Chapter 4: Betting

At the gate of the East Palace, a woman wearing a light green Luo skirt entered the East Palace under the guidance of the little eunuch, it was Liu Qingye.

Hearing Li Xiao's voice, Liu Qingye looked up, and when she saw Li Xiao's sloppy appearance, she couldn't help frowning.

"Your Highness, although this is in the East Palace, is your appearance a little unseemly?"

Li Xiao looked at his outfit, and the few clothes draped on his body did look a little frivolous.

"It's not that I heard that the talented girl Liu is coming, the palace is in a hurry to come out to greet the talented girl Liu, it's a little hasty, don't blame it if you don't get it."

Li Xiao said as she saluted Liu Qingye, very polite.

Liu Qingye looked Li Xiao up and down, this His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can be said to be notorious.

If it weren't for the emperor's personal decree to summon her to the East Palace to teach the prince's knowledge of poetry, otherwise, she would not have taken the initiative to deal with this lord anyway.

But now it seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not look as unbearable as rumored in other aspects, except for his clothes.

"Miss Liu, please."

Li Xiao stretched out his hand and let Liu Qingye into the main hall of the East Palace.

"Wan'er, hurry up and serve tea, take out the best tea leaves in the palace and entertain Miss Liu."

Li Xiao looked hospitable, but her eyes were looking Liu Qingye up and down.

Sure enough, it is worthy of its reputation, not only talented, but also beautiful.

Seeing that Li Xiao was staring at him intently, Liu Qingye coughed lightly and took out the two books he was carrying.

"Your Highness, this is a poem that the little girl has made over the years, and I have specially selected some that are not bad, Your Highness can study them carefully."

"In the next three days, I will teach His Highness how to compose poetry, as long as His Highness studies and practices hard, although there is no guarantee that His Highness will come out on top, but it will not be ugly."

Looking at it like this, Liu Qingye didn't think that Li Xiao would be able to come out on top at the poetry meeting.

"Hey, Miss Liu, don't worry, I'm afraid that the palace hasn't had time to learn from the girl in the past two days, and there are more urgent things to deal with in this palace."

"But don't worry, the palace will definitely instruct the palace people to treat the girl well."

Li Xiao looked very caring.

Hearing Li Xiao's words, Liu Qingye just had a little affection for him, and he disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"Your Highness, you must know that the poetry meeting in three days is very important to you."

Liu Qingye said to Li Xiao with a serious face.

"This palace knows, so I have more important things to do."

Li Xiao knew that he had the internal response of the four princes by his side, and decided to find out this internal response today, and at the same time, it was time to give those people a little bit of power.

"Your Highness, the most important thing for you now is to seize the time to learn the method of reciting poetry."

"If the poetry meeting loses in three days, I'm afraid you won't just lose the crown prince, I'm afraid that the queen will also be implicated with you at that time."

Liu Qingye persuaded Li Xiao with a worried face.

The Liu family has always been friendly with the queen's maiden family, that is, Li Xiao's grandfather, Tang Guogong Tang Gui.

Therefore, the Liu family naturally did not want the prince to lose in this poetry meeting.

Liu Qingye, as a famous talented woman in the capital, naturally knows that if Li Xiao loses at this poetry meeting and is deposed as the crown prince, then the next step must be for the fourth prince to sit on the throne of the prince.

Based on the measurement of the four princes and Lin Guifei, I am afraid that after winning the crown prince, the next step is to get rid of Li Xiao, the abolished prince and queen.

"Of course this palace knows, so I'm going to do what is in front of me first, at least to quiet the grasshoppers who still want to jump."

"Li Xiao, if you don't hurry up and study, then in three days, you won't be able to live in this East Palace."

Seeing that Li Xiao still didn't listen to his persuasion, Liu Qingye suddenly became anxious and called Li Xiao by his name.

"Miss Liu, don't worry, the poetry meeting after three days can be a piece of cake for the palace, so Miss Liu doesn't have to bother so much."

Li Xiao said with confidence that he is familiar with so many masterpieces, and he can take out one at random, which is also at the level of a god in this era.

"A piece of cake? Do you know that the Beijing Poetry Society brings together the top talents of the entire Daliang, not to mention that this year, talents from surrounding countries also came to participate in this poetry meeting. ”

"Even I'm not sure that I can enter the top three in society this time, is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a little too underestimating the world's talents."

"If you make a fool of yourself at the poetry meeting this time, it will be a shame and thrown abroad, first of all, Your Majesty will definitely not be able to spare you."

Liu Qingye had a serious face, and was very dissatisfied with Li Xiao's wild words.

"Alas, it's not that I underestimate them, it's that their level is really not very good, and he can't get into my eyes."

Li Xiao said disappreciatively.

"Don't be ashamed."

"Li Xiao, I saw your polite appearance just now, and I thought that you were different from the rumors in the outside world, but I didn't expect that I was wrong, you are really just a gentleman with the name of the prince."

Liu Qingye's face was full of anger, and his eyes were full of disappointment for Li Xiao.

It seems that this prince is hopeless.

"A gentleman with the name of the crown prince?"

"Not bad, that's a really good evaluation!"

Li Xiao said with a self-deprecating face.

"Miss Liu, do you have the courage to gamble with this palace?"

"Bet on what?"

"Just bet on whether I can win the first prize in the poetry meeting in three days."

"Okay, bet on it."

Liu Qingye was very angry when she saw Li Xiao like this.

"Bet on what? You said. ”

"Lady first, let's say Miss Liu."

"If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince makes a fool of himself at the poetry meeting three days later, then you will worship me as a teacher, and I will supervise you to study hard."

Liu Qingye's bet is still biased towards Li Xiao, if the poem will make a fool of himself, let him be taught a lesson, and then he will accept Li Xiao as an apprentice.

Taught him well by himself, coupled with his father and Tang Guogong and others maneuvering in front of the emperor, there may be a glimmer of hope to regain the crown prince.

At this time, of course, Li Xiao didn't understand Liu Qingye's hard work.

"Okay, Hongu agrees."

"But if this palace wins, then ask Miss Liu to kiss me."

Li Xiao said with an evil smile.

"You ......"

Liu Qingye paused, did not scold the words later, and continued:

"I also promise you, but I want to remind you that when the time comes to apprentice, there will be an apprenticeship ceremony, and please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to prepare in advance."

"Don't worry, Miss Liu, I'm afraid you won't be able to wait for this apprenticeship."

Li Xiao said as he walked out of the main hall of the East Palace.

I saw that after he left the main hall, he loudly greeted the old eunuch who was waiting outside the hall.

"Liu Daban, bring a few guards, this palace is going to go to the Qinglou yesterday to have fun, I didn't have a lot of fun yesterday, no one should disturb me today."