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Seeing His Highness Ning Yuan come up and select a group of candidates that he had previously been optimistic about, Shen Jungao suddenly looked like he was laughing: "Don't worry, Mr. Ming. Compared with these three people, the two princes have more people around them.
Moreover, the performance of the two princes in these poetry gatherings has been remarkable, so if Duke Ming suppresses these two princes, his chances of winning may be greater."
"No," Xu Ling stretched out his hand to stroke his beard, "I won't keep a few of them. They already have a large number of people, so even if they win, they won't win with force. But because of his status as a prince, no one has said it clearly for a long time.
If I bet on just a few of them, what's the point of actually winning, then whatever, I'll just bet on the third group of people following the boy from the Pei family to win."
Shen Jungao looked at it intently, and immediately laughed and said: "Ming Gong, Ming Gong, you are really an old fox. The one following you is the son of Pei Wuwei, the official minister, and there are many people with the name Pei Yun.
I heard it mentioned by others, and you dare to say that you don’t recognize the young man standing with him?”
Xu Ling snorted: "What if the person standing with the Pei Wuwei boy is my grandson? Since I am gambling with His Highness, I will be fair!"
Shen Jun smiled and shook his head. The young man standing next to Pei Ji's son Pei Yun was Xu Ling's grandson Xu Deyan. Both Pei Yun and Xu Deyan were the best among the younger generation in Jiankang Mansion.
, his poems and articles are all somewhat famous, and many of them are noteworthy.
The two of them had often won crowns in poetry competitions before, but they had done so independently or with the company of others. This time they somehow came together, and the possibility of winning the championship was naturally doubled.
No wonder Xu Ling made his choice with confidence. Compared with the previous two groups, Pei Yun and Xu Deyan, who joined forces, have a much better chance of winning. After all, both of them have won the "laurel crown". Compared with
Since the two princes, who had only won the championship once, relied on their strength due to their numbers, and Pei Zilie and Li Xingchen, who had never won the championship before, their chances of winning were not as great as usual.
Princess Ningyuan obviously did not realize this and could not realize this. She was looking around excitedly: "Then... Grandpa, if I win, what should you lose to me?"
Xu Ling was startled and chuckled. He had lived to an old age and it was rare for anyone to speak to him in such a tone. He squatted down with interest and said seriously: "I wonder what your highness wants?"
Princess Ningyuan frowned slightly, and immediately looked at her sister who was standing helplessly on the side: "Then just find a consort for my sister, and she will have no control over me from now on."
Xu Ling and Shen Jungao were obviously frightened by His Highness who "will never stop talking without surprising words". They wanted to laugh but did not dare to laugh. Although this was funny, it involved the royal family. As ministers, such a joke was unacceptable.
No, the closer these ministers are to the royal family, the clearer they are in deciding what to do.
"Your Highness, please forgive me." Xu Ling and Shen Jungao raised their hands to Princess Lechang at the same time.
Lechang gave his sister a cold look, which made Ning Yuan shrink his neck subconsciously, and then said with a smile: "My sister's unintentional words, what are you guilty of? It's not too late, what's wrong with you over there?"
The poem has also begun, please hurry up and get ready."
Xu Ling and Shen Jungao both breathed a sigh of relief. Princess Lechang had given them a step down, and no one would be too embarrassed by this sudden topic.
When Xu Ling and Shen Jungao turned around and left, Princess Lechang shook her head gently, while Ning Yuan seemed to notice something, and twisted her fingers together unconsciously, and moved to her sister step by step hesitantly: "Sister...
·You're angry?"
"That's all," Lechang reached out and touched the golden hairpin in his hair, and murmured, "The age of hairpins has passed..."
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"Suddenly I fell asleep and dreamed..." the lecturer standing in front of the table recited with a smile.
"Po Ruojun is here." Xiao Shilian folded his folding fan and replied coolly.
The lecturer nodded. This was a sentence from Sima Xiangru's "Ode to Changmen". Looking at Pei Zilie who seemed to be ready next to him, he changed the topic: "Hey, the deer roars, eating the apples of the wild.
I have a guest, who plays the harp and sheng. The general who plays the sheng and drums and carries the basket..."
Li Xingchen, who was standing next to Pei Zilie, suddenly frowned. He didn't know the "Changmen Fu" before, so let it go. This "Book of Songs: Deer Ming" is a well-known song by the public. Originally, Li Xingchen was about to speak, but now he suddenly
I realized that what I usually know is actually only the first sentence, and I really don’t know what follows.
But just because Li Xingchen didn't know how to do it, it didn't mean that Pei Zilie couldn't do it. Now he took a step forward and Pei Zilie said with a smile: "The good people show me how to behave."
The lecturer didn't seem surprised that the other party could answer. He thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Going thousands of miles to fight..."
This time, both Pei Zilie and Xiao Shilian subconsciously widened their eyes. Xiao Shilian murmured in surprise: "This... this is not the Book of Songs, nor is it one of the great Han Dynasty poems..."
And Pei Zilie couldn't help but frown for the first time. In fact, the two of them had no intention of counting on Li Xingchen. If they couldn't answer the question now, it would be equivalent to making a mistake. If they made two mistakes, they would be disqualified. Once the answer was wrong this time, they would be disqualified.
, and then it was really like walking on thin ice.
The preaching doctor also breathed a sigh of relief. He finally made things difficult for these three... no, to be precise, two people.
"Thousands of miles away in the army, flying through the mountains." Li Xingchen said calmly, glancing provocatively at the stunned Dr. Lecturer, "I'd like to read a few sentences of "The Song of Mulan"."
The lecturer snorted and then read: "A general will die in a hundred battles."
"The strong man returns after ten years." Li Xingchen answered without hesitation.
"Want to travel a thousand miles?"
"Send your son back to his hometown."
Hearing Li Xingchen's neat answer, Dr. Lecturer nodded. The dissatisfaction and suspicion on his face had completely dissipated. He then solemnly raised his hands to the three of them: "All three of them are learned and talented people. I admire you! Please follow me."
I went up the mountain."
Xiao Shilian murmured: ""Mulan Ci"? I have heard of this name, but I didn't expect you, Shizhong, to memorize it."
Li Xingchen smiled bitterly: "This "Mulan Ci" is a folk song from the Northern Dynasties. It talks about the cruel farewell during the war. In fact, it is not me who likes it, but my father, no, my late father..."
"Ah, I understand." Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie nodded hurriedly without doubting his presence.
Li Cheng, the "King of Guns in Shixing", was a strange man in the world. Not to mention he could memorize a few ballads, he could also turn the rivers and seas upside down. Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie felt that it was not unacceptable.
After all, when they followed Chen Qingzhi back then, weren't they going through a lot of trouble?