The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

"I heard you are an excellent pianist?"

Looking at Fu Rongxin, Gu Shichong narrowed his eyes slightly and slowly played with the teacup on the table with his fingers.

"My tricks may disturb your Highness's hearing."

"It's okay, just play it once or twice."

The meaning of Gu Shichong's expression was ambiguous. Although Fu Rongxin was slightly inferior to Xue Zhiyi in terms of dress and demeanor when standing next to him, and seemed a little petty, her face was really too beautiful to be looked away. Such a beautiful girl from a petite family had a unique charm.

Fu Rongxin, the always arrogant True Phoenix, had no idea what Gu Shichong was thinking at this moment, otherwise she would have been angered to death.

She glanced sideways at the person beside her, but met Xue Zhiyi's expectant eyes.

Fu Rong sneered in her heart: Could it be that Xue Zhiyi wanted to outshine her with his piano skills?

If this is the case, Xue Zhiyi has made a wrong idea. Her title of the most talented woman in Linzhou is not gained out of thin air.

But now that things have come to this, if she doesn't play it, people will probably think that she is just gaining fame in vain.

However, what if she played the piano too well and caught Gu Shichong's eye?

She no longer wants to be involved with Gu Shichong in this life. She has had enough of the feeling of being beheaded in her previous life.

But she changed her mind and realized that she was just a concubine's daughter of a merchant family. Gu Shichong valued family background, so even if he was attracted by her talent and beauty, he would not easily take her into his mansion.

After thinking for a moment, she said, "In this case, I will respectfully obey your command. I hope Your Highness will be more tolerant."

As they were talking, the zither was moved to the octagonal pavilion.

Fu Rongxin knelt in front of the piano table, with her bare hands resting on the strings.

At this moment, almost everyone held their breath, wanting to hear the abilities of Linzhou's most talented woman.

As the first piano note rang out, melodious and lingering music flowed from her fingertips.

Its voice is soft and melodious, like the cry of a phoenix;

The sound is mournful and gentle, like a whisper.

It is long and melodious, with a lingering aftertaste.

"There is a beautiful woman, I will never forget you when I see her.

I don’t see you in a day, thinking like crazy.

Feng Fei soars, seeking phoenix from all corners of the world.

Unfortunately, the beauty is not at the east wall. "

Along with the beautiful music of the piano, Fu Rongxin's singing sounded at the right time, like weaving a piece of brocade, the sound of the piano and her singing intertwined with each other.

Her piano skills are no worse than Xue Zhiyi's, and coupled with the gentle and soft voice of a Linzhou woman, it makes people even more intoxicated.

Fu Ling watched all this and felt secretly happy in her heart: if she was really her daughter, even if she was raised in a place like Linzhou, she would still be outstanding. In comparison, although Xue Zhiyi's surname was Xue, he actually wanted to suppress Rong Xin's charm in such a stupid way.

It's really stupid!

She had always thought she was stupid, and never imagined that a scapegoat who was meant to ward off disaster for the real phoenix would have such harmful intentions.

Sure enough, some people are born lowly.

Rongxin will marry Prince Gong sooner or later. In this case, let Rongxin show her talents in front of Prince Gong now so that he will never forget her. When he wants to exchange Rongxin and Xue Zhiyi back in the future, Prince Gong will surely be very satisfied.

With the last pluck, the song ended.

There were endless exclamations from all around, and everyone was praising this young lady from Linzhou. Only the sisters Fu Jiamin and Fu Jiahui who were standing aside almost tore their handkerchiefs to pieces.

After Fu Rongxin finished playing the zither, she stood up and bowed: "I am sorry for my poor performance, Your Highness, please do not blame me."

Gu Shichong's smile was also a bit intoxicated. He clapped his hands and sighed: "The most talented woman in Linzhou, the most beautiful woman in Linzhou, she deserves it! I wonder which family she is from?"

Fu Rongxin bowed again: "My father is Fu Wei from the Fu's Trading Company in Linzhou."

It turned out that she was just a merchant girl.

The interest that had been aroused in Gu Shichong's eyes sank a little.

Fu Rongxin, who had stolen the limelight, turned around to see Xue Zhiyi's frustrated look after his plan failed, but she didn't expect that Xue Zhiyi's expression didn't change at all, and his smile even deepened.

She didn't understand why, but she didn't expect that at this moment, her eyes met with someone in the crowd behind Xue Zhiyi... In an instant, she felt a chill behind her.

Xue Zhiyi just smiled and said, "My cousin's piano skills are worse than mine. I am ashamed of myself."

After saying that, following Fu Rongxin's frightened gaze, Xue Zhiyi also turned around.

At this moment, a man in the crowd was looking in Fu Rongxin's direction with interest.

The man looked to be in his thirties, tall, but the way he looked at people looked a little vulgar.

Seeing this scene, Xue Zhiyi finally showed a satisfied smile on his face.

This person was not a big shot. His name was Gao Qingnian, and he was just a sixth-rank official in the Inspectorate. Moreover, he was a vulgar person who liked women. In his backyard, he had eight wives and concubines, not to mention countless maids.

In the previous life, it was such a person who came to the Fu family and asked to marry Fu Rongxin as a concubine.

Hu Shuixian was naturally happy to see this happen, because through this marriage she could establish a relationship between the Fu family and the government, so that she could marry her own daughter to an official family.

The only price she paid was sacrificing a concubine's daughter who repeatedly stole her daughter's limelight. It was simply a win-win situation with no investment.

This marriage was arranged when Fu Wei was not at home, and Linzhou was far away from Huajing, so this matter did not reach Fu Ling's ears.

But how could Fu Rongxin allow herself, the true phoenix pearl, to be covered in dust?

So she fled to Huajing overnight, and met Gu Shichong on the way. It was at that time that the two had an affair.

However, Fu Rongxin in her previous life would not have met Gao Qingnian so early. Gao Qingnian did not attend the wedding at that time. Or, given his official position, Xue Zhentong did not deliberately try to win him over, so he did not even send him an invitation. They must have met a few months later.

It's just that when Xue Zhiyi was drawing up the guest list, he asked Hu Bai to add such an insignificant person to the list.

After looking at the list, Xue Zhentong approved the guest list without even noticing Gao Qingnian's existence.

With such a big commotion, that lecherous guy Gao Qingnian should have noticed her, right?

A sixth-rank official took a concubine from a merchant family as his concubine. This was truly a good marriage between two well-matched families.

However, Xue Zhiyi didn't understand one thing. Logically speaking, Fu Rongxin should not know Gao Qingnian at this time, so why did she act so frightened?

She narrowed her eyes.

Is there something about Fu Rongxin, or some details from her past life, that she has overlooked?

Unexpectedly, a scream was heard at this moment.

Following the sound, I saw Fu Jiamin squatting down with her body hunched over, holding her stomach and howling miserably.

Fu Jiahui beside him was obviously much more restrained, but still couldn't help but hunched over against the wall, with beads of sweat dripping down her forehead.

"What's wrong! What happened?!" Hu Shuixian hurried forward.

Fu Jiamin cried out in pain: "Mom! My stomach hurts so much... Is someone trying to poison us?"

When they heard about poisoning, everyone present, who were all from the official family of Huajing, were particularly sensitive to these two words and became alert at that time.

Not only that, the guards brought by Prince Gong instantly became alert, surrounded him, and shouted: "Protect the emperor!"

Seeing this, Fu Ling urged: "Go get the doctor!"