Prince Ning also knew that Lu Heng did not like drinking, so he asked his men to bring a pot of tea. The three of them drank tea instead of wine and talked about what happened tonight.
Liu Qingqing sat aside and listened quietly. She didn't say anything, and occasionally listened to the three of them talking about interesting things. She just smiled lightly, and then her expression quickly returned to normal.
In this era, men and women still had different seats. Although women's rights were at their peak after Empress Wu established the Zhou Dynasty, the customs formed over thousands of years eventually pushed this era back to male chauvinism.
Under normal circumstances, when men drink wine and drink tea, women often can only stand aside and serve tea and water. Or they may stay in the inner room without showing up. It is absolutely impossible for men and women to sit at the same table.
However, Lu Heng was not that particular. Wu Ningyuan and Zhang Wenshan were not particular about this secular etiquette. Therefore, when they saw Lu Heng insisting that Liu Qingqing sit down and drink tea together, it was just a little ambiguous.
He smiled but didn't say anything.
The two old men are both mature. Although they deliberately blinked at Lu Heng in a funny way, they knew what to say and what not to say. Moreover, they could actually see that these two uncles and sister-in-law,
In fact, it is innocent.
Seeing that Lu Heng ignored his joke, the two old men stopped the conversation and put the topic aside.
"There are quite a few new faces in this year's poetry competition!" Zhang Wenshan took a sip of tea, looked at the number of students below, turned his head and asked Prince Ning with a smile.
Prince Ning nodded and said: "It is said that some students are coming from Tokyo this year! They are specially here to challenge the talents from Jiangnan. Haha!"
Having said this, Prince Ning chuckled and said to Zhang Wenshan: "Wenshan, you may not be able to protect your reputation as the most talented person in the Zhou Dynasty and the most talented person in Jiangnan! Haha!"
Zhang Wenshan, on the other hand, had a relaxed look on his face. He shook his head and said with a smile: "A scholar has ruined his country. Hey, I don't want the title of the number one genius!"
Not sure what he was thinking of, Zhang Wenshan smiled bitterly and shook his head.
However, after a moment, he turned his attention to Lu Heng and said with a smile: "Oh, it seems that my reputation as the most talented person in Jiangnan has been taken away by others a long time ago!"
Seeing Lu Heng raise his head, he looked at himself innocently. He looked incomprehensible. Zhang Wenshan didn't care, he knew that this kid was pretending to be confused again. He turned to Ning Yuan Gong and said: "Ning Yuan Gong, could it be?
Talk about Yongzheng? Haha!"
Wu Ningyuan stroked his gray beard and nodded with a smile: "Brother Wenshan is the one who knows me. Haha!"
At this time, there was not much water in the teapot. The tea in the teacup was also a little cold. Wu Ningyuan asked his subordinates to replace it with a new pot of tea. When it was full, he picked up the teacup and took a sip, smashing it with a smile.
He glanced at Lu Heng and said, "Actually, I just said that there will be more new faces in the poetry festival this year. The reason is, of course, that students from Tokyo come to join in the fun. But do you two know why they came here this year?"
Zhang Wenshan pretended to take a sip of tea, looked curious, and said, "Oh? Are there other reasons?"
Wu Ningyuan nodded in agreement and said: "Exactly, this year, Tokyo talents suddenly came to Jiangning. In fact, a large part of the reason was because of Yongzheng's nostalgic lyrics of Jiangbeiting! Haha!"
After saying that, Zhang Wenshan and Wu Ningyuan stared at Lu Heng at the same time, looking gloating.
Lu Heng, who was sipping tea, was nudged by Liu Qingqing next to him. Then he raised his head with a confused look on his face and saw two old men looking at him with strange expressions. He spread his hands with a wry smile and said, "This doesn't matter.
my business!"
Lu Heng felt a little dumbfounded.
At that time, I just wrote a poem to comfort the old man Wu Ningyuan, but I didn't expect that it would cause such a commotion.
At the same time, he was also guessing in his mind, are these two old men doing nothing every day, just waiting to watch the excitement?
One of them is a prince, and the other is a former official of the imperial court. Why are they so leisurely? Ordinarily they shouldn’t be!
"However, Yongzheng's poem has given some strength to the romantic Qinhuai Poetry Club. It can also be regarded as a lesson to these Jiangnan talents! Let them know that in addition to the romantic and romantic Qinhuai Poetry Society in front of them, there are actually countless soldiers in the north who fought for the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Fight!" Zhang Wenshan put away the joking look on his face and said with a solemn expression.
Wu Ningyuan nodded with a stern look in his eyes and said: "Yes, in the past Qinhuai Poetry Festival, most of the lyrics were about romantic affairs. Although the style is magnificent, it always lacks some bones and the momentum that a man should have. This year
, Haha, I can finally hear some different lyrics."
The more Lu Heng listened, the less he liked it. He looked at the two old men who were becoming more and more serious in a dumbfounded way. He smiled and shook his head and said, "It's just a poem. There's no need for you two to lift me up so high and put me on the fire, right?"
"
After hearing this, Prince Ning and Zhang Wenshan, instead of restraining themselves, looked at each other and laughed.
Zhang Wenshan looked at Lu Heng, who looked depressed, and said with a smile: "So you kid can be anxious too! I thought nothing in the world could make you anxious! Haha!"
Lu Heng rolled his eyes speechlessly, shook his head and said, "There are so many things that make me anxious. How can you two think so leisurely!"
"Oh? If there is anything else that bothers you, tell me and it will make us two old men happy!" Prince Ning joked with a careless look on his face.
A while ago, Lu Heng always teased Prince Ning with this sentence. He didn't expect that the old man would learn and apply it so quickly.
Lu Heng sighed helplessly, collected the teacups on the table, and then placed the teacups one by one, while saying: "You have to worry about oil, salt, rice, sauce, vinegar, tea. I'm not like you
, I am supported by the salary from the imperial court. I still have to make money to make ends meet!!"
"Let me tell you, Yongzheng's headaches over these things are entirely his own fault. You said, since you are so talented and learned, why don't you go to some official position? Why worry about these women's worries? Ning Yuan
Sir, what do you say?" Zhang Wenshan glared at Lu Heng, but still did not give up his plan to persuade Lu Heng to become a scholar. At this time, the old talk was repeated, and he still wanted Lu Heng to become an official and do something for the people of Li.
.
Zhang Wenshan has said before that with Lu Yongzheng's ability, he can definitely become a good official in the officialdom, but it is useless to deal with the other party's lazy temperament.
Today, I happened to meet him here and he brought up this topic again.
After that, Zhang Wenshan held the teacup and drank tea while watching Lu Heng's reaction.
On the side, Wu Ningyuan also nodded in agreement: "The salary of our officials in the Zhou Dynasty is very generous. Yongzheng, as long as you are an official, even if you are a county magistrate, you don't have to worry about these firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea!"
After hearing this, Lu Heng just smiled, still looking as indifferent as he did a few days ago.
Just when Wu Ningyuan was about to persuade her again, Lu Yongzheng suddenly turned his eyes to the stage downstairs: "Hey, I've seen this woman before!"
Alas, another wasted breath!
Wu Ningyuan grimaced and sighed. After looking at each other, he and Zhang Wenshan shook their heads and sighed at the same time.