A melodious and graceful sound of the piano slowly came from behind the gauze-like curtain.
Zhao Hongrun turned around to look, but through the gauze-like curtain he could only vaguely see a graceful figure, with green silk like a waterfall, and colorful clothes like colorful clouds. Her sitting posture was slightly lazy when playing the piano with her bare hands, showing tranquility and warmth between movement and stillness.
Euphemistic.
This scene made Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but want to lift up the gauze-like curtain to get a glimpse of the true appearance of this fairy-like woman.
However, he didn't have Meng Lang, he just listened quietly with his hands behind his back.
In the feeling, this girl Su seems to be playing a turbulent stream. The water is not rushing and the stream is gentle. It is the same tune from beginning to end, making people feel peaceful and peaceful.
But behind that burst of tranquility, there was the confusion of where the stream would lead, especially the way the sound gradually became lighter at the end of the sound, as if the stream would never end.
After the song ended, the room became silent.
That girl Su didn't speak, as if she was waiting for Zhao Hongrun's evaluation, and Zhao Hongrun didn't speak either, because he really didn't know how to speak.
"What is this thing playing?"
Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but frowned. Although the sound of the piano seemed to let him "see" a stream that would never end, did it mean anything?
"Hey, why don't you speak?" The little maid Lu'er felt a little unhappy when she saw Zhao Hongrun frowning and not speaking.
"say what?"
"You... naturally praise the young lady for playing well." Lu'er said matter-of-factly.
"But the problem is that her playing is only average... Let alone Brother Liuhuang, even if you pick any of the musicians in the palace, they won't be worse than her."
After muttering secretly, Zhao Hongrun nodded and said, "Well... not bad."
Behind the curtain, Miss Su couldn't help but frowned after hearing this. She had played very hard just now, but she didn't expect that she only received an "ok" evaluation, which made her a little dissatisfied.
But having said that, if Miss Su knew that Zhao Hongrun compared her to Qilin'er Zhao Hongzhao and the musicians in the palace, she would probably be flattered.
"So it seems that this young man is quite proficient in music, right?" Miss Su said lightly.
"Angry?"
Zhao Hongrun felt a little funny in his heart and said casually: "I practice occasionally. If Miss Su wants to listen, it's okay to play a piece of music. But there is one requirement."
"What request?"
Zhao Hongrun raised his hand and pointed at the gauze-like curtain and said with a smile: "If I win, please ask Miss Su to remove this curtain. I'm not used to people talking to me through the curtain."
"What if...win?"
Miss Su's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly: "Okay, I'll just follow you, Mr.... Lu'er, hand my piano to this young man."
"Yes." Lu'er walked back and forth from the curtain, holding the piano in front of Miss Su to Zhao Hongrun.
During the brief moment when she lifted the curtain, Zhao Hongrun caught a glimpse of Miss Su's real face. She was really beautiful and beautiful. Unfortunately, the time was too short and he didn't have time to take a closer look.
"Humph! I don't believe you can play better than Miss."
Lu'er said angrily.
Zhao Hongrun smiled indifferently and did not refute. Seeing that there were drinks on the table in front of him, he sat down cross-legged and put the piano on his lap.
"Deng Deng——"
"Dang——"
After adjusting the strings, Zhao Hongrun started playing with a calm expression.
What moved Miss Su was that what Zhao Hongrun played was exactly the same as what she had just played.
"How could..."
Miss Su was immediately surprised. You must know that she composed this music by herself in her spare time. Logically speaking, no one would know about it.
In this case, there is only one explanation.
"He...he actually memorized my music from beginning to end?"
Miss Su was simply unbelievable.
But it turned out that her guess was correct, that "Mr. Jiang" was horrified and played her piano music exactly as it was.
"No, he changed it..."
Miss Su listened carefully, and she felt that the music played by Zhao Hongrun was gradually speeding up, as if the originally smooth flowing stream gradually became turbulent due to the terrain.
Then, as Zhao Hongrun played faster and faster, it was as if the stream merged into the river, and the water suddenly became more turbulent, rushing downstream.
Miss Su couldn't help but start to worry about whether her piano could withstand such fast playing and whether the strings would break.
However, the strings were not broken, but her heart could not calm down for a long time, because Zhao Hongrun's rapid playing made her vaguely feel that something was coming in front of the river.
"What could it be?"
Miss Su clenched her fists involuntarily, and her whole body tensed up.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun's playing speed was still increasing, and the sound of the piano was gradually rising. When the sound of the piano reached a certain height, he suddenly pressed all the strings heavily with both hands.
"Dong——"
There was a loud bang, and the music ended here.
"This is... a water waterfall?"
Miss Su's eyes seemed to reflect the majestic and spectacular scene of the raging river water rushing down the waterfall.
After a dozen breaths, Miss Su exhaled slowly and softly ordered: "Lu'er, lift up the gauze curtain."
"Eh?"
Lu'er glanced at the smiling Zhao Hongrun strangely, then slowly lifted the gauze curtain.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun was able to see the true face of Miss Su. Her facial features were exquisite and her skin was as good as snow. She was really a beauty like a jade.
Looking at this woman who was as beautiful as a fairy, Zhao Hongrun immediately forgot all the messy thoughts in his head, such as handsome little eunuchs and watery princesses.
It feels like my whole person has been reborn and has been completely saved.
While Zhao Hongrun greedily kept this beauty in his mind to prevent his aesthetic sense from being polluted by those messy things, Miss Su stared at him blankly, with a look of dumbfounded expression on her face.
"He... is so young... No, no, Mr. Jiang cannot be described as young at all, right? He is clearly just a child..."
Because Zhao Hongrun was in the stage of voice change, his voice was slightly hoarse. At first, Miss Su thought that the other person was at least in her thirties. Unexpectedly, when she raised the curtain and took a look, she turned out to be a child who looked to be only 14 or 15 years old.
.
"Are you... Mr. Jiang?"
"I'm Jiang Run." Zhao Hongrun replied with a smile.
He chose the surname Jiang after some consideration.
First of all, the surname "Zhao" cannot be taken. After all, who doesn't know that the surname Zhao is the surname of the royal family of the Wei Dynasty? Secondly, Zhao Hongrun initially thought about changing the surname "Ji" to the surname. After all, Ji is the ancient surname of the royal family of the Wei Dynasty.
, there are not many people with the surname Ji in the world. But the problem is that this is in Daliang, the capital of Chen. If someone associates the surname Ji with the Ji family of the Wei royal family, then Zhao Hongrun may be exposed, which is a big deal for him.
Many disadvantages.
So, he finally chose Jiang, because Jiang, like Ji, is a very old surname. Whether it is used as a surname or as a surname, there are many in the world, so his identity will not be easily exposed.
Therefore, he removed the word "Hong" from his name, which represented the lineage of the orthodox line of the Wei Dynasty, and took out the word "Run", which was called Jiang Run.
Miss Su opened her mouth and asked with a bit of surprise: "Mr. Jiang... Gui Geng?"
"No expense, fourteen."
"fourteen……"
Miss Su couldn't help but feel a little complicated. Thinking about it, the piano music she was so proud of was copied and played by a child of only fourteen years old, and the second half was modified to be even better. This made her feel ashamed.
"How old was Mr. Jiang when he learned the piano?"
"Seven or eight years old," Zhao Hongrun replied.
The seven or eight years old he mentioned refers to the fact that he was forced to take classes at the Palace School when he was seven or eight years old. You must know that the Palace School not only teaches the princes literary talent, chess, calligraphy and painting, etiquette, manners, and even the postures of hands and feet.
There are dedicated lecturers or etiquette professors here. Otherwise, how can we say that the princes are the most miserable children in the Wei Dynasty, with almost no childhood to speak of.
"Studying for six years..." Miss Su counted the days in her mind and finally accepted it a little bit. After all, she may not have studied piano for more than six years.
What I didn't expect was that Zhao Hongrun added carelessly: "I didn't study for six years, I only studied for half a month."
"Eh? That's a lie, right?"
Miss Su pouted in surprise.
As if he had read through her mind, Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "I'm not interested in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so I didn't study it. Anyway, I just have to cope with it... In fact, I hate piano players because they have too many rules.
"
"...Hate playing the piano? Then why do you want to play for me? Is it because my playing skills are so bad?" Miss Su couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. Who would have thought that after studying for so many years, she could not be as good as others who just played the piano?
Half a month.
"Oh, that's not the case. It has nothing to do with you, I just want to see you."
"Huh?"
"A turtle slave downstairs told me that you are the most beautiful one in the pavilion, so I want to see... Well, compared to the music you play, your appearance is better." Zhao Hongrun stared at it.
Looking at Miss Su, she nodded commentingly.
"..." Being stared at by Zhao Hongrun with undisguised fiery eyes, even though she knew that the other person was only a fourteen-year-old child, it was inevitable that Miss Su would blush a little.
Because the other party's eyes were so hot, as if he hadn't seen a woman in more than ten years.
This can only be said that she guessed correctly.
Although the concubines in the palace are all beautiful women, they are the women of the Emperor of Wei Dynasty. Zhao Hongrun can't stare at them, right? But apart from the concubines, he doesn't dare to be in front of him at all.
The palace maids showed up, so Zhao Hongrun's only choices were the handsome young eunuchs and his half-princess sisters.
Whichever side you choose is not a suitable choice, right?
After being stared at for a long time, Miss Su couldn't bear it anymore and couldn't help but ask: "You... Mr. Jiang, why do you keep staring at me?"
She originally wanted the other party to be more restrained, but unexpectedly, Zhao Hongrun answered very straightforwardly.
"Because you are beautiful."
"..."
Miss Su's beautiful eyes widened unconsciously, her face turning red with embarrassment.
"This, does this count as being molested? By a fourteen-year-old child?"