Inside Jinling City.

Time flies like water, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Autumn is deep.

The weather is gradually turning colder.

This year's climate seems to be a bit colder than previous years.

Even in Jinling, which is located in the south of the Yangtze River, it is now necessary to wear an extra layer of coats and cloaks to keep out the cold.

The "Jinling Poetry Fair" hosted by the Honorable King Zhao Lingrui is a grand gathering of literati in Jinling City and even in the surrounding areas.

The scribes who come out on top in this poetry meeting will be given the honorary reputation of "Jinling Poet Saint".

It will be held every year.

It has always been a gathering of wealthy families from all over the world, as well as scribes from poor families.

It was also a secret exchange meeting between various forces under the guise of a poetry meeting.

In the past, the "Jinling Poetry Fair" was organized by the Qin family, the Gu family, the Yuwen family and other Jinling aristocratic families.

but……

In recent years, Honored King Zhao Lingrui has become famous and popular among Jinling nobles and scribes from poor families.

It’s Prince Qizhu of Daqian again, the representative of the royal family.

Since Prince Yu perfectly organized the perfect and wonderful "Jinling Poetry Fair" two years ago, the Jinling Poetry Fair in recent years has been basically held by Prince Yu's residence.

This year, of course, will be no exception.

…

Yuwangfu.

The holding of the "Jinling Poetry Society" made Prince Yu's residence particularly lively today.

People come and go, talented people and beautiful people.

All major aristocratic families in Jinling, as well as talented literati, gathered here.

Prince Yu's mansion is very large.

Compared with Yan's Mansion, Jin Prince's Mansion is much larger.

And the pattern structure is very special.

There are relatively few rooms in the palace, and there is no martial arts field. Most of the land is used to create a huge pavilion garden square.

There is water flowing in it.

There are trees around.

It is really a good place for literati to find the mood of autumn and compose poems.

And Yan Wulu thought that Prince Yu's Mansion had always been like this...

It wasn't until I met Prince Yu Zhao Lingrui that I accidentally learned from Zhao Lingrui's conversation——

Prince Yu's Mansion was temporarily transformed into this appearance in the past two months. The original Prince Yu's Mansion was actually no different from an ordinary prince's palace.

This was Zhao Lingrui's massive construction project specifically for this "Jinling Poetry Festival", which was almost equivalent to rebuilding a royal palace.

Yan Wulu was a little surprised.

He felt that it was too wasteful to carry out such a large-scale construction project just for a poetry meeting.

Zhao Lingrui just smiled lightly and said that this was the only time in the past years that he had used the least amount of labor to organize this "Jinling Poetry Festival".

In the past, he would have even reclaimed wasteland in the suburbs and built a large deer platform.

"...It's just that in recent years, my father has become more and more strict with the Ministry of Industry and these construction projects, so this time I had no choice but to make secret changes in the palace."

Zhao Lingrui led Yan Wulu to the best viewing platform in the Pavilion Garden and sat down respectively. "Your Majesty, please see, when this 'Jinling Poetry Meeting' is over, Xiao Wang will change this Imperial Palace back again." of."

"...I will definitely invite the prince to come to the mansion as a guest when the time comes to see the exotic flowers, rare plants, rare birds and beasts that the young king has collected in the backyard of the mansion."

Yan Wulu laughed dumbly.

But for a while, it was hard to refuse.

I just feel that in the eyes of Yu Wang Zhao Lingrui, there does not seem to be the word "extensive construction projects, wasting people and ruining money".

…

Autumn is rising.

It brought a touch of warmth to the otherwise cold weather.

The "Jinling Poetry Society" is now in full swing.

At this moment, Prince Yu's Mansion has gathered almost most of the young talents from Jinling City and the surrounding areas.

This is the purpose of the "Jinling Poetry Club".

He could gather a large number of literati.

Such a group of people are the young talents closest to the emperor, and such a poetry meeting is also a poetry meeting that has attracted the attention of countless literati.

Once you can perform well in this poetry meeting, you may receive olive branches from major aristocratic families in Jinling and even the Daqian court.

For countless scholars from poor families, this is undoubtedly a more convenient path than passing the imperial examination.

As long as you have enough talent and participate in this "Jinling Poetry Festival", your gains will be far greater than your efforts.

And for countless gentry children, this is also a great opportunity for them to come into contact with the future successors of other aristocratic families.

Especially for the organizer of this "Jinling Poetry Society", there is a feeling that "all the heroes in the world have fallen into my lap."

The Honorable King Zhao Lingrui attached great importance to the fame and fortune that this "Jinling Poetry Society" brought to him.

…

Literati and poets gathered in the Pavilion Garden Square.

Everyone can enjoy this event.

As the event warmed up, everyone gradually became acquainted with each other, and people from Prince Yu's Mansion began to compete in the poetry competition.

Prince Yu Zhao Lingrui stood up in person and proposed that the theme of this poetry meeting was flowers.

It is obviously autumn now, but Yu Wang Zhao Lingrui still spent huge manpower and material resources to build such a garden square.

Flowers are blooming.

All things grow in opposition to their cycles.

Since flowers can be reversed, can other things be reversed as well?

For example, the position of the kings.

Presumably, this is what Zhao Lingrui wanted to express.

…

After Prince Yu Zhao Lingrui proposed the theme, he sat back directly in the main seat of the viewing platform.

He looked slightly to Yan Wulu's side and said -

"I wonder if Your Highness, Your Highness, would be interested in compose an impromptu poem?"

Yan Wulu chuckled when he heard the words and responded humbly, "Wulu is just a reckless man from the north. He doesn't understand these poems and songs."

Prince Yu Zhao Lingrui did not press too much, but instead sighed and said: "The prince is humble. Since His Highness the prince is not willing to show his talents, then I can't force myself on you."

"...It's just a pity that if His Highness the Crown Prince is willing, he only needs to compose a poem. If Xiao Wang and I have people secretly use some tricks, I will definitely be able to make this year's crown of 'Jinling Poet Saint' fall to His Highness the Crown Prince." On the body."

When Yan Wulu heard this, although he knew that this was Zhao Lingrui's trick to please him, he still couldn't help but feel a little curious...

If he had composed a poem with mediocre diction, or even inferior, unpalatable poetry, could Zhao Lingrui be able to do the same?

But of course, Yan Wulu just responded with a chuckle on his face, he was not stupid enough to ask directly.

but……

Since poetry was discussed, he didn't even invite his little aunt Yan Weiyu to this "Jinling Poetry Meeting".

Yan Weiyu is a talented woman who is famous all over the world.

It can be seen from this that this "Jinling Poetry Meeting" is actually nothing more than a recruitment meeting for young talents among aristocratic clans.

Yan Wulu actually knew some of the poems, lyrics, and music of various poets in his past world.

Moreover, it seems that there are no such "poetry immortals" and "poetry saints" in this world.

The place where scholars from all over the world gathered together was the famous Jixia Academy.

There are recorded all the poems and poems written in the world since the end of the Immortal Period.

But none of them were the ones in Yan Wulu's mind.

Of course Yan Wulu could write them out here to gain fame and fortune.
To be continued...