Today is the day of the Xu Mansion Poetry Society, and many scholars in Runzhou City are very interested in it. The scholars who received the invitation felt extremely proud and honored to participate in this poetry society event.

Firstly, because Xu Qingwan is the most talented woman in Runzhou and has a beautiful appearance, which is simply a rarity for women in ancient times. In addition, the Xu family has a deep background. During the Yang Wu regime, Xu Wen was powerful.

Prime Minister, he almost ascended the throne and became emperor, but later died of illness. Xu Wen's several legitimate sons were incompetent. Instead, his adopted son Li Min took the opportunity to replace Wu and establish the Tang Kingdom in the south of the Yangtze River.

Although the Xu family was defeated in the whirlpool of palace power, Li Min was grateful for Xu Wen's nurturing and cultivation, so he did not kill all the Xu family. Except for Xu Zhixun and Xu Zhixun, he cared for many other Xu family members.

In particular, the descendants of Xu Zhijian, who had good relations with Li Min, were even more supportive.

This Xu Qingwan is the great-great-granddaughter of Xu Zhijian. The family has been operating in Runzhou for decades and has a strong foundation. In addition, the Xu family keeps a low profile and no longer gets involved in major events and confidential positions in the Tang Dynasty, nor does it do too much business.

In this way, he did not show off his mountains and focused on poetry and classics, but gradually transformed into a scholarly family.

In the past few years, Xu Qingwan's talent and reputation have skyrocketed, and she has won the title of "the most talented woman in Runzhou". Every year from February to November, the Xu Mansion Poetry Festival is held in these ten months, gathering many talents and scholars in Runzhou.

All the ladies came over and talked about poems and articles. If there were any good works, they would be compiled into a volume. This was considered a kind of literary and elegant thing, and was talked about by local scholars and great Confucians.

"Ahead is Taowu Lane, and Xu's Mansion is located there." Peng Qingqing opened the car curtain and saw the entrance of the alley ahead, telling everyone in advance.

Qingqing's father, Peng Zeliang, had a good personal relationship with Xu Yonghua, the head of the Xu family. Therefore, Peng Qingqing had followed his father to the Xu Mansion as a guest several times, and she had also interacted with Xu Qingwan several times. However, their personalities and hobbies were too different to talk about them together.

Therefore, the friendship between the two women is average, and Peng Qingqing is more willing to go to Susu to communicate and play.

"You're here today, do you need me to write poems?" Su Chen said worriedly.

His reputation as a "talented scholar" is not worthy of his name. Although the lyrics of the two poems "Qu Yu Guan" and "Die Lian Hua" circulated in Runzhou were indeed written by him, they were not his first compositions. He just recited and copied them.

He just came out. Once there was a discussion on the article and parallel rhymes, he revealed his secret. What about the complete Tang Dynasty prose, parallel rhymes, etc.

Unless the discussion was only about poetry, he had memorized quite a few Tang and Song poems, and he could throw out a few at random to scare these talented men and ladies.

Bai Susu glanced at him and said calmly: "It depends on the situation. I hope you can play freely, depending on the situation, and not fall into the name of a talented man!"

Peng Qingqing said from the side: "In the past, Sister Su Su rarely participated in this kind of poetry meeting. This time the news spread, I believe that Murong Yan'er, who has a bad relationship with us and is a member of the Ding family, will definitely attract talented people.

Or talented women will help us and use poetry to win over us. You have to live up to your expectations and kill everyone to stop them from being arrogant."

"I'll try my best." Su Chen felt a little guilty.

The streets of Taowu Lane are obviously much wider and can pass four cars running abreast. The streets are clean and paved with bluestones and bricks. They are much better than many yellow mud roads.

The huge Xu Mansion is located in the core area of ​​Taowu Lane, covering an area of ​​dozens of acres, facing north to south, with high green tile walls and a pair of white marble lions half a foot high at the gate.

The door has shiny copper nails and rings, and a plaque with two large gold-lacquered characters of "Xu Mansion" written on it.

When Su Chen, Bai Susu and others got off the carriage, they found some carriages and small sedans parked in the open space in front of the Xu Mansion. These were essential means of transportation for prominent scholars, dignitaries, yamen princes and ladies to travel.

, ordinary scholars and scholars all come here on foot.

Every time Xu Mansion Poetry Meeting is held, Xu Qingwan will invite one or two great scholars in the city or important people who have been dismissed from office in Runzhou. They were talented and influential in the past, and they will be responsible for giving final comments on the poems. The poems that can be recognized will naturally be

Soon word spreads in the city, and the talent's reputation quickly rises.

Su Chen stopped at the gate of Xu Mansion, looked around, and found a small garden opposite Xu Mansion, which was full of peach trees.

It is March, and the peach blossoms are in full bloom, colorful, and very beautiful. The name of Taowu Lane has something to do with this peach forest.

"When we come out, we can go enjoy the peach blossoms!" Su Chen smiled and made a request.

Peng Qingqing shook her head and said: "No need, there is also a flower garden in the courtyard of Xu Mansion, where you can enjoy peach blossoms."

Bai Susu asked Xiaotong to submit the invitation to the concierge of the Xu Mansion. After checking it, a servant introduced them into the Xu Mansion and took them to the Jinxiu Courtyard where the poetry meeting was held.

It has to be said that the Xu Mansion's house is magnificent and majestic, with a view every ten steps. Along the way, you can see rockery waterfalls, long corridors and winding bridges, and interlaced buildings. It is exquisite and beautiful. Su Chen couldn't help but take a few more glances along the way. After passing the main courtyard,

, turned into the garden courtyard on the east side.

After walking through the Moon Gate, you will see the open courtyard in front, surrounded by water. You can see the scenery before entering the garden. Planting flowers and trees, surrounding mountains and water, pavilions, pink walls and black tiles completely form a perfect Jiangnan water town.

Garden painting.

At this moment, many young people have gathered in front. The ladies and women are watching the lotus flowers in the lotus pond, laughing and whispering at the long bridge of the stone pavilion. There are also women with many talents, playing the strings of the piano, the flute, and the pipa.

The gentlemen stood on a grassy ground two feet away, where there were many square tables with drinks, fruit plates, cakes, and pens, ink, paper and inkstones placed on them.

The poetry meeting has not started yet, so everyone is in small groups, chatting and laughing.

This scene gave Su Chen the same feeling as written in ancient articles: There are scholars who talk and laugh, and there are no white people who come and go. You can tune the piano and read the Golden Scripture; there is no mess of silk and bamboo, and there is no labor of writing. It is really comfortable and elegant.

ah!

"Eh? Isn't that Bai Susu, the eldest lady of the Bai family? She really came to participate in the poetry meeting." Someone with sharp eyes saw the pair of Bai Susu and Peng Qingqing and immediately recognized the identities of the two girls.

"Oh my god, it's really Bai Susu. Does she really dare to come?"

"Beside Bai Susu is Peng Qingqing. Who is the other scholar in white? Is it the talented scholar Su Yixuan from Jinling?"

"Su Yixuan is here——"

When the scholars and ladies saw Bai Susu and the others approaching, they were surprised and talking.

"Where is Su Yixuan?" When more and more people present heard the name "Su Yixuan", they stopped discussing with the people around them and looked over.

Hou Shijie, Liang Youcai, Fang Chenbo, Zhao Yu and others all pushed towards the crowd, trying to be the first to see what Su Yixuan looked like.

"Master Su is here." Among the many ladies, a beautiful lady who has captured the hearts of the people quickly walked out. It was the talented Xu Wanqing. When she learned that Su Yixuan had come with Bai Susu to attend the poetry meeting, her face showed surprise and smiled.
Chapter completed!