The System Forces Me to Be the Emperor

Half a stick of incense time passed quickly.

Emperor Xia gestured to Hai Dafu, and Hai Dafu ordered people to bring paper, ink, brush and inkstone with a tacit understanding.

The time has come, Your Highnesses, please write down the couplets you have made on paper. Hai Dafu sang, his voice was sharp and loud, resounding throughout the hall, lingering endlessly.

The guards brought the desk and bedding, and all the princes knelt down and began to write the quatrains that they had come across with great difficulty.

Xiao Rui hesitated for a moment, and decided to keep a low profile. He couldn't take the top spot but had to score more than five points, and he couldn't let Emperor Xia see that he was doing it on purpose, otherwise he would be insulted and targeted by him. So this quatrain must have some content, but it won't win.

Xiao Rui has some absolute chances of winning. After all, he has read so many novels, and he has to know a few couplets for pretending to be coercive. But it is not an easy task to win in a low-key manner.

So Xiao Rui thought and wrote: Paint the lotus monk painting!

This is a palindromic couplet and also uses homonyms. The pronunciation of the characters is exactly the same in reverse and forward. Although it is very difficult, it is not a quatrain. I believe that with the Confucianism of the Great Zhao Kingdom, there are still capable people and strangers who can match it.

After finishing writing, hand it over to Hai Dafu.

Hai Dafu presented it to Emperor Xia, and Emperor Xia didn't rate it after reading it one by one. Instead, he passed it on to Li Mingchong, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and said, Li Shoufu, I will leave it to you to rate the couplets this time.

Li Mingchong was stunned for a moment, then came out and clasped his hands and said, I have limited talents and learning, far inferior to His Majesty Yue, I dare not step in and take my place, and I hope His Majesty will comment personally, which is the most fair.

This is the well-known turning point Thunderbolt of the Great Xia Kingdom, how could he take the responsibility on himself, this is completely incompatible with his personality, of course he has to decline.

But Emperor Xia is a Terminator, one strike KO!

Li Shoufu is my minister, your opinion is exactly my opinion, and I trust your judgment. Emperor Xia laughed.

Li Mingchong had a chrysanthemum smile on his face. He didn't know what he was feeling in his heart, but his expression was in place, and he was very moved and said: Your Majesty trusts me so much, I am so grateful, I will definitely die after doing my best!

Emperor Xia smiled and said, Li Aiqing has a heart.

But Li Mingchong is old and cunning, how can he just admit defeat like this? Since we must take responsibility, let's all come together.

That's right, the old man is so fraternal.

Your Majesty, why don't you let the other four great scholars comment together with the humble officials? Li Mingchong explained: Since it is a return gift to the Great Zhao Kingdom, let the five of us appreciate the couplets of the nine princes. Naturally, the second line cannot be given to Zhao Guo, but the one that can embarrass the five of us, let the other ministers take a look, if they can’t agree, then it is naturally the best, what does your majesty think?”

Emperor Xia nodded in approval.

Xiao Rui really wanted to give him a thumbs up, and the responsibility for this was basically eliminated. Looking at the expressions of the other four grand scholars, they seemed to be used to it, but I believe that deep down they were still full of complaints.

It's just that the rules have also changed, so there's no scoring? Xiao Rui was a little disappointed.

Since Emperor Xia agreed, Li Mingchong immediately handed the couplets to Lu Yuanzheng beside him. He is a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion and Minister of Rites. Holding the paper, he took a deep look at Li Shoufu, with complicated emotions in his eyes, and could only accept the move. .

After he read it, he passed it on to three other great scholars for viewing. The five of them personally opposed the couplets. They were all knowledgeable bachelors with high cultural quality. We have an answer soon.

In the end, Li Mingchong sorted out the nine couplets, bowed to Emperor Xia, and reported: Your Majesty, after consultation and discussion with the four colleagues, I have reviewed the couplets of the princes and have reached a conclusion!

Emperor Xia laughed and said, I'm sorry for the five great scholars. I don't know whose couplet won?

Xu Mingchong replied: His Royal Highness Xian Wang's couplet is the best! The five of us can't match the couplet!

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was shocked.

Even Xiao Rui coughed violently and his eyes widened.

I go? play me.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Xia nodded in agreement, and said: That's right! After I saw it, I also think it is indeed the best: the painting of the lotus flower monk, other lovers, do you have a second line?

The other civil and military ministers shook their heads after appreciating the couplet carefully. They couldn't even answer the five great scholars, so they naturally couldn't think of it.

Seeing this scene, Emperor Xia smiled and said to Xiao Rui: King Xian, this couplet is very rare, do you have a history?

Xiao Rui didn't care about answering him, and didn't even bother to pay attention to the jealous eyes of the other princes, he begged: Father, my son's couplet is just so-so, how can I win? Can I let my son read other people's quatrains?

Emperor Xia nodded, and Li Mingchong handed the paper to Xiao Rui.

Xiao Rui quickly checked.

The couplet written by the eldest prince Xiao Lie is: Stepping through the three stones of Leiqiao.

This couplet is difficult, but it is a couplet with split characters. Lei characters are split into three stones, which is not inferior to Xiao Rui's.

When the words are split, there are two mountains, so when five great scholars confront each other, Xiao Lie's couplet is not considered a victory.

Looking further down, the couplet made by the second prince Xiao Yiheng is: Take a look at the wood in the door.

It is also a couplet, but the level is slightly inferior to Xiao Lie's. The five scholars gave the second couplet: Si is Xin Shangtian.

The third prince Xiao Ze wrote it more simply: Riding a horse on the setting sun plain.

Well, he is purely soy sauce, make up the number. Xiao Rui didn't even bother to read the second couplet given by the Grand Scholar.

As for the fourth prince Xiao Feng's couplet, it almost made Xiao Rui spit. Is this the quatrain he asked for foreign aid? It actually wrote: Rats are called old regardless of their size.

It seems that the couplets were satirized on purpose to disgust Zhao Huang, but this couplet is too simple, if it fails to be satirized but is satirized, it will cause a commotion.

As for Xiao Yuan, Xiao Ming, Xiao Jing and Xiao Yan, it was not difficult for them to make couplets.

Xiao Rui scratched his head, it turned out that it was not because the couplets he made were difficult, but because the enemy army was too weak.

Did he win without playing? Xiao Rui felt dumbfounded.

Looking at Xiao Rui's rich expression, Xiao Yan said happily: Brother Seven, you are so amazing!

Xiao Ze also nodded, and said: It is indeed extremely difficult to paint the lotus monk painting.

The other princes were very tasty. Xiao Yiheng, who was so cold and arrogant, couldn't help but said at this time: Seventh brother, I didn't expect you to be so talented in writing. I admire you, and you are willing to bow down.

Xiao Lie was still thinking hard about the next couplet, finally shook his head and said, I'm not as good as that.

Xiao Feng, Xiao Ming and Xiao Yuan are very tasty, what could be better than that? Xiao Rui directly won both rounds and sealed the victory directly. No, you have to make trouble.

Father, my son heard that King Xian frequently skipped classes, and this couplet is a bit strange. Xiao Yuan immediately sarcastically.

Emperor Xia hummed and looked at Xiao Rui.

Xiao Rui directly admitted: Father, this is what I heard from my son. Naturally, it was not made by my son. How can I, my son, come up with such a good combination. Since other brothers can hire someone as foreign aid, I will use others Why not the couplets?

Xiao Yuan was instantly deflated, because his couplets were also made by someone else.

Xiao Jing joined the attacking camp and shouted: Father, my son feels that since it is a test of literary talent, it loses the meaning of the competition by asking others to write it for you.

It was the Eighth Prince who hit the nail on the head and hit the most critical point directly.

The test of intelligence is flexible.

Literary talent is one's own cultural accomplishment.

Yeah, yeah, let's make it on behalf of us, voluntarily admit defeat. Xiao Feng, Xiao Yuan, and Xiao Ming grasped at the last straw. They couldn't win by themselves, and they couldn't let Xiao Rui win. If he won, the game would be over. .

When Emperor Xia heard about it, he recognized it very much: What you said is reasonable, but if you borrow your literary talent from others, you will not be able to show your literary talent. King Xian, since someone questioned you, do you have a couplet made by yourself?

Xiao Rui's heart is violently active, how should I answer?