Just when she was about to admit defeat, the queen ordered someone to bring her a guqin.

"It doesn't matter, just play it casually. But don't let me win, I'm watching." She looked at Fang Qingyue with a smile, her eyes still shining, "If you win, I'll see how I'll deal with you."

These words were not said in a harsh manner, but rather with a hint of smile, sounding like a tease.

Fang Qingyue sighed helplessly and said softly, "Okay, I'll give it a try for now."

She pressed her fingers on the guqin, which produced a few harsh syllables that seemed a bit jarring.

For a moment, the noble ladies around her frowned. Seeing her unfamiliar appearance, they couldn't help but say, "If you don't know how to do it, forget it. Don't torture our ears."

"That's right. Just now it was like hearing heavenly music and my ears were temporarily clear. Now it's like hearing noise and my ears are temporarily deafened."

No one thought that Fang Qingyue's playing skills would be better than Liu Yunyun's.

Liu had only this one daughter, and his wife was a wealthy businesswoman, so the family was never short of money. Therefore, the teachers responsible for teaching Liu Yunyun were always famous teachers.

No matter whether it is music, chess, calligraphy, painting, or women's etiquette, even the dumbest person will hardly go astray if he is trained and taught in this way.

What's more, Liu Yunyun is indeed smart.

Fang Qingyue didn't care about what others said. After strumming the piano a few times to get familiar with the feel, she lowered her eyes and began to play the song.

Fang Xifu was a man of incorruptible wealth, and the Fang family had always been poor, so it was impossible for them to find a very good teacher to teach Fang Qingyue.

But this did not delay her, as her mother was also a famous talented woman back then.

In terms of zither skills, it was hard to find anyone in the entire Dazheng region who was better than her mother. However, after her mother got married, she lived in seclusion in the house and never showed up in public, so no one knew about her mother's zither skills.

However, Fang Qingyue learned from her mother step by step, so she was very familiar with the art of playing the zither. However, her mother taught her to hide her shortcomings and not show them in other people's eyes.

Fang Qingyue gently plucked the strings of her zither, and for a moment, the entire garden seemed to be filled with the fragrance of flowers. It was as if petals were falling before her eyes, a scene so real that she could almost touch it with her fingertips.

Liu Yunyun's face suddenly turned ugly, but Fang Qingyue was completely unaware and was immersed in the music.

She lightly touched her fingertips, and a series of syllables slipped out from her fingertips. The slightly plain melody did not make people sleepy, but instead really spread out a spring scene before their eyes.

Hundreds of flowers are in full bloom here, and you can smell the faint fragrance at the tip of your nose.

The ladies were so immersed in it that even many of them could understand the emotions expressed in the music.

After a long while, Fang Qingyue let go of the guqin and said calmly, "Excuse me for the performance."

After a while, all the women in the garden came back to their senses. They were extremely surprised for a moment. Even the Queen praised her repeatedly, saying, "You say you don't understand music, but even ordinary people can understand the meaning of your music."

Although the music of Yangchun Baixue is too highbrow for the masses, Fang Qingyue was able to play a melody that everyone could understand. This time, Fang Qingyue won the game.

The noble ladies who were looking down on Fang Qingyue just now were now only surprised.

Even the noble lady who was sitting closer to Fang Qingyue couldn't help but say, "You are so talented, why do you hide your shortcomings?"

If Fang Qingyue were to step forward, it would be hard to say who would be the most talented woman in Beijing.

Fang Qingyue pursed her lips a little embarrassedly: "It's indeed been a long time since I played the qin, but fortunately my hands are still fresh."

"Don't be so modest." The Queen looked at her like this and said with a smile, "The level of your music is much higher than that of the musicians in my palace. Come, bring me the green branches in my palace and send them to Qingyue."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Fang Qingyue with a smile and said, "Such excellent piano skills should be matched with the best piano. Although this piano cannot compare with famous pianos such as Raoliang and Haozhong, it is not far behind."

"It was placed in my palace before, but I couldn't find anyone suitable to play it. Now it's just right."

Liu Yunyun stared at Luzhi with her eyes fixed, almost staring a hole in the zither.

You know, famous zithers like Raoliang and Haozhong are basically all collected by people, and their prices are as high as ten thousand taels of gold. Even if the Liu family is wealthy and powerful, it is difficult to afford them.

After all, the money earned by famous merchants and shops cannot compete with the national treasury.

The Green Branch is the most famous zither besides those other famous zithers. Liu Yunyun has been learning zither art since she was young, and naturally has a hobby of collecting famous zithers. However, she has asked the Queen many times to buy hers, but she has never been able to win her favor.

Now, this zither has been taken away by Fang Qingyue. How can she not be jealous?

Staring at the piano, Liu Yunyun was so jealous that she almost turned angry.

Fang Qingyue still said, "Your Majesty, please give the zither to the right person. I am only a humble zither player and am not worthy of such a fine zither."

"Why are you not worthy? I said you are worthy, so you are worthy." The Queen said nothing more and had the zither handed to the maid in the palace, telling her to keep it safe. "Bring it to the palace and remember to play the zither from time to time. Don't let me down."

The news that Fang Qingyue had made a big splash in the three competitions quickly spread to the front hall.

Hearing this, the emperor became a little curious.

His impression of Fang Qingyue was nothing more than the daughter of a traitor, who was involved with Shen Yuhan.

From Jian Yanzhi and Jian Yongming, we also know that Fang Qingyue has some knowledge of medicine.

Now, he heard that Fang Qingyue could identify many flowers and plants, and her poetry, books, and music were not inferior to others, so he immediately ordered the palace servants to call Fang Qingyue.

Hearing that the emperor wanted to see her, Fang Qingyue couldn't help but feel a little wary. However, she couldn't disobey the emperor's order, so she followed the eunuch and walked towards the palace.

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