After transmigrating, I became a stepmother.

"Lord Li is truly learned!"

Su Ziqi exclaimed in admiration, surprised that someone among them could actually answer the question.

Li Xuan smiled politely and posed a question: "The most beautiful flowers in the ancient capital are like brocade. Guess a line of poetry."

If we're talking about ancient capitals, then it's undoubtedly Chang'an. It must be a place worthy of poetic description, and also a place of vibrant prosperity...

After pondering for a moment, Su Zixiu said loudly, "It is 'Looking back at Chang'an, it is like a pile of embroidered brocade,' which comes from the poem 'Passing by Qinghua Palace' by the Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu."

It was Su Zixiu's turn to ask questions again, and then Li Xuan would answer. After several rounds of interaction, it could be said that Li Xuan remained silent on questions he couldn't answer or hesitated to answer, with Wen Tingzhu filling in the gaps. On the other side, the three brothers took turns answering.

Both sides were undoubtedly getting into the swing of things. Apart from Yang Bo, no one cared about anything else. They were focused on their back-and-forth competition and were all looking forward to what kind of questions the other would ask next.

Yang Bo watched, feeling secretly anxious. He knew some of the questions, such as the one about peeking out to welcome spring and the one about losing face.

He had already opened his mouth, but that guy Li Xuan always beat him to it. And he wasn't sure he could answer the questions that Li Xuan didn't answer. No matter what, he knew that he absolutely couldn't answer wrong in this kind of situation, otherwise it wouldn't just be a matter of losing face.

Half an hour passed, and this time it was Wen Tingzhu's turn to pose the riddle. He continued to use the riddle from the poem, and the riddle was: Benzoin.

The competition had gone on for so long that both sides admired each other's strength, but it had also been too mentally taxing. The riddle, with its few clues, left everyone momentarily stumped.

After pondering for less than half an incense stick's time, the Su brothers exchanged a glance, and Su Zixiu cupped his hands towards Wen Tingzhu: "Brother Wen, you are truly a man of great talent. My two brothers and I are completely humbled."

Although Li Xuan answered the most questions during the long competition, a closer look reveals that every difficult question was posed by this Lord Wen.

Moreover, this gentleman's riddles are the most extensive, ranging from word puzzles and poems to medicinal herbs and flowers, encompassing a wide range of topics, which is truly amazing!

"I wonder if Lord Wen could enlighten my brother?"

He really wanted to know the answer to the riddle, otherwise he probably wouldn't be able to sleep peacefully tonight!

Wen Tingzhu did not refuse and said directly, "I sleep soundly in spring and am unaware of the dawn."

Is that all there is to it?

The Su brothers looked at each other and were speechless!

They shared the same thought: they were too focused on the obscure and difficult poems, neglecting such simple yet exquisite verses. It was truly a mistake!

The outcome of this round was decided. The Crown Prince was the first to applaud and said loudly, "Truly brilliant! You are all exceptionally talented, and I admire you greatly!"

After offering his encouragement, the Crown Prince turned to Prince Su and said, "Your Highness Prince Su, the Su brothers truly live up to their reputation! Anguo is so fortunate to have three such extraordinary talents!"

These words sounded like praise for Anguo, but when Prince Su thought about the results of the competition just now, he felt that these words sounded very wrong, but he couldn't find anything wrong with them. So he said, "Not at all, not at all. Your Shengguo is also full of talented people. The talents of those two gentlemen are obvious to all. However, judging from their clothes, their rank is not high. I suppose Shengguo doesn't care much about such things. If they were in our Anguo, they would naturally be given high positions and generous salaries and be treated with great courtesy."

After saying that, he smiled kindly at Li Xuan and Wen Tingzhu.