"The emperor has arrived!"

"Greetings to the Holy One!"

After kneeling again, Emperor Xianfeng sat on the throne of the dragon chair again.

"No rudeness!"

"Dong Yuanol! Are you ready for Li Dubai's assessment questions? ”

Xianfeng's efficiency is really high, and he went straight to yesterday's theme as soon as he went to court.

"After discussing with the ministers overnight, Wei Chen has prepared the assessment questions for Li Dutong......"

"Okay, let's talk about it first, what is the content of the test?"

"Back to the emperor, the content of the examination is divided into two categories: civil and military, the part of the literary examination, mainly the four arts of the literati: piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, Li Dutong needs to show the four arts he has mastered, if three of them have been recognized by many ministers in the palace, then it is considered to be passed......"

When Bai Lidu heard it, the four arts of "piano, chess, calligraphy and painting" only needed to meet the standards of three, and his heart naturally added a lot of certainty.

"Well, what about the martial arts?"

"The martial arts examination part mainly refers to the three contents of the martial arts examination, namely: mounted archery, strength, and the art of war, because Li Dutong is a military attaché, so these three must all meet the standards before they can be counted as passing the ......"

Hearing this, Bai Lidu began to secretly rejoice, this feeling is like the college entrance examination, I found that the pre-exam focus of the teacher was completely consistent with the content of the exam!

"Hmmm! Li Dubai, can you accept such an assessment arrangement? ”

"Accept!" Bai Lidu also replied happily.

"Hahahaha...... Okay, then without further ado, let's start the essay now! I also want to see the level of Li Dubai's piano, chess, calligraphy and painting! ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers have specially arranged a venue for the literary examination in the Changchun Immortal Hall west of the main hall, and asked the emperor to move to the ...... together with all the ministers and Li Dutong."

"Good! Then let's go to the Changchun Immortal Pavilion together......"

So, under the leadership of Dong Yuanol, everyone in the hall walked out together, and after crossing a small bridge, they came to the door of the Changchun Immortal Pavilion.

Dong Yuanol stopped at the door of the hall with a very strange smile on his face.

"Dong Yuanol! What are you doing standing here, why not go in? Emperor Xianfeng was also the first to ask him.

"Back to the emperor, at the door of this Changchun Immortal Pavilion, we have temporarily added a couplet, that is, a couplet that only has the upper couplet and no lower couplet, only Li Dutong can give this couplet out, and then you can enter it to show the four arts of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting!"

When Bai Lidu heard this, he immediately looked at the door next to Dong Yuanol, and sure enough, he saw that there were two vertical plaques hanging on both sides of the door, and the one on the left side of the door was supposed to be a vertical plaque with Shanglian written on it, but it was also covered with a red cloth, obviously not wanting Bai Lidu to see the content on it in advance.

"Oh? There is even a couplet question! So what if Li Dutong can't come out of the next link? When Xianfeng heard this, he was obviously interested.

"Back to the emperor, if Li Dutong can't make this couplet, then according to the opinions of the ministers and others, then he will not be allowed to enter the museum, and his literary examination will naturally lose......"

"This ...... Li Dubai, do you have any comments on this arrangement? ”

Bai Lidu had the experience of connecting two pairs of eternal absolutes at the scene of the poetry and painting competition, and naturally had nothing to be afraid of for this couplet in front of him, so he replied confidently: "Back to the emperor, the minister has no opinion!" ”

"Good! Then take off the red cloth, I also want to see what is written in this couplet? ”

"Obey orders!"

With Xianfeng's words, Dong Yuanol also immediately stepped forward and removed the red cloth that was blocked on the plaque, and the content of the original blocked link was immediately displayed in front of everyone......

"Shhh ——”

Before Bai Lidu could read the specific content of what Shanglian had written, he had already heard the sighs of the ministers!

"Ahh It's actually this uplink! ”

"This is too difficult, this is an absolute for the ages! ……”

"Yes, the old man has been thinking about it for more than 30 years, and he has never put this couplet out, and he can't imagine that now he is using this eternal absolute to test Li Dutong......"

"What? Absolutely? Where are there so many eternal absolutes?" Bai Lidu, who was suspicious, took a few steps forward, looked closely, and saw clearly what Shanglian wrote:

[Qinglinkou, white blacksmith, raw red furnace, burning black charcoal, sitting south and facing north to fight things. 】

Bai Lidu just wanted to say that the couplet was simple, but when he looked closely, he also discovered the mystery hidden in this couplet......

On the surface, what the upper link describes is actually just a matter of a blacksmith surnamed Bai in Qinglinkou making iron in a furnace, but in fact, it is not so simple, because in this upper link, it is not only mixed with the four colors of blue, white, red and black, but also contains the four directions of north, south, east and west......

Emperor Xianfeng also spoke at this time: "Dong Yuanol! I have also heard of this Shanglian, it is said that when the poet Li Bai was young, he once passed by Qinglinkou Town in Shu and was invited to inscribe it to a blacksmith, but because Li Bai was drunk at that time, he only inscribed a Shanglian out, and when he woke up, he couldn't even give the next couplet to himself......"

As soon as Bai Lidu heard this, he could figure out the origin of this Shanglian, but he didn't expect it to be from Li Bai!

"Your Majesty! This uplink is indeed the one inscribed by the poet immortal Li Bai......" Dong Yuanol also replied truthfully.

"Dong Yuanol! You use this kind of eternal absolute to test Li Dubai, that is, you don't want him to pass the literary examination? When Emperor Xianfeng said such words, his words obviously had a reproachful implication for Dong Yuanol.

"Don't dare! Chen just doesn't want the ninth princess to marry a mediocre person! Dong Yuanol forcibly pleaded.

The monk on the side, Lingqin, suddenly had a seizure at this time: "Dong Yuanol! You are obviously cheating, how can there be a temporary couplet to show the absolute through the ages! Your Majesty, the minister believes that this question should be judged invalid! ”

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that this couplet should be counted as invalid," Su Shun also immediately agreed.

Prince Gong Yitong was obviously in league with Dong Yuanol, and he also stood up at this time and retorted: "Just now, Li Dutong has already replied to the emperor that he has no opinion on this arrangement, how can this question be counted as invalid now?" If it is invalid, it is invalid, then won't the marriage of the ninth princess become child's play? ”

"Your Majesty, what Prince Gong said is right, this question cannot be canceled!" A person with the name [Alcohol County King: Yi Xun] on the top of his head also stood up and said, and he was also obviously supporting Yi Yi.

In this way, the ministers of the court were obviously divided into two factions, one faction was represented by Su Shun and Seng Lingqin, who supported Li Dubai and the Ninth Princess, and the other faction was represented by Prince Gong Yitong, who held opposing views.

"Alright! Although this is an eternal absolute, but since Li Dubai has just promised me, then this eternal absolute must be corrected, Li Dubai, are you sure about this? ”

Bai Lidu, who had been thinking about the content of the next link, heard Xianfeng ask himself, so he replied: "I dare not say that there is, I can only do my best to ......"