I listened to the slightly diminutive father-in-law in front of me commenting on the poems we had written, and I felt a little respect for him, although he kept saying that he had never studied, but he seemed to be an expert in poetry.

I was thinking nonsense, and my father-in-law's eyes fell on me, "Bi Gongzi's 'green mountains and white rivers, rain like smoke in the sound of Zigui' even put the beautiful scenery of April on the paper, which not only fits the title of the emperor, but also writes the scenery of Guotai and Min'an to the extreme, which is an extremely rare and good poem!" After speaking, he looked at the emperor again.

"That's right, I really like these three poems, but the three of them have their own talents, which really makes it difficult for me to do!" The emperor said and looked at the three of us again.

Listening to the emperor's words, I have a rough score in my heart, dare to love the champion, Bangyan and Tanhua are selected among the three of us!

"...... this?" The father-in-law glanced at the emperor with a discerning expression, and said cautiously: "If the emperor can't make up his mind, why don't you invite Lord Shangshu, Lord Zhongshu, Lord Prime Minister and all the princes to come and have a taste?!" ”

"Well, that's right." The emperor listened to his words, nodded and said, "Go, please come and taste these three poems together." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The father-in-law bowed, and then stepped back and walked out.

Originally, I thought that all the adults were idle at home, and it would take at least an hour and a half to choose them to come to the imperial study, but who knew that the father-in-law of Lu Dao had been out of the palace for less than a moment, and there were several respectful voices outside the door of the imperial study. "The lower officials meet the emperor......

"Come in, all of you!" The emperor did not hesitate and answered.

As soon as the emperor's words fell, I heard the sound of footsteps behind me, and as soon as I turned around, I saw several people in official uniforms walking in, and the faces of those people must be at least seventy years old, but they all looked like they had their heads down and did not dare to raise their heads.

"Let's sit down first!" The emperor looked at the people who walked in and said.

"Emperor Xie!" Several people said in unison, and then sat down on the empty chairs beside them.

The father-in-law stepped forward and said respectfully to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the princes will be here later." ”

"It's okay, but first I would like to ask you to take a look at the poem." The emperor said casually. As soon as he raised his hand, he handed the pages of white paper in his hand to his father-in-law. The father-in-law respectfully took the pages of white paper, turned around and walked to the side of several adults and distributed them to them, and then said in a thin voice: "Adults, this is the poem made by these three scholars who participated in the palace examination. Your Majesty, please comment on it. ”

Several adults listened to their father-in-law's words. Respectfully took the blank pages. They read them carefully one by one, and from time to time they whispered a few words in each other's ears, and they knew what they were saying when they looked at their expressions. They put their hearts into the poems they did to the three of us.

The emperor looked at the adults quietly and looked at the paper in his hand, and after a while, he asked lightly: "I must have read the poem, I don't know what a few Aiqing think?" ”

"Back to the emperor," an old man with a white beard on his chin in a brocade official uniform hurriedly said: "According to what the old minister has seen, the poems made by these three are all extraordinary works, and each one can truly grasp the essence of the emperor's title, and they can all be called heirlooms. ”

"What Lord Wang said is very true." Another old man, who looked about the same age as him, chimed in: "Your Majesty, it is a blessing in the world to be able to select such a masterpiece in the palace examination." ”

"Blessings to the world......!" Several other adults echoed the words.

The emperor looked around at a few people and said leisurely: "The beauty of these poems is the way of nature, but I can't make up my mind for a while, so I invite you to come and discuss together." ”

"...... this?" When several adults heard the emperor's words, they all looked at each other involuntarily.

The emperor turned his head and looked at his father-in-law on the side, and asked softly, "Have you gone to invite Lord Chen?" ”

"Back to the emperor, Lord Chen will be there soon." The father-in-law hurriedly replied.

"Hmm." The emperor nodded.

A soft shout came from outside the study room while speaking: "Lord Chen is here ......!" ”

Several adults all looked out of the study door when they heard the shouting, and I couldn't help but turn my head to look at the soft shout, but I was wondering in my heart, isn't this Lord Chen the legendary 'Lord Kang'? Lord Chen, who can make several adults and the emperor look forward to it, I want to see what kind of person he is?!

There were bursts of crisp footsteps outside the imperial study, although I didn't know how to hear people, but I could also hear the strength of the footsteps, it seemed that this Lord Chen should be an old and strong middle-aged person.

Just as I was thinking nonsense, a crisp voice suddenly sounded outside the imperial study: "The old minister greets the emperor!" As he spoke, a burly figure walked into the imperial study, and knelt on the ground before everyone could see it.

"Lord Chen, please get up, come here, show Lord Chen a seat!" The emperor's face finally showed a little smile, and said to the father-in-law beside him.

Hearing this, the father-in-law hurriedly brought a big bamboo chair and put it next to Lord Chen, who was not polite and sat down slowly.

"Lord Chen, in today's palace test, I selected three poems that I liked, but I didn't know how to choose, so I invited all the adults to come and taste them." As he spoke, the emperor beckoned to his father-in-law who was standing beside him, and the guild took the blank paper from the hands of several adults, turned around and sent it to Lord Chen.

Lord Chen didn't hesitate, raised his hand and took it.

After a while, Lord Chen read it again, then raised his head to look at the emperor, and asked respectfully, "According to the emperor's opinion, who should this champion belong to among the three of them?" ”

"That's where I'm in trouble." The emperor frowned slightly, looked at Lord Chen and said.

"Since that's the case, why don't you invite all the princes to come and taste one or two......?" Master Chen suggested.

As soon as his words fell, a soft shout of the little eunuch came from outside the imperial study: "Your Majesty, King Ming and several princes of Nanfu are here!" ”

"Invite them in!" When the emperor heard this, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he hurriedly said.

"Yes." The little eunuch outside the door responded softly, and then he was heard shouting: "The emperor invites all the princes to enter the imperial study......!" ”

As soon as the voice of the little eunuch fell, there was a sound of footsteps outside the imperial study, and there must be at least four or five people to listen to the sound, and before everyone could react, there was a soft shout at the door of the study: "Ha Lu Ha Ha Ha ......, I don't know why the imperial brother came to us?" With that, a few figures flashed into the imperial study.

As soon as I saw those figures, I was overjoyed, hehe, aren't these the princes of Nanfu?!

"Oh, you're coming." As soon as the emperor saw them, he immediately smiled, and hurriedly asked his father-in-law on the side to show them a seat.

Several princes were not polite, and sat down on their own, the eyes of the five princes swept over the three of us but did not stop at anyone, and asked in their hearts: "The imperial brother came to us, isn't it for the palace test?" ”

"Exactly!" The emperor replied with a smile.

"And these three ......?" The other prince also looked at the three of us, but he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw me.

"Oh, these three are the best candidates I have chosen, but I like the poems made by the three of them, but I can't choose the best talent for a while, so I invite you brothers to come and discuss together." The emperor said.

"Uh-huh." Several princes nodded in unison, and the fifth prince looked at the emperor and said with a smile: "The imperial brother is prudent in his selection, isn't it for the princess?!" ”

"Brother Wang laughed, it is a blessing for the country to select talents in this palace examination, so naturally I don't dare to make judgments." The emperor responded with a smile.

"That's what Brother Huang said." The fifth prince replied softly.

The father-in-law's eyes were very good, and he hurriedly collected the three poems and sent them to the eyes of several princes, who raised their hands and took them, and kept reviewing them.

…… (To be continued......)