In terms of level, this poem is not considered a timeless masterpiece, it is just above average.

But this poem is very suitable for the occasion and suits His Majesty the Emperor's taste.

That's why His Majesty the Emperor was so happy. He was so excited that he gave his beloved Wanfang Inkstone to him.

You know, this Wanfang Inkstone is not an ordinary inkstone.

It is produced in Yantai Mountain in the south of Daze Country.

As the name suggests, Inkstone Mountain is a mountain range that specializes in producing inkstones.

The stones from Inkstone Mountain are particularly suitable for making inkstones.

Most of the inkstones used in the mansions of dignitaries in Daze were produced in Inkstone Mountain.

And this Wanfang Inkstone is the best quality produced in Yantai Mountain.

Come to think of it, the inkstone used by His Majesty the Emperor must be made of the best materials and carefully crafted.

An inkstone like this can be produced at most 1-3 out of 10,000 square meters of stone.

Therefore, it also has the reputation of Wanfang Inkstone!

Of course, if there are thousands of square inkstones, there are thousands of square inkstones, hundred square inkstones, ten square inkstones, and one-square inkstones.

The price of one of the inkstones in the capital was 1 tael of silver.

Ten square inkstones cost seven taels of silver.

The Baifang Inkstone and Qianfang Inkstone cost fifty taels and three hundred taels of silver respectively.

As for Wanfang Inkstone, it has no price and is only used by the emperor.

But it can also be seen that the value of this ten thousand square inkstone is probably not less than a thousand taels of silver. Coupled with the title of the emperor, the value is even higher.

Of course, its actual cost is not that high, but that's the way goods are. The price sold in the market can never be the cost price, whether it is the workers who dig the stones, the craftsmen who carve the inkstones, or the merchants who transport them to the capital to sell them.

, it’s all about making money, eating, and living.

In short, the emperor's reward to Fang Xiaoyue instantly aroused the enthusiasm of the scholars to write poems.

Since the emperor did not continue to roll his name, the second-place, top-ranked, and second-class scholars all took the initiative to stand up and recite their own poems.

However, His Majesty the Emperor is quite generous. As long as he has better poems, he will reward them...well, rewards.

However, the subsequent rewards were not as high as Fang Xiaoyue's.

There are Thousand Square Inkstones, Hundred Square Inkstones, royal brushes, ink ingots, etc.

Of course, there are also those who are not rewarded.

After all, it is very difficult to write a poem like this that needs to fit the theme on the spot and do it well.

Many Jinshi poets were not very good at writing poems, so they were not rewarded.

Time passed bit by bit, and before half an hour was up, the emperor seemed a little tired.

As an emperor, he naturally would not care about the emotions of those Jinshi. He stood up immediately, encouraged the Jinshi with a few words, and then left.

As before, the chief minister led all the officials and all the scholars to kneel down and see the emperor off.

However, once the emperor left, the first assistant did not stay long. After giving a few words of instruction to the Jinshi with a kind face, he left early.

As soon as the chief assistant left, the remaining cabinet elders and many officials all stood up and left.

But once these officials left, the Jinshi felt more relaxed.

No matter who you are, sitting and drinking with your boss must be very uncomfortable.

But as soon as the officials left, Fang Xiaoyue became the focus of many Jinshi toasts...

Some Jinshi really want to make friends with Fang Xiaoyue, after all, they will be considered to be of the same age from now on.

As mentioned before, in the officialdom, there has been a saying in the past dynasties that officials protect each other.

The most important thing for officials to protect each other is to be able to communicate with each other, cooperate, etc.

In short, everyone can see that this person has a bright future, and it will not be a loss to befriend this person.

Fang Xiaoyue is very different from others.

After some eating and drinking, the Qionglin Banquet finally came to an end.

Under the leadership of the eunuch, all the Jinshi left Liu Linhai with reddish faces.

in the next few days

During this period, Fang Xiaoyue attended two more cultural gatherings and wrote two poems respectively.

Compared with the previous poems, the current two poems are more inclined to love, love, and eternal vows.

This also made Fang Xiaoyue's reputation skyrocket among the circles of girls and wives in the capital.

However, Fang Xiaoyue did not stay in the capital for long, but asked for leave from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and returned home.

Before becoming an official, a new Jinshi can take three months off to go home and deal with housework.

After all, no matter whether you are serving as an official in the capital or going to another place, you will be there for several years, and you will never have the chance to go home to deal with household chores.

Especially for some Jinshi who have mothers and wives at home, if they don't go home for a few years, something might happen.

Therefore, there is such a rule out of sympathy for the new scholars.

After receiving the three-month holiday, Fang Xiaoyue took Zhang Yuanming to a car dealership to rent a carriage.

That’s not to say you can’t go back by boat.

But the boat going back always travels against the current, and often needs to be towed by trackers on the shore.

Under such circumstances, the ship speed is very slow.

When we came here, the boat sailed down the river and reached the capital in about ten days, while the boat back took a month.

Fang Xiaoyue's vacation is only three months, not even one day short of it. Considering that she will go back this time, she still has a lot of things to do.

Therefore, instead of slowly going back by boat, it is better to take a carriage back from the land.

In this case, you can get home in half a month at most.

Of course, carriages in the capital were not cheap, and Fang Xiaoyue's trip back was a one-way trip, so the carriage dealer offered a high price of one hundred taels of silver.

You know, it only costs 30 taels to go back by boat.

But Fang Xiaoyue still paid for it honestly.

Because if he had moved any slower, the carriage would have been rented out.

There are not many people returning to the capital. There are as many as 5,000 people coming to take the exam this time. You can imagine how good the business of the car dealers in the capital will be.

The only thing that made him feel gratified was that, perhaps due to the reputation of the No. 1 Scholar, the coachman assigned to his carriage by the car dealership was said to have thirty years of experience in driving.

Since leaving the capital, the carriage has moved very steadily, allowing Fang Xiaoyue to lie down in the carriage and sleep, which reduced a lot of fatigue on the road.

The driver was a square-faced man in his forties with half a hair, and he was very respectful to Fang Xiaoyue.

In fact, the vast majority of people in Daze Country are very respectful to officials.

The reason is simple. If you offend your neighbors, the two parties may end up having a fight.

But if you offend an official, you may be in trouble at some point...

In the feudal dynasty, the people were like mud and could be trampled on at will.

On the way back, Fang Xiaoyue stopped practicing calligraphy and other skills because the carriage was still somewhat bumpy, no matter how smooth it was.

Every day when the carriage arrived at the town and stopped to rest, Zhang Yuanming would find a deserted place to practice the Sky-shattering Sword Technique.

Due to long-term and unremitting practice, Zhang Yuanming's Sky-shattering Sword Technique has entered a period of rapid improvement.

In Fang Xiaoyue's eyes, Zhang Yuanming's physique and even his spirit, energy, and spirit were changing every day.

If this rate continues, in another week at most, Zhang Yuanming's Sky-shattering Sword Technique will truly enter the stage of completion.

And Fang Xiaoyue herself has not given up practicing Wuqu Zhuang and Wuqu Jianjue.

On the fourth day of his return journey, his Wuqu Zhuang was upgraded to level 10, and his Wuqu Sword Technique was upgraded to level 11.

To put it simply, in this world, raising a skill to level 10 is almost a major stage of improvement.

Every night when Fang Xiaoyue sits in a deserted place and absorbs the star power of Wuqu, the boiling level of the star power in her body has increased by more than half compared to before.

But having said that, the Wuqu Zhuang and Wuqu Sword Techniques have been upgraded to such a level. He wants to have a real battle to see what his current strength is.

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, Zhang Yuanming also had such a mood, and it was much stronger than Fang Xiaoyue.

After all, Zhang Yuanming had a dream of being a chivalrous man before. However, when he was eight years old, while playing a hero game with the children of his family, he accidentally stabbed the child with a wooden stick. After being beaten up by his father, the

The heart of the hero sank.

But after Fang Xiaoyue taught him the Sky-shattering Sword Technique, he finally realized that there was such a magical technique in this world.

But after practicing swordsmanship for so long, how good he is is still a mystery in his mind.
To be continued...