The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

Hua Wu Ke met Hua Fu Yue and her maid as soon as he went out early in the morning.

"Be careful with my piano!"

Hua Fuyue’s best skill is playing the piano, so she attaches great importance to the piano test in the morning, hoping to come out on top.

For this purpose, he even brought the Liuhuiqin from Sun Ruhui's dowry, which was now being held carefully by Luoyi.

Unexpectedly, she met Hua Wu Ke. Hua Fu Yue glanced at her:

"I really envy my third sister. She doesn't have any outstanding music, but she can make do with any random piano."

Turning back and gently playing the zither that his mother had specially prepared for him, Hua Wu Ke sighed pretentiously:

"Alas, I can't do that. Mother said that only this zither is worthy of me."

Hua Wu Ke recognized this zither. It was a treasure left behind by Master Liu Shu, the best zither artist of the previous dynasty.

There are four such pianos, namely Liuri, Liuyue, Liuxing and Liuhui.

Hua Fuyue's zither is just the Liuhui zither at the bottom of the ranking.

"Second sister's piano is of course good, but I don't know if your piano skills are worthy of this piano."

After Hua Wu Ke finished speaking, he ignored Hua Fuyue who was jumping up and down behind him and walked away.

Thinking of yesterday's food box, Hua Fuyue sneered in her heart.

Humph, don’t be so proud, or you’ll make a fool of yourself!

Hua Wu Ke and Hua Fu Yue arrived at the music hall one after another.

Young ladies from aristocratic families have always been particular about appearances, and most of them brought zithers from their own homes.

Among the various heirlooms, the Liuhuiqin is just an ordinary item.

Seeing that no one came to compliment her piano, Hua Fuyue curled her lips.

These ignorant fools, humph! Let's see if you can still remain so calm after hearing my piano music!

"Yueyue, your piano is so beautiful!"

As soon as Liu Nanfei arrived, she saw Hua Fuyue with an indignant look on her face. She glanced at the piano she was touching with both hands and then spoke.

Hua Fuyue raised the corner of her mouth, but tried to pretend that she didn't care.

Pretending to be casual, he said, "It's okay, it's just the Liuhuiqin."

At this time, Lin Xizhi, the daughter of the Minister of Works, who was sitting in front of Hua Fuyue on the right, rolled her eyes silently.

He sneered at Hua Fuyue's overt and covert show-off behavior.

Fortunately, I didn't listen to my father and bring that Liuyueqin with me, otherwise it would be so unlucky to use a similar thing with this petty person!

Then he casually glanced at Hua Wu Ke who was sitting next to him.

Taking a look, I found that Hua Wu Ke had skin as white as cream and eyes as beautiful as a painting. She sat there calmly, with a natural demeanor.

Lin Xizhi secretly admired it.

Hua Wu Ke never came to the academy, and when he did, he would hide in a corner and attract no attention.

When I saw her today, I found that she was actually a great beauty!

Lin Xizhi has always liked beautiful things, so she took the initiative to speak:

"Hua Fuyue has taken the Liuhuiqin, why don't you have one?"

"Isn't the academy prepared?"

Lin Xizhi nodded in agreement, saying that she was right.

That's right, with her and my half-baked level being about the same, it doesn't matter what piano she uses.

The piano art examination is divided into five groups.

Hua Fuying, Hua Fuyue, Hua Wuke, Liu Nanfei and Lin Xizhi are all in the same group.

After Liu Nanfei finished playing a standard piece of music, it was Hua Fuyue's turn.

The sound of the piano flows out slowly, gentle and continuous like the chirping of orioles and swallows.

Hua Fuyue played a song called Ruo Shui Yue, which is a well-known song that tests one's skills very much. Even a master who is proficient in the art of playing the piano may not be able to perform it well.

Hua Fuyue obviously modified this song.

Most of the difficult parts were changed into things she was good at.

Although it is not as captivating as the original song, it also has the beauty of a beautiful girl next door.

Seeing that it was almost over, Hua Fuyue felt a sharp pain in her abdomen.

What's going on? I've had stomachaches from time to time since this morning, but I didn't even drink tea in order to play this piece well.

Hua Fuyue silently said to herself, just bear with it a little longer, she will finish playing soon.

The more Hua Fuyue tried to calm down, the more panicked she became.

It was almost time for the last section, the difficult part specially left in to show off the superb piano skills, and Hua Fuyue couldn't remain calm anymore.

He panicked and scratched his fingers so hard that he actually broke a string.

With a clang sound.

It sounds very sharp in the originally soft melody.

The teachers who were originally smiling and nodding in affirmation in their seats all frowned.

Such a failure, alas!

Hua Fuyue was also shocked by this sudden change.

Seeing that everyone around him had changed from admiring him to laughing at him, he felt cramps in his stomach and even started to make gurgling sounds.

The students closer to him had already frowned, covered their noses with handkerchiefs, and sat further away in disgust.

Hua Fuyue had never suffered such an injustice before, so she stood up and ran away with red eyes.

The noise was quite loud and Liu Nanfei was the closest to her. Looking at the direction she ran, Liu Nanfei frowned.

Why did she have a stomachache? Did Mianmian make a mistake?

Then a few more female students went up to play some songs, all of which were gentle as water and occasionally mixed with daughters' feelings.

Among them, one played the piano very well.

That was the daughter of the dean of the academy, Wu Yuwen.

The sound of the piano flowed under her hands, seeping into everyone's hearts like drizzle.

When the song ended, she slowly let out a breath, and seeing the amazement on everyone's faces, she finally felt relieved.

After all, Hua Wu Ke is here too, maybe that person will come too...

Wu Yuwen stood up, bowed and returned to her seat, her movements showing the demeanor of a lady from a noble family.

"Miss Wu's performance of this piece is truly stunning."

"Yu Wen's song is so beautiful, it will definitely win first place!"

"Needless to say, looking at the entire academy, who can compare with Yu Wen?"

……

Faced with everyone's praise, Wu Yuwen just smiled faintly and didn't care.

However, he took advantage of the crowd's obstruction to secretly glance at Hua Wu Ke who was walking towards the stage.

Hua Wu Ke gently stroked the zither, making a humming sound.

Not jarring but just enough to catch everyone’s attention.

Just like that, everyone fell silent.

Hua Wu Ke plucking the piano with his fingers, and the first sound came out, like a blown horn.

Then came a violent storm with tremendous force.

Unlike Wu Yuwen's piano music which makes listeners feel like they are seeing a woman expressing her true feelings to her beloved, Hua Wuke's piano music is enchanting and captivating.

It makes people feel like a banana leaf wet by the rain, helpless.

The sound of the piano gradually changed from rapid to melodious, like a person being awakened from a nightmare. I opened my eyes and saw the bright sunshine, birds singing and the breeze outside the window.

As the piano music faded, everyone came back to their senses.

How could he be so absorbed in listening to Hua Wu Ke's music? Wasn't she a fool who knew nothing?

The teacher in charge of teaching piano also nodded in appreciation and glanced at Dean Wu out of the corner of his eye.

Sure enough, he looked unhappy.

Tsk, this old man just can't stand others being better than her daughter.

Fortunately, Hua Wu Ke passed the college entrance examination and no longer needs to come here, otherwise who knows what this old man would do.

Hua Wu Ke returned to his seat amid everyone's stunned gaze.

As soon as he sat down, Lin Xizhi came over and said indignantly: "Aren't you a idiot?"

I thought at least I could have Hua Wu Ke to keep me, an "unlearned and unskilled" person, company.

Lin Xizhi didn't expect that she would abandon herself so soon!

"When did I ever admit that I'm a idiot?"

Lin Xizhi was stunned.

Yes!

There are only rumors about her, and she has never admitted anything! Since she is not a fool, the other rumors are not credible.

"Oh, it's over. Thinking of you around, I promised my father before leaving home that I would not take last place in the piano art competition. Oh!"

"Forget it. I don't want to think about it anymore. You don't know my name yet, I'm Lin Xizhi."