Chapter 262 - 262 Preferred
262 Preferred
Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
Although the Yu family had gone downhill since the original dynasty, they were also a top-notch family in the previous dynasty, only slightly inferior to the Wang and Xie families.
The Yu family and the Yuan family had been natural allies for the past hundred years.
Aunt had told her that the Empress Dowager would give her a chance, but she wouldn’t help her openly. Therefore, she had to fight for the position of the Eldest Princess Consort herself.
To her, it was enough to have such a “chance.”
Yu Zhaoyun’s song was called “Injured Parting”.
It talked about a man and a woman who had grown up together since childhood. Their parents had arranged an engagement for them. However, the wedding date was imminent, and the enemy country just happened to invade at this time. The young man was recruited into the army and went to guard the border a thousand miles away.
The young lady missed her lover and didn’t eat or drink. She traveled thousands of miles alone to the border to find her fiancé.
The journey was full of twists and turns. After much hardship, the girl finally met her fiancé at the border. They confessed their feelings to each other, and the pair finally got married.
The opening scene was the heartbreak of a young girl missing her fiancé. The heart-wrenching sorrow made the eyes of all the girls turn red. Some secretly wiped the corners of their eyes with a handkerchief.
Yu Chaoyun’s red and plump lips curled up slightly. The light outside the window left a faint shadow on one side of her nose, making her eyes look especially calm and determined.
She wasn’t the eldest daughter of the first wife. With her status, although she could marry into an aristocratic family, she couldn’t be a matriarch. It was better to take a gamble, and she might have a bright future.
Because of this, she had already given up on her cousin, the person she had loved since she was young.
It was as if she had been stabbed in the heart. Even now, she still feels bloody and in pain.
I can’t lose!
Yu Chaoyun told herself this over and over again in her heart. Her posture was slender and upright.
Her slender fingers quickly plucked on the strings, faster and faster, almost turning into a phantom. The sound of the zither became more and more passionate, reaching the climax…
The girl had encountered countless difficulties and dangers on the way to the border.
This was the darkest and most difficult part of the song.
Yu Chaoyun lowered her head even more. Over the years, the Yu family had been declining day and night. Because of this, she had suffered a lot of cold eyes outside and was despised by those nobles.
She quickly played the strings with her index finger, using the strings to play the magnificent effect of tens of thousands of horses galloping.
When the tune reached its climax, it suddenly became soothing…
Her fingers also became lighter as she played a smooth melody. Suddenly, her vision darkened. From the corner of her eye, she saw a few figures walking to the entrance of the water pavilion, blocking the light.
Thud! Thud!
Yu Chaoyun’s heart beat faster. She quickly retracted her gaze and looked down at the zither. She thought to herself, ‘It must be the Eldest Prince.’
She became more focused and careful, striving for this song to be perfect.
The music gradually came to an end. The zither music became slower and softer. The sobbing was mellow and carried a trace of lingering joy, making one’s heart ache…
The song ended.
Yu Chaoyun pressed the zither strings, and the music stopped.
The water pavilion instantly fell into silence. The desolate atmosphere lingered, making the listeners feel unsatisfied.
This song was perfect. Yu Chaoyun let out a long sigh of relief, but her expression didn’t change. Her expression was elegant, and she had an elegant bearing.
She slowly raised her head. Her fingers curled up slightly in anticipation, but what greeted her eyes wasn’t the person she had expected.
Instead, it was a thin man in his 50s wearing a bright yellow dragon robe. His gentle and elegant face was engraved with wrinkles.
Only one person in the palace would dare to wear this dragon robe.
The Emperor didn’t come alone. Beside him stood an old woman in her 60s.
The old woman was tall and straight, only half a head shorter than the Emperor. Her hair and eyebrows were already half white, and her eyebrows were sharp. Even though she was past her 60s, one could still see the peerless elegance of her youth in her beautiful outline.
She was elegant and heroic, noble and proud.
Her every move was filled with confidence and charm. She looked valiant and heroic.
Everyone around fell silent as they looked at the Emperor and the old woman, secretly guessing the old woman’s identity.
Wei Jiaoniang’s eyes lit up as she stared at the old woman without blinking. She simply couldn’t bear to blink.
‘ Yu Chaoyun’s hand, which was placed on the zither, paused for a moment. She couldn’t help but be stunned. Didn’t they say that the Eldest Prince would come at this time?
The howling cold wind made one of the windows of the water pavilion creak twice..