Chapter 474, Poetry Discussion
As soon as these words came out,
the faces of the people present immediately became much better. Their queen is so nice, she even gave you the steps.
On the other hand, the people of Donglin all looked aggrieved, and they didn't know what to say. Did
they hear it?
If they heard it and didn't enter the palace, it would be rude.
Do you say they are polite?
If they were polite, why didn't they come in when they heard the message?
Damn, there is simply no way to refute it!
Xia Wanwan clapped her hands in her mother's arms, but her mother quickly grabbed her little hand.
[The queen is so majestic. Seeing their arrogant faces being aggrieved and speechless, I am happy. 】
"It's like this, His Majesty the Great Xia should really discipline the people in the Ministry of Rites. It's okay if it happens once or twice, but if it continues like this in the future, I really don't know how the Great Xia Dynasty will deal with itself in front of the people of the world!"
The King of Donglin raised his head slightly and said these words slowly.
Damn, this ability to lie with his eyes open is really amazing.
Xia Wanwan was impressed by the shamelessness of this king without blushing or beating her heart.
She raised her head and asked her mother, "Mom, is Donglin in an extremely cold place?"
"Donglin is in the east of the world, it can't be considered an extremely cold place." Liu Wan replied.
Xia Wanwan suddenly raised her voice,
"I heard that only people living in extremely cold places have poor hearing, how come they have poor hearing too?"
"I couldn't hear people shouting so loudly, I thought Donglin was extremely cold and poor."
"It's okay if one person can't hear, but so many people can't hear, it seems that the soil and water in Donglin are worse than those in extremely cold places, no wonder they are all deaf!"
These words were heard by everyone present very clearly.
The court officials were so scared that their eyelids jumped!
This? Is this something that can be said?
On the other hand, the royal family's faces were much more relaxed, and they pursed their lips tightly with a smile.
When the people of Donglin heard this, some people couldn't sit still, especially the ten-year-old Princess Liuli.
She jumped out, pointed at Xia Wanwan and said, "How can you talk like that? We in Donglin have abundant land and abundant water, and the people are all very well off, so we are not deaf!"
"Oh, so you can hear, I thought you were deaf and didn't hear the eunuch calling you into the palace."
Xia Wanwan scratched her head and replied slowly.
Suddenly, as if she thought of something, she jumped up from her mother's arms and shouted, "So you pretended not to hear! Oh~ How rude, shameful, really shameful!"
As she spoke, she spread her hands and covered her eyes.
I can't bear to watch.
I can't bear to watch!
The people of Donglin were so angry that their faces turned green.
Especially the Princess Liuli, her ears turned red with shame and anger, she pushed her father beside her and said aggrievedly, "Father, look at her..."
The expression of the King of Donglin was still very calm, he just glanced at Xia Wanwan, and then turned to look at her parents.
A complicated feeling surged in his heart.
The man who looked a bit like his sister was the Ninth Prince Xia Siheng.
The mother and daughter next to him must be the Ninth Prince's wife who brought her ex-husband's blood into Xia Siheng's house.
This child is indeed of low-class blood that cannot see the world.
The King of Donglin did not take the child to heart, but what she just said really embarrassed them.
He smiled and said, "Just now I was just thinking about how to present the treasure of Donglin. There is no need to escalate to such a level."
The emperor's brows relaxed a lot. He looked at Xia Wanwan with a proud look, coughed twice, and said, "No problem, give me a seat!"
Immediately, a eunuch led the people from Donglin to sit down.
When Princess Liuli saw the familiar eunuch taking her to sit down, her face suddenly became aggrieved.
Well, the eunuch who delivered the message was not beaten at all!
She stood up for justice and was scolded by the queen.
"Princess Liuli, what's wrong with you?" Concubine Jing Gui noticed that she was in a bad mood and asked with false concern.
Princess Liuli rolled her eyes at her and said, "What's it got to do with you!"
This noble concubine has always been her mother's mortal enemy. Seeing the little prince in the arms of Concubine Jing, she was even more unhappy.
Her mother said that if Concubine Jing gave birth to a prince, the status of both mother and daughter would be in jeopardy.
She would no longer be her father's favorite little princess.
With her mother's years of paving the way for her, she naturally disliked Concubine Jing.
Concubine Jing smiled slightly, not annoyed, and teased the little prince in the cradle from time to time. She had a plan in mind.
The king came this time and brought the unicorn horn. He wanted to summon the unicorn in the Great Xia Dynasty to recognize the descendants of the gods as their master and give them spiritual power.
She told the king everything she had done, and what she was holding in her arms was the divine fetus.
As long as Qilin recognized her son as the master, then the Princess Liuli and the Queen's wife would become a joke and would be sidelined by her sooner or later.
She was not in a hurry for this moment.
Concubine Jing Gui smiled and began to follow the procedure, saying,
"I heard that Princess Liuli's poems were famous in Donglin two years ago. All the noble ladies in Donglin were outshined by Princess Liuli. I wonder if there is a talented woman who can compare with Princess Liuli in this huge Great Xia Dynasty." As
soon as these words came out, all the ministers looked at each other and looked at their own female relatives.
"I wonder if my daughter of Great Xia can compete with Princess Liuli?" The Queen Mother spoke at this time and winked at several ministers.
It seemed that several talented young noble ladies designated by the Queen Mother had also arrived.
Minister of War Qian Zhibing stepped forward, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, I have a daughter at home, she is only twelve years old, and she won the first prize in the last Hundred Flowers Poetry Competition. I bravely request that my daughter be allowed to have a try!"
The twelve-year-old girl was slender, quiet and elegant. Qian Shiyue stepped forward and saluted calmly, exuding a scholarly air with every move!
Everyone in the room immediately started to discuss in low voices.
"This must be the daughter of Minister Qian. It's incredible that she won the first place in the poetry competition at the age of twelve!"
"Yes, I heard that the Hundred Flowers Poetry Competition lasted for three days, and the second and third place winners were both teachers from the academy. I didn't expect that the first place winner was the daughter of Minister Qian, and she was only twelve years old! Too amazing."
Everyone was shocked by the girl in front of them. Even Liu Wan, who was well-versed in poetry books, felt inferior to her.
"I also participated in the Hundred Flowers Poetry Contest when I was thirteen, but I only took third place. Compared with the top scholar and the imperial tutors, I was ashamed of myself. I didn't expect this girl to take first place at such a young age. Heroes emerge from youth!" WＷｗ.lＩｎＧㄚùＴχτ.nétXia
Wanwan heard her mother say this, and then she looked at Qian Shiyue with her round eyes. She
really looked like she was reading a book of poetry.
"I wonder how Princess Liuli wants to compete?" Qian Shiyue saluted Princess Liuli with a dignified manner.
Liuli walked up to her, put her hands behind her back, and said with disdain, "Simple, this princess will give a poem, if you can answer better than this princess, then you win!"
Qian Shiyue responded, "Princess, please give me a poem!"
Liuli picked up the brush and clumsily wrote a poem. When the rice paper was lifted, the court officials thought the words were not very good, but when they saw the poem, their eyes were full of surprise. The words written
on the rice paper were: Don't you see that the water of the Yellow River comes from the sky, rushing to the sea and never returning.