In the back pavilion on the third floor of the west, the lotus copper furnace is dyed with black agarwood, and the cold incense of the clear and good smell of wood is diffused in the room with the wisps of green smoke.

A young woman dressed in a palace satin plain silk silk skirt with a noble bearing was surrounded by a group of women sitting around the table.

She wore a hairpin on her head, a pair of red gold pearl pendants on her ears, a pair of extremely beautiful phoenix eyes, and two poems on the table in front of her.

"The county lord of Changle thinks which of these two poems is better?" The woman who spoke was none other than Liu Yuwu, the first poet prostitute in the capital, who was dressed in a flower-sprinkled smoke skirt, with beautiful facial features, snowy skin, a waist like a bundle, and charming eyes.

She looked at the handwriting on another piece of paper, which was beautiful and healthy, and there was no lack of appreciation in her eyes, "I privately thought that although the poem written by Young Master Xiao wrote about the prosperity and liveliness of the building, it was too shallow, and it was slightly inferior to the artistic conception and open-mindedness of this poem." ”

The woman who was called the county lord of Changle raised her head, gently brushed away the poem written by Xiao Yantai, and pointed to the poem written by Yu Qiyu and said, "Who wrote this?" ”

Hua Lan bent her knees slightly, "Returning to the county lord, this son looks at the face, it is the first time to come to our apricot eyes, I don't know the name of this person, and he is accompanied by Lu Jin, the general manager of Gongwei Siqian." ”

"I think it's a candidate who came from the state capital to take the exam." Someone speculated out loud.

"I look at this man's poetry and pride, like a chivalrous man." A woman quipped.

The women in this house are all talented young ladies from Shengjing's family, from a famous family, who have read poetry and books since childhood, and are also the author of the three pavilions in the west of the apricot building.

Xue Qingsheng, the county lord of Changle, pointed to the poems on the table, and his phoenix eyes raised slightly, "Let's choose his poems today, and ask about this person's origin." ”

Hua Lan held the poem in her hand and replied respectfully, "The slave family will go and inquire." ”

She turned around and was about to go out, when the maid Ruhua walked in from outside, holding a piece of paper full of handwriting in her hand.

"County Lord, your pair, someone is right!" This picturesque is the maid who was waiting for the pen and ink paper on the flybridge corridor before, and she presented the paper full of mysteries to Xue Qingsheng.

"Someone actually matched the pair from the county lord?" Liu Yuwu's face also had a hint of curiosity.

All the women in the room looked at the piece of paper that Xue Qingshang was holding.

"Why do I look so familiar with this word?" Song Er, who was wearing a white butterfly and a flower gown on the side, said loudly.

Her grandfather is Song Ling, the current secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who has learned a good hand, and is also a young lady in the capital.

Liu Yuwu beckoned to Hualan, who had not yet left, and said, "Bring that poem." ”

Hualan stepped forward with the poem in her hand, and the two pairs of words were put together, which was very obvious that they were the same person.

The ladies glanced at each other, and they all lowered their heads to look for the next couplet on the paper.

Xue Qingshang had already read out loud, "Excellent pouring into the sea, Longyin Rock Shore Tiger Sleeping Beach." ”

Liu Yuwu took over and said the upper link from Xue Qingshang, "The shadow of the tree crosses the river, and the fish swims in the branches and crows stay in the waves." ”

I repeated the couplet on the paper again, and couldn't help but praise, "What a reflection in the lake under the moon, the dragon swims in the shallows, it is really exquisitely conceived!" ”

The corners of Xue Qingsheng's lips also curled, and she pursed her lips and smiled, "I really want to meet this person." ”

Xue Qingshang's Shanglian hung in the apricot building for half a year, stumped many people in the capital who read poetry and books, and even the old scholars who were full of economy secretly thought hard for many days, and they couldn't match it, so they could only shake their heads and sigh that this pair was really exquisite, which can be called absolute.

But I don't want to call a little-known scholar to match it today, and the comparison is neat, harmonious, and the artistic conception is the same.

"When the pair spreads out tomorrow, I'm afraid it will set off a discussion in the capital, and it deserves to be the name of the pair." Liu Yuwu couldn't stop the beautiful words, she said to Hua Landao, "Invite that son to the peach room, and I will arrive later." ”

The peach room is the room where Liu Yuwu receives guests, which means that the prince can become Liu Yuwu's guest of the scene.

Hua Lan replied and turned to leave.

Xue Qingshang listened to Liu Yuwu's words, frowned slightly, it was rare for someone to match her pair, and in her selfish heart she didn't want that person to be involved with a prostitute, although Liu Yuwu was a member of her Xue family.

It's just that talented men have always been romantic, and who can refuse the favor of Liu Yuwu in this man who is full of capital.

Xue Qingshang didn't say anything, but she hoped in her heart that this person could be different from other men and could resist the confusion of beauty.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and Shen Wan walked in with Wang Xueyan.

"Where are all the sisters?" She smiled and said, "I brought my cousin over to see the excitement, who came out on top today?" ”

Shen Guan's father is a scholar of Shen University of the Hanlin Academy, and his talent is needless to say, and the old lady Shen was once the young master of the prince, which can be described as a real scholarly family.

She is also one of the talented women who often come and go to the back pavilion of the Xinglou, but today she did not participate in the selection because she wanted to bring Wang Xueyan to the Xinglou to play.

She and Wang Xueyan had dinner downstairs, but they couldn't wait for today's selection of masterpieces before going upstairs.

"It's been judged." Liu Yuwu said with a smile, "Today, this person also met the pair of the county lord of Changle, I just invited him to the peach room, and I was about to meet him." ”

"Oh? Listening to what Yu Wu said, it wasn't our Beijing people who won the first place today? Shen Wan took Wang Xueyan to the table and sat down, looked at the paper on the table, and said curiously, "Which of his poems is here?" ”

The second girl of the Song family stretched out her hand and pointed to one of the papers, "This poem." Seeing that the pair was still pinched in the hand of the county lord of Changle, he whispered to Shen Wan to read the couplet.

At this moment, Hua Lan went and returned, and her face was a little complicated, "The slave family found out that the person's surname is Yu, and he came from Qingzhou, and he is indeed a candidate for the Beijing entrance examination......"

She paused, looked at Liu Yuwu, and stopped talking a little.

Shen Wan raised his head when he heard the familiar words, "You said this person is from Qingzhou?" Surname Yu? Can he be followed by a little girl with an apricot-eyed eye? ”

Hua Lan shook her head, "He was followed by Mr. Lu Qian, who was the Gong Wei Division, and he didn't see any little girls." ”

She looked at Liu Yuwu again, as if she didn't know how to open her mouth.

Liu Yuwu asked, "Can you invite this Yu Gongzi to the peach room?" ”

Hua Lan's voice was a little dry, "That Yu Gongzi refused the invitation, only asked if he could waive the money for wine and food, and left." ”

As soon as these words came out, the room suddenly fell silent.

Liu Yuwu's face was full of surprise, not only her, but also the other people in the room.

Only Xue Qingshang, the lord of Changle County, was slightly stunned, and a smile appeared in his phoenix eyes.

"This scholar surnamed Yu is too ...... It's a little weird, he won the first place in poetry, and he was the right pair of the county lord, just to get rid of the money for a meal of wine and food? The second girl of the Song family said suddenly.

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