"It's nothing, that woman is a special person." Yi Shuihan smiled, a bit stubborn.
"Haha, what's the special method?" Ling Caiyi said with a smile. She had never heard of anyone being praised by the number one scholar.
"My personal opinion is different, or you will see it later if you observe slowly."
"Well, I have nothing to do in the palace anyway. It would be good to know more about the people around me."
The two chatted for a while, and towards dusk, Yi Shuihan said goodbye to Ling Caiyi.[
The sun was setting in the west, and its soft light fell on the luxurious palace, coating it with a layer of golden light. The green glazed tiles reflected the colorful light.
Not long after Yi Shuihan left the garden, she turned a corner and saw Ling Xiaoran in a luxurious dragon robe in the distance. She was about to retreat, but she saw that Ling Xiaoran had already seen her.
Yi Shuihan had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue walking forward, put on a respectful face, and said: "See the Emperor."
Ling Xiaoran said with a faint smile: "The number one scholar is not in the Hanlin Academy, so why did he come to the back garden?"
"Back to the emperor, I have finished my work in the Hanlin Academy, so I went to the garden to help the princess pick peaches." It's really a narrow road for enemies.
"Since the number one scholar is so free, come and take a walk with me."
"...Yes, Your Majesty." Yi Shuihan secretly complained in his heart, what kind of trick was Ling Xiaoran playing?
All kinds of precious flowers are in full bloom in the imperial garden. Exotic flowers and grasses, colorful purples and reds, are so beautiful that they compete with each other.
Fish ponds, lakes, rockeries, running water, carved railings and jade inlays all demonstrate its majesty and nobility.
The lotus flowers crowded together in the pond looked up eagerly. The palm-sized petals were as white as snow. Five or six petals formed a big lotus flower, like slim girls standing on the green lotus leaves.
A gust of cool breeze and a refreshing fragrance hit my nostrils.
The lotus begins to bloom in June, exuding its fragrance, opening in the morning and closing in the evening every day.
Yi Shuihan followed Ling Xiaoran for a while and was silent along the way. How could she dare to speak when the emperor didn't speak.
She looked at the sky. The sun was about to set. Ling Xiaoran still wouldn't let her go? How long will it take if she keeps going like this?
"What do you think of this lotus flower?"
Ask her? Yi Shuihan looked at the lotus in the pond. How could she have the intention to appreciate the lotus? Even if she had the intention, she was just a common person and couldn't explain why.
"Beautiful, extremely beautiful, too beautiful to behold." Yi Shuihan said three beauties in a row, with an intoxicated look on her face. She didn't mean what she said at all. It was indeed beautiful. Unfortunately, she didn't know how to appreciate it, nor did she like it very much.
"In this case, the number one scholar will compose a poem on the spot."
Composing poetry? Yi Shuihan blinked, he really thought highly of her. She had not read a few books on literature, let alone writing poems, and could not write articles.
"I have few talents and little knowledge. I am a layman. How can I compose poems? However, I have heard a few poems about lotus. There is a poet named Zhou Dunyi. He once wrote a poem "Love of Lotus", in which there is a sentence: "It will not come out of the mud but will not be able to write poems."
"Dyeing, clearing the ripples without being demonic", I think this sentence is the most appropriate to describe the lotus." [
Ling Xiaoran didn't speak, just looked at Yi Shuihan, seeming to hear but not seeming to hear, with a pair of deep eyes that made it difficult to guess the deep meaning.
Yi Shuihan frowned slightly. She hated such gazes and hated things that could not be seen clearly. Being unable to grasp them would make her very insecure. Everything that could not be predicted or grasped made her uneasy.