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A look of surprise flashed before Concubine Wang Xian's eyes, and then she smiled.

Princess Yongjia, the daughter of Concubine Xian, was very talented and had the style of Princess Chengyang back then. Unfortunately, she died young.

Since then, Concubine Xian has been particularly fond of smart girls who are good at poetry and calligraphy.

Ruyi and Princess Yongjia are similar in age. Before going to the banquet today, Yu Tingwan specifically told her that she didn't need to take off her book bag when talking, but today in front of the concubine Xian, she could quote the scriptures as much as she wanted.

"What's your name?" Concubine Xian was interested for a moment and ignored the scars on Ruyi's face.

"Go back to your Majesty, my slave's name is Ruyi."

Concubine Xian nodded and sighed: "You know the Book of Songs, and you must have studied it before entering the palace. It's a pity that the imperial concubine snatched it away, so you can't come to Feiyu Palace."

The palace of Concubine Xian kept many maids from good family backgrounds but had been banished to Ye Ting due to crimes. At every banquet, guests would be invited to write poems, which would then be sung by these maids who knew poetry, etiquette and music.

Yu Tingwan shook his head and smiled: "No, Concubine Xian's words have erased all my achievements. Ruyi is my proud disciple. After two months of training, I have achieved results. It shows that I was born to be a woman." Master’s material.”

Seeing that she rarely joked with her, Concubine Xian also joked: "I have made a note. If the Wang family lacks a female teacher in the future, I will edit the book for my brother and ask him to send a box of gold to the imperial concubine. I will be the one to repair it."

Zheng Sui didn't speak at the side, and he had a guess in his mind. He felt that as an orphan, the imperial concubine specially brought such a maidservant to the favor of the concubine Xian. In fact, she wanted to find a supporter for herself in the future.

This maid's appearance was damaged, and the imperial concubine pushed her out, which was suspected of trying to please the public. Besides, with a status like the imperial concubine, would she bother to personally teach the palace people?

Zheng Sui looked down on Yu Tingwan for a moment, so he no longer stayed here, but got up to look for Xie Wuniang, intending to mock her.

Xie Xuan did not stay with the other female relatives who had not left the palace, but stayed close to Xie Yun. When she saw Zheng Sui coming, she was surprised and said: "When the empress heard that you were leaving Beijing, she specially invited you to sit next to her. You came to me to do this." very?"

"Of course it's because you tricked me." Zheng Sui has always been cold and cold. He was not familiar with the ladies in Chang'an, so Xie Xuan was more friendly with her.

"When did I trick you?"

"You praised that man to the sky, but now it seems that it's nothing more than that."

Xie Xuan was used to Zheng Suixin's arrogant temperament and was always worried about her. But now she frowned and said, "How could you not like her? That's weird."

"Of course because I never judge people by their appearance."

"You say I'm superficial?" Xie Xuan's ears restored the original meaning of this sentence, and her eyes widened, "Oh, you ice cube, go back quickly, you are about to have a poem fight, and you will take back what you just said in an hour. if."

The sound of silk and bamboo in Feiyu Hall never stopped from morning to night. After three rounds of wine, Concubine Xian took out a bamboo tube and ordered the palace servants to place it on the running water, and each person took a bamboo slip at will.

Yu Tingwan glanced at the sign in his hand, which read "cicada". He raised his pen and wrote, "The autumn wind blows the withered mulberry trees, and the cicadas sing loudly. Feeling that the years are late, how can the mournful cries be long?" and then paused.

Ruyi was grinding ink aside and couldn't help but look at Yu Tingwan. Concubine Xian was thinking about it and couldn't help but smile: "Why don't you help Concubine think about it, what should I say next?"

Ruyi quickly lowered his head, but Yu Tingwan asked softly: "How do you think you should compose a poem with cicada as the theme?"

Concubine Xian was stunned. She was just joking. It was amazing that Ruyi could say one or two eloquent words. Why did the concubine actually hand the pen to Ruyi?

"Poems are written to express one's heart directly. I can write it, and so can you." Yu Tingwan's voice was light. Lingji County was not like Chang'an, and women were not interested in talking about poems and songs. When she was young, she didn't want to bother with the rhymes, so she Use this as an excuse to escape, that's what her father told her.

Ruyi hesitated for a moment, fearing that she would shrink back and disgrace the imperial concubine again, and took the ivory pen.

Before she was sold, there was a tree in front of her house. She was most familiar with this thing, and it was the most pitiful thing in summer and autumn, just like her.

"I have no roots and am floating in the sky."

Concubine Xian murmured and sighed: "Why do you say such desolate words at such a young age?"

Yu Tingwan nodded and said, "Not bad," and continued to write: "I don't know that things in the world change and disappear like floating light."

Ruyi's eyelashes trembled slightly. If it weren't for the imperial concubine, she would have died silently in Yongxiang. Or earlier, if it weren't for the piece of steamed bun given by the imperial concubine, she would have died on the way to Beijing.

Zheng Sui said nothing, astonished in his heart. Did Yu Tingwan trick someone? Did this maid really only study for two months? She took the piece of paper and was speechless for a moment.

Although Ruyi's handwriting can be seen to have been carefully written, it is crooked and can vaguely be seen imitating a noble concubine. Unfortunately, Yu Tingwan's handwriting is elegant and lively, and is really not suitable for beginners.

Zheng Sui looked at Yu Tingwan seriously again and took the initiative to chat: "Since you are a beginner, why not read Cao Quan's post first?"

"I came to Chang'an in a hurry and didn't bring any inscriptions." Yu Tingwan sighed quietly. She had troubled her uncle a lot, so she gave these things to her cousins.

"My lord, there is one there." Zheng Sui's voice was a little awkward. Her displeasure with Yu Tingwan had been too obvious just now. Would it be a bit abrupt to say this now?

"Why bother?" Concubine Xian didn't notice Zheng Sui's thoughts and was about to order the palace servants to get it.

Zheng Sui's inexplicable competitive spirit was suddenly aroused, and he coughed twice and said: "My dear concubine, I still have Cai Zhonglang's pen and ink here, which is my father's collection."

"I've heard for a long time that Governor Zheng is good at calligraphy. It's true." Yu Tingwan said a few polite words, but she never thought that Zheng Sui would give her this precious thing.

"If the imperial concubine doesn't mind her, just send someone to see her off when she returns to Liangzhou."

Zheng Sui was so fed up that her father thought about those things all day long. He didn't even have time to take exams for the studies of his younger brothers, and he still bothered her to ask. Before she got married, she had to find a way to get rid of that pile of papers. send out.

Just as Yu Tingwan was about to refuse, Zheng Sui said hurriedly: "My father is busy with general affairs all day long, and those tablets and inscriptions are kept in a high cabinet. It would be better if they were given to the empress. I am very considerate of them, so please don't give them to me." To decline.”

Xie Xuan came here at some point and heard these words. She blinked narrowly at Zheng Sui and then bowed and said: "My dear concubine, this is what I did. Please don't laugh at me." Talented but not good at learning.”

The Wang and Xie families were related by marriage, and Concubine Xian's voice was a bit more kind than that of an elder, "You just have to go there yourself and ask the palace staff to deliver the child to you."

Xie Xuan couldn't say that she came to see Zheng Sui's condition, so she could only smile and said: "Of course because the empress is so charming, I will take this opportunity to talk to her more."

She said this, but her eyes paused on Yu Tingwan for a moment. Concubine Xian ordered someone to give Xie Xuan a seat.

Before the palace servants played, Xie Xuan's eyes were bright, and she looked at the stack of paper in the hand of the female official beside the concubine Xian, "Your Majesty, can you let me take a look first? If the pearls and jade are in front, I will not sing my poems." OK?"

"You handed it over, you can't take it back. However, it's okay for you to have a look."

Xie Xuan flipped through the others perfunctorily, then suddenly paused, pointed at Yu Tingwan and asked, "Who wrote that sentence in the middle?"