After farming, I opened a family tree

Chapter 168 Assessment

Shen Tang's words were obviously in support of Liu Xun.

"Marquis Ning'an is determined to make things difficult for this county lady today?"

Ji Ruhui could no longer control her temper.

She could see that Shen Tang was doing it on purpose. Whenever she did something, she would come out and contradict her.

"So what if you're a marquis? I'm also a county lady appointed by the emperor himself. Now I don't have the qualifications to punish the children of a minor official?

How long can you stay in the capital? You can protect her now, can you protect her after you leave the capital?"

After no longer hiding it, Ji Ruhui put the words directly on the table.

The others couldn't help but look at Liu Xun with sympathy.

If you say she is lucky, then Ji Ruhui is targeting her now. If you say she is unlucky, then Shen Tang is speaking for her now.

"As far as I know, there is no law in Da Qi that allows a county lady to discipline the children of ministers, right?

Only the Empress Dowager is qualified to discipline court officials, women, and their children, right?

Although the County Lady is noble, she is no more powerful than the Empress Dowager and the Empress."

Shen Tang studied a lot of the laws of Da Qi when he was in Qingshan Town.

The laws in ancient times were not as numerous as those in later generations, so Shen Tang also remembered quite a few of them.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Ji Ruhui's face turned pale.

"What nonsense are you talking about! How could this county lady not respect the Empress Dowager and the Empress? Marquis Ning'an, you are trying to avoid the issue."

"Thank you for your kindness, my Lord. This is my fault."

It is said that Liu Xun blessed Ji Ruhui with a healthy body.

Ji Ruhui glanced at Shen Tang proudly.

It's like saying: See, even though you protected her, she still apologized to me.

Ji Ruhui looked much more comfortable, but she still didn't look happy towards Liu Xun.

If this woman hadn't caused trouble, how would Shen Tang have had the opportunity to satirize her.

Once Shen Tang leaves the capital, there will be plenty of opportunities to deal with her.

When Liu Xun looked at Ji Ruhui, his heart skipped a beat.

I didn't expect Ji Ruhui to be so petty. Even though she had already apologized, she still had no intention of letting it go.

She was also unwilling to apologize to such a person, but she was not alone, she still had family.

You can't make your family worry just for the sake of momentary pleasure.

Shen Tang looked at Liu Xun and always felt that this girl was approachable, even as if he had seen her somewhere before.

It's really strange, maybe that's just how magical it is to have good eyes.

The girl whose dress was wet was also taken away by the servants to change clothes. The commotion ended after Liu Xun apologized.

Zhu Shiwen continued to host the poetry reading. After about two quarters of an hour, everyone had finished writing poems.

The only problem was deciding who to appoint as referee.

Someone suggested,

"Many ladies are here today. Why don't you ask the ladies to be the judges?"

This proposal was approved by everyone.

These ladies were all from wealthy families and were well versed in poetry and songs.

It would be best to ask them to be the judges.

Moreover, after this farce, no one had the heart to appreciate the plum blossoms anymore. They just wanted to judge the poems early and win the prize.

Mrs. Zhu smiled when she received the news from her daughter.

"If you don't say these girls are better than us, they're going to ask us to be the referees."

"It's much better than when we were there. How could we dare let anyone see it?"

Someone responded.

Not long after, a group of young ladies entered the warm room, feeling cold.

The ladies looked at the draft poems brought by the maids and heard that Shen Tang was not involved, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

If Shen Tang also participates in the competition, it will be really difficult to deal with the social etiquette.

"I think Miss Chen's poem is quite elegant. She is indeed worthy of being the daughter of the Shangshu family."

"If you ask me, Miss Du's poems are better."

"I think Miss Zhang is the most outstanding one."

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The ladies of each family are all shrewd people, and the men they choose are all of noble status.

In the end, even these young girls could not be picked out.

The girls chose to fight for a momentary anger, but what they chose to fight for was not simple.

Madam Zhu had no choice but to take on this responsibility for the sake of face, but it made no difference to her who was chosen, after all, they were all daughters of civil officials.

Looking at Shen Tang turning the teacup, Madam Zhu suddenly had an idea:

"Why not let the Marquis choose?"

"Shen Tang comes from the countryside and has not received much education. He is not suitable."

Shen Tang smiled and shook his head at Mrs. Zhu.

Unexpectedly, after Shen Tang said this, Madam Zhu's smile deepened:

"Your Majesty is truly too modest. Have you all forgotten who wrote that collection of plum blossom poems?

I have nothing in Jiangnan, so I give you a branch of spring.

Although the Marquis claimed that these poems about plum blossoms were not written by himself, even so, the Marquis had seen more quatrains about plum blossoms than everyone else, so he naturally deserved it.

Besides, since the Marquis said he had not received much education, it is even more appropriate for him to be the judge. Only in this way can the poems selected be the most simple and natural."

Mrs. Zhu's words were very beautiful, and they reminded many people that the collection of plum blossom poems that caused a sensation in the Shengjing literary circle half a year ago was actually written by Shen Tang.

The expressions of everyone present changed.

Yes, Shen Tang was the one who took out the collection of poems about plum blossoms!

Even though Shen Tang couldn't write poetry, she could take out so many poems about plum blossoms and naturally memorize them.

Having seen so many good poems about plum blossoms, I naturally have a lot of understanding of these poems.

"Yes, Lord, why don't you choose?"

Someone immediately followed Mrs. Zhu's words and spoke up.

Looking at Ji Ruhui's calm face, everyone felt that it would be better for her not to be the referee.

Shen Tang looked at everyone, knowing that he couldn't escape this, so he could only bite the bullet:

"There is no first in literature, and no second in martial arts. I will just pick out three."

"Of course it's possible."

Shen Tang did not perfunctorily read the poem carefully.

Many girls clutched their handkerchiefs tightly.

If you pick three songs, your chances are still very high.

I have to say, many of these girls are really good writers.

Shen Tang did pick out the three best ones.

When it was delivered to Mrs. Zhu and others, it was unanimously approved.

The final result was that two of the three poems were written by the daughters of civil officials, and one was written by the daughter of a military general.

The general's daughter was none other than Liu Xun, who had been targeted by Ji Ruhui before.

Liu Xun was also surprised when his name was called.

“Although this poem is not as ornate as the previous two, it is very emotional.

The bitter cold outside the Great Wall is fully reflected in these plum blossoms."

All three of them had smiles on their faces, and the daughters of the generals were even happier.

This is a rare time for them to be on the list.

But then, the division of the lottery among the three people made everyone feel troubled.

After all, everyone wants a good start.

"If you ask me, we should just draw lots.

Luck is also part of strength."

Seeing the embarrassed looks on everyone's faces, Shen Tang suggested.