My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

"it is good!"

As Li Weihao's voice fell, there was another round of warm applause in the venue, and then Li Weihao pressed his hand down, signaling everyone to be quiet. Just as everyone quieted down, the shopkeeper of Zuiyunlou came to his side, and Li Weihao just happened to introduce:

"This is the shopkeeper of Zuiyunlou. Since I don't know much about how a poetry gathering is conducted, I would like to ask the shopkeeper to host this poetry gathering on my behalf today."

The shopkeeper nodded slightly, greeted Chang An, and then announced: "Then I will set the rules for today:"

"You are all talented people, so you should all be able to write quatrains, right? So the form of the poem for today's poetry gathering will be seven-character quatrains. As for the content, you can choose any characters that you can see. Choose five embedded characters, and the rhyme will be decided by drawing lots. What do you think, talented people?"

Everyone thought about it, some wanted to give it a try, some wanted to avoid being outdone by others, so they all nodded in agreement. Then the shopkeeper called the maid and servants to go get the things.

Then the shopkeeper placed two bamboo tubes for drawing lots on the table and said to Chang An and Gu Li, "For today's poetry gathering, I would like to ask Marquis Dingkang and his wife to be in charge of drawing lots."

Chang An and Gu Li both nodded, and then Li Weihaoye said, "I wonder if you two could temporarily take my place as the judge today?"

Chang An looked at Gu Li and gave her the right to choose. The latter nodded and said, "Since you are here, you can't just sit there idle. It's okay to make an assessment."

"Thank you, Madam Dingkanghou."

After a little preparation, the poetry meeting began. As the organizer, Li Weihao was the first to start writing poetry. He stepped forward and said:

"Please give me a title, Marquis Dingkang."

Chang An casually pointed to the perpetual calendar at the door and said, "Why don't you use today's winter solstice as the theme, Mr. Li?"

Then he stretched out his hand again, pulled out two sticks from two bamboo tubes, and said, "Use four clothes and embed the characters Sheng, Xiao, Xiang, Gu, and An. I wonder if Mr. Li can do it?"

"Of course." Li Weihao smiled slightly, then sat down at the table specially used for writing poetry opposite Chang'an, and began to write poetry.

After seeing this, Gu Li leaned close to Chang An's ear with some interest and said, "Mr. Li can also compose poems without thinking."

"Of course. He won the first prize five times in a row. How can this be a joke?"

Chang An smiled and began to wait. While he was slowly sipping the tea in the cup, Li Weihao took out the poem paper and placed it in front of Chang An and Gu Li, then said: "This is my poem, please take a look at it, Marquis Dingkang and his wife."

Gu Li picked up the poem paper with great interest and began to read:

""Thinking of My Family in the Second Year of the Lunar New Year" - The sun rises in the second year of the lunar new year and spring is about to return. The long cold night ends and the morning light is warm. The ancient teachings are now in the air. I smell the fragrance of the banquet on the table. I miss my family from afar during the festive season."

After reading it, Gu Li brought the poem paper to Chang An's side and asked, "How do you feel, Chang Lang?"

After taking a look, Chang An said, "Not bad. As for whether it is good or bad, we have no say. We need other talented people to evaluate it together. Only when everyone says it is good, it is really good."

So he called a maid, handed her the poem paper, and ordered: "Take this poem, find a sign, and stick it in a conspicuous place."

The maid nodded, took the poem paper and left. Then Li Weihao said, "In this case, is there any talented young man willing to come up and give it a try?"

Soon another young man came up, and Chang An said to Gu Li this time, "Mother Gu, let's take turns asking questions. I'll do it this time, and you'll do it next time. This way, it won't be boring."

Gu Li nodded, then looked around, pointed to a porcelain vase and said, "Then this gentleman, please write a quatrain based on this celadon."

The young man nodded, then Gu Li leaned forward slightly and drew two sticks: "How about using 14 ying as the rhyme and embedding the words han, ai, qian, mian, chen?"

"it is good."

The young man came to the table, sat on it and thought for a long time before he began to write. Finally, he wrote a poem: "Blue and White Porcelain" - Blue and white porcelain is the background of the winter solstice, and the long cold night is full of dreams. The snow is white on the thousands of trees, waiting for the spring breeze to blow on my face."

After Gu Li and Chang An read it, the latter said, "The words are not fancy, simple but with texture, not bad."

After the evaluation, the maid took it away and posted it on the sign. This was repeated several times. Just as Chang An and Gu Li were looking at the poem in their hands, they suddenly heard a loud shout from the door:

"Chang Yonghe!"

After hearing this voice that he hadn't heard for a long time, Chang An shifted his gaze from the poem paper to the door - Li Ying and Li Siqing walked in at this time.

"My sister just told you not to be rude when you meet Marquis Dingkang so as not to lose the reputation of the royal family." Li Siqing said at this time.

"Your Highness."

Chang An nodded slightly, then helped Gu Li up and gave the main seat to Li Ying and Li Siqing. Then all the students present followed suit and saluted.

"You are so good, Chang Yonghe. I worked hard to finish my homework ahead of time and wanted to go to your house for some snacks. But you, on the other hand, directly brought Madam Gu here to have fun!" Li Ying poured himself a cup of tea and took a sip.

"If your maid didn't know where you were, I would have had a hard time looking for you."

Chang An smiled and said, "I was planning to come and participate, but I don't know if His Highness is looking for me for more than just a snack, right?"

Li Ying smiled and said, "It's okay. I just want to ask you, do you have any other articles?"

"Other...articles?" Chang An was stunned for a moment, a little confused.

But Li Ying did not answer immediately, but said: "Forgot, come, bring a table and chairs for Chang Yonghe and Madam Gu."

After Chang An and Gu Li sat down, Li Ying nodded and said, "Yes, like "Fu on Afang Palace" and "Fu on Red Cliff", are there any more?"

"Yes, there is, but I don't know what Your Highness is going to do here?" Chang An smiled and replied.

"Of course I read it. Those three old guys don't know anything. When they see your article, their minds go wild and they can't do anything." Li Ying said, "They quarreled until their faces turned red and their necks became thick. The mouths of three people are not as good as yours."

Chang An was immediately confused and didn't know what to say. The students standing below didn't know what was going on. He was obviously the Crown Prince, but when he talked to Chang An, he didn't put on airs at all. They could only whisper to each other and ask what was going on.

At this time, there were some people in the Imperial College who were familiar with Chang An, and they gave him an explanation. After listening, they looked at Chang An again, and their eyes were immediately filled with admiration.

"Of course there is, but it has not been written down yet. If Your Highness needs it, we can go back and write it down now." Chang An said.

Li Ying nodded, then pointed at the talented people who were still standing and asked, "Chang Yonghe, these are..."

"Oh, this is a poetry meeting. Yesterday, Mr. Li came to invite me and my mother Gu to attend. Since I had nothing to do, I came here." Chang An explained.

"Oh, then I think Chang Yong and you must be the champion again, right?" Li Ying said with a smile, "Have you written any famous articles for me to see?"

Chang An smiled and said, "I didn't participate in this poetry meeting. I was just a judge."

Li Ying was a little disappointed at this time and said, "Since you are not participating, let's go to your house."

Chang An nodded, then helped Gu Li stand up and said to everyone present: "Your Highness has something to ask me, so I won't stay any longer. Goodbye."

Helpless, since it was the prince who specifically requested someone, Li Weihao had no choice but to say, "Slow down."

When they arrived at the door, Li Ying said, "Why don't you just take my carriage? You've been in my father's carriage many times anyway."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

After getting on the carriage, Li Ying saw Gu Li's belly and asked, "How many days has Madam Gu been pregnant now?"

Chang An did some calculations at this point and replied, "It started around mid-April, so it's been almost eight months now."

Li Ying nodded, then counted on her fingers and said, "It's almost eight months, which means it will be full-term in early February."

"Indeed."

"Then Chang Yonghe, I have an idea, I wonder if you can agree to it." Li Ying moved closer to Chang An and asked.

Li Siqing then pulled Li Ying back and said, "What do you want to do? Don't do anything to embarrass Marquis Dingkang and Lady County."

Li Ying waved her hand and said, "No, no, it's just a small request."

Li Siqing was indeed full of disbelief, and said: "Whatever you ask for, don't drain the family of Dingkang Hou. Believe it or not, I will tell my father and let him punish you!"

"Oh, sister, you have to believe me. It's not an excessive request. It just requires him and Madam Gu to nod their heads." Li Ying said.

Chang An smiled at this time and said, "Second Princess, don't be angry. Listen to what Your Highness wants to say first. If it is really difficult to do, it won't be too late for Your Highness to make plans later."

After listening to it, Li Siqing thought about it for a while, then nodded and said, "Ask it if it's a bad question. Don't blame me as your sister for not saving you."

"Hehe," Li Ying laughed twice, then pointed at Gu Li's belly and asked, "I just want to ask, does Xiaoguai have an uncle now?"

"I am the only son in the family, so naturally I don't have any."

"So are we brothers now? As the saying goes in the market... we are good buddies."

"Your Highness, I will honor you with your presence. Of course."

"Then based on seniority...can I be Xiaoguai's uncle?"