Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

Yeah, I think you just want to let it go.

Li Xin really wanted to say that, but he didn't say it in the end, he just gave Chen Youlan a meaningful look. Even Xiaoling couldn't help showing a little guilty expression after hearing Chen Youlan's words.

The last time Chen Youlan competed with Li Xin, she was there. She has seen with her own eyes how terrible her own lady's loss is. As for whether Chen Youlan would be able to take the initiative to restart this sealed game in her lifetime, no matter how naive she was, she knew that the answer should be no.

"Oh, anyway, one yard is worth one yard." Chen Youlan forcibly interrupted the topic about the last game.

Li Xin raised his eyebrows, but didn't say much. There is no way, girls, you must give way.

Chen Youlan continued: "Three days later is Qixi Festival, Zuichun Tower will hold a large-scale poetry meeting, you and I will both go to it, and see who can win. If I win, the one hundred guan from my Chen family will be paid for." You get 20% and half. If I lose, 10% will be 15%, and I will help you meet your sister, how about it?"

Li Xin finally understood what Chen Youlan was planning. She thought to herself that she would never lose to Li Xin in poetry, so she was so generous and sold herself first as bait. She knew that Li Xin had heard that his fiancée was ugly, so it was difficult for him to refuse the temptation to see her true face with his own eyes.

In her opinion, as long as Li Xin agrees to compose poetry with her, then she will definitely not lose. At that time, you can earn half a cent more without spending a penny. I have to admit, if Li Xin is still the original Li Xin, this is really a good wishful thinking.

Unfortunately, Li Xin who was standing in front of Chen Youlan had already been reborn.

"Okay, I agree. Let's do it like this." Li Xin smiled harmlessly, as if he was cheated and counting money happily.

This girl must be very happy, right? Maybe how to arrange it I am stupid. Li Xin looked at Chen Youlan's bright eyes, and couldn't help but think in his heart a little funny. He suddenly looked forward to Chen Youlan's expression when he saw him writing a poem, it must be very exciting.

After the discussion was made, Chen Youlan left Chu Palace with Xiaoling without staying any longer.

Watching the two leave, Li Xin's expression gradually became more sly, and he whispered twice: "Qixi, Qixi, hehe, you invited me to celebrate Valentine's Day so early?" Well, actually Li Xin was just talking casually for fun. He is very clear that the Qixi Festival in the Tang Dynasty has not been endowed with the meaning of "Valentine's Day" like later generations, just as St. Valentine's Day in the West was not Valentine's Day in the popular sense at the beginning.

Li Xin hummed a song and slowly returned to the back hall. He wanted to see what Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu were doing, but he didn't expect that the kitchen was already empty. According to the cook, shortly after Li Xin left, the two of them left through the back door with two bottles of wine each, and they probably went back to meet business.

In fact, as soon as Li Xin left, Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu looked at each other, and tacitly began to search every corner of the kitchen together to see if Li Xin had any hidden wine, planning to share the spoils. Unexpectedly, they really got nothing in the end, so they both walked away disappointed.

Looking at the kitchen that seemed to have been patronized by a hundred robbers in front of him, Li Xin couldn't laugh or cry, he could only curse these two scum.

Three days passed quickly, and it was the annual Qixi Festival in a blink of an eye.

Qixi Festival, also known as Qiqiao Festival, Girl's Day, Qiqiao Festival, etc., is a traditional Chinese folk festival, which is derived from the worship of stars. It is held on the seventh night, hence the name "Qixi". On this day, girls in every household will worship Qixi, pray for blessings, make wishes, beg for skill, sit and watch Altair Vega, pray for marriage, store water for Qixi Festival, etc. This is the traditional custom of Qixi Festival.

The literati like to use this excuse to gather together for banquets, write poems, drink wine and so on.

Although Li Xin was not interested in literati and refined scholars, he still came to the Zuichun Building in Dongshi because of the promise he had made with Chen Youlan, with Qin Huaiyu by his side. As for Cheng Chumo, a downright rude person like him always scoffed at activities like poetry gatherings, so he didn't come.

Strange to say, although he came from a family of warriors, Qin Huaiyu unexpectedly liked reading and poetry. Li Xin always felt that this might be a manifestation of genetic mutation. Although Qin Huaiyu was tall and burly in appearance, he was almost the same as his father Qin Qiong. Writing a book or holding a pen to write and draw something is really against the law.

Of course, it was impossible for Li Xin to tell Qin Huaiyu about such inner activities, after all, he didn't want to be strangled to death by Qin Huaiyu on the spot.

Both of them were wearing Confucian shirts that symbolized scholars, and they looked refined. As soon as they arrived outside Zuichun Tower, they were welcomed in by Xiaoer. He had already received an order from his superiors, all those who looked like scholars could be invited into Zuichun Tower to drink a glass of water and wine tonight.

The main body of Zuichun Tower is a wooden embroidery building. The interior decoration is also good and quite elegant. Today, the Tanabata Poetry Conference is being held here with such great fanfare, I am afraid that it is essentially for the sake of fame.

Talented scholars drink and write poems here, enjoying the joy of the banquet, and Zuichunlou gets the fame brought by the poems. If there happened to be some poems that could be handed down in this poetry meeting, the name of Zuichunlou might even become famous along with this poem, and become a resort in the hearts of literati. At that time, its business will naturally rise to a higher level. After all, literati in the Tang Dynasty were the main consumers in places like restaurants.

Li Xin and Qin Huaiyu sat down in an elegant seat, and casually surveyed the surrounding environment. The attentive waiter immediately offered two glasses of wine, and said, "Tonight's Chinese Valentine's Day event, my shopkeeper invites all the gentlemen to have a glass of water and wine. I wish you all success in the future and a bright future!"

Qin Huaiyu smiled politely, took the wine handed over by Xiao Er, put it aside casually, and ordered two pots of tea and a few side dishes—after drinking Erguotou, he felt like drinking water when he drank other wines , so simply stopped drinking.

Li Xin has no obsession with wine, tea and wine don't matter to him. The two chatted while eating, and Li Xin looked around from time to time, looking for the two familiar figures.