Concubine of the Prime Minister's Mansion: Abandoned concubine is not easy to mess with

Chapter 56

"It was sent by Prince Ding's mansion!" Every time Gan Fu went to Xian Wang's mansion, no one would follow her, so she stayed at home and pointed to the things on the table. The qin is called Fengming Qin. The strings are made of thousand-year-old ice silk, and the sound is soft. I will give it to the young lady for tomorrow's competition. This suit is also specially prepared by the prince for the young lady. It is made of snow silkworm brocade, as well as jewelry, rouge and gouache. , are the best things of 'Yipintang'!"

Gamf opened the box, and the light blue clothes shone faintly in the sunlight.The snow silkworm brocade is unique to Wenfei, and no one in Nanming dares to wear it except him.Snow silkworms grow in extremely cold places, grow slowly, and reproduce very slowly, so the number is naturally reduced. The average snow silkworm takes ten years to spin silk, and its life is over after forming a cocoon.It takes a thousand cocoons to produce a piece of snow silkworm brocade silk, so this snow silkworm brocade can only produce one piece of cloth a year.From this, it can be imagined that this rare fabric cannot be bought with money.

Nanming is located in a warm area, and only a few extremely high peaks have snow silkworms growing. In the past, snow silkworm brocade was a tribute and was only used by the royal family.On Wen Fei's tenth birthday, the emperor rewarded him with a piece of snow silkworm brocade. He couldn't put it down, so he spent money to buy all the mountains where Nanming produced snow silkworms.If someone else did this, the emperor would definitely not do it. Whoever made him the heir of Ding Wangfu, the emperor acquiesced in his dominance.

Since then, in Nanming, only Prince Ding's mansion has snow silkworm brocade, and only Wen Fei in Prince Ding's mansion can wear clothes made of snow silkworm brocade.

What makes Ganfu more curious is why Wenfei gave herself clothes made of snow silkworm brocade?
"The son also said that Miss Tomorrow must wear this dress!" Chunlu was only conveying that the words of Ding Wangfu were second only to the imperial decree in Nanming, so she didn't think Wen Fei's words were too much.

But Gan Fu didn't think so. Everyone in Nanming knew that only the heir of Ding's mansion could wear snow silkworm brocade clothes. If she wore this dress tomorrow, wouldn't she be telling others that she belonged to the heir?But she doesn't want to be the prince's son!
"I see, get ready, I want to take a shower!" Ganfu turned and walked into the inner room without looking too long.What clothes to wear and what piano to use, she has her own plans, she will not be manipulated by anyone, nor will she become anyone's accessory.

On the second day, early in the morning, many people gathered at the back mountain of Lingquan Temple, most of them came to watch the competition, and of course a small number of people came to play, such as Wen Fei.

In order to make a big splash, Ganqin specially invited several respected Guqin masters in the capital to be the judges, including the virtuous king Nangong Yu.In addition to these judges, the second prince Nangong Bo and the sixth prince Nangong Yuan also came to watch the competition.

When the carriage from the Prime Minister's Mansion finally came slowly, everyone looked at the direction of the carriage in unison, staring at the curtain of the carriage expectantly.

In the carriage that stopped first, Ganqin stepped out of the carriage in a water-green double-breasted dress. Similarly, she had no extra accessories on her body, only a jasper hairpin stuck in her temples, and her elegant face exuded a noble atmosphere. Her beauty does not lie in her delicate facial features, but in her arrogance from the inside out and her uncontested gaze.

In the next carriage, a small white hand stretched out first.With the support of the maid, Gan Fu wore a simple bright yellow long skirt with slanted breasts, her black hair was tied into a butterfly bun, and a few gem beads of the same color were attached to the bun, and her delicate face was unpainted.Her facial features were already beautiful, her eyebrows were dark without drawing, and her eyes were bright without dots. Her big agile eyes glanced at the densely packed crowd, Gu Panjian was already full of thoughts, and everyone present sighed and gasped.

Both of them were not dressed grandly, as if they were ordinary young ladies out for an outing, but both of them were temperamental beauties, and because of their plain and clean attire, they gave people the feeling of being clean and natural.

"That's Miss Six of the Prime Minister's Mansion? It's so beautiful!" Someone in the crowd shouted in amazement, and everyone recovered from the glimpse just now, and then started discussing.

Gan Qin frowned slightly when she heard everyone's amazement, but it disappeared quickly.

"Yeah, she's so beautiful, Miss Six is ​​the most beautiful woman I've ever seen!"

"I think it's even more beautiful than Shen Hui, the 'No. [-] Beauty in the Capital'!"

"I think Miss Six is ​​worthy of the title of 'the most beautiful woman in the capital'!"

Wen Fei ordered someone to move a chair to sit outside the crowd, and lay on the chair with Erlang legs crossed, surrounded by guards. It was obvious that Nangong Yu was the judge, but he was more like a judge.Hearing everyone's comments, Wen Fei's lips curled up into a smile, but he stared at Ganfu with a bit of anger. This girl dared to disobey his order and not wear the clothes he prepared for her. If his son goes back, he must teach her a good lesson and let her know what it means for a husband to guide his wife.

Gan Qin and Gan Fu walked slowly to the place where the judges of the Commission for Discipline Inspection were. The purpose of my younger sister's piano competition is to communicate with each other so as to improve, so please judge fairly!"

"Miss Fifth's piano skills are considered outstanding among the juniors. It is a great honor for me to be able to listen to you today!" The head of the Imperial Academy was also invited today. Feeling very honored, he stared at everyone present with a smile on his face, "Since we are invited to be judges, we should make a fair decision. Therefore, Miss Fifth and Miss Six feel free to play to the highest level."

"Thank you so much Ganqin!" Ganqin blessed everyone present, and her eyes stopped on Nangongyu who was dressed in white.Before, she also sent an invitation letter to the Xian Wang's mansion with the mentality of giving it a try. The Xian Wang was known as one of the four gentlemen of "Qinqi, calligraphy and painting" in the capital, with superb piano skills.She didn't expect that the virtuous king really came, and the joy in her heart dyed her cheeks with haze, which made her fair skin more charming.

Gan Fu has been observing the crowd with her eyelids half down, and when she finds Gan Qin's gaze resting on Nangong Yu, she finally understands the real purpose of Gan Qin's competition with herself.Because Ganqin looked at Nangongyu clearly showing her little daughter's admiration and admiration, as well as deep nostalgia, which showed that Ganqin liked Nangongyu.

Before, she was curious why Gan Qin had to compete with herself. If it was really just for marriage, she could have found some famous ladies to compete with. It would be dishonorable even if she won against such an unknown little girl.Looking at it now, Gan Qin saw that she often went in and out of Xian Wang's mansion, so she deliberately set up this situation to take the opportunity to show her face in front of Nangong Yu.

While Ganqin was talking to the judges, the two little maids had already brought out Ganqin and Ganfu's pianos and put them on the table prepared in advance.

When Wen Fei saw that the qin Ganfu brought was the Fengming Qin he had given him, a smug smile appeared on his lips.

"Sixth sister, today's competition between you and me is just for fun between sisters, but for the sake of fairness, I have a suggestion!" Gan Qin's eyes flashed when she saw that the qin Gan Fu was carrying was the ancient qin Fengming Qin A trace of jealousy.The qin she brought today was specially given to her by Gan Lu. Although it is considered a good qin, compared with Fengming Qin, it is far inferior.Her mother's family background is not good, and her natal family is not prominent, and all their mother and daughter depend on the moon silver in the mansion. How can there be so much money to buy a good violin, let alone such a peerless famous violin? bought.

Ganfu is just the daughter of an official prostitute, and her background is lower than her own, but because she recognized the third concubine as her mother, she became a lady of Jingui. Jewelry is also priceless, even this piano is a peerless famous piano.She is not willing to accept it!
If Ganfu used the Fengming Qin to compete with her today, she would definitely lose, so she must not let her use the Fengming Qin.

"Sister Fifth, what's your suggestion?" Gan Fu saw the jealousy and unwillingness in Gan Qin's eyes, but she was not Guanyin, so she didn't have much time to care about other people's suffering.

"Everyone knows that different pianos play different tunes, especially a good piano, even people with mediocre piano skills can play beautiful tunes, which will naturally affect the judges' judgment." Ganqin's meaning is very Obviously, Ganfu's piano is a peerless famous piano, even if her piano skills are mediocre, the music played will naturally be better than hers.Glancing at everyone present, Gan Qin continued, "So, I suggest that we all use the same piano. As for which one to use, it's up to the judges to decide!"

Gan Fu stared at Gan Qin coldly. In order to win Nangong Yu's favor, she really racked her brains to slander herself.Since she wanted to be in the limelight, she gave it her way, so she nodded, "What Fifth Sister said is right, let the judges decide!" Ganqin, Ganqin, I just hope you don't regret it later.

"I didn't expect Sixth Miss to have a Fengming Qin. I haven't seen it in most of my life. Why don't I use the Fengming Qin to open everyone's eyes and see if the tune played by this ancient famous piano can attract people's attention?" A hundred birds singing in harmony!" When the head of the Hanlin Academy saw Ganfu's qin, his eyes flashed with amazement.

"Yes, I heard that if the person who plays the phoenix qin can achieve the unity of human and qin, it can attract hundreds of birds to sing in harmony. I wonder if I have the honor to hear such a peerless tune today!" Xiaoyao, who is known as a qin fan Zizi stared at Fengmingqin obsessively, wishing to take Fengmingqin as his own.

"Then use Fengmingqin!" Ganqin is known as one of the "Four Beauties of the Capital City". Needless to say, she has superb piano skills, and she also loves a good piano. Although she can't own such a good piano, she can play it. Once, it is not in vain.

"Since that's the case, please ask my sister to play first!" Gan Fu maintained a faint smile, and made a gesture of invitation, signaling Gan Qin to play first.

"I invited you, even if I'm the host, I'll start by attracting jade and making a fool of myself!" Gan Qin nodded to Gan Fu, walked to the table and sat down on lotus steps, raised her plain hands, and placed them on the strings to fiddle Twice, the soft and beautiful piano sound flows out like spring water.

"Good Qin!" Qin Chi Xiaoyaozi stood up in amazement, if it weren't for the presence of so many people, he might have already run in front of Gan Qin.

"It's really a good violin!" Gan Qin also admired, and then brewed some emotions, closed her eyes, and began to pluck the strings with both hands.

"Fengming Tianxia?" The head of the Hanlin Academy heard the sound of the piano and stared at Ganqin playing the piano in amazement. This little girl dared to play "Fengming Tianxia", she was too courageous and too confident.

Gan Fu was not surprised. "Fengming Tianxia" is a difficult piece of qin music. Its tunes open and close, the pitch changes quickly, and the techniques change quickly. It has extremely high requirements for the quality of the piano player. With her superb piano skills, there is nothing wrong with choosing this song, but she is eager to win, and she is doomed to lose.

This piece of music was composed by a strange queen of the Zeng Hanyu Dynasty, and it tells the story of conspiring with the emperor after a country.As a woman, sharing the world with a man requires not only superhuman wisdom and courage, but also an aura of looking down on the world. Therefore, to play the essence of this piece, it is very important for the personality and character of the player who plays the piano. The ability requirements are also very high.Ganqin is an ordinary boudoir woman, but she wants to compare with Empress Qi who created a top-notch prosperity. Ganfu doesn't know whether to praise her boldness or ignorance.

Sure enough, after playing only one bar, Ganqin's lack of momentum was exposed.Although her techniques are proficient and flexible, and she is trying her best to imitate the arrogance of King Lin Tianxia, ​​it becomes more and more difficult at the end, especially in the penultimate section, when she wants to show a woman going to the battlefield with her lover as a woman Her determination and resourcefulness are incomprehensible to a lady like Gan Qin who is raised in a deep boudoir.So she tried her best to cover up her lack of momentum with her skillful techniques. However, several judges are masters, so how could they not see that she was barely supporting.

At the end of the Qin melody, showing the empress's lingering love, and taking control of the world together, Ganqin has already played a piece of music that is open and close, with a different flavor.

When the sound of the qin ended, most of the people present still applauded excitedly. After all, they did not understand the connotation of the qin melody.

(End of this chapter)