater. Especially since the Grand Theater and this orchestra were the work of Duke Changsheng, and Duke Changsheng was currently in high favor, if they didn't want to offend Duke Changsheng, they could only nod in agreement.

Grandmaster Yu came out with the musicians and began to salute the audience. The audience also gave face and responded with warm applause.

Wang Sheng could see clearly from above that Grandmaster Yu was very relaxed, but the musicians were a little nervous. Thinking about it, it was normal. Grandmaster Yu didn't care whether the Emperor or Empress was sitting above, he preferred to perform for Wang Sheng. The musicians knew the identities of the audience this time, especially that there were the Emperor and Empress, so they were nervous and excited, with all kinds of emotions.

Under the baton of Grandmaster Yu, the music began to play. Including the Emperor and Empress, most people here were seeing a piano for the first time, hearing the sound of a piano for the first time, not to mention various stringed instruments. Fortunately, there were still some instruments they were familiar with.

The melodious and gentle tune of Butterfly Lovers sounded, and soon everyone was immersed in the wonderful music. It must be said that these royal members, dignitaries, and officials of the court were all knowledgeable and reasonable, with few vulgar people. After listening carefully, they could appreciate the good and bad of the music.

After listening to the Butterfly Lovers, most of the female audience had red eyes. Even the Empress was no exception, holding Meiniang's hand, tears almost welling up in her eyes.

With just one piece of music, most people in the theater had their minds drawn to the music. It must be said that they used to think that music could only be used to entertain everyone, but now they really had a different feeling.

Only a few people's minds were not on the performance of the orchestra. For example, Lingxu Old Daoist, he only cared about feeling Wang Sheng's aura. And the three Royal Grand Masters were also the same. At such a close distance, how could they not detect the changes in Wang Sheng's aura with their cultivation?

As for Wang Sheng himself, he had once again fallen into the state of cultivating with the music, but this time, Wang Sheng was using all three character formulas together.

The amazing thing was that when cultivating quietly, using the three character formulas together would definitely cause the spiritual energy around Wang Sheng to be a little chaotic and violent, but when cultivating with music, there was no such problem at all.

In the Yuanhun space, the Yuanhun had turned into the shape of a Qiuniu, listening to the music outside with a look of intoxication. The spiritual energy in Wang Sheng's body was flowing regularly with the rhythm and pitch of the music, which was simply amazing.

Lingxu Old Daoist was surprised, and the three Royal Grand Masters were even more surprised. How could Wang Sheng cultivate while listening to music?

Wang Sheng was already very surprising and incomprehensible, but when Sister Qiangwei next to Wang Sheng also began to fall into this state, even if the three Royal Grand Masters didn't want to admit it, they now had to come to the conclusion that the music played by masters of this skill to the extreme did have the effect of helping cultivation.

And now, with the Pure Heart Purifying Mantra, even the three Royal Grand Masters felt a sense of ease in their hearts.