Fast Transmigration: Embarrassed

Chapter 73 The Stunning Prince’s Ugly Consort (19)

It's a pity that Chu Ci didn't give Chu Rou this chance to express herself.

When a stick of incense was about to burn out, she quickly wrote a poem, which stunned those who were ready to mock her and Chu Rou who was ready to show her sisterly love.

Especially Chu Rou, she rubbed her eyes vigorously, then stretched her neck and kept looking at Chu Ci's table, very curious about what this "ignorant" sister wrote.

"The time for a stick of incense has come. Sisters, please stop writing." Zheng Mingyan glanced at Chu Ci, who was standing upright, and raised her hand to signal the maids to put away all the poems on the table and give them to the young master on the other side of the lake. They sent it over.

However, apart from the Zheng brothers and sisters, none of the other sons and daughters knew that the "alternate spouses" they were thinking of were on the opposite bank of the lake, but they were surrounded by the wide lake, the surrounding willow trees, and those blooming flowers. The peach blossoms that were full of them were separated.

Not long after, the maids brought over the poems and works of those gentle and elegant princes.

Zheng Mingyan winked and signaled the maids to send those poems to the ladies respectively.

One of the little girls with bright eyes and a shrewd spirit seemed to walk to the nearest Zheng Mingyan, and put the poems in her hand on her desk.

Zheng Mingyan and her looked at each other, and the little girl nodded inconspicuously.Zheng Mingyan breathed a sigh of relief without showing any trace, and then watched the ladies exchange the poems in their hands in a low voice as if nothing had happened.

These poems were sent out quickly, and the quantity was just right, and everyone had one share.

Zheng Mingyan picked up the one in front of her and scanned it carefully with her eyes, a hint of surprise, enthusiasm and confusion flashed in her eyes.

Then she composed herself, raised her voice slightly and said, "Sisters, my brother just invited a few young masters to have a meeting in the mansion today. This is the poem they just wrote, and I would like to ask all the sisters to comment on it.

The order of the recitation does not matter, otherwise it will be like this, sisters, let me take advantage of the master's house first, let me start first.

Everyone can talk about their views on this poem or word.Then read them one by one according to the seating order, and finally vote for the one that everyone thinks is the best.

Do you think this arrangement is okay? "

"I think this arrangement is good and appropriate."

"Fair and interesting, only a darling like Sister Zheng can come up with such an appropriate solution."

"Yes, yes."

All the girls agreed one after another, expressing no objection.

Zheng Mingyan smiled: "The poem manuscript in my hand, let's put aside the literary talent first, but this word is really shocking, it is heart-wrenching."

After she finished speaking, she cleared her throat and read slowly:

“The willows are overcast with drizzle and clear rain, and all the remaining flowers have fallen, and you can see the wandering orioles.

The spring breeze blows old dreams overnight, and then chases the spring breeze to the capital. (Note 1)"

After Zheng Mingyan finished reading, she sighed softly: "Oh, this young master probably has something on his mind that he can't let go of. It seems that he is bringing depressing longing into the spring that is about to pass away. Every sentence reveals a kind of Disappointed, it makes people feel melancholy."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately responded: "Sister Zheng is indeed a talented woman. She only read it once and she commented so thoroughly on the mood of the person who wrote this poem."

"Yes, this poem is of great literary talent, and Sister Zheng's comments are also admirable!"

What followed was a quarter of an hour of flattery and compliments, which can be summed up in two points:
One is, good poetry, good poetry!
Second, Miss Zheng is simply the author's bosom friend!
Zheng Mingyan felt completely refreshed and felt sweeter than drinking honey water.

Afterwards, everyone read the works and assigned them to themselves, and then they exchanged business bragging, so that they almost vomited after hearing Chu Ci.

Finally, when it came to the selection of the best poems, the girls voted the bamboo sticks in their hands on the poems they thought were the best, and then publicly counted them.The result of the final statistics is that the poem that Zheng Mingyan read won the best title with more than half of the support.

Zheng Mingyan copied the poem with a happy face, handed it to her maid, and told her: "Go, give this poem to my brother, and tell him that this is the best poem selected by all the ladies."

She paused, her face turned red suddenly, and she continued softly: "Tell him the comments I said after reading this poem, go."

Chu Ci raised his eyebrows as he looked at Zheng Mingyan, whose face was full of spring.I don't know which young master this Miss Zheng is looking for, but she still has to spend so much time, he must be a handsome man with stunning talents.

The news has just been sent here, and the results of the selection have also been sent over there.

Zheng Mingyan unfolded the paper nervously, and regretfully found that it was not the "Ode to Peach Blossoms" that she composed.

But she immediately adjusted her mood, and said to the girls in a clear voice: "I don't know which sister wrote this poem. It is really talented, and I am willing to bow down."

Someone asked curiously: "Really? Sister Zheng, please read it quickly and let us listen!"

A lively girl walked quickly to Zheng Mingyan's side, stretched her head and read aloud:
"Peach blossoms bloom first when they are warm in spring, and who doesn't see the beauty.

It's a pity that after the strong wind blew, the bright red patches were stained with berry moss. (Note 2)”

Someone immediately said: "It's really a good poem! It's simple and clear."

"It makes people feel a little sad after hearing it, alas!"

"I don't know which sister is able to write such grand and ingenious poems"

Zheng Mingyan waited until the girls ran out of words, and then stood up and saluted generously, and asked: "Miss who wrote this poem, don't let us guess, please stand up and let us see the beauty of this talented woman." Be elegant!"

All the ladies immediately stared brightly, and scanned the ladies present with smiles on their faces. Of course, they coincidentally skipped the speech of Chu in the corner.

It was useless for them to glance around a second time, when they heard a cool female voice sounding from the corner:

"I wrote this poem!"

Everyone hurriedly followed the voice, then raised their hands and rubbed their eyes almost at the same time.

Did she read it right? !The person who stood up was actually the "Ugly Miss" Chu Ci who had been ridiculed by them for several years and despised by everyone in the elite circle? !

Soon, the well-known ladies who reacted had another argument:

"To be honest, this poem is straightforward, without any literary grace."

"That's right, I can compose such poems at the age of eight."

"Sister Zheng, why don't you send someone to ask if there was a mistake over there and sent the wrong poem?"

Chu Ci twitched the corner of his mouth and said loudly: "If you don't believe it or are dissatisfied, you can send someone over there to ask. It's useless to bury me here."

As soon as he finished speaking, a sharp voice shouted: "I don't believe it!"

　Note 1: This "Chun Xing" is a poem written by Wu Yuanheng, a minister of the Tang Dynasty.The original work is "The spring breeze blew the dream of the country overnight, and then followed the spring breeze to Los Angeles." In order to fit the plot of this story, the author made a slight change and apologized to Master Wu.

　　Note 2: The author of this song "Peach Blossom" is Zhou Pu in the Tang Dynasty.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)