Ren Yaoting sat in the Su family's seat, and after Su Fangfei finished her performance, it was her turn.
Ren Yaoting had learned a bit of every skill, but none of them were particularly impressive. She played a piece on the pipa, and perhaps because she had put so much effort into practicing recently, it sounded quite good, much better than usual.
It was a pity that she happened to be performing after Su Fangfei. The eldest daughter of the Su family stunned many people with her calligraphy. Everyone was busy passing Su Fangfei's calligraphy around, and not many people were able to calm down and listen to the piano.
When Ren Yaoqi saw Ren Yaoting put down the pipa, he looked annoyed. He probably regretted sitting in the Su family's seat and letting his cousin steal the limelight.
Guo Yujiao, the eldest daughter of the Guo family, was very creative and performed a magic trick. She stretched her right hand into the air, blew a breath into her empty right hand, and when she opened her palm again, a pure white jasmine flower appeared in her hand.
Guo Yujiao smiled brightly, blinked, and slowly clenched her hands. When she opened her right hand again, it was empty. Someone present exclaimed in surprise. Guo Yujiao stretched out her left hand, and the jasmine flower appeared in the palm of her left hand.
Seeing the lively atmosphere, Guo Yujiao was very pleased with herself. She rubbed her hands together and when she opened them again, the flower disappeared. Everyone stared at her, trying to find out where she had hidden the flower. Suddenly, a lady sitting next to her pointed at Jiang Yuanniang, who was sitting next to Guo Yujiao and said, "Oh, it's on Miss Jiang's head."
Jiang Yuanniang was startled. She raised her hand and touched her hair, and sure enough, she felt a jasmine flower. Seeing everyone looking at her, Jiang Yuanniang blushed slightly and smiled shyly.
Although Guo Yujiao's trick was a small one, it still managed to fool the ladies. The princess also praised Guo Yujiao, and when she sat down, she couldn't hide her pride.
When it was Jiang Yuanniang's turn, she also demonstrated her ability to write with both hands. Because Su Fangfei had already done it before her, everyone was curious about what kind of writing she could do. If she couldn't write as well as Miss Su, Jiang Yuanniang would be a laughing stock.
Before Jiang Yuanniang started writing, she smiled apologetically at Su Fangfei. Miss Su was very graceful in such occasions and nodded and smiled back at her.
When Miss Jiang started writing, everyone finally understood why she, after Miss Su, had chosen to write with both hands. Jiang Yuanniang was copying the book "The Rings for Women" from memory, using both hands simultaneously. After she finished two sentences, everyone realized that there was no difference between the words written by her left hand and her right hand. Other book friends are reading:
When the whole thing was finished, the page looked as if it had been written in one stroke, flowing smoothly. And Jiang Yuanniang's calligraphy in small characters with flowers in hairpins was indeed graceful and elegant, with great charm.
Madam Xu took it and looked at it, nodded, and passed it to the princess and several other ladies to circulate.
Among the ladies sitting above, someone sighed, "The Jiang family is indeed a family with a long history of learning."
Su Fangfei's previous spotlight had been stolen by Jiang Yuanniang. Although she was still smiling, her face was a little pale. Ren Yaoting was a little upset about what had happened before, but Su Fangfei was her cousin after all, and she took great care of her, so she whispered a few words of comfort to Su Fangfei. At the same time, she also resented Jiang Yuanniang, who had quietly stolen the spotlight, thinking she was a biting dog without barking.
Jiang Yuanniang's face flushed as she returned to her seat. She seemed a little overwhelmed by the gazes being cast upon her, but she still managed a smile. Guo Yujiao pouted unhappily and said, "Yuanniang, you're so cunning. I told you yesterday I was going to perform a magic trick today, but you didn't tell me what you were going to perform."
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