The two little boys were disturbed by Gu Jiaojiao's voice and paused for a moment.

Everyone's eyes instantly turned to the women of Pingyang Marquis' Mansion.

Madam Hou immediately covered Gu Jiaojiao's mouth and shouted angrily, "Shut up!"

Liu Yiyi and Li Ranran looked at each other and encouraged the two little kids to continue reciting with their eyes.

Peach and plum blossoms are in bloom but no one looks at them.

The time for flowers to bloom must be the time for peonies.

The price of peony wine has increased.

The tourists have not returned yet at midnight.

……

He recited five peony poems in one breath, and the audience cheered continuously.

Not only are the poems good, describing how the king of flowers is unrivaled, but the two children also have excellent manners, are courageous, are fluent in reciting, and have baby voices, showing the demeanor of great people at a young age.

Emperor Hui immediately shouted "reward", and Hua Zisheng had already ordered people to bring up the rewards that had been prepared.

The two young men each had a set of four treasures of the study: Liu Yiyi had a jade-inlaid butterfly-flower hairpin, and Li Ranran had a gold-plated kingfisher hairpin.

After being rewarded, the four happily returned to their respective family areas.

His Majesty was very happy and gave two plates of cakes to the two children. Liu Xian took the cakes and served them to the elders: "Aunt, eat, grandmother, eat, mother, eat."

The queen was so happy that she said, "This child is filial. Come to the palace more often in the future."

Madam Liu immediately knelt down with her little baby and kowtowed to express her gratitude.

Xie Zhaozhao looked at Liu Xian receiving the reward. She just smiled faintly, her eyes habitually lowered, and she sat quietly, catching the drastic changes in the expressions of Gu Chengyan and Gu Jiaojiao from the corner of her eyes.

But she heard Xie Xiangxiang begging Xu in a low voice: "Mother, can you let me go and take a look?"

Xu held her tightly and scolded in a low voice: "Your Majesty and the Queen are both up there, why are you running?"

"But, mother, look, Gu Jiaojiao is pale and about to cry."

"Let her cry, can't you just pretend you don't see it?"

The performance above continued. Gu Chengyan and Gu Jiaojiao were extremely anxious. The brother and sister pretended to defecate and secretly left the Imperial Garden.

"Brother, what should we do? How could they know the poems in advance? They have already recited them. Why don't you write a few more right away?"

Gu Chengyan's mind was in a mess now. He grabbed his hair and whispered palely, "Jiaojiao, leave the palace immediately to find your sister-in-law. Oh, yes, that's Fugui who came with me this morning. That's your sister-in-law in disguise. Ask her for a poem..."

Gu Jiaojiao's sadness was disrupted, and she said in surprise: "She is dressed as a man?"

"Stop talking nonsense and go!"

"Brother, none of these poems were written by you?" What's going on?

"If you don't want to die, go find her right away. If you can't come up with a new poem today, we won't be able to fill this hole."

"But, she may not be able to figure it out!"

"Stop talking nonsense and go!"

Gu Chengyan started to get angry. It was already this late and she was still talking nonsense.

Gu Jiaojiao stomped her feet and immediately left the palace.

I looked for Guan Yingying by the carriage, but couldn't find her.

Where did he die?

Gu Chengyan was so anxious in the Imperial Garden that he couldn't even wipe the cold sweat off his forehead. Several times the old lady spoke to him, he was absent-minded and kept looking towards the entrance.

Not long after, the Crown Prince's chief attendant Shi Xiu came over and said with a smile, "Gu Shizi, it's about to officially begin. His Highness wants you to come over."

Gu Chengyan held him back and whispered, "Eunuch Shi, how come the five peony poems my sister and I prepared were recited by the Liu family's grandson?"

"What? You said those two children were reciting your poems?" Shi Xiu was shocked. Why didn't Master Gu tell him about such a big mistake earlier?

"Come with me quickly." Shi Xiu didn't want to talk to him about how the poems were leaked. The important thing was to go to the prince and cover up the matter.

Gu Chengyan hurriedly followed Shi Xiu to the waiting lounge. After a while, the prince followed Shi Xiu in with a very unhappy look on his face: "Gu Shizi, what's going on?"

Gu Chengyan knelt down in front of the prince and said fearfully, "I don't know what happened. The five poems that Liu Xian and Li Tang recited were all the peony poems that my sister and I had prepared. I can swear to heaven that I have never told anyone about them."

The prince's mind went blank for a moment. He sat down, calmed down a little, and said to Shi Xiu, "Go find the wife of the Duke of Ying and ask where the Crown Prince Li got those poems from?"

Shi Xiu quickly brought back the news and brought a collection of poems with him.

The prince was a little confused when he saw the cover. Someone had given him this book in the morning and said the poems in it were good.

He was too busy, and poetry couldn't fill his stomach or resist troops. Anyway, there was Gu Chengyan writing about the Peony Club, so it didn't matter whether he read it or not.

I just put it on the table without looking at it!!

Now he opened the book, and sure enough, it began with five poems about peonies.

The prince flipped through the book for a while and found that the author was not signed, and the compiler did not sign his name either, only the word "Anonymous".

It would definitely be too late to replace someone or compose a new poem at the last minute. He looked at the frightened Gu Chengyan and said, "You only need to compose two poems, one for the opening and one for the finale. Write one now and another for the end. I can extend the flower show time to give you enough time to finish the second poem. Is that okay?"

Gu Chengyan said tremblingly: "I am in a state of anxiety right now and I really can't think of a better poem..."

"It doesn't have to be particularly good, just enough to cope with it."

The prince did not understand poetry, nor was he interested in it. The reason he supported Gu Chengyan was because his previous poems were very popular.

Most of the literati were good at poetry and took pride in their good articles. He used Gu Chengyan to win over the literati from all over the world.

But now that the event is about to begin, the quality of the poems is not important. What is important is that the event goes smoothly.

Even if it was a pile of vomit, others would only scold Gu Chengyan for running out of ideas, and would not scold the prince for his poor planning.

Gu Chengyan was not good at writing poetry, and he couldn't even write a poem to cope with the situation. He just hoped that his sister would come sooner and sooner.

"Your Highness, could you please hold on a little longer? I must write a better one." That was all he could say.

I was calculating the time when Gu Jiaojiao would arrive.

"We can't delay," the prince said with a gloomy face, "Gu Chengyan, if you really can't do it, I will call that Jiangnan talent Ling Xun to take over."

"No, no, no, Your Highness. I will think about it immediately."

The prince went out, but he was not optimistic about Gu Chengyan. Just in case, he said to Shi Xiu: "If Master Gu can't think of it, then start with the peony poem in this book. Anyway, it was written by Master Gu, so even if it is leaked in advance, it doesn't matter."

Although early leaks are not uncommon, a good poem is a good poem, and it can be said openly that this poem was written by Gu Chengyan.

Even if it wasn't written by Prince Gu, so what? Anyway, the compiler "Anonymous" can't enter the Royal Garden. After the flower show, Gu Chengyan was asked to negotiate with the other party. He was just a pedantic scholar, so he should be killed.

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