Harem Daily Life

Chapter 427 Xia Guo Challenges

Cang Xuan's gaze lingered on He Linzhang and Tao Yanyan for a moment, then moved away.

He turned to the Second Prince of the Great Xia Kingdom and said, "I didn't know that the Second Prince of the Great Xia Kingdom had come from so far away. I'm sorry for not welcoming you in person. Please take a seat."

Cang Xuan was quite polite and immediately ordered someone to add a seat in the first row and invited Kang Mowan to take a seat.

After sitting down, the original selection will continue.

The first person to perform chose "Going Out to the Frontier", but the song she played had a good feeling of farewell, but it did not have the feeling of being outside the frontier, so it was a little lacking and could only be considered average.

Several pieces were performed one after another, and just as He Linzhang said, most of them were probably composed in the general direction, but the skills were not up to the mark, and in the end they were just barely produced, but they could not be considered top-quality pieces.

Kang Mowan chuckled and said, "I heard that the Great Zhou's Miaoyinfang has the highest attainments in music among the four countries. I didn't expect to hear it live and it would be at this level. Haha, it's a bit unworthy of its reputation!"

The disparagement in his tone made everyone from the Great Zhou present look unhappy.

Tao Yanyan glanced at He Linzhang and found that the corners of his mouth were pursed into a line, which showed that he was unhappy.

Tao Yanyan squeezed his hand and said, "If he has no real ability and just makes fun of others, he is just a chatterbox. Just ignore him."

He Linzhang nodded. Everyone has their own expertise. Matters concerning music theory should be left to the people at Miaoyinfang to maintain the reputation of the Great Zhou. He himself could do nothing about it.

Cang Xuan was not annoyed, and smiled: "Composing music on the spot is a difficult task. You must know that to compose a good song, it takes time in addition to momentary inspiration, otherwise there would not be so few good songs widely circulated in the world. The Second Prince does not know the difficulty and said something disrespectful to the musicians, but the musicians will not take it seriously."

Who wouldn’t be angry? They all wanted to say: Second Prince, if you can do it, go ahead!

Kang Mowan glanced at Cang Xuan, then looked at the women he brought with him. One of the women stood up and said, "I want to challenge you. If the music I composed wins first place, I will ask Master Cang Xuan to write a letter: Daxia is the best in music theory in the world. Miaoyinfang pays tribute to me and I will be paraded through the streets for a day."

As soon as the words fell, the whole audience gasped: This guy is definitely here to challenge us!

Cang Xuan could no longer maintain his kindness on his face. He narrowed his eyes and said, "Everyone knows that my Miaoyinfang is the music house with the highest attainments in music theory among the four countries. What confidence does Daxia have to dare to come to my Miaoyinfang and act wildly?"

Kang Mowan raised his eyebrows: "Will you know whether you have the confidence after a competition? Stop wasting time here, and express your opinion directly if you dare to compete! If you don't dare, then I can win without fighting!"

If Miaoyinfang doesn't even dare to accept the challenge, it will be defeated before the battle even starts.

This was intolerable, and everyone at the scene began to talk about it.

"Compare with him and let them in Xiaguo open their eyes and see who is the best in music theory."

"Yes, we have twenty-two excellent musicians. Are we afraid that we can't beat just a few of them?"

"If we don't compete, we will lose face for the Great Zhou. If we compete with him, we will definitely win!"

Cang Xuan glanced at the four great musicians from the previous session and gave them a hint with his eyes. The four of them stood up and said in unison: "We are willing to compete."

The four girls were all good-looking, and standing there they looked a bit like the "Four Beauties of Beijing". Tao Yanyan swallowed his saliva and was impressed by the four gorgeous young ladies.

He Linzhang glanced at her, and felt that this little girl seemed to have developed a strong love for several women just now?

The illusion must be my own!

He Linzhang held her hand tightly, frowning.

"I guess you are the so-called Four Great Musicians of Miaoyinfang? Well then, you choose the topics first, and the remaining one will be chosen by me. Then we will compete and see who is better." The words were extremely arrogant, meaning that no matter which of the remaining topics the other four chose, she would stand out and win the championship.

Crazy, so arrogant!

The four great musicians were really angry. They looked at Cang Xuan and found that Cang Xuan's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

The four men were angry but did not utter a word. They each chose a topic, and the remaining one, "A Dream", was given to the Xia woman.

"If the challenge fails, then your trip here will be like a pipe dream. Wake up early and go home to rest!" Someone shouted from below, and laughter broke out instantly.

The Xia people were not angry and remained calm.

According to the order of the signboards, Ruyi played "Farewell Spring" on the guqin. The first half made people intoxicated in the picturesque beauty of spring all over the ground, while the second half was a reluctant farewell that made people linger.

After she finished the first song, the audience burst into warm applause. Cang Xuan was also very satisfied and nodded to Ruyi.

Mingyin was the next to perform. She played the guzheng and sang a piece called "Thinking of the Moon", which made people feel as if they were there, immersed in the bright moonlight.

There was another round of warm applause at the scene, and the five judges showed joy on their faces. They performed two songs well in a row, and Miaoyinfang's level is still very high.

Di Yang played the song "Frivolous" on the flute, bringing out the carefree and unrestrained youthful madness of a young man.

"All three of them are so good, and every song is so nice!" She is worthy of being her fan, I love them so much.

He Linzhang held her hand with one hand and put his other hand around her waist, full of possessiveness.

Next it was the turn of the Xia woman. Her topic was "A Dream". When she took out the strange musical instrument, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

Cang Xuan had obviously never seen this kind of instrument before. If it was a pipa, it had a string, and if it was a erhu, it didn't look like one. The Xia woman put the strange instrument on her neck, tilted her head and started to play the strings.

The music produced by that strange instrument was something no one had ever heard before. It was gentle, melodious and touching.

Combined with the theme of "a dream", there is actually a feeling of being detached from the world.

Prince Changping stroked his beard and shook his head. It seemed that he was already immersed in it.

Ning Yuanhou had to admit that the sound produced by this strange musical instrument was so beautiful. He was conflicted inside and wanted to say that his own musician was good, but the guilt was so tormenting.

Cai Jijiu was well-versed in classics, but he had never seen a description of this strange musical instrument in any book. It aroused his strong curiosity and he was fascinated by it.

In fact, Master Wen was best at writing lyrics. He even felt a little impulsive and wanted to call this person to his house, play the music a few more times, and ask him to write the lyrics.

Cang Xuan's brows were tightly knitted together, his eyes were somewhat distant, as if he was immersed in some kind of remembrance.

He Linzhang listened to the music and suddenly felt a little nervous. He thought that Great Zhou was going to be slapped in the face this time. Miaoyinfang, which was the best among the four countries, was going to lose its reputation today!

Tao Yanyan frowned, wondering how this violin appeared?

I didn’t learn history very well in school and I really don’t understand what era we are in now?