Chapter 184: Her Suspicions


    That womans skills blossoming should be something to be happy about


    However, Xu didnt think she developed her talent after a lot of practice


    As for the reason, it was because that womans lutes state was far more pristinepared to the lutes of the other musicians.


    The more you use the lute, the more scratches it will have. You will break a lot of strings at first while checking how much strength you need to put so that the sound wille out nicely, and you have to repair the scratches that result from that.


    ording to Xu, the lutes of skill musicians will change colors as part of polishing and covering the scratches.


    However, that womans lute didnt look like it reached that level.


    <i>It had been hard for her to y well without breaking a string, and yet she was able to produce such wonderful music?  </i>Xu was baffled as she thought of this.


    Oh, so thats how it is with musical instruments.


    Yui Mei muttered, impressed with what she heard.


    Thinking about it, these musical instruments also represented the courtesans that yed them.


    Their future would change depending on their instruments, so they would also put a lot of effort in maintaining them.


    Perhaps, that fact still hadnt sinked into that woman, who still hadnt grasped that sense that it was no longer a mere lesson that a noble youngdy would receive.


    Still, despite that shoring, she was probably talented enough to be entrusted with a solo performance.


    However, it was also up to the person herself whether she would hone this talent, or just let it rot.


    It wasnt odd then that Xu found it suspicious. That such a woman, who was still at the level of a pampered miss, could y such captivating music that had seemed like it was produced by a professional.


    But still, I swallowed all suspicions for a time. I cant doubt the talents of others, it will be the start of my downfall.


    It seemed that Xu witnessed some people experience that after she became a pce courtesan.


    <i>Well, being a top-notch musician is a separate matter from having a strong heart, right?</i>


    If a musician had fallen from the top ranks because of an injury or an illness, someone else would have to take their ce.


    It must be very difficult for pce courtesans, whose could only rely on their talent and skills for a living not to harbor any feelings of resentment and wishes of misfortune on others.


    Perhaps, Xu didnt fall into this quagmire of misfortune because she wasnt focused on advancing her career, because her goal was to wait for her lovers return.


    And yet, despite of her personal wish, she still returned to being the solo performer because of the sound of her lute.


    However, the other musicians, who also had doubts about the other woman, started to grumble about it.


    It wasnt a simple gossip that she was cheating in some way.


    It would have been fine if the only thing that happened was that girls improvement with the lute. However, from then on, her emotions started to be unstable, and the asions when her actions and words became strange increased.


    What on earth happened to her? Did she practice too much that she went crazy?


    It was when the rumors started to spread, saying it was a disgrace for that kind of lute musician, that Xu heard something that bothered her.


    I heard it from the girl that stays in a room near that girl, but it seemed an unfamiliar merchant had been constantly visiting her recently.


    What!?


    The man shouted when he heard what Xu said.


    Only authorized merchants can enter and leave Jiaofang.


    Really?


    Yui Mei asked when the man said that, so Xu further exined.


    ording to her, pce courtesans would need to spend money on things like maintenance tools for the instruments, and if they were singers, they would buy various stuff to protect their throats. They also needed to buy the clothes they would wear to the banquets.


    Of course, the expenses would be shouldered by the Jiaofang, so normally, pce courtesans wouldnt have the chance to interact with such merchant guests..


    Of course, only the first-ss stores were permitted to enter.


    However, since that day, it seemed that the unfamiliar merchant started to blend with those stores, and he showered that woman with kindness, apparently.


    ording to what I heard, its a merchant introduced by somebody in the pce, but Ive never heard of that store before.


    Xu was once a daughter of a prestigious merchant, so it was only natural that she knew all the stores that entered the pce.


    And yet, the name of the store that the merchant gave was unfamiliar to her.


    After gathering more information, she found out that the merchant had requested a differentrge-scale store to let him blend with them, apparently.