Lian Erye's Road to Imperial Examination

When Jia Zhu was admitted to Qingshan Academy, Jia's mother not only entertained relatives and friends, but also invited neighbors from the neighborhood, and ate three days of running water banquets.

The whole capital knew about this matter, and Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang were still proud of it, but they didn't know that it became a joke in the eyes of others.

Many people think that Jia's family can't get on the stage, and they are just admitted to Qingshan Academy, making it the same as being the number one scholar in the exam.Even if he got the first prize in the exam, he wouldn't make such an exaggeration.

Li Daoqing specially reminded Jia Lian about this matter: "You must not be so extravagant and ostentatious in the future."

"Don't worry, sir, I won't do this, it's too embarrassing." Jia Lian also felt very ashamed of Jia Mu's three-day banquet.

Li Daoqing felt relieved when he heard what Jia Lian said, and he didn't say any more about it. Instead, he changed the subject to the upcoming Shangyuan Festival poetry meeting, and handed him an invitation card he had just received.

"This is an invitation card from the Nanlan Poetry Association. You should keep it carefully. If you lose it, you won't be able to get in."

Jia Lian reached out to take the invitation and looked down. The surface of the invitation was light blue, with orchids painted on it, and in the middle of it was written "Invitation of Nanlan Poetry Fair". It was very ordinary but also very elegant.

When the invitation was opened, a faint fragrance came to the face.The content of the invitation is very simple, it is to invite Jia Lian to participate in the poetry meeting of the Shangyuan Festival.

The Nanlan Poetry Club will start on the first day of the Shangyuan Festival, and it will be held on the second floor of the "Second Under Heaven" restaurant.

The Second Under Heaven Restaurant is a very famous restaurant in the capital. I heard that the owner behind the scenes is the Fourth Prince, so the dignitaries in the capital like to come here to eat, drink, and do business here.Being able to eat and drink here can not only please the Fourth Prince, but also show off his status.

The Second Under Heaven Restaurant is the most luxurious restaurant in the capital, and the food inside is very expensive, and most people can't afford it.People who come here to eat are either rich or powerful.

Many people in Beijing come here to eat, mainly to show their unusual status. Of course, the food here is also delicious.

The original owner, Jia Lian, has been there once or twice, and the food inside is frighteningly expensive. A meal costs at least 100 taels, and at most several thousand taels.Eat a little bit, just a few hundred taels.The price of a meal can feed ordinary people for more than ten years, and even poor people can eat for hundreds of years.

It is said that the fourth prince likes scholars very much, and attaches great importance to the three major academies in the capital, and often visits students in the three major academies, so it is normal for Nan Lanshi to choose the second restaurant in the world.

Jia Lian put away the invitation, and asked Li Daoqing with a smile: "Can you eat delicious food when you go to Nanlan Shihui?"

"Yes, there are a lot of food and wine." How can poetry be done without food and wine.

"Then I'll eat more then." He thought he was going to eat something delicious.

Seeing Jia Lian's greedy look, Li Daoqing couldn't help laughing: "You can eat as much as you want." After all, he was still a child and only thought of eating.

The Shangyuan Festival is approaching, and the students in the capital are discussing the poetry meeting.

Women can also participate in poetry clubs, but they are separated from men. After all, men and women cannot be intimate.

After Jia Yuanchun participated in the plum appreciation banquet held by the princess of Nan'an County, he became well-known in the circle of aristocratic women in the capital and made friends with many aristocratic women.She received an invitation card from a friend for this poetry meeting on the Lantern Festival, and it was also an invitation card for the Nanlan poetry meeting.

Seeing that her daughter received the invitation from the Nanlan Poetry Society, Mrs. Wang felt happy and proud for her daughter: "On the Lantern Festival, you should dress up properly."

"Mother, I know."

"We will definitely have to write poems and lyrics at that time, you have to prepare well..." Mrs. Wang suddenly thought of something, and the expression on her face froze, "It's strange."

"What's strange?"

"You received the invitation card from the Nanlan Poetry Society, why didn't Pearl receive the invitation card?" Mrs. Wang was very puzzled. With her son's talent and learning, how could she not be invited to the poetry society.

Hearing Mrs. Wang's words, Jia Yuanchun realized that his brother hadn't received the invitation to the poetry meeting yet.

"Maybe it will be delivered tomorrow."

Mrs. Wang thinks about it too: "When the time comes, you brothers and sisters will go together." Mrs. Wang is very confident that her son will receive the invitation from the Nanlan Poetry Society. She never thought that Jia Zhu would not receive the invitation.

Every year, Jia Zhu received invitations from the Poetry Club, but they were all from the Xizhu Poetry Club, and had never been invited by the Nanlan Poetry Club.

Mrs. Wang felt that if Jia Zhu was admitted to Qingshan Academy, she would definitely receive an invitation from the Nanlan Poetry Club.

Jia Yuanchun and Mrs. Wang discussed what clothes to wear on the Lantern Festival, which would be neither too conspicuous nor too invisible.

The next day, Jia Zhu received the invitation card from the Poetry Club, which was still the invitation card from the Xizhu Poetry Club. After waiting for a whole day, she did not receive the invitation card from the Nanlan Poetry Club.

"Did the person who sent the invitation lose it?" Jia Yuanchun guessed, in fact, she knew in her heart that the invitation to the poetry festival was very important, and the person who sent the invitation would not dare to lose the invitation.

Mrs. Wang nodded: "It must have been lost. I'll send someone to tell the people from the Nanlan Poetry Association and ask them to send another one."

Jia Zhu said with a gloomy face, "Mother, you don't need to go, the people at the poetry club won't lose the invitation." Thinking that he had been admitted to Qingshan Academy and hadn't been invited to participate in the Nanlan Poetry Club, he felt very sad. Unwilling.

"I haven't lost it, why don't I have your invitation card?"

Jia Zhu said unwillingly, "They didn't invite me."

"How could they not invite you, there must be a mistake somewhere?" Mrs. Wang did not believe that Nan Lanshi would not invite her son to participate.

"I just got into Qingshan Academy this year, and I haven't been to Qingshan Academy yet, so it's normal if I haven't been invited." Jia Zhu said this to Mrs. Wang to comfort herself.

"Brother is right. When the Mid-Autumn Festival poetry meeting is held, I will definitely invite my brother to participate." Jia Yuanchun was also very shocked. Why didn't the Nanlan Poetry Club invite my brother to participate?My eldest brother has been very famous in poetry in the past two years, and this year he is going to study at Qingshan Academy, no matter what, he should be invited by the Nanlan Poetry Society.

When Jia Zheng came back and heard that his son was not invited to the Nanlan Poetry Fair, he didn't think it was a big deal.

"Although Zhu'er was admitted to Qingshan Academy, she did not go to study. She is not considered a formal student of Qingshan Academy. It is normal not to be invited. Besides, not all students of Qingshan Academy can participate in the Nanlan Poetry Club. Participation is only recommended."

After hearing what Jia Zheng said, Mrs. Wang was relieved: "When Zhu'er goes to Qingshan Academy to study, she can go to Nanlan Poetry Club."

Jia Zheng nodded slightly: "En."

Jia Zhu was comforted by Jia Zheng's words, and the unwillingness and dissatisfaction in his heart dissipated.

"After the Shangyuan Festival, you will go to Qingshan Academy to study and prepare well." Jia Zheng said to Jia Zhu, then looked at Mrs. Wang, "Help Zhu'er pack her luggage and see if there is anything missing."

"Oh yes, Zhu'er is going to study in Qingshan Academy, and if he wants to live in the academy, I have to help him prepare his luggage."

Jia Zhu patted Jia Yuanchun's head, and said with a smile: "Next time we will go to the poetry meeting. You will go alone the day after tomorrow, so be careful."

"Well, I'll be careful." It's a pity that the eldest brother can't go together.

When Jia Lian heard that Jia Zhu hadn't received the invitation to the Nanlan Poetry Society, he was a little surprised in his heart.He thought Jia Zhu would be able to participate in the Nanlan Poetry Festival, but he didn't expect to be invited.

If Jia Zhu knew that he was invited to participate in the Nanlan Poetry Festival, how would he react?

He didn't tell anyone that Jia Lian was going to attend the Nanlan Poetry Fair, and planned to tell Jia Amnesty after dinner on the Lantern Festival.

Since Jia Zhu was not invited, should he show off and get angry with Second Aunt and the others?

Soon came the Lantern Festival, when the first and second families of Rongguo Mansion got together to eat the Lantern Festival.

During dinner, Jia Zheng asked Jia Zhu to compose a poem about the Lantern Festival to cheer up the fun, and Jia Zhu obediently composed a seven-character verse.

Mother Jia praised it very well, and Mrs. Wang was very pleased with it, and then asked Jia Lian to write a poem to cheer her up.

"Brother Lian, the county examination is for poetry, you have to learn how to compose poetry."

"I know, I have been learning poetry and lyrics from my husband during this time."

Mrs. Wang urged: "Since I have learned how to compose poems and lyrics, Brother Lian will write a poem or lyrics for all of us to listen to."

Jia Lian said apologetically, "I'm afraid I don't have time to write poems and lyrics."

"It's still early, brother Lian, why don't you have time?"

"Back to Second Aunt, I'm going to participate in the Nanlan Poetry Fair. I heard that the streets will be very congested today, so I have to leave early." After Jia Lian finished speaking, she showed eight white teeth to Mrs. Wang and smiled brightly.

"What, you want to participate in the Nanlan Poetry Contest?!" Mrs. Wang stood up suddenly in shock, because she stood up too fast and accidentally bumped into the table in front of her.

Jia Zhu's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief.

Jia Lian took out the invitation card from his bosom and held it up in the air to show off: "Mr. Li and I will attend the Nanlan Poetry Fair together."

"How could you be invited?" Mrs. Wang stared at the invitation card in Jia Lian's hand, wishing she could poke a hole out of the invitation card in his hand.

"Mr. Li said he would take me to see the poetry meeting, and then he got me an invitation card." Jia Lian pretended not to know and asked, "Doesn't brother have an invitation card? Did the Nanlan Poetry Club invite you?"

Jia Zhu: "..."

"Didn't my eldest brother get admitted to Qingshan Academy? Why wasn't he invited to the Nanlan Poetry Club?"

Mrs. Xing gloated and said, "It must be unqualified."

Mrs. Wang's face was flushed with anger, and she suppressed her anger to argue: "Although Zhu'er was admitted to Qingshan Academy, she hasn't gone to study yet. She is not a real student of Qingshan Academy. It is normal for her not to be invited."

Jia Lian nodded suddenly: "So that's the case. Didn't Mr. Wu help the elder brother get the invitation?"

Jia Zhu's face turned dark. Although Mr. Wu has a lot of knowledge, he is not very good at poetry, so he never participates in poetry gatherings.

Although Jia Amnesty didn't know how his son got the invitation to the Nanlan Poetry Fair, it was very remarkable for his son to go to the Nanlan Poetry Fair, and it gave him a good reputation.

"Hahahahaha, as expected of my son."

"It's getting late, I have to go to Mr. Li's house, and go to the poetry meeting with him." Jia Lian bowed to Jia's mother, "Grandmother, grandson will leave first." After finishing speaking, he left .

Looking at the back of Jia Lian leaving, Jia Zhu's face was gloomy and frightening.