Chapter 34: The Poetry Society
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In recent years, in order to expand her influence, Wu Zetian, the queen of heaven, has used many people, such as the works Lang Yuan Wantian, Fan Lubing, Zuo Shi Liu Yizhi, etc., and asked them to compile "The Biography of the Daughters", "The Minister's Track", "The New Ring of the Hundred Bureaucrats", "The Book of Music", etc., more than 1,000 volumes.
Subsequently, Wu Zetian secretly ordered these people to participate in the imperial court recital and the hundred divisions to divide the power of the prime minister, most of these people entered and exited the palace from the Xuanwu Gate on the north side of the imperial city, and they were called the North Gate Bachelors at the time.
These talented scholars became Wu Zetian's think tank, building momentum for her and giving advice.
Because Wu Zetian ordered these people to compile works, Wu Zetian had an excellent reputation among the literati, and over the years, Wu Zetian often held poetry meetings in the palace, and sent a personal female official Shangguan Wan'er to comment, and those who did well could be rewarded, which made Wu Zetian's reputation among the literati even more rising.
The new year's Korea-China Poetry Meeting will be held again, and like the previous year, it will be held a few days before the birthday of the Queen of Heaven Wu Zetian, as the opening prelude to the celebration of Wu Zetian's birthday.
The poetry meeting was held in the Ganlu Hall in the Shangyang Palace, and the participants could be officials of the DPRK and China, as well as scholars from the Xianwen Hall and the Hanlin Academy, and Wu Zetian also made it clear in his decree that if the officials of the DPRK and China found those who were quite knowledgeable, they could bring their poems into the palace for everyone to evaluate.
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"Liu Yi, Liu Yi, where are you?" Outside the guard of Zuo Qianniuwei in Shangyang Palace, a woman in palace clothes shouted.
Liu Yi, who was waiting in the guard, ran out with an embarrassed face, who dared to shout so loudly in the palace, except for Princess Taiping?
"I've seen the princess!" Liu Yi stepped forward and saluted Princess Taiping.
Today's Princess Taiping is carefully dressed up, with a very high bun, a few golden steps, a little powder on her face, and her eyebrows are depicted, which makes the already beautiful facial features more exquisite, wearing a bright red palace dress, tied her waist, and her posture is very upright, but unfortunately the chest is not strong enough, and there are some things that attract people's attention.
Princess Taiping's two maidservants were still standing quietly behind her, without any expression.
It just rained last night, the ground was still wet, and there was wind, the petals on the trees were blown down, and the three beauties stood in the falling flowers, which made Liu Yi feel an unusual beauty.
"Liu Yi, the poetry meeting is about to start, you go with the palace to participate!" Princess Taiping said in a non-negotiable tone.
Liu Yi was worried about what kind of identity he should use to participate in this poetry meeting that he was not at the level he was supposed to participate in, and he was also relieved to hear Princess Taiping ask him to go with him.
"Yes, princess, Rong Beizhi returned to Shangguan, that is, accompanied the princess!" Liu Yi saluted again, glanced at Princess Taiping, how could he feel that Princess Taiping's expression was a little different today.
"Come out quickly," Princess Taiping said with a wave of her hand, as she seemed impatient.
Liu Yi quickly ran back to the guard house, and reported the situation to Tang Xiujing to the Zhonglang on duty, Tang Xiujing had already heard Princess Taiping shouting outside in the guard house, and then saw Liu Yi coming in and coming back, how could he dare to stop him, let Liu Yi go quickly, and told Liu Yi to play extraordinarily and kill those officials who have been treating Qianniuwei as a showman.
Liu Yi walked out of the guard, and under the envious gaze of his companions, he followed Princess Taiping to the Ganlu Palace.
Walking on the road, Princess Taiping put away her arrogance just now, and said softly to Liu Yi: "Liu Yi, you have to play hard today, maybe my mother will come to appreciate it later!"
"Rest assured, princess, I have already thought of several good poems! It's going to surprise you!" Liu Yi said very confidently.
"That's... Can you chant to Hongu first? Princess Taiping's face was full of curiosity.
"Princess, I'll surprise you when I think about it, can I not say it for now?" Liu Yi politely refused. How can women have such a heavy curiosity, curiosity can kill people.
Hearing Liu Yi say this, Princess Taiping glared angrily, and said hatefully: "Then the palace won't ask first!" As he spoke, he straightened his chest and walked quickly into the hall of manna.
There were already a lot of people standing in the hall, Liu Yi found that Pei Xingjian was also there, and there was also a "wizard" Ming Chongyan, and there were many officials and scholars he didn't know.
Of course, Shangguan Wan'er, who was the commentator, must have been present, she was talking to a young man with a handsome face and a military general's costume, and she was obviously stunned when she saw Liu Yi following Princess Taiping.
The officials present did not expect Princess Taiping to be present, so they hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and looked at Liu Yi who followed Princess Taiping with great curiosity.
The young general who was talking to Shangguan Wan'er also came over to salute Princess Taiping.
Liu Yi also saluted several officials who knew him well, such as Pei Xingjian, and many officials already knew that Liu Yi had written a good poem "Yongliu" on the way from Chang'an to Luoyang, and it was not surprising that he appeared on the field today.
Princess Taiping can be counted as the last person to come to the poetry meeting, and after her arrival, no one came.
Shangguan Wan'er, who was the host of the poetry meeting, also raised her face, straightened up, cleared her throat, and began to speak: "At the behest of the Queen of Heaven, the annual poetry tasting meeting in the palace will be held today, and it will be presided over by the lower officials..."
After the opening remarks, Shangguan Wan'er introduced several high-ranking officials present, and Liu Yi also listened carefully, he wanted to remember everyone present who he didn't know before.
When she heard Shangguan Wan'er introduce the name of one of them, Liu Yi was very surprised.
It was the person who was standing with Shangguan Wan'er just now and talking, this young general that Liu Yi had never seen before turned out to be the right guard general Wu Sansi.
Wu Sansi's name Liu Yike is very familiar, but Liu Yi knows that Wu Sansi is in the court after Wu Zetian became the emperor, he can't imagine that now that Li Zhi is not dead, Wu Sansi is already in a high position in the court, leading the right guard general.
In addition to knowing that Wu Sansi was in power after Wu Zetian became emperor, he also knew other things, according to history, in the original history, Shangguan Wan'er and Wu Sansi had a personal relationship.
Liu Yi originally thought that Wu Sansi was a rough man like a reckless man, but he didn't expect that he was still a handsome guy, and now he came to participate in the poetry meeting again, and his writing should not be bad, no wonder he will enter the eyes of Shangguan Wan'er. Looking at the situation today, Wu Sansi and Shangguan Wan'er should also be more familiar with each other, thinking of this, Liu Yi was full of discomfort.
Shangguan Wan'er had already introduced most of the officials present, and several new scholars also made introductions, and everyone thought that Shangguan Wan'er would announce the start of the poetry meeting, but they heard her continue: "Today, there is also a talented son personally invited by Her Royal Highness the Princess, on the way to Luoyang, with a song "Yongliu" that won the appreciation of His Majesty the Emperor and the Emperor's mother, Liu Yi, presumably there will be a masterpiece to be presented today..."Shangguan Wan'er paused for a moment, and then said: "I hope everyone here can dedicate the best poems to the Queen of Heaven as a birthday gift." , the queen of heaven will definitely have a heavy reward!"
Shangguan Wan'er has presided over the poetry meeting for the third year, and she is familiar with these things on the scene, which is also something that Shangguan Wan'er is very proud of: in the past few years, she has been ordered by Wu Zetian to evaluate the world's poetry as a teenage girl.
Everyone present was sitting, and Liu Yi also had a position, just behind Princess Taiping's side, and everyone looked at Shangguan Wan'er, waiting for her to announce the start of the poetry meeting...
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