And this time the news spread faster and wider than before, which Chang Suining deliberately spread secretly.
Not only was it fast, but it was also extremely targeted. It quickly and accurately reached the ears of many officials, scribes, and students through word of mouth.
There were a lot of discussions everywhere, most of them were shocked and surprised, and for a while they didn't dare to believe the truth or falsehood.
It should be noted that the people at the apprenticeship banquet, whether it is Qiao Jijiu, Yao Siqing, not to mention the Dongtai Minister Wei Shilang, and the Governor Cui who never interacts with others - just pick them out.
They are all people who would not have the chance to get close to them on ordinary days.
This is true for ordinary officials, and it is an opportunity that is even more unimaginable for ordinary literati who have not yet entered officialdom.
Even if you don’t mention the possibility of making friends through this, it’s still good to join in the fun and broaden your horizons!
And it’s the Dragon Boat Festival, and it’s in the name of poetry to meet friends, what an elegant thing!
For a time, many people heard the news and rushed there.
"Look, many people are heading to Dengtai Tower!"
"It seems to be true..."
In a teahouse not far from Dengtai Building, on the second floor facing the street, four or five young people were sitting, but no one was in the mood to drink tea at this time. Their attention was on those who were rushing to Dengtai Building together.
Above the figure of the scholar.
"This apprenticeship banquet really turned into a poetry party..." Someone felt itchy and suggested, "Brother Song, why don't we go and have a look too?"
"Yes, Brother Song, don't you have an invitation from Mrs. Chang? If you enter with the invitation, you will be warmly received, and we can also follow Brother Song and get the honor!"
"I did not accept the invitation she sent." Song Xian frowned: "Use literature to make friends, use poems as invitations... She is just an ordinary girl, with no reputation among scholars, the only worthy one
What you mentioned was just one or two fights with someone, so where do you have the confidence to say such big words?"
"Brother Song, why should you bother with this... Although this is Mrs. Chang's apprenticeship banquet, you are not going there for Mrs. Chang. In the final analysis, you are just gathering here for poetry."
"Yes, such lively poetry gatherings have been rare in recent years. Wouldn't it be a pity to miss them?"
"Brother Song..."
Song Xian interrupted them coldly: "If you want to go, you can just go. I will never go there."
"Brother Song——"
There were still people who wanted to persuade, but were stopped by their classmates with looks.
"Brother Song, forget it if you don't want to join in the fun. Let's go and take a look first. If Mrs. Chang really does something inappropriate, we might as well come and tell Brother Song!"
Song Xian raised his eyebrows: "Whether she is misbehaving or not is none of my business!"
Who wants to listen to her!
"Yes, yes, I made a mistake. Then...Brother Song, can you sit down for a moment? We'll go and come back!"
After saying that, several people exchanged looks, then they all stood up and saluted Song Xian, and then quickly went downstairs.
In the blink of an eye, he was the only one left. Song Xian's face turned gloomy. He couldn't help but think of the way the girl spoke nonsense in front of him that day in the Imperial College. There was no arrogance on her face, but arrogance could be seen everywhere——
Make friends with literature, make friends with poetry...is she worthy of these horoscopes?
But it just so happens that so many people are flocking to it.
But in the final analysis, who is really going for her?
She just relied on Jijiu and others to indulge her, so she unscrupulously used other people's names to satisfy her vanity.
No matter how much whitewashing she puts on, she is just an arrogant and willful little girl who thinks she is trying to please others!
Looking at the intermittently flowing stream of people on the street heading towards the Dengtai Tower, Song Xian sneered: "It's simply a mess."
But no matter how he views this matter, the excitement here at Dengtai Tower is obvious to all, and this excitement is still spreading through everyone's mouths.
In order to prepare for the coming spring, there are some people who are traveling far away from other places. To ensure that everything is safe, and to be familiar with the management of various places as soon as possible, they usually rush to Beijing a year or even earlier to prepare.
It is very expensive to take the exam, and considering that it is not economical to stay in an inn for a long time, they often choose to rent a separate house to live together after arriving in Beijing, so that they can not only share the rent, but also take care of each other and communicate with each other.
In the waiting square in the city, there lived such a few candidates.
They also heard about the climb to the Tai Tower.
"Brother Tan Xian, why don't you go to the Tai Tower?"
The man who was lying on the mat in the house and fanning his cattail leaf fan shook his head, glanced at the scorching sun outside, and said with a sad face: "It's too hot... I really don't want to go out."
If someone had told him that summer in the capital was so hot, he would never have rushed here in early spring this year!
"The Dengtai Tower not only has wine, but also ice drinks and ice basins!"
The man named Tan looked happy when he heard this: "Ice basin?"
Ice is expensive. Ordinary people like them, who have spent more than ten years studying hard in a cold window and have already drained their wealth, how can they be willing to use it on weekdays?
Speaking of which, his most common way to enjoy the coolness since the beginning of summer is to quietly reflect on the days of studying hard in the cold window of his home... After all, he has a cold character.
"The Dengtai Tower ice basin pipe is enough, let's go!"
The man surnamed Tan quickly checked in - he had to go now!
Who can resist the temptation of enjoying the coolness in the ice basin for free during the hot Dragon Boat Festival?
"Are you really not accepting cash?" the man asked while tying his belt.
"What kind of money do you charge?" My friend shook his head and laughed: "But I have to write a poem——"
Man surnamed Tan: “That’s a good deal!”
On the way, I asked my friend again: "How many days does the apprenticeship banquet in this capital usually take?"
"How many more days can we have for the apprenticeship banquet? Of course it's only one day!"
The man had a look of regret on his face.
Why is such a good thing only for one day?
If he writes a poem, he can have an ice basin to enjoy the coolness. If he writes a poem every day, he can write it until the beginning of autumn!
"But it seems to be past noon now... Could it be that when we arrive, the apprenticeship banquet will also be over?"
"Brother Tan Xian, I don't know. I have inquired carefully. The lady who is my apprentice has already said that she will have two banquets in a row until evening!"
The man felt relieved and walked faster: "Then we have to go there quickly..."
I think there are quite a few people like him who don't like poetry but love the ice basin. If they go too late, I'm afraid they won't be able to find a good spot close to the ice basin!
…
Grand Tutor Chu, who had been serving as the Minister of Rites for a long time, had a rare opportunity to wait for Xiu Mu today, so he came to the Imperial Academy in the afternoon to look for Qiao to offer wine and fish.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Qiao Yubai, who had to stay at home to recuperate due to an injury, felt bored and bored. After finally waiting for someone to come over, he became particularly enthusiastic and greeted Taifu Chu with a gift.
After sitting down, he asked the servant to make tea.
Taifu Chu nodded and sat down in the hall, then asked: "Where is your father?"
Qiao Yubai was stunned - it was said that the rumors were already spreading outside, so Master Chu hadn't heard about it yet?
He then explained the apprenticeship banquet held today at Dengtai Tower.
"Apprenticeship banquet?" Taifu Chu raised his gray eyebrows, and the face of the girl by the river flashed before his eyes. Suddenly, he felt dissatisfied: "He held a banquet, but he didn't even inform me?"
He claims to be a confidant, but he doesn't even call him a disciple when he is hosting a banquet. Could it be that he is deceiving his feelings and just treating him as a fishing hookup?
"How could that happen?" Qiao Yubai said puzzledly: "This junior clearly remembers that my father sent someone to send an invitation to your mansion——"
The servant beside Taifu Chu whispered: "Master Lang, it seems there is."
Taifu Chu frowned: "Then why didn't you give it to me?"
The servant looked aggrieved: "It is what you told me before. All the gifts should be returned, and all invitations should be ignored. There is no need to send them to you to cause trouble..."
Master Lang was reluctant to take over as Minister of Rites, and he was particularly impatient when faced with the solicitations. He became more and more temperamental due to too many official duties. This was why they had heard about the apprenticeship banquet before coming.
He didn't dare to go to Master Lang without permission and make noise.
Master Chu choked up, "...it also depends on who sent the invitation."
The old servant had no choice but to respond with an aggrieved "yes".
Master Chu frowned and looked outside the hall: "It's past noon, it's time for people to come back, right?"
Qiao Yubai smiled: "Just now the servant came back to send a message, saying that there will be another banquet in the evening, and he will not be able to return until late at night."
"Two banquets in a row?" Taifu Chu shouted in his heart, "It's outrageous, has he confiscated his apprentices or -"
After talking for a while, he said, oh, Qiao Yang is indeed the first disciple and cannot compare to him.
Moreover, all his students are princes and princesses, and the most outstanding student is even both a prince and a princess——
This was something that was used to make fun of the student in the past. When Chu Taifu was thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel a little sad.
The old servant had been following him for many years. At this moment, he noticed his master's mood and sighed in his heart.
Seeing Qiao offering wine to accept students, Lang Jun also missed his students.
Seeing that Taifu Chu didn't speak for a while, Qiao Yubai took the opportunity to say: "If Taifu is not in a hurry to go back, how about I, a junior, play chess with Taifu?"
Playing chess was secondary, he mainly wanted someone to relieve his boredom.
"No need." Mr. Chu stood up and hummed: "I want to go and see if a mere apprenticeship banquet, with his own daughter as his student, is worth having two banquets in a row..."
With that said, he took the old servant and left.
Qiao Yubai could only salute: "Master, go slowly."
"Mr. Lang, why don't I play chess with you?" the servant suggested.
Qiao Yubai glanced at him and sighed. After all, he didn't say any hurtful words.
The servant lowered his head silently.
"Yubao, Yubai!"
At this time, a young man ran over sweating profusely.
"Qianshan?" Qiao Yubai looked at his classmates and friends who came with joy.
The young man was breathing unevenly: "I came here specifically to find you!"
Qiao Yubai was a little moved.
There are still people who care about him.
"Ms. Chang's apprenticeship banquet today is really a big deal... I heard that many scholars gathered together, and I'm afraid there are more than a hundred people at the banquet!" The young man said: "It's being spread everywhere now! We really want to achieve this.
What a beautiful thing!"
Qiao Yubai smiled and nodded: "I heard it too, let's sit down and talk."
"I won't sit down anymore..." The young man waved his hands hurriedly: "I just came to say something to you, and I have to go over. Brother Fu and the others are waiting for me!"
"?" Qiao Yubai's smile froze.
"I'll tell you more about it when I get back!"
The young man came like the wind and went away like the wind.
Qiao Yubai, who still had medicine applied to the wound on his head, sat back in his chair silently.
Sure enough, all the excitement belongs to others.
He was born with an easy-going and indifferent nature, and rarely got angry with others, but at this moment, he felt a little belatedly hating Chang Miao.
I hate it so much...!
…
Quite different from the desolate and desolate situation of Qiao Yubai who was "hateful", there was a lot of noise and excitement in the Dengtai Building.
Fine wines, loud music, long robes and scarves, pearls and wonderful words floating in the air, golden crows setting in the west burst out with golden light, and the evening breeze slanted into it, seeming to turn this place into a fairyland.
Cui Lang looked at this scene and couldn't help but sigh: "It's so elegant... Just sitting here, I feel like I've learned a lot."
Hu Huan also nodded: "Just a mouse passed by here today. When I return to the mouse's nest, I can probably be a gentleman, right?"
"If he reincarnates as an adult in the next life, he might be the next number one winner of three yuan in a row." As Cui Lang spoke, he looked in the direction of Wei Shuyi.
Wei Shuyijuan didn't know that he had become a comparison of the reincarnation of the mouse. At this moment, he was sitting cross-legged and looking at the scene in the building.
There was a literati who was having a drinking party and some poems were thrown out during the banquet, and the boy copied them down.
"Li Bai's hundreds of poems about drinking wine..." Wei Shuyi said with a smile: "Even if not everyone is like Li Taibai, he can't write a hundred poems about a bowl of wine, but with so many literati, even one poem by one person can make up a hundred poems."
Already."
"One poem is a poem, ten poems can make a good talk, a hundred poems..." As he spoke, his eyes moved slightly and fell on the girl in green next to Qiao Jijiu, and he said slowly: "A hundred poems, it will be a grand event.
"
A grand event?
Changji was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously said: "After this incident, will Mrs. Chang become famous far and wide?"
Wei Shuyi shook his head lightly: "No, it's not enough."
At least for now, the reputation that will be spread far and wide belongs to this apprenticeship banquet, and even to the masterpieces that will be circulated at this apprenticeship banquet, not hers.
The brilliance of the apprenticeship banquet was far greater than hers.
Wei Shuyi said slowly: "Just as today everyone is here for the apprenticeship banquet, and even more so for the people at the apprenticeship banquet, but they are not really here for her."
The girl in green clothes noticed his gaze and turned to look at him.
Behind her was a wide open window, and behind the window was the blazing, scorching sunset glow that filled the sky.
Wei Shuyi raised the wine cup in his hand toward Chang Suining and said with a smile, "But I'm here for her."
After saying this, he was about to drink the wine.
The hustle and bustle is still going on, and the twilight has not completely penetrated the surroundings. The lanterns have been lit up, illuminating the surroundings like daylight again, adding a glitzy color that can only be seen at night in the capital.
The whole capital was lit up one after another. Nights without curfew were always particularly lively, and Dengtai Tower was undoubtedly the most eye-catching place in the capital tonight.
At this point, no one knows the grand occasion of climbing the Tai Tower today.
The news was also circulated among officials.
"What did you just say?"
In Duke Ying's palace, Ming Jin frowned and scolded several female envoys who were talking in the corridor.
It has been two months since the incident at Dayun Temple, and his injuries have only now recovered, but the confinement has not yet been lifted, and he can only walk around the house once or twice at most.
"His Majesty, the maids are saying that someone in the city held an apprenticeship banquet..." the female servant replied timidly.
Ming Jin impatiently kicked the female envoy: "How dare you dodge and hide it? Just now I clearly heard the name of that bitch Chang Sui Ning!"
The female envoy staggered back a few steps after being kicked, and knelt down in panic: "It's...it's the apprenticeship banquet hosted by Mrs. Chang!"
"She is a disciple?" Ming Jin sneered: "What kind of disciple is she?"
Under his questioning, the female maid could only tell everything she heard.
The more Ming Jin listened, the darker his face became.
