After watching the execution that day, the crown prince fell seriously ill, and Xiao Yan visited him personally, and the relationship between father and son eased somewhat.

More than a month later, the prince finally recovered from his illness. Xiao Yan heaved a sigh of relief, and at the same time decided to choose a concubine for the prince to marry.

He announced that the prince would attend a grand banquet of youth in the Honghu Garden next to the Yanque Temple, and invited one of the best noble families in Jiankang City to participate. A good tall lady.

Yanque Temple is located in the southeast of the capital, at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain, beside Yanque Lake.The blue tiles and red walls of the royal temple are soaked in solemnity, and the faint blue smoke of sincerely burning wishes.

The Honghu Garden, a royal garden in the east of the temple, includes the Yanque Lake. When the spring is getting warmer and the blue waves are rippling, the garden is widely planted with exotic trees and viburnum, which are in full bloom in spring. You can go boating on the lake, or you can go out and enjoy the flowers. A moving scene.

On that day, the prince led the people to sit on a banquet by the Yanque Lake.The seats are divided into two parts, separated by landscape screens, one is for scholars and the other is for beauties.

I saw the prince sitting at the head of the scholar seat, wearing a small beaded crown on his head, a snow-green long-sleeved shirt, and a soap-colored belt with a Pisces pendant. His face turned pale after a serious illness, but he was still in good spirits.

There are seats on the left and right. On the left is his second younger brother Yuzhang Wang Xiaozong. He is only seven years old. He still wears a bun and has cute horns. He has a solitary personality, and he only follows the prince when he goes in and out every day; on the right is the son of Da Sima Xiaowei, Xiao Ke, the king of Nanping County, wearing a frost-colored honeysuckle crane cloak, wide forehead and thin lips, and romantic eyebrows.

At the next table were the son of Da Sikong Yuan Ang, Yuan Junzheng and Yuan Jing's brother, and Fan Yan, the son of Fan Yun's servant. Among the "Shen Zhou" of the rich clan in Jiangdong, there were Shen Yuanchang, Zhou Yan, and the five surnamed children of Lu, Gu, Yu, Liu, and Tao. There are many people in brocade clothes and embroidered clothes, powdered and dyed with fragrance.

Wang Du, the son of Wang Rong, the left servant of the former Qi, sat at the same table with Chen Qingzhi.

On the right side of the beauties seat, there are cloud hairpin rings, singing birds and swallows, all of which are among the most famous ladies in Jiankang City, so it's hard to see clearly.

After drinking for three rounds, some went to the center of the lake to row oars, some went to the grassy slope to throw pots, and some went to the willows to compete in archery, while the rest of the banquet was eager to try and perform the popular ripple order at that time.

The first part of the Order of Ripples is Shefu. Scholars write a word on the white silk fan, alluding to an allusion or rhetoric. Write it on the back and pass it back to the Scholars' Seat.The second part is impromptu poetry reciting. If the beautiful woman answers correctly, the scholars will immediately compose four lines of poems and sing in harmony.

This order is like ripples in the water, spreading with the waves. It was originally a group competition between literati, and the two sides interconnected verses. Beauty, changed to scholar single chanting, the link is also saved.

Prince Zhaoming opened the ceremony with a congratulatory speech, "Today, the plum blossoms are scattered, and the flowers in Taigu are flying, which is very suitable for the gathering of guests. I hope everyone will show their talents and ideas, and spare no expense in writing, so as to reward you as soon as possible."

Everyone praised him for being good, and they all thought about writing.

I saw Wang Du, who picked up the pen quickly, and shook his head while celebrating.

Wang Du wondered, "Qingzhi must have guessed what kind of script I was shooting. I'm really quick-witted! Why are you so slow to write?"

"The table is full, the gentleman in black from a noble family, Qingzhi is only a little companion to the last table, so let's just watch it! It's just that brother Ziheng, I'm surprised that he writes so neatly!" Qingzhi joked.

Wang Du raised his eyebrows and smiled, "I'm the same as you. I didn't want to participate, but I just couldn't see some people's exaggerated demeanor, so I made a little sarcasm. I'm afraid no one will understand, just chatting for fun!"

Qingzhi smiled and said nothing, his brother-in-law, after all these years, is still so rebellious.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, several doors came back from that room, among which the one of Xiao Ke, king of Nanping County, attracted everyone's attention.

I saw his fan, the Feibai font with tough outside and hollow inside, the book "Xiao Lang", and the small script of Mrs. Wei's hairpin flower on the back, the book "Nongyu Blowing Sheng".

The person who shot, Wang Yu, was the daughter of a partial branch of the Wang family.It is said that when the new dynasty was established, Xiao Yan wanted to promote Wang Du, the son of a good friend, but he politely refused, so he had to pick two from the Wang family's offshoots to inherit the family.

I saw Xiao Ke bowing to the prince and saying, "This order was originally issued for the prince, and I hope the prince will answer for you!"

"Cousin is so cunning, you made the order yourself, you can't write poems, but you want me to bring a pen," Zhao Ming smiled and pointed at him.

Xiao Ke said casually, "No one knows that Duke Mu of Qin loves his daughter and builds Fengtai to hide her. Xiao Shi used a Dongxiao Qingqu to attract Princess Nongyu, and he played with it with Shengge, fairy music fluttering, phoenix singing in harmony, Duke Mu of Qin married her as a princess. On the wedding night, one of them rode a dragon and the other rode a phoenix, and they ascended to heaven. They also wished the prince as a younger brother, a happy spouse as soon as possible.

Those who guessed at the banquet that the prince will move the red luan star recently all looked forward and laughed.

The prince also understood, and groaned blushingly, "The son is far away from the water, but he is in the sky. There is no reason for his heart, and he is willing to fly with two wings."

Everyone cheered and praised each other.

Although the artistic conception of this poem is good, Qingzhi feels that it is too desolate, which seems to be inconsistent with the meaning of happiness.

Afterwards, everyone looked at others, including interesting allusions, elegant rhetoric, rhyme and beauty, and so on.

Until Wang Du's fan attracted many scholars present, whispering and indignant.

It is writing "painting the land" in the official script of Zhang Qian stele, which is strong and powerful, and writing "Fufenhe Lang" in the quiet and elegant Youjun running script on the back.The one shot was Cui Xiang, the daughter of Taichangqing Cui Pu.

I saw Wang Du proudly said, "I didn't expect that there are heroes among ladies. He Lang, He Yanye, married into Cao Cao's mansion with his mother when he was young, and Meng De wanted to accept him as his son, so he painted the land as a prison, saying 'He's hut' , Meng De lamented the pride of the young man, and gave up the idea. Unexpectedly, it is young, and the age may not be good, the beauty is beautiful, easy to talk, and it is a bit of a mistake."

He slowly said, "It's easy for me to live in the poor and the humble, but it's hard to work in the rich and prosperous. The algae are rich and fragrant, how can I be like a man who picks chrysanthemums."

For a moment, the atmosphere at the banquet was a little cold, some people looked unhappy, and some frowns coldly.

Qing Zhi hurriedly picked up a fan and praised, "This face is used as a crown head. I don't know who it is from?"

Then everyone changed their interest and turned to this round fan, only to see that the book "Qionying" was written in charming and unrestrained regular script, and the book "Hai Bi's crime" was written on the back with vivid and colorful chapters.

Coincidentally, the person who was shot was none other than Xie Qiongying, the daughter of the Xie family, who was Xie Lingyun's great-great-granddaughter.

Yuan Junzheng smiled lightly and said, "Qiongying is beautiful jade. It is said that a man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying a jade. Ji Kang calls it, and Xie Xie calls it."

After finishing speaking, he also chanted, "Ordinary people are not close, but Songqiao is close. Le Dao is in a penglu, and Yazhi has nothing to do."

If it is said that at the Fanghua Banquet, the most popular person, apart from the crown prince, should be Yuan Junzheng, the son of Sikong. He is bright and clear, with a lonely and proud appearance, and people at that time called him "Qingzhi Yushu".

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