The Rebirth of the Prince: Starting from Not Being a Doglicker

"Wang Shishi, that little girl?"

Xie Yun had a deep impression of Wang Shishi.

"But her age has exceeded the standard for Master to accept a disciple."

"Everything depends on human effort. Perhaps the Imperial Master will be willing to make an exception this time?"

Su An said.

The two chatted for a while.

During the chat, Su An's attitude towards Xie Yun was always close and natural.

The relationship between him and Xie Yun as a senior and junior sister in his previous life was deeply rooted, so even if something embarrassing happened like the night before, Su An could still face her calmly.

However, Xie Yun still felt somewhat embarrassed because of what happened that night.

However, because of her junior brother's attitude, she was also infected by him.

Slowly, the embarrassment in Xie Yun's heart disappeared.

Her attitude towards Su An returned to its previous intimacy, but her words and actions still had a bit more of the style of a senior sister.

"Junior brother, our master won't be back until noon. How about I take you to visit the Imperial Observatory now?"

Although he was already very familiar with the Imperial Observatory, Su An still nodded with a smile.

Except for the most important building, the Zhaixing Tower, most of the other buildings in the Imperial Observatory are Taoist temples.

The registered disciples recruited by Pei Xuanxi, that is, those young male and female Taoist children, live here.

The Star-Picking Tower is located in the center of the Imperial Observatory. In addition to helping Pei Xuanxi observe celestial phenomena, it also assists Pei Xuanxi in conducting large-scale divinations.

It is also the main focus of the large formation that covers the entire capital city. Its importance is self-evident.

There are too many complicated formations inside the Zhaixing Pavilion, and even Xie Yun is not convenient to set foot in many places. The bottom floor of the Zhaixing Pavilion is a dungeon, so it is not suitable to take Su An there for the time being.

So Xie Yun took Su An to the Bagua platform on the top floor to take a look, and then took him away from the Zhaixing Tower.

Finally, Xie Yun took Su An to visit his residence, which was the Xiu Tower next to the Zhaixing Tower.

The Embroidery Tower was originally Pei Xuanxi's residence, but she almost always stayed in the Zhaixing Tower, so it became Xie Yun's residence.

The Embroidery Tower has four floors in total. The fourth floor, the highest, has an observation deck where people can lean on the railing and look out into the distance.

The third floor is a quiet room, where Xie Yun usually meditates and practices.

The second floor of the embroidery building is the most elaborately decorated, divided into study, painting studio, piano room, chess room and other areas. This is where Xie Yun reads books, entertains himself, studies literature and cultivates himself.

From this we can see how much importance Xie Yun attaches to these elegant things.

Although Zhou Qingyu is known as a talented woman, she is nothing compared to Xie Yun.

Although Zhou Qingyu was once obsessed with poetry, his talent was mediocre, so his attainments in poetry were also rather average.

Zhou Qingyu also dabbled in the other arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but only to a limited extent.

The only thing she is really good at is music.

This is also one of the important reasons why Zhou Qingyu was recognized by the Xuanyinqin, one of the Haoran instruments.

But Xie Yun actually has good attainments in the fields of music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs, and can be called the most talented woman in the capital.

Xie Yun brought Su An to the study, where most of the space was filled with bookshelves.

The bookshelves are filled with all kinds of books, which are numerous and vast.

Xie Yun pointed to the rows of bookshelves in the upper right corner of the room and said with a smile, "The books on these rows of bookshelves are classic poems by the great poets of the Jin and Qi dynasties that Senior Sister collected."

She took out two books, one was a Book of Poetry and the other was a collection of Ci poems.

"These two books are the works of Miss Yang, the most talented woman in the Southern Qi Dynasty."

"Miss Yang and I have been exchanging letters from time to time. A month ago, I sent her the poems you wrote, and she was impressed by them."

"Not only that, Miss Yang also promoted your poems in the Southern Qi poetry world. Your works have been recognized by many of your peers and are regarded as masterpieces by them. Now, you, Junior Brother, have become a household name in Southern Qi."

Xie Yun chuckled.

In the Great Jin Dynasty, martial arts was the mainstream, and what it lacked the least were warriors on the battlefield and martial arts practitioners. Therefore, the Great Jin Dynasty had many brilliant generals and could become the strongest force on the continent.

However, the development of poetry and arts in the Jin Dynasty was far inferior to that in martial arts.

Take the practitioners of magic for example. If we exclude Pei Xuanxi, the ninth-level magic practitioner from Baiyujing, there are only three grand secretaries of Guanwen Hall in the upper three levels of magic practitioners in the entire Dajin, and they are all only seventh-level practitioners.

The Southern Qi and the Great Jin were exactly the opposite. The Southern Qi emphasized culture over military affairs, highly praised poetry and songs, and also attached great importance to the development of arts.

There were two eighth-level practitioners in Southern Qi who were missing from the Great Jin Dynasty. They were the Empress of Southern Qi and the State Master of Southern Qi. The latter was the grandfather of the Miss Yang mentioned by Xie Yun.

However, there were no ninth-level cultivators in Southern Qi. At the same time, there was a considerable gap between Southern Qi and Da Jin in the number of cultivators in the upper three levels.

"Junior brother, you can take a look at Miss Yang's work and give some comments."

Xie Yun handed two books to Su An.

Su An opened it and flipped through it, then nodded calmly.

“It’s very well written.”

Well, it is indeed well written, but he doesn’t know what is so good about it.

"Junior brother, your attitude is too perfunctory."

Xie Yun snorted.

"Miss Yang highly praises your poetry. I'm sure you've heard of her. In terms of attainments in literature, she's better than me, but still inferior to you."

"heard about it."

Su An nodded.

Not only had he heard of it, he also knew that Miss Yang's grandfather, the National Master of Southern Qi, was a member of Haoran, and the most highly-trained and respected person among the current members of "Haoran".

"It's a pity that Miss Yang didn't have the chance to come to Dajin, and I was also unable to go to Nanqi and exchange poetry with her."

Xie Yun sighed, with a look of regret on his face.

Then she looked at Su An, her eyes sparkling and her true intentions revealed.

"But since I have a junior brother by my side, if I can guide you, I'm sure you will make great progress in poetry."

Among the four arts of calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs, Xie Yun likes poetry the most.

This time, Junior Brother had finally come to the Imperial Observatory, and Master happened to not come back yet. They had some free time, so Xie Yun naturally didn't want to let Junior Brother go.

She wanted to communicate with her junior brother the first two times, but unfortunately he refused.

Su An felt embarrassed about this. He was a complete failure and his attainments in literature were still a long way from Zhou Qingyu, let alone guiding his own senior sister.

Su An decided to confess directly.

He coughed lightly and said.

"Senior Sister, actually... um, those poems were not written by me. I just saw them in some ancient books."

But Xie Yun didn't believe it at all. Including this time, she had been rejected by Su An for the third time.

She frowned, and her voice unconsciously carried a hint of resentment: "Junior brother, if you don't want to guide me, just say so directly. There is no need to defile yourself like this."

"Junior brother, by doing this, it seems that I am ignorant."

Su An felt his scalp tingling after hearing these words.

Xie Yun now gives him the feeling that the senior sister from his previous life has returned again.

"The poems written by Junior Brother are enough to be passed down through the ages. If they had existed before, Senior Sister would have heard of them."

Xie Yun said.

Su An had no explanation for this. He couldn't say that these poems came from another world.

He thought for a moment, then said.

"Well, Senior Sister, I just came up with a couplet and would like to ask you for advice."

"Pair?"

Hearing this, Xie Yun became interested.

The literary forms of couplets and poems actually have many similarities, and are also more interesting.

Su An walked quickly to the desk, picked up the pen and wrote the first couplet on the white paper.

"Smoke locks the willows in the pond."

Smoke locks the willows in the pond?

Xie Yun recited these five words silently in his heart, savored them carefully, and then his eyes lit up.

For couplets, the upper and lower couplets should have equal number of words, opposite meanings, and rhyme.

In order to make good couplets, one needs to have extremely high literary literacy.

Just like this sentence.

The five words "smoke locks the pond and willows" describe a scene vividly.

The pond is shrouded in mist, and the willow trees are looming in the mist. This picture is very poetic.

The real beauty of this couplet lies in...

The radicals of the five characters "Yan Suo Chi Chan Liu" represent the five elements, namely gold, wood, water, fire and earth.

The second couplet should have the same number of words, the same meaning, and should rhyme.

The radicals must also correspond to the five elements.

"This first couplet not only has a wonderful artistic conception, but its five-character radicals also imply the five elements, which is indescribably wonderful."

"Junior brother, did you come up with this couplet?"

Without waiting for Su An to answer, Xie Yun nodded on his own.

"That must be it, otherwise, I would have heard of such an exquisite couplet, which is unparalleled in the history."

After getting this very challenging first couplet, Xie Yun bent over his desk and began to study it.

Xie Yun was thinking about how to write the second couplet, choosing words and making sentences in his mind, muttering to himself, and occasionally picking up a pen to write something on paper.

Completely throwing Su An aside.

Seeing that his goal was achieved, Su An breathed a sigh of relief.

He wasn't worried that Xie Yun would be able to come up with the second line perfectly.

Because there is no second couplet that completely matches the line “Smoke locks the willows in the pond”.

No, it seems that it is not absent.

What is it?

Su An searched his memory.

“Shenzhen Teppanyaki?”

???

What the hell is Shenzhen Teppanyaki.

Xie Yun is studying how to come up with the second line of the couplet.

Su An then started to look through the Taoist books.

For him, singing to the wind and playing with the moon is not as meaningful as reading Taoist books.

Time always passes quickly when you are immersed in a book.

Two hours later.

"Oh, I was so absorbed in it that it's already noon."

Xie Yun suddenly raised his head from the table, glanced at the sundial next to the table, and then slapped his forehead.

"Senior Sister, otherwise..."

"No!"

Xie Yun looked at Su An with burning eyes.

"Don't tell me the second line, let Senior Sister figure it out herself."

This exquisite first couplet completely aroused Xie Yun's desire to win.

"Forehead……"

Su An stroked his chin.

In fact, he wanted to tell his senior sister that there was no completely suitable second line for this couplet, so there was no need to pursue it deliberately.

"Junior brother, have lunch at the Imperial Observatory, and then I'll take you to meet Master Hei Xi and Master Bai Xi."

"It just so happens that it's already noon now."

"it is good."

……

After lunch.

Xie Yun carried two food boxes in his hands and took Su An to the dungeon of the Imperial Observatory.

But Su An did not come empty-handed. In fact, he had much more in his hands.

For example, there was the vernacular novel that Pei Baixi wanted, the sword that Pei Heixi wanted, and even a brand new desk prepared for Pei Heixi in the storage magic tool.

"Master never lets anyone else enter the dungeon except me."

"It's not that Master feels unsafe. With Master watching over us, there won't be any trouble here."

"Master doesn't want others to know about the existence of Master Hei Xi and Master Bai Xi."

"They are the good and evil incarnations of our Master."

Along the way, Xie Yun introduced Pei Heixi and Pei Baixi to Su An.

In fact, Su An already knew all of this clearly in his previous life.

In his previous life, it was Su An who basically delivered meals to Pei Heixi and Pei Baixi.

Originally this was the task of the senior sister, but in her previous life she always liked to find ways to exploit her junior brother.

He was said to be a martial artist with great vigor and vitality, while she was just a delicate and frail magic practitioner who could not withstand any torture.

In his previous life, ever since Pei Xuanxi merged with Pei Heixi and Pei Baixi, Su An had never seen them again.

However, in the final analysis, the three people were originally one, split into three from one, and then merged into one from three.

In the previous life, if Pei Xuanxi had not gone wrong when fusing her good and evil bodies, nothing would have happened between Su An and her.

Although it was just an accident for both of them.

The two entered the dungeon.

Su An saw two women wearing black and white Taoist robes in the cell.

"Master Hei Xi, Master Bai Xi, look who's here?"

Xie Yun shouted loudly.

Hearing this, Pei Heixi and Pei Baixi stopped what they were doing and looked outside the cell.

"Nephew!?"*2

Immediately afterwards, two cries of surprise were heard.

Pei Heixi and Pei Baixi had already seen Su An from Pei Xuanxi's perspective, so they recognized him at first sight.

Pei Heixi was originally in the cell, waving his sword with an angry look on his face and chopping the corner of the table to vent his anger. When he saw Su An coming, he quickly threw the sword to the ground and walked quickly to the cell fence.

Pei Baixi was originally lying on the couch, immersed in the world of love story books, wiping her tears with an embroidered handkerchief. When she saw Su An's figure, she immediately put the book down, stood up and walked to the fence.

The two men stood on the left and right of the cell, all their attention focused on Su An.

"Greetings to the two Imperial Masters."

Su An had a gentle smile on his handsome face and bowed to both of them.

Upon hearing this, the enthusiasm on Pei Heixi and Pei Baixi's faces froze.

Immediately, Pei Heixi became angry. She looked dissatisfied and looked at Su An with raised eyebrows.

Pei Baixi's body trembled even more. She looked at Su An with mist in her eyes and a look of heartbreak on her pretty face. She was about to cry.

Xie Yun's face froze, and he quickly reached out and poked his junior brother's waist, signaling him to change his name.

But Su An seemed not to understand what she meant.