The music ended, and Zhang Qi slowly stood up.

  At this time, those who were reminiscing were still reminiscing, and those who were watching the commotion were also staring at her coldly, with an eerie silence all around.

  Zhang Qi smiled and nodded at everyone.

  At this moment, extremely suddenly, the descendants of the aristocratic families moved simultaneously. They plucked the peach blossoms from their sides and threw them at Zhang Qi. The petals fell like rain, but in an instant, the peach blossoms covered her entire body and the ground. A few pieces even stuck to her small face, causing Xiao Mo's eyes to widen slightly.

  In the rain of flowers, Xie Ziyuan's voice took a step forward. As the legitimate son of a great family, he bowed deeply to Zhang Qi and said clearly: "The style is clear and elegant, it can be called a great virtue."

  This is an evaluation!

  This is an evaluation given by a renowned family heir.

  With this evaluation, after this storm of flowers and rain, Zhang Qi's reputation as a talented woman was formally established, and her name as a master of piano music also became known to the world.

  Laughter and whispers continued to come from all directions, with countless eyes also fixed on Zhang Qi. Seeing several Zhang sisters picking peach blossoms and throwing them at Zhang Qi, Zhang Jin shifted his gaze away from Xiao Mo and muttered through gritted teeth: "How can this be so good? It's obviously terrible!"

  As soon as she said this, several of Zhang's legitimate daughters turned to her at the same time and took a few steps back.

  As a member of the aristocracy, losing is unbearable and can lead to killing others or finding an opportunity to thoroughly crush them so they cannot lift their heads. Saying a few cutting words like this is something only commoner women would do.

  Zhang Jin's words lowered her own tone.

  After a burst of flower rain, it gradually subsided. The gathered aristocratic children also dispersed. Zhang Gui's talent was good, but after all, she was just a private-born daughter who was much lower in status than them, and it was impossible for them to pay attention to her for too long.

  Zhang Qi returned to calmness and looked at the curious gazes from the various young ladies of the manor. After a moment's thought, she lifted her foot and prepared to walk towards them.

  At this time, Lanlan ran over.

  She came to Zhang Qi's back and said in a low voice: "Qi Gu, Jin Gu said that Xiao Lang is over there, let you go see him. Make an appointment with a place, Gu will come soon."

  Zhang Qi turned around, looking at A Lan. She said softly: "The madam has given an order. We can't get involved with Xiao Jia Lang Jun again. A Lan, we can't listen to sister this time, I'm afraid of getting beaten..."

  As soon as the two words came out, Ah Lan's face changed color and she involuntarily reached back to rub her buttocks.

  She pursed her lips, and after a momentary change in expression, she turned around and ran back to Zhang Jin's side without saying another word. Just as Zhang Qi looked up, he saw Zhang Jin glare at himself fiercely. At the same time, his right hand pinched downwards, accurately pinching Ah Lan's arm. Looking at Ah Lan's appearance of strongly holding back tears, this pinch was not light.

  Zhang Qi quickly lowered her head, pretending she didn't understand Zhang Jin's anger.

  At this time, a concubine daughter of the Wang family walked over. "Zhang Shi A'gui? Can you come and talk?"

  Behind her, a group of maidservants were all staring at her.

  Zhang Qi responded with a smile and walked towards the Wang family's daughters.

  Unlike the legitimate daughters who are eager to compete, all the illegitimate girls will not mention marriage before Your Majesty finishes selecting his concubines. Therefore, today's banquet has nothing to do with the illegitimate girls.

  After having dealt with the emperor twice, Zhang Gui already knew that he liked bright, smart and brave girls who dared to love and hate. Today, Zhang Gui was going to show off her skills and didn't worry that His Majesty would choose her.

  Zhang Jin stood to one side, glaring at Zhang Qi who was chatting happily with the commoner girls. "She thinks she's become someone just because she played a tune on the zither? Ah Lan, go and call her over again!"

  Upon hearing Zhang Jin's urgent and defeated order, Ah Lan took a step forward. At this time, she looked back and said: "Sister, Xiao Lang is looking over here."

  As soon as this was said, Zhang Jin hastily turned her head. What she saw was Xiao Mo with his back to her; he wasn't even looking at her?

  Zhang Jinhuo reached out and pinched the tender flesh on Alán's upper arm, twisting it fiercely. As Alán's eyes welled up with tears, she glanced around, then growled in a low voice: "Wipe away your tears!"

  A Lan was startled and hastily lowered her head, really not daring to make another sound.

  At this time, she heard Zhang Jin sadly calling out: "Xiao Lang..." Ah Lan quietly looked over and saw that Xiao Mo was chatting and laughing with several young masters from noble families, already getting farther and farther away.

  Xiao Mo walked away, and Zhang Jin immediately looked like she had lost her soul. After a while, she lowered her voice and called out: "Go get Zhang Qi to come over, tell her to go find Xiao Lang, did you hear that?"

  This time, Ah Lan didn't dare delay and found Zhang Qi.

  Zhang Qi also responded.

  She took a glance at Zhang Jin who was staring at her, then glanced at A Lan, turned around and searched in the direction where Xiao Mo had left.

  Zhang Gui searched for a good half an hour. Just as Zhang Jin was about to lose hope, Zhang Gui was standing under the willow tree in another garden, discussing poetry and painting with several of the Mo family's illegitimate daughters.

  Xiang Qi smiled lightly, her face was rosy, her eyebrows were flying and her eyes were shining brightly, with a rare joy in those bright eyes.

  Under the shade of the trees, Xiao Mo stood with his hands behind him, quietly gazing at Zhang Qi.

  Xiao Lu walked over from one side and said beside him: "Lang Jun, there is no one nearby."

  Xiao Mo nodded and suddenly laughed: "She's quite bold, Eldest Sister sent her to find me, yet she dares to be hypocritical, laughing and chatting with me here?"

  Xiao Lu glanced at Zhang Qi and said, "This little girl is indeed a bold one."

  When he said that, Xiao Mo smiled again, and slowly, he withdrew his smile, saying in a low voice: "She is clever... Today, the great lady let them out, not necessarily without testing intentions." When he said this, he thought of Zhang Gui's show-off today, and the corner of his mouth twitched, revealing a sarcastic smile: But that result, I'm afraid it's not under the control of the great lady!

  He stared at Zhang Qi without blinking, while Xiao Lu sighed secretly on the side. He had always felt that his own husband had put too much effort into this little girl.

  Zhang Qi laughed and joked for a while, then recognized several handkerchiefs that had been exchanged. The time was already late, and it was estimated that the banquet would soon be over.

  She hastily stepped forward and walked towards Zhang Jin.

  As she walked, she felt someone was watching her, so Zhang Qi turned around.

  She saw Xiao Mo standing under the tree, quietly gazing at her... The trees were dense and leafy, and each other's faces and expressions could not be seen, only their silhouettes.

  Zhang Qi took a glance and then withdrew her gaze, lowering her head and hurrying forward.

  Zhang Jin, who had been waiting in despair, saw Zhang Qi come alone and didn't even have the energy to ask questions. She glared at Zhang Qi fiercely, but ultimately hung her head in sorrow, covering her face with both hands, motionless.

  Before long, the banquet came to an end and everyone began to disperse.

  Zhang Qi followed behind Zhang Jin, lowering her head and walking in sync. All around, the sound of wooden clogs still echoed "da-da-da". Those elegant and refined young masters from noble families had already proudly left ahead of them.

  As they walked along, a whispering voice reached Zhang Qi's ears, "There will be a banquet in the imperial palace three days later."

  "I wonder which family's daughter will be favored by Your Majesty."

  On this side, Zhang Qi and the others had just returned to the mansion. On the other side, in the Donglian Garden, the maids of the two concubine-born ladies who lived in the same courtyard as Zhang Qi were kneeling in front of Madame, reporting what happened at the banquet.

  When Zhang Qi's piano art was heard, the young masters of the aristocratic families threw flowers to congratulate each other. Xie's young master even praised her as "clear and elegant". At this time, Madame slowly sat up straight, opened her eyes.

  "What is she playing?"

  "Presenting it to the Grand Lady, it is the 'Free and Easy Wanderer' that Your Majesty and Xiao Lang played together on that day. I heard that the score was written by Qi Guzi."

  "Oh? Go on."

  A maidservant hastily continued to speak, when she mentioned Zhang Gui and Xiao Mo, who were separated by dozens of meters of peach blossoms and pear flowers, gazing at each other from afar but never approaching. The madam nodded and said, "You may leave."

  "Yes."

  Several people retreated out of the room.

  Seventh Aunt walked behind Madame and said in a low voice: "It can't be seen that she is really talented."

  Those aristocratic children are all very discerning when it comes to music. The fact that Zhang Qi's composition can win their unanimous recognition and admiration shows that she is truly talented, or even extremely talented!

  The Seventh Aunt glanced at the silent Big Madam and said that even when there were no outsiders, they only looked at each other from a distance and never approached. She also said: "After all, she is someone who has a sense of reverence."

  “Are you afraid?” The madam sneered, “If they were truly afraid of me, they wouldn’t have made such a fuss about this talented girl.” This talented girl’s name had spread far and wide, all the major families knew that the Zhang household had a privately born daughter named Zhang Gui. These people in charge really couldn’t do as they pleased like before, hitting or killing whenever they wanted!

  Under Seventh Aunt's puzzled gaze, Madame waved her hand and said, "Never mind, never mind. As long as they don't harbor any more private feelings for each other, I won't bother with anything else."

  The big lady's affair here was unknown to Zhang Qi. With a great harvest, she returned to the courtyard with a red glow on her face.

  As soon as she entered the room, Ah Lu pounced over. She grabbed Zhang Qi's hem and looked her up and down before breaking into a smile that reached her eyes, "Ah Qi, you're very happy, aren't you? Something extremely good must have happened to make you so joyful."

  Zhang Qi was delighted at the time, and upon hearing this, she burst out laughing. She sent away the three maidservants, closed the door, sat down on the couch with Ah Lu, and told her in detail about what had happened in the Xiao Mansion today.

  Among Ah Lu's series of delighted cheers, Zhang Qi supported her chin with her hand and said happily: "In the future, I'll have more opportunities to go out."

  Being able to leave the Zhang residence means she has more opportunities to see the outside world. Who knows, maybe one day when she goes out, she'll seize the opportunity and never have to worry again.

  Thinking of this, Zhang Gui leaned in close to A Lu and said in a low voice: "I heard something today. Do you know who the mother of the Prince of Guangling is?"

  In Ah Lu's curious and rapid questioning, Zhang Qi lowered her voice and said: "His mother was also a lady from a noble family. When the city was broken, she was captured and sold to the land of Qi, where she became the concubine of Gao Cheng, who was still a prince at that time. It is said that his mother was extremely beautiful, and Gao Cheng loved her dearly at that time. After Gao Cheng became emperor, he once wanted to make his mother a consort. However, he did not expect that the mother of the Prince of Guangling would elope with someone during an outing. At that time, the edict to make her a consort had already been issued, but she was nowhere to be found. Gao Cheng was furious and forbade anyone from mentioning the mother of the Prince of Guangling again."

  In Ah Lu's big, rolling eyes, Zhang Qi said softly: "I heard today that his mother is still alive, just near Jiankang. After she eloped at the time, she returned to her hometown."

  At this point, Zhang Yi was stunned and couldn't help but think of the scene when he first met Wang Guangling. At that time, he wasn't an envoy, but inexplicably appeared in the enemy country's capital. He should have come to see his mother, right?

  She thought to herself: So it seems that at some point or other, Prince Guangling will reappear in Jiankang?

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