Great Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 52 Chapter 52

Wang Siyan is quite interested in the Chang'an Poetry Fair.

It's not that she wants to recite poems to fight against each other, it's because Zuo Ming refuses to take her housemate, Xiaohuan, into the house, so she wants to find a romantic husband for her.Of course, it's not that he didn't have the idea of ​​using this to make his life angry.

Xiaohuan is considered a little beauty, and beauty is something that no man would dislike, especially in Datang, even if Zuo Ming doesn't want it, Xiaohuan's identity is just a concubine for others.

But the problem is, Xiaohuan is only 13 years old this year, Zuo Ming made sure to let her wait for a few years to see if she can find a suitable partner.

After all, he is one of his own, so he doesn't want Xiaohuan to cause regrets in the future because of today's sloppyness.

But what he did caused Wang Siyan and Xiaohuan to be extremely dissatisfied, because most of the married maids of women from rich families, even the maids of princesses, will most likely be taken into the house by their husbands according to the custom .If the husband's family refuses to accept it, it means that the girl is not good enough, or there is something wrong with it, which is definitely a shameful thing in Datang.

Because of this, Xiaohuan cried a lot, no matter what Zuo Ming explained, she just thought that Zuo Ming thought he was not good enough.

As soon as Xiaohuan cried, Wang Siyan, who had always regarded Xiaohuan as her own sister, naturally quit, and ignored Zuo Ming for several days.

But Zuo Ming still refuses to compromise, because after all, it is related to Xiaohuan's life's happiness, they may not understand it now, but Zuo Ming believes that they will definitely understand his good intentions in the future.

Therefore, Zuo Ming just smiled at Wang Siyan's angry behavior.

Although Wang Siyan is the mistress of the Zuo family, Zuo's fate is ultimately up to him in the Zuo family. If there is someone Xiaohuan really likes, he will happily marry her off. If there is no suitable one, even if Wang Siyan wants to mess around impossible.

The place where the Lantern Festival Poetry Contest will be held is in a mansion in Qunxianfang. That mansion is obviously the property of the prince, and it has been repaired very elegantly, because it is close to the West Market. .

On this day, the whole of Chang'an was covered with all kinds of lanterns, shining directly like daytime!Seeing this scene, Zuo Ming even had a feeling of returning to his previous life.

He hadn't had any nightlife for a long time, so he was really a little excited.

Wang Sisi, Lian'er, Hu Ke and Xiaohuan also had a great time, especially guessing lantern riddles, which was their favorite game.

It's just that whenever they encounter extremely gorgeous but extremely hard-to-guess lanterns, they will directly go to Zuo Ming, which really annoys him.

The ancients studied characters very thoroughly, and sometimes a poem can be recited by dismantling a character.

He does have a lot of Tang poetry and Song poetry in his belly, but this lantern riddle tests allusions and wit.Some lantern riddles that he has seen in later generations, he can copy and write the answers, but there are so many lantern riddles in Chang'an City, how can it be possible that he has seen all of them?So after going back and forth, he was stumped by quite a few lantern riddles, which disappointed the girls for a while.

This is because they think too highly of Zuo Ming. They always feel that Zuo Ming is an omnipotent existence, but they don't think, how many people in this world can solve the lantern riddles of Chang'an City?
If there really is, then the person is probably not a person, but a god!
Anyway, Li Tai, who was on the sidelines as a light bulb, admired Zuo Ming.Wang Siyan and the others are also very talented women. The lantern riddles they couldn't guess were naturally extremely difficult, but Zuo Ming could guess [-]% of them correctly, which is not easy.

It should be noted that those extremely difficult lantern riddles are all made by others. If it were another person, even a great Confucianist like Kong Yingda would be able to guess so many without seeing them.

The more the lantern riddles were guessed correctly, the more lanterns in everyone's hands.The hardest ones are Shen Ding and Wu Dazhu.Zuo Qian wanted to accompany Yun Niang, so he didn't come out with them, but escaped unharmed.

When everyone walked to Qunxian Square, they were already covered with all kinds of strange lanterns. Such a spectacular scene naturally attracted the attention of many passers-by.

Some gifted scholars who were showing off to their crushes how many lantern riddles they had guessed could not stop their mouths from twitching!
Zuo ordered them to wear clothes made of palace fabrics this time, so no one regarded them as lantern sellers.

After all, such clothes should never be worn unless one has an official position.

This is also the fact that Zuo Ming has no taboos. In the entire Tang Dynasty, he is the only poor person who dares to wear such clothes and wander around the streets, and no one dares to embarrass him.

It's not that he has a lot of face, it's just that this guy is very coquettish, and wherever he goes, he hangs the gold medal that Li Shimin rewarded him in the most conspicuous place on his waist, as if he was afraid that others would not see it.

The Lantern Festival Poetry Fair was obviously a big gathering for the children of wealthy families, and those who were eligible to participate in the Poetry Fair were basically the sons and daughters of the court officials.

Among them, Zuo Ming naturally saw a lot of familiar figures, among which several sons of the eldest grandson's family and Xiao Kai of Xiao Yu's family were among them.Then there are Zuo Ming's two brothers-in-law Wang Chongji and Wang Jingzhi.

These two boys are about the same age as Li Tai, only twelve or thirteen years old, but they seem to be somewhat similar to the descendants of the royal family, and they are both extremely precocious.Although he is not as abnormal as Li Chengqian, at the age of 14 he has the EQ and IQ of others in their twenties, but his behavior is already a little adult.

Seeing Zuo Ming and Wang Siyan, the two boys immediately saluted honestly and called "sister" and "brother-in-law".

Seeing the honesty of the two boys, Zuo Ming couldn't help but sigh.When he was his age, he didn't know where to play in the mud!In ancient times, children from rich families sometimes couldn't be judged by common sense.

The two called "brother-in-law" kindly, so Zuo Ming couldn't be stingy, so he immediately took some beautiful lanterns and gave them to them.

It's not that he's stingy, it's because he didn't bring any good things with him when he went out, otherwise, with his wealth, he wouldn't be able to take a few lanterns as gifts.

However, these two boys were obviously a bit too honest, and they were so happy that they took the two lanterns.Seeing it, Wang Siyan was also speechless for a while.

After dismissing the two younger uncles, Zuo Ming entered the venue of the poetry meeting.What's worth mentioning is that other people used invitation cards to get in, but he used gold medals to get in.

Li Chengqian obviously paid attention to him, so he knew that he never left his card, and he never left his card, so he greeted the guard early in the morning.

The whole venue was quite grand, with the appearance of a later Western party, but the food and drinks were obviously a little less, and the atmosphere was not very free.

Of course, the poetry meeting must be composed of poems, but the poems here are not written, but fixed propositions.

There are five propositions in the whole poetry meeting, namely: wind, flower, snow, moon and night.Each proposition belongs to a different courtyard, a total of five other courtyards.At the end of the poetry meeting, each other courtyard will select the top three winners. In addition to receiving honors, the top three winners will also get a luminous glass trophy.

Although glazed products are now flooding, luminous glazed ware is still the most sought-after luxury in the entire Tang Dynasty, so the atmosphere of the entire poetry meeting is quite enthusiastic.

Of course, the biggest highlight of the entire poetry conference is the judgment of the quality of the poems.On this point, even Zuo Ming had to feel admiration for Li Chengqian.

Because this guy actually used the method of democratic voting in his previous life. When everyone entered the venue, they each issued five wooden tokens for voting.

Whether you vote for all these wooden cards in one house, or one in each house, it’s up to you.It's only five bucks anyway.

As participants of this poetry meeting, Zuo Ming and Wang Siyan naturally had wooden plaques in their hands, but Lian'er, Hu Ke and Xiaohuan did not.There was no other way, Zuo Ming had no choice but to give them all the signs in his hand, and let them join in the fun.

Taking the wooden sign, the four girls happily walked towards the Feng Zhi Bieyuan, leaving Zuo Ming and Li Tai aside.Zuo Ming shook his head helplessly, let Shen Ding and Wu Dazhu follow, and then he and Li Tai walked towards the inner courtyard.

He is not interested in participating in this kind of child's play, it is more comfortable to follow Li Tai to meet the prince, drink tea and chat.When they select the most outstanding poems, it's not too late to go and have a look.

When Zuo Ming arrived at the inner courtyard, there were already quite a few people inside, basically all relatives of the emperor.Among them, Zuo Ming didn't know many people, only Li Lizhi, the Princess of Changle, Sun Chong, the eldest son of the Changsun Mansion, and Chai Lingwu of Chai Fuma's family.

Li Lizhi, as the most beloved eldest daughter of Emperor Li Shimin, is naturally the central figure in the entire inner court, at least in the eyes of that boy, Chang Sun Chong.

This eldest Sun Chong is also a romantic figure, at least Zuo Ming often sees him and the eldest Sun Ze going to and from various romantic places, so he doesn't have a good impression of him.

It wasn't just him, Li Tai obviously didn't like this guy who wanted to pick up on his sister, so he took Zuo Ming at that time and forced his way in, interrupting Chang Sun Chong's attention.

Seeing Li Tai, Chang Sun Chong immediately gave a smug smile, obviously he also knew that he had been bumped into by Li Tai many times when he went shopping, so Li Tai had a very bad sense of him, so he immediately stepped aside.

But Changsun Chong retreated back here, and that kid Chai Lingwu got out. However, when he saw Zuo Ming, Li Lizhi didn't care what they did. At that time, he rushed over very unreservedly. up.

This call really stunned Li Tai and Zuo Ming, and Li Chengqian frowned when he heard it from afar.

Princess of the royal family, how can she call someone brother casually?
After being stunned for a while, Li Tai immediately came to his senses, and immediately pretended to be stern, and then gave Li Lizhi a wink, "It's just nonsense! As a royal princess, I don't have any reserve at all, what a shame!"

Not to mention, Li Tai really looks like a big brother after being scolded like this.

However, Li Lizhi obviously didn't buy it, she wrinkled her nose and said, "Hmph! I want you to take care of it!"

Li Tai was taken aback by such a decision, and then said with veins popping out, "I don't care? Later, when you are being punished by the emperor, don't cry at me!"

However, what Li Tai didn't expect was that after hearing this, Li Lizhi smiled triumphantly, "Don't worry, fourth brother! This time Lizhi is doing everything alone! I won't ask you for help! Brother Zuo , come with me quickly, I will show you something good!"

With that said, Li Lizhi took Zuo Ming's arm and walked towards the distance.

That intimate posture simply ignored the defenses of men and women!Li Chengqian, Li Tai and the other princes and princesses were speechless for a while.

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