Ji Yuqing puffed out her chest confidently and plucked the strings of the zither softly with her fingers. The hall suddenly became quiet and everyone's attention was on her. This made Ji Yuqing feel very honored as she was attending a palace banquet for the first time.
The more I wanted to perform well, the more nervous I became. Suddenly, wind blew up and a piece of melon seed shell fell squarely on the strings, making a piercing sound in my eardrums.
Ji Yuqing's heart skipped a beat, and she tried to make up for it in a panic, but she played several wrong notes without realizing it. Xiao Yimo, who was sitting high on the dragon throne, had a gloomy face, and the beautiful piano music came to an abrupt end...
Ji Yuqing looked down at her hands in panic, not quite understanding why she had accidentally produced such an ugly note. She had been practicing the piano for more than a dozen years and had hoped to show off her talent today.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me!" Ji Yuqing knelt on the ground in panic and kowtowed to ask for forgiveness. Disturbing the emperor's presence was a serious crime.
Xiao Yimo frowned unhappily. It was rare that he found Xiao Yichen, the concubine, interesting. He didn't expect her to be so unpresentable. She was just playing the piano in front of hundreds of people, but she lost her composure so much.
Ji Yuqing knelt nervously, thinking of ways to make amends. The corner of her eye caught the melon seed shells in front of Ji Lingxue, and she immediately became angry. If it weren't for the melon seed shells that Ji Lingxue was eating, she wouldn't have played the wrong notes and disturbed the emperor. All this was because of Ji Lingxue.
Xiao Yichen stood up and spoke for Ji Yuqing: "I am an incompetent concubine and I am sorry for disturbing your majesty. Please forgive me, brother."
Xiao Yimo waved his hand and said, "It's okay. This is the first time that Prince Chen's concubine has entered the palace to attend a palace banquet. She is bound to be nervous. I won't blame her for such a small mistake."
Ji Yuqing thanked him quickly and said, "I'm sorry that your Majesty has laughed at my incompetence. My sister is also very good at playing the piano. Why not let her play the piano to entertain you?"
The war immediately spread to Ji Lingxue, who was drinking tea from a cup. Hearing this, she calmly turned from the cup to look at Xiao Yichen, who had a bad look on his face. She raised the corners of her lips and gave a sarcastic smile.
Ji Lingxue: Xiao Yichen, do you regret bringing Ji Yuqing into the palace now
Xiao Yichen was very troubled at the moment. How could he not know whether Ji Lingxue could play the piano? He really regretted bringing Ji Yuqing into the palace. It was bad enough that they were fighting openly and secretly in the palace, but to set a trick on her in front of the emperor was simply embarrassing him.
Xiao Yimo said, "Oh!" He glanced at Ji Lingxue, who was wearing the princess's formal dress, and said with a smile, "Emperor, you have been hiding your princess. You won't even play the piano for me today, right?"
Xiao Yichen had a hard time saying this, as Xiao Yimo knew that Ji Lingxue couldn't play the piano but still said this, just to ridicule him in front of everyone for marrying a stupid concubine.
Ji Lingxue patted the non-existent dust on her hands, stood up under the watchful eyes of the crowd, and turned to look at Xiao Yimo who was watching the show on the high seat.
Ji Lingxue said: "Your Majesty, today is Mid-Autumn Festival. I have indeed prepared a piece of music for you, but I need someone to dance with my music. My sister and I grew up together and have a good understanding of each other, so I will let my sister dance with me."
Ji Yuqing felt as uncomfortable as if she had swallowed a fly. Why did he want her to dance with him
Thinking that this was the imperial palace and the emperor was still in charge, she did not dare to act rashly and only said modestly: "Sister is planning to play that piece of music, so I should also prepare it."
In addition to her piano skills, Ji Yuqing has had a talent for dancing since she was a child. Her mother specially invited the best master to teach her, so Ji Yuqing happily agreed to dance with Ji Lingxue, and she will definitely perform well this time.
(End of this chapter)