idle king

Chapter 22 The Princess Can Know Martial Arts?

"So that's how it is." The prince Zhou Chen nodded lightly, "I heard that the Shen Yuan Poetry Contest has invited the 'Four Wonders' of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. I wonder if that's the case?"

"His Royal Highness said it well. In addition to the little girl, there are sister Diewu from Yimeng Pavilion who is a 'qijue', sister Xun'er who is a 'shujue' from Qunfangyuan, and Liu Yiyi who is a painter from Zuixianglou." Xiaoxiao He whispered, and it was hard to tell whether his voice was happy or sad.

However, Ye Tong could see a hint of helplessness and sourness from the depths of the other party's eyes.

"Well, then don't bother Miss Xiaoxiao." Knowing that the poetry meeting will start soon, Zhou Chen is afraid that the other party will be late and will be made things difficult, so he said.

"Xiaoxiao, thank you, Your Highness, for your understanding." If before, she was forced to answer questions only because of the other person's identity, now, she is grateful from the bottom of her heart.

After seeing Li again, Miss Xiaoxiao left with the maid.

But after taking two steps, Miss Xiaoxiao suddenly stopped again, then turned around, looked at Ye Tong who didn't know why, and said with a hint of sadness: "Flowers, like people, are fleeting. I hope you will take care of them so that you can take care of yourself." After finishing speaking, he curled away.

Well, what you said made Ye Chu very embarrassed.But he really admired this woman in his heart.Not only did he behave gracefully in front of the prince, but even his friends dared to speak out in person, which shows his temperament.

"Alas, she is also a poor woman." Zhou Chen shook his head and sighed, feeling a little regretful.

"I didn't see it, the son is still a person who loves the fragrance and cherishes the jade." Ye Yu snorted softly, and then sighed, "There are so many people like this in the world! If the son wants to change, there is a long way to go."

Now Ye Chu knows something about Xiaoxiao's life experience.Because of the failure of the party struggle of the ancestors, the whole family, old and young, were exiled, and the women were filled into the Jiaofang Secretary.And Xiaoxiao was carefully cultivated by the Jiaofang Secretary since she was a child, and she is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.Until he was picked by a fan building with an official background, he entered the fan building.

Three years ago, with her [-]th youth, she became the oiran of the year and was famous in Jiangnan.Even in Gusu, Lin'an and other places, there are many talented people who come here especially, wanting to kiss Fangze.There is even someone who once paid a hundred gold to redeem Xiaoxiao's body.

Of course, Fanlou's mother is not stupid either. Naturally, she would not give away a cash cow like Xiaoxiao easily.If you want to have a kiss, don't even think about it.Because the power behind Fanlou is quite large, even many officials are not available.

Both were silent for a moment.

After a long time, Ye Chu suddenly asked, "My lord, what is your ideal?"

But looking at Zhou Chen's confused look, Ye You changed his words to a layman's terms.

"That is, what do you want to do in the future, to live your life like this?"

Obviously, Zhou Chen never thought about this question before.In other words, he didn't have a firm belief in what he wanted to do.

Frowning and thinking for a long time, Zhou Chen said quietly: "You know, since I was a child, my father invited many gentlemen to teach me the etiquette of monarchs and ministers, the four books and five classics, and made me a Confucian king. But what I like is knights. What I yearn for is With the sword in the world, the life of a knight-errant who enjoys kindness and hatred."

"So, I stole a lot of martial arts secrets from my father's study and practiced them secretly. Later, my father found out and hid all the martial arts skills. But I still found them. It wasn't until my father strictly ordered me to It had to be terminated.”

"Immediately afterwards, I was asked by my father to have more contact with those scholars. But I am naturally disgusted with those people. I just feel that they are hypocritical. They are of no use to the country and the people. Those who know it all the time , sad spring and sad autumn."

Maybe these things have been accumulated in Zhou Chen's mind for a long time, and today he finally confides them to someone he has only known for a few days, which makes him feel a little better.

"The Princess knows martial arts?" Ye Yu asked abruptly.

"My sister was allowed to practice martial arts by her father since she was a child, and now she is about to enter the realm of a master. My sister's master is the number one female master in Jianghu, Bai Yun." Zhou Chen had a look of envy on his face.

When Ye Chu heard the words, he let out an oh, and then stopped talking.Now, he has only a half-knowledge about martial arts, just like a master, he has no concept at all in his heart.

"Let's go, let's also join in the fun in Baihuayuan. Hehe, Qinhuai Sijue is not only full of talent, but also looks the best in the world. You can't miss it if you can perform on the same stage today." Zhou Chen winked at Ye Yu.

What else could Ye Chu do?He is also very helpless.

……

In Baihua Garden, the poetry meeting has already begun.

I saw three people sitting at the head.The one on the far left is Mr. Su, who is also the oldest and most qualified.

The other two, the one in the middle is Shen Ze, the eldest man of the Shen family, who is about forty years old. Because he is a fifth-rank Chaosan doctor, although he is a casual official, he is also an official.In the past few years, Shen Yuan Poetry Club was initiated by Mr. Shen.This year's poetry meeting was initiated by him.

The one on the right is named Wang Siru.He has no official status, he is just an old Confucian scholar from Jinling, and he is quite famous.

These three people are the judges of today's poetry competition.

"It is my honor to invite so many young talents from Jinling. Hehe, in previous years, the form of the poetry meeting was only poetry, which was too monotonous and seemed a bit unfair. Let's change the game today."

Seeing the talented people below looking at him with doubts, Shen Ze smiled and said, "I'd better not show off. I'm sure there are people down there who are dissatisfied."

Then a group of juniors hurriedly said they didn't dare.

"In this poetry meeting, we will no longer stick to the form. In other words, any kind of poems, lyrics, and songs will do."

Hearing this, many talented scholars below all showed joy.After all, among those present, some are good at poetry and some are good at rhetoric.If it is still the same as in previous years, it is indeed unfair.Now that these people hear this news, how can they not be happy?
Shen Ze continued: "At the same time, poetry societies no longer focus on a single thing. For example, in the past few years, there were those who sang willow trees and those who sang peach blossoms. The scope was too small, so it was difficult for many talents to show their talents. This year, This is the first time for me to hold a poetry meeting, so after discussing with Mr. Su and Mr. Wang, I decided that this time, the theme of the poetry meeting will be 'Shen Yuan'."

As soon as Shen Ze finished speaking, a group of students below exploded into discussions.

"Shen Yuan? This question is really weird!"

"That's right, what kind of topic is this? Could it be that the scenery of Yongshen Garden is pleasant and unique?"

"This scope is too broad. It's better to decide on something specific."

"Hey, maybe this is Master Shen's conspiracy. If someone really writes a good article about Shen Yuan today, wouldn't Shen Yuan be able to spread throughout the world in the future?"

"Nonsense, this is obviously a conspiracy."

On the other side, in the women's area, Qin Wanqing and many other talented women also frowned slightly.

"Although the difficulty of the topic has been reduced, it is even more difficult to write good poems because of this."

"Hehe, younger generations, don't worry, and don't be so embarrassing. This topic is very flexible and pioneering. You can use any thing in Shenyuan as your topic, or you can use an event that happened in Shenyuan as your topic. It can be said that the topic this time is much looser than before. There can be countless entry points.”

Mr. Su stroked his white beard and laughed.

"I see. From what Mr. Su said, it seems like that's really the case. We don't necessarily have to write about Shen Yuan. Our predecessors have written too many poems about the scenery, and I really can't write them all."

After Mr. Su's advice, many talented scholars suddenly realized.All of a sudden, everyone began to write.

(End of this chapter)