Snowflakes were falling like jade. Lin Zi Pavilion slowly walked out of the study, ready to enjoy the snow and recite poetry. Suddenly, a girl ran over in a panic and bumped into him. The girl was terrified and hurriedly knelt down: "Young Master, please save me." While speaking, several servants came after him with sticks and shouting. Lin Zi Pavilion asked them what was going on. The leading servant replied, "Her name is Qing Yi, and she was newly bought to serve the Seventh Aunt. Because she broke the lady's things, the lady ordered..." Seventh Aunt had always been harsh on the servants, so before the man could finish speaking, Lin Zi Pavilion said impatiently, "I explained it to your wife."
Lin Zi Pavilion was the only son that the master loved, so when he told the master that he wanted to take Qing Yi as a girl, the master readily agreed and said with a smile, "A girl is nothing, in the future, all the wealth of the Lin family will not be yours." At this time, the Seventh Aunt glanced at the young man with a resentful look.
On this day, Lin Zige was playing the piano in the study, and Qing Yi came over with tea and stood aside to listen. After the song was over, Lin Zige couldn't help but ask if she could play the piano. Qing Yi smiled and sat down happily.
It turned out that Qing Yi was also a lady, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and especially good at playing the piano. Just because my father was convicted of being raided by the house, I pitied a young lady who was sold as a slave and suffered under the seventh aunt. Fortunately, Lin Zige saved her, and it was all the hard work.
From then on, Lin Zige had a confidante. The two recited poems and painted paintings every day, talked about piano and chess, and were loving and harmonious.
As time went by, winter went to spring, and Lin Zi Pavilion began to take over some of the family's business, he became busy, and the time to meet Qing Yi every day was pitiful.
That evening, Lin Zige had some time to spare and came to Qing Yi's room. A melodious sound of the piano came from the room, and the tunes were full of loneliness and sadness. Lin Zige felt sour and hurried in. Qing Yi suddenly saw him and was taken aback.
Not long after, Master Lin passed away, and all the family affairs fell to Lin Zi Pavilion, so he was very busy. That day, he went to work in other places, and when he returned, it was already late, and he was walking in the wilderness, but he got lost.
The servant pointed to a few lights in the distance and said, "Look, there is someone over there, so we might as well rush over to stay." After approaching, he saw a tall house, and the owner warmly welcomed them to stay.
Arriving in the courtyard, Qingyue's piano sound attracted Lin Zi Pavilion's attention. He stopped listening, and after the song ended, he couldn't help but comment on the player's skills. As soon as he finished speaking, a little girl came to invite him to meet his master, Miss Jiang Zhu.
Through a layer of gauze curtain, Jiang Zhu's beautiful figure loomed, and she asked Lin Zige about the piano art. Lin Zige talked, and Jiang Zhu nodded repeatedly when she heard it, and sighed in her heart: This Young Master Lin is really a confidant.
Lin Zige always remembered to give Qing Yi a good piano, and begged: "The sound quality of the guqin used by Miss is very good. I don't know if you can sell it to me. I would like to give it to you with a lot of money."
Jiang Zhu smiled and said, "The little girl and the young master hit it off at first sight, and they got along very well. This piano was given to the young master without a penny." Lin Zige was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked him. Who expected Jiang Zhu to continue, "But there is one more condition – the young master must marry me as his wife."
Lin Zige was stunned and had no choice but to tell her about her love for Qing Yi and decline the marriage. Jiang Zhu walked out from behind the gauze curtain and said softly, "Look carefully, don't I look beautiful?"
In the light, Jiang Zhu had bright eyes and bright teeth, and her beauty was incomprehensible. Lin Zige only glanced at it, but did not dare to look again: "Although Miss is more beautiful than Qingyi, and her talent is better than her, I still only love her." Jiang Zhu felt disgraced and walked away in disappointment.
Back home, Lin Zige decided to marry Qing Yi as soon as possible. On an auspicious day, a sedan chair carried the bride into Lin's house. In the lively atmosphere, Lin Zige and the bride worshiped heaven and earth and entered the bridal chamber. However, just as he closed the door, his eyes widened in surprise – two identical brides appeared in front of him. What on earth is going on?
There was only one real bride, and Lin Zige decided to distinguish her by playing the piano. He was most familiar with Qing Yi's piano sound, and knew the truth and falsehood as soon as he heard it. Two bead curtains separated a pair of brides, and they each held a piano and began to compete. Lin Zige sat in the middle and listened carefully. The bride on the left played a song "Spring River Flower Moon Night", and the bride on the right played a song "Three Lanes of Plum Blossoms".
Lin Zige suddenly remembered that when he was away from home, Qing Yi often cared about it and once composed an "Acacia" to play and sing. Thinking of this, he ordered the two of them to play this tune. The bride on the left placed her hands on the piano, and an "Acacia" flowed from the strings, causing Lin Zige to cry when she heard it. Then the bride on the right stretched her fingers, and the same tune reached Lin Zige's ears. Before Lin Zige could finish playing, he stood up and took the bride's hand to the left and said, "This is the real Qing Yi, only she can play the real Acacia rhythm."
The silver bell-like laughter rang out, and the other bride changed back to her original face, which turned out to be Jiang Zhu. She gave a precious gift to the couple and praised: "You really have a deep love!"
Qing Yi took Jiang Zhu's hand and said with infinite joy, "My sister plays very well, and she will often come and learn piano skills with me in the future." Jiang Zhu agreed with a smile, then turned into a puff of smoke and left. Lin Zi didn't expect that Jiang Zhu turned out to be a fairy sister.
From then on, on the days when Lin Zige was not at home, Jiang Zhu often came to keep company. On this day, the two sisters were happy for a while and drank a lot of wine. Taking advantage of the alcohol, Jiang Zhu played her new music for Qing Yi to listen to. Qing Yi was fascinated and closed her eyes comfortably. When she opened it unintentionally, she was taken aback. It turned out that Jiang Zhu had drunk too much, and she had turned into a red fox. At that moment, she was playing with her big tail with her two sharp claws. And the sound of the piano came from the fox's tail, and Qing Yi fainted in fright.
After the Seventh Concubine heard about this, she pretended to run and said that she could invite a Taoist to catch a fox. Qing Yi felt that Jiang Zhu was not malicious, so she did not agree. The Seventh Concubine's wife left angrily, but quietly pasted a spell by the door.
That night, the moonlight was dim, and Jiang Zhu came to Qing Yi to catch up with the old times. Just as she was walking to the door, she suddenly "whoosh," was hit by a golden light, fell to the ground, and showed her true form. Seventh Aunt's men quickly ran over and grabbed her, locked her in a cage, and then asked for credit. Qing Yi heard about this and rushed over in a hurry...
Lin Zige was talking about business outside, and when he heard that something had happened at home, he rushed back day and night. However, he was still one step late. The house had already set up a mourning hall, and the seventh aunt told him that Qing Yi had been killed by that fox spirit.
Lin Zige was furious, and he prepared a sword. If Jiang Zhu appeared again, he would not forgive him lightly. On this day, the seventh aunt sent someone to call him in a panic, saying that the red fox was making a fuss in her house. Lin Zige grabbed the sword and ran over. As soon as he entered the house, he was pressed to the ground by the ambushes, caught, and then confusedly sent to the official palace.
The seventh aunt cried and told the county official in the lobby that Lin Zi Pavilion coveted her youth and beauty, and had molested her repeatedly. She refused to obey, but Lin Zi Pavilion actually threatened her with a sword. The county official had long accepted the money of the seventh aunt, and Lin Zi Pavilion was asked for a felony and locked up in prison. The huge property of the Lin family fell into the hands of the seventh aunt.
On this day, the moon was as bright as water, and the prefect, Lord Zhang, ordered his subordinates to wait for a banquet in the garden, and let his beloved concubine play music to add to the fun. Unexpectedly, the concubine played a tune that Lord Zhang had never heard before, and the sound of the piano was resentful and made people cry. Lord Zhang was also very sad to hear this, but he couldn't bear to let her stop. At the end of the song, Lord Zhang asked her what was on her mind. The concubine went forward to give a deep salute, and then reported that his cousin Lin Zige had been wronged at the moment and was suffering in the prison. Lord Zhang was very angry when he heard this. The next day, he personally transferred the file to investigate and found many doubts. He decided to reopen the case.
It turned out that Qing Yi couldn't bear to frame Red Fox, so she opened the cage and let her go. This angered the seventh aunt. The seventh aunt had an affair with the housekeeper, so the housekeeper ordered someone to kill Qing Yi and blame it on Red Fox. Poor Lin Zi Pavilion didn't notice for a while and fell into the trap.
After Lin Zige returned home, he heard that Lord Zhang's concubine had saved him. He was puzzled. Why had he never heard of such a cousin before?
Back home, Lin Zige had a strange dream. Jiang Zhu came to him and spit out a red pill from his mouth - this is the elixir she has cultivated for thousands of years, saying that as long as she gives this medicine to Qing Yi, she will be able to come back to life. After saying that, Jiang Zhu turned into a red fox and ran away.
After Lin Zi Pavilion woke up, he found the red pill. He asked someone to dig open the grave, and Qingyi's face in the coffin was like life. He put the red pill into his beloved wife's mouth, and after two hours Qingyi woke up.
Although Lin Zi Pavilion didn't get the fox tail piano in the end and gave it to his beloved wife, the red fox's affection for them and their husband was better than all the treasures in the world.