Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 119 The ambition of the swan
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There was complete silence in the venue for a moment.

Not a single one came out.

Duke Huan Yuan even suspected that he had read the opening sentence wrong, so he read it again carefully and said, "Opening sentence: The Qi is strong, so it blocks the heaven and earth, flows through the deep springs, and nothing is left unattended. Whose is this?
"That... mine."

Li Chun stepped forward awkwardly and took the article.

Duke Huan Yuan nodded and said, "The article is OK."

Since ancient times, there is no best article. The preferences of the people who review the articles and the style of the articles more or less account for a certain proportion of bias. The same article may be ranked first by some people and second by others. This is normal, especially when the level of the articles is not much different.

Everyone understands the logic, but Li Chun obviously doesn't think so. He feels that his articles should crush these people.

After all, he is the most talented person in the world.

But he was only ranked third, which made him very dissatisfied!

However, Li Chun was extremely smart after all, and he soon figured out something: Duke Huan Yuan must have been afraid that he would become too proud, so he deliberately suppressed him.

Yes, that must be it!

After returning, Li Chun smiled modestly and said, "Duke Huan Yuan must have been afraid that I would become too proud, so he pushed me down to third place."

Several of Li Chun’s friends suddenly realized.

"I see!"

"Duke Huanyuan has good intentions."

"I admire you!"

"..."

Several people complimented him and were secretly happy.

I wonder who is first and second among them this time?
"Second place: Breaking the topic: If the place where people like and dislike are placed is not contrary to slander or praise, then people will have no sense of shame."

Li Chun looked at them and asked, "Whose?"

"not mine."

"Not me either."

"Could it be..."

"impossible?"

The Qingshe party.

"Whose? Shunzhi?"

"not mine."

Night Dream Book: "Don't look at me."

Xu Lian: "Mine."

Xie Jiwen was surprised and asked, "Yours?"

Xu Lian nodded and said seriously: "It's mine."

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Brother Lian, which school are you in? Let's study together when we have time."

Xu Lian: "Okay."

Xie Jiwen: “…”

The rest of the people.

"Amazing! Qingshe defeated the world's most talented scholar, Li Chun!"

"Xu Lian, who is she? She's really pretty and writes well!"

“Who will win first place?”

"It must be President Jia Shunzhi. We northern scholars are finally going to be proud of ourselves!"

"I want to join the Youth Society!"

Seeing Xu Lian step forward and take the article away, Jiangnan Scholar's face looked a little ugly, but Li Chun didn't mind it much. After all, he was originally the first and was just suppressed.

"Don't panic, everyone. We will definitely be the first!"

"Yes, it's definitely ours!"

"It's good enough for a small Qingshe to have two of them."

Several people discussed in low voices.

Duke Huan Yuan continued: "First place: Breaking the topic: The sage looks to the world with righteousness, and inspires its original bright heart."

Li Chun: "Whose?"

"not me."

"No."

"Could it be..."

"impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

"..."

Xie Jiwen looked at Jia Rong: "Yours?"

Jia Rong smiled: "It was just luck."

As he said this, Jia Rong stepped forward and saluted.

Duke Huan Yuan smiled and said, "The article is very good. Ningguo Mansion has a successor."

"Sir, I am so ashamed to accept your praise." Jia Rong said, and then smiled at Li Chun and others and said, "Thank you for your praise."

Thank you for letting me do this!

Several scholars from Jiangnan felt they had been fooled.

Lord Huan Yuan is unfair!
He was definitely paid to make Qingshe famous.

Li Chun became even more indignant.

It would be fine if you just suppress me.

You are slapping the face of the scholars in Jiangnan!
Seeing the expressions of the few people, Lord Huan Yuan took a sip of tea and said calmly: "Why? Do you have different opinions on me?"

"No no."

Several people shook their heads.

Even if they were complaining in their hearts, they certainly didn't have the courage to say it in front of others.

And the person was invited by Li Chun.

Duke Huan Yuan stood up and smiled: "The purpose of the literary gathering is to exchange knowledge. If you take one, two, three too seriously, you will end up failing. The most important thing is to be humble and eager to learn."

Everyone hurriedly saluted.

"Students should remember your teacher's teachings."

……

"Haha, this is really satisfying!"

"There are already more than a dozen people who want to join my Youth Society."

"This is just the beginning. When the news gets out tomorrow, our Youth Society will grow stronger and stronger, and it will be just around the corner to become the number one literary society in Jiangbei!" "Serve the country and the people, and support the country..."

The members of Qingshe are full of lofty ambitions.

At this time, Li Chun and his companions came over and said with a stern look on their faces, "Next month, our Lin Society will hold a literary gathering in Yanyu Tower. We will send invitations to all the major academies in Shenjing and the Imperial College. We hope that all the brothers from Qing Society will come."

Jia Rong smiled and said, "I will definitely be there then."

How could I miss the opportunity to become famous?
"it is good!"

Li Chun clapped his hands and said, "It's a deal!

Jia Rong: "It's a deal."

After Li Chun and others left.

Xie Jiwen smiled and said, "They are not convinced and want to fight again."

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Our Qing Society needs this, to stand out in literary gatherings and grow stronger."

Ye Mengshu nodded: "Not bad!"

Xie Jiwen said: "Don't be so nice. Next time you embarrass yourself like this, you'd better not leave the scene and just watch from the side."

Ye Mengshu said seriously: "This time it was purely an accident, I will definitely do it next time!"

Xu Lian: "Hehe, you must have failed, right?"

Ye Mengshu put his arm around Xu Lian's shoulders and chuckled, "Brother Lian is hurtful. Let's not talk about this. Let's go have a drink."

Xie Jiwen stepped forward to separate the two and said sternly, "That's enough, you two. I'm still here!"

Jia Rong, speechless.

Xu Lian left the two of them and approached Jia Rong, saying with a smile, "Brother Shunzhi, let's go have a drink together."

Jia Rong waved gently.

"You go ahead."

"I'm going back to study."

I also have to spend the reunion night with my aunts.

"Remember to go home early." Jia Rong asked with concern.

Everyone stood in awe!
Xu Lian thought for a moment and said, "I have to go home to study too. Meng Shu and Ji Wen, you two can go ahead."

"The two of us... forget it, let's go back to school, for the sake of Youth Society!" they said in unison.

"For Qingshe!"

"For the country and the people!"

"for……"

……

We rode slowly in the carriage and returned to the Ningguo Mansion. It was just lighting time and the full moon of Mid-Autumn Festival had risen to the middle of the sky.

The aunts had been wandering around the manor for the whole afternoon and were all tired, so they sat around a round table.

Drink tea, taste wine, appreciate the moon and write poetry.

At this time, a maid ran over and said, "Master Rong is back."

Everyone looked over and saw Jia Rong walking over under the dim lights, fanning himself, looking gentle and refined, like a gentleman.

Such a handsome young man with great literary talent and such a prominent family background, what kind of woman would be lucky enough to win his favor?

"Aunts, did you have fun today?" Jia Rong asked with a smile.

"Humph!"

Lin Daiyu snorted and gave Jia Rong a cold look.

Others are having fun, but what about me?
Worrying about this and that.

Jia Rong naturally understood what Aunt Lin meant, it was nothing more than...

"I'll buy you a new book when I get home."

Jia Rong whispered to Lin Daiyu.

Only then did Lin Daiyu feel happy.

My eldest nephew is very sensible.

opposite.

Xue Baochai was a little confused when she saw that the two of them were not very shy about talking to each other.

But he soon felt relieved.

The two of them were clear-headed.

Aunt and nephew, originally there was nothing wrong.

The more one avoids something, the more it shows that one is harboring evil in his heart.

"Rong'er." Xichun pulled Jia Rong to sit down and asked with a smile, "What did you do this afternoon?"

Jia Rong smiled and said, "There is a literary gathering, and as the head of the society, I must go."

Tanchun laughed and asked, "What's the name of the club?"

Jia Rong said, "Qingshe."

Tanchun laughed again and asked, "What does the word 'qing' mean? Does it mean 'Your green collar is always in my heart'?"

From the Book of Songs.

Three hundred poems, all with innocent thoughts.

The meaning of this sentence is very simple, classmates miss each other.

Jia Rong waved his hand and smiled.

"No, that's not what I meant."

Baochai smiled and said, "Do you want to reach up to the sky and embrace the bright moon?"

"It has those meanings." Jia Rong explained, "In fact, it doesn't have any special meaning. It was founded by Qingyun Lake during the Dragon Boat Festival, and the word 'Qingyun' is too arrogant, so it was named Qingshe."

"Embracing the bright moon in the clear sky... that is an ideal!"

Jia Rong looked up at the bright moon in the sky.

One day, he will take charge of it.

Baochai's eyes unconsciously became a little obsessed.

"Brother Rong, you have great ambitions."

Jia Rong said modestly: "A swallow, a swallow."

"Just a sparrow with empty ideals."
Tanchun said: "Having ideals already makes you a superior person. You are much better than those spoiled dandies who only know how to eat, drink and have fun without any ambition to make progress!"

Everyone: "..."

You mean something, right?

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(End of this chapter)