Ambitious Favored Consort: How To Become A Wangfei

Chapter 24: Bonfire

Narentuoya was so provoked that she immediately became angry. She widened her eyes and asked fiercely, "Okay, well, what do you want to compete on?"

"Anything." Tang Shishi said, "You decide. Anything that the princess is good at, we'll compete on that."

"Arrogant!" Narentuoya furiously said, "Are you looking down on me?"

Tang Shishi spread her hands, "I'm just telling the truth. That's all."

Narentuoya has been spoiled since she was a child and cannot bear any grievance. How can she tolerate this kind of contempt? She immediately said loudly, "Bring the guqin."

Beiting's guqin was different from the Central Plains' guqin. Their guqin was shaped like a pipa with a straight neck and a little thinner and transliterated as amber words. After Narentuoya got the guqin, she gave Tang Shishi a provocative look and sat on the guqin stool, playing, and singing skillfully.

Amber words was like pipa, but the timbre was more vigorous than pipa, with a strong prairie style. Narentuoya could play and sing without any preparation, which shows that her talent was really good.

At the end of the song, Narentuoya looked at Tang Shishi provocatively. Tang Shishi smiled and turned to the Beiting attendant beside her, "You should have brought some musical instruments over. Please help me get a pipa."

Prince Jing disliked cumbersomeness and did not even want to bring any womenfolk along, let alone brought any musical instruments. When Tang Shishi went on the stage, she had to borrow a musical instrument from her opponent temporarily.

The Beiting attendant looked at Tang Shishi in surprise. Narentuoya snorted and said in a proud voice, "Go and get it. I want to see what trick she can do."

The attendant of Beiting came back holding Pipa in his arms quickly. Tang Shishi thanked him, took the pipa, tried the scale casually, and sat on the high stool with the pipa in her arms.

Because of the commotions here, many people gathered around to look at what was going on, and even people from afar kept looking at the stage. After Tang Shishi tuned the strings, she made a high-pitched sound suddenly. Soon after, the musical sound of pipa poured in, sometimes the atmosphere sounded majestic, sometimes the atmosphere sounded low and mellow, anxious but not upheaval. All in all, her sound of music was soul-stirring.

In the hands of Tang Shishi, the pipa was a very murderous musical instrument, it was like having a thousand troops with great momentum.

Amber words was like pipa, but the scale was not as broad as the pipa. In terms of structure, pipa was bigger. Tang Shishi's choice of pipa was also very obvious. It was the foreigner her, in the end, it was not her.

At the end of the song, the scene was quiet, and no one spoke. Narentuoya had never been defeated. She refused to admit defeat and said in a loud voice, "Take the drum!"

Narentuoya's drum was small and exquisite, with gorgeous ornaments inlaid on it. After Narentuoya got the drum, she hit it on the spot, and the drumbeats were fast and anxious. Tang Shishi just used an eagerly killing song, and Narentuoya deliberately found a replacement and chose a drum.

Zhao Zixun stood not far away and sighed inwardly. Narentuoya was really good at singing and dancing. In such a short time, she did not show her timidity and she could even play two kinds of musical instruments. At that time, he was afraid Tang Shishi could not be able to do so.

In fact, Zhao Zixun was very surprised that Tang Shishi could play the pipa. He always thought that Tang Shishi was just a brainless beautiful woman.

Previously, when he was in Prince Jing's study room, Tang Shishi rushed to say that she was the first, but Zhao Zixun did not think so. Zhao Zixun had thought that it was only Empress Dowager Yao's intention to disgust Prince Jing that makes Tang Shishi the number one. In terms of real talent and learning, how can Tang Shishi, a merchant's daughter, compare with Zhou Shunhua, a daughter from a respectable family?