Chapter 28: Talent Show Part Two

  The entire venue fell silent due to Daiyu's piano and singing, everyone quietly listened, quietly watching Daiyu, with shock in their eyes.

  Kangxi stood up first, "My Princess is indeed not bad." Kangxi stood up, and the people below naturally did not dare to sit down, they all stood up sparsely.

  "Her Majesty, Daiyu has finished her performance." Daiyu's face was very calm, without the joy of receiving praise or the shyness of being unable to face it, only a clear and calm expression. With Xueyan's support, Daiyu walked down from the stage and went to the woman who had lent her the qin earlier, "Thank you for your qin."

  "The princess is being polite, the princess's zither playing is really good. It's a pity that Yuemeng is ashamed." The round-faced girl had a red face and no flattery in her eyes, only sincere emotions, it could be seen that she truly admired Daiyu's zither skills.

  The overly sincere gaze made Daiyu feel a bit embarrassed, she was just stealing the spotlight of Quzi, as for playing the piano, Daiyu felt a little ashamed, she hadn't studied in these few months since coming here and almost played it wrong earlier. Thinking about this, Daiyu couldn't help but make a decision, forget it, might as well maintain her own image, and learn to play the piano after all.

  Daiyu nodded at the girl and, with Xueyan's support, walked back to Kangxi's side. Zijuan returned the zither to the girl's maid.

  Daiyu's strong momentum and outstanding performance made it impossible for anyone else to come forward and continue playing. After all, if they played well, it would be impolite to the princess, and even more so to the emperor; if they played poorly, it would be humiliating, and no one would be foolish enough to do that.

  At this moment all the zithers were withdrawn, and Daiyu took the first place without any dispute.

  "Congratulations, Princess." The surrounding voices congratulated, Daiyu remained unmoved, only coldly watching all this, as if these things had nothing to do with her. Without the emotional fluctuations of just now, she once again became the cold beauty.

  There was a scorching feeling behind her, and Daiyu's residual gaze looked over to see the woman she had just interrupted. Her eyes were accusing her of stealing her thunder, as if she had done something unforgivable.

  "Princess, the woman's name is Ye Nian, she is the daughter of Ye Ren, the governor of Yangzhou, and this year she will participate in the imperial selection." Xueyan whispered to Daiyu's ear.

  Daiyu was not surprised by Xueyan's words, as a Kangxi spy monitoring her, she naturally needed to know many things. Instead, Zi Juan stared at Xueyan without revealing any expression and then restored calmness.

  "She is not a banner person, it should be the selection of palace maids?" The selection only targets women from the eight banners and three Han flags, while those who are not in the flag and those who are packaged can only be selected as palace maids. However, some lucky palace maids will be lifted to register and given to A Ge as a concubine.

  "No, she is under Han Sanqi's banner. It was a favor from Wan Suiye, his father was under Han Sanqi's."

  Daiyu nodded after hearing this, and said: "Will we meet again after saying this?" However, she didn't like such a woman at first sight, really a powerful one. On the other hand, that Xi Yue was not bad, Daiyu looked towards Xi Yue's direction again.

  Xue Yan's low voice said, "Liu Xiyue is the daughter of Yangzhou Governor Liu Jian, and also this time's Xiunü."

  Daiyu nodded in satisfaction. Although he was a person of Kangxi, it was indeed necessary to have someone by his side who could provide information at any time. Otherwise, it would be really troublesome to handle things.

  The competition of Go had already begun on the stage, and several leftover boards were placed on the table, waiting for a few ladies to solve them. Kangxi looked at the Go manual handed over to him with great interest, these leftovers are quite interesting. He turned his head to look at Daiyu, but found that she was lowering her head, wondering what she was thinking about.

  "Jadeite, how is it that you're going to show off your skills again?" Kangxi joked with Daiyu, saying that since he himself couldn't play the zither but had such great zither skills, then his chess skills... Kangxi couldn't help but feel some anticipation.

  "Emperor said with a smile, Daiyu was just a bit tired, so she took the opportunity to lower her head and close her eyes to rest. Daiyu raised her head and looked at Kangxi, wondering if he had played the piano well earlier for his mother's sake, but this Kangxi seemed to be looking for trouble again, always wanting to make things difficult."

  "Oh? Jade Girl, come over and help me study these chess manuals." Kangxi beckoned to Daiyu.

  Lin Ruhai furrowed his brow, "Your Majesty, Yu'er is already tired, her body has always been poor." Lin Ruhai's eyes had a warning tone, Kangxi couldn't help but smile wryly, how did he become helpless with these two big and small ones? Was it really just guilt in his heart?

  "Yu'er, do you want to go back and rest?" Lin Ruhai asked with concern. "Mother, Yu'er is fine." Daiyu shook her head at Lin Ruhai, still somewhat looking forward to the next act of the play. It's not every day that someone performs for free, so why not watch?

  Lin Ruhai nodded after confirming that Daiyu was fine, and whispered something to Lin Fang. Lin Fang left and came back with a bowl of bird's nest soup. Daiyu couldn't help but frown, thinking she wasn't so weak that she needed ginseng and bird's nest supplements, which would cause more problems.

  Daiyu couldn't help but look at Lin Ruhai with pleading eyes, using her gaze to indicate that she didn't want to drink. Lin Ruhai firmly shook his head, and Daiyu gritted her teeth, downing the liquid in one gulp, accidentally choking on it and bursting into a fit of violent coughs.

  "You little jade girl, this is swallow's nest and not poison, why do you drink it with such difficulty?" Kangxi naturally saw Daiyu's series of expression changes, couldn't help but want to laugh, originally thought Daiyu was afraid of bitterness, but what is she afraid of with this rock sugar swallow's nest?

  "Emperor, medicine is three parts poison, and even tonic medicine can't be taken all the time." Daiyu didn't give Kangxi any chance to strike back at her, and retorted, "Eating too much..." Seeing Lin Ruhai's loving gaze, Daiyu swallowed back what she was going to say next. After all, Ama did it for her own good, so she couldn't speak carelessly.

  Lin Ruhai couldn't help but smile wryly, Yuer didn't mind bitter medicine, but she was unwilling to take these supplements. He himself was also at a loss with her. On the side, Yongzheng furrowed his brow, this wouldn't do, being so thin she should be supplemented more, he should get her some ginseng that's been aged for hundreds of years. In his heart, Yongzheng unconsciously began to plan how to help Daiyu improve her health, and he himself didn't know when he had started caring about a girl like this.

  On the stage, Kangxi and others were chatting and laughing when they heard a sharp quarrel from below the stage. "How can you, a lowly maid's daughter, possibly figure it out? You're jealous of me figuring it out?"

  "It was originally the second sister who cracked it, you heard and then went to crack it, how can you do this?" Tan Chun's face turned red as she argued, while Ying Chun on the side still looked dull, as if all of this really had nothing to do with her.