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Chapter 653 The Incomplete Zither Piece
"What's wrong?" Ning Xueyan returned to her senses and turned to look at the book in Heng Yuqing's hand, but didn't notice anything odd about it.
"It's strange. The copy of that I once read… didn't have this part," Heng Yuqing replied uncertainly.
"What's missing?" Ning Xueyan asked, surprised.
"This part. Look, Your Highness… This part wasn't in the book before… I remember liking this piece a lot. I tried playing it, but couldn't finish it as the piece was incomplete. I failed every time. It sounded as if the music had abruptly been cut off. It left me quite uncomfortable."
Heng Yuqing said, pointing at a zither piece.
She was pointing at an incomplete piece in the zither section, but the damage was minimal. Looking at the scope of the zither piece, there were very few missing verses. In other words, if one were to repeat the final verse of the piece, one might be able to treat this as a complete piece and play it as
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