"yes, yes."

The smile on Emperor Hongjia's face was cold for a moment, he stared at the lord of Kang Guo and asked, "Yesterday, Yu Guo wanted to marry the Bai family, but Miss Bai has a heart, and who does the Kang country lord want to marry today?" ”

"The widow just speaks what everyone thinks in their hearts, and if the country wins today, because of the marriage between the country and your country, the widow will never say anything."

Yu Guozhu stood up, "If Your Majesty doesn't dare to compare, then we didn't say anything." ”

Lord Liu followed closely, "Yes, the six countries pay tribute every year, just to let the people of the world live a peaceful life, if Your Majesty really regards us as a friendly country, not only can we marry more, but even exchange business contacts and strengthen cooperation." ”

The rest of the lords also stood up, and although they did not speak, their expressions were unanimous.

Emperor Hongjia stared at the six people, and finally understood.

The six countries didn't take advantage of yesterday's game, and after going back last night, they should have discussed with the partners and wanted to pull back a game today.

Emperor Hongjia sneered in his heart, he glanced at the forest again, and felt a lot more relieved, so he spoke calmly.

"I can promise you a marriage."

Lord Kang Guo arched his hand, "Thank you, Your Majesty, if we win, I want to marry the third princess of your country." ”

Lu Lingshuang's face turned white, and he got up and screamed, "Father! I don't want to marry! ”

Emperor Hongjia glared at her and scolded, "Sit down, there's no place for you to talk here." ”

The queen went to pull Lu Lingshuang with a white face, and Lu Lingshuang threw herself into her arms and cried.

The queen comforted her in a trembling voice, "The game hasn't started yet, the land country is full of talents, and most of them are your father's courtiers, so they won't really let you marry." ”

Lu Lingshuang was dazzled by crying, and looked up at the queen with hope, "What the queen mother said is true?" ”

"Don't worry, your cousin Mingyue is also here, and he will protect you."

Lu Lingshuang glanced at the peach forest, pulling the hem of the queen's clothes, "Then the queen mother hurry up and let my cousin go to the competition, why is he still sitting there, why do you want me to be a bargaining chip for marriage." ”

Emperor Hongjia glanced at Lu Lingshuang, who was sprinkling wayward feelings, and turned his head to look at the peach forest below.

The six nations had each sent their children to participate in the competition, and the fruit bowl on the table had been removed and replaced with pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

The crown prince glanced at Liu Mingyue, Liu Mingyue received the hint, sighed in her heart, stood up and bowed to Emperor Hongjia.

"Your Majesty, Mingyue is willing to have a discussion with them."

Emperor Hongjia looked pleased, "Okay, is there anything else you want to compete with?" ”

Poetry is different from archery to participate in a round, this competition is not limited to the number of people, there is only one chance to compose poetry, will be reviewed by several Hanlin bachelors, and the best one will be selected.

Whichever country has more entrants has a better chance of winning.

At present, there are five people in Yu Guoguo, eight people in Liu Guo, five people in Chu State, six people in Kang State, seven people in Shi State, and seven people in Duan State.

And Lu Guo, only Liu Mingyue is alone.

The Lord of the Six Kingdoms looked at the scene in front of him and smiled tacitly.

I really didn't expect that Lu Guo couldn't even find a disciple who participated in the competition.

Emperor Hongjia waited for a while, and when he saw that no one in the peach forest was out of the queue again, his face suddenly darkened.

When Lu Lingshuang saw this scene, she immediately stomped her feet and cried, broke down and shouted, "This princess doesn't want to get married, you guys hurry up and go to the competition to get the first place!" ”

Liu Mingyue also felt a little embarrassed.

He couldn't help but look at Nie Siran and invited, "Brother Nie has only met people, Liu Mou wanted to learn a lesson, and asked Brother Nie to give him a chance." ”

Nie Siran opened the folding fan with a smile, fanned the cool breeze twice, and politely declined his invitation.

"No, in the next countryman, how can those sour poems and bad words stain your eyes."

Liu Mingyue refused to give up, he continued to persuade, but Nie Siran was also very firm, no matter what he said, he would not agree.

Liu Mingyue had no choice but to give up, and his gaze turned to Ning Yuqiang.

"Qingguang has always liked to compose poetry, why is it so quiet today?"

Qingguang is Ning Yuqiang's cousin, Liu Mingyue and Ning Yuqiang are both students of Cangyun Academy, so they are naturally familiar.

Ning Yuqiang glanced at Lu Ronghuai vaguely, but Lu Ronghuai didn't care about what happened at all, and concentrated on feeding Chu Yuan sweet dates.

Ning Yuqiang looked at the dazzling scene, and his heart was dripping with jealousy.

He clenched his fists and suddenly showed a bright and innocent smile towards Liu Mingyue.

"Brother Liu, Princess Li can also compose poems, and he is from Chu State, so he understands their habits and styles better, if Princess Li participates, she will definitely be able to win the Six Kingdoms."

Liu Mingyue suddenly looked at Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan just took a bite of the crisp sweet dates and shook his head, "This concubine doesn't understand them, and she can't win." ”

Lord Shi Guo was already impatient to wait.

"Your Majesty, is Lu Guoerlang okay? Hurry up and get started. ”

Lu Lingshuang looked at the people watching from the sidelines, gritted her teeth angrily, she stood up suddenly, and stretched out her hand to point at Chu Yuan.

"Princess Li, you go to the competition."

Seeing that Emperor Hongjia was silent, the queen opened her red lips and ordered: "Since Princess Li has married to the Lu Kingdom, she will meet your old friend in a new identity today, so go." ”

Chu Yuan's eyebrows were calm, and he got up and responded, "Yes, Queen Mother." ”

Lu Ronghuai stood up and looked at the queen with calm eyes, "Erchen also participated." ”

Emperor Hongjia stopped him, "Don't go and join in the fun." ”

Lu Ronghuai: "Father, you look down on your sons. ”

Emperor Hongjia: "......"

Emperor Hongjia: "That's not what I mean, if you want to go, go ahead." ”

Ning Yuqiang also said: "Your Majesty, the ministers will also go." ”

Nie Siran put away the folding fan, looked at Chu Yuan worriedly, raised his head and saluted, "Your Majesty, Yuanzhou is willing to give it a try." ”

Liu Mingyue was puzzled, "Didn't Brother Nie insist on refusing to compete just now?" ”

Nie Siran smiled lightly: "Man's heart, undersea needle, I want to compete again now." ”

Liu Mingyue: "......"

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Chapter 63

Everyone sat down, the pen and ink were ready, and the poetry competition officially began.

The three great Confucians of the Hanlin Academy presided over the test, and there were fifteen inspectors to prevent any disciples from cheating during the competition.

Each person needs to complete a seven-character poem within a quarter of an hour, and the poem should contain three images of peach blossoms, pear blossoms and sewage ponds, which must not be altered, and must be completed in one go, which is a great test of the candidates' pen power and literary brilliance.

The requirements of the topic were drawn up by the Confucians on the spot, and I saw that everyone was contemplative after hearing the request.

Chu Yuan pondered for a moment, raised his wrist to hold the pen, held the wide sleeve with one hand, and the tip of the pen gently fell on the Xuanbai paper.

Ning Yuqiang, who was next to him, couldn't help but sneer in his heart when he saw him start writing, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart, he couldn't doubt whether Chu Yuan would be able to compose poetry in the end.

It takes half a day for others to write a sentence, carefully consider the words, lest they lose the poetry and the wonderful meaning, how fast he writes, it is estimated that it is also a limerick poem, where can he write any popular good sentences.

Ning Yuqiang picked up the brush, dipped the ink in the inkstone, then lowered his head and wrote down a wonderful sentence that he had just thought of, and then he stopped his pen and began to think of the next sentence in his mind.

His speed is not slow, compared to him, there are more people who have not even written a word, or have written two sentences and then lost inspiration, scratching their ears and cheeks, and frowning sadly.

After Chu Yuan finished writing the last word, when the ink on the paper was dry, he raised his head and smiled at the inspector beside him, motioned for him to come over, and then folded the poem and put it on the red-bottomed tray in the inspector's hand.

Lu Ronghuai kept staring at Chu Yuan, and after seeing that he finished writing, he immediately picked up the pen and began to write poems, and the handwriting was extremely sloppy.

The two of them finished writing first, and Lu Ronghuai didn't care, and when the inspector walked away, he immediately got up and returned to Chu Yuan to sit down.

"Lord Wang, did you really compose poetry?" Chu Yuan stared at the little ink on Lu Ronghuai's fingers, obviously not believing.

He looked at Lu Ronghuai's posture just now, as if he had scribbled on paper, he blinked twice, and this person was written.

"Of course, I have a lot of ideas, and I can write well." Lu Ronghuai stretched out his hand in front of Chu Yuan, "Ah Yuan, quickly help me wipe it." ”

Chu Yuan stared at the slender and straight fingers, sighed helplessly, took out a plain handkerchief from his sleeve, held his hand, and lowered his head to wipe him carefully.

Lu Ronghuai held his chin and stared at him with a smile.

Soon, Nie Siran put down his pen, and Ning Yuqiang and Liu Mingyue also finished writing at the same time.

"Qingguang is writing poetry today, and it seems that it is slower than usual." Liu Mingyue turned her head to look at Ning Yuqiang and said with a smile.

Ning Yuqiang nodded, and replied arrogantly and indifferently: "After all, I am representing Lu Guo in the competition, I want to write better." ”

At the end of a quarter of an hour, the inspector had taken away all the psalms and placed dozens of red-bottomed trays on the long table in front of the emperor, each with a wooden plaque pressed on it, obscuring the names of the candidates.

Emperor Hongjia invited the three great Confucians to come forward and read them one by one.

The three of them looked at each other from left to back, and from time to time they had to talk about each other, and everyone waited for about two incense sticks, and the three great Confucians picked up one of the trays and presented it to Emperor Hongjia.

"The first place in this poetry competition has appeared, he is ......" Emperor Hongjia slowly removed the wooden card, and after seeing the name clearly, he looked surprised, and then smiled again.