The catkins in the palace are flying, the lotus flowers in the lotus pond are carved and decorated, and there are palace people singing on the bow of the boat.

Feng Wushi sat in the pavilion and stroked the dragon's beard and said with a smile: "I heard that the fifth prince is a genius of Nanyi's painting, and today even the third prince competes with you, I also want to see the painting skills of the two of you, who is better." ”

"Even the third prince moved Kyoto with a picture of a dragon and phoenix birthday before, and the painting is naturally extraordinary, and today's competition, this prince is also interested in knowing, who is better of us."

Long Feibai shook the folding fan lightly, his peach eyes flowed, and the afterglow seemed to glance at Lian Qingcheng.

I don't know who threw a small pebble into the lotus pond, and made a few ripples on the water surface, Feng Guixie pursed his lips and smiled lightly, seeing that the jade-faced child looked like he didn't care about himself, leaning on the pillar with his hands behind his back, and a gravel stepped on under her feet, he coughed lightly, walked over and whispered in her ear: "So angry?" ”

"What do you know, Long Feibai doesn't take me in his eyes like that, and it is the dignity of this son who is frustrated."

Lian Qingcheng gritted his teeth with hatred, and stared at Long Feibai with a pair of watery eyes.

"After today's competition, he should go back to Nanyi, and there will be little communication after that, so why bother with it."

"In short, he underestimates me, but he can't do it."

Lian Qingcheng snorted lightly, kicked the gravel under her feet into the water with one kick, raised her eyes and saw two acquaintances walking slowly on the corridor, she was stunned for a moment, rubbed her eyes and looked at it again, and asked in disbelief: "How could it be Ruan Fangyao?" ”

Feng Guixie also squinted his eyes, only to see Ruan Hubo walking in front of a group of officials and ministers, Ruan Fangyao followed behind him with her head down, the corners of her white lips showed that she was a little nervous, the Ruan family had arrived, but only Ruan Fanghua was missing.

"Today is Ruan Fanghua and Long Fei Bai Saishi, such a great opportunity to make a name for herself, how could she let it out in vain?"

Lian Qingcheng looked at Ruan Fangyao puzzled, seeing that she looked up in the crowd from time to time, and felt a little clear in her heart.

"Let's wait and see what happens."

Feng Guixie groaned, his raccoon eyes narrowed slightly, and his narrow eyes stared at Lian Qingliu.

The whip in his ears sounded, and he even closed his thin lips, and his right hand took off to firmly grasp the long whip that hit him, and glared at the person opposite him unhappily and said: "The palace is important, even if you don't want to live, you have to ask General Wu if you agree." ”

"You can't play around, why are you so serious."

Wu Chaoying pursed his lips and withdrew his whip, jumped three times in front of Lian Qingcheng and said with a smile: "Listen to my father, you are going to compete with the five princes of Nanyi today?" ”

"yes, so you're so happy, waiting to see my jokes?"

Lian Qingcheng raised his eyebrows and asked, looking at her with a smile.

Wu Chaoying shook his head seriously, played with the whip in his hand and said: "Anyway, my father and Lian Wang Ye have been good brothers for many years, although you and I have been fighting since childhood, I will not do that if I have no heart or lungs, the last time the queen mother's birthday banquet, I happened to leave the house and did not have the opportunity to see the birthday picture you painted, and today is a feast for the eyes." ”

Lian Qingcheng looked at Wu Chaoying strangely, last time she was in Shenxian Pavilion, she still wanted to beat herself to death with a few whips, and she hadn't seen her for many days, how could this attitude change so quickly?

"Why are you looking at me like that, is there something on my face?"

Wu Chaoying was stunned for a moment, rudely touched his face, stretched out his hand, saw that there was nothing on it, and looked at Lian Qingcheng in puzzlement.

"It's nothing, since you're here to watch the game, just stay here, don't be big or small like in the General's Mansion, if you provoke someone who shouldn't be provoked, General Wu will be dragged down by you."

"Oh, why are you like my father, I know it in my heart."

Wu Chaoying frowned and rubbed her ears, and when she saw Lian Qingcheng shaking her head and raising her feet to leave, she hurriedly stretched out her hand to hold it, and said urgently: "Wait a minute, I have something to ask you." ”

Lian Qingcheng paused, a hint of narrowness flashed in his eyes, turned to look at her and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"That"

Wu Chaoying suddenly became squirming, his face turned a little crimson, and he lowered his head and asked in a low voice: "Do you know the person who blocked my whip in Shenxian Pavilion last time?" ”

Lian Qingcheng smiled, this reckless wild girl turned out to be Su Yu

"I don't know".

She pondered for a long time, and replied with a very serious look.

Wu Chaoying's eyes were covered with a dark color, and he stroked his hair and said with some disappointment: "Then you didn't say it earlier, wasting so much saliva from Miss Ben." ”

"You didn't ask me earlier, what does it matter to me."

Even Qingcheng dismissed it in an even more unkind tone, and as soon as she finished speaking, she raised her foot and slipped away, with Wu Chaoying's brutal nature, how could she cause Su Yu this trouble.

While the two were talking, Uncle Ruan Xiu's father and daughter had already walked into the pavilion, and they were kneeling respectfully in front of Feng Wushi at this moment.

"Your Majesty, the little daughter Fanghua suddenly fell ill last night and was bedridden, and today I am afraid that I will not be able to compete with the five princes to shame Dachang, so I asked the minister to bring the second daughter Fangyao to come, it is related to the state affairs of Dachang, and the minister has made such a decision, and I implore the emperor to be gracious."

Feng Wushi looked at the people on the ground expressionlessly, with a slight displeasure on his face, but he smiled lightly: "Aiqing is also thinking about Dachang, but Miss Ruan's literary brilliance, I don't know if I can compete with the five princes?" ”

Seeing that the emperor's words were a little thoughtful, Ruan Xiubo instantly raised his head and looked at Feng Wushi and said firmly: "The emperor is too worried, Fang Yao and her sister have been studying with a teacher since they were children, but she lives in the boudoir all the year round and does not often go out of the house, so she is rarely known. ”

Lian Qingcheng listened quietly on the side, with a smile of unknown meaning on the corner of her lips, it turned out that Ruan Fanghua had this idea, if she participated in the competition by herself, then everyone in Kyoto would know that the eldest lady of the Ruan family was actually not a talented girl at all, and she would even be deceited by the emperor and bring disaster to the Ruan family. And retired from the game due to illness, and at the same time asked Ruan Huber to take Ruan Fangyao into the palace to compete with Long Feibai, one not only saved the lives of the people in the Ruan Mansion, but also the other that once Ruan Fangyao won the game, it would be a meritorious service, Ruan Huber was promoted, and outsiders would talk about her, the eldest lady of the Ruan family.

Miss Ruan Er can win the five princes of Nanyi, so wouldn't Miss Ruan be more talented.

Sure enough, it was a good ploy.

She hooked her lips and sneered, but it was a pity that Ruan Fangyao was used again and again, and it was really unfortunate to have such a relative.

Seeing that the emperor was still a little hesitant, Lian Qingcheng paused, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, during the Dragon Boat Festival, the minister once saw Miss Ruan Er on the street, and won two lanterns in a row with his own strength, and his talent was appreciated by the ministers. ”

"Really?"

Feng Wushi heard Lian Qingcheng mention this, thought for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Since this is the case, let Miss Ruan Er compete with the fifth prince." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Ruan Fangyao knelt on the ground and saluted tremblingly, and when she got up, she looked at Lian Qingcheng and gave her a grateful look, she nodded, stretched out her index finger and gently pointed to her left, Ruan Fangyao's face suddenly turned crimson.

Lian Qingcheng smiled in a good mood, walked to Lian Qingliu's side and asked, "Big brother, can you remember this beauty now?" ”

"Unexpectedly, she is actually Ruan Shilang's second daughter."

Lian Qingliu nodded as he spoke, indicating that he had remembered the first encounter with the lanterns that night.

"Alas, it's just that Luohua is intentionally ruthless, Miss Ruan, but I've been watching you."

Lian Qingcheng sighed and said very regretfully.

Lian Qingliu suddenly narrowed his eyes, how could he not understand the meaning of her words, but except for her, he couldn't see anyone anymore, knowing that this was wrong, but once he fell in, it would be difficult to manage Tianli and people.

According to the competition system, the exam questions were issued by the emperor on the spot, and Long Feibai and Ruan Fangyao stood on both sides, waiting for the questions.

Feng Wushi's eyes swept over Feng Gui Evil and Feng Gui Flaw, and finally fell on Long Feibai, and slowly spit out two words in his mouth.

"Jiangshan".

Even Qingcheng stared silently, this topic is not good at Ruan Fangyao, since ancient times, women have been delicate and gentle, the years have been long, and it has always been men who have been in the world for thousands of years, and the reason why the emperor came out with these two words, what he really wants to see, I am afraid that it is only the meaning of Long Feibai.

Long Feibai thought for a while, and had already started writing, while Ruan Fangyao stood in front of the case, sometimes frowning, sometimes muttering, seeing that half of the sand in the bag was about to be lost, she picked up the pen and wrote quietly on the desk.

"Which of the two of them will win?"

Lian Qingcheng walked up to Feng Guixie and asked lightly.

He pondered for a long time and said softly: "Ruan Fangyao." ”

"How so?"

"The rivers and mountains that my father wants to see are the rivers and mountains of these three dynasties, Long Feibai is in the land of Dachang at the moment, if he still wants to return to Nanyi safe and sound, he will definitely not expose his ambitions in front of his father and Du Liankang."

Even Qingcheng Shui's eyes are closed, he is not wrong to think like that, but it is not easy to unify the world, and he didn't expect the emperor to have such a thought.

The sand in the bag slowly flowed out, Gonggong Gao glanced at it, raised his voice to ask, Long Feibai and Ruan Fangyao put down their pens at the same time, and the palace maids serving on both sides picked up the poetry scrolls of the two and held them up to the emperor to read.

Don't listen to the sound of the forest beating the leaves, why not groan and walk slowly. Bamboo cane shoes are lighter than horses, who is afraid? A cloud of smoke and rain is Ren Ping's life.

The steep spring breeze blows the wine and wakes up, slightly cold, and the mountain is obliquely shining but welcomes. Looking back at the bleak place, there is no wind and rain and no sunshine.

Even Qingcheng subconsciously read Long Feibai's poems first, and described the joy with a sad scene, although he had no great ambitions, he directly expressed a positive and optimistic mind, which is also decent.

Looking at Ruan Fangyao again, she couldn't help but light up in her eyes, hooked her lips and smiled at Feng Gui: "You guessed right."

The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, and the waves are sweeping away the heroes. Success or failure turns empty.

The green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red several times. On the white-haired fisherman river, accustomed to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze.

A pot of turbid wine is happy to meet, and many things in ancient and modern times are laughing and talking.

How heroic it takes to write such a poem, I really can't see that under Ruan Fangyao's weak appearance, there is such a bold and hard heart.

There is a beautiful person, light and graceful.

This is a fitting description of her.

"Haha, it seems that the result is already clear, Fifth Prince, do you have any objections?"

Feng Wushi laughed loudly and looked at Long Feibai secretly.

A pair of peach eyes were cold and deep, the folding fan was slightly closed, Long Feibai nodded and said with a light smile: "The Dachang woman is really good, this prince admires it." ”

Ruan Fangyao slowly exhaled after hearing this, she finally didn't insult the face of the Ruan family, she lowered her head and secretly looked at Lian Qingliu, but her warm eyes looked into the distance lightly, she retracted her gaze with some disappointment, even if she saw him, his heart was not here with her after all.