Chapter 9 — On the big wedding day, my husband ignored me and personally carried my pregnant sister to the palanquin.

The Queen was the first to clap.

"The piano is really good."

"The love is so sincere, it makes even the listener's heart ache."

She looked towards me. The smile is still gentle as before.

"Tinh Vuong Phi."

"It's your turn."

"I wonder what talent I plan to show today for everyone to enjoy?"

All eyes. Once again, focus on yourself. I slowly stood up. On the face. There was no anger at all from being humiliated. There wasn't even a trace of tension. I just calmly looked at Tham Vi Vi. Smiling softly.

"Miss Tham's playing skills are really not bad."

"It's just..."

I suddenly changed my tone. The sound suddenly became cold.

"The sad, endless song like this."

"Too much sentimental."

"This concubine's husband."

"The god of war guards the northern border, protecting the mountains and rivers."

"You are used to hearing the sound of swords, spears, and iron horses."

"I'm used to smelling blood on the battlefield."

"This kind of song lamenting one's fate, whining without illness like this."

"You're not used to listening."

"I'm not used to hearing it either."

I walked to the front of the guqin tree. From start to finish. Not once did she glance at Tham Vi Vi. As if she were just air. We sit down. Gently try out a few strings. My two hands suddenly placed themselves firmly on the handle.

"Zhang——!"

A sharp, intense sound ripped through the night. Completely different from Tham Vi Vi's plaintive piano sound just now. In that sound. Filled with killing intent. Right after that. The sound of the piano was rushing like a rolling storm. The song I play. It's 《Ten Faced Ambush》. This is a piece of the battlefield. Portraying the Cai Ha battle between the Chu army and the Han army. Sometimes majestic and boiling. Like an army of thousands of horses rushing forward. Sometimes it's a battle between police and soldiers. The sound of killing shook the sky. Sword light and shadow. Sometimes it turns into sad and plaintive sounds. It is the cry of the defeated army. It is an elegy at the end of a hero's path. I have never learned this piece of music. But I've heard Tieu Huyen Than mention it before. That's his favorite piece. Because in there. Has the taste of the battlefield. It's what you're most familiar with. I rely only on memory. Along with my own enlightenment. But plucking creates that lute. My techniques. Perhaps not as skilled as Tham Vi Vi. But our emotions are conveyed in the sound of the piano. More realistic. It's also ten thousand times more majestic than her fake sadness. It is the release of all the patience and humiliation that we have endured for the past year. That is my declaration of war against all the lights, swords, and shadows waiting ahead. That is also a warning that I send on behalf of Tieu Huyen Than to all those who are watching him and plotting to harm him. A piece of music ends. I withdrew my hand and stood up. The whole Ngu Hoa garden was still immersed in a dead quiet atmosphere. Everyone was so shocked by the bloody murderous aura in my guitar sound that they were speechless. The ladies and young ladies who lived in the ladies' room all year round became even more pale. It was as if they had really just gone through a bloody battle. The smile on the Queen's face had long since disappeared without a trace. Her fingers tightened around the armrest of the chair. Even my knuckles turned white. Tham Vi Vi staggered further and took a step back. There was only disbelief on his face. She doesn't understand Okay. Why do we know how to play the guitar like that? That's not something a noble woman should know. I stood up. Looking down at her from above.

"Miss Shen."

"It seems you've forgotten."

"The books of the Tinh Vuong Palace are still left at the Co Palace."

"Every single item on there is clearly recorded."

"How much money have you spent from Tinh Vuong Palace?"

"There's time to sit here and play the piano and brag, gaining everyone's pity."

"Let's just think about it."

"How can we return that huge amount of silver to Tinh Vuong Palace within three days?"

"Or..."

My eyes glanced over her raised belly.

"You want this child."

"Just born and having to carry the word 'debt' on your back?"

Tham Vi Vi's face immediately turned red like pig liver. I don't pay attention to her. But turned to look at the Queen. I smiled slightly at her. That smile. Again carrying a cold and sharp look.

"What makes me even more confused is..."

"The Queen is the master of the six palaces."

"A mother who respects the world."

"Night party today."

"The people present here are all ladies of destiny with status and status."

"So why..."

"Let an unmarried woman have an affair with someone else and get pregnant before marriage."

"Appearing in a formal occasion like this?"