Chapter 19 Playing Music
"The Emperor is here?"
Compared to Xiang Guipin's hypocritical behavior, Shen Qingru really didn't expect that His Majesty would come.
She was talking to Shen Fu when she heard the news.
After Chen Fu finished playing the piano in the bamboo forest, she thought that the Emperor would definitely send someone to follow her.
She came to find Shen Qingru on purpose.
Although she covered her face, one has to admit that her figure and demeanor were somewhat similar to Shen Qingru's.
If His Majesty showed any interest in her in the bamboo forest, he would definitely send someone to follow her.
Sure enough...Shen Fu made the right bet.
There were a few more knocks on the door frame, and Fengchun lowered his voice so low and anxious that it became dry: "My young lady, my young lady, the Emperor is here."
Shen Qingru suddenly stood up from the chair.
She quickly turned her head and glanced at Shen Fu beside her.
"Your Majesty has arrived at the house, young lady, you, you should come out quickly."
Shen Qingru's heart was in turmoil. Shen Fu admired the panic on her face and then stood up with concern.
"Eldest sister, then...then I."
Chen Fu immediately stood up holding the zither. She was delicate and timid, and her voice was so weak that it seemed like it would fall down if blown by a gust of wind: "I...what should I do."
Shen Qingru couldn't stand seeing her like this and felt a headache.
However, Shen Fu is always like this. What’s the point of being born well? If you don't have a brain, you will just cry when something happens.
"It's okay, Afu, you don't have to worry."
Shen Qingru calmed herself down and looked at Shen Fu, and was relieved to see that she was wearing a palace maid's uniform.
"Just follow me later. As long as you don't look up, His Majesty won't notice you."
Seeing that her goal had been achieved, Shen Fu let out a smile.
Facing Shen Qingru, she nodded timidly and obediently: "Afu always listens to her sister."
Shen Qingru hurried over to greet him. As soon as she went out, she saw the Emperor standing at the door. His aura was so overwhelming that it made her breathless.
Shen Qingru's knees went weak and she almost knelt down. Fortunately, she arrived in time and saluted: "Your Highness, your Highness, why are you here?"
Xiao Yu was already feeling upset because of Concubine Xiang's constant shouting of "Your Highness".
Hearing Shen Qingru speak at this time, he felt a little better. The summer is refreshing, and this unpretentious sound is really refreshing to listen to.
He glanced down and pulled the man up from the ground. "What were you doing in the house just now? Why did you open the door so late?"
Shen Qing turned her head subconsciously, and behind her, Shen Fu was standing next to a group of palace maids in a palace maid's uniform.
Chen Fu's snow-white skin was spotted in the crowd at first glance. Even though she was wearing the same clothes as the palace maids, she was still different from others.
Thinking of the Jiaoweiqin she was holding when she first came, she deliberately said, "I was just looking at the music score."
She has been in the Gu family for so many years and has mastered all the arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Especially Qin, who was taught by the Gu family since she was young.
Shen Fu's piano skills were superb, and she didn't expect that the Gu family would even give her the Jiaowei Qin.
She was also a daughter of the Shen family, but she got nothing.
It’s because they are not my biological children, I am too biased!
Shen Qingru smiled and glanced at Shen Fu, and deliberately said: "I was just thinking about practicing the piano, but I didn't expect His Majesty to come."
His Majesty has never been very fond of such tender and delicate things as the art of playing the musical instrument.
She said it casually, it was just an excuse, and the Emperor was not interested in asking her to demonstrate it herself.
"It is I who am being rude." Shen Qingru said and bowed her head.
Neither humble nor arrogant, very polite.
She thought that this matter had just passed perfectly. However, she just stood up with a smile, and the emperor sitting on the soft couch suddenly asked: "Play the piano?"
Xiao Yu stroked the cup in his hand and glanced at Shen Qingru with interest.
He really has a connection with the word "qin" today.
I just heard a mysterious sound in the bamboo forest, but it was far away and I could only hear half of the song.
Just when I wanted to ask someone to come over, there was no trace of that person in the bamboo forest.
It was really like scratching an itch through a shoe, but now when I heard the words "playing the piano", my interest was instantly piqued.
"I remember that your grandfather is from the Gu family." The Shen family is not prominent in Kyoto, but the Gu family is a powerful family in Suzhou.
Nowadays, my family takes 30% of the silk, tea entering the palace, and even precious jewelry every year.
It is perfectly normal that His Majesty remembers the Gu family.
Not her grandfather, but Shen Fu's. Shen Qingru glanced at Shen Fu inconspicuously.
She was adopted by the Shen family when she was young and was included in the family tree. Very few people knew that she was not their biological child: "Yes, Your Majesty, you have a good memory."
Shen Qingru said as she bent down to take off His Majesty's boots, trying to change the subject: "I am here to serve you."
But just as he stretched out his hand, the Emperor moved it away.
He looked at the beautiful woman's hands. It was nothing to ask her to serve him before, but now he thought of the piano performance in the bamboo forest.
Xiao Yu suddenly felt pity.
He personally reached out his hands to pull the person up from the ground, and squeezed them with a hint of pity: "It's too unfair to use such a beautiful pair of hands to do these things."
Shen Qingru's cheeks were flushed just right.
Just as I was thanking His Majesty for his thoughtfulness, I heard His Majesty ask again: "I remember your grandfather was a master of the zither."
Shen Qingru nodded shyly. Gu Jia was indeed an expert in playing the zither. Every time she talked about this, even the proudest Concubine Shu would look up to her.
"Yes, grandpa's piano skills are indeed very good." Shen Qingru didn't need to think about the answer at all, and said directly: "I also admire grandpa..."
"It's worth it..." The mysterious rhythm in the bamboo forest could not be shaken off. His Majesty looked at the person beside him and suddenly thought of something.
"Grandfather is like this, your piano skills should not be bad either." He looked at Shen Qingru with interest: "If so, play a song for me."
Shen Qingru looked at the Emperor's smiling face and her complexion gradually turned pale.
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