Chapter 354 A Dashing Young Man, a Tree of Pear Blossoms Overshadowing a Crabapple Tree

As Ning Chen spoke, everyone's eyes fell on Xu Shuhan.

The whole court, civil and military officials, pinned their hopes on him.

They didn't expect their poems to be better than Ning Chen's, but as long as their level was not too far behind, they wouldn't lose too badly.

The Regent frowned, "Mr. Xu, let the Marquis also experience the style of my Wuguo Poet Immortal."

He invited so many famous scholars and spent several days thinking about it... I'm sure the poem he polished wouldn't be bad.

Even if it wasn't as good as Ning Chen's poem, it wouldn't completely disgrace the Wuguo literary world.

Xu Shuhan's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and his back was soaked.

He slowly clasped his hands, bent down, and lowered his head, which had been held high since he entered the door. His voice was hoarse and dry, "The Marquis is a great talent, and I am just a firefly. I lost!"

Immediately, he knelt down and said ashamedly: "Your Majesty, Prince... I am not as knowledgeable as the Marquis, please forgive me, Your Majesty, Prince, I deserve to die!"

The civil and military officials were shocked at first, and then exploded.

This? ? ?

They wanted to curse.

A complete defeat, a complete defeat.

I didn't even have the courage to speak.

After this battle, the literary world of Wu State lost face.

The regent's face was so gloomy that water was about to drip out.

He invited so many famous scholars to polish his poems day and night...In the end, he didn't even have the courage to speak. It was a great shame and humiliation, and it was like a slap in his face.

In fact, the worst was Xu Shuhan, whose reputation was ruined in an instant, and from now on, he would become a laughing stock.

Of course, whether he can survive is still uncertain...Looking at the cold eyes of the Regent, he might turn around and kill him.

Ning Chen put his hands behind his back, looked around at everyone, and said: "You adults can also try...As long as there is a poem that can surpass mine, I will lose!"

Want to see me make a fool of myself? You rubbish, come together, I will beat ten of you alone, no, I will beat you all...Ning Chen complained wildly in his heart.

The faces of the civil and military officials of Wu State were flushed.

The famous scholars of Wu State did not even have the courage to speak...Whoever speaks now will humiliate himself.

Ning Chen's eyes fell on the Regent, "How about the Regent give it a try?"

The muscles at the corners of the Regent's eyes twitched. If he could do it, he wouldn't have to invite so many famous scholars?

These trash, hundreds of years old in total...can't even beat a young boy.

He now feels like he has shot himself in the foot.

Is this humiliating Ning Chen?

This is clearly to make him famous.

The regent suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice: "I am a military commander, and poetry is not my forte."

Ning Chen burst out laughing, "Then you are just average as a regent... You need to use your brain to fight a war, how can you do it without studying?"

"Alas... There are too few people like me who are both civil and military, and the biggest regret in life is that I have no opponents... It's lonely at the top, and life is really lonely like snow."

The faces of the civil and military officials in the court twitched, and they almost couldn't help spitting saliva on Ning Chen's face.

Ning Chen looked at the regent, whose face was livid and whose back teeth were almost broken, and said kindly:

"Don't be angry, Regent. Although I said the truth... I definitely didn't mean to say you were trash. I was just expressing my feelings. The regent is generous and will definitely not take it to heart, right?"

"And what I said just now was not my boasting. It was said by His Majesty the Great Xuan Emperor... He said that I was a romantic and suave young man, and a pear tree overshadowed a crabapple tree."

The regent's face was so gloomy that water was about to drip out.

Suddenly, someone burst out laughing.

Everyone's eyes fell on the empress.

The regent's face became even uglier, uglier than his parents died.

The empress cleared her throat and said, "It's just a literary friendship. There's no need to make a scene."

Ning Chen was about to say a few polite words, after all, the empress was pregnant with his child? And this child was the future monarch of Wu State, so he still had to give her some face.

Otherwise, with his temper, he would not stop until he had trampled the regent's face on the ground.

However, before he could speak, the regent said first: "I just said that I am not good at poetry... These things are inferior after all. They are fine for leisure time, but they are useless on the battlefield."

Ning Chen stared at the regent and suddenly laughed.

Regent, regent... You want to die, I will help you.

"I don't agree with what you said, regent. How can reading be inferior? Reading can enlighten you, talk about etiquette, and know the general situation... If you are ignorant, wouldn't you become an uncivilized barbarian?"

"If you let the scholars in the world hear this, wouldn't it chill their hearts?"

"Regent, this marquis will give you a word... Everything is inferior, only reading is superior!"

Ning Chen said righteously and passionately.

The regent's face changed, and he realized that he had said the wrong thing.

He glanced at the ministers and found that the faces of those civil servants were not very good?

The regent's heart skipped a beat. The pens in the hands of these civil servants are no worse than swords... They can nail a person to the pillar of shame in history and make him infamous for thousands of years.

He even wanted to kill Ning Chen now!

Ning Chen's interpretation would make him lose the support of the people.

If this word spreads, the scholars in the world will criticize him and his ancestral graves will smoke.

"No, what I mean is..."

"The regent's words are indeed biased. Reading books can lead to enlightenment, and one can write military strategies and govern a country... How can it be something that cannot be put on the table?"

"The scholars of the world have studied hard for ten years... Isn't the regent's words saying that they are wasting their lives and doing useless work?"

The regent wanted to explain, but the empress suddenly spoke and didn't give him a chance.

The regent's face was flushed and he almost went berserk. His back teeth were almost broken!

Pan Yucheng glanced at Ning Chen, and his mouth twitched slightly. He remembered that Ning Chen had said before that a scholar is useless.

This immediately became that everything is inferior, only reading is superior... He said both good and bad things.

The regent stared at Ning Chen with a cold look in his eyes, "I just made a slip of the tongue, everyone has slips of the tongue...Your Majesty, don't over-interpret it."

Ning Chen smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't explain it. Explanation is covering up, and covering up is the truth...Often, the words that come out of your mouth are the most real thoughts in your heart."

The regent was trembling with anger, clenched his fists, and his knuckles turned white. He wanted to tear Ning Chen alive.

He said word by word, "It is said that Lord Ning is both civil and military. This prince has learned from him...I wonder if his martial arts are just for show?"

Ning Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, this grandson is not finished yet.

"Does the regent want to learn from him?"

The regent waved his hand, "What is my identity? How can I fight to cheer for the court?"

Then, he shouted to the outside of the hall, "Mu Lei."

As the regent's voice fell, a slender man in his thirties wearing light armor strode in from outside the hall.

He came close and knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, please give me your orders."