Everyone sighed with regret and disappointment.

"I thought I would have the opportunity to see the true appearance of Qiao Jijiu, Wei Shilang..."

Some people still looked up and looked at the young students writing poems beside the railing without giving up: "Are those students from the Imperial College?"

"That's right...those who are invited to come this time must be the best among the supervising students."

"Most of them are deceased, and many of them will be born next year..."

Today's saints are trying to clean up the imperial examinations, and they even do not hesitate to attack the Pei family. They will replace the Minister of Rites before the spring of next year. Such a move means that what awaits these poor candidates in the coming year will be unprecedented justice, even for them.

An overly fair examination room.

At this time, I looked at the students who were drinking and singing poems in the Dengtai Tower, thinking that these people might appear on the apricot list in the coming year, and then pass the palace examination, be selected by the imperial pen, and enter the court from a poor family.

Everyone felt their hearts become more and more full of yearning.

It's a pity that they are isolated from the outside and cannot enter.

The disappointment became more and more serious. When some people shook their heads and sighed and were about to leave, they suddenly saw a girl's figure among the group of students wearing long gowns beside the railing——

The fair-faced girl came forward, and everyone saw that she was wearing a light green skirt, with a double bun, and a white jade hairpin in her hair. Just like the clouds entering the green mountains, the wind blew the silk draped around her arms, as if she was about to float away in the wind.

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"Today's banquet was hosted by me. Although it is for apprenticeship, I also have the intention of meeting friends through literature. If you are interested, you only need to use poems as a invitation, and you can come in and chat with each other——"

The young girl smiled and raised her hand to salute, and her gestures were graceful and graceful. She was free and easy, but she was sincere: "I will wait for you in the building."

As she said this, the students beside her also raised their hands to invite her.

Everyone downstairs subconsciously raised their hands to return the favor.

When they saw the girl turned around and returned to the building, everyone came back to their senses and took a closer look: "Is that the Chang family's wife? She just said that she wanted to... use poetry as a gift?"

This matter was also spread through the mouth of a servant, and soon reached the ears of Chang Kuo at the table.

Chang Kuo slapped his thigh: "Okay, this is a good idea!"

After that, he continued drinking.

He only knows "good", but this "good" mainly means "my daughter is good at everything". In addition, being warm to others is also "good", and there is no more.

It's not that he thinks shallowly, but that his status as a military commander prevents him from thinking more deeply from a scholar's perspective.

Cui Jing sitting next to him was different——

The place where Ms. Cui lived since she was a child, every brick and tile was built with literature.

Cui Jing held the wine cup and subconsciously looked in the direction outside the building.

Literary people have such a nature, especially those from poor backgrounds, who are more likely to believe in the saying that a gentleman will not eat what he asks for. If she invited her directly today, due to the disparity in status and low self-esteem, many people would be deterred - but she proposed using poetry as a invitation.

This banquet truly turned into an elegant place for meeting friends through literature, giving them an opportunity to respect and display their talents.

In addition to low self-esteem, many literati often have more or less arrogance. If she doesn't refuse anyone who comes, they may have the mentality of "if ordinary people can enter, I won't go to this vulgar place."

——But she proposed using poetry as a link, which effectively helped them screen out those who did not want to be associated with each other, and also gave them enough conditions to retain their self-confidence.

At the same time, she also helped herself filter out unwanted people.

She only wants in the people she needs.

Cui Jing's eyes fell on Chang Sui Ning, who was sitting down under Qiao's wine table again.

Only then did he truly understand her true intention of spreading the news.

The excitement she wants is not excitement in the ordinary sense.

What will happen next is not difficult to predict.

But what it will eventually evolve into is unpredictable.

Downstairs, after getting instructions from Chang Sui Ning, a small table was set up in the hall, paper was laid on it for grinding, and two book boys sat on it.

"Let me go and try..."

A young scholar came forward and composed a poem in his mouth. The boy copied it down, signed his name, and was invited to the second floor.

As he walked upstairs step by step, the scholar still felt that it was unreal. The sound of the piano, poetry, conversation and laughter upstairs woven into an elegant, sublime and unattainable painting, with the slightest coolness emanating from the ice basin, as if

Dreams spread out before him——

But now, he, who is unknown, is about to become one in this painting.

“I was really invited in!”

"I'm coming too!"

"Brother Zhao, please first—"

"..."

Seeing that more than ten people were invited upstairs, Hu Huan asked hesitantly: "Do we still need to go up to support Mrs. Chang?"

Cui Lang, who was just about to go upstairs, came to his senses and said: "Quick, quick, quick!"

Of course there is no need to support the venue, but the seats have to be grabbed!

Who doesn’t know how to compose poetry?

It's nothing more than a distinction between good and bad.

The dignified Mr. Cui, you can’t think of a good one, and you can’t come up with a bad one?

Cui Lang rushed forward.

"Master, are you going?" asked the book boy next to Xi Zhiyuan.

"Of course." The young man smiled and stepped forward.
Chapter completed!