Chapter 247: Can Osmanthus also win the championship?
After arriving at the Juyuan, Li Min discovered that the Juyuan was indeed a good place to go.
In the chrysanthemum garden, clusters of chrysanthemums can be seen everywhere.
Various colors, various precious varieties, it can be said that they are all available.
Each of these chrysanthemums is planted in a unique shape.
It makes people linger among the flowers and never forget to leave.
But this time the oiran battle was held on a large water pavilion in the middle of a lake in the garden.
Between the lake and the water pavilion is a verandah made of wood. Through the veranda, you can reach the water pavilion.
In the lake water, there are dense lotus roots.
In August, the lotus leaves are already dry and broken, swaying in the autumn wind, but they have a unique mood.
This waterside pavilion is actually very large and can accommodate hundreds of people.
This time the oiran battle took place in nearly ten courtyards of all sizes in Chang'an City, all around the waterside pavilion.
The eight literary seniors who serve as referees are in the middle.
In the middle, apart from the referees, are the poets from Chang'an City.
Being able to stand here is an honor, and when you go back, you can naturally show off to your relatives and friends.
After Li Min arrived, he quickly took Ouyang Ruoshui and the others to the place that belonged to the No. 1 hospital in the world.
At this time, there were apples, grapes, pomegranates and other fruits on their table, as well as various moon cakes and drinks.
Not long after, everyone had arrived.
In the sky, a full moon has already hung on the branches.
The moonlight shines brightly on the waterside pavilion and pond, making it as bright as day.
Next, Yu Shinan, a veteran in the literary world, delivered a speech, announcing that the oiran battle had officially begun.
The next step is the first part, which is for the oirans from each house to compete for the title of oiran. They each use a type of flower to represent themselves, and then compose a corresponding poem or lyrics on the spot.
Of course, almost every courtyard that comes to compete has invited talents.
Naturally, the poem cannot be written now, but has been completed long ago.
It seems that because of the finale, the three most competitive courtyards, Zui Chun House, Li Chun Hospital and Tian Xia No. 1 Hospital, were placed at the end.
The oirans of several other courtyards pride themselves on precious flowers and plants such as crabapples, peonies, lotuses, orchids, and epiphyllums.
And because the two oirans, Hanmei Fairy and Chrysanthemum Fairy, had already given their names, no one wanted to compete with them for plum blossoms and chrysanthemums.
And in this way, it would be extremely disadvantageous for Ouyang Ruoshui, who was the final draw.
Because there are only a few kinds of precious flowers and plants in total.
And in the front, everyone has picked them out.
When it was Ouyang Ruoshui's turn, there weren't many flowers left for her to choose from.
At this time, what the people in Zuichun Tower and Li Chun Court were most looking forward to was that the flower Ouyang Ruoshui was going to choose had already been chosen by other courtesans.
In this case, the poems they prepared in advance will naturally be invalidated, and they can only rely on improvisation.
And if you act on the spot, you will naturally not be able to write a good poem.
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In the first level of poetry competition, the rules are quite interesting.
It turns out that every time I write a sentence, it will be hung up.
There are colored lights hanging on both sides so that others can see it from a long distance.
Not long after, the oiran who was the first to write about Begonia posted her poem.
This poem is written in a mediocre way, but there are two lines in it: I am afraid that the flower will fall asleep late at night, so I burn a high candle and think carefully.
It actually made everyone applaud.
These two sentences seemed very familiar to Li Min. After thinking about them carefully, he discovered that they were very close to the two sentences written by Su Shi later in his poem on Begonia.
However, compared with Su Shi's poems, these two sentences are far inferior in pattern.
Then other oiran's poems were hung one after another, but they were always lackluster.
Not long after, we arrived at the Hanmei Fairy in Zuichun Tower.
At this time, Lu Zhaolin stood up, and everyone couldn't help but look at him curiously.
Lu Zhaolin's previous poem about beauty made him famous in Chang'an City.
At this time, everyone wanted to see how he would perform tonight?
Soon, Lu Zhaolin's poems were hung up line by line.
When everyone looked at it, they only saw a few sentences: The flowers in Plum Ridge have just begun to bloom, and the snow in Tianshan Mountain has not yet bloomed.
The snow is full of flowers, and the lace edges look like snow.
The wind blows into the dance sleeves, and the powder blows to the dressing table.
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"Good poetry, really good poetry!"
"This song should be number one tonight!"
"There are two people who haven't done this before. It's too early to say that tonight's number one is the best! However, if this poem is the number one poem that has appeared, it is well deserved!"
"That's right, now let's see what amazing poems the next two talented people come up with!"
While speaking, it was Li Chun Yuan's turn. At this time, King Luo Bin stood up and attracted everyone's attention.
Not long after, King Luo Bin's poem about chrysanthemums was also hung.
In the late autumn of the third year of the show, the fragrance is blooming in ten steps. The sun is smiling when the yellow is divided, and the green emeralds are swaying together in the wind. Broken shadows flow, and the floating fragrance spreads across the shore. The golden qiao can be spread, but the jade tree is the same.
As soon as King Luo Bin's poem came out, it once again aroused a burst of admiration.
Most of the people believed that the poems written by King Luo Bin and Lu Zhaolin were between equals.
Of course, there are also some people who are partial to one of them, and they quarrel over it.
The next and last one, Ouyang Ruoshui from the No. 1 Academy in the World, began to make his final appearance.
When Li Min stood up, the scene couldn't help but become silent.
They wanted to see what kind of masterpiece Li Min, King of Shu, could produce today?
Soon, Li Min's title was hung up, Partridge Sky. Osmanthus.
Seeing this topic, everyone couldn't help but be stunned, and then started talking about it one after another.
"Is this a ci? It seems like a new ci pai?"
"Partridge Sky, no one has ever used it before!"
"If it is really a masterpiece, it will definitely create a new word brand name!"
"Isn't this osmanthus too ordinary?"
"Yes, even the poet Qu Yuan never mentioned osmanthus when he listed the precious flowers and plants."
"We want to see how he can create new ideas for Osmanthus fragrans."
When I saw that the flower written by Li Min turned out to be Osmanthus fragrans, the scene was filled with astonishment.
Even King Luo Bin and Lu Zhaolin had different looks on their faces.
It's really because even they don't realize that writing about osmanthus can be brilliant.
Not long after, the first few sentences of Li Min's lyrics were hung up.
The body is dull, light yellow, soft in nature, and only the fragrance remains.
Seeing these two sentences, the courtesans couldn't help but show ridicule on their faces.
These oirans have extremely high literary literacy, so they can naturally understand the meaning of these two sentences.
The meaning of these two poems is that the light yellow osmanthus is not bright, but its body is light.
Because of its remote location, no one appreciates it, and only the fragrant fragrance remains.
Isn't this kind of sweet-scented osmanthus useless? Then what else do you use to compete for the oiran?
