Daliang has always had a poetry club that is very popular with the public, what is a "poetry club"? As the name suggests, it is a small banquet for tasting and discussing poetry. Regardless of the solar term, it is held once a year in the Imperial Palace. In the spring of March, the catkins were flying all over the sky, and Miss Xie won the championship with a song of Liu Zan and won the title of the first talented woman in Kyoto.

There was no poetry meeting held this year, and the queen set the day when the warm winter sun had not yet snowed, and it was convenient for the sons and ladies of each family to come, so that they did not have to wet their shoes and socks because of the snow, nor did they have to affect their performance due to the cold weather.

This poetry meeting is a small banquet, dedicated to those young ladies and sons of the family to talk about poetry, not as vast as the palace banquet, which can be said to be unimportant. But this is hosted by the palace, and if it wins the championship in one fell swoop, its fame will be greatly increased, and it will be beneficial and harmless to marry in the future, so this poetry will also be important.

The people who participated in this poetry meeting are the sons of the family, the young lady, and the princess, the county lord and the county lord, etc., divided into three rounds, each round of a stick of incense, respectively, through the poems, poems, poems three competitions to select the best talented women.

The poetry festival is held in the large Imperial Garden, which is located at the intersection of the East Hall and the West Hall.

The winter is bitterly cold, the plants are withering, and there are no blooming flowers in the garden, all of which are bare and lonely clearings, and when it snows, the Imperial Garden is white.

The queen saw that the scenery of the garden was too monotonous, and ordered someone to bring nearly 100 potted plants from the flower room.

Peonies, duro, roses, orchids, green plums and other colorful flowers are placed here in a beautiful state, adding a bit of color to the garden.

There is a large open space in the Imperial Garden, which is large enough to place the mats. Song Heng sat on the top, and beside him sat the queen of Fengyi, and down were the concubines of the palace, such as Concubine Yu and Concubine Lan.

This poetry meeting was organized by the queen, and she was also the selection of this poetry meeting. But a person chooses a talented girl among the noble girls, and the amount of work is too large, so the rules are changed, and the queen will select the final leader after the first and second rounds of selection. Besides, it is really unfair for the queen to be chosen alone, and Concubine Lan also joined in to cooperate with the queen.

Concubine Yu is the daughter of the prime minister, she has been familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics since she was a child, and she is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so her talent naturally does not need to be detailed. Although Concubine Lan is gentle and considerate and understanding, she is not good at things like poetry and books, so the queen's actions made her embarrassed for a while.

The first round is poetry, what is poetry? That is, to read the poems of the predecessors, because there are too many noble daughters and sons, most of them use the lottery method, and answer the first round when they draw the first round.

If you draw the first round, you will answer the first round of questions, and the promoter will answer the questions of the third round until you answer the third round, and if you draw the third round of questions directly, you will not have to answer the first or second round of questions, this rule seems unfair, but it is not. The questions in the third round are complex and changeable, and it is also important to have a mind in writing poetry, which means that even if you draw the third round, you don't need to be eliminated in another round, but if you are not talented enough, you will soon be brushed down.

There are quite a lot of people drawn in the first round, and the nobles have read the Four Books and Five Classics since they were young, and they can easily get by with a little thought.

"Nalan Rongruo's 'life is only as first seen, what is the autumn wind and sad fan. Waiting for idle changes but old people's hearts, but old people's hearts are changeable. This poem is rich in rhyme, beautiful in words, and the whole word expresses the resentment of being abandoned by her husband in the voice of a woman. The words are sad and sad, bent and lingering, and have a sense of sadness and lamentation. It is said that the lyricist is that this poem describes the relationship between men and women, and the feelings of resentment, but I don't think so, this poem should be written about friendship, and the relationship between friends should be consistent, life and death. ”

A delicate woman in blue smiled and answered the question she had just drawn, using beautiful words to express her understanding.

The answers of those noble ladies were either too shallow and not deep enough, or they were too polished and lacked their own understanding. This answer just makes up for the shortcomings of the two, which is neither superficial nor polished, and has unique insights.

Voices of praise sounded around, and the children of the family had a lot of affection for this delicate woman.

"Murong Qingyao, the second daughter of the Imperial Doctor, successfully entered the second round!" The eunuch's voice rang out.

There was another exclamation around him, which overshadowed Fang Cai's voice, this time no longer a compliment but an astonishment. Marvel at her talent and charm at her family background.

The concubine of the imperial historian is the queen of the day, and she is the mother of the country. A daughter is good enough, but I didn't expect this delicate woman to be a concubine.

"Sister Queen, is that woman in blue your sister-in-law?" Seeing that most of the men on the scene were staring at Murong Qingyao, there were many who secretly started her idea because of their family background, the Murong family had already produced a queen, and it was impossible to produce another Mrs. Houmen, so Murong Qingyao could only marry low.

The prime minister and the imperial doctor have been hostile for many years, checking and balancing each other, in fact, the jade concubine is not very hostile to the queen, but Song Heng hopes that they are hostile, so she is also happy to fight with the queen and dispel the boredom of the deep palace. Murong Qingyao is so sharp, Song Heng will definitely not let this happen, the power of the queen family will be weakened, and she is happy to watch the play on the sidelines.

Knowing that Concubine Yu was uneasy and kindly deliberately mentioned this matter in front of Song Heng, the queen frowned slightly and glanced at Concubine Yu: "Sister Jade Concubine should still appreciate the demeanor of your sons, I heard that my sister's brother is also among them." ”

Concubine Yu's beautiful face turned blue: "The queen is really idle?" ”

Who doesn't know that Concubine Yu's life has been smooth sailing, everything is the best, almost no one can compare to her, the first beauty in Beijing, the daughter of the prime minister, the emperor's favorite concubine, talented, how many people in Beijing don't envy her and don't want to be her. But the biggest stain in her life is her waste brother, her brother is a year younger than her, and it's not all about saying that he is a waste, how bad can a person who can be ranked as prime minister be? How bad can a child be born? It is rumored that the prime minister's only son wrote poems at the age of four, wrote the Warring States Policy silently at the age of ten, and was admitted to the Jinshi at the age of sixteen.

Seeing the great change in Aiko's personality, the prime minister's hair turned gray most of the overnight, and he was beaten and scolded, even if he was in the ear, he still did his own thing, and it was still the same.

After the jade concubine knew about it, she made a special trip back from the palace and stayed for three days and three nights.

As long as the two of them stay together, there is no time when they don't talk and don't be sarcastic.

Song Heng was accustomed to it, and pulled Concubine Lan to find a quiet position to sit down.

This time it was amazing to sit down, and he happened to be sitting in Shen Jin's position, and next to him happened to be Shen Nanyan.

Shen Jin had already gone to look for his brother Li, and Brother Cheng drank together, but he was not in the position.

There was no rule that men and women would sit at different tables at this poetry meeting, so most of them sat next to their brothers in the house. Shen Nanyan sat next to Shen Jin and another noble girl, and there was no one next to Shen Jin's position, and now that Song Heng was sitting in Shen Jin's position, Concubine Lan naturally had no place to sit.

"Concubine Lan, come and sit here." Shen Nanyan naturally couldn't sit there by herself, and watched Song Heng's favorite concubine standing next to her, standing up and giving up her seat.

"Thank you, Miss Shen." Concubine Lan thanked her and smiled softly.

When Concubine Lan was about to sit down, Song Heng interrupted her: "Let Zheng Fuhai bring you a cushion." ”

Shen Nanyan was just about to say no, when she went to sit elsewhere, Concubine Lan stopped her movements, got up and pulled her to her original position to sit down, and said kindly: "Miss Shen, sit down, how can there be any reason for you to give up your seat to the palace?" ”

After sitting on the seat, Shen Nanyan was a little confused: how could there be any reason for the minister's daughter to sit here by herself.

As early as after Song Heng finished speaking, Zheng Fuhai ordered someone to fetch it, and he moved very fast, and it didn't take long for him to come over with a mat.

Carefully placed next to Song Heng's seat, "Concubine Lan, the mat slave has been set up for you." ”

This clear-eyed person can see the gap at a glance, and Concubine Lan's seat is just sitting here. Concubine Lan's face was not abnormal, and she sat down as usual.

Song Heng's move attracted the attention of everyone present, and a thought suddenly flashed in his heart: I am afraid that there will be another lady in the palace in the near future, and I am afraid that I will be more favored than Concubine Lan.

As early as after Song Heng left the mat, Concubine Yu and the queen stopped sarcastically interfering. Concubine Yu watched Song Heng go straight to Shen Nanyan's seat, with a look of watching a good show on her face.

The queen sat on the top, staring at the poetry meeting that was still going on in front of her without squinting, and her face was not sad or happy without the slightest fluctuation.

The second round of poems is a test of the ability to adapt to changes, and the first sentence is a poem that the eunuch of Lile says here, and the rest of the nobles are taking the next sentence in order.

The second round is not as rigid as the first round, and there are almost a few people who can answer the noble girls who are drawn.

In this way, there are only a few noble ladies left who successfully entered the third round.

Murong Qingyao, the second daughter of the imperial historian, Song Yuan, the princess of Xile, Li Zheng, the concubine of the eight-rank official, and Shen Nanyan.

Most of the first few were drawn in the first or second round, and they answered the questions again and again before entering the third round.

Only Princess Xile and Shen Nanyan won the third round by lottery, and they didn't have to go through the poems round by round like everyone else, so they could save a lot of time sitting at the table.

When this result came out, everyone felt that it was unfair, and they unanimously suspected that Shen Nanyan had gone through the back door in order to enter the third round directly without a trace of effort.

It is understandable that Princess Xile entered the third round, she is a princess of golden branches and jade leaves, and she is the sister of the current emperor, so it is not impossible to use the right to take shortcuts.

But Shen Nanyan's entry made them feel unfair. are also noble girls, why can she enter, but they can't, just because Shen Nanyan has the support of the Shen Mansion behind her? Now that Shen Fu has lost her military power, what will she do to support her, because she is beautiful? Where is it good to have a cold face all day long?

After Eunuch Lile finished announcing Shen Nanyan's name, most of the nobles took a deep breath and showed disdainful expressions.

Some noblewomen, who have always been high-profile and flamboyant, even asked unconvinced in the crowd: "Why is she?" What is she? Miss Shen will have such good luck? ”