Chapter 213 Why is this piano like a pig being slaughtered?
Ajiu was very satisfied looking at the antique piano in front of him.
The zither was a deep brown in color, with soft wood grain and smooth lines. It was clearly a fine piece of antiques. Xiong Xiong's brother had someone find it specifically for her, saying it would allow her to cultivate her emotions while she had some free time.
Jiu didn't quite understand what cultivating sentiment meant, but the book said that a beautiful woman playing the piano could please the king.
She wanted to learn it, and then play it for her fierce brother after she had mastered it.
She waved her hand and ordered, "All of you go down, and don't peek."
"Yes, girl."
The maids in the room bowed and retreated, and considerately closed the door for her.
Ah Jiu was the only one left in the huge room. She imitated the ladies in the storybooks and pretended to burn a small incense burner. She smelled the soothing aroma that rose from the incense burner and then she felt the "artistic conception".
She took a deep breath and sat upright in front of the piano, carefully placing the piano in the correct position with perfect posture.
She stretched out a finger and gently, tentatively plucked the string.
"collapse--"
A sharp and piercing sound suddenly exploded in the quiet room.
"ah!"
Jiu was so frightened by the sudden noise that he suddenly retracted his hand and his heart skipped a beat.
She stared blankly at the guqin in front of her, her face full of disbelief.
What's going on?
Why is the sound so bad? Doesn't the book say the sound of the zither is like flowing water, like heavenly music? Why does this sound like a pig being slaughtered?
She didn't believe it and thought she must have made a mistake.
Maybe the string was chosen wrong?
She looked at it carefully and realized that the thicker string would definitely sound louder and more pleasant.
“Zheng——!”
The sound was indeed louder and more "resonant", just like the shrill scream of a cat.
Ajiu's brows were tightly furrowed into the shape of the Chinese character "川".
No, there must be something wrong.
She held her chin in her hand, lost in thought.
Is it a problem of strength? Yes, it must have been too gentle just now.
Jiu suddenly spread out his ten fingers and swept across the seven strings with all his strength.
"Clang clang clang--squeak--"
A complex noise exploded from her room, instantly penetrating the doors and windows and spreading throughout the Regent's Palace.
The maid who was watering the flowers in the garden had a trembling hand, and the priceless celadon kettle fell on her feet with a clang.
"Ouch." The maid cried out in pain, holding her foot and jumping on the spot, her face full of horror.
"What's wrong? Did the earth dragon turn over?"
"What's that sound? It's so scary!"
Chu Xuanyi, the imperial teacher who had just stepped into the palace gate and was about to come to Xiao Yu for free food and drinks, was frightened by the sudden "devil's sound" and almost missed a step and rolled down the stairs.
"Oh my god, what's that noise?" Chu Xuanyi stroked his chest which was beating wildly, his face full of shock.
He listened carefully and the noise was intermittent, each sound more shrill and tragic than the last.
Chu Xuanyi's expression gradually became strange.
"Hiss, why does that sound like someone slaughtering a pig?" He stroked his chin in bewilderment. "Who is this? How dare they slaughter a pig in the Prince Regent's Palace? When did the prince's taste become so strong?"
He was not a nosy person, but the noise was so "shocking" that it aroused his curiosity.
Chu Xuanyi followed the screams like "slaughtering pigs" and searched curiously.
He passed through the corridors and around the rockery, and finally stopped outside the quietest and most elegant courtyard in the palace.
This is the "Jiu'anju" that the prince specially prepared for Ajiu.
As soon as he stood still, another earth-shaking noise came from the yard.
“Bang! Clang! Bang!”
Each cry was louder and louder, more miserable than the last.
Chu Xuanyi's handsome face turned pale when he heard the noise coming from inside.
This doesn't look like a pig being slaughtered, it looks more like someone is being tortured inside.
Did something happen to Ajiu?
As soon as this thought came to his mind, Chu Xuanyi could no longer stand. He pushed open the gate and rushed in while anxiously shouting, "Ajiu, Ajiu, what's wrong with you? Is someone bullying you?"
He rushed into the main house like a gust of wind and saw a scene that he would never forget.
I saw Ajiu sitting in front of the world-famous "Jiaowei" guqin, which he had appreciated with the prince just two days ago, with a serious face. His two hands were frantically pulling, tugging, plucking and smashing the strings... His movements were so wild and his strength was so fierce, as if he had an irreconcilable hatred for the guqin in front of him.
Chu Xuanyi: "..."
He stood at the door, completely petrified, and rubbed his eyes hard.
"Ajiu?" He called out tentatively with a twitching mouth.
Ah Jiu, who was immersed in the "struggle" with the guqin, heard the sound and stopped moving her hands. She turned around and saw that it was Chu Xuanyi, and her big eyes lit up instantly.
"Sir," she quickly stood up and trotted over to him, "You've arrived just in time. Come and teach me how to play this thing so that I can 'delight my king' like the book says."
She pointed at the guqin and wrinkled her nose in distress.
"I felt like it wasn't very happy. It started yelling when I touched it."
Chu Xuanyi looked in the direction of her finger and saw that several strings on the priceless "Jiaowei" zither, which was the dream of countless literati and scholars, had been ravaged and had frayed edges.
"Ajiu," Chu Xuanyi swallowed hard and walked over step by step, his voice trembling, "Are you... playing the piano?"
"Yes." Jiu looked serious.
"You call this playing the zither?" Chu Xuanyi pointed at the horrifically damaged zither, feeling his heart bleed. He complained bitterly, "You're clearly trying to force a confession out of it!"
Ah Jiu blinked, bewildered. "Under torture? Sir, it's not a criminal. Why should I force it to confess?"
Chu Xuanyi: "..."
He felt that reasoning with Ajiu was more difficult than getting this "burnt-tail" zither to speak.
Just when he was so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe, a helpless voice came from the door.
"What are you doing?"
A tall and slender figure appeared at the door. He was wearing a dark brocade robe with gold patterns, his black hair was tied up with a white jade crown, and his face was as handsome as a god. Who else could it be but Regent Xiao Yu?
Xiao Yu had just returned from a meeting in the palace when he heard bursts of ghostly howling coming from his own mansion in the distance. He thought that one of the servants was careless and had caused some trouble in the mansion.
Even though Xiao Yu, who always remained calm even in the face of a catastrophe, couldn't help but twitch his eyes when he saw the strings that were almost broken.
"Your Highness," Chu Xuanyi walked over quickly, pointing at Ajiu and then Qin, "please take care of her. This is a 'Jiaowei', a 'Jiaowei' made by Cai Yong himself. In just a few moments, she's almost turned it into a firewood stick."
When Ah Jiu saw Xiao Yu, he flew over like a little swallow and called out in a sweet and sticky voice, "Brother Xiong Xiong!"
Xiao Yu looked at her, and the coldness around him instantly melted away. He said "hmm" lightly, and his deep eyes fell on her little face: "What's going on?"
"Brother Xiong Xiong!" Jiu immediately started to complain, "This thing you gave me is not listening!"
"Oh?" Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows and cooperated with her with interest, "Why is it disobedient?"
"I clearly wanted to learn from the book and play the piano for Brother Xiongxiong to please you." Ah Jiu puffed up his cheeks and pointed at the piano angrily, "But when I touched it, it screamed and shrieked. It was so awful. It was like a pig being slaughtered! It must be unhappy that I touched it!"
"puff--"
Chu Xuanyi on the side couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Killing pigs... this description is simply amazing!
Xiao Yu glanced at him sharply, and Chu Xuanyi immediately forced a stern face, but his shaking shoulders still betrayed him.
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