My husband, please respect yourself. The princess is here to grab the bride.

Zhang Wenqian was dumbfounded when he heard this.

Anyone who can come up with this couplet must be a learned person and must be no unknown person in Shangling Academy!

To take a step back, practicing calligraphy is the most basic skill for students in academy and it is the face of a scholar!

No one who could study at Shangling Academy could write such ugly characters.

Even the handwriting of the children in the academy is a hundred times more beautiful than this!

But this couplet is really good...and the calligraphy is really ugly!

This is very contradictory.

It's impossible to explain at all.

"This……"

Zhang Wenqian raised his eyes and looked towards An: "Miss, did you see the person who wrote this?"

An shook her head. "When I went in, the second half of the couplet had already been matched. I saw a handsome young man in white."

"He was reading on the bookshelf, and the servants thought he had done it, so they asked him about it, but he flatly denied it."

Ninth Princess Tang Xianxian looked at Zhang Wenqian, who nodded, "Bai Shaoqiu was wearing white clothes when he entered the library today. He denied it... that's normal."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xianxian asked An, "Doesn't he know who wrote the second half of this couplet?"

"Your Highness, he said that the man left and he didn't recognize him. That's right,"

"At that time, I didn't know he was Bai Shaoqiu. I asked him who he was, and he said..."

"what did he say?"

"He said...I was a book lover who never returned home, but I fell in love with the world because I love books. I am a book reader!"

Tang Xianxian was stunned for a moment, and murmured to herself: "I was originally a guest who would never return home, but because I love books, I fell in love with the world..."

"Mr. Zhang, these poetic words don't sound like the words of an illiterate person."

"I was born a green lamp and never returned... This sentence seems to imply a desire to escape from the troubles of the world. Now that he has become the son-in-law of the royal family, could it be that he has also developed a desire to escape from the world?"

"But because I love books and the world... I ended up staying in the world because of my love for reading... This..."

Tang Xianxian was puzzled, but she saw Zhang Wenqian wave his hand and said firmly:

"Even if he said this, he probably just saw a book in the library and it happened to contain this sentence, so he just casually quoted it."

"What I mean is, it's not that I look down on him, but it's really impossible for him to come up with such a profound poem!"

Tang Xianxian nodded slightly.

Also.

It is possible that one person or a group of people made a mistake, but it is absolutely impossible that the entire Xiling City made a mistake!

Especially his elementary school teacher Mr. Chen died to express his aspirations, which best illustrates the problem.

So who could it be?

Tang Xianxian supported her chin with both hands and looked at the lotus flowers in the lotus pond.

The sixteen-year-old girl at this moment started to have endless associations:

This man's talent is beyond doubt!

He probably knew that the words on the couplet were written by him, and he probably knew his identity. He didn't want to associate with the rich and powerful, but because of the instinctive itch that scholars feel when they see the couplet -

Just like a drunkard who can't help but take a sip of wine when he sees it,

He was also afraid that his handwriting would be recognized.

He was probably very conflicted at that time.

He probably lingered in front of the table several times.

Finally, I finished writing it in this way.

Coming up with such an exquisite second line not only satisfied his pride as a scholar, but also successfully concealed his identity...

His character is as noble as this lotus!

The girl's cheeks turned slightly red, and she thought to herself that she must find this person!

Tang Xianxian's beautiful eyes suddenly lit up, and she sat up straight: "An,"

"The slave is here!"

"Pen, ink, paper and inkstone are at your service!"

As Zhang Wenqian was looking at her in astonishment, Tang Xianxian picked up her pen again and wrote down another couplet on a piece of paper:

"The clouds disperse morning after morning"

Putting the pen on the pen holder, Tang Xianxian raised her willow-shaped eyebrows slightly:

"This couplet was written spontaneously by Mr. Fang, a great scholar from Jinghua Academy in Kyoto, when he visited Yuntai and saw the sea of ​​clouds. To this day, no one has been able to match this couplet!"

An stood aside and watched. She curled her lips and thought to herself, don't say it's right, she doesn't even know how to pronounce the word "Chao".

Zhang Wenqian was also stunned when he saw it. It took him ten full breaths to understand when the word "chao" in this couplet should be read as "chao of the imperial court" and when it should be read as "chao of the rising sun".

He smiled and shook his head. "This couplet... I'm afraid it's hard to find a perfect match. I wonder if Mr. Fang has a second line?"

Tang Xianxian smiled playfully: "He can't get it right either!"

"Isn't this hanging on the second floor of the Jinghua Academy's high pavilion, waiting for someone who can come up with a couplet?"

"...Then what is the purpose of your Highness's writing this couplet...?"

Tang Xianxian picked up the paper and blew on it. "I think I can use this couplet as bait to lure out the person who came up with Ji Yanran's couplet!"

She handed the paper to An and instructed, "Post it on the Wall of Knowledge. Instruct Commander Zhao to have someone watch it for twelve hours. If anyone can match this couplet... bring him to me immediately."

An took the order and left.

Zhang Wenqian shook his head. "Your Highness will probably be disappointed. Even the great scholar Fang couldn't come up with the second line, so how could the students of Shangling Academy come up with one?"

Tang Xianxian stood up and said, "Even the old scholar Fang couldn't come up with the second line of Ji Yanran's couplet. I need to give it a try... I'll go to the library."

“…What are you going to do?”

"Seeing is believing. Since he is reading in the library, I will go and see him."

"How about we go after dinner, Your Highness?"

"...that's fine!"

This is because Zhang Wenqian was worried that the Ninth Princess would become more concerned about Princess Changying after seeing Bai Shaoqiu's miserable state. Wouldn't it be bad if she lost her appetite because of this?

……

……

Library.

The sunset is tired.

The light in the library has become dim.

Bai Shaoqiu spent nearly two hours to finish reading all the books on the first floor of the library.

When Qing'er came to the library again with the lunch box, he was already on the second floor!

Putting the lunch box on a desk, Qing'er looked at her brother-in-law who was walking slowly, holding a candle in one hand and still having the other hand on the spine of a book!

She laughed in her heart.

I thought that even someone as smart as Song Zigui, the most talented man in Xiling City, probably wouldn't be able to memorize everything he read at a glance, right?

What's more, this son-in-law can't read ten lines at a glance, he can... read ten books at a glance!

No wonder we've reached the second floor.

Could it be that he really wanted to read all the books in the six-story library within these three days?

What’s the point of looking at it this way?

No wonder the princess gnashed her teeth and said two words after hearing about this:

"A chicken also wants to become a phoenix?"

"Even if he sews books into clothes and wears them, he's still that illiterate, shameless, and damned loser!"

Perhaps it was because of the viciousness of the mistress's words, he escaped here, which was pitiful, but more... hateful!

"time to eat."

Qing'er said three words coldly.

"Hmm... leave it there for now. You go back first and I'll take a look at it for a while."

Qing'er curled her lips and spoke as if he was really reading a book!

If someone doesn't know, they might think that the prince's son-in-law is a diligent and studious person, but the memory of the people in the entire Xiling City has not been erased. No matter how much you pretend... you are still a dung beetle!

Qing'er turned and left.

Bai Shaoqiu watched for another incense stick of time before coming to the desk.

Having relit a candle, he sat down to eat—

As the son-in-law of the royal family, his food was not very good.

Of course he knew about this treatment, but he didn't care.

When you first come to this world, of course you need to understand it first before you take action.

For example, make some money first.

Anyway, the palace doesn't like him, and even his wife would rather go to war than sleep with him.

No, I haven’t even met him!

This has led to Bai Shaoqiu still not knowing what his princess wife looks like -

I heard she is very beautiful, but the word beautiful is often related to status.

Clothes make the man, and makeup makes the man.

If I take off those beautiful clothes and wash off the rouge and powder on my face... I might look like a dinosaur.

Therefore, Bai Shaoqiu was not attached to his wife.

Not to mention any feelings.

I have to live off my parents for a while because I have no money in my pocket.

But you can’t eat it forever!

After figuring out everything here, you need to use your knowledge, and of course force, to earn some money to buy a house and move out of the palace.

The people in the palace should be happy.

As for martial arts... my body has been drained, I need to exercise more.

While thinking this, I was eating the unappetizing meal when I suddenly heard the sound of someone coming up the stairs.

Bai Shaoqiu thought that Qing'er had come back for something, but unexpectedly, a woman holding a lantern appeared from the stairs.

Met once.

Then, another woman wearing a veil appeared behind the woman.

It looks like they are a master and servant.

The maid looks good, but what about the master?

You can't see her face, but you don't necessarily have to look at her face to judge whether a woman is beautiful or not.

You can also see... the eyes, waist, and above the waist!

The master was wearing a crimson silk long dress with a scarlet silk ribbon wrapped around her waist, and her slender willow waist that could be held in one hand appeared in front of Bai Shaoqiu.

Go up...

As if feeling the weight of the two gazes, Tang Xianxian stepped sideways and hid behind An.

The displeasure on her face was clearly revealed, but it was hidden by the veil.

Bai Shaoqiu saw the anger in her eyes.

So he withdrew his gaze, thinking that it was indeed inappropriate to stare at a girl in such an old-fashioned era, so he concentrated on eating his gigolo.

An stood beside the desk.

Tang Xianxian took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in her heart, and sat opposite Bai Shaoqiu!

Bai Shaoqiu thought this young lady wanted to study at night——

People should really study!

If you want to read the book well, you need to take notes, so I guess you need to use this table.

"Girl, wait a minute. I'll be there in two minutes. I'll give it to you."

Tang Xianxian was stunned: "What do you mean two minutes?"

"Ah...right now."

He drank porridge, ate steamed buns and pickled vegetables ravenously.

Tang Xianxian looked at his food and didn't think it was unworthy of the status of a son-in-law of a prince.

The food the palace provided him was pretty good, and he didn't complain about it, but the way he ate... was really ugly!

She looked at Bai Shaoqiu's face.

Well, this face is still acceptable.

What a pity.

"Are you Bai Shaoqiu?"

Bai Shaoqiu raised his eyes: "Yeah!"

Tang Xianxian raised her eyebrows and deliberately humiliated her:

"As the son-in-law of the royal family, eating such a meal...how do you feel?"

She thought Bai Shaoqiu would be ashamed, but unexpectedly, Bai Shaoqiu was actually happy.

He swallowed the last mouthful of porridge, lifted his sleeves and touched his mouth, and said with a smile:

"My grandmother lived to be one hundred and three!"

Tang Xianxian was stunned: "Just drink porridge?"

Bai Shaoqiu stood up, patted his butt and cleaned up the dishes:

"No, my grandma never meddles in other people's business!"

Tang Xianxian was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage: "You...!"

Bai Shaoqiu turned around and went downstairs:

"Spring has hundreds of flowers and autumn has the moon,

There is cool breeze in summer and snow in winter.

If you have nothing to worry about,

It’s a good time for the world…”

"Girl, go your own way and don't worry about others. You'll age faster that way!"

Tang Xianxian stood up, watched her leave, and stood there in a daze!