"Yes, a poem like this should be written by a woman. Only a woman can express a girl's thoughts so vividly." Wenchangge murmured to himself.
Kou Mingxue was so angry that she never expected that Gu Yunni was so capable.
But didn’t my parents say that they never educated Gu Yunni?
No, that's not the priority.
Kou Mingxue felt that the gaze given to her was filled with subtle mockery.
She said aloud, "It's just this one poem. What's the point? If you were to say who's better, I'm afraid none of you would be able to judge."
Someone then thought of this problem. "Indeed, according to the competition, there must be a winner, but the poems just written by the Crown Princess and Miss Kou are really hard to choose."
"That's right. These two poems are equally matched. It's really hard to say which one is better."
Some people cannot see the trick in Kou Mingxue's poems, so they naturally want to say a few words at this time.
But others don't think so.
Some people looked at Kou Mingxue and couldn't help shaking their heads. Even if it was a competition between scholars, no one thought of forcing the other party to have no way out.
Giving others a way out is what people with a conscience will do.
But judging from Kou Mingxue's expression, she didn't want to do that at all. Instead, she wanted to continue to be aggressive.
As expected, Kou Mingxue quickly spoke up, "Since everyone says so, then we have no choice but to compete again. Gu Yunni, do you dare to accept?"
"Of course I dare."
Gu Yunni didn't say much. She took a step forward and started reciting a poem.
This time she chose trees as the theme, and her poem expressed the meaning of "grafting flowers and trees", implying that Kou Mingxue's previous poem was like grafting flowers and trees, with a beautiful exterior but rotten interior.
As soon as this poem was read out, everyone's eyes turned towards Kou Mingxue differently.
But Kou Mingxue was completely unaware of it.
She has not read many books and does not know anything about grafting.
She couldn't connect the dots between the gold, jade and rotten cotton that Gu Yunni mentioned.
She only knew that Gu Yunni's poem this time did not immediately receive great praise from these people, and she immediately thought that there was something wrong with Gu Yunni's poem and it was not done well!
Kou Mingxue couldn't help but sneer, "Gu Yunni, don't you admit your mistake?"
Gu Yunni spread her hands in confusion, "What have I done wrong?"
"Isn't this the song you're making now your true level? No one praised it, don't you think it's your fault?"
Kou Mingxue's eyes showed pity, and she said hypocritically: "It's my fault for coming back and taking your place, but you can't hate the Marquis' Mansion or me because of this. It's clearly your own bad luck!"
Gu Yunni frowned slightly and looked at her in confusion. What kind of play was this?
Did she not know what her poem meant, and instead thought she should play the magnanimous green tea character? Was she trying to get everyone to side with her and blame her?
No one is that stupid!
No, there are still stupid ones.
At this time, a silly noble lady stood next to Kou Mingxue.
Gu Yunni had met this person once before. Her name seemed to be Shu Yi, the concubine's daughter of a fifth-rank official.
Shu Yi stood beside Kou Mingxue and comforted her repeatedly, "Ms. Kou, you are too kind-hearted. You shouldn't feel any apology towards a woman like Gu Yunni. She doesn't deserve it at all and she doesn't even realize her mistakes."
Kou Mingxue originally felt that the atmosphere was a bit cold and wanted to ask Cui'er to come over and agree, but now that there was a ready-made candidate, she didn't care anymore.
He quickly grabbed Shu Yi's hand and tearfully accused her, "You said that my parents and I have never done anything wrong. My parents raised her for so many years, is that wrong? After she came back, she didn't even visit the two old people, but only knew how to steal my things. Why did she have to steal my things if she had such a bad fate?"
Gu Yunni could feel that Kou Mingxue truly believed that he occupied her life, otherwise she would not have cried so sincerely.
But what does this have to do with me?
Everything was planned by the wife of Marquis Changping, but she is busy now and has left, otherwise we would have been able to see this great show.
Shu Yi offered a few words of comfort, then frowned at Gu Yunni and said, "Why don't you come and apologize to Miss Kou? Gu Yunni, even though you're the Crown Prince's consort now, do you really want to carry the reputation of an ungrateful person forever? Just because the Crown Prince doesn't care, you can trample on his reputation at will?"
Gu Yunni smiled. "You can make a conclusion based on just a few words? Do you think that believing their one-sided words is fair? Then what are you doing here? You should be the judge in the government office."
Shu Yi's face turned red and she dared not say a word.
Kou Mingxue wiped her tears and looked at Gu Yunni with disappointment. "I don't ask for that much, Gu Yunni. As long as you admit that the two poems I wrote before are mine, I will let this matter go. I won't ask anything more from you."
"What? The two poems from before? I never thought this daughter of the Marquis's family would be so generous as to take both of the Crown Prince's wife's poems for herself!"
As soon as Kou Mingxue finished speaking, everyone started talking.
But she didn't know that they were talking about her. She just thought that everyone had the same idea as her and was on her side.
"I believe you can all see why Gu Yunni, who hadn't even finished a single poem before she was in the Marquis' Mansion, can now recite such wonderful poems. Those were all written before I left home. Although I was still young at that time, the poems were clearly able to arouse everyone's amazement. This is a false praise from everyone."
Obviously, Kou Mingxue not only didn't feel anything, but also shamelessly insisted on claiming the poem as her own.
Gu Yunni couldn't stand it any longer. "Ms. Kou, do you know what "transplanting flowers and grafting trees" means?"
"Ah?" Kou Mingxue looked confused.
"Have you ever heard of the saying 'all showy, all showy, all rotten inside'? Do you know what that means?"
Kou Mingxue frowned. "Why do you have to ask me to know everything in your poem? Who knows where you copied it from? Gu Yunni, plagiarism is not a good thing. You'd better listen to my advice and turn back."
Now, everyone's expressions were indescribable.
Some couldn't help themselves and even laughed out loud.
Kou Mingxue didn't know what the smile meant. She thought they agreed with her and thought Gu Yunni was a plagiarist, so she couldn't help but laugh too.
She seemed to have imagined the scene of Gu Yunni walking on the street in the future and being scolded by thousands of people, and her smile became more real.
"Ms. Kou, you must protect your poems from now on and never let anyone see them again!"
"That's right, Miss Kou is so good at poetry, she must be the most talented woman in Kyoto!"
Kou Mingxue noticed that the tone of the compliment was a little off, but she didn't understand why, so she smiled and agreed, "Thank you for the reminder, I will write better poems in the future!"
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