Dad, open the door. I'll bring your mistress back for you.

"You've only studied for two days, and I thought you were being modest. But I'm afraid you've exaggerated a lot in these two days." An Zhiyao said with a sneer.

If Shen Chuning could still refute and refute in the morning class, it turns out that she really knows nothing about this music class.

Bai Yu glanced at An Zhiyao and asked, "Why, Miss An, do you think you are so proficient that you can even laugh at others?"

"You were the worst student among the three of you. Now someone who's not as good as you has come. Shouldn't you be grateful profusely? Why are you teasing him?"

When Shen Chuning heard this, her eyes lit up. This gentleman was to her liking. She would be even happier if she was not in the control group.

"Did your hand grow out today? Are you not very skilled in using it yet?"

"I haven't seen you today. Have you suddenly gained weight? Why is it that one finger can press two strings?"

"Are you nervous? Your hands are shaking like this. Do you think you have some serious illness?"

……

Shen Chuning spent the entire class listening to the beautiful piano music mixed with Mr. Bai Yu's sharp tongue.

Of course, Shen Chuning didn't touch the piano again the entire afternoon, because, as Mr. Bai Yu said, "A pig stepping on the piano would sound better than you playing it."

After school, Bai Yu held his zither and stopped at the entrance of the waterside pavilion. "Miss Shen, come with me."

Princess Nan Yan paused as she put away her zither. "Sir, there are still some things Nan Yan doesn't understand. I wonder if I can go with Sister Chu Ning to ask you for advice?"

"What do you want to learn? How can I surpass me? Looking at your fingering, it's no exaggeration to say that you're an expert at the piano. Why bother pretending to be incompetent?"

"I... I didn't..." Princess Nan Yan's eyes were instantly filled with tears.

"Yan'er, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent me some cloth to choose from this afternoon. I can't make up my mind. Come with me back to Chunxi Palace and help me pick one." Xiao Jinyu spoke up to help Princess Nan Yan out of her predicament.

Shen Chuning looked at Princess Nan Yan, then at Bai Yu, not knowing what to do.

"Aren't you leaving yet?" Bai Yu urged her.

Shen Chuning looked at Xiao Jinyu for help, wanting her to save her as well. However, Xiao Jinyu nodded at her and left with Princess Nan Yan.

Bai Yu took Shen Chuning to the prince's residence on the edge of the harem.

There is a palace here for him to rest temporarily.

Bai Yu poured Shen Chuning a cup of tea and asked, "Who is Shen Qingyuan to you?"

"In reply to your question, sir, Shen Qingyuan is An Ning's fourth uncle. Has sir met your fourth uncle?"

"I have some friendship with Qingyuan. Do you have many young ladies in your family, Miss Shen Jiu?"

"There is only one girl in this generation, An Ning, and she is ranked along with her brothers."

Bai Yu breathed a sigh of relief. "I thought I had recognized the wrong person. I always heard Qingyuan say how great his niece was, but after meeting her today, she's just so-so."

Shen Chuning blushed, "I am a little unintelligible about music, and I have tarnished Fourth Uncle's reputation."

"Cough" Bai Yu covered his mouth and coughed, "Your fourth uncle doesn't have a very good reputation."

"Try and see if you can blow it." Bai Yu handed Shen Chuning a flute.

Shen Chuning put the flute to her lips and blew gently, and a melodious sound came out of the flute.

"Not bad. It seems your talent isn't in playing the piano. Come practice your flute here after every class."

Shen Chuning's face immediately fell, "Sir, do you have a grudge against my fourth uncle?"

"I've already made it clear in advance. My fourth uncle is my fourth uncle, and I am me. You can seek revenge on my fourth uncle, but can you please not target me?"

"I have no grudge against your fourth uncle. Besides, I wish I could find him." There was a hint of loneliness in Bai Yu's voice.

"Why are you making things difficult for me if there's no grudge? I'm really not interested in these things. Please let me go."

Shen Chuning presented the flute with both hands.

Bai Yu didn't reach out to take it, but instead asked, "Do you know that a good zither player can hurt people with the sound of his zither?"

Shen Chuning's eyes widened as she asked happily, "Really? Then I want to learn the piano. How long will it take before I can hurt people with the sound of the piano? Wouldn't that mean I'll become a martial arts master in the future?"

Bai Yu rolled his eyes, "Fake."

"To reach that level, one needs to use internal strength. It's the internal strength of the person playing the zither that really hurts others."

"Besides, you don't even have the talent to play the piano, let alone hurting others with music."

With every word Bai Yu spoke, Shen Chuning's face fell a little.

Shen Chuning: "Then what did you say? Sure enough, you are the same kind of person as my fourth uncle, and you only know how to bully children."

Bai Yu seemed to have heard something interesting and laughed happily, "I just said that you are talented in playing the flute."

Shen Chuning had already lost interest and said perfunctorily, "So what if you have talent? Can playing the flute really hurt someone? Doesn't it require internal strength? When the flute sounds, will steel needles fly out?"

"Although the flute cannot directly injure people, it can captivate people and does not require any inner strength, which is perfect for situations like yours."

Shen Chuning asked: "How long will it take to master it?"

Bai Yu scratched his head. "Don't be too impatient for success. This requires understanding. I learned it in less than two years and made some progress. Your fourth uncle has studied it for seven or eight years and has made no progress."

Hearing this, Shen Chuning became deflated again.

Seeing Shen Chuning's hesitation, Bai Yu continued, "I think you are indeed talented. Even if you can't learn to captivate people, you can still play an ordinary instrument and cultivate your sentiments. Isn't this what girls from your noble families value most? So, do you want to learn?"

Shen Chuning nodded helplessly.

"Then I will accept you as my disciple today. You must study hard and don't ruin my reputation."

Shen Chuning didn't understand. "You teach us music, doesn't that make you a master?"

Bai Yu looked fierce but was actually weak. "How can inviting me to teach you be the same as me personally accepting you as a disciple?"

Shen Chuning knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Bai Yu, "Master, please accept my disciple's greetings."

Bai Yu smiled with satisfaction and nodded, "This flute is a gift from your master to you."

Shen Chuning muttered "stingy" under her breath.

Shen Chuning suddenly thought of what happened in class today and asked, "Master, do you hate Princess Nan Yan?"

Bai Yu was stunned for a moment, "Why do you ask that?"

Shen Chuning: "Don't teachers usually favor diligent and studious students? Why are you avoiding Princess Nanyan?"

"I'm not hiding from her. She's really good at learning, even before I taught her. I don't have anything else to teach her."

Shen Chuning stared at Bai Yu intently: "You can see that Princess Nan Yan is interested in you, right?"