The flower boats are swaying, the voices are boiling, the bustling tide comes and goes, there is excitement and loss, a prosperous scene. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is the most lively night in the imperial city, the repeated wars in the Great Xia have brought too much pressure to the people, on this night, they all choose to forget their troubles for a while and enjoy the fun.

Ning Chen led Xiao Mingyue into the nearest flower boat, and the first thing that caught his eye was two girls dressed in flowers, as well as four men who were five big and three thick.

The screen lights on the ship are dotted, and under the bright red lights, a couplet is eye-catching, which makes the people who come in scratch their heads.

"Endure tears and look for residual red, tenderness is like water!"

In just nine words, there is no trap between the lines, just a pair with profound meaning, which seems simple, but in fact it is quite difficult.

Mingyue looked dizzy, although she also learned some of the culture of the Central Plains, but most of them were the Four Books and Five Classics, the way of governing the country, and the specialties of these talented and beautiful people, basically did not learn.

"Will you?" asked Mingyue in a low voice.

"Yes" Ning Chen thought for a while, spoke, and after speaking, picked up a note on the table and wrote down the answer.

"Dance to figure out the shadow, skinny in the wind"

Mingyue said softly, she didn't understand much, but she seemed to be very powerful.

The note was handed over, and soon a voice came from behind the screen, "Pass!"

The crowd suddenly erupted in surprise, and the gaze of the young man in front of him became a little different.

The two Qinglou women saluted and said respectfully, "Childe, please come here."

"Thank you" Ning Chen nodded in return, and immediately pulled Xiao Mingyue towards another flower boat.

The flower boats in the Yin River are all boats, and after passing the test of the first level, you can pass the bridge between the boats and board the flower boats of the second level.

The flower boat in the second level also gathered a lot of people, all from different flower boats, and the pair in the first level stopped a large number of people, but there were also many people who passed.

However, when Ning Chen brought Xiao Mingyue here, he saw that everyone was frowning, and it seemed that he had encountered a big problem.

There are still two wonderful women and four men on the flower boat, guarding a screen, which is the topic of the second level.

On the screen, five words are clearly written:

Wing Chun is not spring!

This is a question of composing poetry, and the difficulty is obviously much higher than the previous level, which makes many talented people fall into hard thinking and meditation.

Confucianism and Taoism are flourishing in Great Xia, and talents are overflowing, but everything is too much, and after Confucianism and Taoism are flourishing, they have shown signs of decay, and now the talents are not as worthy of the name as before, and most of them are nostalgic for the false name left by the land of fireworks.

The ancient style does not exist, and the real talents are becoming fewer and fewer.

The two came to the screen and paused for a moment.

"Will it be?" Mingyue asked again, looking up.

"Yes," Ning Chen replied.

The people who were still thinking immediately gathered around as soon as they saw someone holding a pen to answer.

"Pei Hui is light and snowy, as if he cherishes the sun;

If you don't understand the wind and flowers, you will be late. ”

The five-word quatrain on the paper, without a word spring, describes the scenery of winter to spring.

The people present at the "Good Poetry" still have some ink in their stomachs, and they can see the excellence of the poems at a glance.

After the answer was sent to the screen, there was a result very quickly, there was no nonsense, there was only one word, "pass!"

Ning Chen and Xiao Mingyue passed the test again smoothly, and walked towards the next flower boat under the envious eyes of everyone.

"Who is this person, and why have you never seen this person before?" someone asked curiously.

"Yes, it stands to reason that such a talented person should not be unknown," replied a man in blue in his thirties.

"It's a pity I forgot to ask his name," the former man regretted.

"Forget it, it's useless to think about this, let's think about how to get through this level first," the man in blue replied.

At this time, many people who passed the first level had begun to gather on the flower boats of the second level one after another, and they all shook their heads after seeing the title.

This year's questions are more difficult than last year's.

"But!" Behind the screen, another voice of rejection sounded, and after a while, this was already the seventh.

There are good and bad poems, and they don't just have to be written to pass.

"It's so hard, who's going to live," complained a young man who had just arrived.

"Shhh

"So fast," the young man was amazed.

The man in blue whispered a few words in the young man's ear, and suddenly, the startled young man's mouth grew.

"How come I've never heard of such a person?" said the young man, puzzled.

"I don't know, now everyone is guessing who this person is," the man in blue shook his head.

Ning Chen, who had already left, naturally didn't know what was going on behind him, and at this time, he and Xiao Mingyue had already boarded the third flower boat, looking at the topic in a daze.

"Will it be?" Mingyue asked subconsciously when she saw that the bad guy didn't speak.

"No," Ning Chen shook his head vigorously.

The title of the third level is to let him write an article on learning, isn't this asking him to die?

"It's a point giveaway," Mingyue said in surprise.

"I really won't" Ning Chen said embarrassedly, let him be a pair, it's okay to write two poems, it's really not okay to make a fuss.

"Then I'll come?" Mingyue asked softly.

"Okay," Ning Chen nodded.

Mingyue stepped forward, didn't think too much, and wrote directly, and after a while, a neat way of learning was written, and Ning Chen, who was next to him, was stunned.

This child is not raised in vain!

The article was sent to the screen, and a moment later, an old voice came out, "The writing is good, pass!"

"That's, I don't look at whose child it is" Ning Chen said proudly, he was happier than he had passed.

After passing the three levels, the two of them were the first to get the qualification to board the last big flower boat, Mingyue is a child, does not occupy a quota, just follow the adults.

The two cooperated perfectly, and the three levels were as simple as drinking water, and after boarding the big flower boat in a low-key manner, they quietly found a corner and sat down.

In the flower boat, the figures of the children of the powerful can be seen everywhere, all of them come with invitations, Ning Chen glanced at it, and basically didn't know him.

On the second floor of the flower boat, there are private rooms, and the bead curtain blocks the figure behind you, and you can sit in it, just overlooking the high platform downstairs for choosing the oiran.

These are all real people with status, and it is impossible to show up casually, and Ling Yan Pavilion has also fully considered this and specially arranged these boxes.

"Hasn't the Knowing Destiny Marquis arrived yet?" asked Su Feiyan in a box on the second floor.

"No!" replied one of the maids, the chamber was still empty, and the person in charge of checking the invitations had not seen the Commander's arrival.

Su Feiyan frowned slightly, it didn't make sense, why didn't he come.

"Send someone to continue waiting, and come to report as soon as there is news"

"Yes, miss," the maid bowed, and then walked away quickly.

In the corner of the banquet, the woman in charge of pouring wine glanced at the two people in front of the table strangely, and there were even people who went up to the Qinglou to take care of their children, all saying that rich and noble people have many quirks, which seems to be true.

"When will it start" Mingyue glanced at the high platform in the center of the banquet and said boredly.

"Don't worry, it should be soon," Ning Chen replied softly.

Before the words fell, the sound of the piano sounded, and suddenly, the entire flower boat quieted down, and the sound of the piano was faint, quietly entering the hearts of everyone present.

Ning Chen drank the wine quietly, thoughts flashed in his heart, this identity of Su Feiyan is really unpredictable, just relying on the sound of the piano can affect the minds of others, such exercises are rare.

It seems that it is necessary to ask the seniors after returning to see if they can get some useful information.

The sound of the piano is very good, like a clear spring and flowing water, Ning Chen has two volumes of heavenly books to protect his body, and he is not affected by the sound of the piano, but simply appreciates the beauty of the sound of the piano.

As for Xiao Mingyue, with his true qi in his body, there is no need to worry.

"That's good," Mingyue looked up and said in a low voice.

"Eat first, I'll take you to see her later" Ning Chen patted the little girl's cloth hat and said.

"Okay" Mingyue responded obediently, and immediately continued to eat, they came out in a hurry, they didn't take the invitation, they didn't eat dinner, plus they were writing poems and articles just now, and now they are really hungry.

At this moment, on the high platform, ten women fell down along the red silk, dressed in blue embroidered clothes, with different faces, but they were all surprisingly beautiful, accompanied by the sound of the piano, dancing.

Everyone's eyes were immediately attracted and looked intently.

Ning Chen and Mingyue glanced up, then lost interest and continued to eat their own.

The two of them really watched a lot of dancing, and in the palace, the most important thing is singing and dancing.

"This mangosteen is so hard" Mingyue held a mangosteen, pinched it for a long time and didn't open it, and said dissatisfied.

"Give" Ning Chen took it, crushed it, and then fed a petal to the little girl's mouth.

Mingyue was not embarrassed, she took it directly, and ate very happily.

"It's quite sweet" Ning Chen himself stuffed a petal into his mouth and commented.

Mangosteen is not easy to preserve, it is easy to spoil, that is, it can only be eaten by the families of the powerful.

On the side, the maid glanced at the two of them, and her expression was even more strange, these two people have been eating since they came here, and they don't care about other things, and they are acting too weird.

Ning Chen's thick skin is already difficult to measure, and she doesn't care about the maid's opinion at all, as for Mingyue, as an emperor, except for the people she cares about, it will never be possible to look at everyone in her eyes.

It is unrealistic to ask an emperor to consider the idea of a subordinate after all.

"Is the Prophet here?"

Seeing that the Oiran election could no longer be delayed, Su Feiyan's hand stopped and asked again.

"Miss, not yet," said one of the maids respectfully.

"Don't wait, let them start" Su Feiyan frowned and ordered.

"Yes," the maid commanded to leave.

In the corner of the banquet, after hearing the sound of the piano disappearing, Ning Chen raised his head, his eyes narrowed slightly, and reminded softly, "Mingyue, it's about to start"

As soon as the words fell, on the high platform, the brilliance bloomed, and five beautiful figures slowly descended, red clothes like blood, delicate and dazzling, making people unable to take their eyes off.

The five of them arrived together, and their superior temperament and appearance suddenly overshadowed the ten Qingxiu shadows around them.