Entering the palace, Su Cheng took the two girls straight to the main hall. Today's literary competition will be held in the main hall.
At this moment, in the main hall, Emperor Su Sheng was discussing today's civil war with the ministers. At this moment, a eunuch reported: "Your Majesty, Duke Wu An brought his two wives to ask for an audience."
Su Sheng laughed: "Everyone is waiting for him, let him in quickly!"
Su Sheng was also full of expectations for today's competition, especially after Su Cheng knew how powerful An Cangming was and he looked so confident. He wanted to know where Su Cheng's confidence came from.
Soon, Su Cheng entered the hall with Shen Youwei and Shangguan Yunge. He bowed his hands to Su Sheng and saluted: "I am here to see you, Your Majesty!"
Su Shengxu raised his right hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry about it, Mr. Wu An. Are you prepared for today's literary fight?"
Su Cheng chuckled: "He's just a literary saint from the Great Yan Dynasty, so why prepare?"
Everyone was confused when they heard this.
This Mr. Wu An is a bit pretentious.
Is he just a literary sage from the Great Yan Dynasty?
If this word gets out, I'm afraid I will get scolded again.
Even Su Sheng looked confused.
What does Su Cheng mean? He didn't prepare for this literary fight?
This is troublesome. If you are so trustworthy, if you lose once, it will not end well.
But at this moment, Su Cheng took out a list and handed it over: "Your Majesty, this is the list of imperial examinations that Wei Chen has obtained by reviewing the test papers over the past three days and nights."
The eunuch on the side quickly took the list and handed it to Su Sheng who was sitting on the dragon throne.
Su Sheng's expression changed immediately after reading it.
Ma De, Su Cheng has really been reviewing test papers in the Hanlin Academy for the past three days, not asking for advice from the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy!
At this time, Su Sheng was a little panicked.
Putting down the list of candidates for the imperial examination, he looked at Su Cheng and asked solemnly: "Mr. Wu An, are you confident in this competition?"
Just as Su Cheng was about to answer, a eunuch came to report: "Your Majesty, the fifth prince of Yan and the liaison officers of the other five dynasties are all here and waiting outside the palace."
Su Sheng frowned, glanced at Su Cheng, and then returned to his normal expression: "Let them in!"
The opponent has already arrived, and it is useless to ask Su Cheng if he is sure now. We can only take one step at a time.
After a while, Murong Jie came to the hall with An Cangming, who was wearing a white robe, and an old man who was wearing a black robe.
"The fifth prince of the Yan Dynasty has met His Majesty the Emperor of Liang!" Murong Jie saluted Su Sheng.
Su Sheng glanced at this person and nodded slightly: "This is not the first time that the Fifth Prince has come to my Daliang. Come, please give me a seat!"
"Thank you Emperor Liang for the seat!" Murong Jie glanced at Su Cheng who was standing, and then sat down with a sneer on his face.
Immediately afterwards, five people wearing different styles of clothes came in from outside the hall.
A middle-aged man in white robes with a Chinese-character face saluted: "Liang Chenghe, Liaison Officer of the Daqian Dynasty, has met His Majesty the Emperor of Daliang!"
A middle-aged man wearing a blue robe and a thin face also saluted and said: "Liang Zizhen, Liaison Officer of the Dakun Dynasty, has really met His Majesty the Emperor of Da Liang!"
Then an old man wearing a purple robe smiled and said: "Zhao Xiuqi, the liaison officer of the Great Zhao Dynasty, has met His Majesty the Emperor of Dalian!"
Then an old man with a somewhat ugly appearance and criss-crossing wrinkles on his face said slowly: "Chu Tiancheng of the Great Chu Dynasty has met His Majesty the Emperor of Dalian!"
Finally, an old man with a hunchback wearing a purple robe and coughing said slowly: "Sima Yongwang of the Jin Dynasty has met His Majesty the Emperor of Liang!"
These five people are the liaison officers of the other five dynasties. The relationship between the seven dynasties is very complicated. Each dynasty has a posthouse in the other party's Kyoto and has a liaison officer there.
Su Sheng waited for the five people to finish speaking, then he said with a smile: "It is a great blessing for the literary world that you can come here to watch this literary competition. If you come, please give me a seat!"
Although these five people are just liaison officers, the other party represents the five dynasties, so it is appropriate to give them seats.
After the five people bowed their hands and saluted, they sat down politely. At this moment, only Su Cheng and An Cangming were left in the middle of the hall. Even Shen Youwei and Shangguan Yunge also stepped aside.
Su Cheng looked at An Cangming, who looked calm and composed, and took the initiative to ask: "I wonder how you want to compare, Dayan Wensheng?"
He just wanted to end this competition as soon as possible and didn't want to talk nonsense with the opponent anymore.
It's boring to do this kind of pretentious thing too much. He really doesn't want to be pretentious in literature.
Seeing that An Cangming heard the words, he chuckled: "Mr. Wu An, I have seen your palindrome poems, and I have to admit that your palindrome poems are indeed very good. I am not as good as you in this aspect!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone except Murong Jie was stunned.
Are you giving in as soon as you get started?
This doesn't quite resemble the style of the Yan Dynasty. What does An Cangming want to do?
Even the five liaison officers looked at each other at this moment, with surprise and uncertainty in their eyes.
But at this moment, Su Cheng suddenly smiled and said, "You probably haven't finished your sentence yet. There is a but after it, right?"
An Cangming was stunned.
Then he nodded and said: "Yes, although I am not as good as you in palindrome poetry, a literary saint can not only write palindrome poetry, but also have other literary attainments that must meet certain standards."
Having said this, An Cangming showed a sneer on his lips: "I wonder if Mr. Wu An dares to compete with me in poetry and poetry!"
This is about making the most of your strengths and avoiding your weaknesses!
First, he gave a compliment, affirming the power of Su Cheng's palindrome poems, but then he changed the subject and said that the literary saint could not only know palindrome poems, but also had to know other poems and songs. This was to force Su Cheng to give up the most important thing. Excellent palindrome poem.
It can be seen that An Cangming had investigated before this and found that Su Cheng's palindrome poems were very good, while the other three poems written in Liuzhou were just average.
Since we have to deal with Su Cheng, we naturally have to choose areas where Su Cheng is not good at and defeat him!
Than palindrome poetry?
That's impossible. An Cangming can't write a palindrome poem himself, so how can he compare?
So the best way is not to let Su Cheng write palindrome poems, but to compare them with other poems and poems.
As soon as these words came out, everyone came to their senses and realized that this was what the Yan Dynasty had in mind.
No wonder they wanted to make this matter a big deal and even invited liaison officers from the five major dynasties to come here to testify. This was clearly prepared!
The bachelors of the Hanlin Academy of the Liang Dynasty were furious when they heard this, and they all accused: "An Cangming, you are so shameless!"
"That's right, my Mr. Wu An is very good at palindrome poems, so why should I agree to your rude request?"
"That's right, this is me, Daliang, not you, Dayan. It's impossible for you to do whatever you want!"
"An Cangming, you are unworthy of being the Literary Sage of the Great Yan Dynasty. Are you afraid of my Duke Wu An by acting like this? You dare not compete with my Duke Wu An in palindrome poetry!"
Everyone said something to each other, which made An Cangming's face turn red. Even though he was thick-faced, he couldn't help being scolded by so many people.
An Cangming, who was a little angry, turned to look at Su Cheng: "You don't dare to compare other poems and songs with me, so you deliberately let the people under you, the bachelors, come out to curse, right?"
Provocation, this sentence is a naked provocation!