Obviously, Pei Min's sword dance shocked the audience, but why did the female emperor suddenly summon a painter, everyone was confused for a while, and after a while, a person walked down from the stands, dressed as a court painter, in his early twenties, and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen is here." ”

Such a young painter, everyone does not know, only He Zhizhang knows his situation, this person is a painting genius, not long ago it was he who recommended him to the palace, became a court painter, the female emperor summoned at this moment, He Zhizhang expected to let him paint to record Pei Min's sword dance.

The female emperor looked at Wu Daozi and asked, "Pei Min sword dance, what do you think?" ”

Wu Daozi thought about it for a while, and hurriedly replied: "Back to Your Majesty, I am deeply moved by the momentum of the fierce sword dance, if you paint at this moment, you must be quick to paint, if you have divine help!" ”

The female emperor smiled and said, "Then I will be as you wish!" With a wave of his hand, several eunuchs took pen, ink, paper, and inkstones.

Wu Daozi then splashed ink, the wind rose, and soon a Danqing painting was completed, the content of the painting is the scene of Pei Min throwing the sword in the air, the characters in the painting are lifelike, if you talk about painting skills, you can almost compete with Pei Min's sword dance, and everyone is applauded. The painting was presented to the female emperor, and the female emperor also praised it greatly, she signaled to Shangguan Wan'er, took the jade seal, stamped it on the painting, and then slowly stood up with this painting, and said loudly: "I announce, the winner of today's martial arts - Sword Saint Pei Min!" Its sword dance is regarded as a national art from now on! In order to show his art, this painting is specially given as a reward! Tomorrow, Pei Min will light the lamp with me to offer to the Buddha! ”

As soon as the female emperor said that, there was another cheer in the ring, and Pei Min hurriedly knelt down to thank him and accept the reward. If he was given gold, silver and jewelry, he might not like it, but today's paintings of Wu Daozi did open his eyes, and he liked it very much.

After the reward, Zhang Changzong announced loudly again: "Today's martial arts is over, half an hour later, continue the civil duel competition, everyone retreats!" ”

The female emperor got up and left the ring, and everyone retreated. But Li Ke couldn't help but have a trace of worry in his heart, the matter of the martial arts ended so smoothly, except for the hard work of the eight masters of Ba Si at the beginning, there was no wave in the middle, it was too calm, but it made Li Ke feel uneasy.

At the moment of the hour, set the immortal hall.

Just now outside the hall to make everyone breathtaking, the martial duel has just ended, and now it has moved to the hall of the immortals, the main hall has already prepared a banquet, because the space of the hall is limited, so it can not be like the military duel, set up a platform to set up a seat, so the matter of the civil decision, the countries of the ten thousand feudal domains have no longer participated; Because it is really unnecessary, if only the poetry and literature are discussed, how can this foreign vassal country be compared with the culture of the Central Plains, so it has been informed in advance of its departure.

Moreover, this article is different from the martial decision, and it must be carefully tasted, if it is full of people, then how is it good. Therefore, at this moment, there are only more than 200 people on the main hall, among which the families of the forbidden army and the Yulin army are still temporarily added, and Li Ke and Yuewa are mixed in it. Pei Min had a big martial arts battle today, so he was courteous as a guest at this moment and sat behind the prince.

The female emperor entered the temple of immortals with the support of Shangguan Wan'er, sat on the dragon chair, and as soon as she sat down, everyone got up to meet, the female emperor signaled everyone to be flat, and the eunuch presented a bottle of gold cup to the female emperor, and the female emperor raised her glass and said: "All the secretaries have worked hard, and tonight we must discuss this person with me!" ”

All the ministers replied one after another: "It is a blessing for the ministers to share their worries for Your Majesty, and they dare not say that they are hard!" ”

The female emperor nodded with satisfaction, and said slowly: "All the Qing family, I can't hide it, I actually have a candidate in my heart for this article!" The female emperor suddenly said this, which couldn't help but make everyone stunned, since the female emperor already has a candidate in his heart, then why bother with the competition, just announce it earlier, everyone's eyes can't help but look at Shangguan Wan'er next to the female emperor, this woman is indeed talented, and she is deeply favored by His Majesty, don't think about it, this person must be the person the female emperor likes. It's just that in this way, it can't help but chill everyone's hearts, and everyone prepared overnight, but the female emperor said this, it seems that there is no need for this competition, and everyone is depressed.

The female emperor saw everyone's thoughts, so she pointed to Shangguan Wan'er on the side and said, "Everyone, what I expect is good, the candidate I am referring to is Shangguan Wan'er." The female emperor said, and there was silence in the main hall, not because everyone was dissatisfied with Shangguan Wan'er's talent, but because it was arranged like this, which was really frustrating. The female emperor continued: "But I know that there will be people in the Qing family who will not be convinced! ”

This time, there was finally a response in the hall: "The ministers don't dare!" ”

The female emperor snorted coldly and said, "You don't dare to say in your mouth, but you don't know what you think in your heart!" Therefore, I still hold this competition today to convince the public! With that, he gave Zhang Changzong a look.

Zhang Changzong said loudly: "According to the edict of Your Majesty, today's literary competition will try to compose a poem, first by Lord Shangguan to compose a poem, and then everyone can compose a poem to compare, and the final one who is excellent will win!" Chin this! ”

Seeing that this matter had taken a slight turn for the better, everyone replied in unison: "Your ministers obey the order!" ”

The female emperor waved her hand to Shangguan Wan'er again, signaling that she could start. Shangguan Wan'er then moved to the main hall and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, Shangguan is not talented, so I will compose a poem first, and I hope that all the adults will taste it!" ”

Shangguan Wan'er's talent is well-known, at this moment she took the lead in composing poems, it is expected that she must be fully prepared, so everyone waited with bated breath, the hall was suddenly unusually quiet, Shangguan Wan'er looked around, and saw that everyone was ready, so she slowly spoke: ""Jiaxing Sanhui Temple should be systematized", Shizi talks about the scriptures, and Xuanchen engraves the words. Therefore, Taiwan left the old knowledge, and the Holy Emperor begged for simplicity. Standing in the eternal years, looking at Kyushu. The four mountains are plugged together, and the two rivers are sandwiched between the city flows. Chen Han accompanies the worship, and the heavenly cup receives the reward. Taiping is full of words, and I wish Ji Hongxiu for a long time. This poem is a poem, the rhetoric is gorgeous, but the atmosphere is magnificent, it is difficult to see that it is from the hand of a woman, especially in the choice of words and sentences, each sentence has a word of finality, chanting makes people feel open and comfortable in their hearts, and the feelings are overflowing!

Shangguan Wan'er had just finished reading this poem, and everyone was still having fun, and the quiet hall actually sounded Wujiang's cheers, shouting: "Good poem!" Good poetry! "It is rumored that Wu Sansi and Shangguan Wan'er had an affair in private, it stands to reason that it is too late to avoid it in front of everyone at this moment, but Wu Jiang, who is cute and flattering, applauded loudly at the moment, and for a while everyone's eyes were on Wu Sansi, Wu Sansi's face couldn't help but sink, and he stared at Wu Jiang viciously, Wu Jiang couldn't be flattered, but lost his posture, so he had to sit down again with a stiff smile.

The female emperor didn't care, but said with a smile: "Master Wu, you are talking about it, where is this poem good?" ”

Wujiang has never been literate, and the female emperor's question, he couldn't help but be a little in danger, and finally replied after a long time: "Weichen... I can't tell, but I think it sounds comfortable, so I think it's good! ”

Wu Jiang's answer couldn't help but lead to laughter in the hall, except for Wu Sansi's pale face, everyone else was already laughing red-faced.

The female emperor waved her hand and continued: "That's it, now I invite you Aiqing to give a poem to a duel." ”

Zhang Cambodia nodded at Yao Chong, Yao Chong understood, and immediately got up and said: "Weichen is not talented, I am willing to give it a try." After that, he walked to the middle of the main hall and began to chant poetry: ""Spring Luoyang City Banquet", Nanshan Kaibao Calendar, Beizhu to Fangqi." The plum degree of the calendar is uneven and the grass is low. Yao Bottle came to the table, and Shunle went down to the front stream. The responsibility is drunk, and the ambition turns into a fan. ”

As soon as Yao Chonggang groaned, the prince couldn't help but whisper to King Xiang: "Good poem! Yao Chong's talent is really good! ”

Seeing that the female emperor did not speak, Zhang Cambodia nodded to He Zhizhang again, and He Zhizhang also walked to the middle of the hall and said, "Weichen is also willing to try." "Yongliu", jasper is made into a tree high, and ten thousand green silk ribbons hang down. I don't know who cut out the thin leaves, and the spring breeze in February is like scissors. The prince said to the prince: "This person is very outstanding, and in a few simple words, he has revealed his great talent!" The prince nodded frequently.

Li Sanlang, who was behind the prince, also listened carefully, and sighed in his heart that these two people were really talented, and they could deeply appreciate their talents from the poems.

Everyone's eyes began to return to the female emperor, only to see that the female emperor's eyes were slightly closed, as if she was slowly appreciating, with Wujiang's previous example, everyone did not dare to say more, especially Wu Sansi and Princess Taiping, at this moment they were sitting quietly and did not say a word.

After a long time, the female emperor finally opened her eyes and said slowly: "The poems of the two Qing families are indeed the works of Shangchen, which are rare, but according to what I can see, they are slightly less than the Shangguan, so you will step back and wait for the time being." ”

After hearing this, the two looked at each other and replied, "Oh! So he bowed back, Zhang Cambodia couldn't help but shake his head and sighed slightly.

Zhang Jiuling looked at Li Sanlang, Li Sanlang nodded, Zhang Jiuling got up and came to the middle of the hall, this is the last hope under the prince's account, after Zhang Jiuling saluted, he began to chant: ""Looking at the Moon and Huaiyuan", the moon is born on the sea, and the end of the world is at this time. The lover complains about the night, and he is lovesick at night. The candles are extinguished, and the light is full, and the clothes are dewed. It's unbearable to give away, and it's a good time to sleep. ”

Zhang Jiuling is also talented, the first sentence of this opening can't help but praise everyone, when the whole poem is finished, the hall is already a reputation, Li Sanlang secretly rejoiced in his heart, judging from the reaction in the hall, Zhang Jiuling should have a chance. Of course, the female emperor didn't want Zhang Jiuling to win, but if she judged the victory or defeat bluntly, she was afraid that everyone would be dissatisfied, so she asked: "Are there any competitors in the Qing family?" ”

From the beginning of Shangguan Wan'er to the four poems now, all of them are well-written, ambitious, and talented, and no one is confident that they can surpass these four poems, so no one wants to try again, and the hall is quiet.

Seeing that no one answered, the female emperor asked sharply again: "If you let the secretaries judge, which of these two poems is higher or lower?" ”