Chapter 695
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She thought of Xie Jing Xing's words and tried to softly call out 'Cong Yang'. In a blink of an eye, there was a young man dressed in black like a guard in front of her.
Shen Miao had a headache. Did Xie Jing Xing stuff someone into her boudoir? In the future she would be watched even when she was sleeping? She asked, "You stay in the room all day?"
Cong Yang said, "This subordinate lives on the tree at the entrance and when Young Furen call this subordinate's name, this subordinate is a person who practices martial arts and would be able to hear it softly."
Shen Miao looked at him in surprise, "What did you call me?"
Cong Yang bowed to her, "Young Furen."
Shen Miao said, "Do not call me Young Furen."
"Yes, Young Furen."
Shen Miao, "…" After a long while, she waved her hands and said helplessly, "Never mind. Let me ask you, what did Xie Jing Xing go to do?" Xie Jing Xing left in a hurry and it seemed that he had something important to do. Shen Miao felt uneasy because of the matter in the day and thought that Xie Jing Xing went to find Su Ming Feng to silence him.
Cong Yang said, "This subordinate do not know."
Shen Miao took a deep breath. Xie Jing Xing did not send a secret guard but sent someone to monitor her. She sized up this person called Cong Yang. He looked young and strong. Tomorrow he would follow the little kitchen to chop firewood!
Xie Jing Xing left the Shen mansion and instructed Tie Yi, "In the future let Ji Yu Shu stay further away from Cong Yang."
Ji Yu Shu had the temperament of wishing for the world to be in chaos and felt that the days were too leisurely. To create trouble for him at this critical juncture, he really wanted to kick him back to the Great Liang.
Tie Yi complied and suddenly thought of something, "Master, the travelling Great Master Guan Zhen has arrived at Pu Tuo Monastery. Previously His Majesty let you go take a look. Now that he is in Ming Qi, when do you plan to leave?"
Xie Jing Xing thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow."
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The next day, the weather was extremely good.
Luo Tan had recently fallen in love with cutting window flowers and thinking that it was the end of the year, she could cut some festive patterns to paste on the windows. She carried a large stack of red paper and scissors over and wanted to cut the window flowers with Shen Miao.
As Shen Miao was cutting, she remembered some things.
In her previous life in the State of Qin, those princesses and princes deliberately made fun of her, making her cut window decorations and do needlework. She had to cut and embroider day and night. Not only did she have poor eyesight, her vision became blurry at night, and her hands also developed a thick layer of calluses, making them very rough.
Later when she returned to the Palace, even if Shuang Jiang brought a stone to help her grind, she was still unable to grind off the calluses. Coincidentally it was Fu Xiu Yi's birthday and all the beauties in the Inner Palace wanted to send birthday gifts to coax the Emperor to be happy. Mei Furen's song lingered for three days and the way her slender jade fingers fluttered made everyone stare blankly.
When it was her turn, Shen Miao presented an embroidered painting of mountains and rivers. She was the Empress and it was not dignified to sing and dance. That Mountain River Diagram was very imposing and Fu Xiu Yi obviously liked it very much and the officials also praised it. Mei Furen did not let it go and insisted that Shen Miao also play a KongHou.
Shen Miao was unwilling and looked at Fu Xiu Yi with some pleading eyes. Fu Xiu Yi downplayed it, "Since Mei-er is interested, then the Empress can play a song for Zhen. Zhen had not heard you play the zither for many years. "
Shen Miao was forced to play helplessly and could only play.
Shen Miao knew how to play the KongHou. She actually learned a lot of things for Fu Xiu Yi and even though it was not as moving as Mei Furen's zither, she was still able to listen to it. But it still provoked criticism from the officials, ridicule from the concubines and everyone pointed at it.
Why? It was because that pair of hands that were used to play the KongHou was too ugly. The joints were thick due to working all year round and one could see thick scissors between the fingers. The entire hand was clumsy and rough, not like the hands of the Empress of a country, but more like the hands of a peasant woman in the countryside.
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