The Qionglin Banquet is not just about eating and drinking, watching singing and dancing.

Since it was a banquet specially prepared for the new scholars, and there were also scholars from the six departments and scholars from the Hanlin Academy to participate, it was natural to show off the profound knowledge of everyone.

After three rounds of drinking, the emperor said to everyone with great interest: "Ladies and gentlemen, you are all well-educated people who have experienced ten years of cold windows, and I will be ashamed of myself in front of you." ”

Everyone said in unison: "Your Majesty has won the prize." ”

The emperor raised the glittering glass wine glass and said to everyone: "Talents, I am going to test you in my debut question now. Let's take Liuli as the topic, how about everyone make a quatrain? ”

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison.

The emperor said: "But if everyone makes a poem, I'm afraid it will be too late, so let Wan Zhuangyuan and Song Bangyan make one each, and then I will randomly call ten places, and the person who is called will write a poem again, how about it?" ”

The queen said first: "Your Majesty's idea is very good, you can get twelve good poems, and it is very suspenseful. ”

Fu Xiaojiu listened to the emperor's idea and complained silently: "The emperor is really good at playing, this kind of play is really exciting." ”

Sure enough, after hearing the emperor's idea, every talented man tensed his nerves and nervously waited to be named by the emperor.

The emperor looked at Wan Lin with a smile, "Then let's start with Wan Zhuangyuan." ”

Wan Lin stood up and replied without thinking: "The glazed ground is red and gorgeous, and the sky is blue and the sky is scattered." It should be planted without land to the west, otherwise it will be willing to re-emphasize the lotus. (This is a reference to Chen Biao's "Monastery Peony")

"Good!"

The emperor was very satisfied with the quatrain made by Wan Lin, "Wan Zhuangyuan compared flowers to glass, not only the artistic conception is lofty, but also with a quiet Zen feeling, I seem to see the red glass flowers like the sunset, what a wonderful land!" ”

Wan Lin humbly lowered his head, "Your Majesty has won the award, and the students' poems are only of medium grade, which is not as good as everyone here." ”

The emperor smiled kindly, "Hehe, Wan Zhuangyuan doesn't have to be so humble, if we all write poems exquisitely, wouldn't we all be poets?" I think you've done a good job with this quatrain. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love!" Wan Lin sat down after speaking.

Song Xiuneng then made the first quatrain, and he was also praised by the emperor.

Wan Lin and Song Xiuneng finished writing poems, and then it came to the most exciting part.

The emperor was about to speak, but suddenly changed his mind again, "Hehe, I thought about it, it's better to use the lottery to ask you to compose poems." Come on, write down the rankings of the second and third grades on a piece of paper, and I will draw lots. ”

Immediately, a special clerk wrote the ranking, and soon the props for the draw were ready.

The emperor smiled at everyone and put his hand into the jar containing the ranking note.

"Let me see whose turn it is next."

The emperor opened the note expectantly and read it aloud: "The eleventh place in the second grade." ”

The person who was called to the ranking stood up like an electric shock, and after reporting his name to the emperor, he nervously made the first quatrain.

The emperor was also very satisfied with his quatrain, and then pulled up the note.

Most of the family members didn't understand the quality of the poems, and Fu Xiaojiu thought the game was quite exciting at first, but she felt bored after listening to four or five poems.

Fu Xiaojiu had already eaten a lot, and there were not many dishes left on her and Wan Lin's table, so she no longer worried about displeasing Long Yan by wasting food.

Fu Xiaojiu looked around boredly, and she could see Nianzhen by leaning a little.

Fu Xiaojiu was about to smile at Nianzhen, but saw Nianzhen show a painful expression again.

"Jane, what's wrong? Could it be that she's itching again? ”

Fu Xiaojiu frowned worriedly.

Lu Qianying found that Fu Xiaojiu was slipping away, but in fact, she also felt very bored, so she followed Fu Xiaojiu's gaze and looked behind her.

When Nianzhen was seated at that time, she found that the woman next to her was the local tyrant who chartered the venue yesterday.

At first, she was a little surprised at how it was so coincidental, but she didn't pay much attention to this local tyrant sister, she just thought that they could just sit down.

Tan Shiting was also surprised when she first saw her, but she still pretended not to know Nianzhen, and the two politely smiled at each other and never crossed paths again.

After Nianzhen came back from the thatched house, she continued to eat and drink, almost forgetting Tan Shiting.

But Tan Shiting didn't forget Nianzhen, the more she looked at Nianzhen, the more unpleasant she became.

She was afraid that someone would steal her limelight yesterday so she wrapped up the clothes in the ready-to-wear shop, but she didn't expect Nianzhen and Fu Xiaojiu to wear such exquisite clothes to the banquet.

Fu Xiaojiu is the champion lady, she can't help it, but in her opinion, Nianzhen has to be handled, she must let Nianzhen make a fool of herself in front of her.

Tan Shiting's father is the governor of a state, and he has made a lot of money this year in office, and he has raised her to be coquettish and domineering.

Tan Shiting pondered for a while before she came up with an idea to make Nianzhen ugly.

Although she is a young lady who does not touch the spring water with her fingers, she loves the female red alone, and she carries the sewing kit with her.

Because everyone was kneeling on the ground, and the distance between them was only less than half a meter, most of the ladies sitting next to each other would talk to each other and toast, she waited for a while, and took the initiative to talk to Nianzhen while there was a dancing girl.

"Sister."

Tan Shiting called Nianzhen first.

As soon as Nianzhen finished eating a small piece of soft and sweet bird's nest poria cake, she heard someone call her.

Nianzhen looked at Tan Shiting hesitantly, and saw that she was holding a plate with bird's nest and poria cake and smiling at her.

"You're calling me?" Nianzhen didn't believe that the local tyrant sister who had no one in her eyes would take the initiative to talk to her.

Tan Shiting smiled harmlessly, "Sister, I see that you like to eat bird's nest poria cake, I happen to have some toothache and can't eat so much, if you don't dislike it, eat my plate of bird's nest poria cake." ”

Nianzhen really likes to eat bird's nest and poria cake, but she doesn't dare to accept gifts from others without permission, especially from people like Tan Shiting.

But on this occasion, it doesn't seem very appropriate to not accept Tan Shiting's kindness, Nianzhen hesitated for a moment, but still took the plate.

Nianzhen said politely: "Thank you sister." By the way, my name is Nianzhen, I don't know what my sister's name is? I don't have a good memory, I didn't remember when you introduced yourself just now, don't be surprised. ”

Although all the family members have introduced themselves before, Nianzhen didn't remember her name.

Tan Shiting replied with a smile: "There are more than 100 family members, who remembers it." My name is Tan Shiting. ”

Nianzhen nodded and said, "I remember it this time." ”

Tan Shiting looked at the bird's nest poria cake in Nianzhen's hand and said, "Sister, put down the plate, this bird's nest poria cake is a good thing, and it is good for the fetus to eat it." ”

Nianzhen put the plate down, but she was full and didn't want to eat for a while.

It wasn't until the emperor asked people to compose poems that Nianzhen felt really bored, so she remembered that there were still delicious bird's nest poria cakes that she hadn't eaten, so she picked up a piece and put it in her mouth.

Nianzhen had just chewed a few times, and suddenly felt a sudden pain in her mouth, as if something had pierced her tongue.

If she hadn't endured it, she would have screamed in pain.

Wan Zhang was nervous, afraid that he would be drawn next, he stared at the emperor intently, and didn't notice what happened to Nianzhen.

Nianzhen was also afraid of disturbing Wan Zhang, so she endured it silently, and after the pain, she carefully pulled out the half of the embroidery needle that was stuck on her tongue.

Nianzhen instantly sprung up a lot of thoughts in her mind: There is an embroidery needle hidden in the bird's nest and Poria cake at the palace banquet, is this someone trying to harm the emperor and the queen? Or do you want to harm the ministers and the new scholars?

No, it's not that someone wants to harm the emperor and the minister, this person wants to harm herself!

Nian Zhen immediately cast a suspicious look at Tan Shiting.

"Sister, what's wrong with you?" Tan Shiting saw Nianzhen looking at her with her spare eyes, and immediately turned around and looked at her very innocently and asked.

Nianzhen knew that she didn't see the process of Tan Shiting putting the needle into the bird's nest poria cake, even if there was a needle, but she couldn't prove that the needle was Tan Shiting's.

However, Nianzhen still asked inquiringly: "Didn't you eat a single piece of this plate of pastries?" ”

Tan Shiting smiled softly and lovely, "I only ate one piece, and I didn't eat it anymore because I felt a toothache." ”

Nianzhen endured the pain and asked, "Then did you eat anything unusual?" ”

Tan Shiting continued to smile as if she was innocent, "I didn't eat anything special." Ah, sister, you don't think the things in this palace are unclean, do you? ”

Tan Shiting said, revealing a surprised expression.

Where did Nianzhen dare to question that the things in the palace were not clean, she couldn't say it now, so she could only pretend to be okay and said: "No, no, how can I think that the things in the palace are not clean, I just ......"

Nianzhen didn't say any more, smiled at Tan Shiting, sat up straight, and silently endured the pain in her mouth.

It was at this time that Fu Xiaojiu saw her painful look.

Nianzhen saw that Fu Xiaojiu was looking at her, and immediately stuck her tongue out, then pointed to her tongue and twisted her eyebrows painfully, and then pointed to the pastries on the table.

Fu Xiaojiu immediately understood what Nianzhen meant - there was something wrong with the pastry!

But Fu Xiaojiu couldn't slip away for too long, and after understanding what Nianzhen meant, Fu Xiaojiu turned back helplessly.

Lu Qianying also saw what Nianzhen was gesturing, but she didn't understand what Nianzhen meant, and turned her head with a question mark.

Fu Xiaojiu still had two pieces of bird's nest and poria cake left on her plate, she immediately picked up the remaining two pieces of cake and ate them carefully one by one, except for feeling that there was some support, and she didn't find any other problems.

When Fu Xiaojiu was pondering what was wrong with Nianzhen's pastries, he suddenly remembered that the woman sitting next to Nianzhen was a little familiar.

"Ah, it's her!"

Fu Xiaojiu finally remembered that the woman was the woman who was chartered in the ready-to-wear shop yesterday.

Fu Xiaojiu clenched his fists, endured his curiosity and concern for Nianzhen, and continued to listen to others compose poems.

Although Nianzhen was surprised by Tan Shiting, she didn't scream after being pricked by a needle, but she was also very happy to see Nianzhen eat such a dumb loss.

Of course, Nianzhen won't go to eat bird's nest poria cake, but she is not idle, and carefully breaks the rest of the pastry.

Nianzhen couldn't help but gasp after checking all the pastries.