This competition is voluntary, but as long as there are people who want to participate, they can raise their hands.

Since the competition was proposed by Huo Jiuge, no matter whether she raised her hand or not, everyone tacitly agreed that she would participate, Huo Qingshang naturally participated in order to win her in front of others, and some of the remaining aristocratic ladies also raised their hands to sign up for fun.

After receiving the paper, ink, pen and inkstone, with the order of the chief examiner, the competition officially began, they had a stick of incense time to compose poems, after a stick of incense, whether it was completed or not, they had to stop writing.

People who did not participate in the competition became spectators, and everyone knew that the Huo family had a talented and good-looking Huo Qingshang, so she gained the attention of most people as soon as she appeared, but when she saw Huo Jiuge, who was belatedly behind, many people's eyes took their eyes off her.

Huo Qingshang's beauty is inherited from his mother, delicate and beautiful, with such a beauty, she is naturally conceited, so it gives people a sense of distance, but Huo Jiuge, who has been raised in Jinling, is different, she has a beautiful Jiangnan landscape and outstanding temperament.

She sat upright at the table, on her coffee table was a pot of blooming peonies, from an outsider's point of view, her face was half-hidden by peonies, she sat in front of the peonies in a purple dress, there was an indescribable good-looking.

I saw her splashing ink on the rice paper, and she stopped writing without using the time of half a stick of incense, and at this time, some people began to stop writing and hand in the papers, but they didn't expect that Huo Jiuge's speed was even faster than them.

Could it be that she was ready for a long time, so she deliberately changed the rules of the game? As soon as this idea appeared, they denied it, all the people present were people who had been in the officialdom for many years, even if she Huo Jiuge had the ability to splash the sky, it was impossible to buy so many people.

So today's events can only be regarded as an episode, even if she escapes other competitions, sooner or later she will be exposed because of her ignorance.

Huo Qingshang put down her pen almost at the same time, although she didn't know what the other party wrote, but Huo Qingshang was full of confidence in her work this time.

Huo Qingshang looked at Huo Jiuge, her gaze could not hide her conceit, even if her status was inferior to her, she was not Huo Xin's daughter, but her father was also a third-grade official, not to mention that when it came to talent and intelligence, Huo Jiuge was far inferior to herself.

This time, she was disgraced!

After all the test papers were collected, Huo Qingwu couldn't wait to speak tentatively: "Eldest sister, I see that you not only wrote poems, but also seemed to have painted on them, what are you drawing?" ”

Huo Qingwu also participated in this competition, although her poetry is not as good as Huo Qingshang and other aristocratic ladies, but she is confident that she can still be better than Huo Jiuge, even if she does not get a good ranking in the end, but she is not ashamed to have Huo Jiuge to be at the bottom of herself.

"You'll find out later." Huo Qingshang smiled slightly, she looked in the direction where Huo Jiuge was, her eyes were meaningful.

Huo Qingwu pursed her lips, she knew that Huo Qingshang's painting skills were first-class, and now she painted on it in order to leave a good impression on the examiners, and the first place must have been that she didn't run, but when she saw Huo Jiuge also stop writing so quickly, she was still shocked.

She was a little nervous now, and her eyes looked at the examiners from time to time, hoping that they could show mercy and give themselves a good score, no matter how they said it, they would be better than Huo Jiuge's little girl.

After a while, the examiner stood up and announced the final results: "A total of 28 people participated in this competition, including 19 men and 9 women. Among them, the first place in the men's group is Wei Ziqi, and the women's group." The examiner deliberately paused here for a while, looking a little entangled, but the people below were still waiting for the answer, and he finally chose to announce the results: "There are two people in the women's group, namely Huo Jiuge and Huo Qingshang. ”

Originally, it was surprising enough that the two were tied for the first place, but what was even more surprising was that Huo Jiuge could take the first place?

At this time, Xiao Chengji, who was in the chairman's position, said: "What kind of poem makes it so difficult for you adults to evaluate, submit it, let me see!" ”

Since just now, he has been observing Huo Jiuge, although compared with before, she is indeed a lot smarter, but as the saying goes: the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change, he doesn't believe that she can write any good poems in such a short time, let alone win awards.

So when he heard that Huo Jiuge and Huo Qingshang were ranked first, he stood up for the first time and offered to let him re-evaluate.

Originally, when Huo Qingshang was still ashamed that he and Huo Jiuge were tied for the first place, when she suddenly heard the third prince say this, she immediately felt comfortable in her heart, it seemed that not only did she not like Huo Jiuge, but even the third prince was extremely disgusted with her.

As long as you think about it, winning or losing doesn't matter anymore.

She threw a smug look at Huo Jiuge, and seemed to say: Look, everyone thinks that I am the first, no matter how good you write, it is not as good as mine in the eyes of outsiders.

Her self-righteous expression fell in Huo Jiuge's eyes, but she was denied by the other party with a roll of her eyes.

When everyone saw Xiao Chengji say this, they also said that it was better to let the three of them above the chairman evaluate again, and then select the final results.

The examiner had no choice but to submit the two of them to the test papers and ask them to evaluate them again.

After Ruiwang took over the poems they wrote, the first thing she saw was Huo Qingshang's, and in a short period of time, she not only wrote a poem, but even painted the camellia in the poem.

Let's not talk about how well her poems are written, just commenting on her painting skills can show how strong her ability is.

Looking at the painting above, he nodded with satisfaction, it seemed that he had already been selected in his heart, for the sake of fairness, he still glanced at Huo Jiuge's poem, but the second he looked at her work, his brows frowned.

"What are you writing here? Lord Cai asked you to take flowers as the theme, where are your flowers? ”

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately caused the laughter of the people below, daring to love that she had been busy for so long that she didn't even figure out the question, so she handed in the test paper in such a daze.

Huo Jiuge didn't mess up her own proportions because of the ridicule of others, she said: "Back to the prince, Lord Cai asked us to compose poems with flowers as the theme, but he didn't let us use which flowers, so the unique snow chrysanthemum in the Kunlun Mountain area written by the courtiers. ”

"Even if you write about Xue Ju, this king thinks that the poems written by Miss Huo are better than yours." was refuted by her like this, Rui Wang Ye felt that he couldn't hold his face, and he directly voted for Huo Qingshang.

When it was time for Princess Rui to comment, she asked the two of them to explain the meaning of their poems.

Huo Qingshang wrote a seven-character quatrain, with camellia as the theme, expressing his integrity and lofty quality, although she is a woman, but her mind is full of ambition like a man, coupled with her exquisite paintings, it is indeed a lot of points for her.

Huo Jiuge wrote a five-character quatrain, Princess Rui looked at the handwriting on the test paper, compared with her delicate appearance, her handwriting was full of power, and it was very different from the hairpin flower Xiaokai of ordinary women.

(End of chapter)