"The flowers are exquisitely fragrant, and the feast is full of marigold."

"The drunken poems are all cheerful, and the people sitting in the middle are all immortal officials."

When Zhu Jin's poem was recited, the students in the inner courtyard applauded.

"Good poetry!"

"Brother Zhu deserves to be a young talent!"

"With Brother Zhu's literary talent, next year's township test will definitely be titled on the gold list!"

At the same time, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, nodded and smiled, and asked a middle-aged man beside him, "Fengchenghou, what do you think of this son's poetry?" ”

Fengcheng Hou Yimai is also Fengtian Jingyan started, and lived in Nanjing, passed to the orthodox years for the second generation of Fengcheng Hou Li Xian. In history, he will take over the position of Nanjing garrison after Xiangcheng Bo Lilong, and he can be regarded as a relatively high-ranking and powerful one among the nobles stationed in Nanjing.

"The writing is good, the poem is rich and atmospheric, and there is a free and easy blessing, which is very suitable for today's feast."

"Xie Fengcheng is waiting for praise."

Hearing Li Xian's words, Zhu Jin also took the initiative to thank him at the right time, with a smug look on his face. After all, it is not easy to show his face in front of many honorable ministers, let alone be praised.

After listening to Feng Chenghou's praise, the maid Xue'er quietly leaned over and asked in Chen Qingtong's ear.

"Miss, is this Zhu Jinshi really well written?"

"Generally, Fengcheng Hou is polite."

Chen Qingtong replied disdainfully, Zhu Jin's poem must be too much to call it a limerick poem, but there is nothing brilliant in the whole poem, and it can only be regarded as barely qualified.

As for Fengcheng Hou's praise and praise, on the one hand, it is purely polite, as an elder lord, it is impossible to refute the face of the junior on such an occasion. On the other hand, this Zhu Jin is the grandson of the elder of the Zhu clan, and he can be regarded as a close branch of the Zhu clan, and Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, has to give face.

So many times, what is commented on is poetry, and what is said is actually about human feelings.

"What is the level of Shen Gongzi's poetry, and can he show his knowledge today?"

Xue'er asked with big eyes of curiosity, she knew that the young lady invited Shen Yichen to the banquet with her in order to show her knowledge in front of everyone like Zhu Jin.

It is said that Ying Tianfu Yin and Nanzhili Governor Xuezheng are present today, and they are the chief examiners of the government and township examinations. If they can get their appreciation, the road to the imperial examination will be twice as effective with half the effort, but I don't know what happened to Shen Gongzi's literary talent.

Faced with Xue'er's question, Chen Qingtong was subconsciously stunned for a moment, he didn't seem to know much about Shen Yichen's level of knowledge. However, judging from the results of the home school and the fact that the children have not been examined, Shen Yichen's knowledge should not be much better.

At the beginning, I simply thought that today's family banquet was an opportunity, and I forgot to consider whether Shen Yichen had the strength to seize the opportunity!

"Well, I don't know ...... either"

Chen Qingtong replied in a low voice, and his tone was very weak.

"Then what if Shen Gongzi's knowledge is not good?"

Xue'er also saw Chen Qingtong's weakness, and Shen Yichen was still studying at the school in the outer courtyard, so his knowledge must not be much better.

It's okay not to be able to make a splash at the family banquet, for fear of making a bad impression at the family banquet, it would be really self-defeating.

Sometimes things are just afraid of something, Xue'er just asked what to do, Zhu Jin, who finished writing poems over there, opened his mouth and said: "It's better to be happy alone than to be happy with everyone, I heard that Shen Yichen, a student from the outer courtyard, is talented and intelligent, so it's better to write a poem to help you adults." ”

Shen Yichen, who was waiting for a dry meal, suddenly heard Zhu Jin order himself, and instantly felt like a dog in his heart. It's no wonder that I deliberately glanced at it before composing the poem, and I was waiting for an opportunity to make myself embarrassed.

Not only Shen Yichen was extremely unhappy, but Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, who was still smiling on his face, gradually became gloomy after listening to Zhu Jin's words.

Shen Yichen is an illegitimate child who has not been included in the genealogy, and appearing on such an occasion is easy to provoke criticism. What's more, Zhu Jin also emphasized the word "schoolchild", which is almost equivalent to telling everyone that Shen Yichen didn't even get a child's exam, which really ruined the face of the Chengguo Mansion.

And what is Shen Yichen's level of knowledge, Zhu Yong also knows in his heart, doesn't this make him make a fool of himself in public?

"Shen Xiaoyou, are you still a schoolboy?"

Zhou Shun, the magistrate of Jiangning, couldn't help but ask in surprise, he thought that Shen Yichen was most likely a talent, and he might even be a child.

As a result, I never expected that this kid was not even a child, and the schoolchildren also mixed into the family banquet of the Chengguo Mansion?

Faced with doubts, Shen Yichen could only nod awkwardly and admit it, then stood up and said: "Brother Zhu has been promoted, and he is not good at learning, I am afraid that he will not be able to write any good poems, so as not to disturb your adults Yaxing." ”

Shen Yichen has always had a good idea of how good his level is, and it is not a big problem for him to show what he is memorizing. Original poetry is really difficult for modern people, and it is currently at the level of limerick poetry.

I can't help but bring humiliation on myself, so I just find an excuse to excuse myself.

It's just that Shen Yichen didn't expect that he would admit it, and after Zhu Ji, the second son sitting opposite, gave a look, Zhu Jin still chased after him and said: "Brother Shen, you are too modest, are you unwilling to show it in front of all the adults?" ”

Before, Shen Yichen borrowed the name of Taining Hou and made Zhu Ji suffer a loss, and he had already made up his mind that he would not let Shen Yichen go no matter what today.

Now borrow Zhu Jin's mouth and roast Shen Yichen on the fire, and make sure to let this kid lose face in order to repay the hatred in his heart!

In the face of Zhu Jin's aggressiveness, Shen Yichen also understood that it should be difficult to dodge this time, so he simply shot back: "What I said below is the truth, when it comes to poetry, I really can't compare to Brother Zhu." ”

Originally, when Shen Yichen said this, a victor's smile appeared on Zhu Jin's face, and it seemed that this servant son understood what his identity was.

Unexpectedly, Chen Qingtong suddenly burst out laughing, and under this drive, the guests at other tables also laughed one after another, and even the eyes of many people looking at Zhu Jin changed.

The reason why there is laughter is that Shen Yichen said "slapping the horse", which is self-humility on the surface, but in fact, it has the effect of a pun, alluding to Zhu Jin's poems.

The reason lies in Zhu Jin's last sentence "Sitting in the middle of the court are all immortal officials", in which the original meaning of the immortal refers to the state of the immortal after being relegated to the mortal world, and later extended to the highly talented and refined characters, such as Li Bai, Du Fu and other extremely talented literati, were once called "immortal".

Zhu Jin said that the officials here are all immortals like Li Bai and Du Fu, isn't it just a slap in the horse?

Originally, this kind of boasting was normal in the poems, and the most people who listened to it felt a little too much and embarrassed, but if it was directly pierced like this, the taste was completely different.

All the people present were the best in the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty, how could they not understand Shen Yichen's sarcasm, it was normal to laugh, and not laughing out loud could only show that the concentration was good.

Accompanied by laughter, Zhu Jin also reacted to Shen Yichen's insinuations, originally with a smile on his face, he instantly turned into a pig's liver color, and his body trembled with shame and anger.

became a laughing stock in front of Nanjing's full city of honors and important ministers, Zhu Jin may have created a precedent in the Ming Dynasty......