Even if Princess Meixi's first couplet was prepared for the couple on the spot and over a cup of tea, it would not be considered as bullying for these talented people.
Cao Zijian composes a poem in seven steps, speed and passion are king.
Now I need to hurry up a bit.
Just now, he was mocking the frivolous princess of the small country. At this time, dozens of doctors and writers were wiping their sweat.
Seeing that everyone was shocked by her five words, Princess Meixi did not arrogantly mock and attack them. Instead, she looked nervous, lowered her head and rubbed a jade pendant hanging on her waist.
From time to time he raised his eyes and secretly glanced at Li Mu. Li Mu was calm and calm, as if it had nothing to do with him.
On the contrary, Princess Meixi felt that something bad was going to happen. This young man had inflated her self-confidence and was inexplicably curbed.
As the time passed, the princes and talents on both sides looked at each other and shook their heads, but no one made a sound.
Li Longji's lazy body sat upright and asked Gao Lishi in a low voice: "What's going on? Don't you usually speak well? Are you mute now?"
Gao Lishi bowed and nodded, and said, "I guess this one is quite tricky and I'm stumped."
Li Longji snorted coldly and was very unhappy. He immediately thought in his mind that if these literati lost face to the Tang Dynasty today, he would deal with them one by one.
At this time, Li Bai moved, approached He Zhizhang, and whispered in his ear: "I thought of an idea. It is quite appropriate to use the three religions Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism to deal with it."
He Zhizhang said: "I think of the Three Talents of Heaven and Earth, but if I hate it, I hate it. The first couplet is San Guang. Can't we use three to counter it?"
Li Bai nodded sadly and stepped aside. The annoying number three must use three things to correspond to the sun, moon and stars in the first couplet, but the first word cannot be three?
Even Li Bai and He Zhizhang were dumbfounded, and everyone else was even more confused.
It turns out that pairing couplets is more difficult than writing poetry. Today I learned a lesson.
Gao Lishi saw that the time was coming soon, so if he delayed it any longer, he would lose the dignity of a great country.
He asked Li Longji in a low voice, but Li Longji looked ugly. He originally wanted to take the opportunity to train Princess Goryeo, but he shot himself in the foot.
"A bunch of trash." Li Longji cursed in a low voice.
Gao Lishi turned around and glanced at He Zhizhang. He Zhizhang shook his head in shame. Gao Lishi had no choice but to announce the result.
Suddenly, Li Mu took a step forward and asked in a deep voice: "Eunuch Gao, is the time up?"
Gao Lishi said hurriedly: "Go back to His Royal Highness, the time is coming soon."
Li Mu asked again: "Do the Hanlin Academy and all the talented scholars have any correspondence with each other?"
He Zhizhang stood up tremblingly and said: "Go back to your Royal Highness, I am so ashamed. You don't have a proper second line."
Li Mu said: "So, our Datang lost? Just like this?"
Li Mu seemed to be questioning, more like scolding.
Everyone lowered their heads. Did Datang lose? Four words, each word hurting their hearts.
Why did Datang lose? How could it lose?
A huge country with talented people everywhere.
His poems and articles are the best in the world.
A little princess from a subordinate country, with just five words, tore the supreme honor and dignity of the Tang Dynasty culture to pieces?
He Zhizhang sat down slumped.
Prince Li Heng scolded: "Li Mu, what do you mean by saying this? You seem to be very happy that everyone can't write the second line? You are just taking pleasure in others' misfortune. What are your intentions?"
Li Heng usually had a cold relationship with Li Mu, so he took the opportunity to teach Li Mu a lesson and cover up the embarrassment at the scene.
Li Mu hurriedly held up his hands and said respectfully: "Your Highness, I have misunderstood my little brother. I am not gloating about my misfortune. I just thought of a second line and didn't dare to show my shame in front of all the famous scholars. That's why I asked this question."
"What, you thought of the second line?" Li Heng's jaw almost dropped.
Everyone's jaws almost dropped and they all looked at Li Mu.
Princess Meixi glanced at Li Mu and suddenly wanted to cry. The victory she won would definitely be taken away by this weird guy.
Even Li Longji stood up, took two steps, and said loudly: "Twenty-one, you really got the second line right, tell me quickly, if you can beat Princess Goryeo, I will reward you with whatever you want?"
Seeing that his father had spoken, Li Mu hurriedly said: "Thank you, father, I will obey my order."
Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief.
Looking at Li Mu with eager eyes, none of them expected that the life-saving straw would be the twenty-first prince Li Mu.
The honor of the literati of the Tang Dynasty depends on you.
After Li Mu finished speaking, he turned around, glanced at Gao Lishi, and said, "Eunuch Gao, please spread the paper."
Gao Lishi excitedly walked to the table and laid out paper and polished ink himself.
Li Mu approached Princess Meixi, grinned, and said: "Princess Meixi, I have been in poor health recently. My arm is sore and I really can't lift the pen. How about I ask Princess Meixi to write it for me?"
Li Mu is cunning and vulgar, and just wants Princess Meixi to write the second couplet by herself, which is equivalent to slapping himself in the face.
In addition, how could Li Mu know how to write with a brush? He wrote it by himself, crookedly, and he was not laughed at by a bunch of people.
Princess Meixi immediately blushed, lowered her head and asked, "The prince really wants me to ghostwrite?"
Li Mu said: "Princess is unwilling?"
Princess Meixi hurriedly said: "Yes, of course I do."
Then, Princess Meixi approached the table, picked up the pen, and looked at Li Mu.
Li Mu raised his head at a forty-five degree angle. This was a good time to show off. How could he let it go? He maintained his posture, paused for a few seconds, and then glanced at everyone present.
Li Mu said: "Your first couplet is about three lights, the sun, moon and stars, and my second couplet is: Four poems in ode to elegance."
After Li Mu finished reading, there was silence.
Suddenly, everyone applauded together.
Four poems of elegance!
It is so neat and heroic, which further demonstrates the style of a great country and the inheritance of poetry.
Exquisite, really exquisite, I just regret that I didn’t think of it just now.
After Princess Meixi finished writing, she couldn't help but burst into tears, and burst into tears for no apparent reason.
Those who lose are convinced.
Li Longji said hello three times, and then sat back on the dragon chair, feeling very happy.
This twenty-one, for a moment, I didn’t realize that I have such a clever and good son!
Li Mu returned to his seat and when passing by Princess Meixi, he said softly: "Princess Meixi, I want to see you at the gate of my house tomorrow morning."
Mei Xi nodded blankly. She didn't know whether it was a malicious sarcasm or a sincere desire to see this prince, but she suddenly felt flustered.
This bad guy beat me to a pulp today, and I will sweep the floor for him tomorrow. I don’t know what he will ask me to do next?
Why do I blush and my heart beats when I look at him? I can’t refuse anything he says?
Princess Meixi fell unconsciously.
Next, Prince Harry of Siam came to pay tribute. The tribute he paid was a hundred kinds of vegetables, fruits, and seeds of grain crops.
There were five large boxes filled with seeds. Of course, Li Longji liked these seeds better.
However, Prince Harry also put forward a condition.
He finally took out a small box and said respectfully: "His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, here is a precious gift that I want to present to His Majesty."
Prince Harry opened the box as he spoke, and a strange smell immediately filled the hall.
Li Longji hurriedly covered his nose and shouted in a deep voice: "What the hell is this? It smells so bad?"
Prince Harry put his right hand on his chest, bowed and said: "Although this gift has a bit of a smell, after a while, the smell will dissipate, and there will be a special fragrance. It is a rare good thing."
The two palace maids hurriedly fanned Li Longji, and sure enough, before the stink had dissipated, a strange fragrance came faintly.
Li Longji asked: "Prince Harry, do you also want to make a couplet or write a poem?"
Harry chuckled and said: "I can't write poetry. I am a rough man. If all the princes and adults present can tell the name of this thing or know what it does, I am willing to stay in the Tang Dynasty.
Teach everyone how to cultivate and plant the various seeds I brought."
Another trouble maker.
But Prince Harry is not as aggressive as Princess Meixi.
Li Longji is basically the king of entertainment. He likes to be lively. When he saw Prince Harry's simplicity and sincerity, he liked it deeply. He immediately let everyone take a look and then gave the answer.
Dozens of people surrounded the box. They saw that this thing looked like a big winter melon, but the shell was very hard and covered with spikes. It looked more like a big curled up hedgehog.
Some even touched it with their hands, came closer to smell it, and after struggling for a while, they stood up, but everyone shook their heads.
This is more difficult than writing poems and pairs. I have never seen it before.
Then Li Longji looked at Li Mu, and everyone looked at Li Mu.
This time, Li Mu did not engage in mystery, but approached the box, took out the strange thing, and placed it on the table.
"Eunuch Gao, please lend me a fruit knife and a dinner plate."
Gao Lishi ran over excitedly and brought a knife and a dinner plate.
Without explaining, Li Mu cut it open along the lines with a knife, then took two pieces of pulp, put them on a dinner plate, and brought them to Li Longji himself.
Li Mu bowed and said: "Father, I have seen this kind of thing in a broken book. It is called durian, it is a kind of fruit, and it is called the king of fruits."
Prince Harry was surprised and kept nodding.
Li Longji smelled it with his nose and asked: "This thing tastes weird, is it really edible?"
Li Mu said: "Not only can it be eaten, but it is also a good thing to nourish the kidneys and strengthen yang." As Li Mu said, he cut a small piece and put it into his mouth.
"Father, this durian is not only delicious and smooth, but even the shell full of spikes is also very useful!"
