The eldest princess saw the hope of the prosperity of the country, and soon after Shen Ao left, she went straight to the palace with excitement. After all, such a big matter as cooperation and sharing was negotiated, she must talk to the emperor brother. A sound.
Yangxin Hall of the Imperial Palace.
The middle-aged Emperor Qianwen was looking at the poems placed in front of the dragon table with interest, and read with interest, "The palace robes are also famous, and they are honored during the Dragon Boat Festival. The fine geese are soft in the wind, and the fragrance is stacked. The snow is light. It is wet from the top of the sky, and it will clear up when the heat comes. The meaning is long and short, and I will bear the holy love all my life."
"Haha, haha, it's a bit exaggerated to say that Dragon Boat Festival was favored. At least I didn't reward Duke Zhongguo with anything. But even if the imperial sister has negotiated with Duke Zhongguo, then the 40% of the profit will be considered as my reward. Reward him."
"Qinglan, the poetry festival held in recent years has been very effective. Thank you for your hard work."
Listening to the emperor calling her name, the eldest princess's face was filled with joy. I don't know how long it has been since the emperor's brother called her this way. The last time was probably ten years ago when he took over Guochanglong.
Emperor Qianwen was in high spirits and in a good mood. At this point, even the eldest princess could really feel it, and she was also confused in her heart.
Shen Ao's talent has not been proven yet. Is it too early to be happy now?
Also, 40% of the profits were given away like this, but the emperor didn't feel any distress at all. Why is this?
The eldest princess was full of questions, but she didn't dare to ask them. On the other hand, Yan Fu, the chief eunuch standing nearby, happily patted the dragon's butt and said: "Your Majesty, look at this word written by Lord Zhongguo. The writing is really powerful, I think it took more than ten years of work."
"That's right, Yan Fu's eyes are still very sharp. I didn't expect that the bastard little prince actually practiced good calligraphy in private. It's really impressive, hahaha. But what's going on with these poems?" At this point When this incident happened, Emperor Qianwen was not angry and assertive, but only raised his voice a little bit. Hearing the eldest princess sitting there, he quickly got up.
As the younger sister of the current emperor, she knew her brother very well, and few emperors were as suspicious as him. Fortunately, she had thought about this matter on the way here, and she responded fluently. "Emperor. Brother, I'm afraid that this loyal Duke really has a great talent. On the poetry boat, everyone raised these questions at will, even the imperial sister also raised the questions at will, but Fei Dan couldn't stump him, but made him really surprised. The limelight.”
It is precisely because the eldest princess personally participated in setting up the question that she dared to speak so confidently. Could it be that Shi Zitong might be the one who asked for the question, and could she also be the one who asked for it?
"Huh? Are you really talented?" Emperor Qianwen didn't quite believe this answer.
"Your Majesty, I think that Mr. Zhongguo may be born smart and he should be a child prodigy. Otherwise, no one will easily pass on these excellent poems to others." Yan Fu spoke again and said. When I said these words, my whole body seemed to be very excited.
After Yan Fu said the same meaning, Emperor Qianwen no longer had too many doubts and actually chose to believe it. "Well, according to what you said, this Lord Zhongguo may really be a child prodigy, haha, Okay, okay."
"Congratulations to your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty." Seeing Emperor Qianwen's heart overjoyed, Yan Fu knelt down on the ground with a plop and said with a very pious expression.
"Oh, hahaha." Emperor Qianwen laughed, his expression was quite proud.
The eldest princess who was watching on the side also quickly bowed her head and said: "Congratulations to the emperor for getting another talented man and good minister."
"Hahaha." At this moment, not only Emperor Qianwen laughed, but Yan Fu on the side also covered his mouth and chuckled. This made the eldest princess who raised her head a little confused, but she couldn't explain why?
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Zhengyang Festival Poetry Meeting.
The goddam little Duke Shen Ao became an instant sensation. The poems about what he did quickly spread throughout Daliang City.
After the news came out, various versions came out accordingly, and each one of them perfectly metaphorized the situation on the ship at that time. For example, Duke Zhong forced Shi Zitong to dive, and Duke Zhong's literary talent captured the hearts of many beauties, and the hearts of talented women, Duke Zhong was... The Poet Fairy appears and so on.
After the afternoon, the limelight began to turn, and it turned into a bastard prince slapping King Xiang's staff in the face.
Highlighting the bastard and King Xiang is tantamount to slapping King Xiang in the face. Think about it, even a person who is called a bastard can force Shi Zitong to jump into the river. You can imagine how the so-called King Xiang looks at people. Yes, there is a difference in vision.
Compared with the rumors in the morning, this version in the afternoon was obviously suspected of manipulation. For this matter, in the palace of Prince Xiang of Daliang City, Prince Xiang Tang Xiu was furious. Several fine ornaments in the main hall had been knocked to the ground. , and the roars came one after another.
"Damn Shen Ao, how dare you treat my king's people like this? This revenge must be avenged. Otherwise, who in Daliang City will take me seriously?"
Tang Xiu had reasons to be angry.
As the only prince among the princes to be crowned king, his three-beaded prince is only one bead less than the prince's four-beaded prince. If there is anyone who is most likely to inherit the throne besides the prince, it is him. Belongs.
This can be seen from the fact that although Tang Xiu was an adult and was granted the title of king, he was not "driven" out of Daliang City. According to the Daqian ancestral system, the prince had to leave the capital and go to the fiefdom after being granted the title of king. If not Leaving would prove that the emperor had other thoughts, which also gave King Xiang a glimmer of hope and a chance to spy on the throne.
Over the years, Tang Xiu has been continuously managing his own power, wooing some of the ministers he can win over, and finding some talented people to become his staff. Under such an environment, Shi Zitong became Tang Xiu's guest.
This time, Shi Zitong went to attend the poetry gathering organized by the eldest princess, which was originally Tang Xiu's intention. He found that his aunt did not seem to be close to him. In the entire royal family, apart from having a good relationship with her father, she had no relationship with him. He didn't even have much contact with the prince.
Although the eldest princess's neutral stance made Tang Xiu happy in his heart, he still felt unwilling to see such a big help being unavailable to him. So a few days ago, he sent his chief aide Han Ce with a heavy gift. I went to see the eldest princess, hoping to get her support. Unexpectedly, no one said anything, and even the gifts were returned intact.
After understanding the attitude of the eldest princess, Tang Xiu sent Shi Zitong out of anger and asked him to disrupt the poetry meeting and embarrass the eldest princess.
Originally, all the plans were going smoothly, but seeing Shi Zitong humiliating all the talents, the eldest princess was forced to lose the face to continue the poetry meeting. At this time, Shen Ao jumped out, changed the name of the bastard, and actually asked He turned the tables and stood up thanks to Shi Zitong. This was really infuriating.
"Where did Shen Ao invite the poets from? You should go and find out immediately. I will expose his evil trick of stealing poems from people. I will make his life worse than death." In anger, Tang Xiu shouted one after another. Obviously he did not think that these poems were really written by Shen Ao.
Not only Tang Xiu, but Han Ce, the chief staff member standing aside in the hall, also held the same view. Poetry is all about precipitation and the accumulation of knowledge. How could a person suddenly become so powerful from being unknown before? ?
If writing poetry was such a simple matter, wouldn’t these so-called literati have lived in vain all these years?
Although his attitude on this matter was the same as that of King Xiang, he advocated sending people to investigate the ins and outs of the matter, mainly where those wonderful poems came from. But regarding Tang Xiu's need to deal with Shen Ao, Han Ce Disagree.
This matter is obviously someone who wants to take this opportunity to damage King Xiang's reputation. If they are serious, it will be equivalent to losing and falling into the opponent's trap. If Han Ce's prediction is correct, this rumor should come from The prince is in charge, and because of this, they cannot do things according to each other's wishes.
A young prince is nothing when faced with a prince who has already been crowned king and has a high chance of winning the throne. But enemies are easy to break up and difficult to make, so when he dealt with Shen Ao, he took advantage of the other party's will. , there is no need to do this. Not to mention, this Shen Ao is not without merit. He also has an uncle who has considerable influence in the military, and there is also an uncle in the palace who is favored by the emperor. Aunt, if you offend these people for nothing, you won't get much benefit. It's really unnecessary.
Taking a step forward, Han Ce expressed his thoughts. Tang Xiu, who was furious, listened carefully at first, and then asked with an ugly face, "Mr. Han, what do you mean, I will not care about this matter." , do you want to let others throw dirty water on you?"
Noticing the strong fire in Tang Xiu's eyes, Han Ce quickly clasped his fists and saluted, "King Xiang, please calm down. That's not what I meant. You just think that if you use the right method, bad things can turn into good things?"
"Oh? Please teach Mr. Han." Tang Xiu's expression suddenly changed, and then he bowed. He still valued people who had the ability.
"I really can't take it seriously. Someone is throwing dirty water on King Xiang, so why don't we take advantage of this opportunity to make good friends with the loyal Duke? In this way, we can show King Xiang's broad-mindedness and also make this Shen Ao For his own use, wouldn’t all the accusations against the king be self-defeating in this case?”
"Huh? Make friends with Duke Zhongguo?" Tang Xiu did not turn around immediately, but instead studied the gains and losses after testing the tiger. After a moment, Tang Xiu, who was still angry at first, laughed, "Okay, sir, you are really talented. Well, even if this is the case, things will cause trouble for you, sir."
Tang Xiu agreed to his strategy, and Han Ce's eyes flashed with a hint of a boy who could be taught, and he nodded in agreement with his fists clasped.
