She ran her hands over the strings, adjusted a few notes, and began to play.

The sound of the piano sounded in the hall, sometimes low and sometimes melodious, calm like slow water, fierce like waves.

Meng Yanwan plays the famous work "Chong Scattered" by Xiang Linzi, a master of the ancient qin, which requires a very high skill of the player, and is often used to show off the skills of the guqin.

Mrs. Meng sat in the banquet and watched his daughter play, brushing his beard from time to time, with a satisfied look in his eyes.

Meng Yanwan has been learning the piano since she was a child, and she is quite talented, and everyone around her is full of praise for her, and Meng Taiwei also attaches great importance to this, and finds famous teachers for her to be her teachers.

In today's competition, Meng Taiwei is still very confident in Meng Yanwan.

Sitting on the dragon chair and watching the girl in the hall stroke the piano elegantly, Ling Botao felt good, but when he caught a glimpse of Wen Ziran's indifferent expression, he somehow felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Although Ling Botao was also born in a family, due to some reasons, he did not study the six arts well, let alone appreciate.

Since he ascended the throne, he has never shown his weakness in this area in front of outsiders, but today he endured it for a long time, and still turned his head and asked the queen in a low voice, "How is this second miss of the Meng family?" I think it's good. ”

The queen replied softly, "The sound of the piano is melodious and smooth, the fingering is skillful, and the skills are also very superb, which is very rare. ”

Affirmed by the queen, Ling Botao put his heart at ease.

If he loses to Nanning's subordinates at the state banquet, even if it is just a talent competition, it will be very embarrassing.

After the music of the piano ended, Meng Yanwan straightened her waist and stood up slowly, with a reserved smile on her face.

"Good piano skills," Ling Botao laughed and opened his mouth to praise. He looked around and asked, "What do you think?" ”

There were exclamations of admiration in the hall, and the officials of Taiwei Meng's family shook their heads and said words of praise, and several military attachés praised them loudly.

The smile on Meng Yanwan's face couldn't help but increase a little more, and she looked at Zhong Liyun who was wearing a veil.

Zhong Liyun smiled slightly at this time, his veil moved slightly, "Miss Meng's song "Chong Scattered" has been five points out of the original song, which is really good. ”

Hearing Zhong Liyun say this sentence in a soft voice, Meng Yanwan smiled for a moment, "The princess is not small, has she already obtained the true inheritance of Master Xianglinzi?" ”

"My words are really complimentary, and somehow it made Miss Meng unhappy." Zhong Liyun looked a little surprised, and said softly, "Miss Meng's fingering just now is skillful, the piano sound is smooth, and the weight is so important that anyone can praise it." ”

"Besides, it is difficult for ordinary people to play this piece in its entirety, and Miss Meng's move has proved that she does have good piano skills."

Seeing that the corners of Meng Yanwan's mouth were slightly loose when she heard this, her voice suddenly changed, "But this song "Chong Scattered" is not enough to rely on skilled skills alone, and Miss Meng is still a little less artistic conception in it." ”

Meng Yanwan pursed her lips when she heard this, and her hands clenched her sleeves slightly.

Her heart was already full of unhappiness with Zhong Liyun, but her face was forced not to show a little, but she raised her chin slightly and said, "The princess hasn't played the piano yet, so she has said so much, I don't know why." ”

Speaking of this, she still couldn't hold back the anger in her heart, and added, "Saying so much, it's better to finish playing a song first, and then let everyone judge." ”

Zhong Liyun looked at Meng Yanwan with a pair of watery eyes as if he was apologetic, "I have loved the guqin for ten minutes since I was a child, and I am a bit obsessed, so I didn't pay much attention to some words and said them, if I offended Miss Meng, I'm really sorry." ”

Meng Yanwan reluctantly pulled a smile, her heart was very good, and she did not respond to Zhong Liyun's words.

Zhong Liyun left the banquet at this time, wearing a green skirt and skirt, walked to the guqin and sat down gracefully.

She stroked the strings slightly, and a string of light notes rang out quickly.

After fiddling with it for a while, she stopped, and her face under the veil showed a somewhat inexplicable smile, and she said softly, "I will also play a song "Rushing Scattered" for everyone." ”

There was a slight commotion in the hall.

Meng Yanwan clenched her palms even more at this time, looking at Zhong Liyun's eyes with deep disgust.

After saying this, Zhong Lixuan waved his sleeves and raised his hands.

As Zhong Li's hand moved, her temperament immediately changed.

Her jade fingers fluttered lightly, and the rippling piano sound sounded, the piano sound at the beginning was like a pool of clear water, cold and cool and gurgling, and like a fresh breeze on the lake on a summer night, warm and gentle but refreshing and cool.

Suddenly, the sound of the piano became melodious again, like the ethereal echo in the valley, whining. In an instant, it fell low again, like a river running through the ground, clattering.

The same tune, played a second time, but anyone with ears can hear the difference.

After the song, Zhong Liyun stood up and blessed his body.

There was silence in the hall.

And Meng Yanwan lowered her head, and the inner and outer sleeves were crumpled by her.

"It's ugly." Zhongli said.

Ling Botao's face was a little stiff, even if he didn't know how to appreciate it, he could hear that Zhong Liyuan's piano skills were far better than Meng Yanwan's.

Seeing Zhongli Tingting standing in the hall, looking at him with a pair of eyes, he had to cough and said, "The princess is also a good piano artist. ”

As soon as the monarch spoke, a minister below said with a very eye-catching look, "Princess Nanning and the second lady of the Meng family both have superb piano skills, they are really equal." ”

As soon as these words came out, several ministers also chimed in.

"That's right, this same tune, it's all the same pleasant."

But few people agree, and everyone knows who plays well. Looking at the playful and disdainful looks of the people in Nanning, most of the people in the hall were reluctant to say those words that went against their hearts.

Zhong Liyun smiled slightly when he heard this, looked at Meng Yanwan and said, "I don't know what difference Miss Meng thinks?" ”

Although Meng Yanwan has a city government, she is only twenty-eight years old at this time, her face is still tender, and her temperament is also a little arrogant, so her eyes are already red at this time.

Hearing her father coughing there and reminding herself, she still couldn't tell a lie in front of Zhong Lixuan, so she only whispered in a dumb voice, "I'm not feeling well." Then he turned back and returned to his seat in the Meng Mansion, where he sat there speechless.

Ruan Tingge has been sitting on the sidelines watching the play, and sometimes he takes a leisurely sip of wine and eats a mouthful of food.

She had seen this play once in her previous life, and at that time she only felt that although the Nanning princess looked delicate and delicate, she acted unprovokedly, although she was famous, but it provoked the ministers of civil and military affairs of Dongyun Kingdom, especially the emperor was very displeased with it.

Today, it seems that she has tasted some different meanings, this Nanning princess doesn't seem to want to enter the palace as a concubine?

Thinking of some things in her previous life, Ruan Qingge looked at Wen Ziran thoughtfully, she always felt that this person was not simple.

As if sensing that someone was observing him, Wen Ziran looked in the direction of Ruan Tingge, and their eyes collided slightly.