The New Biography of the Consort

Since the death of the first emperor, Tianxiang has been depressed all day long. One day, Feng Shaomin came to Tianxiang's room and said, "Xiang'er, how about we go for a walk?" "Where are we going?" "I'll take you to a place outside the Central Plains." "Why do you suddenly want to take this princess out to play with such good intentions?" "Seeing that you are depressed all day, I am afraid that you will suffocate your body." "You still have a conscience. Okay, let's start tomorrow." Came to Shangguan Yun's room and said, "Yun'er, I have some good news for you." "Shao Min, what good news?" "Tomorrow we will leave for Xueyun Country." "Really? Why are you going to Xueyun Country all of a sudden?" "" "One is because you have been in the Central Plains for a while, I think you should miss the empress too, and the other is because Tianxiang has been depressed since the late emperor passed away, and I want to take her out to relax." "Shaomin , you are so kind to Tianxiang." "Ah? No, am I afraid that you miss the Empress?" Yun and the others were about to set off. For the convenience of traveling, Tianxiang and Shangguan Yun also traveled in men's clothing. Tianxiang rode to Feng Shaomin and asked, "Where are we going?" It was because of Shangguan Yun that he said so kindly that he would take me to play." "No, I really want to take you to relax. Xueyun Country is really beautiful. I believe you will like it." "Huh, Sophistry" "Xiang'er, really, I really want to make you happy" "I can barely believe you".Feng Shaomin and others passed by a small county called "Wucai County" on the way to Xueyun Country. Wucai County looks very wealthy, but for some reason it is called Wucai County. Feng Shaomin asked an old man passing by, "Old man , we passed by here for the first time, and we saw that the county is very rich, but why is it called Wucai County?" The old man replied, "That's because the people in this county are all businessmen, and few of them have any education. Wucai County has hundreds of people. There hasn't been a scholar in the past few years, and there are very few scholars." Tianxiang said, "Hey, the surname is Feng, this place is interesting, let's rest here today." "Okay, then let's find an inn to settle down For a moment" Feng Shaomin came to a Qianlai inn to settle down. When the three of them were drinking tea at the inn, they heard the hustle and bustle outside. Tianxiang stopped one of them and asked, "Hey, hey, what are you all going to do?" You are not from this county, right? You don’t know this? The county magistrate is going to hold the annual talent selection contest here, and we are all rushing to watch the excitement.” Well, what kind of talent selection contest is being held, it must be interesting, let's go and see it too." "Okay, I also want to see what the talent selection contest held in Wucai County will look like, Yun'er, let's go and see "Shangguan Yun replied, "Okay, I want to see it too." Tianxiang said, "Wait a minute, you can't call us Xiang'er and Yun'er with the surname Feng, we are men now." "Okay, well, what should I call you What about?" "I, of course, is Mr. Wen, and her, let's call him Mr. Shangguan." "Okay, Mr. Wen, Mr. Shangguan, let's go and see the talent selection competition together."

Chapter 39

The three of them followed the crowd to the county yamen, where a large platform was set up in front of the county yamen, and on it was a large banner with four big characters of the talent selection contest, "Your surname is Feng, look, I didn't expect this talent selection contest to be so popular." Well, it's so lively." "Yeah, I didn't expect so many people." At this moment, a man in his forties came up on the stage and said, "Attention everyone, the annual talent selection contest has started again. Similarly, this competition is still funded by the largest wealthy businessman in the county, Mr. Jin, and judged by the magistrate of the county, Mr. Qian. The difference from previous years is that the rewards for the top three this year are more generous, and the talent selection competition is now officially started." The audience cheered Finally, the man said, "This competition is still a couplet. Three couplets will be produced according to the difficulty. The winner will be the one who makes the best couplet. Please see." Three pairs of couplets, the first is "East Pawnshop, West Pawnshop, East and West Pawnshop as things", the second is "Fly everywhere", the third is "Heaven makes a chessboard, who can play it?" There was a commotion in the backstage of the third pair of couplets. I heard someone say, "Why is this year's pair so difficult? Last year I won second place. It seems that this year's reward is not easy to get." Another person said, "I didn't I have been preparing for a year, and I have to wait until this time to get No.1, but this year's pair is really difficult, what should I do?" After a long time, no one came to the stage to pair the couplet, Tianxiang was anxious and said, " It’s really Wucai County, if such a simple pair can’t match, then I will come.” So Tianxiang flew up to the stage and said, “I’m here to match the first pair: East pawn shop, west pawn shop, east pawn shop and east pawn shop. Nantongzhou, Beitongzhou, north-south Tongzhou connects north and south.” At this moment, I heard a person say, “Okay, yes, yes, it’s really good.” At first glance, it turned out to be the county magistrate of Wucai County. He also started to shout, "It's really right." Tianxiang was very proud on the stage, and then heard "Then I'll do the second couplet." Tianxiang heard the voice very familiar, and looked in the direction of the sound, it turned out to be Shangguanyun, it turned out that Shangguanyun saw Feng Shaomin smiling happily when he watched Tianxiang, so Shangguanyun also came on stage to couplet. She didn't want Feng Shaomin to feel inferior to Tianxiang, "I'll do the second couplet: flying everywhere; Clear water and clear gurgling." The same person still said "Okay, okay, yes, it's really good." Feng Shaomin saw Tianxiang and Shangguanyun on the stage shaking their heads helplessly and smiled, thinking that they were very naive and feeling Very naive, after waiting for a long time, no one came up to the stage for the third couplet. Tianxiang waited impatiently, and said to Feng Shaomin in the audience, "The surname is Feng, why don't you come, I don't think anyone can do this." Make it right, otherwise the game won’t be over when it’s dark.” “You guys should play, I don’t want to join in the fun with you.” Hearing Feng Shaomin say this, Tianxiang thought to herself, “Okay, if you don’t want to join in the fun, I just want you to join in the fun.” Tianxiang Going up to the referee, Mr. Qian, he said, "My lord, I can ensure that one person can match the third couplet." "Oh? Really? Who is it? If you dare to tease this official, I will definitely hit you thirty times." "My lord, next How dare you tease your lord, this person will definitely be able to match the third couplet." Then he pointed to Feng Shaomin and said, Feng Shaomin knew that he could not escape this time, so Feng Shaomin flew to the stage with a light effort, and Feng Shaomin attacked The white clothes fell from the sky, making everyone present stunned, feeling as if a fairy descended from the earth, "Feng has met Mr. Qian, and I will ask Mr. Qian to judge the couplet soon." "Okay, let's hear it"" The sky makes the chessboard and the stars make the son, who can play?The earth is rice paper and the river is ink, who dares to paint? ""Heaven makes the chessboard, and the stars are the sons, who can play?"The earth is rice paper and the river is ink, who dares to paint?Okay, okay, that’s right, No.1 must be this person.” At this moment, the man who presided over the competition walked to the middle of the stage and said, “This year’s talent selection competition has ended, and now the magistrate Qian will announce the results of the competition.” "Cough...cough... No.3 in this year's talent selection competition is Mr. Wen, No.2 is Mr. Shangguan, and No.1 is Mr. Feng. Please congratulate the three who won the top three in this year's talent selection competition." After finishing the stage There was applause and cheers, "Everyone, please be quiet, thank Mr. Qian for making the decision, and I would like to ask Mr. Jin to say a few words." "Well... Congratulations to the three young masters for winning the top three in this year's talent selection competition. The reward for this competition is No. .3 silver is 500 taels, No.2 silver is 1000 taels, No.1 silver is 2000 taels, please come to my Jin Mansion to receive the rewards." Feng Shaomin said, "Thanks to Mr. Jin for generously donating the rewards, but Feng is not here for the rewards. Come on, Feng will leave first." Feng Shaomin was about to turn around and leave, but Tianxiang grabbed him. "Hey, Feng, since Master Jin has already prepared a reward, how can we refuse? You go back to the Jin Mansion" "Okay, this little brother is refreshing, let's go now" So Feng Shaomin, Tian Xiang, and Shangguan Yun followed Master Jin to the Jin Mansion, and when they arrived in front of the Jin Mansion, the three of them were very surprised , Jin Mansion is worthy of being the mansion with the down payment in Wucai County, it can be compared to the Princess Mansion. In the main hall, Mr. Jin and Mrs. Jin sat in the master’s seat, and Feng Shaomin sat on one side. At this time, five more people walked in. , three women and two men, Master Jin said, "You have all come to see the top three in this year's talent selection competition, the three sons, these are Jin's sons and daughters, at this time the eldest daughter Jin Chun, this is the second daughter Jin Xia, this is the youngest daughter, Jinqiu, this is the eldest son, Jinshan, and this is the second son, Jinhai." Master Jin's daughters are all handsome, and his sons are all handsome. At this time, Tianxiang said, "Master Jin, you The daughters of my daughter are so beautiful." "Hahaha, thank you, Mr. Wen, for your compliment, but..." Tianxiang asked suspiciously, "Just what? ""It's just that none of them have read a book, they don't know a single big character, and they can't even write their own names." Feng Shaomin coughed twice, and Tianxiang said again, "Why are you coughing? It's just that I like illiterate women, and illiterate women are kind and heartless, but they must know how to write their own names." At this time Shangguan Yun patted Tian Xiang and said, "You ladies will be very embarrassed if you say that, I don't know why Master Jin doesn't hire a private school? ""Hey... none of us in Wucai County has ever read a book, and Wucai County is remote, where can we go to ask private