Linyuan, inner study room.

Lin Yun leaned on the bamboo chair, holding a gift list in his hand and looking through it.

Although there were not many congratulators on the wedding day, there were still many people who sent their servants to deliver gifts. Even Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion sent someone to send a congratulatory gift.

The empress Xianfei in the palace, the eunuch Dai Quan, Wang Shuirong of Beijing, Wu Wang Ningjue, Zhongjing Hou Shi Ding, and Jingying Zuowuwei Qin Rong also sent people to send congratulatory gifts.

What surprised him most was that Niu Jizong also sent someone to send a congratulatory gift. This man had a close relationship with him, and they were not related to each other. How could he give him a gift?

Lin Yun put down the gift list and pondered for a long time, unable to figure out what the other party meant.

…

He was lost in thought when he saw Xiaoya walking in with a tray, smiling at him and saying: "Third Master, I have made a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, please taste it."

After Xiaoya finished speaking, she walked slowly to the table and squatted down, placed the tray on the table, took out a plate of pastries and tea and placed them in front of Lin Yun.

Lin Yun picked up a piece of pastry, looked at it a few times and asked, "Is there no poison in it?"

Xiaoya said angrily: "I have no enmity with the third master, so why do I want to harm you?"

Lin Yun took a bite of the pastry and said, "It's hard to say. It was my uncle and I who brought down the Bai family. Who knows if you will avenge them."

Xiaoya said dissatisfiedly: "Although I know that Third Master is joking, these words always make people unhappy. Please be merciful."

"Okay, then I won't say anything."

Xiaoya added: "The third master is now married, can I be your maid now?"

"I keep my word. From now on, this study room will be under your control."

"Thank you, Third Master!"

After a pause, Xiaoya said again: "Third Master, please let me play a piece of music for you."

Lin Yun said doubtfully: "I don't have a guqin here, what do you use to play it?"

"There is a harp over there, please wait a moment. I will go back to the house to get it."

…

After a while, Xiaoya came back with a guqin in her arms, smiled at Lin Yun and said, "When I left the Bai Mansion, I didn't take anything with me, so I took this guqin with me."

"Oh, is there something special about this piano?"

"This guqin is called Fuxi. It was made by Mr. Lei Wei, a qin master during the Tianbao period. There are four guqins in existence, and this is one of them."

As Xiaoya spoke, she placed the guqin on the table, then sat on the floor and asked Lin Yun, "What music does Third Master want to listen to?"

Lin Yun thought for a while and said: "Just play the phoenix and ask for the phoenix."

Xiaoya pursed her lips and smiled when she heard this, then raised her hand to stroke the strings and started playing.

Lin Yun has heard this song "Feng Qiu Huang" twice, once played by Miss Piao Miao and another time by Miss Liu. In addition, this time, although the three girls played the same piece, their styles have their own characteristics.

He couldn't tell who was good and who was bad, he just felt that each had their own characteristics and it was hard to tell them apart.

…

At this moment, Qin Keqing, accompanied by Daiyu, Xiangling and several maids and mothers-in-law, was getting familiar with the buildings in the forest garden.

Several people walked near the study and happened to hear the sound of the piano coming from the study.

Qin Keqing asked curiously: "Who is playing the piano?"

Daiyu listened carefully and said: "This man's piano skills are very good. There is only one person in our house who can have this level of piano skills."

Xiangling smiled and said, "I knew it as soon as the girl said it. She must be the cook Xiaoya."

Qin Keqing hurriedly asked: "Who is Xiaoya?"

Yingge: "Reporting to grandma, Xiaoya is a cook. She was brought back from Yangzhou by the third master. She wants to be his maid."

Daiyu: "I think it's a lie that she wants to be a maid, but it's true that she wants to be my brother's concubine. Sister-in-law, you have to be careful about her."

Qin Keqing heard this and said hurriedly: "Let's go over and have a look."

When everyone came outside the study, they saw that the door of the study was open, and there was a man and a woman sitting inside, it was Lin Yun and Xiaoya.

Seeing Qin Keqing and Daiyu walking in surrounded by people, Xiaoya quickly stood up and bowed to Qin Keqing and Daiyu, bowing, "My slave, please give my regards to grandma and my regards to the girl."

Lin Yun also stood up and said with a smile: "But Qing, Yu'er, why are you here?"

Qin Keqing smiled and said: "Sister Yu'er is leading my concubine to get familiar with the environment in the garden. We heard someone playing the piano here, so we came over to have a look."

Daiyu smiled at Lin Yun and said, "Brother, what song were you listening to just now?"

Lin Yun said hurriedly: "I don't know anything about piano music, I just listen to it for fun."

Xiang Ling: "I know, this piece is called Feng Qiu Huang, I have practiced it before."

Daiyu smiled and said: "Feng Qiuhuang, this name sounds very nice. Brother, don't you think so?"

"It's okay."

Lin Yun stepped forward and helped Qin Keqing sit down beside the table, and asked him: "Keqing, can you play the piano?"

Qin Keqing nodded and said, "I can only play a little bit, but I'm not as good as this girl."

Xiaoya said modestly: "My piano skills are also very ordinary."

At this time, Daiyu noticed the guqin on the table. She quickly stepped forward, raised her hand and stroked the guqin a few times, and asked, "Is this the Fuxi Qin made by Lei Wei, the master qin maker of the Tang Dynasty?"

Xiaoya said in surprise: "How did the girl know?"

"My husband told me that he also has the same Fuxi Guqin, and there are four small seal characters of Jiuxiao Huanpei engraved on the top of the dragon pond."

After Daiyu finished speaking, she turned the guqin over and saw four small characters in seal script engraved above the hole below.

Lin Yun praised: "My sister is really knowledgeable, she even knows this."

Daiyu said shyly: "I just listened to what my husband said."

Lin Yun: "I have never heard my sister play the piano. How about you play a piece of music for us now?"

"This~"

Daiyu turned to look at Xiaoya, and when she saw the other person nodded in agreement to her, she sat cross-legged beside the table and asked Lin Yun, "What song do you want to hear, brother?"

Lin Yun thought for a while and said: "Su Shi's Shui Tune Song Tou, when will the bright moon come out? Can my sister play it?"

Daiyu nodded and said, "My husband taught me that if I don't play well, please don't make fun of me, brother and sister-in-law."

Qin Keqing hurriedly said: "Sister, just play it, we all like to listen."

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

Daiyu calmed down, raised her hand to gently pluck the strings, and began to play.

Lin Yun's mind was not on the piano. He glanced at Xiaoya and saw that she was staring intently at Daiyu's fingers playing the piano, without any intention of peeking at Qin Keqing.

He thought to himself: "Did I guess wrong, or is this Xiaoya's method too clever?"

Xiaoya was secretly laughing in her heart at this moment. How could Lin Yun's little scheming escape her notice? If she had made such a low-level mistake, she would have died hundreds of times earlier.

…

After Daiyu finished playing the song, she said angrily to Lin Yunjiao, "Brother didn't even listen to me playing the piano seriously."

Lin Yun said hurriedly: "I listened carefully, but I just didn't understand it well."

Daiyu thought to herself: "Just now you were clearly peeking at Xiaoya, and you wanted to lie to me."

However, the new sister-in-law was sitting next to her, so it was difficult for her to expose Lin Yun's lies.

Lin Yun changed the subject and said: "Sister, I would like to find an opportunity to pick up Sister Xiangyun and keep you company."

When Daiyu heard this, she said happily: "That's great, brother will pick him up tomorrow."

"Uh, don't be so anxious, right?"

Qin Keqing asked curiously: "Who is sister Xiangyun?"

Daiyu: "Sister Xiangyun is the grand-niece of our ancestor in Rongguo Mansion. Her parents died not long after she was born, and she has been living with her uncle and aunt ever since."

"That's it! Then let's help her prepare a room first, and then pick her up after the decoration is completed. Sister, do you agree?"

"OK."

Lin Yun: "I think we should find a small courtyard near the west for Sister Xiangyun to live in, so that we can be closer to Yu'er."

Daiyu said happily: "I will go look for it and choose a suitable one."

Qin Keqing stood up and said, "I'll go with my sister."

"Thank you sister-in-law!"
Chapter completed!