Chapter 722 Xia Tingyu, Xia Fengxiang

The Queen Mother didn't say a word to make Mu Xu feel embarrassed, and the Emperor's look made the Lord Chief Academician afraid to speak.

The others were of course surprised at what kind of poetry these beautiful verses that could not be cried out by the monkeys on both sides of the river were, but after all, they did not have the courage and cheekiness of the great priest Mu, so they endured and did not dare to ask.

Besides, there are other things going on today.

The literary gathering went on as usual, and after Xia Fengxiang said, "You can do whatever you want, don't worry about us," everyone was still a little timid.

The emperor's majesty shocked everyone.

Although Xia Fengxiang seemed to be very friendly to others on weekdays, everyone knew that this empress would kill or punish people with just a wave of her hand, and her every move was unpredictable and treacherous. It was like living with a tiger to accompany the empress.

Su Changan smiled and said, "Just continue. I also want to hear your opinions and suggestions on my point just now, as well as some things about the two poems."

When the queen spoke, everyone began to act reserved, but after Su Wenqing, Mr. Zhao, Xun Kuang and others took the lead, the literary gathering gradually became lively.

But more often than not, the scholars and officials held different opinions on Su Changan's recent "unity of knowledge and action".

There are also reasons for different opinions on "Spring River Moon Night" and "Song of Everlasting Sorrow".

But the so-called literary gathering is naturally like this.

It was originally agreed that everyone would compete in poetry and prose, but now no one dared to submit their poems.

Amidst the hustle and bustle, the students were even more lively, arguing constantly, while the people in the outer arena, who should have been the most noisy, were unusually quiet.

Every martial artist held "Spring River Moonlight Night" in their hands and studied it carefully. Even though the Queen was only in her early twenties, her strength was real. On the day of the world meeting, many martial artists were present at the scene. Although they were not elsewhere, everyone in the capital felt the battle clearly.

In terms of strength, there is no doubt that the Empress is one of the top ten people in the world. This poem also contains her insights, which can't help but make people in the martial arts world salivate, especially the movement of Lian Xinglan, the leader of Tianzhi Pavilion just now. It is obvious that he saw some signs of breakthrough in the poem. It goes without saying whether this poem contains the Empress' insights.

Therefore, the people in the martial arts world were unusually quiet. Even if there was occasional movement, it was just to ask the scholars around them for advice on poetry.

Or maybe some of the braver ones ran to where Liu Xuer and the others were and paid their respects. They had selfish motives, hoping to be noticed by these seniors, but it was rare to see these great seniors, so they did so.

but
In fact, the banquet outside the Prince of Shu's Palace was also keeping quiet, or even completely silent.

Everyone who heard "Spring River Moonlight Night" and "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" also heard what the Queen Mother and the scholars from the Western Regions said about "Unity of Knowledge and Action".

The students outside were completely speechless.

Just like when they heard the poems written by the Queen Mother before, no one could say a word.

Finally someone said, "How about we also worship the portrait of the empress?"

Why worship?
amazing!
The poem can achieve this level, and even put forward the psychological thoughts that only saints and sages can have. Needless to say, it is obvious that he is blessed with literary luck. Maybe he can get some literary luck by bowing down to him, and then he may even pass the imperial examination!

The people in the martial arts world were even more exaggerated. When they heard that poetry could help people practice martial arts, they were even more obsessed. Compared with the people inside, they were even crazier just because they were invited. In fact, most of them were disciples of big sects. Those who were not invited were mostly lone wolves and were even crazier about martial arts.

Of course, it was because of what had shocked the elder sister.

So at that moment, Su Liheng, Su Qingning, Li Xingyue and Xu Yuan went straight into the palace.

Right now, I'm with Su Linhan and the others.

Su Qingning reached out and touched the little bald head's head, completely ignoring the little bald head's reluctant expression. But in fact, the little bald head was reluctant for a moment, and then Su Qingning immediately looked at Gu Chiyu.

It is said that when a sister hits her brother, she is really ruthless. Gu Chiyu kicked the little bald boy on the buttocks, and then said, "What's wrong with letting your sister Qingning touch you a few times!"

So the little bald head sat there feeling aggrieved and could only let himself be touched.

Su Qingning stroked the little bald boy's head with one hand and looked at Su Linhan: "Sister, should I run home later to tell my aunt and uncle that my elder sister has risen to a higher level in the hearts of scholars? My aunt has been very irritable recently."

Su Linhan glanced at the little bald head and reached out to help him out. Su Qingning was not happy, but when she saw Su Linhan frowned, she immediately withdrew her hand.

The little bald head immediately ran to Qi Pei, then looked at Su Linhan and blushed. Ever since he saw Su Linhan and Su Wan'er, the little bald head's eyes had been wide open.

How should I put it? The little bald guy feels that a scholar is like Sister Su Linhan, and a swordswoman is like Sister Su Wan'er, who are pretty~~ His sister is nothing!

After taking a look at the little bald head's appearance, Su Linhan smiled gently, making the little bald head blush and hide behind Qi Pei. This caught the attention of Gu Chiyu, who narrowed his eyes slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Su Linhan looked at Su Qingning and said, "You'll know when you get back. Why are you so anxious? If mother knows that my elder sister has left the palace, she will have to worry about this and that again."

Su Qingning said "Oh".

Then Su Qingning couldn't help it, she looked at Su Linhan and said, "Sister, I think the four of us sisters are really amazing. Big sister doesn't need to say anything, you don't need to say anything, not to mention me, Wan'er has taken away the limelight from the three of us."

Su Linhan looked at Su Qingning helplessly.

Su Qingning continued, "Sister, when I first came in, those people in the martial arts world were talking about you, saying that you were pretty and so on. Moreover, several of them were the young masters of the Sui Ning Sect and wanted to meet you. Should I tell Sister Ruyu? After all, Sister Lian Wei is not busy now. I won't disturb you guys from arguing."

Noticing the look on her sister's face, Su Qingning immediately planned to slip away.

Su Linhan looked at her sister and sighed, "If they didn't come to us, we can only speculate. How can we talk about it? And even if they did come to us, just be honest. You just want to pick a fight. No wonder your second uncle wrote to ask father to discipline you! He even asked you to enter the palace as a female doctor to follow Maomao..."

Before she could finish her words, Su Linhan saw that Su Qingning had already run to where Qi Pei was. She felt helpless, but then she thought, according to what her grandfather said, Qingning should be like this now. How could she enter the palace when she just started studying medicine? This is not the way to learn the rules.

So I turned back
But when he turned around, he saw Lian Xinglan. After hesitating for a moment, he stood up and walked towards where Lian Xinglan was, and called Liu Baishi to go with him when he left.

Liu Baishi had wanted to go there for a long time, although he didn't know why. But just now he heard people in the martial arts world talking about what happened to Pavilion Master Lian, so he just didn't dare to go there.

Because Liu Baishi always felt that he didn't seem to be in the eyes of Pavilion Master Lian, and Pavilion Master Lian appreciated Su Linhan more.

Su Qingning breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her second sister did not chase after her. How wonderful it was to be free. Why did they want her to enter the palace to be a female doctor or something? It would be so uncomfortable.

Looking back there, Su Qingning saw Sister Niuniu grabbing Su Liheng and talking about something. Looking at the helpless and bitter expression on the face of the Crown Prince, she thought that she must be saying something weird.

Looking over there, Xingyue just went to greet her father, and Lu Yuanzhi also said that they should go and pay a visit together.

But now she was surrounded by a group of adults, and Xingyue was shaking her head and blushing. It was obvious that they were being joked on again, so she couldn't disturb them.

So he lowered his head and looked at Qu Youwei and Qi Pei.

Qi Pei looked down at "Spring River Moon Night".

Su Qingning looked at Qu Youwei and smiled. She had a good impression of this new courtesan in the capital. After all, she looked weak and easy to bully.

But Qu Youwei was frowning and looked annoyed.

Although Su Qingning was curious, she didn't ask, but just looked at Qi Pei: "Sister Qi Pei."

When Qi Pei was still in college, Su Qingning went to school with Su Linhan, so they knew each other.

And when Qi Pei and Zhao Huniu had a fight, the eight-year-old Su Qingning also followed Zhao Huniu with a wooden stick.

Qi Pei didn't look up: "Yeah."

Su Qingning was very direct: "If you don't understand, don't read it."

Qi Pei raised his eyes and looked at Su Qingning.

Su Qingning blinked, squatted aside, looked down at the poem, and sighed, "A few of us sisters, those who know a little bit about poetry are all over there, except for Xingyue, the big pillow, the four of us can do nothing... um."

While speaking, Su Qingning glanced at where Cui Yuer and the others were. When she finally mentioned the four of us, Su Qingning looked at Zhao Huniu and then at Qi Pei.

But he hasn't spoken yet.

Qi Pei's hand had already been placed directly on Su Qingning's head.

Su Qingning looked at Qi Pei and said frankly, "I was wrong."

Qi Pei looked at Su Qingning and smiled, then said, "Even if you don't understand, you should still try. What if you can figure out something? But if you are free now, please persuade this woman. She is now regretting that she didn't recognize the queen and didn't have time to thank her in person."

Su Qingning felt relieved, mainly because Qi Pei did not attack her, otherwise she would not be able to beat him, especially when Su Qingning noticed the tattoo on Qi Pei's neck.

Just after hearing this, Su Qingning looked at Qu Youwei and said, "Thank you in person?"

Qu Youwei was a little flustered.

Qi Pei gave a brief explanation.

After saying that, Qi Pei glanced at Qu Youwei and said, "I just thanked the queen in person, but it has become such a mess. Besides, I am just watching from afar now. If I really want to thank her, I don't know what will happen."

Qi Pei said this and smiled at Qu Youwei.

The main reason was that Qu Youwei had wanted to express her gratitude just now, but she never had the chance, and ended up finding out that the other party was actually the Queen.

And when he saw it just now, the expression on Qu Youwei's face was so wonderful that Qi Pei couldn't help but smile.

Qu Youwei glared at Qi Pei, then said, "Didn't you just do the same!"

Qi Pei didn't say anything and continued to lower her head, but in fact Qi Pei couldn't understand the poem at all. However, she had to do this because she was more embarrassed and nervous than Qu Youwei!
Although they said they came out to save people, it was clear in the end that those big shots did this because they recognized His Majesty and His Majesty.

So it's like doing nothing.

He also used vulgar language in front of Her Majesty and His Majesty, and habitually picked up a wine jug and started a fight.

Su Qingning blinked and looked at the two of them. "I heard that there are many women in the martial arts world who use the excuse of wanting to thank their benefactor in person after being rescued. In fact, they just want to see their benefactor because they like him. So, you two like my elder sister?"

Su Qingning said seriously: "I can actually understand, after all, it's Jianghu. Hmm~~"

Just when she said this, Qu Youwei had already covered Su Qingning's mouth with her hand.

Even Qi Pei reached out and grabbed Su Qingning's shoulders. The next moment, Su Qingning showed a painful expression on her face, but her mouth was blocked by Qu Youwei, so she couldn't make a sound.

The little bald guy ran away when Su Qingning came over. Now he was watching from afar, thinking that he deserved it!

But the little bald head was very curious. What was Sister Youwei doing? Why did her face turn red and she was also covering other people’s mouths? I have never seen Sister Youwei like this before. Could it be that she was infected with some disease by Sister Qi Pei and my difficult sister?

Su Changan was actually looking at Su Qingning the whole time.

But at that moment Su Changan turned his head away and started eating the Sanzi with some embarrassment.

The Sanzi was just brought in. Su Changan asked someone to go to the palace, and Lu brought it out quickly because Su Changan noticed that Su Wenqing couldn't eat anything, and his wife said it would be nice if the Sanzi was there.

At the moment, Lu Cai is next to Su Wenqing and Wu Qinhu.

Xia Fengxiang looked at the scene where Su Qingning was suppressed by Qi Pei and Qu Youwei. After a moment of confusion, he noticed that Su Changan's expression was wrong.

Although he didn't speak.

But Su Changan looked at his young wife's eyes and immediately said, "Qing Ning deserves to be punished!"

Xia Fengxiang became even more confused.

Su Changan picked up the Sanzi and handed it to Xia Fengxiang.

Xia Fengxiang looked at Su Changan with suspicion: "Su Changan, you ate so little today. Is it because someone you like is here that you started to worry about your eating manners?"

Su Changan actually said this when he was teasing Xia Fengxiang before.

Xia Fengxiang had dressed herself up a little before, just for Su Changan to see.

As a result, Su Changan saw it and said, "Why are you suddenly dressing up? Are you in love?"

Xia Fengxiang was so angry that he beat Su Changan up.

Su Changan curled his lips when he heard this: "The person I like is questioning me."

As he said this, he looked straight at Xia Fengxiang.

Xia Fengxiang rolled his eyes at Su Changan: "You're such a smooth talker! Why don't you tell me what you just heard." Su Changan was embarrassed. He really couldn't tell him this. If he told him, he would be finished.

However, Xia Fengxiang was very casual: "It doesn't matter, I can just ask Qi Pei later."

Su Changan was helpless.

But the next moment, Xia Fengxiang was seen biting his lips lightly, as if he wanted to say something.

But he frowned and looked past Su Changan at the person coming over there.

Su Changan was stunned for a moment, looked back and saw Xia Tingyu coming over. After hesitating for a moment, he moved his body and picked up his wife.

Just like that, I switched places with my wife.

It's a bit funny, but it's how Su Changan saved his life.

If something happens, keep your wife in front of you to protect her, especially when facing Xia Tingyu!

Xia Fengxiang glanced at Su Changan, rolled his eyes, then turned to look at Xia Tingyu.

Xia Tingyu looked a little resentful. It's not like she would eat people. What are you doing?
But looking at Su Changan, Xia Tingyu couldn't hold back her laughter. After all, he's quite cute.

Approaching, Xia Tingyu saluted towards Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang, and then spoke directly: "Your Majesty, Madam, I will have someone send the reward for today's champion to the palace later. After all, I didn't know you two would come, so I changed the prize."

Xia Fengxiang looked at Xia Tingyu. He had hated her since childhood, and he hated her even more now!
However, a few days ago, the two sisters actually had a conversation in the imperial study.

After that conversation, Xia Fengxiang hinted to Mu Xu that Su Wenqing and others should go to attend today's literary gathering.

Xia Fengxiang looked at Xia Tingyu and asked, "The original prize for first place was you?"

Xia Fengxiang is so smart, there is no way he couldn't guess those things.

Xia Tingyu knew that he couldn't hide it from his sister, but he still had to pretend, so he pretended to be surprised and said immediately: "I really can't hide it from Your Majesty. After all, I am not young anymore. I have to find a good home. Even if I can't find someone as outstanding as you, I have to find someone better."

At this point, Xia Tingyu sighed: "But I didn't expect that the empress came and wrote such a good poem. Look at the students below, they don't have the heart to write poetry, so we can only give up."

Su Changan was stunned for a moment and looked at Xia Tingyu in confusion, not because of the words, but because of the meaning behind the words.

Xia Fengxiang knew it a long time ago.

But before he could say anything, Xia Tingyu immediately helped Xia Fengxiang pour tea: "How about, Madam, can you help me think of a solution? After all, you are in charge of Yao Mo's affairs, why don't you take care of mine too."

Xia Fengxiang looked at Xia Tingyu and said, "Persia, Arabia, pick one yourself."

Xia Tingyu frowned slightly, looking aggrieved, and bit her lip lightly: "Your Majesty, are you so cruel?"

Xia Fengxiang remained calm: "Yeah."

Xia Tingyu didn't know where the tears came from. Tears suddenly appeared in the corners of the fox's eyes, making him feel even more aggrieved.

Xia Fengxiang was still indifferent and ruthless: "Tubo is not bad either. And the princess in Mobei is said to be a first-class beauty. She also has several brothers. You can also consider it. If you go, you don't have to fight for the marriage."

Xia Tingyu immediately looked at Su Changan with fox eyes, aggrieved and pitiful, "Your Majesty, please persuade His Majesty. I don't want to go to those places. It's best for me to stay in the capital."

Su Changan pursed his lips and said, "You two sisters are engaged in a verbal battle. Can you please not involve me?"

But in fact, such a conversation made Su Changan a little surprised, but thinking about it, it seemed reasonable, because it was impossible to talk about those political affairs in front of so many people.

In such occasions, it is more appropriate to talk about these topics.

But Su Changan noticed that Xia Fengxiang looked at him. Although he didn't say anything, his eyes said, "Try to say something wrong!"

Su Changan coughed and said, "Well, it's not impossible to consider this matter."

Although the two sisters feel a little awkward at times, they still have to stand beside their wives when they should.

Hearing this, Xia Fengxiang was very satisfied and immediately looked at Xia Tingyu.

Xia Tingyu sighed inwardly, but he was already one step late, so what was there to expect? Besides, the way Su Changan was helping Xia Fengxiang, wasn't it because he thought Su Changan was lovable?
So Xia Tingyu bit her lip and said, "My queen thanked me at the noodle stall before and even joked with me. Why do you suddenly want to marry me to Mobei now?"

Su Changan was stunned. What does the verbal sparring between you two sisters have to do with me? How did the trouble fall upon me?
And this is Xia Tingyu’s revenge!
Thinking of this, Su Changan saw the look in Xia Fengxiang's eyes and almost said, "I was so happy at that time."

"Empress~~"

But at this moment, Xun Kuang bowed respectfully and spoke.

Su Changan immediately looked at Xun Kuang. Before Xun Kuang could speak, Su Changan stood up and walked towards him: "What's the matter? Is it about what happened just now? Let's go over there and talk."

Xun Kuang didn't even need to speak, Su Changan had already signaled Xun Kuang to come over and talk.

Xun Kuang was confused, but just as he was about to speak, he felt something and turned around to look at His Majesty and Her Royal Highness the Princess.

He noticed that His Majesty was looking at him with a very cold expression.

Her Royal Highness the Princess looked at him with a smile.

Xun Kuang blinked, feeling like he was in trouble.

Su Changan slipped away.

Sisters Xia Fengxiang and Xia Tingyu looked at each other again.

Xia Tingyu's expression returned to normal and she smiled charmingly: "Your Majesty, would you like a cup of tea?"

Xia Fengxiang said, "Let's drink."

Xia Tingyu nodded immediately: "Okay."

Wu Qinhu and Su Wenqing had been paying attention to these two since Xia Tingyu just passed by.

Seeing that nothing happened, Wu Qinhu breathed a sigh of relief.

Su Wenqing laughed for no reason, especially when he looked at His Majesty, he recalled the time when these two loved to fight each other when they were young. Sometimes the late emperor would laugh and say, "Qingge behaves like this when facing Tingyu."

Adults’ affairs are adults’ affairs, and children’s affairs are children’s affairs.

The late emperor made a clear distinction between the two, and therefore he never cared about Xia Tingyu and loved her very much. Even though Xia Tingyu was in the capital at that time, it was actually the King of Shu who left her as a hostage to the late emperor.

Wu Qinhu took a bite of the Sanzi, then looked at the crispy, golden Sanzi in his hand, which looked like a piece of sugar cane, and couldn't help but say, "Is there something that the queen is not good at?"

Knowing that the food in his hand came from Su Changan, Wu Qinhu couldn't help but sigh and asked this question.

Su Wenqing smiled when he heard this, then lowered his voice and said, "I'm really not good at writing or drawing."

Smart people speak clearly, even though people in the market now say that the Empress's handwriting is a kind of font, it is just a shitty font.

How could Su Wenqing not see it? Especially since Su Wenqing had teased Su Changan about this matter in private, Su Changan himself felt embarrassed in front of Su Wenqing.

Wu Qinhu is not Su Wenqing, and only Su Wenqing would dare to say such words, so Wu Qinhu just smiled and shook his head.

But Su Wenqing also knew the rules. Some things can be said once, so he changed the subject and said, holding the Sanzi in his hand: "Lu Cai, what did the queen say in the palace?"

Lu Cai is now wearing a purple eunuch robe. He is the only one in the world, and even in the history of Daxia, to wear a purple sable robe at his age.

But even so, Lu Cai remained humble and kind to the palace maids and eunuchs. When he met older ones, he addressed them as "you", just because that was what the Empress Dowager said.

Now facing Old Master Su and Wu Qinhu, Lu Cai was even more respectful. He bowed and said, "Her Majesty said, 'It's as crisp as snow when you put it in your mouth.'"

After he finished speaking, seeing that Su Wenqing was still looking at him, Lu Cai continued, "The Queen said that it has the same origin as Mahua, biting scorpion tails on the second day of the second month or something like that. But the Queen originally said that they were all called Mahua, and the ones with lotus root powder were cheaper, while the ones with stuffing were more expensive. But the Queen made some of each, distinguishing between Mahua and Sanzi, saying that these were perfect for eating during the Cold Food Festival, and the recipe had already been passed down, saying that it would be given to the people. This thing is easy to make and affordable."

After saying all this, Lu Cai felt a little nervous because he felt that he was showing off by telling stories in front of these two people.

But seeing the two old men listening with great interest, Lu Cai felt a little dazed.

Because under the old locust tree in the village, there was an annoying child who was hated by the whole village. He always squatted alone in a distant place, with his ears pricked up to listen to the old people telling stories to children. He couldn't hear clearly, but it was very pleasant to listen. Every time he listened well, he would jump home. He was never afraid of walking at night, and even liked walking at night, because no one would point at him and gossip at night. He didn't feel lonely at that time, and he thought it was good to be alone, and he had a sister. But he didn't know that it was actually loneliness, not solitude.

Su Wenqing looked at Lu Cai and smiled, but seeing that Lu Cai looked a little frightened, he motioned for Lu Cai to sit down as well.

Lu Cai immediately shook his head.

Su Wenqing was helpless, but he knew what this child had done and why, so the more he looked at this child, the more he liked him.

Wu Qinhu said, "I fought with your master. At that time, I was a sixth-rank official and your master was a fourth-rank official. Although he was young and had just come to the capital, I was defeated by your master."

Lu Cai was stunned for a moment. He had never expected such a thing.

Wu Qinhu looked at Lu Cai: "But I didn't expect that the old poisoner would teach you so many things."

At this point, Wu Qinhu was puzzled: "I am more curious, is Old Poison your uncle or your grandmaster?"

Lu Cai opened his mouth and said, "Replying to the senior, it's my junior uncle."

Wu Qinhu nodded, but seeing Lu Cai's humble look, he smiled and said, "You have killed so many people in the martial arts world, and you have a reputation. At your age, among your peers, you are better than the little monk in the Lotus Temple. Only Wan'er can surpass you. Why do you talk to people like this?"

【Blood Silkworm】Lu Cai.

In fact, he has a great reputation in the world. A very great reputation!

After all, he was the one who fought against the Ku Han Sect alone and was still alive, and even escaped from the master of the end.

Even until now, many people in the world are still looking for Lu Cai's sister who can make the antidote for the bitter cold poison.

Lu Cai smiled and said, "Senior, you are too kind. I am just an attendant to the Queen now. There is no such thing as a blood silkworm."

Wu Qinhu looked at Lu Cai and smiled again, then glanced at the Queen Mother who was looking at His Majesty with a worried look on her face.

Wu Qinhu saw everything clearly during this trip to Beijing.

Around a monster, a group of little monsters who were born at the wrong time surrounded him inexplicably.

Yan Ruyu, Shentu Sheyue, Su Wan'er, and the Lu Cai in front of him, any one of them can surpass their peers.

Even that cat, Wu Qinhu could see clearly that it was simply a "poisonous talent".

As a result, all these people were around the Queen, and each of them was willing to be by her side.

It's not scary in itself, but what's scary is that there are so many little monsters following you.

Even I began to like this queen more and more. After experiencing the battle in the world meeting and what I saw with my own eyes these days, I even admired this queen a little.
Su Wenqing said bluntly: "Brother, are you thinking about your granddaughter becoming a disciple?"

Wu Qinhu also nodded directly: "If the queen is willing."

Wu Qinhu didn't say anything else, but just watched the Queen return to the main seat at the top.

Su Wenqing smiled and didn't say much, but he understood Wu Qinhu. After all, he was also worried about his grandchildren.

Thinking of this, Su Wenqing glanced at Su Liheng over there, and then looked at Lu Cai: "Lu Cai."

Lu Cai looked at Su Wenqing.

Su Wenqing said, "Is my Li Heng being laughed at in Raojiang?"

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Ps: It’s a long chapter, and it’s to make up for yesterday’s update, so it’s updated late.

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