When the female emperor asked this, it was difficult for everyone, if it was said that Zhang Jiuling was victorious, it would be offended to the female emperor, but if it was said that Shangguan Wan'er was victorious, then it would offend the prince and the king again, and these people could not afford to offend! Therefore, for a while, there was silence in the hall, and no one dared to answer.

The female emperor asked twice, but no one answered, so the female emperor scolded sharply: "On weekdays, they are all university scholars and read all the books, but in the end, how can they not judge the quality of the two poems?" It hurts me! ”

Someone replied: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, and the ministers are incompetent, because these two poems are indeed too good, and the ministers cannot judge for a while." Seeing someone answering, all the ministers echoed and said yes! Now he returned the decision-making power to the female emperor, and the female emperor was angry and not easy to speak out.

Zhang Changzong stepped forward and said, "The minister has a proposal, I don't know if it's feasible?" ”

The female emperor saw that Zhang Changzong had a proposal, so she replied: "If Qing has any suggestions, say it quickly." ”

Zhang Changzong glanced at Shangguan Wan'er and continued: "Since the people who decide the text are left with Lord Shangguan and this Zhang Jiuling, then this is easy to do, according to the opinion of the following, Lord Shangguan will recite another poem, but only say the first three sentences, and Zhang Jiuling will take the last sentence, if it is connected, and it is better than Lord Shangguan, then Zhang Jiuling will be sentenced to win, if it is not connected, then Lord Shangguan will be sentenced to win, how about it?" ”

This is obviously an extremely unfair proposal, Shangguan Wan'er started poetry, so she naturally has an advantage, and Zhang Jiuling can only respond passively. The female emperor thought in her heart that this was a favorable proposal for Shangguan Wan'er, so she said: "I thought it was okay! What do you mean? ”

The female emperor said yes, and everyone was too good to say no, so they all echoed it, and the proposal was passed, Li Sanlang could only shake his head helplessly, and it seemed that only Zhang Jiuling could rely on himself at this moment.

Shangguan Wan'er paced back and forth for a few steps, and then spoke: "The dense leaves are spitting due to cutting, and the new flowers are growing one after another." Although it is not wrong to climb the strip, it is clear that it is false to pick the stamen. The origin of the spring solstice, autumn has not yet been sparse. At this point, she smiled, glanced at Zhang Jiuling, and continued: "I can't hide it, these last two sentences also have results in my heart, just after Master Zhang finishes answering, I will finish chanting again, so that you can have a public comment at that time." ”

Shangguan Wan'er's poem is talented, it has been written between pacing, and everyone can't help but admire, everyone's eyes are all cast on Zhang Jiuling in an instant, Zhang Jiuling is embarrassed for a while, this poem mainly describes the banquet inner hall, out of the colorful flowers, Zhang Jiuling even though the talent is very high, but suddenly encountered this kind of theme poems, and for a while I couldn't think of good verses to right. In this duel, Shangguan Wan'er already has a great advantage, one person first inscribes the poem, it must be based on the content that he is good at, and the whole layout of the whole poem must have been planned before the poem, Zhang Jiuling is not only faced with a poetry genre that he is not familiar with, but also has to chant better than the original author, it is really difficult, if the two of them are reversed, let Zhang Jiuling chant first, Shangguan Wan'er is right, then it is Zhang Jiuling who has taken the lead, but the female emperor is biased towards Shangguan Wan'er.

Zhang Jiuling pondered and meditated, and couldn't find the right words for a while, and occasionally there was a sentence, he was also dissatisfied, afraid of losing to Shangguan Wan'er, but the more so, the more anxious he became, and the hall was so quiet that even the sound of a needle falling on the ground seemed to be heard; As time passed, a smile finally appeared on the female emperor's face, and she secretly calculated the time in her heart, and after a while, if there was no response, she could justifiably judge her to the negative, and then the ministers would definitely have nothing to say.

Zhang Jiuling closed his eyes, calmed down, and tried to think about dealing with the verses, but at this moment, Wu Jiang opened his mouth again, and said with some mockery: "Master Zhang, it's really not good, just admit defeat." This time, Wu Sansi didn't glare at Wu Jiang angrily, he naturally hoped that Shangguan Wan'er would win, and Wu Jiang's stirring up like this disturbed Zhang Jiuling and made his mind scattered.

After a long time, Zhang Jiuling slowly opened his eyes and sighed lightly, it seems that he is ready to give up, not that he has no literature in his heart, but he expects that he must not be as brilliant as Shangguan Wan'er, since this is the case, it is better not to read it.

Shangguan Wan'er glanced at Zhang Jiuling and saw that he was about to give up, so she took a step forward, ready to chant out the tail couplet she had already thought of: "By asking Tao Jiang Li, what kind of chaos is there." In order to announce the victory of this literary duel, everyone also turned their eyes to her and got ready.

But at this moment, in the corner of the quiet hall, a childish voice suddenly came: "In the Taibai peach house, A-Niang decal picture." ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and they all gathered their eyes to the corner of the hall, only to see a boy who was four or five years old, upright, and chanted this poem, the child was Xiao Taibai, Yuewa looked flustered, she was negligent for a while, she didn't expect Xiao Taibai to open her mouth at this moment, she hurriedly hugged Xiao Taibai, covered her mouth, and looked embarrassed.

Everyone didn't expect that the poems carefully prepared by Shangguan Wan'er couldn't even match Zhang Jiuling in time, but they were picked up by a boy who was four or five years old, and the poems and texts were neat, and although the words were not gorgeous, they were catchy.

In astonishment, He Zhizhang got up and praised loudly: "Good verses! It is not easy to turn the affairs of the court into civil life in just one sentence. ”

Only then did everyone relent, and they whispered praise. Zhang Jiuling also suddenly woke up, he was caught in the palace before, so it was difficult to have an answer, now think about it, this sentence is very exquisite, a sentence to wake up a dreamer, and it is from the mouth of a child, it is really impressive!

Seeing that everyone was praising each other, the female emperor's face sank, and she asked sharply: "Who is this heir, dare to be so formless?" ”

Wu Sansi fixed his eyes, isn't this the son of Li Ke? He just wanted to make a report, but he was stopped by Xue Liang beside him, Xue Liang shook his head at him gently, he immediately reacted, and immediately shook his head at Wu Jiang, signaling him not to make a sound, this time Wu Jiang understood and didn't say much. It turned out that the female emperor had secretly released Li Ke from prison, Xue Liang had already informed Wu Sansi, and advised him that since this matter was from His Majesty's hands, it must not be exposed, otherwise the female emperor would not be able to step down, and afterwards, it was himself who was blamed, so Wu Sansi sat down again, pretending to be nothing, and waited to see how the situation developed.

The female emperor was suddenly angry, the crown prince and the prime minister were inconvenient to say, if anyone came out at this moment, they must have touched the female emperor's scales, Li Ke unconsciously clenched the sword in his hand, at this moment he was ready for the worst; Li Sanlang couldn't bear it in his heart, and just wanted to get up to answer and bear the responsibility, but he was stopped by Pei Min beside him, Li Sanlang looked at Pei Min with some doubts, but Pei Min smiled slightly, stood up, and replied loudly: "Back to Your Majesty, this son is Pei's little apprentice, today Pei Min took him into the palace to watch the battle, there is no way to discipline, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive your sins!" ”

When the female emperor saw that it was Pei Min, she instantly eliminated a little anger, and said slowly: "It turned out to be Pei Min's disciple of the Sword Saint, so literary!" Thou shalt bring it with thee, and let me have a good look. ”

Pei Min hesitated for a moment and replied, "Oh! Then he walked in front of Yuewa, ready to hug Xiao Taibai, Yuewa knew that Xiao Taibai was in trouble today, His Majesty wanted to take him close, it must be punished, for a while his eyes were so frightened that his eyes were ruddy, hugged Xiao Taibai tightly, and refused to let go, Pei Min leaned closer and whispered: "Please rest assured, sister-in-law, Pei Min will protect him." ”

Yuewa still refused to let go, her eyes fell on Li Ke, Li Ke nodded at Yuewa, Yuewa was helpless, and finally let go of Xiao Taibai, Pei Min took it, walked to the female emperor, and knelt on the ground to salute. Facing the female emperor, Xiao Taibai did not have any fear, looked at the female emperor and said childishly: "May I ask what is the matter with grandma calling Xiao Taibai to come?" ”

Xiao Taibai actually called the female emperor's grandmother, which was unexpected by Pei Min, he couldn't help but show panic, and the eunuch on the side of the female emperor reprimanded loudly: "Bold! How dare you call Your Majesty's grandmother! ”

Xiao Taibai was clean, handsome, childish, and coldly called the female emperor such a "grandma", the female emperor suddenly felt pity, not only did not get angry again, but the previous anger also disappeared, she smiled, and said to the eunuch beside her: "The child has no form, don't blame!" After hearing this, the eunuch hurriedly stepped aside, not daring to say anything more.

The female emperor beckoned to Xiao Taibai and said, "Come here, come to grandma." The contrast between the attitudes of the female emperor before and after made everyone confused for a while, Xiao Taibai heard the summons, straightened up and walked to the female emperor.

The female emperor opened her mouth and asked, "Tell your grandmother the truth, did you think of the verse you answered just now, or did the adults tell you?" After that, she raised her head and looked around the crowd, and Pei Min finally understood that the female emperor with a pleasant face suspected that the answer just now was given by an adult, so she asked from the child, wanting to find the answer.

Xiao Taibai looked at the female emperor, blinked her big eyes with long eyelashes, and said childishly: "Back to grandma, it was Taibai who answered it himself." ”

The female emperor shook her head lightly and replied with a smile: "Grandma doesn't believe it, grandma will test you again, and you will answer it." Xiao Taibai nodded.

The female emperor thought for a while and chanted: "The Ming Dynasty traveled to Shangyuan, and the spring was in a hurry." ”

Xiao Taibai listened, didn't wait to think about it, and blurted out: "Don't wait for the birds to cry, the flowers have already gone to the branches." ”

This is a poem written by the female emperor before, and the original sentence is: "The flower whiskers are sent overnight, don't wait for the wind to blow." Xiao Taibai's poems are similar to them, although the words are a little immature, but it is not easy for a child of four or five years old; The female emperor couldn't help but show shock and joy on her face, she pointed at Pei Min with her finger, and then said, "What smart! Thou shalt tell Grandma, who is he? ”

Xiao Taibai looked at Pei Min and replied with a smile: "Go back to grandma, he is my master!" ”

The female emperor nodded with satisfaction, but this question made Pei Min afraid for a while, this female emperor's heart really can't be taken lightly, and she asked the child this coldly, if she just said a lie, she would be blamed at this moment!

The Empress continued, "Thou hast not yet told thy grandmother thy name. ”

Xiao Taibai replied with a smile: "My name is Li Bai, and the words are too white!" ”

When the female emperor heard this, her face suddenly sank, as if she had thought of something, so she then asked, "Then you tell your grandmother, what is the name of your father?" ”