Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Su Mu's head was a little confused, and he forgot how to reply for a moment.

Emperor Hongzhi picked up the manuscript in his hand and turned it over again, saying: "I have already written No. 18 back to the Grand View Garden Examination before the questions are correct. The Rongguo Mansion has returned to the province to celebrate the Lantern Festival. By the way, the courtyard has been repaired, and Yuanchun will also go to the palace to visit relatives. Jia Zheng took a group of friends to visit the courtyard and asked Baoyu to write couplets. I haven't finished writing this chapter..."

Su Mu was slow to death during this time, plus he got another yard and worked in Xiyuan, so he had no worries about food and clothing. People like this will become lazy if they don't have the pressure to survive.

He hasn't touched a pen for a while, and as for "A Dream of Red Mansions", it may be a long time since he wrote it.

I can't remember where I wrote last time.

Seeing that Su Mu was in a daze, the emperor thought that Su Mu was still afraid, so he smiled and flipped through the book: "It happens to be written in Baoyu Road that the word Xieyu is useful, but there is no word like Qinfang. Isn't it elegant?" Jia Zheng nodded with his beard No words. Everyone was busy catering, and praised Baoyu for his extraordinary talent. Jia Zhengdao said, "It's easy to write two characters on the plaque. Let's make a couplet with seven characters." Baoyu heard that he stood on the pavilion and looked around. road……"

"After I came down, I thought about it for a long time, and I also drew up a few couplets, but I always felt that it didn't fit. Su Mu, you are a famous poet. You can think of this couplet."

Su Mu: "I have already made up my mind."

"Oh, read it quickly and listen to it." Emperor Hongzhi looked forward to it.

Su Mu hurriedly recalled that this chapter is a famous one in "A Dream of Red Mansions". Fortunately, he still remembered it, so he read: "The willows around the embankment borrow three green poles, and the flowers on the other bank share a vein of fragrance."

"I figured it out so quickly?" Emperor Hongzhi was startled, and he picked up the manuscript and looked at the previous description of the scene: "Speaking, enter the cave. I saw lush trees, strange flowers, and a clear stream. , twists and turns from the depths of the flowers and trees under the rock gap. After a few more steps, it gradually moves to the north, flat and wide, with flying towers on both sides, carved and embroidered thresholds, all hidden among the trees in the depression. Looking down at it , the clear stream sheds snow, the stone steps pass through the clouds, the white stones are fences, surround the edge of the pool, the three ports of the stone bridge, and the beast's face is mouthed."

After reading it, he chewed the couplet of Su Mu for a long time, and shouted: "It really is appropriate, not bad, not bad, I heard people say that Su Mu's poems are very good, this time it is really an eye-opener."

"Your Majesty's absurd praise, I'm terrified, I'm ashamed!" Su Mu hurriedly saluted, and his heart was completely relaxed: If the emperor is really going to punish me today, how can you talk about poetry with me? On the Road.Wind, flowers, snow and moon, poems and songs are my Su Mu's strengths!

No, what did Emperor Hongzhi mean when he asked me if I had a manuscript?

Sure enough, as soon as this thought came to him, Hong Zhi asked with a smile: "Su Mu, where's the one behind?"

Su Mu: "Returning to Your Majesty, this book is just a game for the minister. I wrote it here at the beginning. Later, I stopped because I had to take the provincial examination."

Hong Zhi: "So, Su Mu, do you plan to continue writing?"

Su Mu's heart skipped a beat, and he almost couldn't help swearing: "Still writing about your sister, just these eighteen chapters, I was almost beaten to death as a yellow writer!"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I just said that it's just a play, and I will write a few strokes when I am interested. If I am not interested, I am too lazy to do it. Maybe, I will not write in the future."

Hongzhi's eyelids twitched when Su Mu said that he would not write again.To be honest, this book is very much to his liking, and he just read the manuscript at a glance, and he has the feeling that he can't stop, eager to know the following.

I was going to go back and read it again when there is no one else.Now that the original author has been found, why not ask him if he has any more manuscripts.

Hearing that Su Mu said that there was no manuscript, the emperor was very disappointed.

Hearing that he would not write any more, Emperor Hongzhi felt impetuous for a while: Isn't this naked asking for eunuchs? Absolutely not.

Of course he could order Su Mu to continue writing, but as the king of a country, it would be inappropriate to do so, and Emperor Hongzhi could not do such a thing.

Immediately, he said calmly: "Oh, don't write it... It's okay, if this kind of book is circulated, it will also damage your reputation. After all, there are many places in it that are suspected of prostitution and robbery."

"Your Majesty's wise words, I respect you." Su Mu also complimented the emperor.

Seeing Su Mu and the emperor talking and laughing, Xu Can beside him was dumbfounded, and he didn't understand what went wrong.

Seeing the look of anticipation in the emperor's eyes, Xu Can suddenly realized: Long live... I actually like Su Mu's "Dream of Red Mansions"... This book is really good... But the things that Long live God likes, we slaves How can it be stopped.I'm afraid that Long Live Lord loves Wu and Wu, but he favors Su Mu.There is no need to wait for the crown prince to ascend the throne in the future, as long as he speaks ill of me in front of His Majesty, it will be a big trouble.

This civic official was completely unobtrusive, calm, and stood at the height of righteousness, which was really hard to guard against.

Thinking of this, eunuch Xu's head was as big as a bucket, and he felt a strong sense of crisis.

As the king of a country, I don't know how many times I have heard compliments like Su Mu's.Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand, even though his heart was itching like a cat scratching his heart, but on the surface he was still calm: "Your book is just like that, I don't think it's very interesting."

"Yes, yes, this kind of market novel has an extremely low-level structure, so naturally it cannot be read by His Majesty." Su Mu hurriedly answered.There was also a slander in his heart: "Dream of Red Mansions" is a masterpiece through the ages, and a bastard like Zhu Houzhao who only knows how to practice martial arts is naturally not interested.But the reason why a masterpiece becomes a masterpiece naturally has an irresistible charm.Modern people read this book, perhaps because of the different times, the sense of substitution is not strong.But for the people of the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that they killed all the young and old.Emperor Hongzhi said that this book is not very interesting, which is too deceitful.

"However, the couplets in this chapter of yours are interesting." Hong Zhi clenched his fists and put them to his mouth, coughing lightly: "I think when I was studying in the East Palace, I often wrote poems and compositions with my teachers. Yes. Poetry is not very useful, but it is best used to cultivate sentiment and adjust mood. Up to now, I still treasure the poems I wrote when I was young."

Su Mu: "Your Majesty's poems are naturally first-class masterpieces."

Hongzhi smiled: "I don't dare to say that a good work is not a good one. Poetry is like one's own children. Isn't there a saying in the folks: "The son of the scorpion is good. No matter how stinky you write , I saw it, but I liked it in my heart."

The emperor said this very casually, and the other eunuchs laughed lightly.

Naturally, Xu Can couldn't help laughing apologetically, and was even more startled. Looking at the current situation of the Long Live Lord, he looked a bit like outside literati talking about poetry and Taoism. Could it be that this Su Mu has been regarded by His Majesty as someone who can chat and make daily routines... This ...But it is an opportunity that thousands of courtiers in the court can meet but cannot seek...

Thinking of this, his vest sweated even more.

Emperor Hongzhi went on to say: "Others see that I am the Son of Heaven, and after reading my poems, they naturally want to sing praises. How can they directly expose their shortcomings? Take people as a mirror, but unfortunately, I can't hear a single word of truth in poetry. .”

Seeing Hongzhi came to talk about sex, Su Mu completely relaxed his body.He is a modern person. In his opinion, the emperor is just a profession.Unlike me, a scholar, it's just a division of labor, and there is no distinction between high and low.

He said casually: "It is naturally inconvenient for a subject to talk about your father behind his back. From my point of view, poetry is just leisure work. It doesn't matter if it is good or bad, as long as you are happy with it."

Hongzhi laughed: "That's true. Even so, your poems, Su Mu, are really good. I have read your old works, but I also have some doubts in my heart. For example, the sentence 'the green hills are still there, and the sunset is red a few times', But it’s not something a young man with a weak crown can do. But hearing you make this couplet on the spot today, I believe it in my heart, it’s really good.”

"Sir, panic!"

Hongzhi chuckled, and coughed lightly: "The left and right have nothing to do today, and my interest has also risen, Su Mu, otherwise, let's compare with each other."

"Ah, poetry competition!" Su Mu was taken aback, and competed with the emperor in poetry, do I dare to win?

Seeing this situation, a sneer suddenly appeared on the corner of Xu Can's mouth, and he interjected, "Why, Su Mu, don't you want to?"

This is a good opportunity!

In his opinion, it is not difficult to win the emperor with Su Mu's talent, maybe it is very easy to win.Not to mention the emperor, even a person like Qizi will feel ashamed when he encounters the majestic atmosphere of Su Mu's "Rolling Yangtze River flowing eastward", and his graceful and desolate "a journey through the mountains and a journey through the water".I have to admit that this hateful guy is already the standard-bearer of the poetry circle of the Ming Dynasty.

The problem is, anyone who loses so badly in Su Mu's hands must be unhappy.If the emperor is really defeated, he must have opinions on Su Mu. After he comes down, he only needs to provoke him, and Su Mu will be fine.

However, if Su Mu deliberately concedes, the result of lowering the standard will inevitably lower his status in the emperor's mind.

So, no matter how you look at it, this competition is not a good thing for Su Mu.

"Your Majesty, please come up with a question." Su Mu didn't bother to talk to Xu Can.

No way, Emperor Jinkouyu couldn't be firm, he could only take one step at a time and play by ear.

Xu Can apologized and said with a smile: "Master Long Live, it's snowing hard this morning. In order to see the snow, Lord Long Live told the servants not to sweep the floor and keep this piece of whiteness. Why don't we just use this as the topic, I don't know what Long Live wants What rhyme?"

Emperor Hongzhi: "It's not about poetry, what's the problem?"

Xu Can froze, Su Mu was also confused.

The emperor said: "Just write the couplet, Su Mu, you haven't finished this chapter yet. If you want to come to such a large Grand View Courtyard, there are more than a few halls, terraces and pavilions in the district. Jia Zheng will definitely let his son Baoyu show his literary talents in front of the guests, and the guests will also There is nothing better than this to make fun of people and people. According to my guess, Su Mu, you will definitely spend a lot of pen and ink on this plot."

Su Mu was taken aback, and suddenly admired Emperor Hongzhi in his heart.This person can see the details and deduce the following plot, which is really good.It is also understandable if you think about it, is it possible that someone who can be an emperor for more than ten years and maintain the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty has some talent?

Naturally, he is familiar with the human heart and the world. The so-called understanding of human feelings is the article.

"Your Majesty is right. I also thought so before, and I am planning to write like this next time."

Hongzhi stroked his beard and said: "Then you can continue writing. For every scene you write, you and I will each write a couplet, and choose the best one to transcribe into the book." smile.

Only then did Su Mu suddenly realize, and thought to himself: So it was a reminder, but you didn't say it clearly, holding the emperor's airs and making so many twists and turns, aren't you tired?