The Sweet Life of Superstar and His Goddess Wife

Chapter 421: Total Victory (Third Update, Request for Monthly Pass)

Indeed, it’s just like what Nuo Mi fans say, whenever Mu Qiuniang represents in a competition, there’s no championship she can’t win. From calligraphy to embroidery, then to Go and musical skills, it’s exactly as she once said: "Qin, chess, calligraphy, painting, music, archery, and even craftsmanship and cooking skills, managing a household and governing..."And Mu Qiuniang’s "music" is not like the usual musical skills people learn, but the konghou, an instrument almost lost to time that very few know about.

The konghou is a very ancient string instrument. Originally called "kanhou" or "konghou," it was not only used in ancient ceremonial court music but was also widely prevalent among the people.

In ancient times, there were three types of konghou: horizontal konghou, vertical konghou, and phoenix head konghou.

The konghou has a long history of over two thousand years, with a wide range, a soft and clear tone, and strong expressiveness. After the late fourteenth century, it fell out of fashion and gradually vanished, with its depictions only visible in wall paintings and reliefs of the past.

Modern konghou, developed in the 1950s by Huaxia musicians and instrument craftsmen, was based on ancient books and preserved ancient wall paintings to design and trial manufacture.

The modern konghou is a new instrument developed by combining and advancing the harp and guzheng, or you could say it’s a reformed type of harp: a double-row string harp.

Mu Qiuniang’s piece "Peacock East-South-North," sounded as if it came from transparent water, with even the water surface subtly rippling. Clear, floating, and ethereal, it was like the crystalline sound of snowy mountain springs, cleansing one’s soul, making a person melt into the sound, flying and drifting along with it.

Music knows no borders. This time, the resonance of the music was even more able to stir everyone’s emotions. All stood up, applauding excitedly to express their love.

Even viewers in front of the screen couldn’t help but stand and clap along.

[It sounds amazing!]

[It’s like celestial music has returned to earth! I must watch the replay and record it.]

[Is there any expert who can record the clearest version of this music? I want to use it as my phone ringtone and stash it in my music box to listen to now and then.]

[Am I the only one wondering—since @Qiuniang’s konghou playing is so amazing, why hasn’t she released an album? I want to buy the whole album and listen daily.]

[Great suggestion from the person above, I’ll give you a like! @Qiuniang, please release an album. It’s my first time knowing that konghou sounds this good.]

[I’m already inclined to learn konghou. Although I can’t play as well as @Qiuniang, it’s quite nice for self-entertainment! So, @Qiuniang, could you release a teaching tutorial? I just want to play what you’ve played; it must all sound incredible.]

[Truly, this is the charm of @Qiuniang, irresistible!]

[Hahaha... Let me share some good news, my cousin abroad told me that foreign students at their school are making a fuss, asking her to find @Qiuniang’s album in their country’s forums. But lo and behold, it’s our first time hearing @Qiuniang play the konghou too.]

[Looking back at @Qiuniang’s previous videos, I just realized there’s always been a konghou in her studio. Did we just not notice?]

[Ask for an album!]

[Ask for an album!]

[Ask for an album!

...

Probably, even Mu Qiuniang herself didn’t expect that by merely playing a piece for a competition, all the Nuo Mi fans would go crazy and flood her Weibo with requests for an album.

Surprisingly, they even discovered foreigners who climbed over the wall, and various texts seemed like alien languages to most Huaxia Nuo Mi fans. Luckily, a bunch of highly-educated Nuo Mi fans set up a special translation post to help translate and post, making them understand, which only made the buzz even hotter.

Jiang Nuo saw it and joked to Mu Qiuniang, "Wife, you now have captured the hearts of the Nuo Mi fans even more than I have. Look, even on my Weibo, there are comments asking for your album! Do you want to show some kindness and release one?"

"Let’s talk about it when there’s time, today, aren’t we going to see Mu Feng?"

"Yes, Mei Yu has already gone downstairs to get the car. Do you need to bring anything else?" Jiang Nuo casually tossed what he needed into his backpack and didn’t forget to put on a duckbill cap and mask. He didn’t forget to ask Mu Qiuniang, "Wife, do you want to wear one too?"

"Why wear this?" Mu Qiuniang was puzzled. Jiang Nuo is a celebrity, but she is not.

"Wife, the International Art Exchange event just ended, you’re now a big star, it’s your prime time. You don’t know how many people are watching you. Are you sure you don’t want to wear it? I’m afraid once you step out of the hotel’s door, you’ll either be mobbed by fans or the media." With such situations, Jiang Nuo indeed had ample experience.

But a combination of an ancient robe with a duckbill cap and mask would be too strange. Unable to resist Jiang Nuo’s arrangement, Mu Qiuniang changed her outfit.

Thus, a tomboy in a white T-shirt emerged freshly.

As soon as Jiang Nuo saw her, he turned his head and laughed secretly. Hahahahaha... His wife was truly so young. Over thirty years old, wrapped her hair in a cap, put on a mask, she looked just like a minor.

Mu Qiuniang also felt she looked odd and said uneasily, "What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing! Wife, I’ve never seen you dressed like this; it just feels so strange!"

"I also find it strange. Maybe I should just forget it."

"No! Wife, dress like this, wearing this ensures no one will recognize you. And honestly, wife, you occasionally dressing like this isn’t bad." Saying this, Jiang Nuo leaned close to her ear, adding a remark, "Next time, when we’re doing it, wife can wear this kind of clothes too~"

The odd tone behind that directly made Mu Qiuniang blush, giving him a stare, "What are you thinking about all day?"

"Of course, I’m thinking about my wife. Who else should I think about?" Jiang Nuo gave her a teasing glance.

Mu Qiuniang rolled her eyes at him, "You can think more about cultivation."

"Wife, I’ve been progressing quite well lately, especially with the method you taught me. Look, I’ve reached the enlightenment stage in such a short time, so you see, I do have a talent for cultivation. Wife, next time when we engage in dual cultivation, would you wear these clothes?" he asked tentatively.

Mu Qiuniang was speechless, "Can you circle back to this topic from anything?"

"Hehehe... I just haven’t seen how you look in other clothes! You always wear ancient style clothing; I’m almost forgetting how you look in modern clothes. Wife, would you wear it?"

"I’ve never worn this before."

"That’s because you didn’t think of it before, nor did you need to. But now, wife, I’ve thought of it, please grant me this. Our life should have a bit more zest, don’t you think?"