After Han Qingyun and the other six people entered the venue, they all sat with the woman's relatives and friends, which caused a bold and talented man to cry out that it was unfair.

Seeing that Emperor Ji Lin was not angry, the other men participating in the competition also started to make a fuss, demanding that Emperor Ji Lin and the Prime Minister sit on their side.

Li Zhaoying and Han Qingyun looked at the women's team behind them, then looked at the four women who entered the venue together, and finally, under the resentful eyes of the four women, they bowed and ran to the men's cheering group in shame, which caused another burst of laughter.

The competition officially began, and the first person to appear was a scholar from Dongyang Prefecture.

This person caused boos when he compared it with the most traditional Four Books and Five Classics.

You have to know that for those who have earned the reputation of being talented men and women, the Four Books and Five Classics, as the most basic knowledge reserve, can be a challenge for anyone?

Sure enough, almost everyone added points in this round.

Afterwards, Lu Tianming proposed to compete with everyone in writing poems. As for the topic, he asked Emperor Ji Lin to give it.

Li Zhaoying was not polite. Since the competition was held at Mingxianglou, he decided to use tea as the topic.

Ping'an Hou Lu Youtian raised his hand, and the poem was recognized as the best. Mingxianglou bought it for one thousand taels and printed it on the signboard at the entrance of Mingxianglou.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was eager to try, not for the one thousand taels, but for Mingxianglou, which was now in full swing and would surely open in all the prefectures in the future. They had to use their utmost efforts in reverse publicity for them.

This round was a show of everyone's skills.

Lu Tianming was naturally confident of winning the poetry competition. His poem "The Rhythm of Tea" not only left a lingering fragrance in people's mouths, but also contained the flavors of life. The judging panel ranked him first.

Lu Youtian immediately asked someone to pay one thousand taels to buy the right to use the poem "Tea Melody".

Lu Tianming breathed a sigh of relief. He had won the first battle. In the future, he would be ridiculed less for provoking this competition.

In this round, there are only two women in the top ten - Qi Huayin, the eldest daughter of the Qi family, who ranks third, and Han Huaiyu, who ranks eighth.

Gu Xiang, a talented woman from the Gu family in Chenliu, proposed a painting competition, and the topic was decided by the Empress Dowager.

Tian Xiuxiu thought about it and decided to go to Qiuyuan for the meeting.

As soon as Tian Xiuxiu finished speaking, the men's team wailed, thinking that the Empress Dowager was letting them win.

Compared with men, women spend more time practicing painting, and women are particularly good at landscape paintings.

But no matter how much they wail, the competition still goes on.

In this round, women almost won a great victory. Among the top ten, only one talented man from Guanzhong took fifth place, and the other nine were all women.

This was followed by calligraphy competitions, chess games, policy questions, etc.

There are fewer women than men, and these are indeed their weaknesses.

Tuoba Yu became anxious and rushed from his friends and family to the contestants, proposing a competition on musical instruments.

Music is one of the six arts of a gentleman, and naturally falls within the scope of competition.

But they didn't prepare their best musical instruments.

One man requested a change of exam questions, citing insufficient preparation on the part of the students.

Princess Shengkang Han Huaixi's two short hands were like waving flowers, no need to change, no need to change.

There are musical instruments in the opera troupe of Mingxianglou.

Lu Yanyan also had the musical instruments from the food court moved over.

Needless to say, it’s quite complete.

Some are elegant, such as the guzheng, yueqin, and pipa; some are common, such as the erhu, suona, and cymbals.

Tuoba Yu was the first to come on stage. He stood beside the chimes and played the soul-stirring song "Xiaoxiang Water Clouds".

The little girl was very proud and waited for the scoring, but was told that she was not a contestant and would not get any points.

Tuoba Yu leaned on Lu Yanyan's shoulder with a disappointed look on his face, seeking comfort.

Han Huaixi, who had already picked up the flute and was ready to show off his skills, walked off the stage with an expression of unwillingness and disdain.

There were more than thirty men and women participating in this round of competition, which took an hour and a half.

Among the final top ten, there were eight women and two men.

Han Huaiyu took advantage of the situation and asked to compete in Feihua Ling.

The men wailed again.

Feihualing is the game that girls in the boudoir are best at. Even if a man is well-educated, he will still be a little flustered for a while.

Li Zhaoying and Han Qingyun were both worried about the people behind them. Seeing that the poems about the word "rain" were almost finished by the talented women opposite, the talented men behind them were still scratching their heads.

"The distant mountains are shrouded in mist, and the nearby water is moistened by rain."

"When I am free, I sit alone and listen to the sound of rain, and a clear song enters my sleep."

Both of them spoke, and Han Huaixi shouted, "Get out of here!"

The Empress Dowager, Empress Xie and Lu Yanyan glared at them. Li Zhaoying and Han Qingyun coughed lightly and pretended that they had not said anything.

After Han Huaixi's fork was sent out, the style of the painting began to change.

Upstairs, Han Huaian shouted at the talented man, "Give up."

Some people were dissatisfied and retorted whether Han Huaian was a man. After seeing Han Huaian's age, they covered their faces and lamented that he was indeed not a man, but a boy at most.

Han Huaian smiled complacently: "The drizzle moistens the countryside, and the green water and green mountains reflect the clouds and mist."

At Han Huaixi's suggestion, Han Huaijin had to add: "The breeze makes me feel a little drunk, and the drizzle wets my clothes."

Li Ji'an: "The sound of rain hitting banana leaves is as crisp as the sound of war drums, bringing tears to my eyes."

Han Huaixi is the shortest, but jumps the highest: "The rain moistens the green hills, making them more beautiful; the wind blows on the clear water, stirring the boat."

Talented people: Stop talking, please stop talking, they admit defeat.

In a round of Feihualing, the woman won a landslide victory.

After a few talented men chatted with each other, they proposed a competition in making couplets, which is a man's specialty!

After a heated exchange of words, neither of them was stumped.

An Rusheng, a talented scholar from Zhengcheng, stood up proudly and said: "When there are insects in the water, it becomes turbid; when there are fish in the water, you can fish. Water, water, water, the rivers and lakes are vast and boundless."

This is a couplet composed of broken characters, and he doesn't believe anyone can figure it out.

Indeed, no one could come up with a correct answer. Someone asked An Rusheng what the second line was.

An Rusheng coughed and laughed awkwardly, but he didn't know that this immediately attracted countless laughs and scolds.

Seeing that the atmosphere was very good and that Emperor Ji Lin and Prime Minister Han looked confident, An Rusheng guessed that both of them could handle it, so he immediately bowed and asked for advice.

Li Zhaoying glanced at Han Qingyun, who smiled and said, "The roots are beneath the trees, and the branches are above them. Wood, wood, wood, the pines, cypresses, and camphor trees are densely packed."

This time, both the talented men and women started to make a fuss, which was good.

Lu Tianming was even more proud of his match than himself, and shouted particularly loudly: "Ordinary pairs can hardly reflect everyone's level. Is this absolutely true? It really depends on us men."

"Tsk, it's not you who figured it out, why are you so proud? I'll come up with one. Father, Dad, you're all shut up. And you, Master Liu, Uncle Qi, you're the judges, you can't participate, and you can't give them any hints."

With just one sentence, Han Huaixi eliminated the four most talented people on the scene, causing everyone to laugh. What difficult couplets could a child like her come up with?

"Smoke locks the pond willow, you guys come right."

Lu Yanyan and Han Qingyun almost laughed out loud. Han Huaixi must have entered the space just now.

This is definitely the first sentence in history. There is no perfect couplet in modern times, which is too difficult.

An Rusheng laughed heartily: "Princess Sheng Kang is still a child after all. This isn't difficult. I'll do it..."

An Rusheng couldn't laugh anymore. The five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth were all there.

If it were just the five elements, it would be easy to match, but the most important thing is the artistic conception in the first couplet. Even if he collected all five elements, he couldn't come up with this artistic conception. If he could barely match it, the order of the five elements and the font structure would not match, so it was difficult.

The others were also murmured in silence, thinking hard but could not come up with a sentence that had neat parallelism, the order of the five elements and the artistic conception.

Li Zhaoying smiled bitterly, "Xiao Xi doesn't need to exclude me at all. Mr. Liu, cousin, have you thought about it?"

Liu Minghe and Qi Jingyu waved their hands, saying, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

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