After entering the book, he stole the heroine's charming attributes

"Good, it's great." Shen Li whispered after the performance.

Of course, there were cheers from the audience, but some people did not cheer. It seemed that this performance was not as popular as the dance of the woman who danced after Gu Xiruo.

But Shen Li really thought it was pretty good. It was probably because these men all liked that kind of soft dance moves, and if they lost, they lost in taste, not in skills.

"No one is coming up?" Ruikangdi looked unsatisfied.

One of the eunuchs stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, it should be gone."

"Then ask those outside the palace if anyone has come?"

The eunuch went out and shouted, "Anyone else want to come forward and perform?"

"Let's say it again, is there anyone coming?"

Seeing no one answering, the eunuch returned to the palace: "Your Majesty, there is no one left. There are not many concubines outside."

Rui Kangdi was a little disappointed: "That's it."

Shen Li guessed that one of the reasons was that there were few women outside the hall, but there must be some with talents. The reason they didn't come might be because they were cold and their hands and feet were not flexible, or they hadn't heard any news before and didn't know there would be a performance and were not prepared, so they didn't dare to come up easily.

"Your Majesty, there is still a young lady in our palace who has not performed yet. If Your Majesty hasn't seen enough, why not let her come?"

Shen Li looked at the person who was speaking. She originally thought it was Huo Nanlian, but it was not, but Hu Yinyin.

Needless to say, the person she is talking about must be herself.

Originally, she was the only one who hadn't performed, and she was thinking about not attracting any attention. However, she was mentioned just as she was about to pass.

"Oh? Who?" Ruikangdi asked with interest.

Hu Yinyin looked over at her and said, "That's the woman next to Mr. Shen, the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Personnel."

All of a sudden, everyone looked towards Shen Li.

At this time, the eunuch also said: "Your Majesty, it is true that the woman next to Lord Shen has never performed."

Shen Han stood up and bowed, "Your Majesty, this is my sister. She has been in my hometown before and has just come to Kyoto. She came to the palace banquet this time because she wanted to see the power of the emperor. As for her talent, she is really not very knowledgeable and is afraid of polluting the emperor's eyes. It's not that she didn't want to perform for the emperor on purpose."

"Hey? What did the Qing family say?" After saying this, Rui Kangdi looked at Shen Li and said, "Miss Shen, come forward and speak."

Shen Li walked to Shen Han and bowed: "I am Shen Li, a commoner, and I pay my respects to His Majesty."

"Excuse me, Shen Li? I seem to have heard this name somewhere before."

"Your Majesty, isn't this the girl who won the Cuju competition a few days ago? You also said that she is as capable as any man." said the imperial concubine.

"Oh, yes, my beloved concubine has a good memory." Emperor Ruikang looked at Shen Li again and said, "You are the one who beat Gu Cheng'an in Cuju?"

"Your Majesty, I was just lucky."

"I didn't expect that you, who looks so cute, could be so good at Cuju. Can you tell me why you didn't perform?"

"Your Majesty, my elder brother has already said that I am not very knowledgeable and do not have any talent to perform."

"Really? You know that deceiving the emperor is punishable by death."

Shen Li's heart sank. He was indeed worthy of being the emperor. His attitude seemed kind, but his words were not. Moreover, he was suspicious. He might not just want to see her performance, but he just didn't allow people to lie in front of him, or he didn't respect him.

Just imagine, if he has a talent but doesn't perform it, he will feel that no one wants to perform for him, which means that he is not taken seriously. As an emperor, this is intolerable.

Shen Han said anxiously: "Your Majesty, my sister has only learned pipa for a few days, and she really doesn't know anything else, so she didn't dare to come out to perform, and she was also afraid of being laughed at by everyone. Please don't blame me, Your Majesty."

"Look, isn't it still the same?" Ruikangdi returned to his previous appearance.

"Your Majesty, I really am not a good player..." Shen Li was interrupted before she could finish her words.

"What? You still don't want to perform? I'm confused. Everyone else wants to perform, but you keep refusing. Are you teasing me?"

What Shen Li wanted to say was that she didn't play the piano well, but she was willing to make a fool of herself, but she was interrupted before she could finish.

At this time, Qin Yu stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have always had contact with the Shen family, and I know Miss Shen. She is not like a young lady in the capital, but has always been doing business outside, so she really has no talent. I did not intend to deceive Your Majesty."

"Oh? You two are so familiar with each other?" Ruikangdi said meaningfully.

"Miss Shen and I are friends." Qin Yu said frankly.

Gu Chengan also stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Miss Shen can beat me in Cuju, how could she not know anything about talent? I think she is too modest."

Jin Duobao also stood up. When he was with Shen Li in Xiezhou Prefecture before, they went to the prefect's house to attend a banquet together. He knew that Shen Li knew nothing. In this situation, he naturally had to come out to help her.

"Your Majesty, when I went to Xiezhou Prefecture to do business, I met Miss Shen. She is indeed not interested in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. I can testify to this."

Rui Kangdi looked at the three people below, then looked at Shen Li: "Two of them said you can't do it, and one of them thinks you are lying. What do you say?"

Before Shen Li could speak, the woman on the emperor's right spoke up: "Brother, Miss Shen is new to Kyoto. Even if she has some talent, she doesn't dare to come up because she has just seen your majesty as an emperor. Don't scare her."

Shen Li heard that the person who was speaking must be the princess, the emperor's sister. But why was she speaking for him?

"From the look in her eyes, she doesn't look like she's afraid of me."

Shen Li bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, I just wanted to say that although I have only learned pipa for a few days and do not have any other talents, I am willing to perform for Your Majesty. If Your Majesty finds it unpleasant, I hope you will punish me leniently."

She still had confidence in her pipa skills, and with so many people speaking for her, she couldn't bring trouble to them.

"Royal sister, look at her like this, does she look scared? She's still asking me not to blame her for playing the piano badly." Ruikangdi joked.

"Then, brother, let's listen."

"Okay." Then Rui Kangdi looked at Shen Li again: "Come up and play. I won't blame you."

Shen Li walked onto the stage, took the pipa from the eunuch's hand, then sat on the stool and began to play.

The piece she played was "Zhaojun Goes to the Frontier".

This is also a famous modern pipa piece. She actually didn’t know the music score, but after learning pipa, she tried to write out the music score of this piece little by little based on what she had heard before, and then she kept practicing it.

Apart from anything else, this song alone was enough to shock them. What's more, her skills were not bad either, so the effect of her playing was naturally good.