Chapter 20 Injured
"My beloved?"
Shen Qingru didn't respond for a long time, and Xiao Yu called out again. Shen Qingru reacted and quickly came back to her senses.
"Your Majesty." She stood up from the chair with a stiff expression and walked to the side as if escaping, hiding the expression on her face.
"Why does Your Majesty suddenly want to listen to my concubine playing the piano?" Your Majesty's moods are unpredictable, and we usually only guess that he likes beautiful women.
As for the rest, it was only apparent that he liked pleasant-sounding voices. Just like Concubine Xiang, she was just pretty, but the Emperor loved to talk to her.
But I have never heard His Majesty say that he likes instruments like the zither, the zheng, the pipa, etc.
Shen Qingru was extremely panicked. She had learned to play the piano, but she was not very good at it. It might be fine to fool laymen in the past, but if she were to play it for the Emperor, there was no doubt that she would be exposed.
She had been pretending for so long, and what she feared most was that her life story would be known to others. Now, with just one shot, it would be exposed.
Of course she couldn't play it.
Xiao Yu saw the hesitation on her face, and his original interest was instantly gone. He was just in the mood at first, and since the person was unwilling, he, as the king of a country, would not force her: "If my beloved concubine doesn't want to, then forget it."
After saying this, His Majesty put the cup in his hand on the table, looking uninterested.
It was clearly just a gentle voice, but Shen Qingru's heart was beating fast, and a smile immediately appeared on her lips: "Why would I be unwilling?"
"If Your Majesty wants to hear it, I would be so happy." Shen Qingru's mind was working quickly and she immediately came up with a plan.
Of course she couldn't play the zither, but if she refused at this time, the Emperor would definitely be suspicious.
"It's just that I haven't practiced for a long time, so my hands are a little rusty." Shen Qingru turned her head and looked at His Majesty with a pleading look: "If I don't play well, His Majesty can't blame me."
Chen Qingru has a beautiful face, and she is very good at acting coquettishly. Any man who saw this would be moved, even the high and mighty emperor, his eyes softened.
"Of course not."
Shen Qingru forced a smile towards His Majesty, but her expression instantly darkened when she turned around.
If she played it, she would be exposed.
Shen Qingru didn't even dare to think about the consequences that would follow. Hiding her trembling fingertips in her sleeves, Shen Qingru glanced at Shen Fu out of the corner of her eye.
She motioned for Shen Fu to follow her, but there was a crowd between them, so Shen Fu just played dumb.
Shen Qingru had a nice idea. She praised Haikou and wanted her to take the place.
In the crowd, Shen Fu kept her head down.
Shen Qingru didn't dare to stay too long. After seeing that Shen Fu didn't react at all, she walked into the inner room in frustration: "Then I will go into the room and pick out a good zither."
"what to do?"
As soon as they entered the house, Shen Qingru didn't panic, but Fengchun started to panic first. She was so anxious that she turned around and around: "My lady, what should I do?"
Shen Qingru was already feeling guilty, and it became even more embarrassing when she saw her like this. The more Fengchun acted like this, the more it showed that she just couldn't do it.
She even felt that she was not good at playing the piano and would be exposed as soon as she played.
Even if this is the truth, it can't be revealed so blatantly. Shen Qingru still felt unhappy.
She glanced at Fengchun covertly, and the latter noticed that the young lady was unhappy. His throat seemed to be strangled and he dared not say a word for a moment.
The room became quiet and Fengchun lowered his head.
Shen Qingru clenched her fingers, then spread them out, and looked behind the screen.
However, she felt somewhat uneasy in her heart, as she had left His Majesty and Shen Fu there alone, and she didn't know if anything would happen.
Behind the screen, Xiao Yu lay on the soft couch, his fingers touching his fingertips from time to time.
The scene in the bamboo forest still came to my mind involuntarily.
The pair of hands on the guqin are so beautiful. Delicate hands, as delicate as a lotus, even if she just raises her hand or waves her sleeves.
The jade-like fingertips fell on Qin Xuan, which was so beautiful that people could not take their eyes away.
He was playing with the teacup with his fingers, but his mind was already wandering. Lin An stood beside His Majesty and knew that His Majesty was absent-minded.
He raised his eyelids and stepped forward to remind him: "Your Majesty's tea is cold, why don't you go down and change it for another one."
Lin An's words were meant to remind His Majesty to come back to his senses. As soon as he opened his mouth, the palace maids behind him immediately knelt down and responded, "Yes, I obey your command."
Shen Fu, standing next to a group of palace maids, also bent her knees. She imitated the Tao and shouted, "I obey your command."
The soft and slow voice is like the continuous spring rain. In this hot summer day, it immediately makes people feel relaxed and happy.
Xiao Yu was leaning on the soft couch. When he heard the soft voice, his eyebrows raised subconsciously.
Why does this voice feel so familiar?
Xiao Yu turned his head and his eyes immediately fell on the group of palace maids. Among the five or six palace maids, he spotted the last one at a glance.
She was the only one standing at the end among the group of palace maids, wearing a pink and green dress, which did not make her look vulgar at all. She lowered her head, looking timid.
Just like a delicate lotus in summer, timid and tender, yet extremely eye-catching.
This figure seems somewhat familiar.
Xiao Yu stood up straight, and was about to take a closer look when there was a slight sound behind the screen and Shen Qingru walked over.
"I'm sorry to have kept Your Majesty waiting for a long time." Shen Qingru had a slight smile on her face. She had changed her clothes before coming.
The crimson palace dress she had just worn made her look elegant and wealthy. Now after entering the house, she deliberately changed into a moon-white long dress.
The tulle was transparent, and she had specially added an embroidered gown inside her moon-white dress. Large patches of camellia flowers were faintly visible through the tulle.
Shen Qingru had a slender figure, holding a guqin in her arms. She knelt down and saluted His Majesty, her skirt swaying slightly, making her look otherworldly.
This appearance instantly arouses people's interest.
Xiao Yu also forgot the strangeness of that moment, and looked back and forth at Shen Qingru with admiration: "My beloved concubine seems to be a little different today."
Shen Qingru held the guqin in her arms and bent her knees leisurely: "I have been learning guqin since I was young, so my feelings towards it are naturally different."
"Now I have to present a song to His Majesty, and I dare not be careless."
She made such a big fuss that it was really exciting, and even Xiao Yu sat up straight.
Shen Qingru sat down holding the guqin, raised her fingers, her fingertips as smooth as jade, and was about to touch the strings when Fengchun suddenly came forward holding a teacup.
A cup of hot tea was poured directly onto Shen Qingru.
"Ah." Shen Qingru screamed, her body trembled slightly, and her hands, which had not yet been placed on the strings, made a harsh sound.
"Your Majesty." She raised her wet palms, tears about to fall: "I...I, your concubine."
Shen Fu stood in the crowd, watching Shen Qingru's wonderful performance, and she felt unprecedented laughter in her heart.
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