Gao Tianwen shoved Gao Zhanming, and said softly, "Jun Liang, your poetry is always good, do you want to try it?"

Gao Zhanming held the wine cup and remained silent.

Li Jingruo over there said with a smile: "Even if a beauty gives you flowers, I will fight for it if I can't say it. Even if you don't do it well, please let the beauty see the sincerity of my heart and give you the peonies in your hand." He After pondering for a moment, he said, "Su Niluo's skirt is full of pearls and green fragrance, and her jade face is graceful and beautiful. I don't know where the sound of nature comes from. It turned out to be a beautiful lady with orchids."

After hearing this, Li Lan covered her mouth with a peony flower and said with a smile: "Ah, this young master's sweet mouth makes the heart of this slave be pounding. It's embarrassing. This peony..." Hesitantly speaking The peony hairpin in his hand was passed to Li Jingruo's direction, but he didn't send it out.

The surrounding disciples booed one after another: "Miss Li Lan, don't you like anything yet?" "Who are you going to give your peony to?"

Li Lan pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "Which young master is willing to show his poetic talent and let the servants gain insight?"

At this time, few people wrote poems, and the rest either did not want to write poems at all, or couldn't hold back a few words after racking their brains.

Li Lan twitched at the hem of her clothes, and said, "Since that's the case, that slave..."

"Miss Li Lan." Gao Zhanming finally spoke, and said with a smile, "I have thought about it for a long time, and I also wrote a poem. Please don't laugh at me, Miss."

"Oh?" Li Lan raised her eyebrows, "Master's masterpiece, I will listen to it with all my heart."

As soon as Gao Zhanming opened his mouth, there was booing everywhere.

A disciple named Gao Jun smiled and said, "Hey, today is such a good day, Lord Rabbit has also moved Fan Xin? Miss Li Lan, you are so charming!"

Everyone laughed after hearing Gao Jun's words.

Gao Zhanming frowned, and was about to open his mouth to fight back, but he heard Li Jingruo ask in surprise: "What is Master Rabbit? Is it a word to praise others for their fair appearance and gentle temper? Miss Li Lan is indeed very charming, and she is called the master of this boat." All my sons are moved, including my son, so we are all Master Rabbits? Interesting."

As soon as this remark came out, the faces of the disciples who had just ridiculed all froze, but because of Li Jingruo's identity, they could only daringly angrily and dare not speak out, and secretly shot him with the eye knife.Gao Zhanming almost laughed out loud, and Su Yu, who was sitting next to Li Jingruo, couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth and covered it with a wine glass.

Gao Zhanming looked at Li Jingruo, Li Jingruo winked at him quietly, then went to look at the prostitute seriously.Li Jingruo has traveled all over the country, and has seen many customs and customs. Gao Zhanming doesn't believe that he doesn't know what the word Lord Rabbit really means.He obviously intended to help himself out, but when he mocked, he also mocked himself, so even if others were angry, they couldn't say anything, they could only pretend that he really didn't understand.From this point of view, Li Jingruo is not as innocent as he appears.

Gao Zhanming withdrew his gaze and smiled slightly: "I'm making a fool of myself." He cleared his throat and chanted, "Xiaosheng lived in the capital for [-] years, so why didn't he meet Li Lan?"

After he finished reading these two poems, he was not in a hurry to pick up the next one, so the noisy cabin gradually became quiet, and dozens of pairs of eyes were fixed on him, waiting for him to continue reading the last two poems.

Gao Zhanming unhurriedly picked up the wine glass and took a sip, put down the cup, and then said leisurely: "It's like traveling in Luoyang in April, but you don't see the real peony."

After Gao Zhanming finished reading the four lines of the poem, the cabin was still silent.After a while, Li Jingruo took the lead in applauding: "Good! Great poem!"

According to Li Lan's rules, she will give the peony to whoever writes the poem that pleases her the most. The subject matter of the poem can be everything she has seen and felt today.Among the disciples who wrote poems, some set the theme on the Dragon Boat Festival, some praised today’s drinks and ingredients, and some praised the performances of female prostitutes, but Li Jingruo and Gao Zhanming were the only ones who wrote poems for Li Lan alone. personal.

Li Jingruo's entire poem praises Li Lan's beauty, clothing, singing and dancing, but the words are charming, but it is inevitable that they are too rich in rhetoric, while Gao Zhanming does not refer to Li Lan, but compares her to the peony flower in Luoyang in April, which is just right. It corresponds to the peony flower hairpin in her hand, and the words are simple and popular, yet elegant and interesting.Luoyang is a famous city of peonies. There is a poem saying, "Only the peony is truly beautiful, and the capital moves when the flowers bloom." This praise is really better than Li Jingruo's words such as "yurong", "manmiao" and "beautiful lady". up!Not only that, Gao Zhanming's poem has a harmonious sound and rhyme, and it uses Li Lan's name as the rhyme.

Gao Tianwen also applauded: "Wonderful!" Even Su Yu nodded slightly.

In the cabin, cheers and cheers came from everywhere.Gao Zhanming's poem is good, even those who don't like him can't deny it.It's just that there are always some people who are stingy and stingy with their own praise.

Li Lan was stunned for a moment after listening to the poem, her face turned red, and she was no longer coy, but really shy.She finally stopped waiting for others to write poems, got up and went up to the second floor, handed the peony hairpin in her hand to Gao Zhanming, and said with a smile: "Your poems are all very good, but I have said before, whose poems I will give the hairpin to whomever I like the most. This master's poems make my heart burst with joy, so I have no choice but to give him the hairpin."

Li Lan didn't know Gao Zhanming's embarrassing position in Zongxue. She thought that after giving away the peony hairpin, the audience would be very lively, and the children of these good things would laugh and laugh. Unexpectedly, there were not many people cheering, and some people had already made peace with themselves The other prostitutes laughed.The scene was a little deserted, and even Li Lan couldn't help being embarrassed.

Li Jingruo teased him pretending to be regretful and said, "Brother Jun Liang has lived in the capital for nearly twenty years, but I only stayed for two months. In this match, I can only lose with confidence."

Li Lan covered her mouth and said with a smile: "This master is really good at joking."

Gao Zhanming took the hairpin, turned it around in his hand, and gently pinned it to Li Lan's head. He said with a smile, "Beautiful flowers are given to beauties, and this hairpin is mine. Then I will give it to the girl. I will give it to you." I hope the girl will keep it well, and don’t take it out and give it away easily.”

Li Lan was startled, and the two red clouds that had just receded from her cheeks flew up again, stretched her body to Gao, and said softly, "Thank you, Lord."

Li Lan walked back into the hall, and said loudly: "Just now, the masters have written many good poems for the slaves, but the slaves have nothing to repay, so they play a song made by our girl from Fenghua Building, and I hope you will like it."

Li Lan started to play the piano, and the atmosphere became lively again.

Li Jingruo quietly said to Su Yu: "Su Hanlin, I think this Gao Zhanming is not quite the same as the one in the legend."

Su Yu frowned, and said, "You've had enough nonsense today."

Li Jingruo hooked the corners of his lips and said, "Why, do you really feel so uncomfortable getting along with this group of dudes?"

Su Yu was silent.

"Prejudice!" Li Jingruo twirled the wine cup in his hand and said, "Don't you scholars from poor families hate others to judge people based on their family status? Since poor families can produce talented people, why can't rich families not? This Gao Zhanming The son of the Gao family went to the Ministry of Punishment to bring down his uncle through judicial means, just because of this incident, I think he is an interesting person, and seeing him today, he is really extraordinary."

Su Yu said calmly: "So what?"

Li Jingruo hooked his shoulders, pretending to toast with him, and said with a light smile, "Scholar Su, you have read more books than I do. Have you ever heard the saying that the stones of other mountains can be used to attack jade? If the enemy makes good use of it, , it may not be impossible to work for yourself, it depends on whether your means are clever enough. I don’t think this Gao Zhanming is as simple as he appears on the surface, I’m afraid he still has something hidden inside.”

Su Yu said: "Is it the same as you?"

Li Jingruo smiled: "Compared with me, it is always worse. If you look at the situation today, you can see Gao Zhanming's status in the Gao family, his way of handling things, and what he wants to get. He After finishing the poem, the first thing I did was not to see the prostitute, but to see you, which shows that I have a heart of admiration for you. If you pay attention to him, maybe he can really be used by you in the future."

Su Yu was silent again.

Li Jingruo let go of Su Yu, filled his own glass with wine, and said to Gao Huachong, who was at the next table with a sullen face, wondering what he was thinking: "Second Master Gao, thank you for your hospitality today, I would like to offer you a toast!"

Gao Huachong picked up the wine glass and drank with him perfunctorily.

After paying homage to Gao Hua, Li Jingruo happily toasted and chatted with other disciples, carrying the flagon.

In a blink of an eye, it was dark.

The Yuhe River at night is very beautiful. As the night falls, the water and the moon enclose the sand, and the noisy city during the day becomes quiet.

The tracker pulled the boat and stopped on the bank. Most of the boys who had been swimming in the Yuhe River for a day were already drunk. They supported each other to get off the boat and fell down on the bank singing and laughing.The guards surrounded them, helped these young masters into the carriages that had been prepared, and sent them back to the manor.

Li Jingruo walked to Gao Zhanming's side and said, "I heard that you guys have a banquet tomorrow? Is it organized by you?"

Gao Zhanming said: "Yes."

Li Jingruo said with a smile: "I don't have many friends in Beijing, and I'm idle if I'm idle. If you don't mind, how about counting me in tomorrow?"

Gao Zhanming said: "You have to ask Second Master Gao."

Li Jingruo waved to Gao Huachong who was not far away: "Brother Zihui! Can I be added to the banquet tomorrow?"

Gao Huachong said coldly: "Brother Li is willing to honor him, so it's a good thing." After all, Li Jingruo is a prince, so he has to take care of him a little bit.Besides, there is not much more of him.Gao Huachong asked Su Yu, "Where is Su Hanlin?"

Su Yu said expressionlessly, "I'm going back to work in the cabinet tomorrow, so I won't participate."

Gao Huachong snorted and got into the carriage.

Li Jingruo patted Gao Zhanming on the shoulder and said, "Brother Junliang, see you tomorrow."

Gao Zhanming sized him up a few times.Li Jingruo has been smiling all day long. When the daylight is bright, his smile is sincere and cheerful, but now at night, against the dim candles on the shore, Gao Zhanming seems to feel that there is something deeper in his smile .

Gao Zhanming withdrew his gaze and said with a smile, "See you tomorrow." Tomorrow is a good day for him to make these dudes re-examine him!

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