Father, I..."
Just as Ning Ping was about to speak, he was interrupted by Xia Jiuyuan, "I know that you, mother and daughter, are wronged. Letting you follow Shuyang to say thank you is just to stabilize their expediency. Why are you still angry with me?"
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Concubine Hua and Ning Ping looked at Xia Jiuyuan in confusion.
They had no idea where Xia Jiuyuan was singing?
"Okay, get up quickly. You haven't seen it yet! What I did to Shuyang today was just a temporary measure. I still have to rely on that little eunuch to win the external examination! That *** Concubine Li! He You really think I’m a fool for playing these tricks with me.”
"They knew that the eunuch was very talented, but after he was driven away by you, they didn't come to me to explain it clearly. After learning about our defeat, they even designed Liu Shiqing to become his disciple, and then went to beg them! Just for the sake of Save Daxia from fire and water at the critical moment and slap me in the face! So that I can burst into tears of gratitude to them! It really took a lot of effort!"
Xia Jiuyuan became more and more angry as he talked. He slammed the table and said bitterly, "Maybe Liu Shiqing was bribed by them and lost on purpose!"
Concubine Hua was stunned!
She didn't even think of excuses to excuse herself, and she never expected that the emperor would actually find excuses for them.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
"Father, Young Master Liu was probably just bewitched by them. He definitely didn't mean to associate with them." Ning Ping also knelt down quickly, thinking of begging for mercy for Liu Shiqing.
Xia Jiuyuan walked up to Ning Ping and said, "You are just too naive!"
Ning Ping pretended to be coquettish and said, "This shows that father protects Ning Ping well. Thank you father."
"Yes, it's better to be simple. I will protect you for the rest of your life." Xia Jiuyuan said, caressing Ning Ping's head.
"Your Majesty, those people from Liyang Palace have tried to harm us, Daxia, again and again. How are you going to deal with them?" Concubine Hua asked softly.
Xia Jiuyuan frowned and said, "Kill!"
...
Return to the Jingxin Garden.
Concubine Li was currently facing the door, kneeling on a futon and chanting sutras.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Concubine Li turned her head and saw that the person coming was Lu Qian. She stepped forward in two steps, took his hand and said with a worried look on her face.
"Lu Qian, everything went well."
Lu Qian recounted today's experience.
Concubine Li frowned slightly and said, "It's so suspicious! Xia Jiuyuan is suspicious by nature. Since I didn't ask any more questions today, I asked you to compete on behalf of Daxia. Is there any fraud involved?"
Lu Qian smiled slightly, caressed Concubine Li's frowning eyebrows and said, "Don't worry, everything is under my control. Since I have decided to go, I will ensure my own safety."
Seeing Lu Qian's vow, Concubine Li leaned against Lu Qian's chest and said softly, "You must be careful tomorrow, I always feel like something is going to happen!"
Lu Qian could tell that she was really worried. He comforted her softly, "Don't worry."
next day
After Lu Qian picked up Shuyang, he went to the main hall.
As soon as he entered the hall, he was surrounded by a group of scribes and ministers.
Lu Qian's orders in the palace yesterday were compiled and circulated by the scribes.
Although there is only one sentence, it is enough to show its foundation.
They gathered around Lu Qian, and they all wanted to know the complete version of the verses in their favorite poems.
...
The faces of everyone in the Great Zhou Kingdom were not good-looking. Although Di Hanlin vowed that he would win against Lu Qian today.
But the people of the Zhou Dynasty also saw that Di Hanlin seemed to be very afraid of the little eunuch.
They waited until Xia Jiuyuan came over and announced the start of the last round.
This game is against couplets. Since the people from Beiliang Kingdom have lost two games, they have been eliminated early.
So this scene is one-on-one between Lu Qian and Di Hanlin.
It’s still a best of three games.
This time, Di Hanlin did not talk about being a scholar. He directly asked the question "Two apes can break a tree in the mountains, but even a little monkey dares to saw each other."
The first couplet is one
It's a pun. The "double saw" in the back is a homophonic word, which can be read as a "couple", and it also insinuates that Lu Qian is a little monkey.
"Old man, since you want to curse, then you can bear it!" Lu Qian smiled faintly and replied directly without thinking about it, "A horse is stuck in the mud, let's see how the old beast comes out."
"Hahaha"
The Great Xia camp suddenly burst into laughter.
Di Hanlin's face turned red. Although he was very vulgar, he was still neat.
Before he could speak, Lu Qian threw out an eternal absolute. "Old fellow, listen up! At Qinglinkou, the blacksmith makes a red furnace and burns black charcoal. He sits in the south and faces north to make things."
The difficulty of this couplet lies in the fact that it only has 19 characters to describe the place, person, and occupation, and it skillfully combines the four colors of green, white, red, and black to imply the Five Elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, as well as southeast, northwest, and southeast. Embedded in four directions.
After hearing this, Di Hanlin looked gloomy and frowned.
Lu Qian now stood beside him with dignity and did not rush.
A stick of incense burned to ashes, and Di Hanlin couldn't help it.
I had no choice but to continue asking questions with a pale face.
"The wind turns the green bamboo, the wind turns the green bamboo, and the wind turns the green bamboo."
Lu Qian thought for a moment, then said without thinking, "The plum blossoms are white in the snow, and the plum blossoms reflect the snow."
Di Hanlin's face became a little more ugly. If Lu Qian's couplet was not right, they would lose.
Lu Qian didn't want it to end so quickly, so he wanted to come up with a relatively simple one: "Old guy, don't be nervous, I'll give you a simpler painting of a lotus and a monk."
Di Hanlin had already greeted the eighteenth generation of Lu Qian's ancestors in his heart.
This is a palindrome couplet, just a few words long, but it can be read forward or backward, and it’s not that simple.
Another stick of incense passed by.
Lu Qian's face was full of disdain, and he was really disappointed. He didn't want to win so easily.
The most dignified scholar in the world, nothing more than that.
"Reply to Your Majesty! A stick of incense burns to ashes. Since Di Hanlin didn't fight back! Then, I should win."
Xia Jiuyuan's face was so excited that he couldn't believe it, Lu Qian won so easily!
"Okay! Okay! Okay. Then, I declare that the first place in this Daxia Poetry Competition will be won by our Daxia!"
After hearing this, Di Hanlin turned pale! A mouthful of blood spurted out and he fainted.
Xia Jiuyuan didn't care about Di Hanlin's life or death at all, he waved his hand!
The imperial army standing by surrounded the Prince of Zhou.
"What are you doing?" Each of the Dazhou envoys said with ugly faces.
"We have a word first. We will fulfill the oath the prince made before and before we hand over the sixteen cities of Yanyun. Please stay here, prince."
After Xia Jiuyuan finished speaking, he hypocritically invited them to stay for the celebration dinner.
When the people of the Great Zhou Kingdom saw that the prince was detained, they had no intention of staying and left directly to fetch reinforcements.
Northern Liang also smelled the smell of gunpowder and didn't want to stay any longer.
After the envoys of the two countries left.
All the ministers knelt down and said to Xia Jiuyuan. "Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty for winning the Sixteenth City of Yanyun!"
Empress Xiaojing, who had never spoken before, also stood up and said, "Thanks to Shuyang and Eunuch Lu of Liyang Palace this time. Your Majesty should also reward me generously."
Xia Jiuyuan looked gloomy and snorted coldly and said, "Yes, I really want a heavy reward!"
