"It's really Yi Chenfei. I've seen his portrait before, and I'm sure it's him."
"Shixian is my male god. I can't imagine seeing him in person in the flower house."
"Who is the woman next to him? She seems to have a good background."
"You think, if Miss Gu San and Shi Xian faced off, who would be better? Miss Gu San's poems written in the tournament are now well-known all over the world and are regarded as classics."
"It's hard to say. Shixian's poems are good, and Miss Gu San's poems are also good."
Gu Chunuan's strong-boned hand knocked on the table repeatedly, tilted his head and said with a smile, "You've been recognized, will you still play?"
"It's rare for the third young lady to be so elegant. How can I refute your interest?"
After saying that, Yi Chenfei stood up, borrowed the piano from a piano player, and carried Mo Qin to Gao Taiya and sat on it.
Placing his white fingers flat on the ink piano, he raised his head, Yi Chenfei smiled fondly, and Gu Chunuan's lazy and evil smile reflected in his clear eyes.
Everyone in Wuyougui became interested and looked at Yi Chenfei on the high platform.
But he saw Yi Chenfei raised his hand lightly, and made a clear and graceful sound with a clang.
Just one audition made everyone feel refreshed.
Before anyone could react, beautiful notes flowed slowly from the strings, sometimes high-pitched and passionate, like thousands of troops marching on iron hooves and wielding swords in fierce battle, shouting loudly and making their blood boil.
Sometimes it is euphemistic and low-pitched, like a couple reunited after a long separation, expressing their endless lovesickness.
Sometimes it is crisp and bright, like the slow breeze blowing through the green bamboo forest, making people feel like they are in spring.
The sound of his piano was so beautiful that everyone was deeply immersed in the sound of the piano, and their emotions continued to change with his music.
Gu Chunuan drank lazily while looking at Chen Yifei.
Dressed in white, he appears ethereal, with his plain hands gently plucking the strings, as if he is one with the music.
For some reason, Gu Chunuan could hear a hint of melancholy, a hint of helplessness, and a hint of worry from his peaceful music.
he……
Who are you worried about?
Why does her heart feel so heavy when she listens to his music?
Yi Chenfei...
What kind of person is he?
"But hey, Wuyouguan also has a piano player who plays the piano much better than him." Xiao Yuxuan was jealous. It didn't matter that Yi Chenfei was good-looking, but how could he play the piano so well?
"Oh... I'm just a carefree boy. Is there anyone who can play the piano better than him?"
Gu Chunuan didn't believe it.
As for Yi Chenfei's piano music, it can be said that it is the best piano music she has ever heard so far.
"Why, you don't believe it? Who in the entire Imperial City doesn't know that Wuyougui has a new piano player a few months ago, and he can amaze everyone with every piece he plays on the piano. But it's a pity that he only plays one piece every night."
With that said, Xiao Yuxuan glanced over to the piano master, only to see a familiar figure with a straight back.
"Ye Feng, why is he here?"
Gu Chunuan followed his line of sight, and sure enough...
Ye Feng was wearing the clothes of a piano player and seemed to be leaving.
Gu Chunuan quickly shouted, "Madam, I want that man to drink with me."
"Auntie, I'm sorry, he...he won't accompany you to the wine."
"Pa..."
Gu Chunuan threw away another hundred thousand taels and said, "I want him to drink with me tonight."
The madam quickly put one hundred thousand taels of silver into her pocket, her eyes turned into slits with a smile, "Don't worry, aunt, I will let him accompany you well tonight."
Before she finished speaking, the bustard ran up to Ye Feng and blocked his way.
Gu Chunuan strained his ears and tried to listen to their conversation.
Because she was too far away, she couldn't hear clearly. She could only vaguely hear the madam trying her best, almost pleading.
"Mr. Ye, just do it and help me. I just have a few drinks and I won't ask you to do anything excessive. You see, it's hard for my mother too. The living expenses are so high. Everything has to be spent. What else?
The girls and brothers are sick and can't accept customers. It's really hard for my mother to meet a big customer."
"Sorry, I said before that I won't accompany you to drink or accompany guests. The time has come today and I have to go back."
"Mr. Ye, you're leaving. How can I explain it to you? I'll ask the madam to beg you, okay? You see, when your mother-in-law was seriously ill and you were desperate, it was my mother who kindly asked a doctor to treat your mother-in-law, wasn't it you?
Even for the sake of mom helping you once, can you help mom this time?"
Gu Chunuan asked a waiter next to him.
"Are you familiar with Ye Feng?"
"Returning to my aunt, Ye Feng is taciturn. He doesn't talk much and doesn't get close to others. None of his brothers and sisters are familiar with him. We only know that he comes from a poor family and lives with a blind mother-in-law."
"When his mother-in-law was dying of illness, it was her mother who kindly helped her to see a doctor. Ye Feng was grateful for his mother's life-saving grace, and in order to earn a small amount of money, he stayed in the house and played music, one song a day, without accompanying her.
He doesn't drink wine and doesn't accompany guests. Every day, whether he plays the piano or not, he goes back before Haishi to say what he is doing because he is worried about his mother-in-law."
"Then do you know Ye Feng's life experience?"
The pretty boy shook his head.
Ye Feng never said it, and they didn't know.
"Okay, please step back."
Gu Chunuan rewarded him with a thousand taels of silver, and kept stroking his chin, thinking about Ye Feng's background.
Xiao Yuxuan wondered, "Ugly girl, after the fighting competition, didn't the emperor reward him with a lot of gold and silver jewelry? Look at his clothes, why is he still so simple?"
"Ask me how I know."
Gu Chunuan didn't know how the bustard mother persuaded Ye Feng, but she saw Ye Feng coming to her with a cold face.
The bustard stood nearby and praised her vigorously.
"Although my Ye Feng is not good at words, he is the most handsome among us Wuyougui. Moreover, he is well-read in poems and books, and his talent is beyond the comparison of ordinary young masters."
Gu Chunuan nodded.
She doesn't deny this.
Originally, he felt that the beauties in the building were pretty good-looking, but as soon as Ye Feng came out, he immediately threw them away.
As for talent and learning...
Ranking second in the competition is a wasted reputation.
This madam probably doesn’t know that Ye Feng is the second place winner in the tournament.
"My Ye Feng usually doesn't drink with you, but my aunt is kind and generous. My Ye Feng is..."
"Okay, okay, this guy from your family is talking as if he is your son, please step back."
"Yes..." the madam left in a sullen voice.
Gu Chunuan pointed to the seat next to her and said with a smile, "Xiao Fengfeng, we have met again after less than a day apart. Come and sit down."
"Third Miss, if you have any orders, please tell me directly."
"How dare I give you any instructions? I just want to make friends with you."
"Sorry, I never make friends."
"Then you can have a few drinks with me."
"I don't drink."
"The madam just received me one hundred thousand taels of silver. Isn't it enough to buy you a drink with one hundred thousand taels of silver?"
Ye Feng frowned slightly.
"If you don't drink, I will ask the madam to return the one hundred thousand taels of silver to me."
Ye Feng's cool lips moved slightly, and he said bitterly, "I'm just a Hanyi, why should the third lady tease me again and again."