On the other side of the central water pavilion, countless women were looking eagerly in a certain direction, with great expectations in their hearts.
In the pavilion opposite where the competition was taking place, except for a few talented women, almost all of them were men. Given their status, it was naturally difficult for them to get close to each other.
"Who do you think will win in the end in this competition?" a pretty woman asked with her cheek in hand.
"Needless to say, of course it's Mr. Shen!"
"I also think it's Mr. Shen."
"Yes, Mr. Shen is so talented, how could he lose to an unknown person?"
The women around him spoke one after another, with surprisingly unanimous thoughts.
No one thought that the unknown scholar could be better than Shen Zhao, the second talented man in Qing'an Mansion. After all, Shen Zhao had been famous in Qing'an Mansion for a long time. In the hearts of these women, of course his status was higher.
"But, that young master is not a nobody!" A girl interjected.
A woman heard this and asked: "By the way, I still don't know his name. Xiaoyun, do you know?"
The girl shook her head and said: "I don't know the name of that young man, but when I came over there just now, I heard them say that that young man was the one who composed "Drinking Alone under the Moon" and "Niannujiao" yesterday. people."
"What?"
"It's actually that talented man!"
Obviously many of these women knew these two poems. They were surprised and said with some hesitation: "If it is that talented man, he may not lose, but why does Mr. Shen want to do this?" How about competing with that young master in poetry?"
It is a very common thing for talented people to compete with each other in poetry. It is not surprising. But generally speaking, if two people have nothing to do with each other, it will just be a general discussion. But if it is upgraded to a competition, If it is high, it means that the conflict between the two people is irreconcilable.
The girl who just spoke looked around and said somewhat mysteriously: "I heard that Mr. Shen is embarrassing the talented girls of the Yunying Poetry Club. As a member of the Yunying Poetry Club, that Mr. Shen can't see what Mr. Shen has done. So I stood up...everyone knows what happened after that..."
"Ah, how is it possible? How could Mr. Shen be such a person?"
"I have heard before that Shen Zhao is arrogant and narrow-minded. I thought it was a rumor, but I didn't expect..."
"I suddenly don't want Mr. Shen to win..."
"Me too……"
After the girl's words were confirmed by several women who were also informed, the balance in the hearts of these women finally tilted.
And at this moment, a girl dressed as a maid, holding a paper raft in her hand, ran over from a distance, ran to a certain woman, and handed the paper raft to her while panting.
"Is there any news over there?"
Seeing this, all the women gathered around him.
"How, how, who wins?"
"When will the bright moon come? Ask the blue sky with your wine. I don't know what year it is in the palace in the sky..." The woman cast her gaze upwards and muttered in a low voice, and a brilliant light suddenly burst out in her beautiful eyes...
Several women leaned over, and after a moment, their pretty faces showed the same look as hers.
"This, is this written by that young master?" After a moment, the woman raised her head, looked at the little maid, and asked in disbelief.
"Miss, name, name!"
The little maid had just trotted over, panting from exhaustion. She finally regained her breath, stared at her big eyes, and hurriedly pointed to the lower corner of the paper raft and said.
"Name, what name?"
The lady, who looked like a lady, looked in the direction pointed by the little maid. The next moment, her beautiful eyes widened involuntarily, her lips parted slightly, and she exclaimed: "Li Yi!"
The word Li Yi is indeed not an unfamiliar name to the women of Qing'an Mansion.
Ever since "Magpie Bridge Immortal" came out, I don't know how many pregnant girls and empty young women, in the lonely night, deep in the empty boudoir, while chanting "If the love lasts for a long time, how can we stay together day and night?"
, while missing her lover who is no longer around.
Even those girls who have not left the court will imagine a certain scene in their minds. Perhaps in their boudoir dreams at night, they will sometimes dream of the talented man named "Li Yi".
For women in this era, men's talents are undoubtedly fatally attractive to them, but their appearance comes second.
Of course, if he is a talented man with both talent and appearance, he will definitely be sought after by countless women.
"But what about Li Yi from "Magpie Bridge Immortal"?"
"Ah, that handsome young man is Li Yi?"
For a time, countless women raised their heads and looked in the direction of the central waterside pavilion, with brilliant eyes surging...
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"I hope that we will live forever, and we will share the beauty of the moon together thousands of miles..." When Shen Zhao read this, his voice was already trembling, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He suddenly looked up at him and said in a trembling voice: "
You are the "Magpie Bridge Immortal"..."
"If this brother has finished writing, why not hand it over to all the talented people for review?" Li Yi looked at him and asked with a smile.
When Shen Zhao heard this, his face turned pale.
He is self-aware, and the other party even used such words, so why is there any need for review?
It's nothing more than humiliating oneself.
"I lost."
Shen Zhao's face turned pale. After squeezing out these words through his teeth, he turned around and left.
"Brother, stay!" Seeing Shen Zhao was about to leave, Li Yi hurriedly called him.
"What else do you want?"
A trace of anger appeared on Shen Zhao's face. He had already lost face in front of everyone today. Is the other party still unwilling to give up?
Li Yi didn't speak, but looked at his waist.
Shen Zhao finally remembered something, his expression became even more gloomy, he pulled off the jade pendant from his waist and threw it away.
Li Yi hurriedly caught it. If it broke, the three hundred taels of silver would be gone.
When he walked to his desk, Shen Zhao paused, grabbed the poem he had just written, and tore it into pieces.
When all the talents saw a scene that seemed familiar to them, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts...
If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?
Li Yi held the jade pendant in his hand, thinking that he would go find a pawn shop to pawn it later. With three hundred taels of silver, he could rent a shop in a slightly more prosperous place in Qing'an Mansion...
At this moment, a pretty girl walked in from outside, walked up to Li Yi, and asked softly: "Is this Mr. Li Yi?"
Not sure what happened to this little girl, Li Yi nodded doubtfully.
The girl smiled and handed over a paper envelope and said, "I wonder if the young master will be free tomorrow. My lady would like to invite the young master to come over and have a chat."
"This, this seems to be Miss Chen's maid..."
"Miss Chen is the daughter of Mr. Chen's family..."
Seeing this scene, expressions of surprise and envy appeared on the faces of these talented people.
Before Li Yi came back to his senses, several more girls came in from outside. After saluting Li Yi, they spoke softly.
"My young lady admires the young master's talent very much. There will be a banquet at Zuixiang Tower tomorrow. I wonder if the young master has time?"
"My lady..."
"my home……"
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"That's Miss Chen's maid, that's the maid of Lu Qiaoqiao, a prominent housekeeper in Yichun House, and even the daughter of the prefect Dong's family..."
Behind Li Yi, the young prince Li Xuan looked at this scene with dull eyes, the expression on his face was extremely complicated.
