Not long after Yun Qian'er sat down, Xiao Yongyan came, taking Concubine Xian and Li Jieyu with him. They all sat on the left hand side of Xiao Yongyan's head.

Everyone stood up and bowed down to Xiao Yongyan: "I wish my emperor long live, long live, long live!"

Xiao Yongyan was in a good mood today. He smiled and raised his hand to the people below: "My dear friends, please get back on your feet! Today is the New Year, dear friends, I will spend the New Year with you. We, the monarch and our ministers, have not been so happy for a long time.

Yes! Haha..."

Prime Minister Qin first stood up and said: "The Yan State has been having good weather this year. Except for the locust plague in the south, which suffered some losses, the rest of the places have a bumper harvest. This is because the emperor's kindness moved God to bless our Yan State with a good harvest!"

"Haha... This year is my second year on the throne. These two years have all relied on the full cooperation of all my ministers. Today we can drink as much as we want without restraint!"

Prime Minister Qin took the lead in raising his glass and toasting to Xiao Yongyan: "Your Majesty's words are serious, and I am afraid. With this glass of wine, I wish you great prosperity and peace for the country of Yan!"

Prime Minister Qin drank all the wine in the glass. Xiao Yongyan clapped and applauded: "Qin Aiqing, thank you for your hard work!"

After Prime Minister Qin saluted, he returned to his seat.

The seat of the Mo family was opposite Qin Cheng, and diagonally opposite to the seat of Prince Luo's Mansion. Mo Zifeng sat there obediently, motionless, Mo Ruxue waved to him, Mo Zifeng had a long face, a look of pain.

With such a grudge, he really finds this situation very boring!

Mo Ziye frequently looked at the ladies around him, looking at all the beautiful girls in the hall. His eyes were as wretched as they could be. The girls in the seats next to him were so frightened that they hid behind their own families.

Mo Ruxue looked around and found no one from the Chu family. The Chu family had gone through too many things this year, and it was indeed not suitable to appear at this time. Xiao Yongyan probably wanted Chu Liyan to parachute directly into the court in the next year.

Mo Xu was playing with the wine glass. Xiao Yongyan had called him back for almost half a year and had been leaving him to dry without knowing what he was going to do.

After he stood up and saluted Xiao Yongyan, he said: "Thanks to the emperor's kindness, I have the honor to return to Kyoto this year to celebrate the New Year. In the blink of an eye, our family has lived in the border town for ten years. The prosperity of Kyoto really makes me feel a little uncomfortable.

Get used to it!”

"General Mo has worked hard for his mistakes and has countless battle scars on his body. He should have come back to take care of his old age long ago. It was me who caused the general trouble! The border town is bitterly cold. I think the general must have been living in poverty. We have signed an alliance with the Mohe Kingdom. At least we can have peace.

General, you can take a good rest for a while."

Everyone here can hear the implication in Xiao Yongyan's words. From the time Mo Xu came back to the present, Xiao Yongyan's attitude towards him has been clear. He did not take back his military power or assign duties, and just let him idle at home every day.

The concubine smiled and said: "Today is a young year, don't talk about these political affairs, why don't you talk about happy things?"

"Concubine Mother is right. Let's talk about some light topics today. Concubine Xian, didn't you say there are still programs to be arranged today?"

Concubine Xian said with a smile as bright as a flower: "Today all of you are young masters and young ladies from your lord's house, many of them are talented people. The New Year is coming soon. You can write a poem to your heart's content, and then invite us from Yan State.

Mr. Wen Dong, a master of poetry, will be the judge, and the person who comes first will receive a blood jade inkstone."

Concubine Xian asked the little father-in-law next to her to bring out the blood jade inkstone. The dark red inkstone had a white fish brain in the middle, which was moist and smooth, like a clear cloud. It was about to disperse when blown, and it was as loose as a ball of flocculation. It was surrounded by

Surrounded by fire, everyone's eyes were opened. This Duan Inkstone is priceless, what a treasure!

All the civil servants are eager to try. If they are lucky enough to win the first place, it will be a very honorable thing.

An old man with half a century of hair walked out from the crowd, with an elegant temperament. He saluted Xiao Yongyan and everyone present, and said loudly: "I'm showing off my shame today! You are all elites in the literary world. If you say something wrong for a while, you can't do it."

I hope you will bear with me."

Many civil servants stood up and returned the greeting to the old man, showing great piety.

Mo Ruxue had no impression of this character. He seemed to have only appeared once in the original novel.

She leaned towards Xiao Yonghan and asked in a low voice: "Who is this Mr. Wen Dong?"

"He is a master of Confucianism in the Yan Kingdom. He is familiar with various historical records and is very proficient in poetry and songs. Today's inkstone is very good. It is rare that the emperor will part with it. I don't know who will end up with this inkstone."

Mo Ruxue saw Xiao Yonghan staring at the square inkstone: "Do you like it too? Then you can participate too!"

"This is the emperor's way of rewarding his ministers. How could I have the nerve to interfere! As soon as I came on the stage, who dared to compete with me? I just took the inkstone away. How boring!"

"Tch, it's the same as 2,580,000 yuan! Hey, do you think I can participate?" Mo Ruxue put on a standard smile and asked with her big eyes flashing.

Seeing her confident look, Xiao Yonghan poured cold water on her directly: "You'd better save some money! Many of the people here are scholars who have studied hard for many years. I'm afraid your little ink is not enough."

Yun Qian'er saw them biting their ears from behind and felt extremely jealous. She also heard what Mo Ruxue just said and snorted coldly from her nostrils. She really didn't know where she got the confidence to dare to challenge the big guys here.

Literary giants!

"Princess, you'd better not go. Since ancient times, it has been a virtue for a woman to be without talent. This kind of limelight should be left to those young men! After all, if you participate and can't write it, you will be laughed at by others...

…”

Mo Ruxue was furious when she saw the rare agreement between the two of them. They both looked down on her so much. She wanted to prove to them that women were no worse than men!

Concubine Xian continued on the stage: "The poem we compose this time should be related to the Chinese New Year, and should be a little more festive. The time limit is two sticks of incense. If you are willing to participate, please start thinking about it!"

The hall became lively for a while, and everyone was talking and excited.

"I am happy today, so I will compose a song, and we will participate in the selection together later, haha," Xiao Yongyan smiled and asked Eunuch Li to get pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and began to think hard.

Mo Ruxue stood up directly and walked to Eunuch Li: "Eunuch, could you please get me a pen and paper? I want to try it too."

"Oh, the emperor's sister-in-law is also interested. How dare you? I have experienced the emperor's sister-in-law's literary talents. I will see her masterpieces in person soon." Xiao Yongyan said enthusiastically.

Xiao Yonghan walked to her side and said softly: "You, you, you... that's all, don't be unhappy if you lose in a while..."

Yun Qian'er looked like she was watching a good show. She wanted to see what kind of bullshit verses this Mo Ruxue could write.

When the other young masters from aristocratic families saw that Mo Ruxue had also applied for the competition, they all showed contempt in their eyes, with mocking expressions on their faces.

I heard that this Princess Luo didn’t understand the Four Books or the Five Classics. She hadn’t even read the “Women’s Code”, so she probably didn’t even know the format of writing poetry!

Mo Ruxue got the paper and pen, returned to her seat and began to think hard, recalling the three hundred Tang poems she had memorized in her mind.

She laid out rice paper, started writing quickly, and finished it in a short while.

It was almost time, and Xiao Yongyan asked them to read out their poems one by one.

The previous gentlemen were eager to show off and read their masterpieces aloud, hoping to receive praise from the emperor.

Xiao Yongyan just smiled slightly without any reaction on his face, and Mr. Wen Dong also asked them to continue reading expressionlessly.

Finally it was Mo Ruxue's turn.

Yun Qian'er was still drowsy at first, but suddenly she became energetic and stared at Mo Ruxue with all her attention.

Everyone in the hall was also staring at her. Mo Ruxue was the only woman participating in the competition today. The expressions on everyone's faces were different, some were sympathetic, some were mocking, and some were waiting to see the joke. Everyone was stretched out.

The neck is waiting for her performance.

"With the sound of firecrackers, a new year is passed away, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu; thousands of households are always replacing old talismans with new peaches."

As soon as Mo Ruxue's crisp voice fell, Mr. Wen Dong couldn't help but applaud and said with a smile: "This poem by the princess is really wonderful. This Qi Jue Zhen is a masterpiece. The contrasts are neat, there is no mistake, and the meaning is perfect. When you hear it,

This poem makes me impatient to drink the Tusu wine, haha..."

Xiao Yongyan immediately felt refreshed after hearing this poem, and said to Eunuch Li: "Go and bring up the poem written by the emperor's wife and let me see it!"

Eunuch Li took the piece of paper from Mo Ruxue's hand and handed it to Xiao Yongyan respectfully. Xiao Yongyan nodded frequently: "Haha... the emperor's sister-in-law is really good at writing! As soon as the emperor's sister-in-law's poems came out, my poems were not as good as mine.

I had the nerve to take it out."

Mo Ruxue quickly knelt down: "I am guilty..."

"Get up, why is the emperor's sister-in-law guilty? It's because my skills are inferior to others. This blood jade inkstone belongs to the emperor's sister-in-law."

Eunuch Li respectfully handed the Duan Inkstone to Mo Ruxue: "Congratulations to Princess Luo for winning the first place!"

"Thank you, father-in-law!" Mo Ruxue happily took the inkstone and placed it in front of Xiao Yonghan: "Give it to you! Hehe!"

Xiao Yonghan looked at Mo Ruxue with even gentler eyes, smiled and said softly beside her: "It turns out that the princess is so talented, and I really underestimate you."

Mo Ruxue smiled affectionately at him, and Xiao Yonghan responded with a doting look. Anyone who was not blind could tell from the deep affection that they were a couple with a deep relationship.
Chapter completed!