Daqing: Reborn Prince, intercepting Si Lili at the beginning

This poetry gathering was hosted by the Third Prince Li Chengyuan.

Ever since the last time the newspaper publicized Li Chengyuan’s poem “Dielianhua” and his calligraphy in the “Slender Gold” style.

Li Chengyuan has become a popular talent in Kyoto.

Some even say that he is the future of Qing Dynasty's literary fortunes.

It’s just because Li Chengyuan has too few works now, and they lack persuasiveness!

But even so, all the literati and talented people in the city flocked to Li Chengyuan.

Everyone wants to see whether Li Chengyuan is really talented or just plagiarized other people's poems and falsely packaged them!

Therefore, the poetry banquet held at Prince Li’s mansion was unprecedentedly large in scale.

It can even be said that this is the poetry gathering with the largest number of participants in Qing Kingdom in recent years!

...

Early in the morning, the entrance to Shih Hsin University was crowded with people and various carriages.

These people are all Kyoto citizens who are not qualified to participate in the poetry meeting.

Although they were not qualified to enter, they also wanted to join in the fun.

Originally they wanted to gather outside Prince Li's Mansion, but in the end they all crowded outside Shixin Gate.

Because after passing the Shixin Gate, there are the residences of the dignitaries of Kyoto City.

Many princes and dukes live there!

It can be said that anyone who can live here must at least be an earl!

Therefore, the guards at Shixin Gate did not dare to let anyone in. Otherwise, if a few assassins sneaked in and disturbed the princes and nobles inside, it would be easy for something serious to happen.

Fortunately, the area outside Shih Hsin University is large enough for many people to stay here.

Many clever small vendors even come early in the morning to grab a spot to set up their stalls.

This also makes the Shixin Gate, which was very quiet in the past, extremely lively today.

Soon, the first person arrived with an invitation to the poetry reading.

After showing the invitation to the guards, the man walked in proudly with his head held high, amid the envious eyes of the people around him.

With the first one, there will be the second one soon...

Gradually, more and more people came to the banquet!

There are more and more people outside Shih Hsin Gate.

In order to maintain order, officials from the Censorate, the Metropolitan Censorate, and the Kyoto government office all came over.

There are even imperial guards guarding in secret.

It can be said that this is a rare event.

This has also made more and more people look forward to and envy the Prince Li's Mansion in Shixinmen.

"Alas... what a pity, we don't have enough status!"

"Yes! Who among those who can come to this kind of poetry gathering is not a noble official?"

"Look at those people who passed by earlier. There's the son of the Minister of Rites, the daughter of the Vice Minister of Revenue, the daughter of the Vice Minister of Personnel, and even the daughter of the Governor of Kyoto Prefecture. Which one of them isn't a high-ranking official?"

"Stop talking, it's useless for us to write such a good article!

Let me tell you, my cousin's uncle's brother-in-law's son works in Prince Jing's Mansion.

As far as he knows, no one has even read the poems and articles we submitted this time.

The first thing people look at is your identity and address!

If your identity and address are not qualified, then no matter how good your poem is, no one will read it!"

"Really? Is this true? Didn't they say that the Third Prince loves talented people?"

"Haha, you are really naive. He is a prince. Even if he loves talents, he only loves the talents of the nobles. What does it have to do with us ordinary people?"

"Brother, what you said is wrong!" Suddenly, a voice interrupted the man's conversation.

The person who was speaking glanced at the person who interrupted him, and seeing that he was a poor scholar, he said disdainfully: "Oh? Then what are your opinions?"

"You just said that the Third Prince is only humble towards dignitaries. What evidence do you have?"

"Evidence? Haha, the evidence is that there is no ordinary person who can participate in the poetry gathering!"

"Then what do I have here?" The poor scholar said this and suddenly took out an invitation from his pocket.

The man was stunned when he heard this.

He really didn't expect that this poor scholar could actually come up with an invitation?

The man felt embarrassed and said, "Humph, who knows where you got this fake invitation? Do you think I'd believe it?"

"Then you should watch carefully!" said the poor scholar, then turned and headed towards Shixin Gate.

In an instant, everyone nearby looked at him.

Everyone was curious whether this person could really get in.

If he can, it means that this poetry reading is not just a game for the powerful, and ordinary people also have a chance!

It also shows that the Third Prince is really able to recruit people based on their merits and treat everyone equally!

Under everyone's gaze, the poor scholar walked to the Shixin Gate with his head held high and handed the invitation to the guard!

After checking, the guard asked a follow-up question.

"What's your name?"

The poor scholar bowed and said, "My student... Yang Wanli!"

"Yang Wanli?" The guard looked at the clerk next to him.

The clerk nodded and said, "Yes, he has!"

The guard also nodded and made a gesture of invitation to Yang Wanli.

"go in!"

"Thank you!" Yang Wanli breathed a sigh of relief.

He was really afraid that his invitation was fake, but he didn't expect it to come in now.

It seems that the old man that day was really the Third Prince's man.

This also made Yang Wanli look forward to today's poetry reading even more.

.......

And watched Yang Wanli enter the Shih Hsin University.

The person who spoke felt that countless eyes were looking at him in an instant.

He was immediately filled with shame, but he didn't give up, still trying to argue: "Why are you looking at me? What does it mean if he went in alone? Who knows if he's some noble disciple pretending to be him? And even if he really is a poor scholar, it's just a stroke of luck, it doesn't prove I'm wrong!"

However, as soon as he finished speaking, another down-and-out scholar came in with an invitation at the Shixin Gate.

He's not even the only one.

After a while, five or six down-and-out scholars came out and entered Shixin University with invitations.

In fact, these people had already arrived.

But when they arrived, they were frightened by the grand scene.

They were afraid that the invitations in their hands were fake, so no one dared to go in first, and everyone waited for others to go in first.

So after Yang Wanli went in, they gained confidence and followed him in one by one.

Now, the ironclad facts are before our eyes.

The man could no longer make excuses.

I could only cover my face with my sleeves and leave in shame!

But when he left, the atmosphere became even more lively.

In fact, no one had noticed this before he mentioned it.

As a result of his disturbance, everyone realized how broad-minded and humble the Third Prince was at this poetry gathering!

Many people say that the Third Prince is worthy of being the future of Qing Kingdom’s literature.

Just based on this style of respecting the wise and humble, they are worthy of their admiration!

Therefore, after becoming invisible, Li Chengyuan's status in the eyes of scholars and writers was once again greatly elevated!

Chapter 28 Fan Xian needs evidence for revenge, but Li Chengyuan doesn’t!

Prince Li’s Mansion, backyard.

Sang Wen is changing Li Chengyuan's clothes.

The daily clothes of dignitaries in ancient times were very complicated, not to mention the daily clothes of princes. There were rules for every step, so maids were needed to help.

After a while, Bluebird suddenly came and reported to Li Chengyuan what had just happened outside the Shixin Gate.

After Qingniao finished speaking, Sang Wen was surprised and asked, "Who is so bold? How dare they talk about His Highness in public?"

Li Chengyuan pinched Sang Wen's pretty face and joked, "Even Sang Wen can see that person is so bold, which means that person must have been sent by someone else to cause trouble!"

Sang Wen was immediately embarrassed and said, "Your Highness is making fun of me again!"

Upon hearing this, Qingniao asked, "Your Highness, do you suspect that person was instructed by someone?"

"Well, if nothing unexpected happens, it should be!" Li Chengyuan said affirmatively.

There's no need to think too much about this kind of thing.

How dare you spread rumors about the prince outside Shixin Gate, especially on such an important occasion.

This one might lead to the destruction of the whole family!

No matter how brave ordinary people are, they would not dare to do such a thing.

One hundred percent someone is behind this.