Chapter 7: Refined Flirting

  "Hmm... this isn't quite right, is it? I'm a serious person..." Yun Zheng's face was filled with difficulty.

  The 13th princess was both embarrassed and angry, really hating that she couldn't bite him. She thought to herself, "You're a girl, letting you see me, it's clearly your advantage, yet you still have to pretend to be clever. Are you a decent person? Am I not?" Looking around, seeing no one paying attention, the 13th princess made a fierce face and quickly stretched out her small hand to pinch Cloud Jing's left arm "hard", only then did she hum in satisfaction, raising her head and going inside.

  Yun Cong let out a "ouch" and followed behind with a pained expression. But in his heart, he was amused. The little girl's strength was originally small, and she was worried that if she used too much force, it would really hurt him, so she reduced her strength by several levels. In the end, it was like she had just lightly pinched his arm, hmm, this strength is just right, not light nor heavy, but if they were in a different place, it would be even better...

  "Ah! Thirteenth Princess?" A young man's voice entered Cloud Ting's ears, pulling him back to reality. He looked up to see a young noble dressed in luxurious attire. Hmm, he didn't look bad, just a bit thin, with sunken eye sockets - who knows if he had kidney deficiency or not. Cloud Ting evaluated him with some malice.

  But then the young gentleman bowed: "Gu Xian has seen the 13th Princess."

  "Lord Gu doesn't have to be so polite." The 13th Princess replied indifferently, seeing him standing at the door without moving, and asked again: "What's going on? Today Lord Gu can't even get in?"

  Gu Xian said: "The Crown Prince just ordered, saying that today there is a great talent visiting our Luoyang Poetry Society, so let me, the landlord, come out to entertain him for a bit - eh? Who is this young master?"

  You little rascal, I'm such a big person, and you only just noticed? Yun Zheng cursed inwardly, but his mouth still maintained the demeanor of a refined scholar. He slightly bowed and said calmly, "I am Yun Zheng." He was displeased in his heart, so he omitted the second half of the sentence "Gongzi is polite," making the words sound especially arrogant.

  As expected, Gu Xian's eyebrows slightly furrowed, then raised: "Oh? So it's Yun San Gongzi. Hehe, it's rare to find someone in the Yun State Duke's Manor who is interested in poetry and couplets. Today, I must get closer to Gongzi."

  What's wrong, do you still want to compete with me? Yun Ting said, thinking that when I was in middle school, my grandfather and grandmother forced me to recite countless poems, are you afraid of me now? Even if I don't know how to compose, it's easy enough to just memorize a few. The only problem is that I'm not sure what year it is now, or else I'll end up writing something that already exists. But it doesn't matter, I can always come up with some Qing dynasty poetry and be safe.

  He didn't show any weakness and calmly said: "That's a good feeling."

  The thirteenth princess saw that the two had a strong smell of gunpowder and interrupted, "Since it's Mr. Gu who made the poem on the door, please come out with the answer."

  Gu Xian nodded: "The topic for the princess is: Plum blossoms or snow."

  The thirteenth princess nodded slightly, lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then lightly opened her vermilion lips: "Butterfly moves, not flower."

  Although Yun Cong did not like Gu Xian, after hearing this couplet, he also praised: "Good! Good couplet, good sentence! In the season of spring and winter, plum blossoms are in full bloom, like snow-covered white. Butterflies perch on the branches, their wings quietly fluttering like flowers, suddenly flapping their wings lightly flying away, making people who are infatuated with the beauty of the scene suddenly realize that such a beautiful scene is not flowers, but butterflies. The upper couplet uses the feeling of intoxication, and the lower couplet uses the image of trembling. The analogy between plum blossoms and butterfly flowers is the most wonderful and appropriate."

  The thirteenth princess heard Yun Zhēng's praise and suddenly smiled, looking at him beautifully.

  Gu Xian looked at him with discontent, thinking that they had just exchanged a perfect couplet, and his praise was well-deserved. But why did the princess only smile at him? With a sour face, he made up his mind to think of a difficult upper line to stump this martial artist.

  Gu Xian sank into thought for a moment, and finally, with confidence, said: "Yun San Gongzi's poem is: Nine heavens open the victorious realm, Peach blossoms smile silently, Clear streams flow, Flute melodies float, Cloudy mountains condense fantasy dreams."

  As soon as he came up with the couplet, he was somewhat impressed by himself and thought that he could come up with such a meaningful and difficult couplet so quickly. He thought to himself that even if someone were exceptionally talented, they would not be able to come up with a matching couplet in just a moment, and he had already won. With this thought, he suddenly felt a bit proud, slightly raised his head, and glanced at Yun Zheng.

  The thirteenth princess's face changed upon hearing this couplet, and she couldn't help but say in a low, displeased tone: "Young Master Gu, must you make such a big deal out of a simple entrance verse?"

  Gu Xian did not expect the thirteenth princess to be so straightforward in her rebuke, and for a moment he was at a loss for words. Just as he was struggling to respond, he heard Yun Zheng laugh and turn his head to see him waving his hand at the thirteenth princess, indicating that she shouldn't mind: "Your Highness needn't be angry, this humble couplet is hardly enough to stump Yun."

  Without waiting for the thirteenth princess to respond, Yun Zhēn smiled like this, a pair of eyes seemed to have deep meaning staring at her, but his mouth said: "Gu Gongzi listen well, this next couplet is: A thousand cranes fly to the Jade Pool, meeting in the fragrant grass with many emotions, the forest drips green, smoke and mist swirl, profuse fog sea ties immortal fate."

  The thirteenth princess read it once, suddenly her face turned red, and in her heart she didn't know whether to be ashamed or happy. This bad person, how can he do this? He actually used couplets to flirt with me in front of outsiders, and even said "heart-to-heart fragrant grass is sentimental" and " dense fog sea ties fairy fate", it's really too much! If he had to say something, he should have whispered it to me alone!

  The thirteenth princess was both shy and delighted, while Gu Xian was purely furious - Father had already received the exact news that after the New Year's Day, the Emperor would confer the title of Huai'an Princess on the thirteenth princess. If I could marry her, I would instantly possess such a large estate. In this way, our Gu family would surpass the Shen family and become the first family of civil officials in no time. But, but this martial artist from the Yun family dared to take advantage of the situation to flirt with Princess Thirteen! It's really unbearable, what can't be tolerated!

  Gu Xian's face suddenly turned red with anger, pointing at Yun Zheng: "You..."

  "What's wrong with me?" Yun Zheng interrupted: "Am I right or not?"

  Gu Xian hadn't spoken yet, but he heard another voice not far away: "Who dares to say it's not good? I think it's wonderful! The scene depicted in the poem is full of dynamic feeling, like a heavenly paradise, floating and fluttering, with an ethereal atmosphere that surpasses human imagination. As the saying goes: 'This scenery should only exist in heaven, how can we see it in the mortal world?'". The person finished speaking and couldn't help but clap his hands again: "Wonderful!"

  The three of them turned their heads to look, and the newcomer was a young man in his mid-twenties, wearing a blue robe that wasn't particularly luxurious but looked exceptionally elegant on him.

  The thirteenth princess smiled as soon as she saw him: "So it's Young Master Shen who has arrived. What, does Young Master Shen also want to test Cloud Big Brother before letting him in?"

  Shen Da Gongzi was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing: "Actually, I didn't think of it, but since the princess mentioned it, I'll just be a good person. Hmm... open early, close late, let the guests pass." He chuckled: "Princess, you see, I've already said I'd let them pass, don't misunderstand, okay?"

  The thirteenth princess seemed quite familiar with Shen Da Gongzi, and upon hearing him say this, she also smiled, then turned her head to look at Yun Zheng, waiting for his response.

  Yun Cong saw that Shen Da Gongzi was elegant and had a good relationship with the 13th Princess, so he smiled and said: "Hehe, it's easy to come up with a couplet, but it's hard to come up with another one that matches. Please go first, sir."

  Shen Da Gongzi was taken aback: "Haven't I already asked the question... Ah, haha, Yun San Gongzi's couplet is quite interesting." He laughed and said: "However, Yun Gongzi, your respected father and my father are close friends. Although I am ten years older than you, this 'Mr.' title is absolutely not to be taken lightly. Otherwise, when I return home later, I will definitely be beaten out of the house by my father with a stick! Haha!"

  Yun Cong's heart moved, and it turned out that this Shen Da Gongzi was the grandson of Shen Cheng Shen Lao Xiangye, the son of the current Minister of Works Shen He. Hmm, the Shen family has always been on good terms with our Yun family, it seems that this Shen Da Gongzi is on the same front as us.

  Dang Xiaolong also laughed and said: "Just taking advantage of a loophole, it's actually making Shen Da Ge laugh."

  "Alright, alright, you've answered the door question, what are you standing there for... Princess, please come in. Brother Yun, is this your first time visiting our Luoyang Poetry Society? Come on, I'll show you around." He said, taking Cloud's arm and walking inside.

  Yun Cong felt amused in his heart, this Shen brother is quite a smooth talker. However, it seems he's also quite capable, from start to finish, he didn't even acknowledge Gu Xian with a single word. Yun Cong suddenly had an epiphany: Ah, I see, the Shen and Gu families have always been at odds. Yun Cong glanced sideways at Gu Xian, this kid was furious but swallowed his anger, not saying a word.

  Yun Cong laughed loudly in his heart, haha, it seems that the Shen family is still a bit more powerful. Hey, little guy, I'm dating my own girlfriend, what's it to you? You're so excited, eat your envy!

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