idle king

Chapter 15 Invitation
The person who came was none other than Prince Ning's son Zhou Chen.

When I walked into the pavilion, I discovered that besides my sister, there was another person behind me.He immediately put away his cynicism and became a handsome young man.

"Hello, Sister Qing'er."

The woman named Qing'er nodded slightly, then looked down at the manuscript again.

Seeing people being indifferent, Zhou Chen was used to it and didn't care at all. He found a place to sit down and picked up the fruits on the stone bench to eat.

This woman is none other than Qin Wanqing, the eldest lady of the Jinling scholarly family's Qin Mansion.

The old man Qin of the Qin family was highly respected, and he was once a member of the right servant. Not only in Jinling, but even in the Zhou Dynasty, he was considered very prestigious.Moreover, King Ning of this generation is still half a disciple of Old Master Qin.

Therefore, the relationship between the two families has been very close since the father's generation.The three of them have been playing together since childhood, so their relationship is naturally very close.Therefore, they usually get along very casually, without so much etiquette.

It is said that when Qin Wanqing was born, Prince Ning had intended to arrange a marriage for the unborn prince, but later, for unknown reasons, the matter was ignored.But this incident did not affect the relationship between the two.

"I heard from my father that from today onwards, you will be fined to stay in the palace for a month. Hmph, you are exactly the same as that guy." Seeing that her younger brother didn't look upright, Zhou Jing was furious and directly Walking up to Zhou Chen, pinching his ear and lifting it.

"Oh, it hurts, sister..." Zhou Jing just touched her brother's ear with her hand, and before she could exert any force, she heard the guy shouting exaggeratedly.Even though he knew that he was putting on a show, he was still soft-hearted after all, and then he let go of his hand and let it go again.

"You were yelling when you came here just now, what's the matter? If your father sees it, you should be punished again." Zhou Jing glared at Zhou Chen who was laughing, and said.

"Hey, you really shouldn't have left early last night, and missed a good show for nothing. You didn't see those talented people..." Zhou Chen said proudly, but when he saw the coldness in his sister's eyes, After that, he instantly realized that he seemed to have said something wrong, so he immediately shut his mouth.

"I think the one-month confinement is too light, and I will discuss it with my father in a while, to see if I can add another half a year or a year." Zhou Jing snorted softly.

"Sister who is wise and mighty, I know I'm wrong." Zhou Chen immediately fell silent, coaxing his own sister with nice words, but his heart felt like weeping.

It was just that he came back late last night. His father knew that he had gone to that kind of place, so he was furious. He didn't even give him a chance to explain, and directly rewarded him.

If his father knew that he was planning to take his sister with him, he wouldn't skin him alive.Compared with his sister, he is like a pick-up...

"Tell me, what happened last night that made you so happy."

The two siblings were chatting so passionately, but Qin Wanqing turned a deaf ear to it, still looking down at the manuscript with her head down.Although she thought it was different from the official history "Three Kingdoms", but she was used to reading classical Chinese, and this new style of not too deep and not so vulgar made her eyes shine and she was quite interested.

"He also wrote a poem about painting?"

At this time, Zhou Jing suddenly exclaimed.This sound made Qin Wanqing raise her head slightly.But that's all.The corners of her mouth raised slightly, and she looked down again.

For this best friend, Qin Wanqing was also very helpless.Let's say she loves poetry, but usually she likes to listen to the stories of those wanderers in the rivers and lakes, but she is also very talented, so she can be called a talented woman.

Until the phrase "Spring River Plumbing Duck Prophet" came to her ears, a look of shock flashed across her face in an instant.

She thinks that she can also write a poem inscribed on a painting, but she can't achieve this state of knowing the meaning of the painting in a short time.

"To be able to write such a painting-inscribed poem is not only something that can be done by talent. Presumably this person also has some accomplishments in painting skills." Qin Wanqing murmured.

Since this poem only started to spread in Jinling this morning, she came to the palace early in the morning and had never heard of this new poem.

"Which young master wrote this? It's a good poem." Qin Wanqing praised.

"Hehe, if you can make Jinling's number one talented woman open her mouth to praise, Ye Chu will be able to show off in front of Jinling's talented scholars." Zhou Chen laughed.

But what made him depressed was that his compliments made Qin Wanqing's face change.

"Who did you say wrote it, Ye Chu? Which Ye Chu?" Qin Wanqing asked anxiously.

Although he didn't understand, Zhou Chen still said truthfully: "Who else is there, isn't it Ye Chu who has just recently passed the examination as a scholar. Oh, by the way, he also wrote the storybook you read just now."

This "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" script was also presented by a dog leg before him. He took a look at it and thought it was quite interesting.Knowing that my sister also likes this category, I gave it to my sister.It seems that he hasn't told his sister yet, it was written by Ye Chu.

Hearing Zhou Chen's words, both Zhou Jing and Qin Wanqing were taken aback.They thought that to be able to write the opening poem must be an old man who is not too young, full of talent and learning but nowhere to serve the country, how could they have imagined that the author was actually a young man as old as them.

Seeing the doubts of the two women, Zhou Chen shrugged his shoulders: "What I said is true. He has already admitted it. If you don't believe it, you can ask him yourself when you see him."

Having said that, Zhou Chen told everything about Ye Chu that he had investigated in the past two days.Especially when it comes to those various lanterns, they are even more delighted.

In fact, the two women are already convinced in their hearts.It's just that, unlike Zhou Jing's surprise, Qin Wanqing's expression was a little complicated.

Ever since she heard her grandfather say that she had a marriage contract with her when she was a child, she has been somewhat conflicted.She hates this kind of matchmaker's words, but she can't do anything about it.As she grew older, she also fantasized about her future husband, who would be a young man with both civil and military skills.

However, the reality poured cold water on her and shattered all her fantasies.From what I heard, I learned that my future husband is actually a nerd.Naturally, she didn't dare to make trouble with her grandfather. She knew her grandfather well.She had no choice but to find her parents to act like a baby.

In the end, my father let go, saying that the current Ye family has already become a merchant's family, and it is no longer worthy of our Qin family, and the marriage contract is beyond count.After all, it was only a verbal agreement between the two older generations, and there was no exchange of documents.

Now, listening to these things Zhou Chen said, it is completely different from the image of Ye Chu that he inquired about.

Is this still the dull, not good at talking Ye Chu?
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After arriving at Mingxiu Workshop, after explaining something, Ye Chu returned home.

On the way back, from time to time, I saw a lot of neatly dressed little beggars on the street, holding a stack of leaflets in their hands, and respectfully handed over one to everyone they met, and introduced them.

Seeing this novel scene, many passers-by also took the initiative to ask for a copy, and watched it for themselves.

On the carriage, through the window, Ye Yu watched this scene with a faint smile on his face.

It was already past noon when we got back to the house.It happened that the few dishes that old man Li had prepared were also delivered to the house.

After opening one of the dishes, Ye Yu sent someone to send it to his father in the backyard after taking a little out of each dish.These are for Xiaochan to eat.After all, the little girl was wronged.As for the other copy, it was naturally reserved for Prince Ning's Mansion.

Gently pushing open the door of the study and coming to the bed, Ye Chu found that Xiao Chan's whole head was buried under the quilt, and couldn't help but smile.

"Xiao Chan, are you hungry? The young master has brought you delicious food." While speaking, she stretched out her hand to uncover the quilt.

As soon as he lifted the quilt, Ye Chu realized that the little girl's pretty face was flushed, and she looked at her with evasive eyes, her eyes were watery.But fortunately, the red mark on his face has faded a lot. If you don't look carefully, you can't find it at all.

"Xiao Chan is not hungry." Unfortunately, as soon as he finished speaking, his stomach growled.

Then, the little girl shyly covered the quilt again, refusing to take it off.

Well, it's only been a few days, and this little girl is used to this.Well, I have to train and train well in the future.

"You stay at home in the afternoon, the young master will go to Prince Ning's mansion later. Get up and eat by yourself later."

Patting the little girl's head through the quilt, Ye Chu shook his head, then took a small wooden box from the desk, and went out.

As soon as he left the yard, he saw the housekeeper Liu Kui coming towards him.

"Master, these are all invitations sent in the morning. The master asked me to send them to you, saying that the young master can handle it by himself."

After receiving these invitations, Ye Chu glanced at them, and found that almost all of them were invited by a certain poetry society to participate in a certain poetry meeting.Or after some private gatherings, they stuffed it into Butler Liu's hands, pouted and said, "Uncle Liu, throw it away for me."

Hearing what the young master said, the corners of Liu Kui's mouth twitched slightly, and then he said with a wry smile: "Young master, you don't have to post other posts, but it's hard to refuse this one."

With that said, Liu Kui took out one of the posts and handed it to Ye Chu.

"Shen Yuan Poetry Club, isn't it still a poetry club? Is there anything special?" Ye Chu looked at the words on the post and asked in doubt.

"The Shen Garden Poetry Club is held by the Shen family, one of the four major families in Jinling, in the early spring of each year. However, it only invites students with status and fame to participate. And because the Jinling Poetry Club, which is held every two years, is in After that, the Shen Yuan Poetry Club can be regarded as a warm-up for the Jinling Poetry Club. Many talents will participate, and they will get to know their opponents well in advance." Liu Kui explained.

"Have I participated before?" Ye Chu asked.

"Ahem, the young master has never participated before." Liu Kui said in embarrassment.

"I'm not even going to go to the Jinling Poetry Club, let alone the Shenyuan Poetry Club." Seeing what Liu Kui wanted to say, Ye You didn't have time to waste here, so he hurriedly said, "Okay, Uncle Liu, you Go get busy, I have my own sense of this matter."

After watching Liu Kui leave with shaking his head and sighing, Ye Chu called a servant to carry the food box, and they went to the palace together.

(End of this chapter)