The book has no strength, the female supporting role just wants to survive

Chapter 317 Hua Bei's Promotion

Because of the speech that day in front of the eldest prince in support of the elder brother, the eldest prince expressed his admiration for Hua Bei as if he had met a soulmate, so Baili Hong made an appointment with Hua Bei to meet at Jumanlou next time.

But Baili Hong did not notice the glances exchanged between Hua Bei and the teacher and the other two the moment he turned around.

"May I know your name, brother?"

"My surname is Hua, and my given name is Bei."

Although Hua Bei was dressed simply, he was polite in his manners, which was completely different from those who really worked hard to move goods. That was why Baili Hong wanted to get to know Hua Bei.

People were coming and going in the Ju Man Building, Hua Bei was sitting in his seat without looking around, and Baili Hong was somewhat satisfied with his calm demeanor.

"I think you are an educated man, why are you working as a laborer on the street?"

After Hua Bei heard this, he sighed lightly, with a helpless look between his eyebrows.

"Brother Su, you don't know that the chances of running into dignitaries in Kyoto are greater than the chances of catching fish in the river. Before, I accidentally offended a man named Meng Jiahe outside Kyoto. He was making advances towards a girl at the time, so I chased him away."

"Later, I found out that the Meng family and Mr. Meng were the grandsons of Duke Rong. This man was a playboy and often persecuted decent women."

"Mr. Meng held a grudge against me and used his connections to get me into trouble everywhere. No academy was willing to take me in. I had some good jobs, but when the boss heard that I had a grudge against Mr. Meng, he immediately rejected me. I could only do hard labor to make a living."

In fact, what Hua Bei said was true. Meng Jiahe was indeed lustful. He did see Meng Jiahe forcing a decent girl, but he did not help him because Meng Jiahe was surrounded by guards who protected him. Hua Bei had no chance of winning at all.

However, Meng Jiahe did not succeed in the end, because the servant beside him seemed to say something in his ear, and he left with a happy face.

"That's how it is?!"

Baili Hong knew Meng Jiahe, who seemed to be the son of a bastard of Duke Rong. The bastard of Duke Rong seemed to have a job in the Ministry of Personnel now, but he was not ambitious at all, and his presence in the Ministry of Personnel was extremely low.

As for Meng Jiahe, he was too lustful and had caused some trouble in Kyoto before, so Baili Hong knew that there was such a person in the Meng Mansion.

Perhaps it was because he was afraid that Meng Jiahe's reputation would affect the Meng family and then affect Baili Hao, so when Meng Jiahe got into trouble, Duke Rong sent him out of Kyoto first. But he didn't expect that he would come back now.

"It's a pity that I came to Kyoto with great ambitions, but now I'm afraid I have to leave in disgrace. I hope that after I leave Kyoto, the Meng family and Mr. Meng will let me go."

While speaking, Hua Bei pretended to glance at Baili Hong casually, secretly observing the expression on his face. He saw that Baili Hong was frowning, as if thinking about something.

Hua Bei had no choice but to speak again.

"Brother Su, although I will be leaving Kyoto soon, I am very satisfied to have made a friend like you before I leave. It's a pity that I can no longer accompany you for drinks and tea in the future."

Baili Hong did not reveal his identity to Hua Bei, but used the alias Su Hong.

At this time he spoke with a little hesitation,

"Don't worry, Brother Hua. I know some people who might be able to help you find a good place in Kyoto."

.........

At the Imperial Academy, everyone was still excited because they had just drawn lots, so the whole square was a bit noisy.

Mrs. Ji was already used to this, so she did not speak out to maintain discipline.

Jiang Tunan was still discussing with Xiao Mingxu and others when he saw Xiao Mingrui jogging over from a distance.

Next to Xiyun Courtyard is Yuhua Courtyard, which happens to be teamed up with Lan Courtyard, so Xiao Mingrui naturally sat behind Jiang Tunan on the left.

"Sorry, I'm late."

Xiao Mingrui was breathing slightly and seemed to have been running for a long time.

Jiang Tunan looked at the sweaty Xiao Mingrui and noticed that he was wearing a bamboo green gown under his moon-white student uniform.

"Your layered outfit is quite fashionable..."

It just looks a bit hot.

"Cousin Mingrui, are you so weak? You don't feel hot wearing so many clothes."

Jiang Tunan couldn't help but raise his own questions.

When Xiao Mingrui heard Jiang Tunan say that he was weak, he gritted his teeth and couldn't help but knocked Jiang Tunan on the head.

"What are you worrying about all day long?"

Jiang Tunan covered his head and laughed dryly.

"This is a caring sister's concern for you. It's rare to find a sister as caring as me. Just be happy."

Xiao Mingrui's breathing became a little calmer. He had just changed into Wen Zhu's identity to enter the palace to meet the emperor, and then he immediately rushed back after the meeting.

He heard that this morning's class would be taken together with the girls' class, so he thought it would be better not to be absent for too long. After all, he was not the type to skip classes.

"Then I am really flattered."

Xiao Mingrui and Jiang Tunan chatted back and forth, and Meng Jingchen, who was also in the bamboo courtyard, sat not far away and watched them.

Maybe it's because I haven't had any contact with Jiang Tunan for too long. Besides, Jiang Tunan is clearly in Kyoto. When I saw him in the Imperial College today, I actually had a feeling that I missed him very much after not seeing him for a long time.

"what happened?"

Meng Jingchen's classmates noticed that he was a little distracted, so they started to ask.

"It's okay. What did we say our topic was?"

Meng Jingchen withdrew his gaze, and a rare feeling of guilt arose in his heart.

“It’s opera music.”

The person next to Meng Jingchen complained.

"I don't know what the teachers of the Imperial College were thinking this year. They asked us to form a team with the Lanyuan and Yuhuayuan. Most of the girls in the Yuhuayuan are daughters of merchants. The few who come from scholarly families probably don't want to perform opera, let alone men like us."

Meng Jingchen looked nonchalant. He was not very interested in this kind of competition, but since he was the one who brought up the topic, he still said a few perfunctory words.

"Let's take one step at a time."

Mrs. Ji in the middle watched the crowd get noisy for a while, then she coughed and signaled for silence.

"Okay, now that the topic for each team's first round has been decided, this morning's class will mainly focus on helping each team choose their piece."

"There are eight branches on the field now. Form teams of two according to the previous assignments and sit in four areas. You can discuss some song selections on your own first. If you have any questions, you can come to me or Master Gu."

Gu Wenfang nodded reservedly, and Su Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up in the crowd.

"The teams from the Orchid and Yuhua courtyards are team one, the Zhu courtyard and Xiyun courtyards are team two, the Mei courtyard and Xinglan courtyards are team three, and the Ju courtyard and Yuehua courtyards are team four. Now you can start your free discussion."

As soon as Mrs. Ji said this, many people moved their stools and ran away excitedly, while Jiang Tunan was still fiddling with his Ruan.

In fact, Jiang Tunan not only plays the erhu but also a little ukulele. When she first entered college, she joined several clubs in order to fit in, one of which was the music club.

Jiang Tunan's grandfather taught her to play the erhu since she was a child, so she really impressed others in the club at the beginning. However, because most of the students in the club learned Western instruments, it was difficult for her to play the erhu with others, so she was naturally marginalized.

In order to fit in as a freshman, she secretly signed up for a guitar class at a music store outside the school. However, because medical students had too many courses, and Jiang Tunan's fingers often bled from pressing the strings too hard, the teacher at the music store suggested that she learn the ukulele.

Compared to the guitar, the ukulele only has four strings, and the strings are softer than those of the guitar. Jiang Tunan readily accepted it after hearing it, and just as the teacher at the music store said, it is indeed very easy to learn the ukulele.

The Ruan in Jiang Tunan's hand also has four strings, so she was wondering if she could try to sing and play the Ruan.

As expected, he died as soon as he tried it. Jiang Tunan tried to sweep the strings and almost scraped a piece of flesh off his hand.

Shangguan Ruoyi, who heard the noise nearby, saw Jiang Tunan in pain and said in confusion,

"Xiao Nan, don't you use a pick?"

"what?"

Jiang Tunan was stunned. She really didn't know that the Ruanqin needed a pick. When she saw Xing'er playing in Nazhe Garden before, she didn't see her holding a pick in her hand.

"It's a pity that I haven't learned to play the Ruanqin, otherwise I could teach you."

Shangguan Ruoyi said with some regret,

"It seems that no one in our Xiyun Academy learns the Ruanqin."

Seeing Shangguan Ruoyi's sincerity, Jiang Tunan felt a little embarrassed. She had chosen the Ruanqin on a whim, but Shangguan Ruoyi was more serious than her.

"It's okay, it's okay. When I get home, I'll see if I can hire a Ruanqin teacher to teach me."

Jiang Tunan cried silently in his heart. He had to keep going on the path he had chosen even if he cried.

But her life, which had just become leisurely, was about to become busy again.

"Then let's go over and sit down first. Everyone from the Bamboo Courtyard has already gone there."

"it is good."

The field was quickly divided into four areas. Madam Ji and Gu Wenfang sat facing the students at the tea table brought by the servants. When Jiang Tunan walked over, he saw the people from Zhuyuan and Xiyunyuan having a lively discussion.

Both the Bamboo Courtyard and the Orchid Courtyard are home to children of officials, and those who are talented and motivated are assigned to the Orchid Courtyard. The rest of the people in the Orchid Courtyard are naturally those who don't like studying very much or are not very talented.

But because of this, most people in the Bamboo Courtyard did not have a strong competitive spirit. Just like the people in the Orchid Courtyard next door were bossing the people in the Yuhua Courtyard around, first accusing the Yuhua Courtyard of choosing a bad topic, and then putting pressure on the people in the Flower Courtyard.

Xiao Mingrui and Ji Yiheng sat aside and didn't seem to want to get involved. Meng Jingchen also sat alone aside and said he didn't want to speak.

Shangguan Ruoyi couldn't help but sigh,

"Luckily we are teamed up with Zhuyuan, and the people in Zhuyuan are pretty easy to talk to."

Jiang Tunan nodded in agreement and went back to fiddling with her Ruan.

"I remember now that Su Lanlan from Yuehuayuan seems to be able to play the Ruanqin."

Shangguan Ruoyi was very happy at first, but then she lowered her head.

"But how could the people from Yuehua Court come to help our Xiyun Court?"

Jiang Tunan thought about it and it made sense. Besides, Su Lanlan was Su Xiaoxiao's biological sister, so she didn't want to mess with the people around Su Xiaoxiao.

"Xiao Nannan wants to learn the Ruanqin? Why don't you go find Xing'er?"

Xiao Mingxu heard the conversation between Shangguan Ruoyi and Jiang Tunan, and knew that Jiang Tunan wanted to find a teacher to teach her to play the ruan, so he immediately thought of Xing'er.

"You're right. How could I have forgotten Xing'er? Cousin, you're so smart!"

Jiang Tunan slapped his thigh. It would be great if Xing'er could be her teacher. If for no other reason, then Xing'er would be gentle and patient in teaching.

Xiao Mingxu raised his head with a confident smile on his face.

"As expected of me!"

Jiang Tunan responded with a thumbs up.

"As expected of you!"

Shangguan Ruoyi: These brother and sister are really alike.

Different from the atmosphere of Team Two here, the atmosphere of Team Four where Yuehua Academy is located is tense.

Ye Ruxuan behind Leng Qingyan was carefully protecting Leng Qingyan's guqin, while Su Lanlan was holding her own ruan and standing opposite Leng Qingyan, the two of them seemed to be in confrontation.

"Why should you start it? I'm no worse than you."

Leng Qingyan looked unhappy. She felt that Su Lanlan was just trying to steal the limelight. This time, Yuehua Courtyard drew Palace Music, which undoubtedly told everyone that Yuehua Courtyard would be first, so the first person to start must be the one who attracted the most attention.

If Su Lanlan is allowed to open it, wouldn't it be giving Su Lanlan a chance to become famous?

Originally, those people in Kyoto liked to stare at Su Lanlan's appearance and praise her all day long. Now, with her reputation for talent, Leng Qingyan was completely outshined.

"This piece of music originally started with the ruanqin, why are you being so stubborn?"

Su Lanlan frowned slightly, as if she couldn't understand Leng Qingyan's words.

Leng Qingyan said disapprovingly,

"It always starts with the Ruanqin, there is no novelty at all. Don't think that we have won just because we have drawn the palace music. If we stick to the old ways, what will happen if the judges don't give us high scores?"

Sure enough, after hearing Leng Qingyan's words, people from the four teams began to talk.

The people at Yuehua Academy certainly hope to win first place gloriously. What Leng Qingyan said does make sense. In previous years, the show always started with the Ruan. It would be fine if the judges were changed this year, but if it was always the same one, it would be boring even if the performance was great.

The people from the Ju Academy didn't dare to say a word. Ever since they knew that their branch was going to team up with the Yuehua Academy, they knew that they would be dominated in this Hundred Flowers Festival competition.

Not to mention that the people in Bamboo and Orchid Court have their own families behind them. Even the people in Plum Court, although they come from humble backgrounds, have some reputation in the Imperial Academy or even in Kyoto. Only the people in Chrysanthemum Court are not ordinary in other academies, but they are really ordinary in the Imperial Academy.

In comparison, although Yuhuayuan is also the lowest level branch of the women's college, the people therein at least have money from their families. Only Juyuan is an existence that all the branches in the Imperial College can step on.

"I don't think that can be said..."

Ji Lingyue spoke timidly, trying to persuade the two to calm down, but her weak voice was drowned out by the arguing between Su Lanlan and Leng Qingyan.

Ji Lingyue became more and more discouraged. She still didn't dare to speak loudly in front of so many people, but it was not a good idea for Su Lanlan and Leng Qingyan to continue arguing like this. The people around them were all watching the show.

Ji Lingyue encouraged herself in her heart, wondering what she would do if Jiang Tunan encountered such a situation?

Well, she'll give up.

After thinking about it this way, Ji Lingyue felt that there was no need to persuade the fight to go on. If things got out of hand, someone would definitely take action. It would be better for her to just stay quietly in the corner.

Ji Lingyue: (*￣︶￣)