The evaluation results after seven days were out. Nearly seventy percent of the disciples passed, including Yuling, Mànhuá, Laihua, and Huaying. Another twenty percent of the disciples were transferred to the pleasure quarters in the suburbs of West City, while the final ten percent packed up and went home, ending their musical journey.
During the quiet noon hour, Yuling cracked open peanut shells to eat as she discussed musical theory with Miaoxian inside Jinglian Studio.
At that moment, a servant knocked on the lattice door and brought in two steaming bowls of pine nut and corn soup.
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