The 27th Tang Dynasty Edition of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Merry Christmas!

  Although Christmas is a foreign import, although it has been Chinese-characterized into Valentine's Day, and although it has been turned into a "check-in" day by the dog-like men and women, Wu Bi still sincerely wishes all readers a Merry Christmas, and feels apologetic that this blessing appears impure due to the preceding nonsense!

  Li Chengqian didn't know that his tea had disturbed an impromptu activity between his father and stepmother, causing his stepmother to have to use her own hands to satisfy herself.

  At this time he arrived outside the Zhongwen Temple and saw Kong Longwang with a somewhat strange expression.

  Why is he so strange? It's because when he looks at Su Biao, the old man's wrinkled face cracks a smile, with a hint of respect in his eyes. When he looks at Li Chengqian, it's that kind of dissatisfied glare! These two kinds of eye expressions keep changing on the old man's face, creating this strange situation now!

  The two young couple got off the car, and then Kong Long Wang came up to greet them, bowing very respectfully: "I have seen the Crown Prince's wife!"

  He then casually bowed to Li Chengqian: "I've seen the Crown Prince."

  Li Chengqian's mouth twitched, and he said, "Hey, old man, don't look down on people like that. Since I arrived in the Tang Dynasty, everyone who meets the couple greets the prince first and then the princess. Although I don't mind, you don't have to show such obvious disdain!"

  "Crown Prince's consort, the two excellent poems you wrote yesterday will be recited in the Hongwen Academy today to inspire the students to study hard!" Kong Longwang deliberately turned his head, ignoring Li Chengqian's displeased expression, and spoke to Su He with great respect.

  "That's great." Su He said with a somewhat embarrassed expression after glancing at Li Chengqian.

  Li Chengqian comforted: "There's nothing to be ashamed of, husband and wife are one body, mine is yours, yours is also mine!"

  Su He heard and felt relieved in his heart, and smiled slightly.

  But Kong Longwang's face suddenly changed, he didn't know the privacy between the two young couples, so he thought that Li Chengqian said these two good poems were also the prince's and his. This is how shameful it is for Kong Longwang, a rigorous academic old professor. "The prince has such an extraordinary talented wife, should be proud of her, but not to have evil intentions, do such petty actions. The prince's studies start from scratch, even more can't be frivolous, should learn more from the princess!"

  "Thief's heart? Ah......" Li Chengqian took a deep breath.

  "No, Master, you misunderstood." Su Hong hurriedly explained, "These two lines of poetry were indeed recited by Your Highness, not me..."

  Kong Longwang said gently: "The crown prince's consort should not deceive the old man, the crown prince learned the Thousand Character Classic just yesterday, how could he have the ability to compose such a good poem?"

  Li Chengqian's temper flared up, and being spoken to like this by this old man made him feel completely useless. If he continued to be spoken to like this, he wouldn't even be considered a man! "Genius! Do you know what genius is? Take me for example, I didn't study but I can still compose poetry for you. Believe it or not, I'll recite one on the spot: The heavenly street's gentle rain is like cream, the grass color looks distant but is actually near. The best part of spring is here, surpassing even the willows and smoke in the imperial capital." He casually recited a poem.

  Kong Longwang and Su He were both stunned, staring at Li Chengqian with wide eyes. Kong Longwang was the first to react, praising: "Good poem! Good poem!" He looked at Su He with an admiring gaze: "The Crown Prince's consort is talented but never shows it off, I, Kong, admire you!"

  This time Li Chengqian was stunned, pointing at his own nose and saying: "This... I wrote this poem..."

  Kong Longwang smiled and said to Li Chengqian, "I thank the prince for passing on the poem from the inner chamber of the princess to me. Otherwise, such a good poem would probably not be appreciated by people in the world!"

  "No, Master, I really didn't compose this poem, nor have I ever heard it before. This poem was just made up by Your Highness on the spot!" Su He hastily explained with a wave of his hand.

  Kong Longwang smiled kindly and said, "The Crown Prince's Consort is joking! This poem was obviously written by the Crown Prince's Consort on a rainy spring day in her boudoir, and happened to be seen by the Crown Prince, who then picked it up casually."

  Li Chengqian and Su He did not convince, Kong Longwang pointed to the sky and said: "Improvising poetry must be timely and adaptable. Now it's a hot summer day, how can the prince make poems like early spring rain? I think only the princess who made 'flowers bloom should be picked immediately, don't wait for no flowers to pick empty branches' can make such excellent sentences. The prince shouldn't take credit for this, stealing the princess's name and ruining his own studies!"

  Although Han Yu's poem "Early Spring Rain" was also a product of Li Chengqian's plagiarism, after all, Han Yu had not been born yet, so it's like a trademark, whoever registered first owns it. Now that he recited it first, it became Li Chengqian's poem. But this Kong Longwang actually pointed at his face and said he stole Su He's poem to show off.

  He gritted his teeth, wanting to recite more classic poems, but seeing Kong Longwang's increasingly respectful face towards Su Hong, he was afraid that even more poems would be considered stolen from Su Hong! He suddenly felt that it didn't matter, Su Hong was his wife, and this poem was also hers. "Yes, this poem is Xiaogu," he said.

  Su He was still explaining to Kong Longwang, but Kong Longwang just smiled and didn't say a word. As soon as Li Chengqian spoke up, Su He was surprised, while Kong Longwang looked very pleased: "To be able to change after making a mistake is the greatest virtue."

  Damn it, you old fart!

  Li Chengqian was speechless, turned around and walked up the steps of the Zongwen Hall, sat on the wheelchair that the eunuch had already placed on top, and Su Heng hurriedly pushed him in. Kong Longwang was still behind him, naggingly educating him, the central idea of education was just two sentences, no taking-ism, to learn from the crown prince's wife, but he stubbornly used different sentence patterns and expressions to copy this central idea more than a dozen times! What a nagging old man!

  Suddenly, the old man asked a question: "Your Highness, what did you take 'Preface to the Orchid Pavilion' away for yesterday?"

  Li Chengqian was startled, with a feeling of being caught stealing! This old man had actually discovered that the Orchid Pavilion Preface was gone! He calmed himself and said: "The Crown Prince wanted to practice his calligraphy, so he took out Wang Xizhi's work to copy. Master, can't the Crown Prince even take one Orchid Pavilion Preface to learn from?"

  "The crown prince is overthinking, Kong Mou didn't mean that. It's just that the crown prince has started his studies anew, and he should start by writing in the clerical script, so why did he begin by imitating the draft script?" asked Kong Longwang.

  "Can't I just experience the atmosphere of calligraphy?" Li Chengqian said stubbornly.

  "Yes." Kong Longwang had no choice but to instruct Li Chengqian, "I only hope that the Crown Prince will cherish the 'Preface to the Orchid Pavilion' when he views it. This is a work passed down by the great calligrapher Wang Xizhi of the Jin Dynasty, and for over 270 years, it has been collected by private individuals. Until a few years ago, Your Majesty learned that the 'Preface to the Orchid Pavilion' was in the possession of Bian Cai, a monk at Yongxin Temple (now known as Yunmen Temple) in Kuaiji, but despite offering a large sum of money, it could not be obtained. Later, through literary talent and learning, it was acquired by the Emperor and placed in the imperial collection. It was then given to the Crown Prince by the Empress to encourage his studies, and finally arrived at the Zongwen Hall. The 'Preface to the Orchid Pavilion' has had a difficult existence and is not easily obtained, so I hope that the Crown Prince will treasure it!"

  "Alright." Li Chengqian said impatiently, already scolding the old man in his heart. The "Lanting Xu" was a national treasure, did he not know to take good care of it? Did this need to be said by him?

  "Kong had imitated a 'Preface to the Orchid Pavilion', and His Majesty praised it as having the divine charm of Wang's family. The imitation would be sufficient for the Crown Prince, who was just beginning to learn...". Kong Longwang still wasn't at ease.

  Li Chengqian waved his hand and refused: "What I want to feel is the aura of Wang Shusheng, do you have it?" The good things that have entered one's mouth are not spit out.

  Kong Longwang shut up.

  As they spoke, they had already arrived at the study room where they studied yesterday. Kong Longwang respectfully stretched out his hand to invite Su He to sit down, then picked up a copy of "Thousand Character Classic" and asked Li Chengqian with a serious face: "Your Highness, have you memorized it?"