22. Chapter 22

A good night's dream, early the next morning, after the cangwu Jingkite was dressed up under the service of Qinghe, she rushed to the main garden of the peony garden to prepare to participate in the poetry meeting.

Arrived at the venue, with the announcement of the empress, the peony conference officially began.

Literati and artists from all walks of life are all very excited, the annual Peony Poetry Meeting has finally kicked off, and today may be the day to determine their future careers!

Cangwu Jing Kite hooked her lips and smiled, has this day finally come?

At this time in the previous life, Cangwu Jinxiu could be regarded as out of the limelight, not only winning the top spot, but also being married to Shen Ye, which can be said to be the position of the future princess. However, he was jointly designed by Cangwu Jinxiu and the third princess Cangwu Lingxue, and he made a fool of himself in the venue, and was also crowned with the title of royal shame of having no talent and no virtue.

Thinking about all the things in his previous life, Cangwu Jing Kite clenched his hands tightly in his sleeves, and a gloom flashed in his eyes.

Although Cangwu Jingkite was standing in an inconspicuous corner of the venue at this time, when she appeared, Bai Qian noticed it almost immediately, and the change in Cangwu Jingkite's expression at this time naturally fell into Bai Qian's eyes.

In the past, he got along with Cangwu Jingkite day and night, although Bai Qian knew that she had changed a lot recently, but he had never seen her with such an expression, and his heart suddenly hurt for some reason, Bai Qian didn't care about his identity as a judge, and took the opportunity of the empress and the ministers to discuss matters related to the poetry meeting, and walked to Cangwu Jingkite's side and reached out to hold her hand in his sleeve.

A shallow and gentle touch came, pulling the cangwu Jingkite out of the bitter memories before her rebirth.

Looking at the white eyes beside him that were full of worry, Cangwu Jingyuan hooked the corners of her lips and said softly, "What's wrong?" You showed up as a judge today, aren't you afraid of being seen gossiping with me? โ€

Bai Qian raised his hand and gently stroked Cangwu Jingyu's eyes, frowned and said, "Seeing you just like that, how can I be a judge with peace of mind?" What the hell is going on? โ€

Cangwu Jingyuan looked at Bai Qian and suddenly said: "If I say that Cangwu Jinxiu already knows the proposition of this poetry meeting, can you believe it?" โ€

Hearing this, Bai Qian was obviously stunned, and said in a deep voice: "The proposition of this poetry meeting was set by the empress herself, and several of our judges also only learned about the topic this morning, how did you know about this cangwu splendor?" โ€

Cangwu Jingyuan pondered for a moment and said: "The imperial husband has always hoped that his daughter will become a phoenix, in order to let his daughter shine in the poetry meeting, it shouldn't be difficult to steal a test question or something!" โ€

Bai Qian frowned and said in a deep voice, "Are you sure?" โ€

"Just try it." Cangwu Jingkite looked ahead, revealing a playful smile.

Although Bai Qian was curious about why Cangwu Jingkite was so sure about this matter, she knew that the poetry meeting was about to start, and it was not suitable for her identity to stay here for a long time, hearing her guess, Bai Qian nodded with heavy eyes and looked for the place where there were few people, and returned to the empress's side.

Seeing that all the judges had gathered, the empress asked the princess to read out the rules of the Peony Poetry Competition, and the poetry meeting officially began.

Cangwu Jinxiu, who was standing in the first place in the audience, listened to the Taifu on the stage talking about the rules of the competition, his face was full of impatience and pride, just waiting for the rules of the competition to be read out, and the moment Taifu announced the exam questions, he won the first place with a bang.

In order to make herself more conspicuous, when the Empress asked who was willing to be the first to come out of the written test after Taifu read out the specifications of the competition, Cangwu Jinxiu even couldn't wait to raise her hand first.

The empress didn't expect her eldest daughter to be so motivated today, thinking that she must have been studying hard in the palace recently, so she was very pleased to take her as the leader and successively selected fifty people to participate in the first batch, and the third princess and Cangwu Jingkite were also among the first batch.

Bai Qian, who was standing in the stands of the poetry club, looked at all the splendid tables in his eyes, and felt more and more that Cangwu Jingyu's speculation was probably true, and after bowing to the empress with heavy eyes, he got up and walked to the front of the stage and said to the first batch of participants below: "I am fortunate to be the first to ask questions for you, and this first round of competition is a couplet." โ€

As he spoke, Bai Qian glanced at the cangwu splendid embroidery standing in the first place below, and said: "The sea swallows the moon, the earth is the mountain, and the earth and the sea inherit the nine heavens." โ€

Sure enough, as soon as Bai Qian said Shanglian, Cangwu Jinxiu raised his hand, and said in a proud voice: "The sun rises, the moon sinks into the clouds, and the sun and the moon reflect the mountains and rivers." โ€

"Good!" Before the judges could speak, the children of the eunuchs who were eager to flatter them clapped their hands first.

The judges on the side also nodded appreciatively.

The emperor's face was also full of joy when he saw this, everything has not gone well recently, his daughter was also locked up by the empress for insulting your monarch the day before yesterday, I am afraid that the empress has already complained about her, if she can win the championship in one fell swoop at this poetry meeting to win face for the royal family, the empress will definitely exempt her from punishment regardless of the previous suspicions.

Thinking of this, the emperor's face was also overflowing with joy.

Bai Qian already had a little judgment in his heart about what Cangwu Jingkite said just now, nodded quietly and continued to read the next couplet: "Five lakes and four seas, three words and two words, it is difficult to be a friend." โ€

Cangwu Jinxiu's face was even more proud, and he replied loudly: "Thousands of charming, perfect, preferring half-city โ–กโ–ก." โ€

As soon as this sentence came out, not only the people below applauded, but even the empress nodded with a smile.

Cangwu Jinxiu became even more proud when she saw this, and turned her head to smile provocatively at Cangwu Jingyu, but she didn't know that Bai Qian on the stage was frowning at her.

Others may not know, but as a companion, it is impossible for Bai Qian not to know the true level of Cangwu Jinxiu, this eldest princess, who spends all her daily efforts on dressing up and deceiving people, how can she suddenly become full of economy? It seems that the speculation that Jing Kite said just now is true.

Bai Qian's eyes sank, and he didn't continue to read the couplet, but walked straight to the empress's side, and whispered a few words.

In the second round of the competition, the poet still gives the previous sentence and the answerer gives the next sentence.

After communicating with the empress, Bai Qian walked closer and looked at the audience: "The first question of poetry and songs, there are 3,000 beauties in the harem, please give the next sentence." โ€

At that moment, Cangwu Jinxiu continued with the order of the answers he memorized: "The strong man is gone and will never return." โ€

The children of the eunuchs who were about to flatter were stunned when they heard Cangwu Jinxiu's answer.

Bai Qian's eyes narrowed slightly, looked at Cangwu Jinxiu and repeated: "Eldest princess, the title of the minister is 'Three thousand beauties in the harem'." โ€

When Cangwu Jinxiu memorized the answers at that time, she thought that the questions must come in order, so in order to save trouble, all the answers she wrote down when she recited were the answers to the questions, and it was not clear what the previous sentence was.

At this time, Cangwu Jinxiu heard Bai Qian's repeated question, and thought that she didn't hear her answer clearly, so she raised her neck and said, "I know!" This princess is right, 'the strong man is gone'. โ€