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Prizes are not money, but some exquisite jadeware, which surprised many people present today. Even if they are far away, many people can see that the jadeware is well-made and of good quality! These jadewares are expensive, and almost everyone has come to this conclusion that the price of a single piece may be exchanged for food for ordinary people for several years. Such prizes make most people excited.

Chen Yi also had to admire Helan Minzhi's generous actions. For the success of this food festival and to further enhance the reputation of Zuixianlou, he actually invested so much! But he immediately understood that Helan Minzhi just wanted to meet more literati with these things outside of his body, not just to increase the reputation of Zuixianlou.

Perhaps for the literati who came to celebrate the lively today, what they were interested in was not just expensive jade artifacts, but the increase in reputation after winning these prizes. The congratulations and envy of others in the venue. These "empty" things are the most important for them. Once they have a reputation, other things will follow! For them, today's poetry meeting, which is about to begin, gathered many literati and officials in Chang'an and many high-ranking officials in the court. If you have the opportunity to show your face, you must show your reputation. Fame is often started on such occasions!

This is what Chen Yi was like a few months ago!

Seeing that everyone in the venue looked excited, there were many people cheering for cheers. Xu Zhu was very satisfied, and Helan Minzhi on the side was also a little proud.

After the master and servant looked at each other, they remained solemn, but a light smile appeared on their faces, and continued, "Today's Zuixianlou was not only invited to Siping Taichang Bolai to judge the current poetry fight meeting, but also invited two talented men who were famous in Chang'an. The poems written by Chen Yi and Chen Ziying, Wang Bo Wang Zi'an, Chen Gongzi and Wang Gongzi were amazed by everyone. Recently, their poems have been spread throughout the streets and alleys of Chang'an. A few days ago, Mr. Chen and Mr. Wang had a poem in the Zhuixianlou. They each wrote a very wonderful masterpiece, which shocked Chang'an. It spread in just a few days and became a story! To help the prosperity of today, I have a suggestion. Before the poetry meeting today, I hope that Mr. Chen and Mr. Wang can present a poem to everyone present. What do you think I will discuss here?"

"Okay!" Someone shouted below, and then several other voices immediately followed. During this period, Chen Yi and Wang Bo's reputation was very circulated in Chang'an, and their poems were often talked about. Many brothels and courtyards even wanted to ask them to write poems with a lot of money, but they never had the chance. If the two of them could offer excellent works to help their current prosperity before the beginning of today's poetry meeting, it would be something that many people would like to see.

Of course, some people expressed dissatisfaction with this. They were all those who thought they were very talented and were dissatisfied with the reputation of Chen Yi and Wang Bo, and wanted to fight with them. Today, Xu Zhuzhi's words invisibly raised the identity of Chen and Wang. This made these few people even more dissatisfied, but their dissatisfaction was drowned in a crowd of cheers and no longer heard!

Seeing the scene warm, Xu Zhu immediately made another suggestion that surprised most people in the audience: "If everyone is willing, I would like to suggest that the masterpieces of the two young masters Chen and Wang will not participate in the selection of today's poetry meeting, so as not to make everyone feel stressed and affect the performance of the young masters present! I wonder what Mr. Chen and Wang feel? Are you willing to do this?"

Chen Yi and Wang Bo immediately stood up and expressed their humility, and agreed not to attend today's poetry meeting and leave the opportunity to others.

Their performances were not arrogant and recognized by most people. Seeing this, Helan Minzhi and Xu Zhu were relieved.

As a guest specially invited by Helan Minzhi, Chen Yi and Wang Bo also looked at each other and smiled. They knew that with such an arrangement, their reputation was invisibly raised, and it was not important whether they participated in the poetry meeting. The next time was their performance. As long as they could write wonderful poems, their reputation would rise to a level that surprised them.

Chen Yi admired Helan Minzhi's arrangement very much. This future brother-in-law is really smart in his work. However, Wang Bo was amazed that it was really a great thing to get Helan Minzhi's invitation today!

At the invitation of Xu Zhu and the scene, everyone was upset by the scholars and scholars, Chen Yi and Wang Bo kept bowing to Xu Zhu and other scholars on the field, and walked straight to the prepared copy on the field, and stood up.

Xu Zhu spoke again. After bowing to Chen Yi and Wang Bo, he said loudly: "Today, in order to allow the young men present to perform better, the poetry meeting has no limit on subject matter, rhyme, rhythm, and poetry. As long as the content is good, they can all be awarded!" As he said that, he bowed to Yan Liben, who was still drinking in the private room, "I would like to ask Yan Taichang Bo to evaluate one or two later!"

Helan Minzhi asked Yan Liben to come to the Immortal Tower and asked him to be the judge of today's poetry meeting. It took a lot of effort to invite this great god. Yan Liben's reputation is quite high. Today, he asked him to be the judge of the poetry meeting. Everyone in the audience had no objection! After the proposal was approved by everyone in the venue, Xu Zhu gave a great gift to Chen Yi and Wang Bo and asked them to present their poems!

Wang Bo did not come as prepared as Chen Yi. He did not expect that he would receive such courtesy today. He just agreed to promise Zhu that he began to think about poetry. Therefore, he stood in front of and behind the copywriting, holding the pen and still thinking about it. Chen Yi, who had already thought about what poem to write today, immediately started to write with his pen after Xu Zhu's instructions, and in a short while, he wrote it!

After writing, Chen Yi threw a pen and picked up the manuscript of the poem. Whether Wang Bo was still writing, facing Xu Zhu who was surprised and curious, everyone in the field was filled with curiosity, he chanted loudly: "The bright moon in the Qin Dynasty was in the Han Dynasty, and the people in the Long March had not returned, but the flying general in Longcheng was there, and the Hu horses were not allowed to cross Yinshan!"

After reciting twice, Chen Yi smiled in the direction where Su Dingfang stood, put down the manuscript of the poem, bowed and said to everyone in the venue, "Dear young masters, I have heard that General Su of Xing Guogong had fought countless wars and made immortal military achievements for our Tang Dynasty. A few years ago, he used thousands of troops to fight against the 100,000 Tubo army, which made the Tubo people look so shameless. He has long wanted to listen to Duke Xing's teachings in person and listen to him.

The wonderful stories on the battlefield have never been able to do it! The boy is not talented, he has no chance to join the army, and he has no chance to go to the battlefield like Duke Xing and make military achievements. He has dedicated this poem "Going to the Frontier" to Duke Xing to show his respect! Now my army that went to the Goryeo is ready to fight, and I hope to destroy Goryeo as soon as possible and avenge my Han family's children. More flying generals in Longcheng will fight against foreign captives for our Tang Dynasty and expand their territory!"

After Chen Yi's poem was recited, many people were stunned when they understood the meaning of the audience. The poem was written too domineering and heroic, which made people feel heart-wrenching in reading, but it seemed that it was written by people who had been through the battlefield for a long time and had killed. It was too incredible for Chen Yi to write such a poem. Even the box kept a low profile and never showed his face again. He was just curious about Su Dingfang who was watching today's scene.

When he heard what Chen Yi said later, many people exclaimed in surprise. Unexpectedly, Chen Yi actually dedicated such a poem to Su Dingfang to express his praise for the famous general, rather than writing it to himself. It really takes some courage to praise a low-key general who is not very pleased with the Queen in this attitude, which really makes people shocked. Su Dingfang in the box was even more surprised. Of course, he knew that Chen Yi recognized him and sang this on purpose. He had seen Yan Liben and Chen Yi sitting together. Yan Liben and him were old acquaintances. He did not doubt that Yan Liben told Chen Yi and the people around Chen Yi that his identity was.

Chen Yi wrote this poem just now well, so proud. Su Dingfang felt a sense of passion when he heard it. He was originally amazed at the young man's blood, passion and domineeringness, but he didn't expect that the poem was dedicated to him. He was stunned and didn't know how to react. Fortunately, he had a disguise today, and the people around him could not recognize him, and Chen Yi did not clearly indicate his identity, which gave him the opportunity to remain calm.

In recent years, Su Dingfang has had a bad relationship with many officials in the court due to the problem of standing in the team. Empress Wu Zetian was also quite cold to him. Therefore, when he was in his sixties, he had to lead his army to guard Qinghai and strictly prevent the Tubo people. This time he did not have the chance to lead his army to fight against Goryeo. He was used to being treated with cold treatment. He suddenly heard someone openly praised him. Although Su Dingfang was calm, he would never panic when encountering things, and would not change color even if the sky fell. Just like when he led his army to quell the Western Turkic rebellion and was surrounded by Ashina Helu 100,000 troops, he still calmly commanded his 10,000 troops and was ready to fight, and finally defeated the Western Turkic rebels. But today it was still full of turmoil, and the waves were very big!

The current situation is different from the situation when encountering an enemy. When I was coldly treated by the court, I accidentally heard someone praise him, which made him feel a warmth and even excited in his heart. After being excited, Su Dingfang immediately calmed down and was thinking in his heart, what is the meaning of this young man who has seen through his identity and is now favored by the Queen, writing such a poem to praise him?

Could it be that the Empress's attitude towards him has changed?

Chen Yi sat with Helan Minzhi, but Su Dingfang did not know Helan Minzhi. Chen Yi's body was only known when the shopkeeper Xu Zhu introduced him just now. If he knew that the handsome young man sitting on the side was Wu Zetian's nephew Helan Minzhi, he thought that Wu Zetian's idea of ​​changing his attitude towards him would be stronger!

"Father, why is that Chen Yi like this?" Su Qingjie, who was sitting next to Su Dingfang, was also surprised and asked his father in confusion.

"I don't know if I'm a father!" Su Dingfang shook his head and signaled Su Qingjie not to ask too much, just look at the fun in the venue carefully!
Chapter completed!