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The crowd agreed with what they said.
In their view, wasn’t this the case since the beginning!?
Even if Ye Qingli can write some subpar poems, how can it compare with the ones from the Genius Guo??
The difference in their skill seemed as clear as night and day to the onlookers.
They are not on the same level!
Someone couldn't help but shout.
"Old misters, just announce the results already!"
"Yeah, don't spoil everyone's appetite anymore!"
Mr. Ni smiled, "This old man will read Young Master Guo’s poems first, and would like to invite everyone to comment on it."
He picked up a piece of paper and read it out loud.
The topic for this was the name of the private room of the respective competitors to compose a 7 verse poem.
The poem written by Guo Bin was beautifully written, and the room's name is cleverly integrated into the whole poem.
After reading a few words, the audience began to marvel at it.
When it was over, everyone applauded collectively.
"He’s worthy of being the best of Hanlin Academy!"
"That’s true, in such a short period of time, he was able to compose such a fine piece that it can be compared with Cao Zhi’s poems!"
"Look, even the two teachers didn’t bother to read her poems, you can clearly see the difference in levels between the two!"
"What’s there to compare, Brother Guo has already won!"
"Let her jump to the river! Hahaha, let her swim all the way home!"
While they were rumbling about, the two old teachers continued to smile.
"Brother Duan, why don’t you read this poem?"
Mr. Duan said with a smile, "Oh, silly brother, that’s absurd."
He took the piece of paper and exclaimed, "To be able to read such a fine poem, I feel like I have lived in vain in the past. It is a shame that this establishment doesn’t serve alcohol, otherwise, by looking at such a poem, I will be able to go with the flow of it.
"Huh?"
Everyone seemed to have heard something wrong said by him.
Could it be said that the legendary garbage actually wrote some beautiful verses?
How could this be?
I must have heard it wrong just now!
Yes, it must be!
Perhaps the two old teachers said that to comfort her.
After they read it, everyone will know whether it’s good or bad.
Guo Bin fanned his folding fan, not worried at all.
In his opinion, what good verses can Ye Qingli write?
Even if the sun rose from the west, that is impossible!
Mr. Duan, read it aloud at this time.
[TL note: Editor’s notes at the end explains about the poem]
"The Teng Lounge stands tall by the riverbank..."
"Well, yes, it rolls off the tongue."
Guo Bin fanned his fan and smiled disdainfully.
"It's not easy for her to write such a sentence. In comparison, it is comparable to one-tenth of mine. For a little girl like this, it's considered great."
Mr. Duan then said, "though the once luxurious jade, the rings of the bells (of horse carts), the gorgeous music and dances had already stopped."
Originally there were still a couple of people chuckling, many of them suddenly went quiet.
They started listening quietly to Mr. Duan reading poetry.
After listening to two sentences, they know that this poem is not your average poem.
Guo Bin also became nervous. He subconsciously grabbed the folding fan in his hand and stared at the piece of paper in Mr. Duan's hand, as if he wanted to grab it and confirm it.
Mr. Duan continued to read at this time.
"In the dawn, the clouds of Nanpu flew onto the beams (holding up the building) of art. In the dusk, the beaded curtains take in the rain of the western hills. The beautiful clouds reflected in the river float leisurely everyday. People and things change as time goes by, who knows how many seasons have passed. Where did the playful emperor in the pavilion go? But the river behind the railings will still surge towards the distance. ”
After it was read out, the audience was silent!
Those younger students were all stunned with their mouths and eyes wide open!
Editor’s notes (About Qingli’s verses):
The original one is “滕王高阁临江渚，佩玉鸣鸾罢歌舞。画栋朝飞南浦云，珠帘暮卷西山雨。
闲云潭影日悠悠，物换星移几度秋。阁中帝子今何在？槛外长江空自流。” from 《滕王阁序》by 王勃(Wang Bo) from the Tang Dynasty.
She changed 滕王 (Prince Teng) to 滕台 (Room Teng/The Teng Lounge).
The original of the part that she changed is “The 滕王阁 (Pavilion of Prince Teng) stands tall by the riverbank…” the rest is the same as the text in the story.
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