"Who are you?"
"What did you mean by that?"
"At the poetry meet, exchanging pointers is a common thing. How is it shameless?"
"If you don't give us an explanation today, I'm afraid we won't agree!"
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Hearing that voice, all the scholars turned to look at the white-clothed girl standing there, their faces full of anger.
To these proud and arrogant scholars, face was undoubtedly extremely important. To be called "shameless" by a woman, how could they tolerate it?
If it wasn't for the fact that this girl was extremely beautiful and they still had some pity in their hearts, it wouldn't have been as simple as a few questions.
Shen Zhao's face darkened as well.
As the second scholar of Qing 'an Prefecture, forcing a girl to compose a poem was indeed inappropriate. But he was used to being high and mighty. No matter what he said or what he did, countless people would agree. As for whether it was appropriate or inappropriate, Shen Zhao didn't care.
But for someone to point it out like this, it was clearly not giving him face.
Shen Zhao's eyes were cold. He looked at her and said, "Even though the scale of today's Mid-Autumn Poetry Meet is large, there are even more scholars in the prefectural city. I don't know how many scholars will not be able to participate. Since the talented women of the Yunying Poetry Society have been invited to participate, your talents must be exceptional. If you can't come up with a decent poem, isn't that a bit unreasonable?"
"Shameless is shameless. No matter how many excuses you find, it's still shameless!" The woman's expression was still as cold as ever. She said bluntly, "Your literary talent isn't that great, but your skin is quite thick. You're making things difficult for a woman. Not to mention a genius, I'm afraid you're not even a man!"
As the top scholar of Qing 'an Prefecture, he was actually questioned by a girl about his literary talent and whether he was a man. No matter how good Shen Zhao's composure was, he almost couldn't control the anger in his heart. It took a long time for him to calm down.
This girl's words also made these scholars speechless.
To make things difficult for a girl like this, it was indeed disgraceful. But she actually said that Shen Zhao's literary talent wasn't that great … perhaps even Yang Yanzhou wouldn't dare to say such a thing?
It seemed that this woman did not know that the person standing in front of her was the second most talented scholar of Qing An Prefecture, Shen Zhao.
Ruoqing and Zeng Zuimo had no idea what these people were thinking. The two girls stared blankly at the woman holding the sword. They were extremely familiar with that beautiful face. It was exactly the same as the one in the painting.
"Please forgive me for my poor eyesight, but I wonder where you are from?" Shen Zhao looked at the woman aggressively, anger clearly visible on his face. "Since you look down on me, you must be much more talented than me. Why don't we compete during this poetry meet? If you can come up with a poem that surpasses me, I'll accept it wholeheartedly! Otherwise, I hope you can give me an explanation for today's matter! "
When Shen Zhao said those words, it was obvious that he wanted to challenge him.
The meaning behind this was naturally not as simple as a spar. This kind of thing was not uncommon among scholars. Two scholars would compete in poetry, and the loser would have to admit that his talent was inferior to the other. For scholars who valued their reputation as much as their lives, this would be a stain that they would never be able to erase for the rest of their lives.
Of course, the reason why Shen Zhao did this was because he did not believe that he would lose.
The other was only a woman. How could she compare to him in terms of poetry?
At this time, Wan Ruoqing quickly walked to the side of the white-clothed girl and hurriedly said, "He is the second most talented scholar of Qing An Prefecture. He is extremely talented in poetry. Miss, please do not agree."
Liu Ruyi naturally would not agree to a poetry competition with this Shen. She ignored Shen Zhao and looked indifferently at a certain figure in the back of the crowd.
Everyone was puzzled when they saw this, and they looked in that direction as well.
Being stared at by so many people, even if Li Yi wanted to watch the show, he could not continue.
Moreover, his sister-in-law was about to be bullied. As the brother-in-law, it would be embarrassing for him not to stand out …
"Miss Ruoqing, Miss Zuimo, what a coincidence, we meet again …" Zeng Zuimo greeted Wan Ruoqing with a smile and walked out from the crowd.
The young prince, Li Xuan, followed behind Li Yi. Seeing that he and the two girls seemed to know each other, his mind was filled with confusion. The last time the two went to the Jadeite Courtyard, he clearly did not know Zeng Zuimo. How long had it been since then — how did the two of them hook up?
"Young master …"
Seeing him here, Wan Ruoqing and Zeng Zuimo's faces showed surprise. After a moment, the two seemed to think of something at the same time. They looked at each other and then looked at Liu Ruyi.
"Could it be …"
An unbelievable guess surfaced in their minds.
"It's him!" Someone in the crowd suddenly exclaimed.
"He is the talent who wrote 'Drinking Alone Under the Moon' and 'Remembering Your Charm' yesterday!" At this time, someone finally recognized Li Yi.
Just as Li Yi walked out, Su Wentian's expression changed and then darkened.
It was because of this young man that he could not establish himself in his original circle and became the laughing stock of others. Su Wentian's hatred for him was already deep in his bones.
"He is the talent who wrote those two poems?" At the back of the crowd, Yang Yanzhou and the talent with the surname Wan showed a trace of surprise on their faces.
"Could it be that the great second talent of Qing 'an Prefecture only knows how to bully women?" Li Yi's lips twitched as he looked at Shen Zhao.
Just now, at the back, he had heard someone say that this guy was the second talent or something. It seemed like he was quite famous. Now, it seemed like this Shen Zhao's literary talent was still unknown. As for his character, tsk tsk …
Seeing him look at Shen Zhao with a mocking expression, the eyes of the few talented women of the Yunying Poetry Society lit up.
At this moment, Li Yi's image in their hearts was without a doubt, even more glorious than before.
At this moment, the way the talents looked at Li Yi was somewhat different.
Everyone was very clear in their hearts that the young scholar had stepped forward at this time, and the meaning he wanted to express was very clear.
Release those women, if you have any problems, come at me …
Since he knew that Shen Zhao was the second talent of Qing 'an Prefecture and still dared to speak to him like this, was he arrogant and conceited, or was he fearless?
Of course, in the hearts of most people, they only felt that he was too arrogant. If the words just now were spoken by Yang Yanzhou, perhaps the crowd would not be so surprised. However, how could a nameless scholar compare to the famous Shen Zhao?
Only an extremely small number of people with eyes knew that the person who could compose those two poems was also extremely talented. Even Shen Zhao might not be able to easily defeat him.
At this moment, Ruoqing and Zeng Zuimo's feelings were simply indescribable.
Shock, surprise, joy … and a deep sense of disbelief.
If their guess was correct, then no matter how talented Shen Zhao was, in front of him, what could he amount to?
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