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Looking at the dignified, handsome and heroic young man in the bronze mirror, Zhou Chang suddenly realized that he had fallen into a misconception of thinking.

If you want to appreciate handsome guys but cannot become one yourself, then you can only look in the mirror every day.

If you want to appreciate handsome guys, you have to be around them so that you can see them every day.

No wonder ugly men in the world don’t think they are ugly, because as long as they don’t look in the mirror, they will see beauties everywhere. The opposite is not true. It is not enough for women to dress up all day long, they are also afraid that they are not beautiful enough when looking in the mirror. It is because ugly men have seen them.

Zhou Chang got up very early today and it took him more than an hour to get ready. He then had a quick breakfast with the Grand Master of Music Gong Ming. After the carriage sent by the palace arrived, they each brought two female disciples, one holding a zither and the other holding an incense burner, and got on two carriages one after the other to go into the palace.

The group entered from Xihua Gate and went straight into the harem.

Although he knew that it was impolite to look around in the imperial palace, Zhou Chang still regarded himself as a scanner and tried his best to take in everyone who passed by.

If she could see some officials in the court who were able to enter the palace, since their ranks were not low, then she would be able to jump to a higher level of status later.

Unfortunately, Xihua Gate leads directly to the Imperial Garden without passing through the former court. Although there are quite a few men seen along the way, they are all eunuchs.

After turning countless corners and passing through countless doors, the view in front of him suddenly opened up, and Zhou Chang knew that he had arrived at the Imperial Garden.

Once she entered the Imperial Garden, she lowered her head and eyes, not daring to look closely.

The main reason is that the customers in this dimension are just like her, entering the palace for the first time. Everything they see is new to them, so they place orders crazily.

Fortunately, although the imperial palace has green tiles, red eaves, carved beams and painted buildings, it is full of terraces and pavilions.

Large and fixed objects cannot be ordered or transferred. I walked through the corridors, paths, rockery and flower beds of the Imperial Garden without hearing any reminder to place an order.

After walking around for a long time, the group finally arrived in front of a two-story palace.

The eunuch who was leading the way finally stopped and turned around and said, "We have arrived at the Qiongtai. Please follow me, the two music masters, to greet the ladies."

"Yes." Zhou Chang answered along with the Grand Master of Music.

Several people entered Qiongtai and went up to the second floor.

The second floor consists of three open halls, one inside and one outside. All the partition doors are opened to form a connecting hall. The windows on all four sides are also opened because of the good spring weather, illuminating the entire second floor.

Zhou Chang originally thought that she could not become a concubine in the palace directly due to her current male identity. However, she did not expect that as soon as she entered, she would see women of all kinds sitting on three sides of the hall, dressed elegantly and gorgeously.

There was nothing blocking their way in front of them, no beaded curtains, gauze curtains, or even screens. They were all looking forward to her coming in, and when they saw her come in, they all cast expectant, excited, curious, and scrutinizing glances at her.

The eunuch who led the way stopped outside the second door and bowed to report: "Your Highness, Imperial Concubine Yi, Grand Master of Music Gong Ming and Master of Music Xiao Lan are here to see you."

Then Gong Ming and Xiao Lan stepped forward and knelt down to pay their respects.

Concubine Yi called out.

The two of them bowed deeply to the queens of the palace and the ladies of the mansions on both sides.

After the ceremony, Concubine Yi spoke first: "Xiao Sile, come forward."

Zhou Chang took a step forward and bowed again.

Imperial Concubine Yi sat in the seat of honor and looked down at him: "Well, he is indeed as their legends say, handsome and talented."

"Your Majesty, you are too kind." Zhou Chang didn't dare to look up again. Yu Guangzhong had already glanced at most of the people in the hall.

All around my ears was the sound of "ding, ding, ding..." the system placing orders, all of which were red hairpins, gold rings and red chains, silk flower accessories, clothes, skirts, jackets and headscarves.

Zhou Chang was so annoyed that he had to concentrate 120% of his attention to hear the words clearly.

"Xiao Sile does not need to be so modest. Your Majesty has not bestowed upon him the title of 'national expert' in vain. We ladies in the deep palace will all be all ears." Imperial Concubine Yi is already over fifty years old, but thanks to good maintenance, she is neither fat nor thin and looks even less than forty.

Zhou Chang didn't know what else to say, so he could only bow deeply again.

Afterwards, the eunuch took the two of them downstairs and put them in a separate room on the first floor to wait and rest.

Not long after, the sound of stringed instruments and orchestras came from upstairs, and I knew that the banquet had begun.

Next, the sounds of singing, dancing and playing music could be heard, mixed with the laughter of women, creating a lively and peaceful scene.

After waiting for about another hour, a eunuch finally came in to report and led Zhou Chang upstairs again.

Zhou Chang took the two female disciples up to the second floor again and found that a platform had been put up in the middle of the outer hall. A piano table was placed on the platform and cushions were placed under the table. Everything was ready.

Two female disciples came forward, one put the guqin away, and the other lit the incense in the incense burner.

It was Zhou Chang’s first time to perform in person, and she was so nervous that her heart was pounding. But as soon as she sat down and placed her hands on the strings, she felt calm again, just like she had yesterday, and a surge of energy ran through her body.

She simply let herself step back and watch the pair of hands with distinct knuckles and slender like green onions slowly rise and then lightly fall.

Gently stroking and plucking the guqin, it emits a "ding ding dong dong" sound that sounds like the sound of nature.

Zhou Chang was simply intoxicated by it, and no one could hear any human voices in the world around him. There were only the subtle sounds of music and the secluded valleys in the empty mountains.

After an unknown amount of time, the sound of the piano gradually faded away.

Zhou Chang was still immersed in it, while Xiao Lan did not move from his seat, only slightly bowed and nodded.

"Good, it's really good." Concubine Yi came back to her senses after a while, but because of her limited vocabulary, she couldn't say anything else.

The ladies below also followed suit and cast admiring glances.

These ladies, though noble and elegant on the surface, are in fact only barely literate, and their musical appreciation is even lower. The reason why they all show great interest is just to pretend to be cultured.

"Your Majesty, although these songs are good, none of them is Xiao Sile's masterpiece." A young woman's voice came from nowhere.

Only then did Zhou Chang discover that behind the concubines and noble ladies on both sides, there was a row of low floor-length screens, and there were people sitting behind the screens.

Oh……

She immediately understood from Xiao Lan's common sense that the ladies in the front row who could be seen were all married, while those who could not be seen behind the screen were princesses, county ladies, and unmarried young ladies from various mansions.

A young and beautiful concubine under Concubine Yi asked, "Oh, yes, the princess is a music lover and has been talking about Xiao Sile a lot these days. Since Your Highness knows Xiao Sile so well, why don't you just tell us the name of the piece and ask Xiao Sile to play it? That will be a treat for everyone."

"Yes, yes..." Some people below echoed.

"Hmm..." The princess behind the screen seemed to think seriously, and then she said in Zhou Chang's direction, "I heard that Xiao Sile has a song called "Ancient Love Song", which became famous when he was young. I wonder if I can play it today?" "When people mature, they learn to wait, waiting for problems to disappear on their own."