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Life in Chang'an Chapter 22: Poetry Meeting of Women's Family (Part 1)

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    As time went by, the banquet slowly entered the climax, with literati reciting poems, listening to songs and dancing, military generals wrestling and competing loudly bragging about their heroic appearance on the battlefield, and high-ranking officials and dignitaries forming gangs to manage relationships, or  Male or female attendants floated through the crowd like butterflies in flowers, presenting all kinds of food and wine.

    Li Min and his group of young people were even more active members at the banquet. According to their different hobbies, they could do anything from wrestling, pot throwing, drinking, dancing, etc., and these games had jackpots, which was equivalent to disguised games.  Gambled.  However, they are energetic at their age. Those who are older can't let go of some things, but they don't care about it. They can play whatever comes to their mind. As long as they don't go too far, no one will care about them.

    Li Ke has a wide range of interests, and he is 70 to 80% drunk. He drags Li Min and a few accomplices to play with everything. Not to mention, this guy is said to be versatile, throwing pots,  I had a good time dancing and other things, and I also won a lot of prizes.  Unfortunately, Li Min was in trouble. Not many of these things were good, and he lost a lot of money after a few laps.

    "It's no use. If I lose again, I'm going to lose my pants!" Li Min said very helplessly. Just now he was playing hut with a group of people, and he lost in the first round.  The game of Tou Hu is very simple. It is to place a big pot not far away, and then throw arrows into it. The one who hits the pot wins. This game is simple and interesting, and can be played by multiple people at a time, so it is very popular among the nobles of the Tang Dynasty.  .  Li Min and his group of young people were a little bit special when they played. Everyone had to spend a certain amount of money as a lottery, and then throw pots at the same distance. Those who didn't win were eliminated, and those who won moved the distance further and played the next game.  Rounds of competition continue until a winner emerges, and of course all prizes belong to the winner.

    "Liu Lang, who doesn't know that the new tea leaves in your house are sold very hotly, with nearly a hundred dollars in revenue every day, what's this small amount of money?" Li Jingye, who was next to him, took a sip of juice and said with a smile.  Among them, Li Jingye was the youngest, even a few months younger than Li Min. However, this guy was the most active, and his pot throwing skills were excellent. He won the pot throwing game just now.

    "Shit, what do kids know? It's good to earn nearly a hundred dollars a day, but after deducting various costs such as labor, space, materials, etc., half of the pure profit is already good." Li Min said with a look of contempt.  He said, it was Li Jingye who had just encouraged him to play hut, but all the money he lost went into this kid's pocket.

    "What kid? I'm very dedicated. I'm getting married at the end of this year. I'm sure to be a father before you do!" Just as he was talking, Li Ke smiled and counted the money and walked over with Cheng Chuliang. The two of them had just set up a trap.  Wrestling with others, he won ten games in a row. In the last game, Li Ke set up a bet. Everyone bet on Cheng Chuliang to win, but they didn't expect that Cheng Chuliang deliberately let go and lost the game. As a result, all the money went to Li Ke. Now the two  When people came here and were about to divide the spoils, they happened to hear Li Min's words.

    "No, you are getting married when you are only fourteen?" Li Min said in great surprise. Looking at Li Jingye's small, ungrown body, were he really worried that getting married so early would affect his growth and development?

    "Tch~, there's nothing surprising about this. All my personal maids have given birth to a son for me this year." Li Jingye said the explosive news with a proud look on his face, leaving Li stunned.

    "Oh, it's a pity that I have to wait for Qinghe, otherwise my son might call him daddy?" Cheng Huailiang sighed with a matter-of-fact expression.  Ancient people got married very early. Some men got married at the age of eleven or twelve. It was common for people to become fathers by the age of thirteen or four. Didn't Li Min in the past also mess around with a few maids early?  So no fuss at all.

    "Then I would like to congratulate Jingye. Which family is the girl from? Is she pretty?" Li Min asked in a very gossipy manner. Maybe it was because they were similar in age, and he and Li Jingye were very talkative.

    "Hehe, the other party is the granddaughter of Wei Gong. I only heard that boy Ye Xu boast about how beautiful his sister is, but it's a pity that I haven't seen her yet!" Li Jingye said with embarrassment while touching his head.  Li Yexu is the grandson of Duke Wei Li Jing, and the person Li Jingye wants to marry is his biological sister. However, Li Yexu did not come to the banquet. I heard that for some unknown reason, he was beaten with a stick by Duke Wei.  He was seriously injured and is still lying in bed, poor guy!

    "By the way, Miss Li must have been brought by Duke Wei tonight. Why don't we go to the main hall and have a look, so that Jingye can have a good idea!" Li Ke suddenly slapped his thigh and suggested excitedly.

    "What a great idea! Almost all the rich and noble ladies from the entire Chang'an City are here today. We can not only help Jingye to check things out, but also feast our eyes on it. It's like killing two birds with one stone!" Cheng Huailiang, a pervert, immediately opened his eyes when he heard that he wanted to see the beauty.  Guang, apart from drinking and fighting, his favorite thing is admiring beautiful women.

    Before Li Min could object, he was attacked by Cheng Huailiang.Qin Huaiyu and others who were attracted by the door also gathered around, shouting "Let's go together~ Let's go together~".  After all, they are all young people, and everyone has a love for beauty, so when they hear about seeing beautiful women, their eyes light up green, and they almost turn into human wolves.

    "It's okay to go, but we must at least have a reason. We can't just tell people that we are here to see a beautiful woman?" When Li Min saw the situation, he knew that he couldn't persuade her at all, so he simply came up with another problem to stop her.

    But when Li Ke heard this, he waved his hand and said with drunken eyes: "This is easy to handle. Liulang and I haven't paid our respects to our mother and concubine today. Let's go there now. As for everyone present, we are brothers and friends, so of course we have to go together."  Greetings!"

    "What a plan!" The people below praised loudly. Although the reason is a bit far-fetched, it is just a reason anyway. It can be justified. Besides, with Li Ke standing in front of him, they can't be blamed for anything that happens.  superior.

    Under the leadership of Li Ke, Li Min could only helplessly follow the crowd towards the main hall. He took a look and found that there were probably more than twenty people in this group, all of whom were friends with Li Ke and Li Min.  There were also many young people staying at the venue, and they were all friends with Prince Li Chengqian or Li Tai.

    Their venue is right in front of the main hall, so after walking around the venue, we arrived at the main hall.  Now that the sky has turned slightly dark, candles have been raised in the main hall. The entire hall is brightly lit, and coupled with the laughter of women from time to time, it seems very lively.

    A poetry meeting is currently being held in the main hall. Among the famous ladies, many are talented women who have read poetry. I don¡¯t know who started first. As long as there is a woman in the meeting who can write a few lines of poetry, now  They all participated in the poetry meeting, and Concubine Yang, who had the highest status, and several noble ladies served as judges.

    As soon as Li Min and others entered the hall, they immediately attracted the attention of all the women. The ones walking at the front were Li Ke and Li Min. Li Ke was already a little drunk and his face was in an invincible state.  However, Li Min only felt a fever on his face. After all, whether in his previous life or in the Tang Dynasty, this was the first time that he was stared at by so many women at the same time.

    "My son, I have come to pay my respects to my concubine!" As soon as he entered the hall, Li Min saw Concubine Yang and a group of noble ladies surrounding a hot pot, eating and talking to the noble ladies around them, looking very comfortable.  Li Ke and Li Min hurriedly came up to salute, and Cheng Hualiang and others behind them were no exception.

    "Haha, get up quickly! The hot pot you made for Liulang is really good. My mother and the ladies all like it very much!" Concubine Yang was very happy to see Li Min, and she pulled him over and kept talking,  Then he introduced several noble ladies around him to Li Min, with a proud look on his face, obviously showing off her good son to the ladies.

    These ladies were either princesses or eldest princesses, and the worst ones were also the wives of the princes. They were all Li Min's elders. As a result, he had to salute all the time. He felt that just doing this circle of salutes was more tiring than hosting this banquet.  As for Li Ke, Cheng Huailiang and others, they had already set their eyes on the young and beautiful women around them, and all of them looked like pig brothers.

    "Liu Lang, you are here just in time. There is a great talent in our poetry meeting. You are a famous poet in Chang'an City. How about you come and comment on this poem?" Just after introducing the ladies, he suddenly heard  Princess Hejian said, and handed a poem in her hand to Li Min.

    Li Min was still a little confused about the situation and was at a loss for a while. He only understood it after Concubine Yang's explanation.  It turned out that after the poetry meeting was launched, everyone present wrote their own poems on paper without leaving their names, and asked Concubine Yang and other judges to choose the best one. But what I didn't expect was that among these poems,  A rare and beautiful poem unexpectedly came out. Just when Concubine Yang wanted this poem to win and find out who wrote the poem, Li Min and the others came in.

    "Mother, you have found the right person. Liu Lang is a great talent. How about asking Liu Lang to recite a poem after reviewing this poem?" Li Yong, the kid, yelled. He went everywhere to brag about Li Min.  Although the three poems of "About to Enter the Wine" are proof of his poetic talent, there are still many stubborn people who do not believe that it was Li Min who did it. They just took this opportunity to let Li Min show off his skills to see who else will come next.  Dare to doubt.

    "What a good idea! I've heard about Liulang's poetic talent for a long time, and today I can finally see it!" Li Yong's suggestion was immediately praised by Qin Huaiyu and others behind him. Most of the women in the field were excited and flushed. Li Min  The poems he wrote have captured the hearts of many women. It's no wonder they were excited to see Li Min recite his poems in person today.

    "Okay, okay~, Min'er, please quickly review the poem in your hand, and then compose another one to show me your poetic talent!" Concubine Yang was also very happy. Although she still had some doubts about her son's poetic talent, she  Since the son can write a good poem like "The Wine Will Come in", if he writes another good poem today, his talent and learning will be recognized by everyone. As a mother, who doesn't want his son to be successful?

    "Yes, I obey my orders!" Li ?He glared at Li Yong angrily, how could he have any poetic talent?  If he couldn't find the appropriate poem today, he would be in disgrace.

    "When will the bright moon be full? Now let me ask the blue sky. I wonder what year it was in the palace of heaven now and then?"  I want to ride on the wind, I have no feathers and robes, I hold wine and get drunk, it is cold and helpless in the middle of the night.

    As Li Min recited softly, the people around him gradually became quiet. There were nearly two to three hundred people in the entire hall, all staring at Li Min.  However, in a corner where no one was paying attention, a girl's face suddenly turned red after hearing this poem, especially because the person reading the poem was Li Min, which made her shy but also vaguely expectant.

    "A good poem with a good artistic conception. The whole poem is straightforward and easy to understand, but the artistic conception is profound. It only uses a few words to outline a lonely and helpless woman in a boudoir. It is indeed a rare masterpiece of a boudoir!" Li  Li Min said happily, fortunately, there were no difficult words or words in this poem, he could understand it, and this poem was somewhat similar to Su Shi's water tune song, so Li Min could speak a few words.  sentence.

    "Haha, what Min'er said is right. My mother and several wives also commented in the same way. In today's poetry meeting, this poem should be the first one." Concubine Yang felt even more relieved when she saw that Li Min's words were clear and logical.  He smiled and said to everyone that after hearing this poem, other people who participated in the poetry meeting compared their own poems with it and found that the artistic conception was indeed a bit different, and everyone nodded in agreement.

    "Yes, who wrote this poem? Please come forward and let everyone get to know you, a talented woman!" Princess Danyang also smiled and said. This Princess Danyang is Li Shimin's sister. She is very talented and learned, but unfortunately she married  Xue Wanche, a martial artist. For this reason, the princess had a temper and was unwilling to sleep with Gong Wanche. Later, the two reconciled after Li Shimin's mediation. She was also one of the judges of this poetry meeting.

    ¡°But what everyone didn¡¯t expect was that after Princess Danyang asked several times, no one came forward.

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