Chapter 41: Vengeance for daughter-in-law!
Jiang Wanning ignored her and looked at Princess Ruyang and said, "Stop talking nonsense and let the competition begin!"
Princess Ruyang raised her hand slightly.
Immediately, a servant came forward, struck the gong with a clang, and shouted:
"First match, the piano competition! Team A and Team B each send one player!"
According to the draw, Princess Rong'an and Murong Yan'er were on Team A, while Jiang Wanning and the others were on Team B.
The first to go on stage was Murong Yan'er, and her opponent was naturally Murong Qing, who had the Jiuxiao Huanpei Qin in his hand. When the two sat down face to face on the stage, Princess Ruyang drew a stick from the stick box and looked up and said.
"Team A goes first."
Murong Yan'er stood up and bowed politely to everyone, then sat back in front of the piano table, lowered her head and slightly curled the corners of her lips.
She just raised her bare hands and slowly plucked out a mournful melody.
Everyone in the audience listened attentively, with expressions of appreciation on their faces, and nodded to each other from time to time.
At first, Jiang Wanning only felt that the music was plaintive and sorrowful. Although the tune was a bit sad, it was indeed a good piece of music and was played quite well.
Other than that, there doesn't seem to be anything special.
However, not long after, Xing'er called out softly from behind, muttering, "Why...why is it this song..."
Jiang Wanning raised his eyebrows slightly, a little suspicious.
"What's wrong with this song?"
Xing'er whispered, "If I remember correctly, this song seems to have been composed by Miss Yun before she passed away..."
Hearing this, Jiang Wanning couldn't help but frown, thinking that Murong Yan'er was indeed well prepared, and she really had a very vicious mind!
The "Mrs. Yun" mentioned by Xing'er is Murong Qing's mother, Yun. This song was composed before Yun died of illness, which must have been after the fire, so the sound of the piano is so sad, and every string plucked expresses her heart-wrenching and painful feelings.
Murong Qing's piano skills were taught by the Yun family, and he was very familiar with the piano music.
Now that he heard Murong Yan'er playing the song again, Murong Qing couldn't help but feel angry and furious, knowing that the other party's mother was most likely the murderer of his mother.
In this way, if your mind is in chaos, the music you play will naturally be chaotic as well.
No wonder Murong Yan'er dared to take out the medical book to provoke her. It turned out that it contained such a deep meaning.
Jiang Wanning looked at Murong Qing with some worry. She saw that she was clutching her clothes tightly, the corners of her lips seemed to be bleeding, and her eyes were already red.
But at this moment, she couldn't interrupt Murong Yan'er.
In anger, he had to pinch Shen Yutang's thigh hard!
"Hiss..." Shen Yutang gasped and turned around to complain, "Mother, why did you pinch me so suddenly? And you were so cruel."
Jiang Wanning glared at him and said, "Shut your ears and don't listen!"
Shen Yutang expressed his confusion: "Mother, your request is too unreasonable..."
Jiang Wanning said.
"Today is Qingqing's birthday, and Yan'er insisted on playing her late mother's song. Isn't that just to annoy me? It's such a sinister plot, and you're blind to it, but you still treat her like a treasure and defend her over and over again. I'm lucky I didn't twist your ears off!"
Shen Yutang felt a little embarrassed and felt that Murong Yan'er's behavior was inappropriate.
Then he whispered.
"Then I will...stay away from her from now on."
"Hmph, you still have some conscience."
After the song was over, everyone was immersed in the sadness of the music for a while before some people clapped and cheered, praising it with all their might.
"Wonderful, absolutely wonderful! I've long heard that Third Miss Murong is an outstanding zither player. Today, I'm fortunate enough to hear her in person. I've only just realized that there's such a talented player hidden in the Imperial Capital! Once this piece is released, it will surely become famous throughout the Imperial Capital. I'm truly impressed!"
"It was played so well, and the music was so good, it brought tears to my eyes..."
"Miss Murong is so young, yet she possesses such talent. Given time, she will surely achieve remarkable accomplishments."
…
Jiang Wanning curled his lips and spat a mouthful of melon seed shells onto the ground.
"They're all just shills. They're praising it like it's real. They're a bunch of wild boars who've never eaten fine grains."
The faces of the few people who had just spoken suddenly changed. However, after learning that she was the wife of Marquis Pingyang, they did not dare to offend her too much, so they only replied angrily.
"If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense!"
Jiang Wanning continued to curl his lips: "I said, a bunch of wild boars, stupid donkeys."
Everyone: “!!!”
Suddenly I understood Princess Rong'an's anger and her desire to tear her mouth apart!
Murong Yan'er knew that Jiang was speaking up for Murong Qing, so she suppressed her unhappiness and turned to Murong Qing with a smile.
"Sister, it's your turn... If you can't beat me, the medical book will be mine."
Murong Qing's mind was already in disarray at this point, and when he heard Murong Yan'er's deliberate provocation, he became even more anxious.
But the more she tried to calm down, the more her fingertips trembled.
As soon as I touched the strings, they broke with a clang!
The people in the audience couldn't help but boo.
Princess Rong'an laughed out loud with schadenfreude. "What? The string broke before you even started playing. You're so shameless showing off with your skills? You're really not ashamed."
Everyone started talking.
"Does she not know how to play at all?"
"What a waste of a good piano."
“It’s too shameful to watch…”
…
Seeing that Murong Qing looked uneasy and her fingers were gripping the strings so tightly that they almost drew blood, Jiang Wanning was worried that she might break her fingers, so he quickly took Xing'er and walked over.
"Qingqing, don't panic... I'm here, no one can bully you!"
Feeling the warmth on the back of his hand, Murong Qing's resentful mood seemed to be slightly soothed, and his fingertips slowly loosened a little.
However, he had injured his hand just now and could not play anymore.
Raising her head, Murong Qing's eyes flickered, and she couldn't help but blame herself: "Mother... am I too useless..."
Jiang Wanning shook his head, took the handkerchief handed to him by Xing'er, gently wrapped it around her fingers, and comforted her.
"You're just not as bad-hearted as others. It's not your fault. Don't be so patient in the future. When you need to fight back, fight back hard! When you live in this world, don't wrong anyone else, but never yourself."
Murong Qing nodded.
It seems like I understood it, but also like I didn’t quite understand it.
But she knew that what her mother-in-law said must be correct.
"Okay, go down and rest first..."
Patting Murong Qing on the shoulder, Jiang Wanning turned around and scolded Shen Yutang, "Are you a piece of wood? What are you doing standing there? Come over here quickly and help Qingqing to her seat, and apply the golden wound medicine to her!"
"oh……"
Shen Yutang realized it later and hurried forward under Jiang Wanning's scolding. He was shocked again when he saw everyone.
It turned out that Jiang was just as cruel to her own son, and she disciplined him like a dog.
Their mood seemed to be much more balanced.
When Murong Qing was helped off the stage, he saw that Jiang Wanning did not leave, but sat directly in front of the piano and casually plucked a string.
Seeing this, Princess Ruyang frowned slightly and asked.
"Jiang, what are you doing? The winner has already been decided, are you going to throw a tantrum or cheat?!"
Jiang Wanning raised his eyes, his gaze already filled with a hint of murderous intent.
"Who said the winner is already decided? Just because Qingqing can't play the piano doesn't mean I can't... Of course, if you voluntarily admit defeat, I can spare you this time to avoid such an embarrassing defeat."
Unable to bear seeing her being so arrogant, Princess Rong'an couldn't help but retort.
"What a joke! You didn't even play the guitar, and you want us to admit defeat? Do you think we're fools?!"
Jiang Wanning smiled faintly.
"Then shut up and listen carefully!"
"You—" Princess Rong'an sneered angrily, "Humph, you don't even have a zither, how are you going to play it?! Are you going to play this zither with broken strings?!"
Jiang Wanning didn't care.
"So what if the string is broken? I can defeat you with just one string, not to mention that this Jiuxiao Huanpei Qin has six strings."
As soon as the words fell, everyone was in an uproar.
"Arrogant! So arrogant!"
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