Everyone present was speechless. None of them heard the three inappropriate parts of the song "Pingsha Luoyan", but Wen Xinya did. If she had not reached a certain level of attainment in playing the guqin, she would never have been able to detect them. So Wen Xinya only showed her skills and shocked everyone.
Lin Yingxin couldn't help but be shocked. She didn't hear any mistakes just now, so Wen Xinya's guqin was better than hers? This thought set off a storm in her heart, making her feel a little unbelievable and even unacceptable. She felt resentful and jealous.
Her face looked a little ugly.
Even Xia Ruya had not expected that Wen Wenya's guqin playing had reached this level. Her heart was extremely complicated. Like Lin Yingxin, she felt indescribable jealousy and resentment in her heart. But it only took a moment for her to calm down. She knew better than anyone that the more outstanding Wen Wenya was, the greater her chance of winning the championship, and the worse she would fall in a while.
Ye Feiyu quietly gave Wen Xinya a thumbs up to show her admiration.
Even Du Ruoxin couldn't help but look at Wen Xinya twice more and sneered: "You do have some real skills."
Wen Xinya ignored her. She would naturally not agree to Miss Fang's invitation to a duel. As Mr. Mo's granddaughter, she also had her own pride when attending the banquet. She could not just accept anyone's invitation to a duel. If she easily accepted Miss Fang's request, then more people would ask to duel with her. If she did not refuse at the beginning, she could not refuse later. Even if she had ten hands, she would not be able to cope with it.
So she tasted it deliberately, which not only gave Miss Fang a hard time, but also frightened others. Those who wanted to invite her to a duel would probably think carefully before doing so.
The first bird to stick its head out gets shot. From the very beginning, in her eyes, Miss Fang was a bird that stuck its head out and didn't know how to live or die. If she didn't provoke her, it would be fine. But if she dared to provoke her, she would slap her in the face in public.
In the first round, Wen Xinya defeated Miss Fang without any effort, which also marked the beginning of the Qianjin Banquet.
Next, one after another, performances came on stage, including calligraphy, painting, chess, and tea art. Some were invited to compete in art. There were winners and losers. The losing ladies were depressed, while the winning ladies naturally gained confidence. However, no one dared to offend Wen Xinya for the time being.
Wen Xinya taught Miss Fang a lesson without taking any action just now, and everyone still remembers it vividly.
In the process of fighting, losing is not terrible, at most it means that you are not as skilled as your opponent. But the terrible thing is that you have already lost before your opponent has even made a move. This proves that you are not on the same level. If you have the audacity to ask for a fight, you will only bring humiliation upon yourself.
No one was willing to act rashly before figuring out Wen Xinya's background.
Soon it was time for lunch. The food prepared by Boya Pavilion was quite exquisite. Everyone simply ate some of it. After the meal, they had dessert and tea, chatted for a while, and then the Qianjin Banquet continued.
At this time, Du Ruoxin stood up and asked, "I wonder if Miss Wen is good at chess?"
Wen Xinya knew that the strange Du Ruoxin wanted to play chess with her, so she did not refuse and stood up: "I know a thing or two."
Du Ruoxin didn't waste any words. She raised her overly arrogant eyebrows, and her whole face became sharp: "Please give me some advice."
After saying this, he went up to the pavilion in the middle of the lake and sat down in front of the chessboard.
Wen Xinya naturally followed him to the pavilion in the middle of the lake and sat opposite Du Ruoxin.
At this moment, the atmosphere of the Qianjin Banquet suddenly became lively. Du Ruoxin was a famous chess player in the circle, while Wen Xinya was a hidden talent. Although no one knew how good she was at chess, based on the skills she had just shown, no one would think that she was just famous for nothing.
Following Wen Xinya’s evaluation of Miss Fang’s piano skills, the Qianjin Banquet reached another climax.
A judge has come out from the judging panel and set up the large chessboard prepared in the pavilion in the middle of the lake for all the young ladies to watch.
In the game of Go against Yi, the player with white pieces thinks he is the better player, and the player with black pieces goes first. Du Ruoxin sits in the white position, and Wen Xinya naturally sits in the black position, and the player with black pieces goes first.
As the saying goes, an expert can tell the quality of a move with just one move. As soon as Wen Xinya made her move, Du Ruoxin laughed: "It's quite interesting."
Wen Xinya remained silent. Among all arts, she was the best at chess. Si Yiyan loved playing chess with her the most, especially at night. He once stuffed all 180 white chess pieces into her body and whispered in her ear, "Tolerance is greatness!"
It made her so angry that her teeth itched, but she could do nothing about it.
After a few confrontations, Du Ruoxin looked at Wen Xinya seriously, "I wonder if Miss Wen can play fast chess? A game of Go consists of three rounds. Based on our chess skills, it will probably take up a lot of everyone's time. Why not decide the winner with fast chess?"
The so-called fast chess, on the one hand, compares the speed of making moves, on the other hand, it also compares the level of chess skills. Generally, only the masters play fast chess.
Du Ruoxin's proposal aroused a heated response in the audience.
The ladies who didn't know how to play chess thought she was arrogant, but the ladies who knew how to play chess could see the trick from the confrontations just now and knew that the chess skills of the two of them were far beyond their level.
Wen Xinya said: "Of course I have no objection."
For a while, she was very fascinated by fast chess, and she and Si Yiyan played against Yi several times. Fast chess tests a person's quick thinking, accurate vision, ability to see the overall situation, and speed of reaction, and it really trains one's adaptability.
Du Ruoxin said solemnly: "I hope Miss Wen will do her best."
Then the chess pieces on the board moved quickly, and the black and white pieces fell down swiftly, clashing on the board. The two men competed in speed, but in the end, they were not seen thinking at all, as if they were dropping the pieces randomly out of thin air.
The judges on the standing chessboard also quickly made their moves according to their moves, making it convenient for those watching below.
The speed of the chessboard was dizzying. People who didn't know how to play chess were dizzy. People who knew how to play chess could still figure out some tricks in the first few moves, but they couldn't see anything at all after that.
The whole place was silent, but everyone was not at peace in their hearts.
The game was in full swing when Du Ruoxin suddenly stood up and said, "I lost."
Then she turned around, walked down from the pavilion in the middle of the lake, and sat down in her seat.
The young ladies in the audience were all stunned. Was the game over already? Did Du Ruoxin admit defeat? It seemed like this game had only lasted for a few minutes, but it was over so quickly? And this game was only the first one, and there was still two to go. Was it really not going to be played anymore
In this way, everyone understood that Wen Xinya's chess skills had far surpassed Du Ruoxin, so there was no need to continue this game.
The judge who arranged the chess pieces said, "This game lasted a total of two minutes and twenty seconds, and both sides placed 84 pieces in total. It seems that the game is still undecided, but Miss Du is no longer able to continue, while Miss Wen still has some strength left, so Wen Xinya wins this game."