"Miss Xia, you're welcome. I don't know how to write poetry at all. I just make a few nonsense sentences. If we talk about talent and learning, Miss Xia is much better than me." Shen Ning smiled and helped Xia Yuyan up.
What she said was originally telling the truth, but when everyone heard it, they felt that she was being self-effacing. She was really broad-minded, and her magnanimity was incomparable to Xia Yuyan.
Queen Mother Zhou's eyes paused silently on her face for a while.
She felt that she had made a mistake. Princess Dingyuan did not look like a fool.
Just looking at the two poems she made, one is ingenious and the other is majestic. Even a well-educated scholar may not be able to write it.
She couldn't help but feel a little uninterested in the next two competitions.
Because as long as she saw the emperor's eyes staring at Princess Dingyuan, she knew that all her thoughts were in vain.
She originally wanted to use Xia Yuyan's talents to suppress Shen Ning and make Shen Ning reveal her own ugliness. When the emperor found out that she was useless, he would naturally give up on her.
Unexpectedly, things turned out to be exactly the opposite. Her careful arrangements not only did not make Shen Ning disgraced, but made her even more radiant.
Empress Dowager Zhou knew that these two poems would soon spread and become masterpieces that were recited by everyone. By then, the rumor that Princess Dingyuan was a loser would be dispelled.
Maybe the title of the most talented woman in Kyoto will fall on her head.
Well, it seems like I shot myself in the foot.
Empress Dowager Zhou stared at Shen Ning. She felt that she should be very angry, but there was a feeling of admiration and appreciation in her heart unconsciously.
With such a broad mind and magnanimity, and being so young, even I couldn't compare to her back then.
Her piercing eyes made Shen Ning feel a little embarrassed, and she kept muttering in her heart, why does this old lady keep staring at her? She has never heard the two poems she recited, right
"Queen Mother! Queen Mother!" Mo Chuan called Queen Mother Zhou twice before she came back to her senses.
"Well, Emperor, what do you want to say?"
"I would like to ask my mother if the next competition will continue?" Mo Chuan said with a smile.
I have to say that Shen Ning's two poems not only shocked Queen Mother Zhou, but also gave him a big surprise.
He didn't care at all whether Shen Ning could compose poems or lyrics, but he felt honored to see her shine in front of everyone.
Empress Dowager Zhou was about to say, no need to compete.
But once she saw Mo Chuan's smug eyes, she changed her mind.
"Of course, Yue'er, the Ai family has long heard that you are very good at painting. Are you willing to paint one today so that the Ai family and the emperor can feast their eyes on it?"
Queen Mother Zhou looked at Wu Yuer with a smile.
Wu Yue'er has been eager to give it a try and has been waiting for this opportunity.
She stood up gracefully and bowed down: "Yue'er is willing, please ask the Queen Mother to propose the question."
Empress Dowager Zhou smiled and said: "Just use the surrounding scenery as the theme. You can draw it as you like. It's your choice to draw people or scenery."
She smiled again and turned to Shen Ning: "Ning'er, just now Aijia was chatting with the emperor, and he also praised your paintings. He said that the paintings you painted were lifelike, with birds flying and fish swimming, so Aijia I’d also like to see it, so why don’t you draw one and let the Aijia and the emperor evaluate it together.”
After she finished speaking with a smile, Mo Chuan's eyes twitched fiercely, and he couldn't help but look at Queen Mother Zhou and gritted his teeth.