Chapter 233: Three old men in a play, and someone who was deceived
The ceremony is over.
Su Linhan looked at Xia Yaomo and said, "Thank you for passing it on, sir. Linhan likes it very much."
Su Linhan didn’t know what Xia Yaomo’s identity was, but she could call her elder sister sister-in-law, and her elder sister even used such words.
That must be a member of the royal family.
So the ceremony is also a great ceremony.
When Xia Yaomo saw Su Linhan like this, he also clasped his fists in return: "Ms. Linhan."
Su Linhan looked at Xia Yaomo and was about to speak, but then she thought that she couldn't reveal her identity?
So after thinking about it for a while, he decided not to talk about his elder sister anymore and went straight to the point and asked with a smile, "Sir, do you have any more poems in your hand?"
Hearing this, Xia Yaomo was stunned for a moment and looked at Su Linhan in surprise, wondering why Su Linhan knew that.
Cui Yuer looked at Su Linhan in confusion for a moment, then immediately looked at Xia Yaomo: "Sir, do you still have some poems hidden? The poem just now, 'Last night the rain was sparse and the wind was strong', is tortuous and euphemistic, and very layered. Especially the last line, 'Do you know, do you know, it should be green and red.' It is even better than the green and red meaning in the line 'Flowers bloom with red meaning, leaves turn green with new feelings' by Li Shenggong in the past. Reading it, it feels like it was written for Linhan."
Xia Yaomo listened to this, pursed his lips, and his big eyes were filled with a clear breath.
Can't understand!
Although his mother invited a famous teacher from Luzhou to teach him and his sister to read since he was a child, he felt that he knew all the characters individually and understood their meanings, but when they were combined, he found that the characters had become distorted. Each character was clear, but he had no destiny to pass by them.
However, Xia Yaomo still answered Cui Yuer honestly: "It was written by my sister-in-law, not me."
Then he looked at Su Linhan.
But then you have to speak.
Mu Xu moved closer to the table because he couldn't bear it any longer!
Just now, after Su Linhan copied a copy of the poem, she gave it to Gu Chiyu, who ranked third on the list.
The people around the table didn't dare to get close to Su Linhan, but they all dared to come forward to take a look at Gu Chiyu.
But after coming over and looking at the poems on the paper, they were all stunned, and then they all looked at the poems on the paper with an expression of disbelief.
Mu Xu saw this scene, and naturally everyone else saw it as well.
Originally Mu Xu could still bear it, after all, it was a bit inappropriate to run over like this, but after hearing Cui Yuer's words
Mu Xu finally couldn't help it.
After he ran over, Yan Shu and others saw him and immediately made way so that Mu Xu could see him directly.
But this look.
Mu Xu was stunned and couldn't help but praise: "What a good word. Although it talks about some women's psychology, but at a glance, I can clearly feel the picture of women in it, especially the last sentence. It's amazing!"
With such emotion, Mu Xu turned to look at Xia Yaomo: "You just said it was your sister-in-law who did it?"
Xia Yaomo looked at Mu Xu and nodded: "Yes."
Mu Xu had doubts in his eyes, but he lowered his head to look at the poem in his hand again: "Last time, I was able to describe a woman so simply and vividly, and it was still the Queen's red lips. If we ignore the artistic conception of the poem, and only consider the technique, it is exactly the same as the red lips, no...Huh?"
After these words were spoken, Mu Xu was stunned for a moment, confused, then looked carefully at the poem in his hand, and then suddenly raised his eyes to look at Xia Yaomo.
But speaking of this
Mu Xu suddenly discovered the problem.
Huh?
This writing style is somewhat similar to the two poems written by the Empress.
While thinking this, Mu Xu pursed his lips, thought of the handwriting just now, then looked up at Xia Yaomo, then at Su Linhan, and after thinking for a while, he looked at Su Wenqing half-believing and half-doubting. After a moment of hesitation, Mu Xu looked back at the short poem in front of him.
Then his face suddenly understood.
That sister-in-law is the Queen!!
Mu Xu understood immediately.
But thinking of this, Mu Xu looked at Xia Yaomo and immediately frowned.
That's not right. How can this guy call the Queen "sister-in-law"? Which of those princes has come to Beijing? But how could they not know about it? The prince's coming to Beijing is a big deal, it's impossible for him to come secretly.
unless
That kid.
Thinking of this, Mu Xu looked at Su Wenqing.
Seeing Su Wenqing's smiling expression, he immediately realized that it was no wonder that he was not a Jinshi who avoided the inspection of the Imperial College and came in. It was the old man who arranged for him to come in.
No wonder the Empress sent someone to send the revised version of Quiet Night Thoughts to Su Wenqing and the poem to Su Linhan.
etc.
That's not right. Why did Your Majesty arrange for someone to come in? I will write down the whole process of what happened here when I go back tonight and present it to Your Majesty.
Moreover, His Majesty and His Majesty are so smart, why did they let such a young man do something so obvious?
Unless your majesty has other ideas.
Think of this!
Mu Xu subconsciously looked at Yang Guofu.
I understood it instantly.
Did His Majesty specifically ask this young man from some unknown prince's family to come here?
And it was so obvious, just for that old dog Yang Shanchang and Yang Guofu to see? !
Be good!
Thinking about it this way, what happened today must have been intentional by His Majesty. Well~~from this perspective, what Xun Kuang said is right. It was His Majesty and the Queen who wanted to tell the world how loving they are. With the wedding approaching, they warned Yang Shanchang and others not to meddle in other people's affairs.
Maybe he really calculated that Zhao Yulang would be troublesome, so he did something to Zhao Yulang.
But what was the purpose of sending such a young man here? To keep an eye on Yang Shanchang and Yang Guofu?
Or are you here to warn that fat boy Yang Guofu?
Thinking of this, Mu Xu felt that he had no idea what was going on!
I have no idea what His Majesty and the Queen are planning.
but
Mu Xu looked at Su Wenqing and found that Su Wenqing had a strange expression. He immediately understood whether this old man Su Heizi knew the purpose of His Majesty and the Queen!
But when he thought of this, he subconsciously looked at Yang Shanchang and saw Yang Shanchang taking a bite of fish, chewing it slowly and methodically, calmly and composedly.
Seeing Yang Shanchang like this, Mu Xu was a little surprised, and even thought that this old dog had guessed it! ?
very good!
You two old guys have guessed the feelings, I'm the only one who doesn't know, right? !
Su Wenqing didn't know what Mu Xu was thinking.
But when he looked at Mu Xu's expression, he already knew that Mu Xu must know who that "sister-in-law" was.
However, he probably didn't guess Xia Yaomo's true identity.
but
Su Wenqing was also puzzled just now, how did Xia Yaomo meet His Majesty and the Queen.
Because the letter from the Eleventh Prince had made it clear that Xia Yaomo was a young man who had just arrived in Beijing. If he rashly went to meet His Majesty and the Queen on his own, it would be impolite, so he did not intend to let this young man go to see His Majesty. He would wait until he arrived and then go to apologize to His Majesty and explain the matter.
As for the Eleventh Prince asking him for help in getting Xia Yaomo in for the Banquet of Grace, the Eleventh Prince told him that he wanted Xia Yaomo to broaden his horizons, make more friends with people who passed the imperial examinations, and expand his network.
But on second thought, Su Wenqing thought that his Majesty must have known about it and dragged the Queen to take a look.
Then the young man, without keeping his mouth shut, told everyone that he was going to attend the feast of grace.
And the older girl, just as she wrote, after knowing about Jing Ye Si, she remembered this matter, so she asked Xia Yaomo to bring the poems over and gave the poems to her sister at the same time.
After thinking it through, Su Wenqing naturally didn't care about these things anymore. He just looked at Mu Xu's expression, found it interesting, and walked towards that direction.
Because he also wanted to see what kind of poetry the eldest girl gave to the second girl that could make Mu Xu like this.
But after taking only two steps, Su Wenqing still had a smile on his face, but he paused for a moment, and then continued to walk towards Mu Xu with a smile.
The reason why I paused
Because he suddenly thought of Yang Guofu
Yang Guofu didn't need to come because it had little to do with him.
However, Yang Shanchang suggested that Yang Guofu come as well. Su Wenqing initially thought that it must be after the Zhao Yulang incident, so Yang Shanchang, in order to win the trust of His Majesty, asked Yang Guofu to talk to the students about the recent crackdown on gangsters and evil, and to praise the big girl. In fact, he was flattering the big girl in front of these new scholars.
but.
Xia Yaomo is here, and Yang Guofu and others are also here.
Especially since Xia Yaomo, that silly boy, just gave gifts whenever he wanted. It was ok for him to give gifts to Jing Ye Si, but he immediately gave gifts to the girl Lin Han. He didn't say who that 'sister-in-law' was, but all the officials present were smart people. They would have guessed it after thinking about it carefully.
It was like he was deliberately telling others his identity or deliberately telling others that he was sent by His Majesty and the Queen.
Did Your Majesty notice something?
For example, when it came to the cheating of Zhao Yulang and his gang, although it seemed serious to their people, in reality it was just a lot of noise with little results, so they specially came with the eldest girl and punished Zhao Yulang in that way.
Thinking of this, Su Wenqing walked to Mu Xu with a smile, but his eyes glanced at where Yang Guofu was.
Yang Guofu, you are really awesome!
The situation is like this, and you still dare to do something behind my back! Do you think your father doesn't clean up your mess enough? Or are you testing your Majesty's patience?
Think of this
Su Wenqing wasn't sure if what he was thinking was right, but he remained calm and just looked at Xia Yaomo and said, "Yeah. Not bad, not bad."
Mu Xu saw this from the side and took the poem that Su Wenqing had taken from him: "I'm watching it!"
Su Wenqing smiled when he heard this, thinking that Mu Xu might be angry that he didn't tell him about Xia Yaomo, but he didn't think much about it. He just glanced at the students around him and looked at Su Linhan: "Can you show us the poem?"
Su Linhan was able to show it to Gu Chiyu and the others, and she actually didn't plan to keep it to herself. After all, only when more people see such a masterpiece by the elder sister can everyone know how powerful the elder sister is.
When he heard his grandfather talking, he nodded immediately, then walked to his seat and wrote the short poem in a few strokes.
Seeing this, Mu Xu curled his lips and said, "Oh, oh, oh, our Grand Master is a good person. If you don't know, you would think that I, the Grand Master, don't allow students to watch."
Su Wenqing could tell that Mu Xu was scolding him for not telling him about Xia Yaomo.
However, he only knew that Xia Yaomo was coming, but he had just thought of what Xia Yaomo was going to do, so he shook his head helplessly.
But Su Wenqing didn't say much, he just looked at Su Linhan and said: "Pass it to the students to read, such a good poem, let everyone appreciate it."
Su Linhan nodded, but was a little curious about what the poem written by Xia Yaomo was. After all, the poem was written by an elder sister to help this guy chase girls, so it must be a very romantic poem.
But now that her grandfather had come over and was the chief priest, she didn't know what to say. She could only take the poem and send it to another table.
but
Just when the students couldn't wait to read the poem.
Cui Yu also signaled Cui Yuer to make a copy and send it over, and Cui Yuer naturally did not refuse.
And just when the officials were a little surprised to see the sparse rain and strong wind last night
Yang Shanchang continued to eat the fish slowly.
He didn't know what poetry was, and he had never seen Su Wenqing's handwriting on the paper with his own eyes. It can be said that Yang Shanchang knew nothing.
But Yang Shanchang saw the changes in Mu Xu and Su Wenqing's expressions.
Even if it was just for a moment!
But after working together for decades, Yang Shanchang knew the changes in the expressions of these two people very well.
so.
Yang Shanchang felt that something had happened, and the root of the problem was this child who suddenly appeared.
If you think carefully
Who is the 'sister-in-law' this child is talking about?
Especially since it was specifically given to Su Wenqing and Su Linhan, and the writing was so brilliant, they couldn't imagine how to revise Quiet Night Thoughts, but it was revised so quickly and to such an exquisite perfection.
Hmm~~
Yang Shanchang picked up the wine glass and took a sip.
It must be someone sent by the Queen.
Why send someone here just to deliver poems? Not really, not really.
It’s for the country’s wealth.
After all, many people knew that Guofu was coming this afternoon, and it was easy to guess why he was coming.
Then why do we call the Queen Sister-in-law?
Which prince came in first?
This child looks silly.
The Eleventh Prince’s family?
He sent such a prince to watch in person. Is he trying to cause trouble for Guofu or is he just here to listen?
It is impossible that Your Majesty does not know this.
What purpose.
The matter of Guofu is not that serious. After all, Su Wenqing and the others are here. His Majesty will know everything tonight.
What is Guofu hiding from me again?
Ah, yes
Yulang did that thing, and His Majesty came to warn him personally. So it seems that Guofu must be hiding something from me.
Thinking of this, Yang Shanchang glanced at Yang Guofu, who was sitting two seats away from him.
Yang Guofu felt it and turned around, only to see that his father's expression remained unchanged as usual, but he couldn't help but frowned.
Because he felt it.
Just now, Mu Xu looked at him, then Su Wenqing looked at him, and now his father looked at him again.
It was obvious that something was going on, because that look was not just an ordinary glance, Yang Guofu was very sure of this.
After all, Yang Guofu has been in the officialdom for so long, so he has this feeling.
But
Why are you looking at me?
What did these three see? But what can I do?
He had been working diligently these days and didn't dare to do anything extra. Even if the officials involved with those gangsters were familiar to him and had given him money, he would still take ruthless action against them without mercy!
He also paid out 70,000 to 80,000 taels of silver out of his own pocket to compensate the victimized people. Most importantly, his mother's reputation became entirely His Majesty and the Queen's, and had nothing to do with him at all!
So there must be nothing wrong with me!
But why look at yourself?
Three old men looking at me together, something must be wrong!!
Thinking of this, Yang Guofu swallowed his saliva. He was scared, especially after knowing about what happened to Zhao Yulang, so he really didn't dare to be careless.
But after thinking about it, he felt that he had done nothing wrong! He was not like Zhao Yulang who had a trick up his sleeve!
Thinking of this, Yang Guofu suddenly looked towards Xia Yaomo's back. Is it related to this child?
Yang Guofu began to think.
Yang Shanchang stopped thinking about it and looked at Cui Yu and said, "Master Cui, can we let me and others take a look?"
While speaking, Yang Shanchang glanced at Mu Xu and Su Wenqing and saw that their expressions were no different from usual.
but.
Yang Shanchang realized that Mu Xu probably didn't know, but Su Wenqing knew.
Then it seems that this child was arranged by Su Wenqing.
He glanced at Xia Yaomo and saw that his expression remained unchanged and there was no flaw in his expression. He exclaimed, "What a great guy! No wonder he was sent here by His Majesty and the Queen."
Then, he looked at Cui Yu with a smile.
He glanced at it with a calm expression and no one noticed.
Upon hearing this, Cui Yu immediately looked apologetic and handed the poem to Yang Shanchang. He also copied a copy himself and then read it carefully.
At the banquet
The atmosphere remained unchanged, but the three old men had their own thoughts.
Only Yang Guofu's mentality has changed.
And at this moment.
At the banquet, the students all saw the poem "Last Night the Rain Was Sparse and the Wind Was Strong" because of copying or passing it on.
Everyone present was a person of literary talent, otherwise they would not have been able to pass the imperial examination.
Without exception, many people look at this poem, especially the last line, 'Do you know, do you know? It should be green and fat and red and thin.'
I am even more moved!
but.
Some people frowned as they looked at the poems in their hands, then looked at Xia Yaomo and Su Linhan, who looked at Xia Yaomo from time to time with a look of regret on her face.
"We must not let this pervert succeed!!"
Suddenly someone said this, and looked at the person who had just sat at the same table with Xia Yaomo and said, "Everyone, this person came here with ulterior motives. Now I don't know where he got this poem to give to Miss Linhan, and I don't know where he got the method to modify the poem of Quiet Night Thoughts. But I, Yu Zhengguang, will never allow such a scoundrel to humiliate the reputation of us new Jinshi!"
"So I hope you can bear witness and help me expose the true face of this scoundrel!"
As soon as these words came out.
Yu Zhengguang didn't waste any time. He just stood up and walked towards where the gentlemen were sitting.
At the same time, the people who had just sat at the same table with Xia Yaomo were all startled.
Those people who had been talking nonsense and making up stories to frame Xia Yaomo suddenly panicked.
"We are in the same class, how can we let this boy ruin our reputation! I can't bear to see this boy gain fame in this way, and even deceive Miss Linhan! I am willing to go with Brother Yu."
As he spoke, another person followed behind Yu Zhengguang.
(End of this chapter)
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