Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Yan Li had dealt with Gu Chan more than once, so she could tell at a glance that something was wrong with Gu Chan.

Putting the paper and pen on the small table beside her, she tilted her head to glance at Gu Chan and said sarcastically, "What's wrong, Lord? You are not so ignorant that you are afraid that you can't write any good poems. You should smile generously and embarrass your Jiangnan Lord, right?"

"Oh! It stinks! Who of you farted?" Gu Chan put her hand in front of her nose and fanned it, pretending to be angry.

"My Lord, I didn't release it."

"It's not me either. I wouldn't do such an indecent thing."

"That's right! I didn't release it either."

The group of people sitting in the back didn't understand what Gu Chan meant at all and kept denying it.

Gu Chan laughed and said, "I know it wasn't you who farted. The fart came from the front, not from the back."

"Oh! The Lord is saying that Miss Yan farted!"

"That's none of our business."

"I was so scared! I thought someone farted and suffocated the Lord!"

When everyone heard what Gu Chan said, they immediately realized what was going on and started to mock Yan Li.

Yan Li was so angry that her face was frozen as she said, "You are the one who farted. Your fart is loud and smelly."

"Lord Yan, how can you be a father? In such a big occasion, you actually tolerate your daughter farting and speaking ill of others in public. If you don't stop her, I will have to deal with her." Gu Chan ignored Yan Li and just glared at Yan Xishan and shouted coldly.

Yan Xishan was so scared that his neck shrank. He stared at Yan Li and scolded, "Can you say less and shut your mouth? This is Jiangnan, and the Lord is the most important. Are you confused?"

"Hmph! You are afraid of him, but I am not. I have the support of the prince behind me." Yan Li said disdainfully.

"What about the prince? Call him over! Just call him over and I promise not to say a word. You can do whatever you want." Yan Xishan said angrily.

"Dad...you..." Yan Li was instantly choked and speechless.

Not to mention that the prince probably doesn't have time to come to the Jiangnan area. Even if he came, he probably wouldn't show his true self. He would only hide in secret. Otherwise, once he shows up, Gu Chan would definitely concentrate her firepower on him.

Therefore, Gu Chan had already made up her mind that the prince would never come to Jiangnan easily. What's more, the envoys from the Diyue Kingdom were already on their way to Kyoto for peace talks, and the prince could not get away at all.

Yan Xishan blocked his daughter's stinky mouth, then smiled and apologized to Gu Chan, "My Lord, I am so sorry! I am sorry for not disciplining you properly, please forgive me."

"Lord Yan, your daughter is so successful now. She has even become the prince's concubine. In this case, don't you become the prince's father-in-law? Then how can so many of us rely on you? You might as well kill us directly and bring our heads to show your loyalty to the prince." Gu Chan said coldly.

Yan Xishan was so frightened that his face turned pale. He hurriedly expressed his loyalty and said, "My Lord, what are you talking about? We have been tied together since the beginning. How could I betray you and everyone else and turn against the Crown Prince? Please understand my Lord!"

"Well! It's good that you know. I'm just afraid that you are confused for a moment and don't know it!" Gu Chan said with a sneer.

Yan Xishan was so scared that he kept waving his sleeves to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

He knew clearly in his mind that if the prince wanted to kill him, it would take some effort, but for Gu Chan, the lord of Jiangnan, it would be an easy task to kill him.

After all, he had suffered losses at the hands of Gu Chan before, so he knew how cruel her methods were.

Therefore, at this moment, he absolutely did not dare to openly go against Gu Chan.

Yan Li clenched her fists in anger. She couldn't bear to see her father being so servile in front of Gu Chan, but she also understood that she couldn't kill Gu Chan in her current condition, so in the end she could only swallow her anger and suppress it.

At this time, the roll call had already been completed on the poetry stage.

The academician waved his hand and told his men to retreat, then he slowly opened the scroll in his hand.

But as soon as the scroll was opened, everyone present was dumbfounded, because the scroll was empty and there was no painting at all.

The old academician stood up in shock, completely stunned.

The academician standing on the poetry platform also hurriedly turned around to look at the old academician standing in the high pavilion. It was obvious that they had made a mistake and took the wrong scroll painting!

Gu Chan couldn't help laughing when she saw this, and quickly came to the old academician's rescue, saying, "Old academician, you really are worthy of being academicians of Jiangnan Academy! This question is really very clever, I really admire you."

"Um... Lord, this..." The old academician was so embarrassed that he was speechless.

"People have thousands of faces, and Buddha has thousands of appearances. Everyone present will see different paintings when looking at this scroll. In this way, everyone will create different poems because of different paintings, which will be particularly wonderful." Gu Chan said with a strange smile.

The old academician immediately came to his senses, took the step handed over by Gu Chan and said, "The Lord is right. Today, the first session of everyone's poem is based on a painting. It is based on this blank painting. Next, I look forward to everyone writing a poem based on their own understanding. Please work hard and strive to create a poem that will impress people."

"Oh! So that's how it is! Then I understand."

"The topic that the academicians came up with for the first round this year is really ingenious! They actually thought of using a blank painting as the topic for a poem. The students really admire them."

"Then it seems that we can only rely on our own imagination to come up with a good poem."

Everyone believed it and started to drink.

Then everyone sat down and began to think hard.

The old academician let out a long sigh, slumped down on the chair behind him, and hurriedly put his mouth close to Gu Chan's ear and whispered, "Thank you, Lord. If you hadn't helped us out, our academy would have made a big fool of itself in this first match today."

"How dare you say that? How could such a big event have such a mistake?" Gu Chan scolded angrily.

"My lord, I know you are wrong. I will check the remaining questions now to make sure that I will not make any mistakes in the subsequent questions." The old academician said seriously.

After saying that, he immediately stood up and left, rushing to check the subsequent questions.

Gu Chan calmed down, sat there, and thought secretly with a brush in her mouth.

Depend on!

She did help the old academician and others out, but this question really stumped her!

She didn't have much ink in her stomach, and the scroll was still blank. Even if she wanted to draw a little chicken on the scroll, she could still use the chicken to express herself! But now, she didn't know how to write this poem.