kingnovel Chapter 489 Taming the Beast
Chapter 489 Taming the Beast
Princess Yuanxia looked at Shen Jingyu with a smile, her eyes showing a bit of innocence and arrogance.
It seemed that she was just not convinced that Shen Jingyu's piano music could attract butterflies, so she wanted to compete with her.
Shen Jingyu met Princess Yuan Xia's gaze, her throat tightened, her hands clenched lightly, and she didn't say a word.
"What? You don't dare?" Princess Yuanxia asked with a smile.
Yuan Xia's envoy immediately explained: "Miss Shen, don't worry. Our princess has only practiced for a while, and the sound of the zither occasionally resonates with the tiger, but she can't really control the tiger with the sound."
"If you don't mind, it would be fine to have a fight with our princess. If you don't dare, just treat our princess as a fool..."
Shen Shuyi stood beside the Queen Mother and could see Shen Jingyu's dilemma.
Furthermore, she was simply unable to control the beast with sound. If what Princess Yuan Xia said was true, she would only be embarrassed.
If you retreat, it means you have not even competed with others and you think you are inferior to others.
It would be fine if others admitted that she was not as skilled as others, but she was the one who attracted butterflies and magpies. If she didn't even have the courage to compete, even if others didn't say anything, she would only become a laughing stock...
The Queen Mother and her companions also noticed Shen Jingyu's expression. The Queen Mother said in a deep voice: "Shen's girl, what do you think?"
Shen Jingyu's throat tightened, and she knelt down and responded, "Although I am not as good as the princess in controlling beasts with sound, I am willing to give it a try."
The Queen Mother nodded and said, "Bring my phoenix-head harp here and lend it to Miss Shen."
"Thank you, Queen Mother!"
Emperor Qianwu also wanted to see what tricks Yuanxia was going to play, so he waved his hand and said, "I remember that we hunted a tiger in the autumn some time ago, but I don't know how the princess will tame the beast."
The princess of Yuanxia Kingdom said frankly, "I can make this tiger obey my orders, bring good luck to your majesty and happiness to Daqian."
"Oh?" Emperor Qianwu narrowed his eyes and said, "Since the princess has the ability to tame beasts, I and all of you dear ministers will be able to broaden your horizons today!"
"Someone, bring the tiger up here!"
"Yes!"
Not long after, the Daqian guards pushed up a huge cage.
The cage was about six meters long and wide, and five meters high. The bottom was made of wooden boards in the shape of a cart and was slowly pushed to the center of the hall.
At this moment, there was a tiger with a ferocious face in the cage, lying on the ground, looking tired, with irritability and impatience in its eyes.
Princess Yuanxia looked around the cage, and under everyone's uneasy gaze, she reached her hand into the cage.
"No!"
An old minister spoke urgently, and many people stood up.
The princess of Yuanxia Kingdom smiled, and in front of everyone, she put her hand on the tiger's head and touched it gently.
For a moment, those who had a lot to say were all shocked by this scene and fell silent.
I thought that the princess of Yuanxia Kingdom was so ignorant that the big beast would bite off her delicate hand. However, the bloody scene did not occur. Not only did the tiger not move, but it rubbed the girl's palm quite obediently.
"This this……"
"How could this be?"
"I've heard that Yuanxia's national master has the ability to communicate with spirits and is loved by all kinds of beasts. Could it be that this princess has also inherited this true skill?"
"I have heard that people who are pure and kind will be close to all animals. If they communicate with animals frequently, they will gradually master the ability to control animals."
For a moment, all the ministers and their families in the hall began to discuss in low voices.
Shen Jingyu stood aside, somewhat dazed.
She thought it was easy enough that her design could attract butterflies, but was the princess of Yuanxia really good at this?
Everyone saw that the princess of Yuanxia whispered something beside the tiger for a while, and then asked people to prepare some bouquets and drums.
The bouquet was thrown casually on the ground, and the drum was sent into the cage by someone.
Then, Princess Yuanxia raised her gauze sleeves, sat in front of the guqin, facing the cage, and a strong and fierce sound of the guqin suddenly came out!
At first, the tiger did not move much, but soon, everyone saw that the tiger, which had been lazy and motionless, gradually crawled up.
"Roar!"
It opened its bloody mouth and growled first.
After stretching his muscles, he suddenly jumped up, and his thick tiger claws landed on the iron frame of the cage. He leaped into the air, moving his feet quickly. For a moment, he felt energetic and relaxed.
Although the tiger was in a cage, many of the female family members were frightened and their faces turned pale.
Fortunately, there were quite a lot of people in the hall, and for a moment everyone bravely watched the performance.
Soon, the tiger kicked up the flower ball on the ground, held it on its head, and played with the flower ball very skillfully while rolling and leaping.
Gradually, everyone seemed to have forgotten their fear, as if they no longer thought of this as the ferocious and cruel king of beasts, but a toy that could be manipulated by the powerful and used for entertainment.
The flower ball played for a long time, and the ministers applauded.
Princess Yuan Xia smiled as bright as a flower, took off her veil, and suddenly quickened the tempo. In an instant, the sound of the piano became rapid and fierce, and the tiger seemed to be affected as well, jumping even more happily in the cage.
Sometimes it jumped to the left side of the cage, sometimes it pounced to the right side, or sometimes it jumped back onto the drum, making a fierce "dong dong dong" sound, which was warm, powerful and full of momentum, which was quite consistent with the song played by the princess of Yuanxia Kingdom.
Everyone just felt the excitement, as if a touch of excitement was injected into the warmth of the flowers.
Shen Shuyi stared at it for a while, seeming to be thinking about something.
Soon, the song ended with the tiger throwing the bouquet into the sky and then crawling on the drum.
"it is good!!!"
For a moment, many people stood up and applauded. It was obvious that this performance catered to the appetite of many people.
"The princess is really smart and can even tame animals. It's really shocking!" Someone couldn't help but speak up.
"Your Excellency is too kind. I have only learned the basics. If I want to truly master the ability to tame beasts, I need to practice hard."
After that, Princess Yuanxia looked at Shen Jingyu with a bit of arrogance: "Miss Shen, it's your turn."
After seeing what Princess Yuanxia did, Shen Jingyu wanted to find an excuse to refuse, but Princess Yuanxia didn't give her a chance.
"Seeing the princess's ability, Jingyu felt that she was just showing off her skills in front of an expert, which made her a laughing stock. Jingyu felt ashamed and admitted that she was inferior to her."
Although Shen Jingyu didn't understand how the princess of Yuanxia Kingdom did it, she knew that things would not be that simple.
Is there really someone in this world who can control beasts with sound?
If not, why did the tiger, which had been so lazy before, cooperate with the princess of Yuanxia Kingdom to offer blessings?
Shen Jingyu instinctively felt that she shouldn't get involved, and without caring how others would look at her, she opened her mouth to refuse.
But how could the Princess of Yuanxia miss such an opportunity? She smiled and said, "What do you mean by admitting defeat? The fact that you can attract butterflies proves that you are an extraordinary zither player. It was just that you were unlucky and the string broke."
"Let's play another round together, just as a sparring match."