Shangguan Bing'er surveyed the study, feeling a certain quirk in her mind. For example, the lower shelves of the antique shelves held antique porcelain, while the middle shelves contained clay figurines sold in the marketplace, and even above them were paper-cuts and woven cattail figurines. And then there were the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls: many masterpieces, of course, but in the most prominent positions were a few mediocre, casual doodles.
Everything in this study gave her a feeling of disharmony. Looking at all the objects in the room, she only recognized the guqin on the table.
"Are you still playing this piano?"
Wang Yanzhou nodded and said, "Well, I'm used to playing this piano, and the sound is smooth."
Shangguan Bing'er sat down at the piano table and was about to play a tune in front of Wang Yanzhou, but when her hand touched the string, it broke.
Wang Yanzhou's eyes widened when he saw this. Shangguan Bing'er was even more shocked and quickly stood up to apologize. This zither was a relic of the late queen. She was really disrespectful.
Wang Yanzhou closed his eyes and took a long breath, then said, "It's okay. The strings are broken, so just ask someone to fix them. As long as the piano is fine, it's fine."
Tang Chen, who was squatting in the corner, always felt that Wang Yanzhou's words seemed to be directed at her, but she swears to God that she dared not touch that thing at all. After all, she was the one who had been playing the piano recently.
"You didn't make this string, did you?"
Just as Black Crow was about to argue, the mastermind pulled out a small dagger from his pocket and confessed: "I did it."
Tang Chen gritted his teeth and looked at Xihe and said, "Ah, thank you." Although he said that, Tang Chen couldn't help but complain in his heart: I'm dead, these strings are too expensive, crying!
Xihe patted Tang Chen's shoulder and replied proudly, "You're welcome."
Before the page was even turned, Shangguan Bing'er's terrified cry rang out again. This time, it wasn't the strings, or anything else. Shangguan Bing'er had intended to sit down and calm down, but when she sat down, the chair leg just broke...
Tang Chen was really annoyed. She knew that everyone was doing this for her and Wang Yanzhou's sake, hoping that Shangguan Bing'er would give up. But this was a bit too much. She had accidentally fallen off a stool before, and this sudden fall still hurt her butt. "Who broke this chair leg?"
Black Crow and Xihe both said, "We don't know about this. But this plot has finally appeared. Guess what Miss Shangguan will say next!"
Tang Chen said seriously that she didn't care about the subsequent plot or dialogue. She just wanted to know who had done this to the chair leg. She needed to teach that person a lesson. "I don't know what she'll say. I only know that if you really did do this to the chair leg, that's a bit too much."
Xihe patted his chest and said, "It really wasn't us. I don't know who did it."
Wang Yanzhou checked the other chairs and made sure they were in good condition before helping Shangguan Bing'er sit down. Shangguan Bing'er blushed and lowered her head, tears welling in her eyes: "What happened today? Sigh, I made you laugh at me, Yanzhou."
Wang Yanzhou saw her pitiful appearance and felt a little sorry for her: "It's my fault. I didn't check the things in the house carefully. I hope you are not hurt."
Shangguan Bing'er lowered her head tightly and whispered, "No, it's okay..."
I had thought today's farce was enough and it was time to take a break, but I never expected that in the next four or five days, Shangguan Bing'er, perhaps due to bad luck, would encounter all kinds of unexpected little accidents whenever she was with Wang Yanzhou. This matter quickly attracted everyone's attention.
The door of the big kitchen was ajar, and all the important people in the mansion, who had influence, gathered here, eating melon seeds while seriously discussing the strange events that had happened recently.
Aunt Zhang, who was in charge of the kitchen, spoke first, "Don't you think this is a bit strange?"
Steward Wang continued, "It's strange. Many things in this mansion have gone wrong for unknown reasons, but it's clearly not our fault."
Before Zhong Qin could express her opinion, Tang Chen suddenly appeared behind them with disheveled hair, saying, "Thank you!"
Everyone was shocked: "Why are you here?"
Tang Chen explained, "There was no one in the small kitchen, so I came here in the dark. I didn't expect you to hold a meeting behind our backs." As he spoke, his good brother Heiya handed her a stool.
Tang Chen looked at Hei Ya and Zhong Qin and couldn't help but shook his head. "I didn't expect you two to be here too. Where's Xihe? Why didn't you come to join in the fun?"
Black Crow said, "I went to bed early. Do you think I'm a night owl like you?"
Tang Chen's purpose for coming here was very clear, so after chatting with everyone for a while, he hugged Aunt Zhang's thigh and said, "Aunt, please get me something to eat. Miss Shangguan really doesn't eat much. Seeing her eat so little, I don't dare to help her with anything. I'm starving."
Aunt Zhang slapped her thigh and said, "I was just telling them how good the food was today. Why haven't you finished it yet? Wait, I'll bring it to you right away."
"Um!"
After Aunt Zhang brought in some snacks, everyone put down the melon seeds in their hands, and those who needed to make tea did so, while those who needed to add lamp oil did so. After a while of busy work, they continued the meeting while eating snacks.
Aunt Zhang, drawing on her years of experience, offered her own interpretation of what had happened in the past few days: "What do you think? Is someone secretly helping that young lady, or has she been secretly planning all this lately?"
Tang Chen casually said, "It's hard to say."
Zhong Qin and Butler Wang really thought she cared about these things, so they patted their chests and promised, "Uncle Wang and I will pay close attention tomorrow, don't worry."
Tang Chen said with a constipated look on his face: "Uh, okay, as long as you're happy. By the way, how many times have you held this little meeting?"
Zhong Qin said, "It started the day Miss Shangguan arrived. Of course, it was initiated by Black Crow."
"Ah, I feel the love of the people. I am so moved." Tang Chen looked at everyone in the kitchen with his head held high and chest puffed out. He almost shed tears of emotion if Hei Ya didn't say anything.
Black Crow said, "You think too much. Everyone will think you are stupid and poor, and you can't compete with the young lady from a wealthy family."
Tang Chen had a different opinion of Shangguan Bing'er: "I see that Miss Shangguan behaves very well. She doesn't seem like someone who would do bad things. Could it be that she is just unlucky?"
Black Crow said, "You don't understand this. You can only know a person's face but not his heart. I've already told you that if someone like you were to star in a palace drama, you wouldn't survive more than half an episode at best."
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