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"Excellent, excellent, truly worthy of being the great talent of the capital."

Li Junren immediately applauded. He had heard of Xiao Fang's reputation before, and this was their first meeting. He was surprised to find that Xiao Fang was indeed quite talented, and he couldn't help but have some thoughts about him.

"Are there any others I could admire as well?"

This poetry gathering was meant to bring together talented men and beautiful women. Besides exchanging poems, Li Junren was also looking to discover talented individuals. However, after Xiao Fang appeared, the others lost even the courage to challenge him.

"Your Highness, with Brother Xiaofang's poem already out there, who can rival it? We won't embarrass ourselves by offering our own."

"Yes Yes Yes."

"Yes, Brother Xiaofang, your talent is truly remarkable. We can only admire your superiority."

The performance of these people not only disappointed Li Jun, but also made the organizer Li Shishi frown. For a poetry competition, all they could do was compose one poem. Wouldn't that make them a laughing stock? It was just a fine piece of work, but the rest of them didn't even have the courage to compete. It was really disappointing.

"Zhou Wu, do you have any masterpieces?"

Everyone was completely bewildered. Just now, His Highness the Crown Prince introduced this person as a military general. Why would the Crown Prince go to the trouble of having this person compose a poem?

Although Zhou Wu held an official position, he was not considered a good writer, as the term "military person" was often associated with vulgarity.

"Your Highness, I am but a rough man. In truth..."

"Stop pretending in front of me, just hurry up and get to work."

Li Junren and Zhou Wu have become quite familiar with each other, so their way of communicating is different from that of ordinary people.

"Oh."

It seems there's no way to avoid it now, so Zhou Wu has no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it. However, he was a little annoyed after being reprimanded earlier. Since the Crown Prince told him to do it, then he'd do it. The Crown Prince is forcing him to slap everyone in the face.

Since ancient times, autumn has been a season of sorrow and desolation.

I say autumn is better than spring.

A crane soars into the clear sky, parting the clouds.

This inspired poetic inspiration to soar to the heavens.

Shocked, everyone stared in disbelief at the man in the close-fitting clothes before them, remaining silent. Xiao Fang felt her face burning with embarrassment. She had just said that autumn represented loneliness and sorrow, and Zhou Wu had immediately contradicted her in his poem. This was a clear slap in the face.

“A perfect poem, a perfect poem indeed! Zhou Wu, I always knew you had a wealth of knowledge, you're just too lazy, haha.”

Li Junren was very satisfied with Zhou Wu's performance. Just now, a somewhat famous scholar had silenced all the scholars in the capital, but now Zhou Wu's words completely overwhelmed them. Zhou Wu was now one of his men, and his fame was equivalent to Li Junren's own.

Upon hearing Zhou Wu's poem, Li Shishi's eyes lit up even more. The aristocratic ladies who had just looked down on Zhou Wu were now showering him with flirtatious glances, making Zhou Wu feel extremely uncomfortable and wanting nothing more than to escape this place as soon as possible.

Everyone's conversation started revolving around Zhou Wu. Xiao Fang, who had been so arrogant just moments before, was suddenly ignored. This made him feel extremely disappointed, and he also regarded Zhou Wu as a thorn in his side.

"Lord Zhou is so talented, Shishi has been impolite."

Li Shishi initially looked down on Zhou Wu, thinking that martial artists were illiterate. However, she never expected that Zhou Wu would act unpredictably and produce such unprecedented and unparalleled verses. To put it bluntly, Zhou Wu's talent was absolutely the best at the event. Moreover, he was low-key and sat quietly in a corner from the beginning, without being arrogant.

Who would have thought that these so-called talented people would show off everywhere with just a few nonsensical poems?

Li Shishi seemed unaware that her own views had quietly undergone a drastic change. She used to hang out with these people she looked down on, but Zhou Wu suddenly abandoned her teammates.

First there was Xiao Fang, and then Zhou Wu appeared. This poetry competition could only end hastily. However, no one felt it was a pity. In previous years, although everyone had their own strengths, the quality was no match for Zhou Wu. To put it bluntly, writing a hundred mediocre and tasteless poems is not as good as writing one poem that shocks the world.

"Lord Zhou, I hope to learn from you in the future."

"welcome."

As she was leaving, Li Shishi took the initiative to talk to Zhou Wu, hoping to learn from him more often in the future.

. . . . . .

The day after the poetry competition ended, Zhou Wu's masterpiece spread throughout the capital. Zhou Wu's name began to circulate in the capital's literary circles, and his identity was revealed: the commander of the Qingyang Army, the Crown Prince's tutor, and the youngest baron in the Great Dragon Empire. Moreover, he earned his title through his own efforts, not through inheritance. All these identities made Zhou Wu the dream man of the ladies of the capital.

Fortunately, there were no cameras or videos in this era, so although the name Zhou Wu was known to everyone, few people had seen what Zhou Wu looked like, so he was not made a pariah.

. . . . . .

Royal Palace

Since ancient times, autumn has been a season of sorrow and desolation.

I say autumn is better than spring.

A crane soars into the clear sky, parting the clouds.

This inspired poetic inspiration to soar to the heavens.

"I never expected Zhou Wu to have such talent."

The poem that Li Tiancheng was holding was the one written by Zhou Wu. He never expected that it would reach Li Tiancheng's ears. Looking at such a rare masterpiece, Li Tiancheng was even more delighted.

However, after discovering that Zhou Wu had annexed both civil and military affairs, Li Tiancheng encountered a new problem.

"What troubles Your Majesty?"

Today was a day off, and Gu Xinyuan was summoned to the palace by Li Tiancheng. The two brothers had a good get-together, but Gu Xinyuan noticed a hint of unease on Li Tiancheng's face.

“Xin Yuan, I’m facing a problem. I discovered a talented person and originally intended to leave him to the Crown Prince, but now I realize that I underestimated him. If we don’t use him now, it might cause the Great Dragon a lot of losses.”

"Oh, who is it that Your Majesty would be so troubled by, and even give such high praise?"

"Hehe, you know this person too."

"Your subject also knows him?"

"Zhou Wu."

"What, Zhou Wu?"

Gu Xinyuan then recalled Zhou Wu's past. Indeed, he had always thought that everyone underestimated Zhou Wu. He was not only skilled in both literature and martial arts, but also steady in his work. Unlike young people today who are ambitious and eager for quick success, he was sometimes excessively low-key.

"If Your Majesty puts it that way, Zhou Wu does indeed seem to be..."

"Zhou Wu first appeared when he led troops to rescue the crown prince, then he planted grain and built city walls, and finally he destroyed the Lu family."

It seems that Li Tiancheng has thoroughly investigated Zhou Wu, so he knows Zhou Wu very well. If any of these things that Zhou Wu did had happened to someone else, they would definitely have been publicized everywhere, but Zhou Wu has never mentioned them to outsiders.

"So His Majesty appointed Zhou Wu as the Crown Prince's tutor before, which was a deliberate act to have him assist the Crown Prince."

"That's right, but I'm starting to regret it."

Li Tiancheng felt that he was still strong and healthy, and if Zhou Wu followed the Crown Prince, it would be a waste of his talent, which would be a loss for the Great Dragon Empire. However, he had just appointed him as the Crown Prince's tutor.