Xiao Jinglin frowned: "How can that be possible? Hongying, go find a zither quickly and go to Second Brother's place. He must have one."
The princess's residence wasn't too far from Yanjuyuan, located in the Jiuyang Palace, on the central axis of the palace. This was the residence of successive princes and consorts of the Yanbei Palace. While it wasn't particularly ornate, the palace was dotted with trees, which, against the dull bluestone walls, gave it a distinctly rustic elegance.
Princess Yanbei was sitting in the hall talking to someone. Before entering, Xiao Jinglin let go of Ren Yaoqi's hand to avoid people seeing them pulling each other.
Princess Yanbei was very beautiful. When Ren Yaoqi first saw Yun Qiuchen, she felt that the eldest daughter of the Yun family was indeed a beauty. However, compared to her aunt, Princess Yanbei, Yun Qiuchen was still a little behind. Xiao Jingxi and Princess Yanbei did bear some resemblance.
Ren Yaoqi stepped forward to pay her respects to Princess Yanbei, who smiled gently and asked her to stand up.
"Is this the fifth young lady of the Ren family? I often hear Jinglin mention you."
Xiao Jinglin seemed to have restrained his temper in front of Princess Yanbei, and his voice was lowered a few degrees: "I asked Yaoqi to come and practice the piano with me."
The princess nodded and pointed to the middle-aged woman she had spoken to before and said, "Then you should learn from Mr. Zou."
At this time, a maid came in to report that the old princess wanted to talk to the princess. The princess gave Xiao Jinglin a few instructions, went in to change her clothes and went out.
The Ms. Zou the princess mentioned was a zither player. She was ordinary-looking and a bit plump, but she was very famous. Ren Yaoqi had also heard of her.
"Princess, Miss Ren, let's get started." Ms. Zou has a round face but speaks in a very formal manner. No wonder Xiao Jinglin thinks she is boring.
Xiao Jinglin and Ren Yaoqi followed Mr. Zou to the side hall next door. Two pianos were placed facing each other on the low table in the middle of the room.
Xiao Jinglin asked someone to bring another desk over, and the three of them sat around forming a "concave" shape. After a while, Hongying, who had gone to borrow a zither, also came back. She was holding a zither in her hands, and then she carefully placed it on Ren Yaoqi's desk.
"Huh? Why did you bring my second brother's 'The Great Sage's Legacy'?" Xiao Jinglin asked in surprise.
Hongying said, "The Second Young Master asked me to take it."
Xiao Jinglin looked at Qin, blinked slowly, and then said nothing.
Ren Yaoqi had learned to play the qin before, so he naturally knew about the "Great Sage's Legacy" and couldn't help but take a few more glances. He wondered if it would be inappropriate for him to borrow this priceless qin to accompany Xiao Jinglin in practice, but when he looked up and saw Xiao Jinglin and Mr. Zou both diligently tuning the strings, he swallowed his words of refusal.
Mr. Zou first explained a technique in detail, and then asked the two to practice.
I have to say, Xiao Jinglin's piano sound is really...special.
Just like she could make the tranquil tune of "Pingsha Luoyan" sound like the pipa piece "Ten Sides of Ambush", it was so murderous that it was hard to resist, and Ren Yaoqi's fingers couldn't help but slip.
At the end, Mr. Zou calmly praised: "Very good, you only made eight mistakes today."
Xiao Jinglin looked up and smiled at Ren Yaoqi, with a hint of pride in his eyes.
Ren Yaoqi: “…”
Ren Yaoqi felt that Xiao Jinglin had definitely misunderstood him when she said that this gentleman was very strict.
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