A life of two souls traveling through time

Before night fell, the Hongxiang Pavilion in Qile City was already ablaze with lights and bustling with laughter. In front of the pavilion, there was an endless stream of carriages and horses stopping and going.

"Hey, Brother Wu, you're here early!"

"It's the same for you. Miss Xuanyu is going to perform tonight, so shouldn't I come early to show my support?"

"That's right. I heard that Miss Xuanyu will perform a new song tonight. I have been looking forward to it for a long time!"

"Speaking of Miss Huanyu's two unique talents, the zither art and sword dance, they are probably the best in the world, not only in Qile City in the south of the Yangtze River, but also in the entire Jingsong Kingdom!"

"If I heard Brother Wu praising someone else so highly, I would definitely not accept it, but Miss Xuanyu, I have no objection."

"Haha... Miss Yanyu, who wouldn't agree?"

In the backyard of the attic, just as Xuan Yu stepped into the wing room, a tall figure suddenly appeared from behind the door, but when he tried to get closer, the pearl hairpin in her hand pressed against his throat.

"Miss Xuanyu is very skilled, please spare my life, please spare my life." Zhao Chu obediently put down his arms that were about to hug the other's waist and said with a greasy smile on his face.

"Master Zhao, this is not the first time that you have witnessed Xuanyu's skills, yet you are still so reckless?" Xuanyu did not look at Zhao Chu directly, but sneered, slowly put the pearl hairpin in her hand back into her hair, and went into the side room.

"To die under the peony flowers, even as a ghost, is romantic." Zhao Chu touched his neck in fear and continued to joke ambiguously, but did not dare to move closer.

"Oh, Mr. Zhao wants to be a playboy? Xuanyu doesn't mind getting her hands dirty and is willing to do it for you." Xuanyu continued to sneer and looked back at Zhao Chu, with murderous intent in her eyes.

"Oh, Miss Huanyu, does you have to hurt my heart like this every time?" Seeing the other party's murderous eyes, Zhao Chu was so scared that his back felt cold. He instantly lost the mood to tease, sat down opposite Huanyu and sighed with grievance.

"What's the matter?" Yan Yu asked straight to the point with a cold face.

"Miss Xuanyu, do you still remember what you promised Zhao?"

Only then did Yan Yu look up at Zhao Chu and said expressionlessly, "Of course."

"Then why do you want to harm me? Do you want to harm our Zhao family?" Zhao Chu suddenly frowned and asked.

"What do you mean?" Yan Yu raised her eyebrows, looking puzzled.

"Hasn't Miss Yu always been meticulous and well-informed? But she doesn't know the hidden power behind the Li family?"

"Power? You mean... Liangdu Zhuo family?"

"You knew?" Zhao Chu stood up and pointed angrily at the still calm Yan Yu: "You knew and still asked me to arrange a robbery? Do you want to kill our Zhao family?"

"Why are you in such a hurry, Mr. Zhao? You are just cooperating with me in a play. Besides, this matter has been successfully concluded. The Zhao family has not been affected at all, right?" Yan Yu poured herself a cup of hot tea and said slowly without caring.

"That's because he, Li Yunye, is stupid. Otherwise, why would the Li family let it go?"

"You have already eliminated the two robbers. Now there is no evidence. Even if Li Yunye has doubts, what can he do to you without evidence?"

"Miss Xuanyu knows a lot of things." She even knew that he had secretly dealt with two thugs. Zhao Chu couldn't help but secretly feel lucky that this woman was not an enemy of the Zhao family.

"From the fact that Madam Li has been neglected by Master Li for many years, it can be seen that the Zhuo family is unlikely to be a force of the Li family."

"No matter what, these two families are more or less related. We can't ignore this."

Xuanyu didn't say anything else, but just drank the warm tea in her hand thoughtfully.

"You promised me that you would help the Zhao family defeat the Li family..." Seeing that the other party was pretending to be deep again, Zhao Chu began to get impatient.

"I haven't forgotten my promise, Mr. Zhao, there's no need to remind me all the time."

“But it’s been a year…”

"It's getting late. Xuanyu needs to prepare for her performance tonight. Master Zhao should leave."

In the past, Li Yunye was completely devoted to her, so she could have kept him company with a lukewarm attitude and gotten some information about the Li family from him. But now, Li Yunye's drastic change in temperament was beyond her expectations, forcing her to approach him again and find a way to gain his trust.

"How can Miss Huanyu's wonderful performance be without my support, Zhao Chu?" After being ordered to leave, Zhao Chu naturally did not dare to stay any longer. When he stood up, he put on a greasy smile again.

"........."

"Speaking of which, doesn't Li Yunye consider Miss Xuanyu his benefactor now? Why didn't he come to support us tonight?"

"Nothing to do with you."

Xuanyu has learned from Ange that Li Yunye is no longer the drunkard and playboy he used to be. He stays away from places of entertainment and instead stays in a large courtyard with deep walls all day long, reading, writing and practicing the piano.

"Hmph." After being humiliated again, Zhao Chu also waved his sleeves with an unhappy look on his face and walked out of the room.

Half an incense stick later, the huge hall of Hongxiang Pavilion was already full of guests, and even the second floor had added many new elegant seats. The servants and maids serving wine and snacks were busy shuttling among the crowd. Just as the girls were flirting with the guests, a deep and distant sound of a piano rang out in the hall, and everyone immediately quieted down and looked at the central stage with lilac curtains hanging on all four sides.

The curtain slowly rose, and Huan Yu sat in the center of the stage in a simple and elegant dress. Her slender jade fingers danced lightly on the strings of the zither. The sound of the zither in the distant valley gradually changed in tone, as if leading the listeners into the cold and ethereal wonderland of the Moon Palace.

"A song enters the Moon Palace, and the fairies express their inner feelings." Under the guidance of the sound of the piano, many literati and poets have been obsessed with it.

However, it is cold at high altitudes, and although the music is ethereal and changing, the cold sound seeps into the hearts of every listener like a shadow, making people feel as if they are wrapped in the whistling cold wind again.

Suddenly, the sound of a zither became faint like a human voice, and a cold and lonely flute music took over, as if cold snowflakes were blowing towards the audience. In response to the sounds of the zither and the flute, everyone seemed to have fallen from the cold Moon Palace into an endless white snowy landscape. Silence, emptiness, loneliness and helplessness arose spontaneously.

The sound of the piano gradually stopped, but the sound of the flute continued. Huan Yu on the stage was dancing with two swords to the sound of the flute. She was soft but strong, and her sword blades were cold and white. As the flute sounded faster, the two swords also became sharp. Her dance was vigorous and powerful, and her rise and fall showed murderous intent, giving the listeners who were immersed in loneliness and sadness the power to survive, just like the brilliance of the clear moon shining down in the dark night.

"This song is "Moonlight", and the sword dance is also composed based on this song."

The performance was over, but everyone was still in shock. The curtain fell quietly, and it was only then that the clear voice of Huan Yu gradually woke everyone up.

"'Moonlight'? Could it be the long-lost piano score 'Moonlight'?" Naturally, there were many talented people who were well versed in music who came to support the performance, and they all looked surprised when they heard the title of the song.

"That's right." Behind the curtain, Xuanyu bowed and nodded in response.

"The moon in the cold palace locks the dancing shadow alone, the lonely night makes the world bright, I never thought that "Moonlight" would be found by Miss Yu..."

"It is a great honor for such a famous piece of music to be played by a master of zither art like Miss Yu."

"Yes, yes, I am fortunate to be able to listen to the famous song performed by Miss Yu. I have no regrets in my life!"

Huanyu left the stage amidst the applause of the whole house. The audience continued to praise her and felt that they were not satisfied yet. However, everyone knew the rules of the courtesan Huanyu. She would only play one song when she appeared on stage, and no one would allow her to make an exception.