Chapter Fifteen: Anger Must Not Be Obtained

  Spring breeze is gentle, willow trees are leaning, the bright spring light shines on the rippling Xianyun Lake, sparkling with dots of light, like the stars in the sky shining brightly.

  A boat sailed on the upper reaches of Xi Yun Lake like an arrow, with unique and exquisite pleasure boats floating gently in the center of the lake. The young masters and ladies standing at the bow of the boats all had smiles on their faces, admiring the beauty of Xi Yun Lake.

  In the distance, a towering peak rose like a work of divine creation, piercing the sky and shrouding the mountains with clouds that stretched for miles, forming a majestic landscape worthy of the gods. This was the mysterious and awe-inspiring cloud-shrouded mountain.

  At this moment, Zhu Ziming stood at the bow of a painted barge, his eyes fixed on the clouds and mountains, as if the beautiful Xiāng Lake right before him was not comparable to the distant mountains and rivers.

  "Brother Zhu seems to have a special fondness for this Cloud Mountain sentiment..." Wang Yiniang said with a slight smile, tapping her small fan.

  Zhu Ziming smiled: "This Yunshan can be considered my first home."

  The first family? Wang Yunli was puzzled, could it be that Zhu brother was still a disciple of Huoyun Sect, but thinking back to how he couldn't even handle a few street thugs, how could he be a sect disciple.

  "Wang Yunli asked: "Zhu brother, what do you mean by this?"

  Zhu Ziming shook his head and didn't answer. You wouldn't understand even if I told you, he thought to himself as he walked into this world and fell into these cloudy mountains.

  "Nonsense..." Wang Xiaonian grumbled, now he hated Zhu Ziming so much that he wished he could kick him off the boat from behind.

  "When human world's April fragrance is all gone,"

  The mountain temple's peach blossoms have begun to bloom magnificently

  Endless longing for spring's return, nowhere to be found

  "I didn't know I had entered this place."

  Suddenly a few lines of poetry came to their ears, and the three people looked up at the same time. They saw that several painted pleasure boats were moored together in the distance, where many talented scholars were reciting poems with great enthusiasm.

  Not far from them, the painted boats of many wealthy young ladies stopped, and the reserve that girls should have made them only gaze at a distance, listening to the wonderful poetry of scholars. Their long skirts fluttered, their beautiful eyes shone brightly, and they seemed to be looking for someone they liked.

  Peach blossoms? Zhu Ziming heard this poem, looked around the lake shore, didn't see a single peach blossom tree. This poem is really absurd, can't help but feel amused: "Even plagiarism should consider the situation."

  Nowadays, the Yan Dynasty is not enthusiastic about literary style, but rather has many talented people in the imperial court, lacking in literary officials. If you say that there are also fewer martial generals, don't look at how many schools of thought there are in the Yan Dynasty, big and small, with dozens of them, and Huoyun Sect is the top school of thought. There are many brave warriors, but what's lacking is strategic thinking. However, fighting is something that requires brains, and being capable also requires brains. Therefore, under the promotion of the previous emperor, the Yan Dynasty vigorously promoted literary style, hoping to produce talented scholars with great wisdom.

  Judging from the current situation, this grand literary style movement has not been very effective. From the many idle and talentless young masters it has cultivated, we can see that much.

  Wang Yunli nodded: "These are all rich family sons, who don't know how to serve the country, only knowing how to peddle and show off their superficial understanding of literature."

  It cannot be denied that the people on this tour boat are not all stupid, it is clear that as long as they do not form cliques, they should be relatively refined and knowledgeable.

  "Isn't that Yun Cai Nü?" Someone shouted first.

  "Cloud Genius Girl!" In an instant, the calm Xianyun Lake suddenly boiled over.

  Whose reputation is so great? Zhu Ziming was surprised and asked Wang Yiniang: "Who is this Yun Cairen?"

  Do you not know Yun Cai Nü? Are you not a person of the State of Yan? Wang Yin Li rolled her eyes: "This Yun Cai Nü is named Yun Wan Qing, she is a renowned talented woman in Lingyun City, proficient in poetry, songs, and paintings, and excels in playing the zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting. She is also the treasured daughter of the master of Lingyun City, famous far and wide."

  After a pause, Wang Yunli said in a low voice: "And also Qun Cairen is the first beauty of Yuncheng!"

  The castle owner's daughter? Zhu Ziming wasn't interested in the title of talented woman, but rather that she was the daughter of the Lingyun Castle owner.

  The State of Yan has the official system recognized by Zhu Dajun, but the only difference is that this State of Yan has several capitals, and the people who manage these capitals are all appointed as city masters. The city master manages the capital without any official rank or restrictions, only paying national taxes on time every year, and is directly governed by the emperor, which can be seen as a hegemonic power.

  As the overlord of one side, it is natural to have a few pounds. The master of Lingyun City, Yun Tianchou, is said to be a martial arts master who covers the world. His family, Yunmen, is a martial arts family in the Jianghu. Although Yunmen can't compare with Huoyun Sect, it's also considered a top-notch sect.

  Wang Yunli's eyebrows revealed a hint of joy, and he shook his small fan: "I didn't expect to run into Yuncailao today, it's really worth the trip."

  Wang Xiaonian said indifferently: "What's so good about it? It's just a woman."

  Wang Yunli rolled his eyes and wanted to say something, but didn't know what to say to this brother.

  "The first beauty... " Zhu Ziming muttered a sentence, could she be even more beautiful than our family's cold beauty?

  It suddenly occurred to him that his mother, the tigress at home, and his identity as a son-in-law, had made his dream of taking in several concubines likely to come to nothing. Zhu Ziming let out a long sigh: "Flowers do not bloom again, people do not regain their youth..."

  The first time I heard Brother Zhu recite poetry, Wang Yunli immediately perked up his ears. After hearing the first two lines, he secretly praised them: "What a wonderful phrase - 'flowers do not bloom again on the same day, people do not regain their youth'."

  Can this shameless person also write poetry? Wang Xiaonian sneered at him, but after hearing these two sentences, he had to admit that he did have some literary talent.

  Zhū Zǐ Míng paused for a moment, looked around at the beautiful and delicate young lady, and let out a sigh of emotion: "Miss is as lovely as a flower made of jade, I, your brother, am not worthy to be angry!"

  "Hmm..." He thought it was a great poem, but after hearing the last two sentences, Wang Yunli was stunned on the spot, and then burst out laughing: "Brother, I'm also angry, haha..."

  "Flowers do not bloom again, people do not return to youth, the maiden is as lovely as jade, my brother I am angry and cannot bear it... Hmph!" The men and women on the surrounding boats all burst out laughing at this poem. This poem is really interesting and wonderful! As they looked at the poet, someone exclaimed: "Isn't that Zhu Ziming?!"

  Zhu Ziming, Shen's family son-in-law! Everyone recognized him, it's no wonder that this poem came from his hand, he is a treasure.

  Wang Xiaonian smiled with pursed lips: "It's better not to get angry, lest you bring trouble to the young lady."

  "Little brat, you're still wet behind the ears, what do you know?"

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  These days updates may be a bit weak, my grandfather passed away, I'm a bit busy... Sorry to all brothers... But daily updates can still be guaranteed.

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