Chapter 10: A feud with Qin

After the piano lesson, Jiang Jiang walked away tactfully.

Just as he ran to the door and stepped over the threshold, the pressured scolding from the teacher behind him was like thunder bombarding his ears, "Tan Jiangjiang! Stop!"

Jiang Jiang reluctantly retracted his foot, turned around and bowed respectfully, "Master, I am here."

"You stay!"

"Yes! Master!"

"Come to the front with your violin!"

"Yes! Master!"

"I don't want to embarrass you. You are the best behaved and obedient person in this school. You are also the most sensible. You don't seek fame and fortune, and you are a rare good child in this palace. But I don't understand why your piano study is so difficult. Tell me, is there anyone bullying you after class?"

The teacher held Jiang Jiang's fingers with a ruler and played each note one by one. If he made a mistake, he would be punished.

After everyone left, the teacher dismissed the disciples nearby, squatted beside Jiang Jiang, took Jiang Jiang's hand, and asked Jiang Jiang seriously and kindly.

People should be honest. Jiang Jiang shook his head and said that no one was in trouble.

"Is it because my lessons are too difficult? Otherwise, why can't you learn them?"

Jiang Jiang lowered his head, secretly glanced at the teacher, and quickly lowered his head, unable to bear to see the expectations and hopes in the teacher's eyes. Jiang Jiang's eyes were extremely sour and his heart was bitter.

Unconsciously, tears welled up in her eyes. "The teacher's lectures are excellent. It's me who is too stupid."

[You cried? Really cried?]

Jiang Jiang: ...It's none of your business

"Alas!" The Master put Jiang Jiang down, turned around with his hands behind his back and sighed in disappointment, "Diligence can make up for lack of talent, you can go back now."

"Yes! Master, I am leaving now!"

After leaving the school, Jiang Jiang could no longer hold back her tears, "Jiang Jiang!" At the door, she met the general's daughter, who was standing there with a zither on her back.

Jiang Jiang's tears were still on her cheeks. She looked up and asked, "Princess, why are you here?" She wiped away her tears and bowed.

The princess stopped Jiang Jiang and bowed, "I was waiting for you here, why are you crying? Did the teacher hurt you?"

As expected of a general's daughter, her face was stern but her words were warm.

"No, Master did not embarrass me. I just couldn't bear to see you cry because you were disappointed in me. I am weak and incompetent, and I am sorry to make you laugh."

"How could that be? Jiang Jiang is a person of true character. By the way, I am here to give you this zither. Take it back and practice well." The princess handed the zither behind her to Jiang Jiang.

"Princess..." Jiang Jiang looked embarrassed, "I don't have the money to buy your piano."

"What are you talking about? I gave you this violin as a gift. Why should I charge you for it?"

"This...I dare not ask for it."

"Just take it. I have many other zithers at home. It's just one zither, it's nothing. Take it and practice well. Don't let the teacher know, or he'll blame you."

"Then I would like to thank you, my lady. May you live long and happy lives."

"It's getting late. I'll go back first." After saying that, he left with his personal maid.

"Princess, walk slowly."

On the way back to the dormitory, Jiang Jiang's heart was filled with the teacher's vicissitudes and tired sighs in the silent school.

Little Jiang Jiang carried a guitar that was taller than him back to the dormitory, and took off the fragrant guitar bag to reveal the guitar inside.

The roommates immediately gathered around the piano, their eyes shining and their gazes fixed on the piano in amazement.

"Wow! This material! This is a fine guitar! I don't even have one made of such fine material at home."

"This mark? The seal of the General's Mansion, right?"

"Wow! Jiang Jiang, you actually hooked up with the general's daughter. I'm so envious!"

"Not only that, I just heard the maid next door say that the granddaughter of the master will teach Jiang Jiang how to play the zither in the future!"

"No way! The little palace maid who just passed by was talking about Jiang Jiang being kept back by the teacher and being spanked! How did it get involved with Miss Yanran again?"

As they were talking, everyone put down their pianos and started arguing with their hands on their waists.