Chapter 4: Tasting Poetry

Even if it is a group of ministers, they will not say a word because of the life experience of the princess of Qin. The life experience of the princess of Qin, who was kept secret by the court, has long been a secret that everyone knows but can't tell. No one wanted to risk offending the Qingtang Emperor.

"Queen, it's good that Yulin knows about this matter." The princess of Qin State did not feel the slightest displeasure at the queen's words, she just looked at Yulin: "When I went out today, I encountered someone who robbed the people's daughter, and when I stepped forward to stop him, that person said that he was a servant of the uncle's mansion. Queen, if I'm not mistaken, you, once wanted to let your nephew Shang Yulin. ”

The queen's hands were clenched into fists under the sleeves of her robe, so that her voice could remain as steady as ever: "The Zhu family is famous, and it is not necessary that someone is impostored. My nephew ......"

"Queen, how about your nephew, I'm not interested, but this domestic servant keeps claiming to be the son of the fifth son of the uncle's house. The queen, the fifth prince, is ......"

"Yurong, you are too bold, even if you have to be favored by Bixia, you have to call me a mother, treat the elders like this, your upbringing, how do you usually teach you!" The queen finally couldn't help it and screamed, which made Yulin lose her mind for a moment and then lowered her eyes, pretending not to hear"

"Queen, I remember that you are the queen of the dynasty, the mother of the world. That's why I remind you to restrain your family and not indulge them in their misdeeds. The disaster of Princess Huaiyang is not far away. ”

Princess Huaiyang, the younger sister of the first emperor, is very favored, because she insists on marrying a man, which leads to a catastrophe, which is also the reason why she was hostage in Qingtang today. No one in the entire court dared to mention this matter, except for this princess of the Qin Kingdom.

The queen closed her eyes and inhaled, and waited until her mind calmed down before she said: "Princess Qin, you are right, there are many powerful people in Beijing, and there are too many comfortable days, so it is inevitable that there will be some indulgence. There are many powerful wives who are here today, and I will admonish them. ”

The princess of Qin Guo nodded: "This is very good, that domestic servant has been sent to Jing Zhaoyin by me." Come to think of it, there will be results in a few days. As for the purpose of my entry into the palace, it is not because of this trivial matter, but I just want to tell the queen that this son is not worthy of Sister Yulin! After speaking, the princess of Qin got up, knelt down to the queen, and got up to leave.

Even though the princess of Qin's demeanor was impeccable, the queen couldn't help but clench her fists, and when she saw Yulin on the side, the queen said softly: "Yongle, my nephew, although the princess of Qinguo doesn't look down on him, I can still trust his family background and appearance." ”

"Fifth Prince Zhu, my niece has also seen it, so I naturally believe in your eyesight." Yulin's respect made the queen feel a lot better. Then Yulin said: "It's just that my niece has been spoiled by her father since she was a child, and she asked her aunt Yun Yulin to choose her own choice in the matter of choosing a horse." Saying that, Yulin saluted the queen again.

The queen hooked her lips and smiled and helped Yulin up: "I chose a horse for you today, do you know what they are doing at this time?" Seeing Yulin shaking her head, the queen smiled and said: "It's there to compose poems, and I will send them up when the time comes, and you will evaluate them." ”

This is self-evident, Yulin pretended to be shy and asked, "I just don't know who they are?" ”

"Our Yongle princess is deeply favored, and those who came today are all sons of various provinces, and their appearances have been picked out first, and Bixia also said that she happened to meet a little jinshi. Five good-looking unmarried men were selected from the Jinshi. ”

Of course, the queen of this test question has already been revealed to the Zhu Mansion, just waiting for her nephew to take the lead. Yu Lin didn't understand the strangeness of this, and lowered her head and smiled slightly.

The queen, she was really confused by her uncle's words about the central matter, but she forgot how her uncle ascended the throne? For the sake of political stability, he will not abolish the crown prince, let alone the queen. Even if the queen is in her uncle's heart, she has long been in love.

Now that the princess of Qin has left, the ladies have been summoned again, and the atmosphere has become warm again. The maid had already brought a stack of papers. The queen smiled and pointed to these papers: "If you want to enjoy the flowers, why don't you compose poems?" The sons of all the families who came today are all people who have read poetry books, and they specially asked them to compose a few poems, which will be sent at this time. ”

The ladies are not the village women who don't know how to read, and Mrs. Cheng has nodded after hearing this: "I heard that there are still new science and technology scholars in it today, and I think there will be a lot of good poems." ”

As soon as Mrs. Cheng took the lead, naturally some people followed and discussed a few words. Concubine Wu Shufei had already smiled and said: "Since what the ladies said is so lively, why don't you give us all this poem?" ”

The queen had already made arrangements, and said with a smile: "In order to ensure fairness, these poems were copied by female officials, and no names were written. As she spoke, the maid handed them out, and twelve poems were copied on each piece of paper.

Mrs. Cheng glanced at it before asking the queen: "Dare to ask the queen, there are almost more than 20 people who came today, why are there only these 12 songs?" ”

"The prince is also in Huifang Pavilion today, and there are two Hanlin who are also there, these twelve songs were first read by the three of them, and then picked out." The queen's smile was calm.

Someone already laughed and said: "The concubine said that these poems are better than the other, and they have already been carefully selected." "In these twelve poems, there are naturally Zhu Wugongzi. The queen looked down at the piece of paper in front of her, and she didn't need to look closely to know that her nephew's poem was the best.

The ladies tasted it, and their opinions were a little different, in addition to the poem made by Zhu Wugongzi, there was another poem that sang peach blossoms and was also very good. This is specially asked by the queen to be picked by the prince, if you pick it out, it will seem that you are cheating too much. She only smiled faintly and said, "We are always old, why don't we let these young girls come and take a look!" ”

The queen ordered, naturally no one dared to disobey, and soon the girls walked in again, listening to poems to comment, and naturally everyone gathered there to watch. The queen's eyes have been lowered, and Zhu Wugongzi's poem is atmospheric, so it is naturally the choice of the champion. As for the peach blossom poem that was selected together, it is inevitable that it is a little light.

The girls discussed for a long time, and came to the same conclusion as the queen thought, which made the queen very satisfied, and asked Yulin, who was sitting on the side: "Yongle, what do you think?" ”

Yulin didn't understand what the queen meant, and said with a smile: "This poem is really good, with its atmospheric ideas and gorgeous rhetoric." This made the queen very satisfied, but then Yulin lit the peach blossom poem and said: "Although the idea of this poem is small, it can write a different taste of peach blossoms. So I think this poem is even better. ”

The smile on the queen's face froze a little, Mrs. Cheng also wrote poems when she was young, and asked Yulin: "Why does the princess think this one is better?" ”

"Grandmother, the peach blossom is light, but although this poem is lively but not frivolous, most of the people who write poems today are young people, and young people should be vibrant." It was Miss Cheng who spoke, and her face turned red when she finished speaking: "It's the concubine who is bold." ”

Yulin smiled lightly: "It's not that you are bold, you are right." Yulin praised Miss Cheng before she said to the queen: "My niece thinks that this poem is better, what does my aunt think?" ”

When it comes to this, can the queen still object? The smile on his face was still dignified: "What Yongle said is very true, after all, I am old, and it is inevitable that I will be different from what you think." ”

Since the queen was also sure that a palace maid had already gone to Huifang Pavilion to spread the news, and it was not her own poems that she listened to, the joy on Zhu Wugongzi's face suddenly disappeared. He looked at the author of the peach blossom poem, Xu Zhi'an, Xinke Tanhua, but he didn't see that such a young man was different.

Xu Zhi'an bowed in a group, and the palace maid had already said: "Niangniang has an edict, summon Xu Tanhua and Zhu Wugongzi to meet." "After winning the championship, he naturally has a colorful head, Xu Zhi'an straightened his clothes and went to the Fang Pavilion with Zhu Wugongzi.

The two pavilions are not far apart and are connected by a path. Both sides of the trail are planted with flowers and trees. Zhu Wugongzi walked on the road and said to Xu Zhi'an: "Xu Tanhua is actually young and promising. Xu Zhi'an's smile was very shy: "It's just a fluke." Brother Zhu's first thing is dignified and gorgeous, and it is said that he should be the leader. ”

"This person who reads poetry is different, but I don't know if Xu Tanhua has a wife?" Xu Zhi'an's smile was still so shy: "My father passed away when I was ten years old, and my mother took me and my little sister to live these years, and she didn't marry me." ”

"Then, I have a sister in my family, who is fifteen years old this year, and judging from her appearance, she is a good match." Zhu Wugongzi's words were too explicit, Xu Zhi'an's eyebrows couldn't help frowning slightly, and the palace maid who led the way in front couldn't help but glance back at Zhu Wugongzi. The smile on Zhu Wugongzi's face gradually retracted, and he entered the Fang Pavilion with his head held high.

Even if the queen is selfish, Yulin has to admit that Zhu Wugongzi looks much better than Xu Zhi'an, but unfortunately, his heart is not on him. Yulin only glanced at Xu Zhi'an, this look was even more strange, not to mention those eyes, even the smile on his face was a little familiar, could it be that this was the so-called fate of the previous life that the maids were quietly discussing?

Yulin had never felt this way, and she was a little stunned for a while. The queen had already praised the two of them, and turned to Yulin and said, "Yongle, the author of the peach blossom poem you just praised is here, but what do you have to say?" ”

This sound woke Yulin up from shock, and she raised her head and smiled at the queen: "In front of my aunt, my niece naturally can't say much." The queen glanced at Yulin meaningfully, and really wanted to find a suitable woman to marry Xu Zhi'an.

This meeting immediately made the ladies realize that the queen liked Zhu Wugongzi, after all, it was her own nephew, and besides, the poem was indeed good, but Princess Yongle and the queen had different ideas. At this time, whoever speaks is looking for death by himself, and naturally no one speaks.

The queen's eyes swept over the faces of the young ladies, and when she was about to open her mouth to marry Miss Wang to Xu Zhi'an, Yulin had already said, "Aunt Fang Cai asked her niece what she wanted to reward Xu Tanhua?" My niece thought about it and felt that I shouldn't have said it myself. ”

This sentence is earth-shattering, it shouldn't be said in person, that is, to marry Xu Zhi'an, the smile on Zhu Wugongzi's face disappeared suddenly, he and Yulin have known each other since childhood, and he is almost determined to win Yulin, but he didn't expect Yulin to have no affection for him. The queen's face changed, and then she smiled: "Because of a poem, I was chosen to attach a horse, this is a good story." Xu Tanhua. Xu Zhi'an stepped forward and knelt down, and the queen felt that she was poking her heart with a knife: "I remember that you didn't get married, but you have ever been married?" "