Following the direction reminded by Luo Qi'er, Han Jiangxue subconsciously looked over, but found that there seemed to be some important people in the originally inconspicuous pavilion next to the rockery not far away, which seemed to be extremely mysterious.

However, there is a beaded curtain hanging on the edge of the pavilion, and it is impossible to see the situation inside clearly, but looking at the poetry meeting venue from the high position over there, it is just enough to see the whole venue clearly.

Han Jiangxue suddenly remembered what Mo Li said about Zhou Lao on the road, and subconsciously felt that the person there should be the rather mysterious Confucian sage. However, this thought was just started and was dispelled by Luo Qi'er, who continued to speak.

"Sister Han, do you know who the people in the pavilion are?" Luo Qi'er lowered her voice and whispered directly to Han Jiangxue: "It's the crown prince and the six princes!" ”

As soon as he heard that it was not the most likely Zhou Lao, but it turned out to be the crown prince and the sixth prince, Han Jiangxue was a little puzzled at the moment. On such an occasion as the poetry meeting, even if the prince and others came to it in person, it would not be an accident, after all, the royal family also strongly admired the style of poetry and literature, and even the emperor had come to watch it in person in previous years.

Since the prince and others are here, why don't they show up in public to show their attention? This will not only enhance the affinity of the royal family, but also establish the prestige and authority of the crown prince himself among the children of the new generation of powerful people, which is obviously an extremely beneficial and good thing.

But the prince wanted to hide and peek so "secretly", and he didn't know what his idea was.

"How do you know that the crown prince and the six princes are there?" Han Jiangxue also asked in a low voice, she rarely walks in the palace, so she is not familiar with the royal people. Don't talk about the crown prince, even the six princes have never seen it.

This is compared with Han Yajing, who often enters the palace to study. Han Jiangxue was obviously much behind, but there was nothing to care about for her.

"When the third brother was chatting with the fourth brother last night. I overheard them mention that the crown prince will also come to the Xirong Marquis Mansion today. Luo Qi'er explained truthfully: "I heard my brother say that the prince has always wanted to ask Zhou Lao to be the prince's concubine, but Zhou Lao always refused for various reasons. The prince knew that the judge of the final title of today's poetry meeting invited Zhou Lao, so he came over secretly. ”

Luo Qi'er's sources are absolutely reliable, because her elder brothers are not ordinary people, and among the children of the younger generation of powerful people, those in the Luo Wangfu have the most solid foundation today.

Originally, these private matters related to the prince could not be revealed at will, and if something went wrong, it would affect the entire family. It's just that Luo Qi'er was full of subconscious trust in Han Jiangxue early in her heart. So I don't have the kind of mind that I want to deliberately hide.

After hearing this, Han Jiangxue humbly asked the little girl beside her again: "Why does the prince have to ask Zhou Lao to be the prince's concubine?" Why is Zhou Lao unwilling? ”

Seeing that what she said really interested Sister Han, Luo Qier was obviously very happy, and hurriedly told Han Gongxue everything she knew.

It turned out that many years ago, Emperor Dongming had the idea of asking Zhou Lao to serve as the crown prince, but at that time, Zhou Lao politely declined the emperor's invitation on the grounds of advanced age and lack of physical strength.

Although the words of the emperor are the words of Chrysostom, and they cannot be rejected if they want to, but Zhou Lao is different from ordinary people after all. The prestige is too high, and even the emperor is not good at forcing it. In addition, Zhou Lao was nearly eighty years old at the time, and he did not accept any formal students after his later years, so there was no follow-up to this matter in the end.

But. The prince has always been obsessed with this, and the prince is already a dragon among the illustrious people, plus he has some literary talent. has always been accustomed to the wind and the rain, only he picks other people's shares. How can there be a time when someone else rejects it.

Therefore, this matter has always become a hurdle in the prince's heart, even if it has been several years. But he never forgot it, but kept looking for an opportunity to make up for this only rejection perfectly. This is probably the most normal kind of regret psychology, the more you don't get it, the more you want to get it, and for people like the prince, such a deficiency will make him even more magnified in his heart, and if he doesn't fill it in, he will be more unreassuring than all people.

In fact, what the prince really cares about is not whether he can become Zhou Lao's student, whether Zhou Lao can be his prince and concubine, the most fundamental thing is that someone will reject him.

After hearing this, Han Jiangxue no longer had any doubts about the appearance of the prince, as for the sixth prince, he has always had a very good relationship with the prince, and it is normal to come along.

She didn't care much about what kind of method the prince wanted to use to try to persuade Zhou Lao today, because she knew that the prince would definitely not succeed. Who is a person like Zhou Lao, will he not be able to see that the prince is so careful, since he directly refused early in the morning, then of course he will not change his mind easily.

In this way, Han Jiangxue admired Zhou Lao even more, and the person who didn't even give the face of the emperor and the crown prince was really the saint she admired the most! One day, she will let the people of the ASEAN royal family take a good look at the backbone and bloodiness of her Han family!

was secretly refreshed in her heart, and Luo Qi'er's voice sounded in her ears again, but this time she was no longer explaining something for her, but said a little nervously: "Sister Han, how long did you say that the prince has been here?" ”

Luo Qi'er stared at Han Jiangxue with a pair of big eyes, and added at the end: "I don't know if they saw what happened just now?" ”

Han Jiangxue naturally understood what Luo Qi'er meant by "what happened just now", and once again quietly glanced in the direction of the pavilion, and then quickly retracted her gaze and said: "What if you see it, what if you don't see it, I haven't done anything wrong, let alone committed any crime, what's there to worry about?" ”

Saying this, Han Jiangxue also thought so in her heart, there was nothing to say between her and the royal family, so why should she care about what she thought in the eyes of those people.

Hearing Han Jiangxue's neat and uncaring reply, Luo Qi'er's eyes when she looked at Han Jiangxue were full of admiration.

In her opinion, being able to be so fearless about a person of the prince's status, Sister Han really deserves to be the heroine among the women in her mind, and she is really different! Luo Qier felt that she really didn't see the wrong person, and Sister Han's temperament made her like this more and more.

The little girl naturally expressed her admiration, but it made Han Jiangxue a little crying and laughing, she didn't expect that someone like herself, who had always been said to be disgusted, would be so happy with it.

For Luo Qier's enthusiasm and admiration, she had no choice but to accept it, but fortunately, the poetry meeting finally reached the most interesting stage of poetry, so she quickly took the opportunity to interrupt the little girl's endless words, and both of them quickly shifted their attention to the poetry meeting first.

One of the judges quickly announced this year's title in public, and to everyone's surprise, this year's title did not have anything new and special, that is, it asked for a very ordinary Yongmei poem.

However, although this topic is ordinary and does not seem to be difficult, it is the most difficult to test the foundation, after all, it is the most difficult to write new ideas and break through in this kind of theme poem that has already been done so much.

Han Jiangxue likes this kind of exam question very much, there is no trace of exaggeration, ordinary and down-to-earth. It is fair to everyone, and at the same time, it invisibly raises the threshold and difficulty of standing out.

As soon as the topic came out, everyone began to think about it on their own, and a pillar of incense was lit on the incense table in front of them, and the last time limit was when the incense burned out. Anyone of all genders can participate, but of course, it is all voluntary, and there is no requirement to do so.

The subordinates of the Xirong Marquis Mansion had already placed the pen and ink in front of the seats before the incense was lit, Han Jiangxue glanced at it roughly, the men's maid area was basically moving the pen and ink or was seriously thinking about preparing to start writing, and the women's area was obviously busy with most of the people, and there were less than ten people who had the intention of composing poems.

"Sister Han, aren't you going to write a song?" Seeing that Han Jiangxue didn't start writing, her eyes kept looking at the others, not like she was thinking about the poem at all, Luo Qi'er asked with concern.

Han Jiangxue shook her head and said, "At most, I can only watch the excitement, and leave it to those who have the ability to do poetry or something." ”

Self-knowledge has always been a great advantage of Han Jiangxue, and today's poetry meeting is like a cloud, and the little ink in her stomach is still honest.

Luo Qi'er thought for a while, put down the pen she was holding in her hand, and said with a relieved look: "Well, then I won't join in the fun, just watch it with Sister Han." ”

Luo Qi'er is not very good in this regard, at most, she can make the first qualification, but not to mention compared with those well-known talents in the male maid area opposite, even if it is a few people in the female maid area, it is still incomparable, so I think about it and I am too lazy to bother with this matter.

Seeing that Luo Qi'er didn't plan to write again, Han Jiangxue couldn't help but smile, this little girl was learning from her intentionally or unintentionally, she really didn't want the people from Luo Wang's Mansion to come over and trouble her at that time!

The kung fu of a pillar of incense soon arrived, and soon someone collected the poems that had been written, and handed them over to the judges on the spot for screening.

There are eight judges, and each of them can choose two of those poems that he thinks is the best, and then these eight people will make a choice of sixteen candidates for the selection, and decide on the ten poems that can be won in the end. (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you for the peace charm given by the moon in the water again, thank you for your support and encouragement~~