Last year and later, Ye Chen saw a lotus painting in the official collection at the Qionglin Imperial Banquet held by Emperor Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty, which was said to be a gift from an eminent monk.

At that time at the banquet, after drinking, Li Yu got excited and proposed a seven-word couplet: draw a lotus and a monk's picture.

This was a reply to a couplet of literary works, and I asked them, among these new scholars, who could answer the second couplet. As a result, none of them, whether they were number one, number two, third overall, or other second or third grade scholars, could answer the second couplet.

At this time, Ye Chen took the opportunity to propose: "Draw a lotus flower and a painting, Brother Su, can you match it?"

When Xu Kai heard this, he frowned. This Ye Tanhua was already at his wits end when it came to making couplets with others, but in the end he used the official's method of making it difficult for him to become a Jinshi in last year's imperial examination. It was really unfair.

At that time, there were nearly a hundred Jinshi, from the first to the third class, but none of them could stand up to him. When he spoke out at this time, he meant to make things difficult for Su Chen.

After Fang Chenbo and Zhao Yu heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up. They were also at the imperial banquet in Qionglin and heard this couplet. They smiled knowingly at each other and both looked at Su Chen to see his embarrassed posture.

Xu Qingwan chewed on the seven words "Painting with Lotus and Monk Painting". The palindrome couplet also uses homophones. The pronunciation of the words is exactly the same when they are read back and forth. This is very difficult. It is not an exaggeration to call it an extremely difficult pair.

She thought for a moment but couldn't figure it out. She looked at Su Chen with a lot of expectations in her heart.

Today, Mr. Su has brought her too many surprises, so at this moment, she still hopes for a miracle to happen.

"Paint lotus flowers and paintings..." Su Chen murmured to himself, and suddenly felt that this couplet seemed familiar. It seemed to be a famous couplet in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

According to records, in the Ming Dynasty, one day Tang Bohu visited a temple in the mountains and wrote this couplet on a wall painted with lotus flowers. One or two hundred years later, Li Tiaoyuan, a talented scholar from Shu in the Qing Dynasty, visited a temple in the mountains.

, I discovered the beauty of this couplet and then matched it.

As for why Li Yu proposed it at this time, why Tang Bohu wrote it at that time, and whether the records in the middle were true, Su Chen had nowhere to go into detail.

But he remembered the second line, and that was enough.

"Su, can you answer me?" Ding Yin finally smiled when he saw that he didn't answer immediately and people around him said that the first couplet was too difficult.

Su Chen glanced at him and said, "You owe me six hundred taels of silver."

"Oh..." Ding Yin's smile froze for a moment, and he continued to urge: "Don't worry, I don't care about those hundreds of taels of silver. If you can match this couplet, if you can't, then you can

In front of everyone, admit that you have lost. From now on, you are not allowed to contact Bai Susu. Wherever I appear, you will stay away."

What kind of weird request is this? Even if I can't match the last pair of couplets, I have faced six previous ones. No matter how I look at it, I have shown my talent and won by a small margin.

"Mr. Ye, this couplet is an extremely difficult couplet. It would be unfair to put it here to embarrass others." Xu Qingwan couldn't bear to see Mr. Su being embarrassed, so she felt sorry for him.

Ye Chen smiled faintly and said: "This couplet is indeed a bit difficult, but there are no restrictions in advance. This is not a well-known and unsolved absolute, so it cannot be considered a violation."

Xu Kai frowned. He used to think that Ye Chen was upright and had a good character, but today he was a little disappointed. He was about to walk out of the crowd, reveal the matter on the spot, and rescue Su Chen, but he heard Su Chen say:

"I thought of it."

This sentence shocked Xu Kai. In such a short time, could Su Chen face such a difficult pair?

Ye Chen was also surprised and asked uncertainly: "Are you right?"

"Listen up, I'll paint lotuses, flowers and paintings, and the book will be written in Han Dynasty and written in Hanlin!" Su Chen said with his head held high and a smile on his face.

Xu Kai, Ye Chen, Xu Qingwan, Zhao Yu, Fang Chenbo and others were all surprised and carefully tasted the second couplet. The pronunciation of the word was exactly the same as the original reading. It was a perfect match with the first couplet, which was amazing.

After a long while, the talented and beautiful people around him became friendly.

"That's right!" Even Xu Kai admired him very much.

"He really matched..." Fang Chenbo and Zhao Yu were dumbfounded. Even though they were not qualified as Jinshi, they were not as good as a scholar who had not yet taken the imperial examination.

Ye Chen's face turned pale instantly. If the opponent could match up with this couplet, then his defeat was not unjust.

"Young Master Su is really powerful. Ye admires him. If there is an opportunity in the future, I will ask Brother Su for advice."

Su Chen held up a strand of hair scattered on his forehead with his hand, and shook his head coolly, feeling a little lonely when he was invincible: "Brother Ye, you are so polite, why don't I also give you a pair, and ask Mr. Ye to come and check it out?"

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Ye Chen was stunned for a moment, and when he proposed a counter-argument in front of everyone, he had no choice but to accept it. He cupped his hands and said, "Please come out, Mr. Su!"

Su Chen smiled slightly and said: "Five words, smoke will lock the pond willow!"

"Smoke locked pond willow?" When Ye Chen heard these five words for the first time, he didn't think it was unusual. But when he thought about it carefully, his expression suddenly changed. The five words were accompanied by the words metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and the artistic conception was very special.

Naturally, it is very rare.

For a moment, Ye Chen was surprised, felt helpless, and froze on the spot.

After Xu Cainv and secretary Lang Xu Kai heard about it, they thought for a moment and looked shocked, unable to think of the next line.

All the talented people and beautiful women around him were like this, looking confused.

"Cousin, please be right!" Ding Yin was a little anxious.

Ye Chen pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "Ye Chen couldn't think of this couplet at a certain time, so he resigned himself to defeat."

"Admit defeat?" Ding Yin was stunned. He even lost to his cousin who was the most beautiful girl. Isn't the gap between him and himself... even bigger?

How could Bai Susu find such a powerful talent? She even defeated Tanhua.

Ding Yin was quite speechless.

"Brother Su, do you know the second couplet?" Ye Chen asked.

Su Chen shook his head and said, "I haven't thought about it yet. Hehe, I will think about it one day when I have enough money!"

Ding Yin looked at this kid's proud expression and suddenly felt very unhappy.

Ye Chen was so arrogant about his talent and so young and energetic that he had no choice but to admit defeat on the spot. However, he held a breath in his heart and his face no longer looked good. He chuckled lightly and said: "Couplets are a trick after all. Su is the best at writing seven chapters."

"I just saw the peach blossom forest in Xu Cainv's garden. It was very beautiful and charming. Ye Mou felt something in his heart and planned to write a peach blossom poem. How about everyone enjoying it?"

When everyone heard that Ye Chen was going to write a poem, they immediately became interested. Those who can pass the exam are definitely not those who have a false reputation. Although they lost to the couplets just now, they are still looking forward to him writing peach blossom poems.

Ye Chen successfully diverted the topic and covered up his embarrassment. He walked to the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk, picked up the pen and wrote a seven-character poem on a piece of rice paper:

"In March, when spring comes back and it rains, the garden is full of overlapping heights."

"The green peach blossoms reflect the red sun, and the independent flowers feel the passage of time."

"I will be a leader in my life, and I will never wait until I live up to the gold medal list."
Chapter completed!