Su Hua understood the implied meaning and nodded with a smile.
Finally, he didn't forget to ask Su Dahu beside him for help, "Brother, please help Mr. Ouyang tidy up this painting. Be gentle and don't touch the butterfly."
Having more friends means having more options. Let Su Dahu spend more time with Headmaster Ouyang now, so that his path to learning at Qingshan Academy will be easier in the future.
Hmm, Wei Jianjia's Hundred Flowers Banquet is really quite nice.
They not only gave away fine clothes and mountain villas, but also people.
That was a huge help to her.
"Okay." Su Dahu nodded in agreement.
The students' reverence for the headmaster seemed innate, especially for newcomers like Su Dahu. Upon first glance at the headmaster of the most prestigious academy in the entire prefecture, he couldn't think of anything else and simply did whatever Hua'er said.
When Ouyang Shanzhang saw that the two readily agreed, his joy was even greater.
Beside the three, Qin Yucheng's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. He wanted the painting too, so why was the old man trying to take it from him?
Qin Yingxian rolled her eyes at her brother: "You've been staring at Sister Su all this time. If you don't make a move first, she'll all end up with someone else's."
Qin Yucheng's face darkened. Whose unfortunate little sister is this! What a tragedy!
At the next table, Wei Jianjia witnessed the scene. Her eyes surged with dark emotions, and her voice was cold and indifferent. "Sister Liu, you must win the zither later, and you must take first place at the Hundred Flowers Banquet."
Liu Yuxian really wanted to nod, but after failing time and time again, she felt as if her head was weighed down by a thousand pounds, and she just couldn't bring herself to nod.
The talent competition at the Hundred Flowers Banquet consisted of three rounds, but they scored zero points in the first round and only forty-nine points in the second round.
The Su siblings scored 28 points in the first round and a perfect score of 50 points in the second round, for a total of 78 points. She almost forgot how much difference there was between them and their 49 points.
Even if we take a step back and compare them to the group of Qin Yucheng and Qin Yingxian, they scored seven points in the first round and forty-three points in the second round, which is one point more than them in total.
Now Wei Jianjia wants her to win?!
What does she have to win with? Her life?
She pursed her lips and spoke frankly, "Jianjia, even if I win the zither competition, we still won't win in the end as long as Su Hua is just as good at it. Can you be sure that Su Hua really knows nothing about the zither?"
Upon hearing this, Wei Jianjia's lips curled into a cold smile. "Regardless of whether Su Hua is truly clueless about the zither, as long as she can't even play a complete piece, she will naturally lose this zither duel completely."
"Then, why should we worry about not being able to beat her?"
"Can't even play a complete piece of music?" Liu Yuxian's fox-like eyes darted around. "I don't quite understand what Jianjia means."
Wei Jianjia's smile widened, "Come closer and listen..."
Liu Yuxian did as she was told and leaned closer. After hearing the girl's words, she suddenly felt like laughing.
He was speechless; he had no idea who had so confidently said, "Don't worry about her."
They said they disdained using such despicable methods to deal with Su Hua.
Now, who is more despicable than whom? And who is cleaner than whom?
Sure enough, a concubine's daughter is a concubine's daughter; she spends her days learning despicable tricks from her aunt.
Liu Yuxian blinked her fox-like eyes, concealing the disdain in them. "In that case, I'll do whatever Jianjia says."
In the center of the Hundred Flowers Garden, the servants arranged by Wei Jianjia in advance had already prepared the slips of paper for drawing lots.
In the first round, Liu Yuxian drew Zhou Sheng to play the zither.
Qin Yingxian drew Wu Xingcheng.
Li Ziqi drew Meng Ru.
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Su Hua, bye.
Following the seafood feast, Qin Yucheng had seasonal fruits delivered to him.
The concubine's smile is just beginning to mature.
Su Hua sat at the long table, gently picked up a Concubine's Smile fruit, and lightly pinched the center of the fruit with her thumb and middle finger.
The tender, sweet flesh of the fruit, mixed with juice, flowed out.
Lychees in early April taste the best, sweet with a hint of tartness, just like the taste of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl's heart fluttering.
Of course, delicious food is often expensive.
For example, lychees in early April cost half a coin each, or two for one tael of silver, and one had to have certain status and connections to buy them.
In the center of the garden, Liu Yuxian and Zhou Sheng had already begun their musical duel, one playing a lively and agile tune, the other a gentle and soothing one.
Su Hua, with a piece of fruit in her mouth, tapped her fingers lightly to the rhythm. "I must say, this Liu Yuxian looks loud and boisterous, like a proud female peacock, but she plays the zither very well, making people feel happy."
Qin Yucheng raised his hand and pushed the new concubine Xiao over, "Hua'er doesn't know, but this eldest daughter of the Liu family doesn't like anything else, except for the zither, which she has been playing since she was a child."
“Brother is right.” Qin Yingxian blinked, his bright eyes full of helplessness. “If I am forced to play the zither by my mother and father, then Sister Liu’s love for the zither is in her bones.”
After saying that, she couldn't help but ask with some curiosity, "Sister Su, what do you think of Sister Liu's zither playing compared to Sister Su's?"
Although it was phrased as a question, she clearly hoped that Su Hua would win first place in the piano duel.
After all, all the young masters and ladies who are considered top-tier in Tangshan Prefecture have come to today's Hundred Flowers Banquet. If Sister Su can win three first places, she can walk sideways in Tangshan Prefecture from now on.
The humiliation we felt when we first arrived today will never happen again.
Su Hua looked up and met the light in the girl's eyes, and couldn't help but chuckle softly, "My master only taught me the zither for a short period of time, how can I compare to someone I've studied with for more than ten years?"
She doesn't really care about being number one in three areas.
As long as we can win first place overall, that's enough.
Now, she has a score 29 points higher than the Wei Jianjia and Liu Yuxian duo, and a score 28 points higher than the second-place Qin siblings duo.
As long as they perform normally in the final round of the musical duel, neither the headdress nor Zhuangzi will escape.
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