Time soon came to night, and the poetry competition in Qizhou City was held as scheduled.
Many beautiful and talented people had already made preparations. That night, they came to the vicinity of Minghu Lake and gathered together.
Above the Ming Lake, the lights are brilliant and the crowds are surging.
Bai Yutian, Dian Wei and Zhao Chuxue arrived here with a few guards wearing ordinary clothes.
Because he was participating in a poetry contest, Bai Yutian didn't want to spoil everyone's interest, so he hid his identity and traveled in simple clothes.
However, when Bai Yutian and his entourage showed up at the Poetry Competition, they still attracted a lot of attention.
"Are you guys interested in guessing lantern riddles? Five cents per time. If you guess the right answer, you can get twenty cents."
The four times the reward instantly attracted many people to visit.
However, this stall owner is not a vegetarian. He has a lot of ink in his belly and is quite knowledgeable. After several riddles, no one guessed it correctly.
"Your Majesty, sir, can I go and guess?"
Zhao Chuxue was obviously very interested in guessing lantern riddles, so she quickly pulled Bai Yutian and said.
Zhao Chuxue is smart and knowledgeable. If she hadn't been selected into the palace, she would probably be a talented woman now.
Now that I have finally arrived at the Poetry Competition, of course I want to express myself.
"Go." Bai Yutian smiled and nodded, but did not refuse Zhao Chuxue.
Dian Wei and Zhao Chuxue were both Bai Yutian's first guards, and they were considered the people he trusted the most besides Concubine Yun and others.
Therefore, Bai Yutian treated the two of them relatively kindly.
Bai Yutian looked at the bustling crowds on the street and felt a little regretful in his heart. If he hadn't been secretly investigating the Tianlao case, he would definitely have brought Concubine Yun Guifei and Concubine Yan Guifei with him to enjoy the night view of Qizhou City.
"Excuse me, boss, I want to guess too."
At this time, Zhao Chuxue had already squeezed through the crowd and came to the stall.
Bai Yutian and others also stopped and stopped to watch.
"Haha, all the lantern riddles here are carefully selected, and not just people from all three religions and nine schools can participate."
As soon as Zhao Chuxue squeezed in, she heard an unabashedly mocking voice.
Zhao Chuxue frowned immediately, looked towards the source of the sound, and found a young man wearing a blue robe.
The young man has delicate features and a slender figure. He swings the folding fan gently in his hand and has the temperament of a beautiful and talented man.
"What's going on?"
Bai Yutian and others also heard what the young man said, and with the help of Dian Wei and others, they also squeezed in and came to the side of Zhao Chuxue.
"Oh, don't think that having more people means you are more powerful. Here, strength is judged by knowledge." When the young man saw Bai Yutian and others come in, his body trembled slightly, but he soon returned to normal.
"Isn't this Xu Sheng, one of the four great talents in Qizhou City? What's going on?"
"Hey, let me see, it's probably because Xu Sheng failed to guess several lantern riddles in a row before, and he got a little angry from embarrassment, so he turned his anger on this woman."
There were whispers from the crowd of onlookers.
Although it is just a guess, it is basically a fact.
As one of the four great talents in Qizhou City, Xu Sheng thought he was knowledgeable and wanted to show off in today's poetry competition.
Therefore, he contacted many young ladies and came together to participate in the poetry competition.
On the way, they happened to see this lantern riddle stall, so they came to try the lantern riddle.
It was okay at first, they were all simple lantern riddles. Xu Sheng said them without thinking, almost without thinking.
However, who would have thought that later on, the difficulty of this lantern riddle would skyrocket, making Xu Sheng unable to guess it.
At this time, Xu Sheng felt extremely embarrassed and lost face in front of everyone.
At this time, a young woman named Zhao Chuxue came to guess the lantern riddles. Xu Sheng was so angry that he suddenly made sarcastic remarks.
However, these words made Zhao Chuxue very unhappy.
Zhao Chuxue had a folding fan in her hand. At this moment, she opened the folding fan, and the words "women will not let men down" were clearly written on it.
It seemed that Zhao Chuxue was well prepared.
Most of the scholars in Da Zhou were men, and the proportion of women was very small.
In most civilian families, it is considered good for a woman to be able to read.
Of course, among the nobility, women can also study and study, and many of them have achieved great results.
"Hehe, it seems that the girl is very confident, so good, just guess."
The stall owner pointed to the lantern behind and said to Zhao Chuxue.
When he opened the door for business, he naturally hoped that as many people as possible would guess the lantern riddles.
"Slow down." At this time, Xu Sheng stretched out his hand and stopped the stall owner.
"Girl, the difficulty of these riddles in the front is too low. If you are confident, why not try the riddles in the back." Xu Sheng then encouraged Zhao Chuxue.
"I think you are not good enough on your own, and you want to help others to support you."
Seeing that Xu Sheng was not finished, Bai Yutian couldn't help but said jokingly.
In his previous life, Bai Yutian saw many such people.
"How about we compete and guess the lantern riddles at the end together?"
Zhao Chuxue was also a person with a temper. Seeing Xu Sheng's ridicule, she said to Xu Sheng.
Xu Sheng thought for a moment and then agreed to Zhao Chuxue's proposal.
In fact, he was just not fully prepared at first, so he didn't think of some answers.
But now, he has passed the test of the first few questions and is very confident in the following lantern riddles.
Moreover, these lantern riddles were so difficult that even he had a hard time guessing them, let alone the little girl in front of him.
"Zhao Chuxue, are you confident?" Bai Yutian approached Zhao Chuxue and whispered to her.
It doesn't matter if he loses the game, the important thing is that Bai Yutian doesn't want to see this kind of person arrogant.
"Don't worry, sir. Chuxue has been exposed to lantern riddles before and has done in-depth research. Besides, isn't there still a master behind it?" Zhao Chuxue said softly.
Originally, Bai Yutian kept nodding his head while listening to Zhao Chuxue's words, but when Zhao Chuxue said the next part, Bai Yutian's expression changed drastically.
Before he could stop him, he saw that Zhao Chuxue had already stepped forward and started guessing lantern riddles.
Previously, he had shocked everyone with Li Bai's "Lushan Waterfall" outside the Hidden Sword Villa.
Later, in order to maintain his persona, Bai Yutian frantically made up for his lies, claiming that he had been secretly studying and studying and was very knowledgeable.
No wonder Zhao Chuxue was so confident. It turned out that he planned to rely on himself.
Bai Yutian knew very well how much he weighed, so his heart suddenly jumped up.
Behind the stall owner, there are many lanterns, and each lantern has a few notes attached to it. Take down the notes and you will find the lantern riddles.
Zhao Chuxue handed the stall owner five cents, and then pulled off one of the notes. It read: Black is not, white is not, red and yellow are not; they are like foxes, wolves, cats and dogs, neither domestic animals nor domestic animals.
It is not a beast. It is also found in poems, lyrics, and the Analects of Confucius. It is vague about east, west, north, and south. Although it is a short article, it is also a wonderful article.