After the ten countries spoke in unison and the whole world praised Fang Yun’s contributions, everyone had a more intuitive understanding of Fang Yun’s contributions, and more people realized how great Fang Yun’s contributions were.
The people of Jing were unaware that the ten countries had the same pronunciation and that the whole country was showing off their achievements. After the performance, the empress dowager would offer a toast and everyone would start to eat. After a few more rounds of toasts, they would enter the next stage, which would comment on the poems of all the Jinshi during the palace examination.
However, from time to time, people looked at the pale-faced young scholar standing next to the Left Prime Minister, because in a while, that young man would have to toast Fang Yun.
Fang Yun ignored others and lowered his head to eat. Just after taking a few bites, he received a message. He lowered his head and saw that it was from Zong Wude.
"Thank you! I knew you wouldn't kill me! Good brother, be loyal!"
Fang Yun was puzzled because he couldn't see the tone of voice in the text and didn't know whether Zong Wude was joking or had misunderstood something.
Fang Yun was about to reply when he received many letters.
"Hahaha, luckily I have finished showing off my achievements, otherwise I would have been interrupted by you and would have been laughed at by you like Zong Wude." Li Fanming sent a letter from Qiguo.
"You are a step late. It would have been perfect if you had appeared when Zong Wude was being praised for his merits." Yan Yukong's words were full of regret.
At this moment, not only Fang Yun was lowering his head to play with the official seal, but a large number of scholars present were also receiving letters from friends from various countries and reading with their heads lowered.
"What? Ten countries have the same pronunciation! The whole world is showing off! Hahahaha... As expected of Fang Xusheng!"
Fang Yun looked in the direction of the voice, and for a moment he did not realize what had happened. After all, the Ten Nations Sharing One Voice and the World Showing Off Their Merits had never happened before. There were only a few words recorded in some books.
"One of the candidates who passed the palace examination in Yun State this year is a good friend of mine. I felt a little jealous when I sent the letter, haha..."
"I heard that the Qing Kingdom's palace is in chaos."
"The Qing Palace is still good, but the Lei family will probably break thousands of plates and bowls again."
"More than just broken plates. Just now a friend from Jia country sent a letter saying that Lei Shushan, who was originally the most popular candidate for the first place in Jia country, was not only disqualified from the palace examination, but after hearing the same pronunciation from ten countries, his heart was torn apart! It's a pity that it was not shattered."
"Great!"
Many scholars in the palace were talking about this.
Fang Yun quickly realized what was happening. He nodded slightly. Since this was a public event, it would be a huge benefit to him.
After all, there are remote places in Shengyuan Continent, and there must be people who don’t know his name. Even if they know it, they don’t understand it. But now that the whole world is showing off his achievements, even if those people cover their ears, they will hear it.
As for the attack on the enemy, needless to say, those people clearly denied Fang Yun. But they had to be forced to listen to all of Fang Yun's deeds, which inevitably conflicted with many of their ideas and caused problems for Wendan.
The scholars present sent letters to their friends in other countries, wanting to learn the specific situation of the homophones in the ten countries.
After a quarter of an hour, many people had eaten and drunk their fill and began to chat.
The Queen Mother coughed lightly, and the sound spread throughout the palace through the conch shell.
Everyone immediately stopped chatting and looked at the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother said in a mellow and gentle voice: "When the meal is full and the wine is drunk, according to the rules, please ask last year's top scholar to toast this year's top scholar, so that the wisdom of our people can be passed down year after year and will not be extinguished from generation to generation."
A young man in a scholar's uniform sitting next to the left prime minister stood up with a dark face, picked up the wine glass on the table, poured wine, and slowly walked towards Fang Yun.
The whole place was silent, and everyone looked at him. Their expressions were different, some were gloating, some were sighing with regret. Who could have thought that the two of them would end up like this.
There is a fixed process in the No. 1 Scholar Banquet. After eating and drinking, the No. 1 Scholar of the previous year will toast to the No. 1 Scholar of this year!
Ji Zhibai knew that his courage was broken, so he originally lived in Juwen Pavilion on Bakong Mountain, but was forced to return by the Queen Mother's edict.
Ji Zhibai had been sitting silently since he entered the palace. When he heard the Minister of Rites recounting Fang Yun's achievements in Ning'an County, he almost couldn't hold back, but was stopped by Liu Shan's eyes.
After boasting about his achievements, Liu Shan glanced at him indifferently again. He could only suppress all his anger and unwillingness, and slowly walked towards Fang Yun with his wine glass in hand.
Ji Zhibai felt like there were two mountains hanging on his legs and he could hardly move.
If the fallout from the Ning'an County literary advisor was the biggest blow in his life, then toasting in the Jingguo Palace today was the biggest insult to Ji Zhibai.
Ji Zhibai instinctively looked at the two people sitting on the dragon throne in front of the Fengtian Hall.
The young prince looked confused.
The Queen Mother's face was hidden behind the veil, but Ji Zhibai felt that her gaze was like two sharp blades stabbing into his eyes.
What the Left Prime Minister and his faction did towards the royal family and the Queen Mother went beyond normal hostility. It is no exaggeration to say that their hatred is as deep as the sea.
To this day, Liu Shan is still suspected of poisoning the late emperor, but his suspicion is less than that of King Kang.
If it was Fang Yun who fought back in the past, then this time it was the Queen Mother who took action!
Ji Zhibai's literary talent was only shattered, not completely collapsed, and the Queen Mother wanted to kill him all!
Once the literary talent completely collapses, Ji Zhibai will not be able to regain his literary talent even if he enters the former residence of a semi-saint or the literary world and is baptized by the power of the saint.
The holy power can only repair the literary talent, but cannot regenerate the lost literary talent out of thin air. Only a semi-saint can do it at a huge cost, but Ji Zhibai is obviously not worth the effort of the Saint.
Ji Zhibai knew this clearly, but he had to come, because if he didn't come, the Queen Mother would take the opportunity to make trouble at the top scholar banquet, and his mentor Liu Shan would be the first to bear the brunt.
Before the war in the north becomes clear, Liu Shan cannot make any mistakes, otherwise the Queen Mother and others will take the opportunity to expel Liu Shan from Jing State completely.
Once the situation in the north becomes clear, the barbarians win a great victory, and the human race is in danger, more officials will defect to Liushan.
Ji Zhibai knew that he had to help his mentor get through this period.
Fang Yun also stood up, picked up the wine glass, and looked at Ji Zhibai without the slightest smile on his face.
Ji Zhibai felt the other party's huge aura of the Imperial Academy, the majesty of the Void Saint, and his heart was relieved. All the thoughts of resistance in his heart temporarily dissipated, and he whispered: "Ji congratulates Fang Xusheng for being among the top ten saints."
Fang Yun nodded and said, "Brother Ji, you are too polite. Today is the first snowfall, and the barbarian army is heading south. Jingguo is at a critical moment of survival, and we must not be careless. I hope that the people of Jingguo will be united and face the outside world together. Today..."
Fang Yun suddenly glanced at the whole audience and said with thundering tongue: "I, Fang Yun, will say this first. What happened before may be discussed separately, but from now on, whoever dares to disrupt Jingguo's resistance to the barbarians will be treated like Changxi Village!" After Fang Yun finished speaking, he drank the whole drink in one gulp.
Everyone was shocked and looked serious, especially the three words "Changxi Village", which deeply stirred everyone's heart.
The officials of the Zuo Xiang Party held their breath. The three words "Changxi Village" hung over the heads of each of them like an indestructible sword of tongue.
Ji Zhibai was so angry that his face turned red, his hands kept shaking, and the wine in them kept spilling out, but he didn't dare to say a word.
He was filled with endless sorrow at the moment. As last year's number one scholar and the most valued disciple of the Left Prime Minister, his only purpose standing here was to highlight Fang Yun's strength and integrity.
Fang Yun obviously no longer cared about him and was even too lazy to attack him, but he naturally showed everyone the fate of Fang Yun's enemies and took the initiative to become the chicken in Fang Yun's killing the chicken to scare the monkeys.
(To be continued…)