I think my luck is turning around.

This question immediately put Li Yu on alert. Do I know this person? Do I have to know him? Sitting so close to the front, his status must be different. Have I offended him? This series of thoughts raced through her mind.

"No, that's not true!"

Li Yu immediately turned to Gong Ken for help, frantically signaling with his eyes. Gong Ken noticed and, seeing the direction Li Yu was pointing, immediately understood. He made a "two" gesture with his hand and muttered the words "Prince." Li Yu immediately sat up straight. "Second Prince, what brings you here?"

The second prince wasn't very happy; Li Yu's behavior always saddened him.

"How many days have you been back?"

"It's been many days!" Li Yu's answer was somewhat perfunctory.

Upon hearing this, the Second Prince's expression darkened further. "You really don't want to see me that much?"

The second prince stopped beating around the bush, but the current Li Yu was no longer the same Li Yu. She didn't know that there were still people waiting for her to come back.

At this moment, Gong Ken saw the tug-of-war between Li Yu and the Second Prince, or rather, he saw the trouble on Li Yu's face, so he immediately smoothed things over, saying, "Everyone's poems are almost finished! So let's have Li Yu talk about his poem."

Bystanders thought that Gong Ken was undermining Li Yu, since they believed there was a conflict between Gong Ken and Li Yu, and Li Yu was taking the opportunity to avoid the Second Prince's questions.

She recited a poem by Nalan Rongruo, "Huatang Chun"—"One life, one generation, one pair of lovers, how can they be separated in two places, their souls tormented? They yearn for each other but cannot be together; for whom does spring bloom? It's easy to beg for water at the Blue Bridge, but difficult to flee to the Green Sea for medicine. If only we could visit each other at the Cowherd's Ford, and forget our poverty in each other's company."

As soon as the poem was published, everyone praised it, and someone asked, "General Li, who did you write this poem for?"

"A person I deeply love." Li Yu's level of lying was truly remarkable; he could spout such lies so easily while simultaneously displaying a sorrowful expression. Everyone guessed that this was a tragic love story.

However, a few people at the scene had a different idea from the others. One of them was Gong Ken, who knew that this was his younger sister's lie. Gong Ken was well aware of Li Yu's lying skills. In fact, his younger sister had specially memorized this to show off, and had even specifically searched for and memorized many of Nalan Xingde's poems!

Next was the Second Prince, who was deep in thought. Was the person she was referring to him? Or some other man? Could it be that Grand Tutor Gong?

Li Yu sat down, and Gong Ken secretly gave her a thumbs up. Li Yu smiled and looked down, but then noticed the Second Prince beside her and immediately suppressed her smile.

Then there were Ji Xia, An Ge, and the Crown Prince. The copied poems were all too familiar. Ji Xia was surprised, while An Ge was secretly laughing. This kind of blunder was quite funny! The Crown Prince, on the other hand, was thinking about how to get Li Yu into his second brother's bed.

Ming Kang is now certain that the person Li Yu deeply loves is Gong Ken. The Second Prince is consumed by jealousy and targets Gong Ken at every turn during the poetry gathering, which Gong Ken handles flawlessly. Gong Ken senses the Second Prince's displeasure, but he doesn't expose him because he also realizes the Second Prince has feelings for his sister and won't let him succeed.

After the poetry gathering ended, Li Yu prepared to go home, but was stopped by the Second Prince. At this moment, Gong Ken also grabbed Li Yu's arm. Before the Second Prince could speak, Gong Ken spoke first, "General Li performed well today. I am willing to accept defeat, and that calligraphy and painting belongs to General Li!"

Gong Ken spoke very reluctantly, and the Second Prince looked puzzled. Gong Ken quickly explained, "Before the poetry gathering began, I made a bet with General Li. If she could compose a poem today, I would give her my favorite calligraphy and painting. If she couldn't compose a poem, she would give me her gun."

Before the Second Prince could speak, Gong Ken pulled Li Yu away, dragging him off in full view of everyone.

When Li Yu arrived at Gong Ken's residence, Gong Ken did not let her in, but only asked her to wait outside. Gong Ken reluctantly handed the painting to Li Yu, saying, "Brother, you didn't have to do this. If you really don't want to give it to me, just keep it for yourself!" Li Yu knew that her brother's favorite thing was collecting calligraphy and paintings, which he had learned from their grandfather.