Chapter 48 Shen Qingzhou's Double Standards
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Master Fan has written a unique and excellent poem?" Eunuch Hou trotted to Emperor Qing to report the good news.

"Nian Nian." Emperor Qing, dressed in a loose white robe, said leisurely, and Eunuch Hou began "Climbing the High Tower".

"This poem is a little too decadent." Emperor Qing commented after Eunuch Hou finished reading "Climbing the High Tower".

"After Master Fan finished writing this poem, he went to the backyard to meet the Second Prince. There were swordsmen guarding the Second Prince and he could not get close to him. I could not hear what they said." Eunuch Hou reported Fan Xian's whereabouts.

"Where is the prince?" asked Emperor Qing.

"In the Queen's palace, the Queen summoned the Marquis of Shenwu to the palace today. Later, the Marquis of Shenwu had a fight with Commander Yan. The Crown Prince was visiting the Princess in Changxin Palace. When he heard about this, he went to the Queen's palace with the Princess.

Today, the Marquis of Shenwu also wrote a poem, which was sent to Prince Jing's Mansion by the Princess. This poem was written by the Marquis of Shenwu. "Why can the eunuch serve Emperor Qing? Look at him, how competent he is.

"Marquis Shenwu is a fierce general on the battlefield, and he can also compose poetry. He is full of murderous aura." Even though Emperor Qing already knew the poem, he still felt its intimidating aura when he saw it again.

Hong Sixiang has already sent someone to deliver a message about the victory of the battle between Shenwu Hou and Yan Xiaoyi. If such a big thing is hidden from Emperor Qing in the palace, there is no need for him to be the emperor.

Emperor Qing was also surprised when he knew about this. If he wasn't a grandmaster himself and knew clearly the difference between the ninth rank and the grandmaster, he would have been a little nervous.

But now, in terms of martial arts, except for a few other grand masters, the rest are not in his eyes.

He also knew how strong Yan Xiaoyi was among the Ninth Rank. Being able to defeat him, he was definitely at the pinnacle of the Ninth Rank.

He was happy in his heart. Qin Ye, Chen Pingping and Fan Jian all had rivals. The meanings of an ordinary ninth rank and an upper ninth rank were completely different.

This Shen Qingzhou was raised by the Queen. He is completely different from Chen Pingping and Fan Jian. This is the mentality of those in power. You cannot unite.

But we still need to warn him later to let him know that he cannot take sides.

"Go, give this poem to the prince and ask him to recite it carefully. By the way, tell him about the affairs of Prince Jing's Mansion." He instructed Eunuch Hou to deliver the poem.

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The queen's bedroom.

"Cousin Qingzhou, have you ever met Fan Xian?" After Shen Qingzhou said that the champion of the poetry competition should be Fan Xian, several people were obviously a little unconvinced, but it could be seen that they were confused.

In order to improve the relationship, the prince learned a little about Shen Qingzhou's previous battlefield experience. Just to praise Shen Qingzhou's bravery, they talked about "Yellow Crane Tower", and then the prince brought the topic back to this.

The inner treasury is too important. The conflicts between the Crown Prince's lineage and the eldest princess, and even between the Second Prince and Fan Xian in the early stages, all stemmed from this point.

Hearing that Shen Qingzhou and Fan Xian had some connection, he naturally wanted to find out more. Not many people knew about the meeting between Shen Qingzhou and Fan Xian outside the city. Since Yan Bingyun was undercover, the news would not leak out. Only the parties involved and bigwigs like Emperor Qing and Chen Pingping knew about it.

"On the day I returned to Kyoto, I met Fan Xian on the road outside the city. We didn't communicate much at that time, but he left a deep impression on me. I haven't seen him again afterwards. I have heard many rumors about him in the past few days, and he is not like the one I remembered." Shen Qingzhou said.

"Marquis Shenwu is worrying too much. This person came from Danzhou and has never had any famous teacher since childhood. He probably relies on his engagement to do whatever he wants." Li Yunrui said.

"Then I may have been wrong." Shen Qingzhou naturally would not refute. He would just look at the facts later. Li Yunrui was a little dumbfounded. You can't tell. Do I want you to say more, or are you not a young man?
"Qingzhou, I met this person on the road, I hope nothing happened to him." The queen still cared about Shen Qingzhou, even though he was already sitting here safely. This was the difference between her and the eldest princess, although she also wanted Shen Qingzhou to be able to glorify the family. "Thank you for your concern, aunt, everything is fine." Shen Qingzhou's attitude towards the queen was naturally different.

"Marquis Shenwu thinks very highly of Fan Xian, but what happened?" Li Yunrui asked more clearly.

"It was just normal communication, nothing else happened." Shen Qingzhou assured that he was telling the truth.

"Qingzhou, why do you think so highly of Fan Xian?" asked the Queen.

"So that my aunt can know that on the way into the city, a scout came to report that something happened ahead. At that time, he was clashing with a mysterious caravan. The caravan had a carriage, and the people in the carriage had never appeared. However, judging from the guards, they were all good fighters. Fan Xian was surrounded by people, but he remained calm in the face of danger.

After I knew about this, I rushed over to see what was going on. The Red-Armored Knight had already arrived, but there was no conflict. This man acted with reason in his actions, and did not seem like the arrogant person as the rumors said.

But I heard the breathing of a person in his carriage who had not shown his face. He did not get out of the carriage, so he must be hiding something.

And this person has helped a lot. All my subordinates are elite soldiers who have experienced many battles. After they left, I found that they had been drugged. And I also had some signs. There is only one person who can do this and make me react. He is Fei Jie, the head of the Third Department of the Supervisory Council.

Because I was in a hurry to get on the road, I didn't pay much attention to this matter. I will ask the Supervisory Council about this matter later. "In fact, it was just the cavalry who had some reaction, and he himself was not poisoned.

In the face of Li Yunrui's murderous smile, Shen Qingzhou finished telling the story of his first encounter with Fan Xian. This is what you said, nothing happened. When I asked you, you didn't say anything. When the Queen asked you, you were afraid that you didn't say enough.

Even if you were raised by her, it won't work. That's what women are like. The eldest princess has too much power and is too beautiful. Shen Qingzhou's double standards have invisibly undermined her self-confidence.

"I had no more contact with Fan Xian afterwards, but there was an interesting thing. The mansion His Majesty awarded me was diagonally opposite the Fan Mansion. I once encountered a princess who was looking for Master Fan to cancel the engagement. I was always enthusiastic and conveyed this matter to Si Nanbo on behalf of the princess." Shen Qingzhou said.

"Empress." Just as she was saying this, a palace maid came in holding a piece of paper and whispered a report to the queen.

"This was sent by His Majesty, who said it was written by Fan Xian and asked you to read it carefully." The Queen unfolded the paper and wanted to hand it to the Prince.

Then, his expression froze, he was really shocked, he stood up and came to the "Yellow Crane Tower" that Shen Qingzhou had just written.

"Mother, what is this?" The Crown Prince and the eldest princess came to the Queen and saw two poems, both of which were works of great masters. They couldn't tell which one was better.

"Qingzhou, this person is indeed extraordinary." asked the queen.

"'Climbing the High Tower' is indeed a good poem, and can be called the best seven-character regulated verse." Shen Qingzhou pretended.

"Qingzhou, I think that Yellow Crane Tower has a more beautiful artistic conception and is better than Climbing the High Tower." The queen expressed some personal emotions.

However, if we really compare them, we still can't tell the difference. In the previous life, "Climbing the High Tower" and "Yellow Crane Tower" each had their supporters.

"Climbing the High Tower" should have more supporters, but "Yellow Crane Tower" is the opening and finale of Tang poetry. Besides, this is not a competition between seven-character regulated verse.

(I originally had two ideas, one was to cut off "Climbing the Tower" and the other was "Yellow Crane Tower", but I chose the latter)
(End of this chapter)