Shengjing Noble

In his previous life, my eldest brother suffered humiliation and abuse, but he never thought of speaking out. It was not entirely for dignity, but more because he did not want to worry his relatives.

He didn't want to be a burden to his mother and siblings, so he struggled to survive on his own until he could no longer hold on.

The third brother was of noble character, aloof and stubborn. In his previous life, he hid in the mountains alone and waited for death. Just like his eldest brother, he was afraid of dragging down his family.

And the fourth brother would rather have his hands and feet chopped off, his eyes gouged out, and his tongue cut out than ask Lu Wanjun for money to pay off his gambling debts.

To put it bluntly, the three brothers were all capable men. They had to bear the consequences of their own mistakes and would rather die than implicate her and their mother.

Moreover, in her previous life, her three brothers had protected her and left her a sum of money and a suicide note that they secretly hid after their death.

The contents of those three letters were so heartbreaking that Su Lanyin still dares not recall them.

She grabbed the third brother's hand and smiled brightly.

"Third brother, we will never lose in this life!"

Su Shengyun was stunned, not understanding what was going on but still nodded.

"Well, I won't let you lose."

He turned to look at the students he was on good terms with, bowed, and said sincerely: "I hope you can be fair and treat me fairly."

No one expected that the third brother, who had always been arrogant and ruthless because of his talent, would actually bow to them.

Then, one of the students who admired the third brother the most was the first to react, and he laughed and joked: "I didn't expect that Third Brother Su would bow to us sometimes."

The others also joked: "Yeah, it seems that our sister is the closest. Don't worry, we are all upright people, and we will be absolutely fair and just!"

"That's right. We are not those who seek to curry favor with the powerful!"

Then someone spoke very loudly, causing the prince's staff to lower their heads and look away guiltily.

Fu Mingheng glared at this side coldly, then turned and whispered something to the person next to him.

The guard nodded and retreated quietly.

After a while, an old man walked out from the back of the crowd. He was the former Prince's tutor, Lord Kang. He has now retired and holds an idle position, but in the eyes of everyone, he is still highly respected.

As soon as he appeared, a group of people came forward to support him humbly.

Lord Kang sat on the armchair, stroking his gray beard. He looked at the two girls from the Su family with his cloudy eyes and couldn't help but chuckle.

"You two each have your own strengths. If we really want to talk about winning or losing, I think the one who can refresh people's eyes and ears should be the winner."

This statement is almost a foregone conclusion.

Su Lanyin was not surprised, after all, this old Kang had also appeared in her previous life.

However, he only appeared in the second half of the poetry competition.

It was also him who, with just a few words, made Su Shengyun's real talent and knowledge lose to Su Lanxin's despicable plagiarism!

Although some people do not agree with what Mr. Kang said, he was once the Grand Tutor, so who dares to refute him?

Su Lanyin thought of the frustration of her third brother's defeat in her previous life, and anger burned in her heart.

If Third Brother had not lost the poetry competition to Su Lanxin, he would not have been so devastated, and would not have given that vicious prostitute the opportunity to take advantage of him.

Thinking of this, she smiled faintly and stepped forward to salute respectfully: "I, Su Lanyin, greet Mr. Kang."

Seeing her like this, disdain flashed in Kang Lao's eyes. He stroked his beard and spoke in a condescending tone.

"You are just a yellow-haired girl, yet you dare to talk about a piece of music like High Mountains and Flowing Water. With your mind and knowledge, are you qualified to talk about such a magnificent piece of music?"

He ridiculed her in such a way that if it were someone else, they would have probably run away in disgrace.

But Su Lanyin was not afraid of him, nor did she respect him.

To put it bluntly, isn't he just an old man who curries favor with the powerful?

In order to please the prince, one can confuse right and wrong, deceive one's conscience and talk nonsense.

Since he is so disrespectful to his elders, why should she respect him?

"What Mr. Kang meant by that is that only men can play the guitar in the mountains and rivers, and we women are not worthy of it?"

"Humph, what vision can a woman have? She is just copying others and doesn't understand the artistic conception at all."

The old man was extremely arrogant and held his chin up in disdain.

Su Lanyin's smile deepened, excitement flashed in her eyes, and she couldn't help but raise her voice.

"So Elder Kang looks down on women! I remember that the Empress became close friends with His Majesty because of a piece of music called "High Mountains and Flowing Water". It turns out that women are not worthy of playing this piece of music. I will tell His Majesty what Elder Kang said when I enter the palace next time!"

The old man's face fell instantly, and he pointed at her angrily: "Who do you think you are? You dare to dream of talking to the emperor? You have no sense of shame!"

When these words were spoken, even the people around couldn't help but laugh at them.

After all, in the eyes of outsiders, she was just a concubine's daughter of a small-time official of the sixth rank.

Not to mention entering the palace, I'm afraid I don't even have the qualifications to take a look at the palace gate.

Unfortunately, they were all wrong.

Su Lanyin smiled and seemingly casually took out a jade pendant with a dragon pattern from her bosom, then hung it on her fingertips and shook it twice in public.

"Oh, what is this? Oh, this is the jade pendant given to me by the Emperor. He said he would grant me a wish, so he asked me to report it to him as soon as I thought of it."

Everyone's face changed drastically, and even Elder Kang couldn't help but tense up.

Unfortunately, this is nothing.

Then, Su Lanyin took out another jade pendant and hung it next to the previous one, laughing even more wildly.

"What is this? Oh, this is the jade pendant of my master, Master Xue. He said that if I hold this, I can freely enter and leave the palace to see him. I don't know if it's true."

After saying that, she winked playfully and looked at Lord Kang.

"Mr. Kang, do you think my master, Doctor Xue, can enter the palace at will?"

Mr. Kang could hardly sit still at this moment. If he hadn't been holding on, he would have been frightened and fallen off his chair.

He swallowed, and his hands that were touching his beard began to tremble. It took him a long while to force a smile.

"I was just talking casually just now. This piece of music, High Mountains and Flowing Water, is naturally something that anyone can play..."

"Really?" Su Lanyin interrupted him unceremoniously, "But I remember that Elder Kang said that women have no vision, let alone artistic conception? I will definitely ask to see the Queen someday and ask her in person whether what Elder Kang said is right or wrong!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a "bang" and the old man fell off the chair, his legs going limp with fear.

How could he have imagined that the illegitimate daughter of an ordinary sixth-rank official would have such a powerful background?

Not only is there Doctor Xue’s jade pendant, but there is also a jade pendant awarded by the emperor!

In fact, Su Lanyin still had the Seventh Prince's jade pendant that she hadn't taken out yet. She mainly gave it to Cuizhu and asked her to deliver the purse.

Don’t let me load everything I can today!

All those people who had been disdainful of Su Lanyin just now changed their expressions and no longer showed any disrespect.