Zhao Hao said with great sincerity, humility, and neither servility nor arrogance: "Your Majesty is right. This time in the Heavenly Prison is a salvation for me. It not only saves my life, but also saves my soul."
"In the prison, I conducted a soul-searching process. Looking back on the past, I feel overwhelmed with regret."
"I just feel so sorry for His Majesty, for the country, for my parents, for the people, and for myself."
"Your Majesty's punishment came just in time, so that I would not make a big mistake that would anger the heavens and the people in the future."
"Your Majesty, tell me, why shouldn't I be grateful to His Majesty?"
When these words were spoken, everyone present was shocked, and many people even suspected that they were hallucinating.
Are these words coming out of Zhao Hao's mouth?
What a joke!
At this time, in a box not far away, Her Majesty the Queen, who was dressed in ordinary clothes and disguised as a man, held a teacup in her hand and took a sip gently.
She looked at the maid Qing Xing beside her and asked meaningfully, "Qing Xing, do you think this boy is telling the truth?"
Qing Xing said: "The words are quite sincere, neither humble nor arrogant, and seem to be true."
Jiang Wan'er smiled, gently put down the teacup and said, "Whether it's true or not, the fact that he could say this proves that this guy is not the good-for-nothing as rumored. He at least has some eloquence. I am more interested in his literary duel now."
On the terrace, King Kang looked at Zhao Hao approvingly and said, "Boy, you are really impressive for saying this. It means you really understand the good intentions of His Majesty!"
Zhao Haolian said, "Your Majesty is right. I will be careful in what I say and do in the future and live up to your Majesty's efforts."
King Kang nodded: "Okay, in that case, I want to ask you, do you still want to continue the literary duel?"
Hearing what King Kang said, without waiting for Zhao Hao to reply, Lu Huairen beside him immediately changed his expression and said quickly: "Your Highness, the appointment of Zhao Hao and I to fight has long been made, and it cannot be changed!"
King Kang smiled and said, "Huairen, you and the young man Zhao had a literary duel just to vent your anger for the girl Yongning. Now that the young man Zhao has admitted his mistakes and repented, there is no need to be too aggressive."
Lu Huairen said anxiously: "Your Highness, this boy has done countless bad things since he was a child. How can he truly repent? Now he is using sweet words to flatter you. Your Highness must not be fooled by him!"
Zhao Hao immediately interrupted and said, "Brother Lu, what are you talking about? How could such a wise man as the prince be deceived by a boy like me who is ignorant and unlearned? You can see through things that the prince cannot see through, and you can also see through people that the prince cannot see through. You are a young boy who is still wet behind the ears. The prince has eaten more salt than you have eaten rice, but you are smarter and wiser than the prince?"
Lu Huairen was startled and immediately became anxious. He quickly knelt down and kowtowed to King Kang, saying, "Your Majesty, Huairen has absolutely no such intention. Please understand!"
He immediately glared at Zhao Hao with anger in his eyes: "Zhao Hao, stop talking nonsense and slandering me here. When did I say these things?"
Zhao Hao smiled and said, "Brother Lu, although you didn't say it explicitly, isn't that what you meant?"
"you……"
Lu Huairen was furious and his handsome face turned purple.
Seeing this scene, everyone present was shocked once again.
Is this still Zhao Hao?
When did he become so talkative?
It was incredible that Lu Huairen was left speechless in public.
King Kang was also surprised. This kid was not really brainless, but was actually quite smart.
As soon as Lu Huairen finished speaking, this kid seized the opportunity to attack him. A brainless person couldn't do that.
He coughed lightly, waved his hand at Lu Huairen, asking him to get up from the ground, and then said to Zhao Hao unhappily: "Boy, you just said you should be careful with your words and actions, and you forgot it in a blink of an eye?"
Zhao Hao quickly bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, I will remember what you have taught me."
But he secretly thought to himself that King Kang was amazing. He actually saw through his little trick immediately and was not affected at all.
Well, this little trick is indeed a bit unpresentable.
King Kang said again: "Boy, you haven't answered me yet, do you want to continue the literary duel?"
This time Lu Huairen didn't dare to speak, but looked at Zhao Hao nervously, fearing that Zhao Hao would refuse.
At the same time, he was puzzled as to why King Kang wanted to help Zhao Hao.
At this time, Zhao Hao nodded and said, "Your Majesty, a man cannot stand without trust. Since Brother Lu and I have already agreed, we must proceed!"
Hearing him say this, King Kang's eyes moved, and then he nodded: "In that case, you can start now."
Upon hearing this, Lu Huairen, who was standing by, immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Jijiu, and the two Lords of Siye, please preside over the meeting for us two."
King Kang glanced at Shang Henshui, then smiled and said, "Well, in the past, literary competitions were all based on one topic, three poems, and then the winner was decided. Today, I would like to change that."
Zhao Hao and Lu Huairen bowed at the same time and said, "Please give us your instructions, Your Majesty."
King Kang said, "Today is the Golden Autumn Literary Contest. You two should write about the topic of Golden Autumn. Secondly, this is the time when Da Gan and Huang Man are fighting. Why not use this as the topic? What do you two think?"
Zhao Hao and Lu Huairen said again: "We have no objection. We will follow the prince's arrangements."
King Kang nodded and said, "Okay, then you two can write poems on these two topics. You can start now."
The two looked at each other and then returned to their desks.
Zhao Hao picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, spread out a blank piece of paper, and then began to ponder.
One is about autumn, the other is about the frontier.
These two questions are not difficult.
Especially writing about autumn is easy.
The main purpose is to write about border wars, so I need to choose one that is highly suitable.
Which one to choose?
While Zhao Hao was still thinking, Lu Huairen on the opposite side had already started writing.
Everyone couldn't help but become excited, and some people in the back started to discuss in a low voice.
"Why do you think Zhao Manzi dares to fight against Lu Gongziwen? Is he really not afraid of death?"
"It's not that he's not afraid of death, it's that he doesn't know how to write the word death!"
"Hahahaha...it's really possible!"
"Looking at his expression, I guess the reason he dared to come here is that he must have asked someone to write it in advance. He can't write anything himself!"
"It's very possible. Today is the Golden Autumn Literary Festival. He must have asked someone to write a poem about autumn. But he certainly didn't expect that Prince Kang would add a topic at the last minute. Let's see what this kid will do."
“…”
Everyone was talking about it, while Lu Huairen looked up at Zhao Hao while writing.
Seeing that Zhao Hao had not started writing for a long time, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
Since you don't know what's good for you and have agreed to a literary duel, I will make you kneel down and apologize today, humiliating you!
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