good wife

Chapter 59
Jingyi resisted the pain from her right arm, and replied with a respectful expression: "I want to tell you my mother, my daughter is stupid, and she is far worse than my mother."

But the queen said with a smile, "Your Majesty, Madam Su's talent was spread all over the capital! Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, why don't Miss Su compose a poem to add to the fun, what do you think?"

Jingyi lowered her head, annoyed in her heart, this queen is really hateful!Why do you have to compete with a little girl like yourself!
The emperor gave the queen a sideways look. The emperor naturally understood what she was up to, but the emperor just chuckled, "Okay! Since it was suggested by the queen, I agree! What's the point of just writing poems by her alone? Let all the ladies under the age of ten present write a poem, so that it is both fair and lively. What does the queen think?"

The queen's heart was suffocated, she originally thought that she would only embarrass the girl of the Su family, but she didn't expect the emperor to involve all the ladies present.But the emperor has spoken, what else can I do?However, the queen's face was full of smiles in an instant, she knew Min'er's talent, this is a good opportunity to justify Min'er's name!

As soon as the emperor's decree came out, all the ladies present had different expressions, some were timid and nervous, some were excited, and some of the ladies who were over ten years old were envious, some were jealous, and some were jealous. It's an expression of waiting to see a good show.

After a while, there were seven young ladies standing in the center of the hall. In front of each young lady, a table was placed by the palace staff, and the Four Treasures of the Study were placed on it.

Jingyi was the youngest, standing on the far right, she lowered her head, everyone couldn't see her expression clearly, they thought it was because she was young and nervous, afraid that she would not be able to write poems later, which would make people laugh.

The emperor glanced at the ladies and said with a smile: "Jingyi from Su Aiqing's family just now compared the queen to the king of flowers, peony. I thought it was very good! Today, all the ladies will write a poem about peony. .”

As soon as the emperor's words fell, all the ladies were blessed and began to think, and some of the ladies started to write directly.Only Jingyi still lowered her head, with her hands hanging by her sides, without any intention of writing.

At this time, a voice came from the female banquet: "It seems that this Miss Su is just an embroidered pillow, and her mother's reputation as a talented woman in her youth was wasted. It is so useless."

"Yes, look at Miss Bai, it seems that she is about to finish writing it. This is what a well-known lady should look like."

From time to time, voices of sarcasm came out from the crowd, and Jingyi's eyes gradually became cold. She had no intention of showing anything at all, and just wanted to be a grass that was indistinguishable from others. He actually looked down on his mother through her!
The trees are beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy them!Such a simple truth, people can't figure it out?Jingyi lightly raised her head and looked up, seeing the emperor looking at her with a smile on her face, she couldn't help being startled, the emperor's eyes clearly wanted her to win the first place.

The queen glanced at Bai Min'er, and said with a smile: "Your majesty, since it's all the young ladies showing off their talents, there must be a distinction. I wonder what the majesty intends to award the first prize?"

When the emperor heard the words, he leaned back, "It won't be too late to make a decision."

The queen's bright eyes turned lightly, and she said with a smile: "How about, the concubine rewarded her the mother-of-pearl dressing mirror inlaid with gemstones that the emperor gave her a few days ago, what do you think?"

The emperor gave her a meaningful look, and said lightly: "The queen is willing."

The queen was a little guilty by the emperor's look, she said this because she saw that Bai Min'er had a good chance of winning.But if the emperor sees out his little thoughts, he still feels a little uncomfortable.

Jingyi had already picked up the pen at this time, she could see the emperor's eyes clearly just now, if she couldn't win, I'm afraid the emperor would take his anger out on her mother.Jingyi didn't think too much, and hurriedly wrote, but after a while, it was finished.

All the ladies put away their pens and stood quietly aside, while Bai Min'er glanced provocatively in Jingyi's direction, her face was full of complacency!

Seeing that everyone had finished writing, the emperor said loudly, "Where is Gao Lin?"

Gao Lin stood up and went to the center of the hall: "The minister is here!"

"You are a grand scholar of the palace, so it is up to you to judge."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Gao Lin read out one by one from left to right.

The first one to be read was Bai Xiuhua, the youngest daughter of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. She is nine years old this year and is the daughter of a concubine in the Duke Huguo's mansion. "Thousands of leafy red silks are cut to the fullest spring, and Danqing is written without realizing it. The scenery is ninety years old, and it is a pity to give it to others."

After saying that, everyone clapped their hands and applauded, she was indeed Shangshu's daughter, and this kind of literary talent is really good!

Gao Lin just nodded, and asked someone to submit the poem for the emperor to review.

In this way, Gao Lin continued to read the works of several other ladies, all of which were of average literary talent and not much new.At this time, Gao Lin thought of the poem of the fifth person, Bai Min'er: "There is one Wei Hong in the Zhulan under the hall, and one branch is rich and colorful, and the spring breeze. It is reported that the good varieties spread in Luoyang may not necessarily produce Shengjiu bushes."

"Good! Great poem! Great poem!" As soon as Gao Lin finished speaking, many people clapped their hands and praised it!The queen's eyes are already full of smiles, this is the style of a famous family!

The emperor read the poem, the smile on his face remained unchanged, but there was a gloomy look in his eyes, but it was fleeting and no one noticed.

Gao Lin walked up to Jingyi at this time, stretched out his hand to hold the words in front of his eyes, and after just one glance, Gao Lin was surprised: "Good words! Really good words!"

Everyone couldn't help being a little surprised and curious, how good a seven-year-old child can write?To be able to make the Gaolin University scholar, who has always boasted of his talents, be so praised?

"Good poetry, good poetry!"

Everyone was even more curious, and someone urged: "Master Gao, don't just say it by yourself, read it out for everyone to hear!"

"Yes, Mr. Gao, read it quickly!"

Only then did Gao Lin come to his senses, he was on top of the hall, and hurriedly read aloud: "The fragrant wind of rotten meat attracts the nobles, and the eminent monks stay behind even if they move. Poor hall corners are pine-colored, and the princes and grandchildren can't lift their heads."

The sound fell, and the hall was silent, with the sound of gasping. Obviously, no one thought that a seven-year-old child would write such an excellent poem.

The emperor also saw the extremely beautiful lower script at a glance, which shows that the child must have worked hard.The more the emperor looked at it, the more satisfied he was. This poem is full of praise for Peony, which suits his heart very well!It seems that this girl understood what she meant just by looking at her!The emperor smiled and said: "Queen, it seems that your mother-of-pearl dressing mirror is about to change hands!" After finishing speaking, he handed the poem to the queen to read.

The queen's expression was unbelievable, and her eyes were already full of anger!But this is under the watchful eyes of everyone. As the mother of a country, I still have to pay attention to my manners.She took a deep breath and suppressed the anger, which made her heart ache!

(End of this chapter)