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Even though Xu Zuiyin lacks shrewdness in the officialdom, what he lacks is not just one or two things.
But the knowledge has been truly recognized by people in recent years.
Especially let’s not talk about poetry for now.
After writing for a few seconds, Yao Yuanzai looked at the handwriting and said with emotion: "I am drunk with writing, even more so than in the past."
Mu Xu and Zhao Shi also nodded, this writing was already worthy of being called masterpiece.
Look at the poems again
'Last night, the wind blew a few times in front of the hall. It should be the sound of green in the morning. I couldn't sleep alone and woke up suddenly. I miss you deeply. '
Finish reading
Yao Yuanzai smiled and looked at Xu Zuiyin: "What's wrong, do you want Le Zhi to win the championship and make Liu Baishi smile?"
There was not much to say about this.
But actually the praise is hidden inside.
After all, winning the championship means recognition!
It further represents that this is the first masterpiece that is worthy of winning the championship!
On the other side, Mu Xu and Zhao Shi also looked at Xu Zuiyin with a smile.
The title of Oiran was obtained through her own ability. Even though she was a girl from a red-light district, the literati had no taboos regarding Oirans, especially since these people all knew of Liu Baishi's talent, so they spoke like this.
Xu Zuiyin was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but he immediately said, "I just wrote it down casually. After all, I have to show my support."
Mu Xu laughed and scolded when he heard this: "You have learned to be modest! Such a masterpiece is written casually. I take the poem. I don't know what to publish in the journal these days!"
Xu Zuiyin smiled bitterly: "Teacher, I have other poems here, this one is nothing."
Mu Xu spread his hands.
But just as he was about to say 'bring it here', a voice came from outside the door.
"Master Jijiu, Master Yao, Master Zhao."
Hearing this, Mu Xu opened the door and saw a student from the Imperial Academy standing at the door.
The student immediately bowed and said, "I am Li Yao, a student. Nice to meet you teachers."
The student was also very quick. He took out a piece of paper without wasting time and said, "This is the new poem of the Empress. It just won the first prize at Liu Baishi's poetry meeting in the Flower Pavilion. Mr. Ji knows that you teachers like the Empress's poems, so he specially asked the student to send it to you for your enjoyment."
Upon hearing this, Mu Xu's eyes suddenly lit up and he immediately walked forward to take the paper.
Then without further ado, he opened the paper and read the contents.
Yao Yuanzai and Zhao Shi also came over to take a look.
Xu Zuiyin is like this.
then
Xu Zuiyin said softly: "If life could only be like the first time we met"
Mu Xu took a deep breath and said with a smile: "As expected of the Queen, you are the Queen. What a wonderful poem! If only life could be as it was when we first met. I can't believe that anyone other than the Queen could write such an exquisite poem."
Having said that, Mu Xu looked at the poem that Xu Zuiyin had just praised, frowned slightly, and then directly gave it back to Xu Zuiyin: "Don't praise your casually written poems in the future! Don't you think it's embarrassing for me! Look! If life could only be like the first sight, see! Your Majesty's poems are invincible! Look at yourself, you are still the king of poetry, how can you be so shameless, hey!"
Xu Zuiyin blinked when he heard this. He was over 40 years old, and he felt so wronged when his teacher said this to him! He didn't say anything!
Mu Xu read the poem carefully, and then sighed again: "Why can the Queen always give people such surprises? There are millions of words in the world, and the Queen really uses them to the extreme. And eh? The content of this poem. The first line is a quatrain, but the content of the whole poem afterwards..."
At this point, Mu Xu's expression became strange, and then he said: "What is the meaning of this poem? Aren't you afraid that His Majesty will know it? And then His Majesty will be angry? Or do you have some hidden secrets?"
On the one hand, Yao Yuanzai, Zhao Shi, and Xu Zuiyin also naturally appreciated the whole poem.
I also deeply felt the melancholy contained in this poem.
So I was a little stunned for a moment.
Although Xu Zuiyin had just arrived in the capital, he had heard a lot of stories about the love between His Majesty and the Queen, and had also read a lot of poems along the way.
So I was a little curious at the moment.
Can.
The King of Poetry is still the King of Poetry after all.
Just a moment!
Xu Zuiyin seemed to understand and immediately said, "Perhaps the Queen wrote this poem because she cherishes Your Majesty too much."
Chapter 324: The Imperial College Priest Goes Crazy Too
Can.
The King of Poetry is still the King of Poetry after all.
Just a moment!
Xu Zuiyin seemed to understand and immediately said, "Perhaps the Queen wrote this poem because she cherishes Your Majesty too much."
Several people around him looked at Xu Zuiyin with curiosity.
Although he is an elder.
But when it comes to reciting poems and composing couplets, none of them can compare to Xu Zuiyin.
Xu Zuiyin took the paper from Mu Xu's hand with both hands, looked at the poem and said, "Your Majesty used several allusions, and the second line, 'It's easy to change the hearts of old friends, but you say that the hearts of old friends are easy to change', refutes the heartlessness of the heartless man. But the first line, if life could only be like the first meeting, is an incomparable nostalgia for the first time they met and got to know each other, and the second line of the poem, 'After talking in Kunshan for half of the night, the rain and tears are bitter, but I never complain. How about the unfaithful man in brocade clothes, who wished to be together forever.' Although it seems that the allusions of Emperor Ming were used to belittle the heartless man in the poem, the tone of her voice is full of resentment, not hatred."
"Moreover, the three allusions of the poem, the sad fan, Kunshan, and the rainy zither, are all allusions to unrequited love and separation. Moreover, the whole poem seems to express the feeling of "boudoir resentment", but the first sentence of the poem is "If life could only be like the first meeting", so all the "boudoir resentment" is just an illusion. Only if you and I are consistent and remain faithful to each other until death, at the end we will still be the same as at the beginning."
"So, the reason why the Queen cherishes His Majesty and the relationship with His Majesty so much is that she wrote such a poem to warn herself that no matter what, she should remain consistent and faithful until death, just like the phrase 'If only life could be as it was when we first met'. She also used those allusions to persuade herself not to become like that."
"This poem is written for yourself and for everyone in the world. Life is just like the first sight, not 'if it were just like the first sight'. It does not refer to love between people, but all friendships."
“When any person or any relationship first meets, everything is beautiful. Everything starts out this way. Even if there are some unsatisfactory aspects, they become insignificant because of the longing for the future. However, life is vast, time passes, and the past has already changed.”
"But the fact that you can come up with such a beautiful sentence shows how deeply your Majesty loves His Majesty. It's amazing. You can imagine how important His Majesty is in your heart!!"
After that, Xu Zuiyin remained silent, just looking at the first sentence "If life could only be like the first meeting", thinking deeply, thinking about his wife at home, thinking about the first time he met his wife, thinking about the friends he met when he was studying abroad, and thinking about the first time he met his teacher.
Lost in thought like this, Xu Zuiyin sighed, because time has passed and many people have become passers-by in the world. No matter how beautiful the first meeting was, it is now a thing of the past. After wasting years, how much of the joy of the first meeting is retained?
This is.
Are these poems written by the Empress?
Xu Zuiyin had come into contact with many of Su Chang'an's poems before he came to Beijing when he was in the suburbs of Beijing. After all, the earliest ones were known to many people in the south through businessmen, plus the correspondence with his friends in Beijing.
But those in recent days, especially Jun Bu Jian, were only seen clearly after arriving in Beijing, and then, Xu Zuiyin was completely convinced!
And now.
Looking at the poem in my hand
Xu Zuiyin shook his head and said with emotion: "Not as good as it should be, not as good as it should be."
While Mu Xu, Zhao Shi, Yao Yuanzai and others were listening to Xu Zuiyin's annotations on the poem, they all went back to read the poem itself.
I already agreed in my heart. At first glance, the poem itself is indeed somewhat sad and mournful, and it was written by the Queen Mother, so it is natural that she would think of Your Majesty.
But with Xu Zuiyin's guidance, the three of them had their own opinions when thinking about this poem again.
Yao Yuanzai spoke softly, "Your Majesty once wrote 'People have joys and sorrows, separations and reunions; the moon waxes and wanes; it is difficult to have everything perfect.' She wrote about the regrets between people. Now, the sentence 'If life could only be like the first sight' expresses all the happiness before the regrets. Your Majesty is very talented and intelligent. She thinks of things that we cannot think of. She is also very thoughtful and expresses all her emotions through poetry."
Zhao Shi nodded slightly, but his face showed worry. In fact, he was lost in thought because of the sentence "If only life could be like the first meeting".
Mu Xu didn't say a word, but shook his head and sighed. After a while, he said: "Okay, the writing is really good. Why did our lady come up with it? Why can't we, who are also studying, come up with it?" Where are such good words?! Oh, the gap! The gap is too big!"
After saying this, Mu Xu looked at Li Yao who was delivering the poem and said, "Forget about what I just said, you should remember it. Why do you need to remember it?"
At this point, Mu Xu looked at Xu Zuiyin and said, "Write an analysis of this poem later, and remember to write down the words I said praising the Empress. I will publish them in the journal, and forget about these two."
Xu Zuiyin was stunned for a moment.
Yao Yuanzai on the other side immediately scolded: "Because of the Empress's poems, we are filled with emotion. The atmosphere is so good, but you are thinking about flattering her! It's really a disappointment!"
Zhao Shi also looked at Mu Xu with disdain: "I am ashamed to be associated with you!"
Although Xu Zuiyin did not expect Mu Xu to be like this suddenly, he looked at his teacher and thought that he was still the same as always. Wasn't it the same before? Suddenly, he said a few words to flatter the late emperor.
Mu Xu didn't care. He looked at Yao Yuanzai and Zhao Shi, shook his head with disdain, and then looked at Li Yao: "Is your Majesty also going to the poetry meeting?"
In fact, Li Yao was also surprised after listening to Xu Zuiyin's words, because he just thought that the poem was well-written and didn't think too much about it. But then, he was shocked. He felt that the queen's words expressed the general feeling of life, and he admired her very much.
When he heard what Mu Xu said, he was slightly startled, then he immediately said, "Master Jijiu, the Queen did not go. It was His Royal Highness the Prince of Yue who asked Xun Siye for the invitation and asked Master Maomao to go with him. The poem was taken out of her bag by Master Maomao."
Mu Xu was stunned for a moment, then after thinking for a while, he looked at Li Yao and said, "Tell me about it in detail."
Li Yao immediately recounted the entire process that he had seen.
It was simple. Maomao came out and offered it, then left. As for why he left, Li Yao didn't know and naturally didn't explain much.
However, Li Yao omitted the matter of Mao Mao's excitement, happiness and joy. After all, it was not important to think about it. When talking to the people in front of him, he still had to choose the important things.
After listening briefly, Li Yao added that although Maomao won the first prize, because she left, no one knew who got the inkstone made by Liu Baishi and the opportunity to have dinner together. But what was certain was that it was His Royal Highness the King of Yue who invited Maomao.
After listening to these.
Mu Xu couldn't help but frown.
I feel like something is missing, yet I also feel like nothing is missing.
Maomao was invited by the King of Yue to attend a poetry meeting
What does Prince Yue want?
And the King of Yue didn’t even take the final prize.
What does it mean.
Thinking of this, Mu Xu looked at Li Yao and said, "Master Cui left without saying anything, and just left?"
Li Yao thought about it seriously and didn't seem to say anything. From his perspective at the time, he saluted the King of Yue and left directly. So he nodded: "Well, after giving the medicine package, he left directly." of."
But after saying that, Li Yao thought for a moment and said, "After Miss White Lion announced the start of the poetry meeting, Lord Maomao immediately sent up the poems. Then His Royal Highness the King of Yue gave Lord Maomao something, and Lord Maomao took it before leaving. He didn't say much, he just left, as if he had completed a mission."