Chapter 56 The King’s Idea
The king of the West Asian Kingdom yawned lazily when he saw the prince smiling warmly at Ariel and inviting her to sing in the palace.
"Hey, after all, we are young people, and our minds are always full of romantic fantasies."
"Letting an unknown girl sing in my court? What nonsense."
"Let him do whatever he wants for now. When Eric is older and looks back on his current experience, he will know how ridiculous this relationship is."
He didn't care which woman his son was interested in, as long as it didn't develop into real love, everything was fine.
The king knew that royal marriage had never been about love, just like he and his wife, the current queen. There are so many things in this world that are much more important than love.
In the already arranged plan, his son was destined to marry the princess of Ender.
——This of course has nothing to do with love, it is entirely a geopolitical consideration: the Kingdom of West Asia is a country that relies on maritime trade and fisheries, and needs the military power of Ender to dominate the sea.
After getting the prince's promise, Ariel walked to the center of the hall:
"I dedicate a song to His Majesty the King and Queen, and to His Majesty Prince Eric!"
The king lazily closed his eyes, feeling the warm afternoon sun, and ignored the farce.
"If this girl Eric picked up can sing half as well as the singers, I will just give you a few compliments to make Eric happy." The king thought, "Eric is almost 16 years old. There is not much time left for him to fantasize about youth, and he will soon know what it means to become an adult and the new king of the West Asian Kingdom."
The prince also gave Ariel an expectant smile, and his mind had begun to think of a hundred ways to praise the amnesiac girl.
——No matter how well Ariel sings, he will never be stingy with words to praise her!
As for whether his father likes the girl's songs, the prince doesn't care. In this world, it is enough for him to like a girl's song.
Ariel then began to sing.
As she sang the first syllable, the king suddenly opened his eyes.
He felt his soul trembling.
It was as if cold, clear water was bathing from top to bottom, washing his heart and soul
The king looked at his wife on the throne again.
——The queen of the West Asian Kingdom was stunned and trembling, and then the king realized that the expression he was making was no different from his wife.
Ariel sang so ecstatically.
The sounds of nature flowed through the palace, reverberating endlessly on the beams.
Everyone was fascinated by it, whether it was the king and queen on the throne, the prince who just wanted to see the girl show off her singing voice, or the singers who boasted that they had the most beautiful voices, the expressions on their faces were all frozen. .
Everyone in the palace heard the song, and everyone forgot what they were supposed to do:
The princes and nobles who were talking and laughing suddenly became quiet, and the wine glasses they raised were frozen in the air;
The servants cleaning the corridor stopped holding their brooms one after another.
The maid passing by the main hall carrying milk suddenly stopped and listened quietly to the sounds coming from the main hall;
The waiter's right hand, which was pouring wine into the prince's cup, froze in the air, unaware that the wine in the golden cup had overflowed.
The migratory birds flew over the palace of the West Asian Kingdom. When they heard the singing coming from below, they changed their flight direction one by one and circled above the palace.
Even people who are miles away can see such a strange scene: hundreds of birds hovering and spinning above the palace of the West Asian King.
It wasn't until the song ended that everyone suddenly woke up. "Sorry, Your Highness!"
The waiter then noticed the wine spilling from the glass and was panicked.
Prince Eric had no intention of blaming the waiter. He clapped desperately for the girl's singing.
Long before the girl sang, the prince had already woven hundreds of words of praise in his mind.
But when the girl actually finished singing, he couldn't remember a word.
The lingering sound of the beautiful song echoed in his mind, erasing all thoughts like an eraser.
He could only clap hard until his hands ached, became sore, and became hot, until hot tears welled up from his eyes, dripping on his bright red and painful hands, and dripping into the fine wine in the golden cup, forming a circle. Circle ripples.
The prince glanced at his father beside him again.
The king's eyes were as dull as a statue, and he could not recover at all.
"How about it? Her singing voice is nice, right?" Prince Eric said.
The prince forgot all the gorgeous words - the words created by humans were far from enough to describe the mermaid princess's song, so he had to use the most primitive words to describe it.
The king shuddered.
This is more than just nice to hear!
As the monarch of the Kingdom of West Asia, he had listened to too many excellent singers and too many famous musicians, and he had long been numb to beautiful singing.
But today, the king realized that the most beautiful melody he had ever heard before, compared with the song sung by this girl today, was like the flickering candlelight meeting the sun.
Even the horrific legends spread by sailors, the evil songs of mermaids that seduced people and tempted ships to crash, were not as good as the song of the girl in front of him.
"Where did you pick up this amnesiac girl?" the king said tremblingly.
The prince told the story of how he found Ariel on the coast.
"A girl with such a beautiful singing voice will never be unknown!" the king said with certainty. "All the noble kings and emperors on this continent will compete to make this girl a singer in their court!"< br>
"This is so great." The king patted Prince Eric on the shoulder, "You did a great job! You were able to pick up such a girl with the most beautiful singing voice in the world."
Listening to his father's words, the prince suddenly felt that this scene was like a dream, completely unreal.
In Prince Eric's initial expectation, he was the only one who liked the girl's songs, and he was the only one who praised the girl without hesitation, while his father would only watch indifferently, and at most respond with a few words.
Now, it was his father who was there to show off the amnesia girl before him.
Seeing his son in a daze, the king smiled again and said:
"Make good use of this girl's singing voice.
"In the future, when foreign dignitaries and royal families visit our country, let this girl sing a song!
"The delegation from Ender will be here soon. Just in time to talk to them about your engagement.
"All the princes and nobles on the Western Continent will know that in the palace of the West Asian Kingdom, there is a singer with the most beautiful singing voice on the continent!
"How proud we should be!
"The diplomats who are negotiating with us will not be able to think about food or sleep when they hear this song - because even after the song is sung, it will linger in their minds for several months.
"After hearing this magical song, no matter how tough the negotiator is, he will restrain his minions at the negotiation table a little."
(End of chapter)