Rebirth of a Concubine's Daughter

Caifu beside her looked visibly panicked.

Her young lady has always been spoiled by Mrs. Lu, and has been idle all day long. She has never been allowed to learn any music, chess, calligraphy or painting. Now the eldest and fourth young ladies asked Shen Nanyue to play in front of everyone. Isn't this embarrassing for her? Caifu just hopes that a Bodhisattva will come down to earth and help her young lady.

Everyone began to look around, wanting to see who this sister Shen Lingxi was talking about.

The men on the other side of the screen also went from whispering to each other at first to talking loudly, without any regard for her. After all, she was just a concubine's daughter of the Shen family, and no one took her seriously.

"Could this Miss Shen Wu be a toad? She doesn't even dare to show her face."

"That's what I see. Haven't you heard that the concubines of the Shen family are even more spoiled than the legitimate daughters? They don't take people seriously at all. I think the eldest daughter of the Shen family is afraid that she can't even invite this big Buddha."

"Ugly people are prone to mischief. If you ask me, the mistress of the Shen family is too kind. This kind of woman should be thrown into a brothel. Letting us brothers have fun is her blessing. Hahahaha..."

"Oh!"

"Ah, you...you...what are you doing?"

The terrified man lying on the ground at this moment was the one who had just spoken wildly and wanted to send Shen Nanyue to a brothel. He was Huang Sicun, the eldest son of the Huang family and the Minister of Rites.

Standing in front of him, looking down at him was Shen Yunzhi. This was the first time he had attacked someone. The table in front of Huang Sicun was kicked over and hit him hard. Shen Yunzhi's eyes looked murderous. At this moment, Huang Sicun was really scared.

"If you dare to say such nonsense again, I will knock out your teeth one by one!"

"you dare!"

"You can try to see if I dare."

"My...my father is...the Minister of Rites. Who the hell do you think you are? I'm going to have my father file a complaint with the Emperor. Let's see how long you can keep being so arrogant."

"Just go ahead, I'll be waiting for you."

"Oh, I see."

Huang Sicun climbed up as he spoke, pointing at Shen Yunzhi even more fiercely.

"No wonder, maybe I just mentioned that ugly thing and you got angry, so you were having sex with that ugly thing... I didn't expect you to have such a strong taste, that kind of...ah..."

Before Huang Sicun could finish his words, a teacup hit his mouth directly, breaking it and cutting his mouth at the same time, causing blood to flow out instantly.

“Ahh…who is it, blood, it’s all blood…ahhh…”

"Throw it out."

Lu Jiusi spoke softly without even turning his head. His ethereal voice was filled with coldness, which made people tremble with fear.

Soon, guards came forward and dragged Huang Sicun away, and the turmoil stopped temporarily.

"The emperor's uncle seems to be in a bad mood today."

The third grandson, Lu Yichen, picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and looked at Lu Jiusi with a slight smile in his eyes.

"You can go out too."

"Uncle Emperor, calm down. I won't say anything more."

Lu Yize withdrew his gaze, a smile on his face, but a hint of viciousness flashed across his eyes.

Not only Lu Jiusi, he hated everyone who stood in his way.

"Fifth sister, everyone has been waiting for you for so long, why are you still unwilling to come out and play?"

Shen Lingxi raised her voice again, forcing Shen Nanyan to come out and make a fool of herself.

"Miss Shen, you're pushing my sister out like this. It doesn't seem like you're really helping her. It seems like you're forcing her. Even though she's a concubine's daughter, she's still a daughter of your Shen family. You really don't show her any mercy at all."

Chu Xue's kindness in coming to the rescue was not because she knew Shen Nanyan, but because she simply disliked Shen Lingxi.

"In a situation like today, which girl wouldn't want to show her face? How can I not be helping her? Miss Chu, please don't destroy the relationship between us sisters."

In an instant, the two of them started to compete secretly again, and the invisible swords stabbed into each other's bodies again and again. The banquet was more like a house fight.

No matter how they argued, it was all because of Shen Nanyan. Shen Nanyan knew that she couldn't escape, so she had no choice but to slowly stand up. When everyone saw her little face clearly, they all fell silent.

"Ms. Shen, you...why not postpone it? Many people didn't go to play anyway."

Fan Yujun seemed to see the intentions of Shen Lingxi and her sister, and whispered to comfort Shen Nanyan.

"It doesn't matter."

Shen Nanyan lowered her head and smiled at her, then walked forward.

Just this smile in the sunshine dazzled many people. Although all the people here were women, it did not prevent them from marveling at Shen Nanyue's beautiful face.

Shen Nanyan, who stopped in the center, bowed slightly before speaking.

"This is my first time attending this kind of banquet. I hope you will forgive me if there are any shortcomings."

While everyone was still marveling at her beauty, Shen Nanyan turned around and looked at Wei Xinyue.

"Thank you Miss Wei for your hospitality today. What my eldest sister just said is indeed correct. I couldn't come originally, but I did something wrong a few days ago and was punished by the Madam. My injuries haven't healed yet, and it's not easy for me to show up while sick. But my sisters wanted me to show up, so I came reluctantly to bother you. However, I'm not very good at playing the zither that my sisters mentioned. The Madam loves me and is afraid that I will tire myself out. She forbids me from doing anything like needlework, chess, calligraphy, or painting, so I only know a little bit. If you don't mind, I'll show off my skills to liven up the atmosphere."

"Shen..."

Shen Lingxi almost couldn't hold back her temper, and curse words were about to come out of her mouth. Fortunately, the maid Juhua grabbed her and she was able to endure it. But her delicate little face almost turned the color of pig liver.

"My mother is so distressed and loves you bastards so much. Otherwise, how could you have such a leisurely and comfortable life?"

"That's what Big Sister said."

Shen Lingxi seemed to have punched cotton. Shen Nanyan didn't respond at all. She lowered her head slightly, and followed her wishes in a weak manner. This made her even more angry, but she could only hold it in her heart.

"Since Miss Fifth wants to show off her ugliness, let's see how ugly she can be."

Wei Xinyue is also a legitimate daughter, and her subconscious mind naturally stands with Shen Lingxi. Although Shen Nanyan has said that she can't come because of injury, she still has no good feelings towards Shen Nanyan.

As soon as she finished speaking, a maid came over and invited Shen Nanyan to the position of the guqin. Shen Nanyan didn't say anything else. Anyway, she had said what she wanted to say. As for what others thought of her, that was their business.

To be honest, Shen Nanyan really wasn't very good at playing the piano, and it was indeed Mrs. Lu who had wasted her time. But now that she had Wu You to help her, she naturally had nothing to worry about or be afraid of.

Sitting down in front of the guqin, she stretched out her slender jade fingers and casually plucked the strings twice. Wu You's song was already ready in her mind, so Shen Nanyan paused for a moment, then reached out and touched the strings again.

In an instant, an unknown tune flowed out from Shen Nanyan's pink fingertips, her sleeves fluttered like dancing, like the fluttering of butterfly wings. This sound did not belong to this world. Although the reason was unclear, one could still distinguish the artistic conception of the song. It was like the sound of mountains and flowing water, beautiful and melodious, reaching the highest point. It made people want to live and die with the sound of the piano, as if they had fallen into the fairyland.