[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress":3,"chapter-plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-942":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Plagued by bad reviews, but the top actress!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1734853,2218,"Chapter 942: 942: Awkward Little Princess","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-942",942,"\u003Cp>Chapter 942: Chapter 942: Awkward Little Princess\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao shrugged, “I got lost and saw someone coming in, so I asked for directions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, she glanced at the ancient zither placed in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a famous instrument and looked nice, but still miles away from the Solitary Zither.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze fell on the cell phone in front of her, where a video was playing—the footage of her playing “Ambush from Ten Sides” in a music store back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pressed the pause button, her hand frozen in a finger technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next to it was a notebook, which recorded all her finger techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Yuexian felt embarrassed about being caught eavesdropping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her pride couldn’t be defeated, and she would never allow herself to show an embarrassed face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she bristled, “What are you looking at, never seen someone practicing music before?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she smacked the phone, flipping it screen down, and closed the notebook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wearing an intimidating face that said she was tough and not to be messed with, yet her ears were turning red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pfft…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao couldn’t hold back and burst into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How can someone be so… adorable?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying one thing but meaning another, isn’t it kind of cute?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a little beast baring its fangs and claws, but without any real harm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adorably fierce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing that Yan Yuexian couldn’t bring herself to back down, Xia Weibao eased off, not making it too awkward for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you want to learn the Fuxi Finger Technique?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Peh! Not interested at all!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Yuexian said, full of disdain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao glanced at her phone and notebook with a half-smile, “Then what are these for?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Yuexian blushed and stuck to her pride, pretending to be indifferent, “I was bored and just killing time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao looked at the time; it was already eleven o’clock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm, it’s indeed quite boring to come out and practice music at eleven at night in the middle of winter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this teasing expression, Yan Yuexian could barely maintain her composure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her ears were burning red, but she still refused to back down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what if I want to learn, it’s not like you own the Fuxi Finger Technique, you didn’t invent it or patent it, why can’t I learn it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao crossed her arms, one hand on her chin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm, she didn’t invent the Fuxi Finger Technique, but she had perfected it after studying ancient books a thousand years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s fair to say that the Fuxi Finger Technique only became truly complete through her efforts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She initially planned to teach it to her daughter, but the Dog Emperor had her put to death, causing it to be lost to history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So claiming it as hers isn’t wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, except for her, no one else can play it completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her Majesty the Empress liked to tease beauties, and Yan Yuexian was such a delicate and adorable one, she couldn’t resist any longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she grinned mischievously, “Why so fierce with such a cute face?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Yuexian’s face turned red, “None of your damn business!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Be ladylike, act civilized.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m coarse like this, none of your damn business!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course it’s my business, I was thinking of teaching you to play, but I like ladies.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ha! You liking ladies has nothing to do with me… Wait, what did you say?! You would teach me?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Yuexian was about to say it was none of her damn business when she suddenly realized, her eyes widened!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The overflowing joy almost made her jump up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thinking of the grievances between them, she felt it would be demeaning to rush up with eagerness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re a bit more ladylike, maybe I could consider teaching you,” said Her Majesty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Yuexian’s heart was pounding; she desperately wanted to learn the Fuxi Finger Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xia Weibao was her cousin’s enemy, and her cousin’s enemy was her enemy too. She couldn’t show any goodwill toward Xia Weibao.\u003C\u002Fp>",664,"2026-06-06T16:22:12.595Z",1,"novelbin.me","e05a763e291c2a6b64b019b50ff7d7586697ccd86f9df67b68646f5f7517ba7a","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-943","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-941",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]