Xia Jiuyuan recognized Lu Qian at a glance and asked Liu Shiqing, "Is he your master?"
Liu Shiqing nodded, and then briefly told the story of how he met Lu Qian and became his disciple.
After finishing speaking, he knelt on the ground and said vowedly: "Your Majesty, I am willing to guarantee it with my life! Only my master can turn the situation around!"
After Xia Jiuyuan heard this, he walked to Lu Qian's side unhurriedly, looked at him repeatedly and said, "You have a 10% chance of winning!"
"Your Majesty, if you are not 100% sure, I don't dare to take risks!" Lu Qian slowly raised his head and looked directly into Xia Jiuyuan's eyes.
Xia Jiuyuan was stunned for a moment, then patted Lu Qian on the shoulder and then laughed loudly and said, "Hahaha! Okay, if you can win this competition! I will give you a big reward!"
While talking, a eunuch said it was time to rest.
Xia Jiuyuan smiled and pulled Shuyang into the hall.
People in the hall also noticed that there was Shuyang beside Xia Jiuyuan.
The atmosphere in the Great Zhou Kingdom instantly became a little subtle.
"Mr. Di, is that princess the first in the internal examination? Will her appearance..." Prince Zhou asked with a nervous look on his face.
Di Hanlin smiled lightly and replied, "Even if there are some learned scholars, no one can reverse this situation. Prince, please rest assured."
After Xia Jiuyuan returned to his position, he announced that Lu Qian would represent Daxia Kingdom.
There was an uproar when Lu Qian appeared at the scene wearing a eunuch uniform.
Di Hanlin stood with his hands behind his back, his head held high, stroking his goatee from time to time and said sternly, "King of Daxia, did you send a eunuch to humiliate us knowing that we were going to lose? Is this how you behave in Daxia?" ?"
The scribe from Beiliang Kingdom fanned the flames and said, "That's right! Let us compete with an eunuch on the same stage. I would rather withdraw from the external examination!"
Lu Qian sneered, and first said to Di Hanlin, "Huh, what a great scholar in the world, in my opinion, he is just mediocre! He actually judges people by their appearance like ordinary people in the market. When we first meet, I will give you a poem! I will give you a poem after repeated training and hammering. The needle moves up and down the cloth. The eyes are on the buttocks and only recognize clothes but not people."
As soon as Lu Qian's poem came out, the entire Daxia camp burst into laughter.
Di Hanlin naturally understood. This poem was meant to scold him, and his face turned pale with anger!
However, due to his status and reputation, he just said to Xia Jiuyuan, trembling with anger, "This is so vulgar! Lord of Daxia, if you insist on letting this eunuch humiliate me, I will also withdraw from the external examination!"
"Okay, you can back out if you want! What did it say about the Daxia Poetry Conference? Eunuchs cannot participate! If you withdraw from the exam, you will admit defeat! Your Majesty can announce it. We Daxia has won." Lu Qian stepped forward with reason. Taking a step forward, he bowed and said to Xia Jiuyuan.
"Xiao Qianzi is right! If you insist on withdrawing from the competition, then I can only declare that our Daxia has won!" Xia Jiuyuan said coldly.
Di Hanlin and the others were immediately speechless and stopped making trouble.
As he spoke, the words were extracted.
I want to end the external test competition as soon as possible.
At the beginning of the poem order, the three parties came and went, and the scribes of Beiliang Kingdom were defeated the fastest.
After this continued for more than ten minutes, Lu Qian speeded up his pace to recite the poem.
Di Hanlin was obviously confused by Lu Qian's rhythm.
"Di Hanlin, do you want me to give you a moment to think about it?" Lu Qian walked up to Di Hanlin and asked provocatively.
Di Hanlin's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and his rhythm was completely disrupted by Lu Qian. Finally, he raised his hands helplessly and said, "I lost this round!"
The scene was in an uproar. No one expected that this little eunuch could defeat Di Hanlin so easily!
There was a burst of cheers from the Daxia camp, as if they had won the final victory.
Lu Qian didn't give them a chance to resist at all. Taking advantage of modern rich knowledge reserves, he won the next two rounds of Shiling with an overwhelming advantage.
With Di Hanlin admitting defeat without a trace of blood on his face, Lu Qian stood up for Da Xia
Win a chip!
After Xia Jiuyuan announced Lu Qian's victory with a smile, the people of the Great Zhou Kingdom left the field with ugly expressions.
Lu Qian was soon surrounded by Daxia scribes headed by Liu Shiqing.
They almost regarded Lu Qian as a contemporary literary saint.
After all, every line of the poem I just wrote can be passed down for generations!
"Congratulations, father! Congratulations, father! According to Xiao Qianzi's performance today, it seems that the Sixteenth City of Yanyun is already within our grasp." Upon seeing this, Princess Shuyang said to Xia Jiuyuan quickly.
Xia Jiuyuan smiled heartily and said, "That's right, your Liyang Palace deserves the first credit. I really have my own reward!"
Shuyang bowed and said, "Thank you, Father!"
Princess Ningping stood up and was about to say something.
Xia Jiuyuan scolded him sternly, "Okay! If Shuyang hadn't brought people to relieve the siege, I'll see how you guys will explain to me. Why don't you thank Shuyang properly!"
Ning Ping was full of reluctance, but he did not dare to disobey Xia Jiuyuan.
He had no choice but to walk up to Shuyang and thank him through gritted teeth.
After Shuyang's last lesson, he didn't make it difficult for her to get off the stage.
Xia Jiuyuan glanced at Lu Qian who was surrounded by scribes, and said to Princess Shuyang, "Shuyang will let that little Qianzi have a good rest. We must win the external examination tomorrow."
Shuyang bowed and agreed.
After saying that, Xia Jiuyuan said sternly to Concubine Hua and her daughter, "You two come with me!"
Concubine Hua and her daughter followed up quickly with ugly expressions.
Shuyang watched them leave and gloated, "Look how you are playing this time!"
Seeing that Xia Jiuyuan had left, Lu Qian stopped greeting the scribes.
"Everyone, I'm a little tired today. I'm going to rest first to prepare for tomorrow's battle." Lu Qian behaved very humbly, which made the scribes have a better impression of him.
Seeing Princess Shuyang approaching with a smile on her face, Lu Qian also greeted her.
"Xiao Qianzi, I apologize to you! I misunderstood you before. I didn't expect you to be so powerful."
She was also put on the shelf today, and she didn't know what was going on. If it hadn't been for Concubine Li's personal letter, she would have thought that Lu Qian was bribed by those in Jingyang Palace to harm her.
Lu Qian chuckled, said it was nothing, and asked what Xia Jiuyuan said just now.
Princess Shuyang said it without reservation.
Lu Qian said nothing and nodded.
Thinking of Concubine Li, I couldn't wait to return to Jingxinyuan to report to Concubine Li. Concubine Li knew that he would reward him well for his performance today.
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In Jingyang Palace, Xia Jiuyuan had just sat down.
Concubine Hua and Princess Ningping knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I..."
Before Concubine Hua finished speaking, Xia Jiuyuan squatted in front of the mother and daughter with a distressed look on her face, supported Concubine Hua and said, "My dear concubine, what are you doing? Come on, get up! Ning Ping, why are you kneeling too!" stand up!"
If Xia Jiuyuan reprimanded loudly, they would feel better.
However, Xia Jiuyuan's abnormal behavior made Concubine Hua and her daughter more and more nervous. Could it be that it was the calm before the storm.
