"If you let the concubine give it, the concubine will give Cheng Xiunu three points." Concubine De was the first to speak, "Cheng Xiunu is quick to think and wise, but she shouldn't be quick to speak, she should be gentle and humble in vain about women's words and deeds, and as a show girl, she should have the consciousness of setting an example for women in the world in her words and deeds, rather than unscrupulous means for the sake of the end." ”

After hearing this, the emperor turned to Concubine Xian, "What about you?" ”

"What Sister Concubine De said is very true, Cheng Xiunu is really talented, but this temperament is too strong, harem women, it's not a good thing to be too competitive, so the concubine gives two points." Concubine Xian chuckled, and her gestures were infinitely gorgeous.

After hearing this, the emperor was noncommittal and turned his gaze to Concubine Zhen.

"Zero." Concubine Zhen said.

"Oh? But why? This pair is not good? The Emperor asked with interest.

"The pair is excellent, and if you talk about this alone, you deserve it all. If His Majesty didn't call the concubines over, the concubines would give Cheng Xiunu ten points, but the concubines came over because of this matter, so they gave zero points. Concubine Zhen said.

The emperor nodded, glanced at Cheng Xiunu who looked uneasy on the stage, did not speak, but turned his head to look at the heavenly spirit on the side, and said, "Little minion, if you change you, how much will you give?" ”

Tianling was pointed out by the emperor, and he had the feeling that he was pulled up by the teacher to answer questions without the slightest preparation in class when he was a student, because at this moment, all eyes on and off the stage were focused on him. Tian Ling had no choice but to step forward and salute in reply.

"Back to Your Majesty, the little ones need to be checked to know." Tian Ling said, took out a book from his sleeve pocket and flipped it up.

"Found it!" Tianling stopped flipping, looked at the scroll and read word by word, "The couplet items are evaluated according to neatness, flat rhythm, interest continuation, and the number of outputs, each item is worth two points, and the remaining two points are given by the raters according to the performance of the answerer." ”

"Cheng Xiunu answered twenty-five pairs in two hours, and the couplet is neat and orderly, the content of the upper and lower sentences is coherent and interesting, and the comprehensive evaluation rules, the basic score should be eight points, and the remaining two points are performance points, it depends on how much Mr. Ma gives." The Heavenly Spirit closed the scroll, then lowered his eyebrows and stepped aside, not speaking again.

"In that case, let's divide it according to the meaning of the three mothers." The emperor spoke, "Cheng Xiunu, do you have any opinions?" ”

Cheng Yi didn't dare to speak rashly before, but when he saw the emperor asking, he stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the courtiers are not convinced!" ”

The faces of Concubine De, Concubine Xian, and Concubine Zhen instantly darkened.

The emperor turned a blind eye, looked at Cheng Yi, could not see joy and anger, and asked, "What's the dissatisfaction?" Do you think I'm doing something wrong? ”

"That's not right!" Cheng Yi's fingertips on her sleeves trembled slightly, but her eyes were extremely firm, "I admit that the three ladies said that my words and deeds are not in line with the model of a lady, but I can't deduct my points because of these." Pinqiu will be held for the competition, since it is a competition, why is it wrong to become the first or second? Mr. Ma's couplet, everyone on Huatai watched, and what the courtiers said did not violate the rules of the Pinqiu Club, and Mr. Ma's couplet is different, but it can't even give me the basic score because of this! ”

"And how many points do you think you deserve?" The Emperor asked.

"Ten points." Cheng Yi did not hesitate.

"What, do you think the gentleman who made the question still wants to give you all the performance scores?"

"Chess is the most enjoyable to meet the opponent and sympathize with each other, if it is the courtiers who score Mr. Ma at this time, the courtiers will not hesitate to give him ten points." Although Cheng Yi felt that she was a bit of a boast when she said this, she thought so in her heart, so she said so.

The emperor, who had been expressionless, suddenly laughed and turned his head to look at Mr. Ma, "I and the three ladies are not convinced, it seems that I can't help you be the master, or you should come by yourself." ”

If Mr. Ma didn't take advantage of the steps at this time, it would really be in vain to live such a long time, he picked up a pen and paper and quickly wrote down the score and handed it to the eunuch on the side.

The emperor also wrote a note on the paper in front of him, and then handed it to Gonggong Hai, who was standing aside, "Take it and sing the ticket for Gonggong Yang." ”

Hai Gonggong took the paper and folded it, and then walked to the box containing the scoring paper, when passing by Tianling, the folded paper somehow slightly lifted a corner, and Tianling saw it with sharp eyes, and there was a word written on it.

"Drive back to the palace."

"Congratulations to Your Majesty."

When the emperor got up from the sedan chair, he looked back at Cheng Xiunu deeply.

The next singing ticket, Yang Gonggong was familiar with the car, and when he read Mr. Ma's score paper, ten points were actually written on it, and Cheng Xiunu's nervous face finally showed a smile.

Because the scores of the other five tables have already been announced, only the top three couplets need to be taken. There are often assessments in the inner study hall, and Yang Gonggong is used to doing this kind of thing, so he quickly got the ranking out.

Yang Gonggong ordered someone to lift a two-legged door-shaped display board, and clearly wrote the top three names in the written test on red paper, and Cheng Yi's name was the first in the sixth column.

Then Yang Gonggong read out the next arrangement, a total of 18 finalists will participate in the second round of the competition of the Autumn Festival in the Imperial Garden tomorrow.

This arrangement, others didn't react much, only Concubine De Xian Concubine Zhenfei's face changed drastically, they didn't know any news about this arrangement, Pin Qiuhui at this time, had gradually escaped from their control, and secretly scolded the little minion of Tianling in his heart, and actually played with them to hide from the world! What a big dog guts!

"Go and call me that little minion of the Heavenly Spirit!" Concubine Zhen looked angry.

The palace maid on the side said cautiously, "Niangniang, the little father-in-law of Tianling has been summoned to the Tianqian Hall by His Majesty." ”

"Oh? Is it? Concubine Zhen looked down at her hands, the cardamom-colored nails were still gorgeous, but the white and tender palms had a shallow nail mark, like a crescent moon. Looking at it, Concubine Zhen suddenly turned her head and smiled at Cheng Xiunu, "Sister Cheng, you are really amazing." ”

Cheng Yi looked stunned, "Niangniang? ”

"Hmph, go back to the palace!"

On the other side, in the Tianqian Palace, the emperor drank the hot tea handed over by Gonggong Hai, and looked at the heavenly spirit standing with his head bowed below, "If I didn't go to the Autumn Festival today, how would you end up?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the little ones generally don't think about things that haven't happened." Tianling said, "Your Majesty went today, and he made the decision for the little one, that is the great blessing of the small one." ”

"Oh? When did I make decisions for you? The emperor glanced at Tianling, "If you want to call the shots, it's also for Cheng Xiunu, when did you make the decisions for you?" ”

"Analyzing the law and changing the name, although the Pinqiu meeting is just a small competition in the harem, if you don't follow the predetermined principle and lose the principle, it is not a fair competition, it is a bully." Tian Ling said and bowed deeply to the emperor, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for calling the shots for the little one." ”

"Little minion, you are so bold!" The emperor put the fine purple sand teacup on the shore heavily, "How can you let you put your beak!" ”