Although Li Xiu and Li Cui made private bets, the news spread like wildfire.

It soon spread throughout the camp.

Everyone is very interested in their identities. One is the youngest son of the emperor and the other is the youngest son of the regent. Can they represent their respective fathers?

Moreover, some insiders dug out the interesting stories of the shooting competition, and everyone realized that the two of them had a deep conflict.

In the VIP tent, today's birthday man Chen Xuanli was chatting with more than a dozen VIPs.

Here are Li Feng, the eldest son of the Regent Li Chengqi, and the third son of the Emperor Li Longji, the Zhongwang Li Feng, who celebrated the birthday of the General Chen Xuanli on behalf of their respective fathers.

There are also two other prime ministers, Niu Xianke and Li Shizhi, who actually represent the power of the Regent and the Emperor.

Both sides are fighting for Chen Xuanli.

Of course, there is also King Xue Li Chengye, who has the highest status, so he sits in the first place.

His princess is in Chang'an, and the woman who accompanied King Xue and Li Chengye today is Gao Xuan, a famous courtesan in Luoyang.

Gao Xuan's other identity is the former crown princess of Silla. Six years ago, the coup of Silla failed and he fled to the Tang Dynasty with his newlywed wife Gao Xuan and died of illness in Luoyang soon.

Gao Xuan was unwilling to be lonely and participated in the annual Peony Club competition for the courtesans. As a result, she won the courtesans four times in six years and became famous.

Although she has a great reputation, everyone knows that she is actually King Xue’s woman. Only with King Xue’s support can she become a courtesan. No one dares to make an idea for her in six years.

The topic in the lobby talked about the bet between Li Xiu and Li Cui. When he heard the name of Li Xiu, a strange light flashed in Gao Xuan's beautiful eyes.

Li Chengye seemed very silent, as if Li Xiu had nothing to do with him.

Niu Xianke stroked his beard and smiled at Li Yu: "Your little brother is even more awesome than me, the old cow! He actually bets on winning the championship. Has he read some fairy books recently?"

Li Yu said lightly: "Why would I bet with Niu Xiangguo too! I bet on my brothers and win, we only bet a penny, how about it?"

The amount is not big, but it is very insulting. Niu Xianke's face suddenly became ugly. He snorted heavily, "A penny is just one penny!"

At this time, the birthday boy Chen Xuanli smiled and said, "I am the master, I should be the one who comes to the lottery, fifty taels of gold!"

Gao Xuan suddenly said, "I will add another pearl as the lottery."

Chen Xuanli raised his thick eyebrows and asked with a smile: "Who are Miss Gao supporting?"

"Of course I support King Zhong!"

Everyone looked at her in surprise, and Li Chengye whispered: "Sister Xuan, don't mess around!"

"I actually support the 38th Prince!"

Gao Xuan ignored Li Chengye next to her at all. She said calmly: "I have seen two poems written by the thirty-eighth prince. Although there are only two sentences, I am deeply shocked."

Chen Xuanli was a little curious. He had a deep understanding of Li Xiu's intelligence and courage, but Li Xiu could still write poems, which made the courtesan look at him with admiration. He smiled and said, "I can read these two lines of poetry carefully!"

Gao Xuan said slowly: "He said two poems in the weapons shop in Gongxian County. Why don't a man bring Wu Gou and collect the fifty states of Guanshan?"

"Good poem!"

Chen Xuanli cheered, "Royal and brave, makes people excited. Those who have great ambitions cannot write such poems."

Everyone applauded and applauded, Niu Xianke's face became even more ugly.

At this time, the butler walked quickly and said, "Master, it's over!"

Chen Xuanli invited five great scholars from the Imperial College to judge, and there were only more than a hundred longevity poems in total. The five great scholars quickly named the winner.

Chen Xuanli was excited and said, "Show me!"

The housekeeper handed over the paper scroll, Chen Xuanli unfolded it, and there were signatures of five great scholars below, indicating that this birthday poem was unanimously recommended as the winner.

Chen Xuanli laughed, "It's actually the music of the King of Qin's music, it's great! It's very much for me."

"General, I don't know who the winner is?" This is the question that everyone is concerned about.

Chen Xuanli glanced at the name and widened his eyes.

"Everyone, the winner is Li Xiu, the founding baron of Qiantang County."

Everyone was shocked and walked forward to take a closer look.

Li Shizhi read aloud:

"Breaking the Formation: For General Chen's Life"

"The land throws the jade fight, and hangs sails and boats in the west. The eternal style is here, and no one can spare the fame of thousands of miles. The king has three hundred states.

But the sparrows know the swans, and Diao Chanyuan comes out of the puppet. But she laughs at Luxi like a big fight, can she try her hand with a ox knife? Shoujun's two jade cups."

The guest hall suddenly became silent. Niu Xianke originally wanted to criticize the poor calligraphy, but he was speechless after reading it.

The lyrics of this song are not only neat and great, but more importantly, it is very consistent with Chen Xuanli's identity as the general of Longwu Guard. Such a longevity lyrics will win the championship no matter what.

"What a song that breaks the stage, it can be called a work of the past." Li Shizhi cheered loudly.

Li Yu took fifty taels of gold and said to Niu Xianke with a smile: "Thank you, Niu Xiangguo, for your concession!"

Niu Xianke's face looked really ugly.

King Xue Li Chengye was still expressionless. He was just a skin, but he found that there was a bright light in Gao Xuan's eyes. This was something he had never seen before as King Xue's substitute for so many years.

Li Yu and Gao Xuan smiled and said, "Give it to my brothers, Miss Gao's pearl!"

Gao Xuan gave a blessing gift, "It's just my wish!"

Chen Xuanli was overjoyed, "This is my most satisfying birthday poem. Li Xiangguo's calligraphy is the best. Please help me with two banners, and I want to hang it on the birthday hall."

Li Chengqi's eldest son Li Feng snorted heavily in his heart, and quickly walked out while others were not paying attention.

………………

Chen Xuanli temporarily built a large tent of ten acres of lotus flowers in the vast atrium. This is the main tent for birthday celebrations. At that time, the outer tent will be opened and connected with the three tents of the four states, which can accommodate thousands of guests.

In front of me, there was a huge character "利" hanging, which was magnificent, with high birthday candles on both sides, and an altar, various birthday peaches, birthday noodles and other birthday items were placed on the table.

The big tent is full of guests, and the winner of the birthday contest is about to be announced, and the guests are looking forward to it.

"You bastard!"

Li Feng grabbed Li Cui's arm and dragged him to the side and gritted his teeth and said, "Father gave you such a precious Lin Jinyi, but you lost him. How do you explain to your father?

Li Cui was stunned and blinked his eyes and said, "Why did I lose? It has not been announced yet!"

"It has been announced inside, and it's Li Xiu's victory!"

"Ah!" Li Cui opened his mouth wide and was shocked.

"How is that possible?"

Li Cui said with a sad face: "He used to be so poor in his studies, why did it be his turn to win the championship? What should I do now?"

Of course, Li Feng did not allow his brother to lose the precious Lin Jinyi, otherwise his father would not spare his brother or himself.

He whispered a few words to Li Cui, and Li Cui nodded repeatedly, "I understand!"

At this time, birthday star Chen Xuanli walked into the tent with a group of VIPs. Li Xiu saw Gao Xuan at a glance. Today, Gao Xuan was wearing a big red robe skirt, a yellow robe shirt, red silk wrapped around her arms, a brocade bag was tied with a beautiful sachet.

A pretty face with a charming and charming face, her eyes like autumn moon, her jade skin like snow, her hair like dark clouds, and she was inserted into a jade hairpin, surrounded by several maids.

As soon as Gao Xuan entered the account, she was looking for something. Li Xiu suddenly had an intuition, she was looking for herself.

Gao Xuan saw Li Xiu, and her pretty face was filled with a charming smile.

Li Xiu also smiled and nodded at her.

Although Li Xiu and Gao Xuan had dealt with each other twice, the fact that Gao Xuan was King Xue's woman made Li Xiu stay away from her.

Just a chance meeting.

I met a beautiful woman on the journey. This kind of scene will have similar experiences in everyone's life. Maybe I will be fascinated by the other party's gorgeous appearance, but no one will stop and pass by like clouds.

The housekeeper announced loudly: "The leader of the birthday poem competition that everyone is looking forward to has come out. The five great scholars of the Imperial College unanimously agreed that Li Xiu, the 38th son of the emperor, can win the leader!"

There was an uproar in the big tent. It was Li Xiu who won the championship, so Li Cui lost.

Several soldiers brought a ladder and hung up two long scrolls. Everyone gathered up to read carefully, and a cheer sounded.

"He cheated!"

Suddenly someone yelled and everyone turned around.

Li Cui's face was swollen into pig's liver, and he shouted again: "He is cheating, I don't accept it!"

Chen Xuanli's face sank and said unhappily: "Why did Your Highness Cui say this?"

"General, Li Xiu knew in advance that the general would hold a birthday contest, so he prepared the birthday speech in advance, which was not written by him."

There was a sudden rumbling of discussion in the big tent. In fact, what Li Cui said made some sense. It was indeed possible that the manuscript was prepared in advance.

Li Xiu was not surprised at all. When shooting the game, this bastard was this kind of virtue and could not afford to lose.

He said coldly: "Then how do you want to admit it?"

"I want you to write a poem now and let the general give a question. If you can write it out, I will admit defeat!"

Li Xiu happily faced the fight, "As you wish!"

He clasped his fists at Chen Xuanli and said, "General, it is better to pursue the enemy with courage. Since the enemy does not surrender, we must chase him to the end. Please ask the general to give a question!"
Chapter completed!