(👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 thats how Queen Mother somewhat looked like...)
"Everyone arise." She said assisting me to straighten my posture.,
"Thank you Queen mother"
I saw a smile on her face when our eyes meet. And darn that homemade turmeric with egg wash facial mask really did it's magic,
I didn't saw her earlier cause it's still dark when I did her face and the lighting were deem.
But looking at her now in her golden Phoenix themed dress.
she has the air of sophistication and elegance with a touch of fierce as her eyes were sharp as ever.
But I really gonna hand it to myself as pleasing this old hag is really breezy.
"Arise" she said that made everyone at ease
"You look exquisite Queen Mother" I said smiling assisting her to her seat
"And I'm grateful to you for that, and you can just call me Mother from this day onward" she said that everyone heard
"Thank you Mother" I said bowing a little as I head to my seat
Li Cheng still kept his eyes on her as his curious why his mother is so nice to her recently to the point that the Queen Mother would match their clothes on her Natal day..
Concubine Jen kept her face hidden as she knew that her anger is rising hearing what the Queen Mother said., but the rest of the concubines behaved themselves as they don't want to be humiliated by the empress and be the reason that Queen Mother's special day to be ruined and received much worst punishment.
The event went as planned till the Queen payed more attention to their Empress
"Kim-er, I heard from Southern Marquis, General Li Ching that you are well versed to play the Guzheng. Can you play for us while everyone enjoyed the wine?" She asked politely
That made her flinched for the following reasons: 1, She doesn't have any idea how ancient music sound like 2, She don't know how to play that and 3,She even didn't know what kind of instrument is that!
She looked at her fathers direction as she saw him smiling from ear to ear with a proud look.
she just sighed as she composed herself with a smile as she respond to Queen Mother
"Then I'll do my best to please everyone, Mother" she said as she elegantly stood up while her dress flow as she moves
The maids prepare the instrument at the center just near our table.
' well this guzheng instrument looked like a zither but slightly different as this one have bridges underneath. And I think it's movable, where have I seen this before?' She thought as observe the instrument as she have the basic idea of how the zither works.
'Oh, it's the same instrument A-Jin played while I'm busy painting. But what song should I play? I don't know any ancient song... *hyst,* None the less I'm just gonna wing it" she though as she sat down in front of the instrument
Everyone's eyes where on her while the servants bring forth the wines
She glide her fingers to every string as she's trying to figure out which note is which, just like gliding your fingers at all the keys on the piano.
'So the notes are somewhat similar to the piano but as the right hand have the vibration while the left hand will be the one hitting the right notes and the closer the string to me the higher the note it is.' She observed as She look at her husband as she smirked
I started to pluck the stings with my left hand and make it vibrate accordingly with my right , making it sound as what I've heard back in my previous life.
'The song is called 10,000 Reasons, a worship song that even the army enjoyed hearing,
as we all are get motivated by our reasons behind our actions, battling bandits, terrorists and wild animals as rangers, that really put our lives in the line. each and every time we finished a mission.
That song always reminded us all the reason, why we're fighting.' She thought.
As the one who's playing reminisced her past, while the ones whose listening were at ease, hearing the unfamiliar tune yet they seemed to be hypnotized by it.,
Even the Emperor Li Cheng where admiring her as he looked at her facial expression which has a bitter sweet look, as her eyes looked lonely but her smile where alluring cause of her lips.
Her step sister looked hocked as she knew that Kim Li can't play anything good as her Mother trashed her instruments and she haven't practiced since their Brother became a general, which is her to be around six years of age.
And since then every present the two men sent to her never got to her as her Mother kept everything.
And that make her blood boil as she's been hiding her talents all along making a fool of them
You could say that everyone is enchanted to hear her play. As she gained both haters and admirers.
And when everyone thought that it was good enough to hear the tune, they didn't expect her to sing along
"The sun comes up
It's a new day dawning
It's time to sing your song again
Whatever may pass
And whatever lies before me
Let me be singing
When evening comes" she sang it in mellow vocals
Though she didn't sing the whole song cause it'll be too troublesome if they found out that the song is literally not for the queen but for the Almighty God..
"You're rich in love
And your slow to anger
Your name is great
And your heart is kind
For all the goodness
I will keep on singing
10,000 reasons
for my heart to find"
But never the less she continued singing while everyone is in awe and in daze state
as she continued to hum the rest of the lyrics till the end.
As they might misunderstand the last verse since the song is not really for the Queen.
As she finished everyone clapped and the Queen seemed to appreciate it as she gave a standing ovation.
'Thank God it's over! I can breath now!' I thought
I didn't even know that i held her breath before I heard my audience all gave their positive remarks
I curtsy and came back to my seat, not daring to eat or drink anything as I knew that I gained a lot of haters recently and I think they might form a haters club just to kick me out of the palace again.
" you did great" he said awkwardly
"Uh? thank you?" She sarcastically said as she's not in the mood to deal with the awkwardness of the guy besides her that didn't gave her and her family any face.
