Zhuo Ruozhen thought of Xi Rong's brutal and domineering character, if Zhuo Ruoning brought it up at that time, she would definitely beat her up. She didn't know what to say, so she said: "Those sons have a poetry meeting in Yuanxiangtang, and they will definitely let you write poems, I guess you can't do those topics, it's better for me to write a few poems and you remember them first, in case you can't make it when the time comes, so you can top one." ”

"Okay."

Zhuo Ruozhen composed a poem with the flowers, trees, scenery and today's birthday banquet in the season, so that she could memorize it as well as possible.

Zhuo Ruoning was furious and complained: "This is also too strange, you are either reading poems or practicing calligraphy, what is the use of this for social progress?" I really don't understand why people here love to write poetry so much. ”

Zhuo Ruozhen was stunned, she didn't expect her to ask such a question, she never doubted it.

"The ancients said: Everything is inferior, but reading is high. The emperor and the heroes and nobles were all poor people, and they used force to conquer this country, but they could not govern the world by force, so they asked their children and grandchildren to study. In my generation, there has been such an unprecedented enthusiasm for learning. If a scholar doesn't learn poetry, what is it like? ”

As soon as she said Zhuo Ruoning, she understood, the Dalang Dynasty was founded for more than ten years, and the social order was still under slow construction. The status of military generals is also getting weaker and weaker, and Wenchen began to shine in the court, and if the heroes and famous generals want to continue the prosperity of the family, they must take advantage of the trend and cultivate descendants that meet the requirements of the court and society.

At present, the mainstream ideology of society is Confucianism, and other disciplines belong to the sidelines, as long as it is something that is not beneficial to the examination, few people will learn it.

"I think that Xi Rong is such a big person, he is engaged, he doesn't understand physiology and hygiene at all, and he doesn't even know how people get pregnant, it seems that even the county lord of Jiangdu believes that curses can make people pregnant, which is too unreasonable."

Zhuo Ruozhen said with a smile: "Women usually teach those truths on the eve of marriage. Don't just talk about her, as if you know a lot, has your mother already taught you? ”

"This is common sense, even if you don't teach it, you will understand it by reading it yourself."

"How can there be such a book, and even if there is, is it something that the girl's family can read?"

Zhuo Ruoning didn't know much about history, thought for a while and asked: "I heard my mother say that you can't see foreign men casually, there are so many foreign men in Yuanxiang Hall, is it appropriate for us to go over?" ”

"It is not appropriate to follow the regulations in the fourth book of women, but in the previous dynasty, foreign people were in power, the people were open, and there was no male and female defense, and the Han people slowly changed some concepts. I heard that some officials are now proposing to restore the ethics and morality of the Han family, and the emperor has approved it, but there are many obstacles in the actual implementation process, and the most intuitive point is that it is very common for men and women to compete in public. If you are alone, it is naturally not okay. ”

Zhuo Ruoning nodded to indicate that she understood.

As he spoke, there was Yuanxiangtang in front of him, and the wind in the hall brought men and women to laugh, Zhuo Ruoning's hand was suddenly pinched, and when she turned around, she saw Zhuo Ruozhen smiling at her gently: "You have to behave well this time, whether your reputation can be restored depends on today." ”

"Don't worry, you will never let people look down on the girl of our Zhuo family."

The Yuanxiang Hall of the Zhengguo Mansion is a four-sided hall, built against the mountain, with three rooms wide, with an exquisite structure, surrounded by bamboo curtains, and when the curtains are rolled up, you can see the surrounding scenery from the inside.

The furnishings in the hall are elegant, there is a plaque in the middle, on which the words "Yuanxiangtang" are written, and the pillars on both sides are engraved with bronzing couplets.

A group of young ladies sat on the benches on both sides, talking and laughing. The two sisters came from the hallway, and the laughter suddenly stopped, and everyone looked at them, some curious, some disdainful, and of course some happy—like Geng Kan.

"Four girls, Niannian, sit here." He got up and gave way.

Zhuo Xiao gave way to the side, the two sat down next to him, and the young man who was coaxing before said, "Whose turn is it?" ”

A girl got up with an arrow in her hand, and Zhuo Ruoning saw a double-patterned pitcher standing next to the round table in the hall.

The other girl held her down, her eyes swept over Zhuo Ruoning's face, and said with a smile: "What's so fun about throwing pots, Zhuo Mansion and Shuangshu are here today, so naturally they want to make poems and compare words." ”

She meant something, everyone laughed, Zhuo Ruoning's face turned red, and she shrank behind her brother.

Zhuo Xiao turned his head and saw Zhuo Ruozhen nodding imperceptibly at him, and gave him a "reassuring" look. The two tacitly watched for the changes.

The coaxing young man said: "Since it's a competition, you always have to have some color heads, I heard that there is a new way to play in Fuller Theater, whoever has a color head, who can come up with a question." ”

Yu Chengjiao looked at him meaningfully: "Every time there is something new to play in the Fuller Academy, you are the first to know. ”

Everyone laughed, and the young man was not annoyed, and he laughed and laughed with them.

Geng Kan said: "Brother Yu is well-informed, we are not as good as you." ”

Zhuo Ruoning stabbed him with her elbow: "Who is this person?" ”

Geng Kan leaned into her ear and whispered: "His name is Yu Liangchou, the grandson of the Duke of Min, the cousin of the Duchess of Zheng Guo, who recruits cats and teases dogs, and is the best at fun." ”

"Where's the girl next to him?" is the one who proposed to compose a poem, and he had humiliated Zhuo Ruoning in Dabao'en Temple before.

Her maiden name is Yu Fanrou, the granddaughter of the Duke of Shu and the cousin of Yu Liangchou. Sitting next to her was the granddaughter of Liang Guogong, whose name was Jing Hong. ”

Geng Kan briefly introduced everyone present, and the more Zhuo Ruoning listened, the more frightened she became, they were all young masters and young ladies from some princes' families, no wonder those little ladies were nostrils when they looked at her.

When the two of them were talking, the fourth prince of the Founding Mansion took out a jade plaque, "Today is my grandmother's birthday, so I will celebrate my birthday as the theme, and each person will write a lyric, and you need to sing it after you finish it."

Zhuo Ruoning was dumbfounded, she just memorized the poem for her birthday, but she didn't expect them to change the lyrics instead of arranging the cards.

The girl took the tray and took the jade card with a very eye-catching look, and the fourth prince said, "Yu Shizi also added something?" ”

Yu Chengjiao took off the jade pendant he was carrying, put it on the tray, and said with a smile: "Since Brother Xi said that he wants to sing it, how can he do it without music, my topic is music, and I don't know what musical instrument is." ”

Music is also Zhuo Ruoning's weakness, she knows dozens of Western musical instruments such as piano, violin, saxophone, etc., traditional musical instruments can only chimes and chimes, here they should not have prepared chimes, even if there is, Huangzhong Dale is a national sacrificial repertoire, Taichang Temple is qualified to play, she doesn't dare to take it out and show off.

Seeing this, a prince of the Xinguo Mansion also took out a jade wrench and put it on it: "There are words and music, handsome men and beautiful women gather together today, how can there be no painting, I am a beautiful picture." ”

Everyone laughed and laughed at him.