Stunned by what Xiao Jiuyuan had said, Xiao Yechen thought to himself, ‘Yes, I need to become stronger right now. I can worry about other things in the future.’
No longer looking at Xiao Jiuyuan, Xiao Yechen turned to look at Yun Qianyu not far away.
Xiao Jiuyuan too slowly looked toward Yun Qianyu.
Yun Qianyu sat quietly there and looked like a very ordinary woman. ‘How could Xiao Yechen fall for her?’
However, at this time, Xiao Jiuyuan was also paying attention to Yun Qianyu although he wasn’t aware of it.
As the drum stopped beating, the red flowers fell into the hands of Su Feiyan, the eldest young miss of the Su family. At present, she was the lady that most princes would want to marry. Even though the Su family was powerful, they lacked a prince in the imperial court, so if one of the princes could marry Su Feiyan, then they would be able to garner up more power.
Su Feiyan was graceful and beautiful. With her elegant eyebrows, she looked studious and charming.
Since she liked to study dance, arts, and music, Su Feiyan was considered a very talented woman in Dongli state.
Holding the red flowers in her hand, Su Feiyan got up without hesitation. She walked gracefully to the center and reached into the box that was filled with paper slips. After she grabbed one of the paper slips, she handed it to a servant girl close by.
The servant girl opened the paper slip and exclaimed, “Miss Su picked the Guqin.”
Immediately, some of the ladies cheered to support Su Feiyan.
Where the men sat, the crown prince clapped his hands and the other men also cheered on.
Everyone cheered, except for Xiao Jiuyuan and Xiao Yechen.
Soon, Su Feiyan began to play the Guqin.
The melodious music of the Guqin rang in the courtyard of Sparrow Pavillion. The melody was indescribably perfect. Sometimes, it was like a ringing bell while sometimes it was like a beautiful voice.
Everyone there listened with great interest.
Yun Qianyu was no exception. Aside from enjoying the performance, she also felt impressed with Su Feiyan’s skills. Her skills were indeed exceptional.
At the end of the performance everyone clapped and cheered.
Su Feiyan looked at everyone and smiled. She then bowed gracefully toward the crown prince and went back to her seat.
Soon, the drum started to beat again and the red flowers got passed around.This time they fell into the hands of Lu Waner, the daughter of the minister of personnel.
Lu Waner was extremely excited, determined to put on a good performance in front of Xiao Tianyi, the Xuan Prince. If his Highness Xuan Prince fell for her, then she would be able to become Xuan Prince’s concubine.
Unfortunately, Lu Waner’s luck was not very good as she too had picked the Guqin.
Lu Waner’s skills were not comparable to Su Feiyan’s, so when she performed, many people couldn’t help but compare the two performances. Finally, the crowd criticized her so much that it affected her playing. In fact, Lu Waner became so annoyed that she even played several notes wrong.
Bursting into tears, Lu Waner quickly ran out after that.
However, no one paid any attention to her. The drum began to beat again and this time, the red flowers fell into the hands of Yan Qingfeng of the Yan Bei family.
The paper slip that Yan Qingfeng picked out was dance.
Without saying a word, Yan Qingfeng quickly performed a sword dance. Like an elegant rose, her body moved elegantly as she thrusted and swung the sword. As if becoming one with the sword, Yan Qingfeng seemed like a beautiful and dangerous art piece.