Chapter 868: There is another mystery
"Knock, knock, knock...... the crisp drum sound in a few clicks, the rhythm is getting faster and faster, and the color ball is also quickly passed among the crowd, at first everyone is still more reserved, dare not raise the voice, but as the drum is more and more dense, the speed of transmission is getting faster and faster, which from time to time caused the screams and laughter of the women, and the atmosphere is also active.
'Knock knock, knock ......' followed by a few rapid combos, and the drumming stopped abruptly.
"Ah......" The colored ball had already fallen into Zhang Ping's arms, and she couldn't help but scream.
"Sister Zhang has won the lottery, please guess the riddle!" Wu Xi announced the result as the arbiter, and then asked Xiao Huangmen to pick a lantern at random and send it to the road.
"Amitabha, Amitabha......" Zhang Ping was a little nervous, and kept chattering with his hands together, for fear that he would lose face if he couldn't guess.
"The bright moon hides the tall tree, type!" Wu Xi took the lantern and read word for word.
"Yes...... It is the word ζ³, and the bright moon is hidden and there are still days left; "The tall tree refers to the top of the tree, the button wooden word." Zhang Ping replied with a deep groan.
"Yes, girl, let's choose one!" Zhao Yu nodded. Of course, he would not prepare such valuable things as gold pots and silver bowls, but some hairpins, beaded flowers, bracelets, and some jade rings and jade pendants.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Ping guessed correctly when he heard this, stroked his chest and let out a long breath, and said happily, showing the true colors of a girl.
"Whichever girl likes, choose whichever you like!" Zhao Yu pointed to the tray in front of him and smiled. Zhang Ping gave another salute, came to the front of the selection, although these things are small but from the palace craftsman's workshop, the production is extremely exquisite, put together is really dazzling, I don't know which one to choose. After Zhang Ping hesitated, he picked up a jade ring.
"Girl, why did you choose this?" The role of the jade ring in ancient times was mainly to hang on the waist and press the placket, and at the same time play the role of decoration, but the jade ring selected by Zhang Ping is not suitable for girls regardless of style and size, Zhao Yu asked with a smile.
"Back to Your Majesty, the slave family once accidentally broke the jade ring that the ancestor loved very much, and for many years has not been able to find a similar one, and today I finally found it, and the ancestor will be happy to see it." Zhang Ping replied.
"Oh, the girl turned out to be filial!" Zhao Yu nodded slightly and said approvingly, "The girl can choose another one she likes." β
"Your Majesty, is it really possible?" Zhang Ping listened in surprise.
"Of course, the girl guessed and made a good start, as it should be!" Zhao Yu is very 'serious'.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Seeing that the emperor was serious, Zhang Ping quickly took a bead flower from the tray and retreated.
"Miss Zhang won the jackpot, and the sisters should do their best!" Wu Xi smiled at everyone after seeing Zhang Ping return to his position, and at the same time motioned to the blindfolded drummer to beat the drum.
In the following games, there are those who guess the lantern riddle and are happy to receive the reward; Naturally, there are also those who didn't guess, and when they were depressed, they either wrote their own poems, or chanted poems from their predecessors. Zhao Hao can't even remember the rhyme clearly, so it is naturally difficult to judge whether it is good or bad, so he doesn't make any evaluations, but pretends to be deep, and it is difficult for people who don't know the details to know his attitude, so he finally covered up the past.
"Miss Wu, although the drumming and passing flowers are lively, there are many sisters who are difficult to get opportunities, and the rules should be changed!" Because of the great chance of passing the flowers, the drought and flood were uneven, but Cheng Su didn't get a chance for a long time, and he got up and was dissatisfied.
"Miss Cheng said yes, but how do you think this charter should be changed?" Wu Xi asked with a smile.
"What will happen?" Zhao Hao saw that the two were facing each other, but he didn't say anything to stop them, but secretly said in his heart. He understands that ancient and modern times are the same, there is a wine official in the wine game, there is a dealer in the card game, and the 'middle man' who presides over the game is actually equivalent to the game owner, representing authority, and others are not allowed to question and challenge at will, and it is very impolite to raise objections, and will also be punished for responding. He wanted to see how Wu Xi handled this matter.
"Miss Wu, I think everyone should be allowed to participate in it, after the lantern riddle is released, everyone can compete for answers, guess the riddle first, the right one will be rewarded, and the wrong one will be punished. I wonder what everyone thinks? Cheng Su said and turned to ask everyone.
"Yes, Miss Cheng is right, the articles of association should be changed......" Cheng Su's proposal immediately resonated, and some people were talking about it at the bottom.
"Your Majesty, what do you think?" Wu Xi heard this, but turned to the little emperor and saluted.
"Since Miss Wu is the host, I can't participate, it's up to you!" Zhao Hao smiled and did not express his opinion.
However, this does not mean that Zhao Yu has no opinion, Cheng Su challenged Wu Xi because he didn't get the opportunity to guess the riddle, so he questioned the 'leader' with his own selfishness, and then used this to provoke everyone to oppose Wu Xi, but it can create a situation where the law does not hold the public accountable. This technique, while naΓ―ve, is often effective. And although Wu Xi fell into a momentary passivity, she still did not forget that her power came from the little emperor, so she did not take charge of it, but asked her own opinion first, which shows that she is very decent, on the contrary, Cheng Su is too self-conscious, and the following is guilty.
"Okay, so let's follow Miss Cheng, and we'll change the rules." After Wu Xi got the approval of the little emperor, he thought for a while and smiled at everyone.
"This little woman is not simple!" Zhao Yu was a little surprised, what she said just now was obviously inclined to her, she thought that Wu Xi would use this to fight with Cheng Su, but she gave in.
"Banjiang Mingyue painted Chen." Since Wu Xi followed Cheng Su's rules, she asked Xiao Huangmen to pick a lantern at will, and she read the riddle to everyone.
"This is the Wei character, half of the Jiang character, the middle field of the painting word, the moon and the bright enterprise, together it is the Wei character." As soon as Wu Xi's words fell, and the others were still thinking, Cheng Su got up and replied.
"Yes, Miss Cheng got it right!" Wu Xi first saluted the chairman, and then announced to everyone.
"Miss Cheng is quick to think, and she can guess right at a moment's notice, please come and choose one!" Zhao Yu nodded to Cheng Su and smiled.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Cheng Su first gave a salute, and then moved to the dance, the pink cheeks and smile are really amorous, and after reading it on the plate, he picked up a crested hairpin and said, "Your Majesty thinks this is suitable for slaves to wear?" β
"Miss Cheng is as beautiful as a flower, no matter which one she is!" Zhao Hao smiled, but there was a burst of disgust in his heart, he hated this kind of young and mature child (of course he was excluded), and he was still playing amorous in front of him at the moment, and he really regarded himself as a chick. But he didn't show the slightest displeasure on his face, but replied with a smile in his face.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your praise!" With Cheng Su's experience, of course, he couldn't see what the little emperor thought, so he put the hairpin in the bun and said with joy, and then returned to his seat proudly.
"Mingyue is a whimsical head, and she still types a word!" After it turned around, Wu Xi asked him to pick up a lantern again.
"It is the word Teng, the bright moon deducts the moon, and the head of the word Teng is combined with the sky, the horse and the word." Cheng Su replied when he heard the voice, and did not forget to look at Wu Xi as if he was challenged.
"Miss Cheng is in the middle again!" Wu Xi listened to the answer and saluted again.
"Miss Cheng is amazing!" Zhao Yu praised again. Cheng Su was even more proud when he heard this, and this time he picked a bracelet and put it on his wrist.
"If you want to go to the Moon Palace to fold the laurel branch, make an idiom." Wu Xi said again in a mystery.
"It's unattainable, the Moon Palace and the osmanthus tree on the Moon Palace are places that are too high to climb." This is relatively simple, but Cheng Su replied again ahead of the curve.
"Miss Cheng has won three yuan in a row, everyone has to work hard, otherwise the lottery will be gone." Zhao Yu smiled and said to everyone, and at the same time asked him to come forward to choose, but this time he just took one casually.
I don't know if it was encouraged by the emperor, or if Cheng Su was indeed of a high level, almost succeeding again and again, and every guess must be successful, it has become a special show for his personal performance, which makes everyone jealous and hateful. As the author of the question, Wu Xi was a little embarrassed, one was suspected of leaking secrets; The second is that it was guessed by people without exception, and it is natural that her level is limited, and her literary literacy is at least inferior to Cheng Su. However, he did not back down, but still insisted on presiding and fulfilling his duties.
"There is another moon in front of the moon building, make a word!" Wu Xi said again in a mystery.
"Friends, two moons are friends." This time, without waiting for Wu Xi's words, Zhao Yu replied first.
"Your Majesty, it's wrong!" Chen Shu, who was sitting beside him, whispered to the little emperor with anxious eyes.
"What's wrong, Deyue Lou is a month, and another month is added to the month, isn't it a friend!" Zhao Yu said unappreciatively.
"Your Majesty is indeed wrong, there is wood in the building, it should be the shed of the shantytown, not the double moon peng!" Su Lan, who was sitting behind him, explained.
"That'...... Miss Wu, did I guess wrong? Zhao Yu still didn't believe it when he heard it, and pointed at Wu Xi and asked.
"Your Majesty is wrong!" Wu Xi smiled upward.
"Well, since Miss Wu is wrong, it must be wrong. But the girl's mystery is profound, and there is another mystery hidden in it! Zhao Yu admitted it and nodded.
"This ...... Since Your Majesty guessed wrong, according to the rules, you should improvise a poem! Wu Xi's face changed slightly when he heard this, but it was also fleeting, and he saluted upward.
"Do you want to write poetry?" Zhao Hao hesitated and said with a sad face.
"Hehe, Your Majesty has thought about it!" Chen Shu smiled when she saw her appearance and said, she is one of the people who knows the details, and it is only difficult to let her write a poem on the spot than to kill him.
"Your Majesty, you are not allowed to repay the debt!" Cheng Su seemed to have seen the most cola, and coaxed others.
"Your Majesty, do you want a slave to replace ......" Su Lan is of course also one of the insiders, for so many years, she has never seen the little emperor take the initiative to recite poems, and she was forced by the masters, but the poems she wrote were often like smooth words, and she really couldn't get on the stage. So Lalaqi's shirt said softly.
"Sister Su, I have also studied with the masters and the great Confucians for so many years, wouldn't I lose the face of the masters by borrowing my sister's hand!" Zhao Yu waved his hand and rejected his kindness. But it's also a dilemma, the poems he makes should be appropriate to the situation, but also thoughtful, he is talking, his brain is running rapidly, trying to search for a suitable poem.
"Your Majesty may also recite the poems of his predecessors, rather than forcing new works." Wu Xi saw that the little emperor frowned, and the two daughters beside him were joking and making small moves, so it must have touched His Majesty's shortcomings in poetry, so he saluted again.
"Miss Wu, who doesn't know that Your Majesty's martial arts are all first-class. When you say this, don't you laugh at Your Majesty's inability to even write a poem about the first Yongyue? Cheng Su listened to it, but he was unforgiving.
"Miss Cheng misunderstood, I don't mean it......" This charge is absolutely unacceptable, Wu Xi immediately turned around and spoke, but was interrupted by the voice of His Majesty chanting poetry.
"Where is there no trace of salt? The old town of Su Tumor is deep. Huansha's legacy is empty and resentful, and it is not as good as Concubine Qi to talk about it today. Zhao Yu finally thought of a song, and was afraid that he would forget it if he delayed, so he couldn't wait to chant it despite the two of them talking. However, the response was not very good, whether it was left or right, or the women on the field were stunned, not knowing whether to applaud or ......
"Your Majesty's poem doesn't seem to have anything to do with the moon, but there is a second sentence?" Cheng Su looked at the little emperor and said timidly. She is actually very nervous at the moment, her own words just now are equivalent to blocking His Majesty's back road, forcing her to compose poems on the spot, but she is not in the scene, isn't it equivalent to making the emperor make a fool of himself in public.
"Miss Cheng's words are wrong, what Your Majesty has done is really a masterpiece, not only for the occasion, but also for the right purpose." Wu Xi said with a smile.
"Please also Miss Wu can solve your doubts, where is the moon?" In the same way, if someone else said it, Cheng Su might believe it, but it came from Wu Xi's mouth. And she already regarded him as an opponent, so she didn't even think about it and asked.
"No salt, Fang name Zhong Lichun, also known as Zhong Wuyan. It was first seen in the "Debate Biography" in Liu Xiang's "Biography of the Daughters" of the Western Han Dynasty. Wu Xi said with a chuckle, "It is said that the saltless woman is ugly, with a wide forehead, small eyes, a high nose, a large throat, a hunchback and a thick neck, yellow hair and black skin. The ruler of Qi at that time was King Xuan of Qi, and he frolicked with the beauties in the palace all day long, ignoring national politics, making the country sluggish and the rivers declining. One day, he was enjoying the music in the palace, and came to report that there was a woman who was extremely ugly and asked to enter the palace to serve the king. King Qi Xuan thought it was very strange, so he asked her to enter the palace to take a look first. β
"The one who came into the palace was the ugly girl Wuyan, who was over forty years old at this time and had not yet married. Seeing King Qi Xuan, Wuyan talked eloquently about state affairs, and gave advice to King Qi Xuan: Qin Chu is around the Qi country, eyeing the tiger, and Qi's internal affairs are not repaired, loyalty and treachery are not distinguished, the prince is not established, the sons are not taught, King Qi, you are playful, and your voice is dogs and horses; Build a gradual platform, towering into the clouds, decorated with colored satin silk, decorated with gold beads, playthings are demoralized, and Li Ling is dizzy; The virtuous and virtuous fled to the mountains and forests, and the counsellors were not allowed to enter, and the rumors were rarely heard; Spend days and wine, night and day, the female music is excellent, full of palaces, the outside does not repair the courtesy of the princes, and the internal does not uphold the rule of the country. Wuyan finally said that the country of Qi is in danger, and it is already dangerous! β
"What does Miss Wu say have to do with this Mid-Autumn Festival?" Seeing that what Wu Xi said was a saltless woman, she said disdainfully......