Liu Jingcheng stood behind Hua Xiyu and glanced at the ladies coldly. His intention to support her was very obvious. Although it was a bit unreasonable, thanks to the rumors, everyone seemed to have tacitly agreed that the rumors would soon become facts.

Qingxing was so anxious that she was about to cry. So many people were bullying the young lady and she was unable to help. She was so worried that she was running around in circles. She asked Hongmei to ask the madam and the fourth young lady to come over. Hongmei had been gone for such a long time but no one came. She was almost dying of anxiety.

The eldest and second young masters were being surrounded by a group of the second young master's classmates and were about to compete. Besides, they were men and it was not convenient for them to argue with women. As a servant, she had no right to speak and she was so anxious that she cried.

She knew that the young lady had never liked studying since she was young, and she must have learned nothing since she came to Shuiyue Temple. Wouldn't it be intentional to embarrass the young lady by competing with others in music, chess, calligraphy and painting?

Zheng Wanran's maid had already placed the piano. She sat in front of the piano and looked at Hua Xiyu provocatively, "Miss Hua, where is your piano?"

"I don't have a piano, and I didn't know you wanted to play the piano when I came." Hua Xiyu really didn't have a piano, and she was really not sure if she could play the zheng. She imagined that she should be able to play the piano and violin, but she was a little unsure about this ancient instrument.

"Hahaha" there was a burst of laughter, "Miss Hua, is that possible?"

Qingxing was extremely anxious. She guessed that the young lady would not do that, but what should she do now? Why hadn't the Madam and the Fourth Young Lady come yet? She wanted to ask Prince Hong for help, but she didn't dare to open her mouth.

She was looking for the eldest and second young masters in the crowd, but at that moment, Hua Hongming was surrounded by a group of classmates who were about to compete, and he couldn't get away. Hua Hongming hurriedly went to find his mother and fourth sister to rescue his eldest sister.

"You can't play the piano but you still act like a big shot"

"Ouch, slap yourself on the face, twenty times"

As everyone was talking, Hua Jiayi came over panting with a pipa in her arms, "Sister, sister, your pipa is here."

Qingxing stomped her feet and wanted to go forward and pull the fourth young lady away, but wouldn't that just cause more trouble?

Hua Xiyu looked at the pipa and his eyes lit up. Doesn't it look very similar to a guitar? Let's choose it.

Qingxing was pulled by Hua Xiyu, and the lady took the pipa. Then someone brought a stool quickly. Hua Xiyu got into position and looked at Zheng Wanran with a smug look on her face, "Freckles girl, you go first."

"You..." Zheng Wanran snorted. She was a lady, a lady, a lady from a noble family. She would not argue with this uneducated woman.

She calmed herself down and then plucked the strings of the zither. The beautiful sound of the zither flowed like a stream in the forest. Hua Xiyu also thought it was good, but it was a pity that the strings were made of silk, not metal. The sound was a bit low and short, and the lingering sound was not enough. No matter how well the song was written, the effect would not be good.

When the song was over, everyone praised it. It was indeed a good performance. This was Zheng Wanran's normal level. Today, when she was competing with others, she had already performed beyond her normal level.

"Miss Hua, it's your turn." Zheng Wanran looked at her arrogantly. Without her saying anything, someone next to her naturally joined in.

As the saying goes, there is no coincidence in the world. Some things are just so coincidental. Hua Xiyu had zither strings in her backpack. They were originally tools used to kill people. She was surprised to see these strings when she was packing up last night. She immediately thought of the uses of the strings, so she put them all in the backpack last night. Now she wants to use them first. She despises herself for losing to the ancients.

She waved to Qingxing, motioning for her to bring the backpack over. Qingxing handed over the bag she was carrying for the young lady. She replaced all the strings of the pipa with her own metal strings, and after testing the sound, she thought for a moment and decided to play "Ode to Joy". It was simple, beautiful and pleasant to listen to.

When the beautiful melody sounded, the whole audience fell silent. The timbre of metal strings is naturally much better than that of silk strings. The treble is crisp and bright, the midrange is soft, and the bass is strong and deep. It was originally a symphony, but when played with a pipa, it had a different flavor. Hua Xiyu himself was surprised that playing the pipa as a guitar had such an unexpected effect.

When the song ended, the whole place fell silent. Even the servants serving in the distance stopped their work and listened quietly to the beautiful music.

"How about it, Freckles girl, are you convinced?" she asked provocatively.

Without giving Zheng Wanran a chance to speak, he looked at the crowd watching and asked, "Who do you think won?"

"That doesn't count. How can one tell the level of a piece of music from just one song? Maybe Miss Hua has been practicing this piece of music day after day in Shuiyue Temple for several years."

"Yes, you should play a few more songs. One song cannot explain the problem."

This is a bit shameless, but Hua Xiyu didn't care. He said to everyone, "How about this, I can play the song you play after listening to it once, and you can listen to the song I play once and then play it again, and we can see who plays more accurately. This is fair."

"That's good, it can show one's true level." Those who make a fuss are those who can't play the piano, while those who can really play the piano keep silent.

"Tsk, you guys are so aggressive, but if we really want to compete, no one dares to accept the challenge." She made a contemptuous gesture, but of course no one understood what she meant.

Everyone looked at each other, not because they were afraid of not being able to beat Hua Xiyu, but because they were afraid of exposing their true level. Beating Hua Xiyu would not be a glorious thing, but losing would be a huge loss of face.

Zheng Wanran also had a look of disbelief on her face. She didn't believe that Hua Xiyu had such a talent, but the song she played just now was so beautiful, obviously better than hers. She was afraid that people would think of the incident of being slapped twenty times, so she shrank aside and said nothing.

Of course, Hua Xiyu didn't really mean to make things difficult for her. After all, everyone was bored and wanted to have some fun.

She quickly removed the strings, tied them up in a circle, and did not put them in the backpack. The backpack would eventually be kept, and since Hua Jiayi liked it so much, she would leave it to her. As long as she had the ability to open it, she could just cut the bag open with scissors and it would be ruined.

Qingxing packed two sets of clothes into the bag, and gave the rest of the things to Ma Biao last night.

Even the chocolates were put in the bag, otherwise, I should have given some chocolates to the two children today.

In the backyard of Prince Xuan's mansion, Miao Xinyi was being led by a maid to go to the toilet. After going around in circles, the maid disappeared. She looked around but no one showed up, so she had to go find the toilet by herself.

The Prince Xuan's Palace was very large, but there were only two toilets for guests. The one for female guests was next to the lotus pond. The season had passed, and now there were only a few withered lotus leaves left. Miao Xinyi looked at the withered lotus leaves in the pond and couldn't help but sigh about her own fate. She wasn't paying attention and stepped on something. She stumbled and fell directly into the lotus pond. The water was not very deep, but the silt was very deep. It was absolutely impossible for her to get out by herself.

Her maid Xianglan reached out to grab it but couldn't reach it. She wanted to call for help but didn't dare to. She was extremely anxious. At this moment Zhou Jingfeng happened to pass by. Seeing this situation, he asked politely, "Do you need my help?"

If you help me, it's not appropriate for men and women to touch each other. It's hard to explain if there is physical contact. If you don't help me, it will be even more embarrassing to be stuck in the lotus pond like this. Now my clothes are wet and my body is covered in black mud. My reputation will be ruined if anyone sees me.

Miao Xinyi looked around. Most people were in the garden watching the young ladies competing in piano playing. As long as no one noticed and she didn't say anything, no one would know about it. So she gritted her teeth and said, "Mr. Zhou, please help me."

In fact, it is very simple to help. Just hand her a bamboo pole, and the two of them can pull her to shore without any physical contact. It's just that Miao Xinyi was in a hurry and didn't expect that Zhou Jingfeng was just using her tricks.

Without saying a word, he jumped into the lotus pond, stepped on the mud and walked to Miao Xinyi, and hugged her directly. Anyway, they were both covered in mud, so no one should look down on the other. Just as he was about to get ashore, Yiqi came over in a panic, "Hey, cousin, what are you and Mr. Zhou doing..."

"It's none of my business." Zhou Jingfeng loosened his hands and threw Miao Xinyi to the ground.

Then the servants in Prince Xuan's mansion, Princess Xuan, Liu Yunxuan, the eldest princess, Miss Pan II and others all gathered around and just happened to see Zhou Jingfeng throwing the man to the ground.

"What are you doing?" Princess Xuan looked at the two of them in confusion.

"The young lady just accidentally fell into the pond, and Master Zhou was just trying to help save her," the maid Xianglan explained anxiously.

Miao Xinyi fell to the ground. Due to the stickiness of the mud, her dress had been torn to pieces. Her shoes had fallen off, leaving her feet bare. Her clothes were half open, with the buttons torn open by the mud. She looked extremely miserable.

Miao Xinyi's heart sank. She couldn't keep it secret anymore. Her reputation was ruined. Who could she marry in the future? She felt so unlucky and cried sadly.

In the eyes of the Princess and Princess Xuan, this meant that they wanted Master Zhou to marry her. “Miss Miao, this happened in my house. If you need my intervention, just let me know,” Princess Xuan said, and then signaled the maid to take Miss Miao to bathe and change clothes.

Miao Xinyi followed in such a mess, no one was willing to put a robe on her to cover her mess. Most importantly, it was all mud, Zhou Jingfeng decisively took off his clothes, anyway, it was all mud, it was better to cover it than not.

Looking at the receding figure, the eldest princess sneered, "It's like a toad wanting to eat swan flesh. It's wishful thinking."

After Miao Xinyi changed her clothes, she was sent directly back to the Miao Mansion. What happened next had to be discussed by the parents of both parties. Princess Xuan was too lazy to pay attention. Yiqi hurried to the garden. Now that the matter was settled, he had to inform his master.

The eldest princess gave a wink to the servants of the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion, and they followed Yiqi to the garden.

In the garden, it was impossible for Hua Xiyu to slip away quietly. Hua Jiayi had been staring at her. She didn't expect that this stupid woman could play the pipa, and played it so beautifully. Not only did she not embarrass herself, but she also amazed her. She hated Hua Xiyu so much that her mouth was crooked. Seeing Hua Xiyu was about to leave, she stepped forward and stopped her, "I didn't expect that my elder sister could play the pipa so well." Hua Jiayi grabbed her sleeve hard to prevent her from leaving.

Hua Xiyu didn't want to leave, but just didn't want to get entangled with these people. It was almost 12 o'clock and it was time to have lunch in the palace. There was no one by the river during lunch time. It didn't make sense for her to jump into the river by herself. She would have to be pushed into the river by someone so that she could escape. Seeing Hua Jiayi, what a perfect person to take the blame. Isn't this the result she wanted?

"Haha, I can't say I'm better than others, but I'm still better than you. Do you want to compete?" She leaned close to Hua Jiayi and said in a low voice.

Hua Jiayi was stunned and didn't respond. Hua Xiyu continued, "Not only do I look better than you, I also play the piano better than you, draw better than you, and write better than you. These are not important. The most important thing is that I marry someone better than you in this life."

Hua Jiayi broke through the defense and slapped over. Hua Xiyu tilted his head and the slap hit his tiara directly. Hua Xiyu used a little more force and the tiara fell off, revealing Hua Xiyu's short hair.

Everyone was stunned by this sudden change. They didn't expect the two sisters to fight, and what was even more unexpected was that Miss Hua actually had short hair. The "Book of Filial Piety" said, "The body and hair are given by parents. One should not damage them. This is the beginning of filial piety. To behave properly and make a name for oneself in future generations to honor one's parents is this: filial piety is the end."

The woman had short hair, either because she was young and her hair had not grown yet, or because she had made a mistake and was punished. Hua Xiyu was obviously the latter.

Qingxing cried anxiously, "Miss wanted to go home but had no money, so she cut her long hair to exchange for silver." Hua Xiyu had prepared this excuse for them a long time ago.

With tears in his eyes, Hua Xiyu said pitifully and aggrievedly, "I wanted to go home early to see my parents, but I had no money. The only valuable thing on me was my long hair, so I cut it off."

Then, covering her face with her hands, she ran to the river crying, and without hesitation jumped in, jumped in, and jumped in.

A graceful arc passed by people's eyes, like a flying light and shadow, and fell down in an instant. Then everyone just stared blankly at what was happening before their eyes.

The beach of Yanshui River is very large. If it was other areas, the jump would not fall into the water. Instead, the jump would break the legs directly on the beach, because the river bank is not high and no one would die from the fall.

However, a river embankment was built on this section of the river bank near Xuanwangfu, and a platform was built with wooden boards here for the convenience of fishing, commonly known as the Diaoyutai. The rainy season had just passed, and the river water rose sharply. Hua Xiyu jumped and landed directly in the shallow water on the river beach. Nothing happened to him. There was still some distance from the center of the river. The water on the river beach just reached his knees, so he had to swim forward.

She hid under the Diaoyutai, listened carefully to the movements above, and slowly took out a balloon from her trouser pocket and slowly blew it up. The balloon was filled with a lot of cinnabar. In order to make it stronger, she put another balloon inside the balloon. After it was inflated, she tied a knot. Everything was perfect.

It was a long time before she heard someone shouting from above. She sneered inwardly, "What a slow reaction."

Suddenly she felt someone approaching from behind. She thought it was those young men and women. She was about to act miserable and cry, but before she could turn around, someone covered her mouth from behind and said, "Don't make a sound." With the other hand, he pinched her carotid artery.

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