That topic should be set aside for now.
Aunty Yang, do you know who that court courtesan is?
Yang shook her head at Yui is query.
The court courtesans are under the jurisdiction of the Jiaofang, after all.
As I thought.
Yui i nodded when she heard Yangs answer.
Based on what she knew about Chinese dramas, Jiaofang referred to the institution of ancient Chinese dance and music in charge of teaching and managing the courtesans.
The courtesans in this place were also governed by them, apparently.
In that case, theres nothing I can do but wait, maybe we can et again coincidentally, I guess.
That was what Yui i thought.
Still, I dont really have any idea who that court courtesan is.
Is that so?
Yang said those words, and Yui is eyes widened at her response. Yang nodded before pulling a nearby chair. She sat down next to Yui i.
Well, theres a pipa player that is favored by the emperor. She never appeared in banquets again, so people are speculating about what happened to her, and it has beco a rumor.
Yang poured herself so hot water from the kettle on top of the table and drank it.
Pipa, huh.
Yui i muttered, before putting her hand on her chin in contemplation.
The pipa was a stringed instrunt similar to the guitar of her previous world.
If shes a pipa player then that would explain the calluses on her fingers.
Heh, she must be good if the emperor likes her. So, you said shes alone in the dumping site? How odd.
On the other hand, i Na tilted her head, perplexed at Yangs story.
What she pointed out was quite reasonable.
Maybe the rumored person wasnt sick for a long ti, requiring her to be absent, but she just suddenly disappeared?
Yang nodded at Yui is question.
I suppose so. If that courtesan had that fng sh bng sickness that Xiao i ntioned, then itll be understandable. A first-class perforr will never want to expose her wretched state.
Yang sighed after saying those words.
Mmm, so thats how it is
The situation finally made so sense, but Yui i didnt feel settled.
Still
If she was the emperors favorite musician, she must have been quite a beauty, or else excellent at her job.
However Yui i knew this was such a rude thing, and of course it didnt seem appropriate for her to even think about it that girl wasnt even that beautiful.
It was even different from the plain faces that the emperor preferred.
There were also different kinds of being holy.
In that case, then the emperor probably favored her not because of her face but for her talent.
Is that person really an excellent musician?
Yui i wasnt talented in music even in her previous life, so she wouldnt be able to distinguish whats great and whats not. Nevertheless, she still wanted to hear her play.
Its because listening to music here was considered to be a precious experience that one could only have by inviting a musician, unlike in her previous world where speakers blared all kinds of music any ti.
She wondered whether her arthritis was that bad.
If it was mild, she hoped that she would try her best to recover so she could play the pipa once again.
It was the day after their conversation.
Yui i was also cleaning the sa spot for today.
Maybe it was more appropriate to say that she was assigned to this place for the anti.
And just like that day, she also gathered the leaves, and she went to the dumping site in order to dispose them.
Ah!
Yui i unwittingly raised her voice in alarm.
The woman from yesterday was there again.
She was staring blankly into space, but she stood up when Yui is figure caught her eye.
Hey, I was waiting for you.
Yui i was stupefied when the woman suddenly declared that.
Really?
Yui i had angered her yesterday, prompting her to leave in a huff. Yui i thought she didnt want to see her again.
It was such an unexpected situation. The woman smiled faintly.
I ca here to give thanks for the sweet potato. I felt full thanks to that.
Yui i scrunched her brows at the womans words.
Shes already full with just that teeny tiny sweet potato?
It didnt seem like the woman was thanking her for a tasty snack.
Yui i looked dubious, so the woman continued on.
Theres no decent food around here after all.
Yui i heard sothing that she couldnt ignore by all ans.
I asked around about you are you perhaps the emperors favorite musician they were talking about?
Yui i tentatively asked, and the woman drily laughed.
A musician who cant play is just a worthless thing.
She said those self-deprecating words with a faraway look in her eyes.
Girl playing the pipa.
T/N: Putting so notes here, I have to retain their Chinese reading because the words are being explained in the chapter ?
tong feng gout
fng sh bng arthritis
Jiaofang Ancient Chinese institution for musical arts and dancing
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