Su Hua wiped the grease from the corner of her mouth and gave her a cool glance. "Miss Liu, what are you saying? Miss Liu is the daughter of the Prefect of Tangshan Prefecture. How could a commoner like me dare to go against Miss Liu? Not to mention I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't even think about it."
Liu Yuxian felt no joy at all upon hearing this.
It was like punching cotton, leaving her with all her anger bottled up inside.
"If you didn't go against me, you would always manage to steal the answers from me and Jianjia. You don't care about other people's answers, but you keep stealing ours. You still dare to say you didn't do it on purpose? Do you think I'm stupid?"
Su Hua smiled gently, "There's no such thing as intentional or unintentional. It's probably just a coincidence. What you know, I also happen to know."
As Liu Yuxian watched her smile, the anger she had been holding in felt like it was about to explode.
Even if Su Hua did it on purpose, there was nothing they could do.
Ouyang Shanzhang said that whoever answers the fastest and best will win.
Meanwhile, the other young men and women, seeing the verbal sparring between the two, seized the opportunity to answer questions.
Finally, the riddle-guessing game ended, and Su Hua and Su Dahu's group was far ahead with 28 points.
The second place went to the brother and sister duo, Qin Yucheng and Qin Yingxian, with a total of seven points.
Qin Yucheng didn't like studying, but he was quick-witted, while Qin Yingxian was well-versed in poetry and literature. Therefore, even without Su Hua's quick answer, the two of them stood out among all the young masters and ladies.
The remaining groups are mostly worth one or two points.
Of course, there is one exception.
That is, Wei Jianjia and Liu Yuxian are in the same group.
Zero points.
Ouyang Shanchang smiled and stroked his goatee. "The first round of guessing flower riddles is over! Congratulations to the Su siblings for winning first place. Next up is the second round, a painting contest."
Use the flowers in this garden as a theme and feel free to express your ideas.
One painting per group.
The time limit is half an hour.
Having said that, it was as if the wind had sprung up beneath his feet.
They walked slowly towards the long table on the east side of the Hundred Flowers Garden.
More accurately, it was like being chased by a ghost.
These people showed absolutely no respect for the elderly or children. While he, an old man over fifty, was working tirelessly, they devoured half a table of seafood in no time.
The little girl from the Su family is right. It's not like you can't eat during a competition; you can do it all at the same time.
The painting takes a long time, and by the time they finish, he should have filled his stomach.
Liu Yuxian is now standing in the center of the Hundred Flowers Garden, in front of her is a large sheet of Xuan paper with the scores of each group written on it.
Her group and Wei Jianjia's group ranked first.
The group of Su Hua and her brother was ranked last.
But between first place and last place, it's as if there's an insurmountable chasm.
Looking at the bare ground behind her group, her face darkened considerably. "Could it be that Su Hua, that little hussy, is really going to snatch up Toumian and Zaozhuang?"
Wei Jianjia pursed her lips for a long time before silently shifting her gaze away from the rice paper. "The answer to this riddle can be obtained through trickery, but painting and playing the zither are real skills."
My paintings are unmatched in the capital, and your zither playing is unparalleled in Tangshan Prefecture. Here, only Yingxian can rival you in playing the zither.
Su Hua has absolutely no chance of winning.
Su Hua has always been a thoughtful person, and she probably crammed a lot of poems related to flowers within three days after learning about the Hundred Flowers Banquet.
That way, he can answer Ouyang Shanzhang's flower riddle perfectly.
After all, poetry is a universal art form. Although Ouyang Shanzhang's riddle about flowers was something he had thought of recently, it still follows the same principles. It's not impossible for Su Hua to find a loophole in it.
But painting and musical skills are different from these things that can be memorized by rote; they require not only talent but also the accumulation of knowledge and experience.
Before deciding to hold the Hundred Flowers Banquet, she had already sent someone to investigate the village. It turned out that Su Hua had been mentally challenged since childhood, and her mind had only become clear in the past month.
Let alone painting and playing the piano, she probably hasn't even touched a paintbrush or a musical instrument.
It's simply impossible for them to win in either of these two areas.
"Hmm." Liu Yuxian lowered her eyes and responded in a muffled voice.
I don't know whether I believed it or not.
Wei Jianjia summoned her servants to set up four long tables in the center of the Hundred Flowers Garden.
Each table is for use by four groups of people.
After setting up the table, he had the servants bring up the brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones that had been prepared in advance.
Meanwhile, the listless young men and women, staring at the table, had lost their spirits and chatted idly.
"With so many flowers in this garden, what should we paint? Letting us paint freely is too much; we don't even know which flower to choose."
"That's right, and Headmaster Ouyang didn't say how to win or lose in painting! Does the one who paints the most realistically win, or the one who paints the most?"
"Winning and losing are naturally determined by Headmaster Ouyang. Everyone knows that even the late Emperor praised our Headmaster Ouyang's paintings. We just need to paint, and Headmaster Ouyang can see the skill level in our paintings very clearly."
"That's exactly the gift! I wonder if Miss Su is just as good at painting as she is at solving flower riddles."
"Why do you care if others are equally skilled? You should focus on your own skills. If you are skilled in painting and music, we might be able to turn the tide later, or even win the jewelry and the estate. After all, Miss Wei and Miss Liu are currently at zero points."
"You idiot, keep your voice down, or you'll be in big trouble..."
Su Hua has exceptionally keen senses, especially her hearing, so she could clearly hear all the discussions among the people present.
However, she just listened and didn't take it to heart at all.
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