Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

While Li Shimin was talking to the princesses, Li Zhi looked at the crowd below the platform and felt something in his heart, so he walked to the edge of the platform involuntarily.

When he looked down at the contestants, a charming face instantly caught his eyes.

Coincidentally, at this moment, the beautiful woman in the red chest-length skirt also happened to look over here.

The two looked at each other from a distance, their eyes unable to separate for a long time.

The woman bit the corner of her lip gently and smiled at him charmingly, her eyes seeming to emit electricity.

This scene struck Li Zhi's heart directly, and his heart was beating wildly.

The hands that were holding onto the fence couldn't help but tremble.

"I must marry this woman as my princess!"

A bold idea suddenly popped into his mind.

Li Shimin saw that Li Zhi was in a daze, so he asked curiously: "Zhi Nu, what are you looking at?"

Li Zhi turned around suddenly and said in a halting tone, "No, nothing."

Then he looked deeply at the woman in red, trying to imprint her face in his mind.

Then he reluctantly withdrew his gaze and sat back next to Li Shimin with mixed feelings.

Li Zhi's mind was filled with that enchanting and beautiful woman.

Especially that graceful smile, which made him linger on it.

Below the high platform.

As luck would have it, Fang Yiai was assigned to the position to the left of Du He.

He crossed his legs on the mat and said sarcastically, "Du He, with so many court officials and common people watching today, you must not hand in a blank paper later."

"Losing your own face is a small matter, but if you lose Princess Chengyang's face, don't go back and be punished by the princess to kneel."

After saying that, he pointed to the high platform in the middle, meaning that a group of princesses were also watching there.

Du He glanced at him and said, "Fang Lao Er, will Princess Gao Yang make you kneel as punishment?"

"How can a man who stands tall and proud be easily controlled by his wife? Fang Yiai is too useless, isn't he?"

Fang Yiai did not feel embarrassed when he heard Du He's sarcasm.

He asked his brothers who were the princes-in-law, and found out that except Chang Sun Chong, which prince-in-law had not been punished by the princess to kneel?

"Haha." Fang Yiai sneered twice, then curled his lips and said, "Du He, stop pretending. We are all prince consorts, and the situation is the same."

"I don't believe you can be tough with Princess Chengyang at home."

Only Du He didn't know the fighting ability of Mr. Fang. If he knew that he only had the ability of half a cup of tea, he might have laughed his head off.

Before Du He could answer, Cui Shenji's familiar voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Fang Yiai, you really have to say that my brother Du is tough at home."

"You are not like mere timidity and spinelessness."

Du He turned around in astonishment, only to see Choi Shen Ki, dressed flashily, swaggering towards him.

He was holding a paper fan in his hand, pretending to be a cultured scholar, fanning himself slowly and steadily.

"Humph!"

Fang Yiai saw that Du He had a loyal helper and did not dare to bother him too much.

A good man does not suffer a loss in front of him, and endures for a while to keep calm.

After all, Cui Shenji's mouth is no worse than Du He's, and it's very poisonous.

Two poisonous snakes mixed together can drive him crazy.

Seeing that Fang Yiai had given in, Du He didn't pay much attention to him.

Their current position is relatively forward, and their every move is under the eyes of Li Shimin and all the officials. If a dispute occurs, it will affect his reputation.

Du He saw Cui Shenji approaching and said speechlessly: "Brother Cui, why are you also attending the poetry meeting?"

“Hehe.” Cui Shenji put away his paper fan, chuckled twice and said, “Brother Du, I am participating in the poetry competition on behalf of the Imperial Censorate.”

uh~

Du He choked.

what the hell!

Why would Ma Zhou, the Imperial Censor, send Cui Shenji as a representative to attend this poetry meeting?

Could it be that Ma Zhou was also captured by Choi Shenji with money?

That’s not right. Ma Zhou is not that kind of person.

Cui Shenji saw Du He's questioning look and explained in a low voice: "After the Imperial Censor Ma Zhou selected two people who could write poems in the Imperial Censorate, he couldn't find a third person."

"It just so happened that I donated a sum of money to the Censorate for office expenses. With the recommendation of the Imperial Censor Tang Lin, I naturally became the third candidate."

as predicted!

Choi Sun-ki has shown off his ability to spend money.

The Zhishu Shiyushi was the adjutant of the Censorate, and his rank was second only to the Grand Censor Ma Zhou.

Du He asked curiously, "Brother Cui, with your low poetry level, you should compete with the children's group. Why are you wasting money to participate?"

Cui Shenji didn't care about what Du He said. He winked and said, "My brother was forced by Princess Nanping to attend the poetry meeting. Xiao Kai represented the Ministry of Works."

"You three are all participating. As one of the Four Swordsmen of Chang'an, I can't not participate, right?"

This reason is very sufficient.

But people like Wang Jingzhi, Cui Shenji and Fang Yiai were also able to participate in the poetry reading.

The quality of this poetry reading is a bit too low.

Du He said speechlessly: "It's so nice to sleep in the scorching sun. Wouldn't it be nice to lie down at home? Why do you have to come here to suffer?"

Cui Shenji opened his fan, fanned himself and said with a smile: "Brother Du, the result is not important, what matters is participation."

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Choi Sun-ki was not nervous at all.

While they were chatting, the ceremonial officer who presided over the poetry meeting appeared from the high platform where Li Tai was, and he struck the large gong in his hand.

"Dang~"

A clear and loud voice instantly spread throughout the poetry reading.

He shouted loudly: "The Mid-Autumn Poetry Festival is about to begin. Please return to your seats."

Cui Shenji patted Du He on the shoulder and said, "Come on, Brother Du. I'll go back first."

After saying this, he walked to the back while fanning himself with his head held high.

After a while, everyone returned to their seats.

The official from the Ministry of Rites then continued, "There will be three rounds of poetry writing in this poetry gathering. Each round will last for two incense sticks. When the gong sounds, everyone must stop writing immediately."

"The total scores of the three poems written by each contestant will be ranked to determine the top ten. Your Majesty will bestow generous rewards upon them."

"The theme of each round of poetry will be announced on the spot by His Majesty!"

"..."

It took a full cup of tea for the ceremonial officer to finish explaining the requirements and rules of the poetry gathering.

After explaining the rules, he then loudly introduced the scorers on site.

"There are five people who have made the evaluation this time. They are Wei Wang Li Tai, Imperial College Chief Academician Kong Yingda, Hongwen Academy Scholar Chu Liang, Hongwen Academy Scholar Shangguan Yi, and 'Drinking Scholar' Wang Ji."

Du He looked at the people who were doing the scoring this time and nodded secretly.

Except for Li Tai, the mascot, the others have extremely high attainments in literature and poetry.

Needless to say, Kong Yingda and Wang Ji were no less talented than the other two.

Chu Liang was one of the Eighteen Scholars of the Qin Palace. He was as famous as Yu Shinan and was an important court poet in the reign of Emperor Taizong. He was also the father of Chu Suiliang.

Shangguan Yi is also a well-known poet in his time. He wrote more than ten famous poems, including "Fenghe Guojiu Zhai Yingzhi" and "Early Spring in Guilin Palace Yingzhao".

Shangguan Yi is not very famous in history, but his granddaughter is the famous talented woman Shangguan Wan'er.

The descendants of these people are more outstanding than each other.

After the introduction, the officer of ceremonies bowed towards the platform where Li Shimin was.

"Your Majesty, please give us a question."

Li Shimin had thought about it in advance. He waved to the eunuch beside him and said, "The Crown Prince is about to go to war against Goguryeo. Let's talk about military affairs in the first round."

"promise."

The eunuch responded and then walked to the edge of the platform to pass the message to the officer of ceremonies.

After receiving the message, the officer of ceremonies nodded, then turned around and spoke loudly to the people attending the poetry meeting.

"The first round is about military affairs. The time for poetry writing is two sticks of incense. It starts now!"

After he finished speaking, he struck the gong heavily.