"I heard you're an excellent pianist?"
Looking at Fu Rongxin, Gu Shichong narrowed his eyes slightly and slowly played with the teacup on the table with his fingers.
"My little trick may disturb Your Highness's hearing."
"It's okay, just play a few of them casually."
The meaning of Gu Shichong's expression was unclear. Although Fu Rongxin was slightly inferior to Xue Zhiyi in terms of dress and demeanor when standing next to him, and seemed a little petty, her face was really too beautiful that it was hard to take your eyes off. Such a beautiful girl from a petite family had a unique charm.
Fu Rongxin, the always arrogant True Phoenix, had no idea what Gu Shichong was thinking at this moment, otherwise she would have been angered to death.
She glanced sideways at the person beside her, but met Xue Zhiyi's expectant eyes.
Fu Rong sneered in her heart: Could it be that Xue Zhiyi wants to use his piano skills to outshine her?
If this is the case, Xue Zhiyi has made a wrong idea. Her title of the most talented woman in Linzhou is not gained out of thin air.
But now that things have come to this, if she doesn't play, people will probably think that she is just unworthy of her reputation.
However, what if she played the piano so well that it caught Gu Shichong's eye?
She no longer wants to be involved with Gu Shichong in this life. She has had enough of the feeling of being beheaded in her previous life.
But she changed her mind and realized that her current identity was just a concubine's daughter of a merchant family. Gu Shichong valued family background, and even if he was attracted by her talent and beauty, he would not easily take her into his mansion.
After a moment's thought, she said, "Since that's the case, I will respectfully obey your command. I hope Your Highness will forgive me."
As they were talking, the zither was moved into the octagonal pavilion.
Fu Rongxin knelt in front of the piano table, her bare hands resting on the strings.
At this moment, almost everyone held their breath, wanting to hear the abilities of Linzhou's most talented woman.
As the first piano note rang out, melodious and lingering music flowed from her fingertips.
Its voice is soft and melodious, like the cry of a phoenix;
The sound is mournful and gentle, like a whisper.
It is long and melodious, with a lingering aftertaste.
"There is a beautiful woman whom I will never forget once I see her.
If I don't see you for a day, I miss you like crazy.
The phoenix flies high in the sky, and the four seas seek it.
Unfortunately, the beauty is not at the east wall."
Along with the beautiful sound of the piano, Fu Rongxin's singing sounded at the right time, like weaving a piece of brocade, the sound of the piano and her singing intertwined with each other.
Her piano skills are no worse than Xue Zhiyi's, and coupled with the gentle and soft voice of a Linzhou woman, it makes people even more intoxicated.
Fu Ling watched all this and felt secretly happy in her heart: if she really was her daughter, even if she was raised in a place like Linzhou, she would still be top-notch. In comparison, although Xue Zhiyi's surname was Xue, he actually wanted to suppress Rong Xin's charm in such a stupid way.
It's really stupid!
Normally, she thought she was stupid, but she never thought that a scapegoat who was meant to protect the real Phoenix from disaster would have such harmful intentions.
Sure enough, some people are born lowly.
Rongxin will marry Prince Gong sooner or later. In this case, let Rongxin show her talents in front of Prince Gong and make him obsessed with her. When he exchanges Rongxin and Xue Zhiyi in the future, Prince Gong will surely be very satisfied.
With the last pluck, the song ends.
There were endless exclamations from all around, and everyone was whispering to each other to praise this young lady from Linzhou. Only the sisters Fu Jiamin and Fu Jiahui who were standing aside were almost about to tear their handkerchiefs into pieces.
After Fu Rongxin finished playing the zither, she stood up and bowed gracefully: "My humble servant is so humble. I hope Your Highness will not blame me."
Gu Shichong's smile was also somewhat intoxicated. He clapped his hands and sighed, "The most talented woman in Linzhou, the most beautiful woman in Linzhou, she deserves it! I wonder which family she is from?"
Fu Rongxin bowed again: "My father is Fu Wei of the Fu's Trading Company in Linzhou."
It turned out that she was just a merchant girl.
The interest that had been aroused in Gu Shichong's eyes sank a little.
Fu Rongxin, who had stolen the limelight, turned around to see how frustrated Xue Zhiyi looked after his evil plan failed, but she didn't expect that Xue Zhiyi's expression didn't change at all, and his smile even deepened.
She didn't understand why, but she didn't expect that at this moment, her eyes met with someone in the crowd behind Xue Zhiyi... In an instant, she felt a chill behind her.
Xue Zhiyi just smiled slightly and said: "My cousin's piano skills are worse than mine. I am ashamed of myself."
After saying that, following Fu Rongxin's frightened gaze, Xue Zhiyi also turned around.
At this moment, a man in the crowd was looking in Fu Rongxin's direction with interest.
The man looked to be in his thirties, with a tall build, but the way he looked at people looked a little vulgar.
Seeing this scene, Xue Zhiyi finally showed a satisfied smile on his face.
This man wasn't a prominent figure. His name was Gao Qingnian, a mere sixth-rank official in the Inspectorate. Furthermore, he was a despicable man with a penchant for women. In his backyard, he had eight wives and concubines, not to mention countless maids.
In the previous life, it was such a person who came to the Fu family and asked to marry Fu Rongxin as a concubine.
Hu Shuixian was naturally happy to see this happen, because through this marriage she could establish a relationship between the Fu family and the government, so that she could marry her own daughter into an official family.
The only price she paid was sacrificing a concubine's daughter who repeatedly stole her daughter's limelight. It was a perfect deal.
This marriage was arranged when Fu Wei was not at home, and Linzhou was far away from Huajing, so this matter did not reach Fu Ling's ears.
But how could Fu Rongxin allow herself, the true phoenix pearl, to be covered in dust?
So she fled to Huajing overnight and met Gu Shichong on the way. It was at that time that the two had an affair.
However, Fu Rongxin in her previous life would not have met Gao Qingnian so early. Gao Qingnian did not attend the wedding at that time. Or, given his official position, Xue Zhentong did not deliberately try to win him over, so he did not even send him an invitation. They must have met a few months later.
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