My Sisters Excel in Both Literary and Martial Arts - Chapter 168

[Chapter 168 There is no moon this night (Third update)]

Chen Jiannan felt that he had missed a good opportunity.

At the beginning of the poetry meeting, the place was not hot, and even An Di was listless. If he had appeared, then all the praise that Zhou Zhi has not received should be from him.

But this time was not bad, the place was already getting hot, and he was confident that although his poems might not be better than Zhou Zhiwei’s, they wouldn’t be any worse.

Of course, he didn’t just come here to write poems. He had another purpose today. Of course, he had to write poems first!

At this time, Zhou Zhiwei had already retreated and disappeared into the crowd, leaving the stage entirely to Chen Jiannan.

He closed his eyes and pondered seriously for a moment, then opened his eyes, walked around and read:

“I miss you in the fairy garden, and everything feels leisurely.

If there is no moon this night, a year will pass in vain.”

Like Zhou Zhiwei, Chen Jiannan wrote A quatrain, but the former is a seven-character quatrain, while his is a five-character quatrain.

Although it is short, it is more powerful than anything else.

Sure enough, after hearing this poem, Zhu Xinning also raised his head and glanced at him. Chen Jiannan was elated and quickly returned a smile that he thought was handsome. Unfortunately, Zhu Xinning immediately lowered his head and did not see it.

Although there is no proposition, because it is the Mid-Autumn Poetry Festival, all the poems are written around the “moon”.

Throughout the ages, poetry gatherings have been held in various countries during the Mid-Autumn Festival every year. There have been countless poems about chanting the moon, and the words have been basically used once. Therefore, it is not easy to innovate and write excellent works. Therefore, those previous poems in Beijing The poems written by the state’s talented scholars are not satisfactory.

Zhou Zhiwei and Chen Jiannan are undoubtedly the best among them.

After he finished reading, Emperor An also praised: “Not bad!”

Chen Jiannan hurriedly saluted, “Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty!”

But he felt a little bitter in his heart, because Emperor An just said “good” to Zhou Zhiwei, but said “not bad” to him. “It’s clear at a glance which one is strong and which one is weak.

Emperor An turned to look at Zhu Xinning again and asked, “How many poems have you written down?”

“Only these two,”

Zhu Xinning replied.

Emperor An nodded. He preferred poetry after all. At this moment, he seemed to have forgotten his bet with the third prince of Southern Qi. He looked at Bai Qingyuan and Song Baiyun who were silent and asked, “What is Bai Aiqing’s opinion on these two poems?”

“Reply” Your Majesty, there have been many poems about admiring the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival since ancient times, and it is not easy to write them again, so it is not entirely their fault that the talented people in the past could not write good works!”

After hearing this, the talented people below all looked excited, and looked at Bai Qingyuan with grateful eyes.

Emperor An sneered in his heart: This old guy knows how to win people’s hearts.

“However, Mr. Zhou and Mr. Chen were able to find a new way, and the two quatrains they composed are both excellent. It shows that there are talents available all over the country of Da’an, which is really a blessing to your majesty!”

Emperor An nodded, sneering in his heart again. .

This Bai Qingyuan, who usually quarreled with him in the court, started to flatter him again in front of so many people. His double-dealing behavior was disgraceful.

Then he asked Song Baiyun, “Then, Bachelor of Song, please comment on the pros and cons of these two poems!”

Song Baiyun is a bachelor of Hanlin Academy. His poetry skills are not comparable to Bai Qingyuan’s, and his comments are also quite professional.

“In terms of fluency and counterpoint, the poem by Mr. Chen is the best!”

Chen Jiannan was overjoyed when he heard this. He was about to thank Song Baiyun when he heard Song Baiyun change his subject, “But – this poem is too smooth and the counterpoint is neat. , it doesn’t look like it was done on the spot, it looks like it was prepared in advance!”

Chen Jiannan was a little speechless. He prepared poems in advance to participate in the Mid-Autumn Poetry Festival. This is an unspoken rule that everyone knows! Later, Song

Baiyun

continued: “The artistic conception of Mr. Zhou’s poem is even better. It outlines the scenery of the back courtyard of Wuxian Garden, and it is composed on the spot. It should be even better!”

The reviews are more fair and professional, and the talented people below are not just for a living. Although they hate Zhou Zhiwei, they still agree with Song Baiyun’s reviews.

An Di smiled and nodded. He did not expect that two foreign talents whom he had never heard of before could have such poetic talents. He glanced at Qi Junguang again and wondered whether he had paid too much attention to him before. Why do you feel like these two people are enough to defeat him?

So he said: “Third Prince, can the poems of our two talented men catch your eye?”

“Yes, but if these are the only ones, it will be a huge disappointment to me!”

After hearing what he said, Emperor An was shocked. Since he dares to speak like this, he seems to be sure of victory.

But he was quite dissatisfied, thinking that he hadn’t written a single poem yet yet he was commenting here. Who could guarantee that the poems he wrote would be better than those of Zhou Zhiwei and Chen Jiannan?

He immediately said: “Third Prince, since you have such confidence, why not write a poem and let us pay our respects to it. Then we will make our own decision about which one is better!”

Qi Junguang smiled and said in no hurry: “Your Majesty Emperor An, I will be able to compose poems later, but we are guests from afar, so we cannot be the first to do so.”

He glanced at the crowd and his eyes fell on Song Jimao, “I wonder if any of you talented people can write poems. If not, then I will be embarrassed!”

At this time, Song Jimao stood up.

“Song Jimao from Jingzhou, please give me advice from the third prince!”

After saying that, he glanced at Zhu Xinning, gritted his teeth, and then read aloud:

“Leaning on the railing close to the cold sky, I can’t say enough about the glass of wine.

I know that thousands of miles away, wind and rain accompany the moon. “

Like Chen Jiannan, Song Jimao chose five-character quatrains, but in terms of quality, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the quality of this poem is worse than Chen Jiannan’s.

Emperor An naturally noticed it too and frowned.

Wrinkle

.

Fortunately, I didn’t put my hope in him. What is this thing about?

Even Zhou Zhiwei and Chen Jiannan are not as good as each other. Is he studying poetry or sleeping in silence for the past three years?

Is it intentional?

Then he looked at Bai Qingyuan and Song Jimao, narrowed his eyes and said, “Please comment, my dear friends!

Song Baiyun was the first to speak, and he did not show mercy just because he was his son: “It’s just mediocre, nothing outstanding.

“

Bai Qingyuan followed closely: “Indeed, compared with the poems of Zhou Gongzi and Chen Gongzi, they are not as good as others, but they can still be ranked third in today’s poetry meeting!

“

“

The comments were sharp, and everyone was still convinced.

After hearing this, Su Mowu on Emperor An’s side was quite satisfied with Song Jimao: He really listened to me and deliberately wrote such a bad poem in front of his father!

Who knows whether it was intentional or not .

, Song Jimao knows it best.

He is better at writing lyrics than poems. For this Mid-Autumn Poetry Festival, he specially prepared a good poem to show Zhu Xinning again.

But who knew this time. The rules of the Poetry Club are so screwed up that they have to write poems first. It’s not surprising

that he couldn’t compete with Chen Jiannan. After all, when he was in Wuxian Garden a few days ago, Chen Jiannan only wrote poems, which shows that he is good at using

his own shortcomings in poetry.

The merits of others should be lost.

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