Guzheng Stories

There once lived a filial son of a eligible bachelor from the capital, Yang Fai, who is one of the most significant Guzheng instrument players in the capital. Not only string instruments, he knows every kinds of songs from the South and would sing it every time he perform in the royal court. But soon after, he was banned from playing as one of the people who performs Yayue (Yayue was originally a form of classical music and dance performed at the royal court and temples in ancient China.) with no reason at all. People told him he was banished from the capital in playing because of his appearance. Days and months passed, his life became a misery knowing that he's not allowed to play in the capital; he moved to Western part of imperial China.

Bai Li is the beautiful, pampered yet surprisingly grounded maidservant of the rich lord of the Xi province. One day as she was relaxing in the shade she was kidnapped by some slave dealer hoping to make a coin or two. She is sold into the noble household of Ling to serve the young mistress Fei Ling. Through a series of events Bai Li ,under a new identity known as Hong, is forced to play the Guzheng -a stringed instrument- for a mysterious stranger in the place of Fei Ling. What will happen if she is found out?

Hello. My name is Hong Anrong. Ah, but you don't need me to tell you that, do you? Almost everyone in China and their mother knows my name. I am not trying to boast. It is only that I truly have achieved such fame that ordinary people can only dream of. Much of my fame comes from my status as a teen idol. I am (or was) a musician, singer, actress, martial artist, and writer, though not necessarily in that order. But even if you are not familiar with my art, surely you would know of my involvement in an affair known as the Black Child scandal. The whole affair cost me my reputation, my career, and my friends. Whatever the public might think, the truth is that the scandal was caused through no fault of my own. But I am not here to prove my innocence. No, I am here to document the lead-up to the scandal and my life hence. Because my career, my rise to fame, is as fascinating as it is controversial. And perhaps by understanding how I came to be you will also understand better the truth of this industry which inevitably led to my ruin. For even though it might seem that my fate as an idol was predestined, it was really the manipulation of grown-ups that set me onto this path. So let us go back to a hot afternoon some months after my ninth birthday, back to the day my destiny was irrevocably decided for me.

Lian Hua was trouble; the immortal beings didn't know how or why a blind musician would cause such a drastic ripple in the future. They just knew. When a young deity's punishment sends him down to the mortal world to monitor the blind girl, an unexpected twist of fate occurs that will shake both worlds.