Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 421: Surrender
After the Zhang brothers said the first line of Chen Ce's couplet this time, there was no response from Lun Wenche at all.

Although he repeatedly urged Lun Wenfu to ask his elder brother Lun Wenxu for answers, there was no response.

Most of the people present were minor officials in the Hanlin Academy, all were Hanlin literati, and all were the best among the imperial examinations. Although their official positions were not high, their knowledge was top-notch.

Everyone listened attentively to today's grand event. Everyone knew that Lun Wenche and the Zhang brothers were just puppets, and the people behind them who came up with the right questions were the masters.

As for Lun Wenche, they all know who is behind this. Who else could it be except the groom, the current top scholar Lun Wenxu?

But no one knows who is behind the Zhang brothers.

Cheng Minzheng and Chen Ce walked out of the side courtyard, not knowing what was going on. Several officials from the Ministry of Rites hurriedly asked Cheng Minzheng, "Sir Cheng, the couplet you just came up with was really ingenious! I just don't know what the second line is?"

Several low-level officials in the Ministry of Rites and scholars in the Hanlin Academy all knew Cheng Minzheng, the Vice Minister of Rites, so they subconsciously believed that the couplet must have been made by Cheng Minzheng.

However, Cheng Minzheng smiled bitterly and said, "Then you have to ask Chunjian. I don't know either."

hiss!
Everyone gasped and stared at Chen Ce next to Cheng Minzheng, with deep shock in their eyes.

This group of low-level officials naturally had never seen Chen Ce, but they had heard of the name Chen Ce and Chen Chunjian. Now that they saw the real Chen Ce, they couldn't help but look him up and down curiously, and they were even more impressed by the profound academic foundation of Chen Ce, which even surpassed Lun Zhuangyuan.

Zhan Ruoshui witnessed the competition with his own eyes. He did not step forward to stop it, nor did he intervene. He just watched silently.

At this moment, he stared at Chen Ce with complicated eyes. How profound was Chen Ce's knowledge to be able to eclipse the talent of his good friend Lun Wenxu? !
Elders such as Liang Chu and Ning Cheng were naturally not in the courtyard, but what was happening outside had also reached their ears. Ning Cheng and Liang Chu came out one after another, and they also heard the couplets just now.

Ning Cheng looked at Chen Ce from afar in silence and couldn't help but sigh slightly.

Liang Chu was somewhat worried, fearing that this was another provocation by Chen Ce against Lun Wenxu.

Initially, Liang Chu only thought that Chen Ce was dependent on the Crown Prince and the Zhang brothers, and had no real talent or knowledge. Of course, he had never seen Chen Ce show any extraordinary talent.

But at this moment, Liang Chu was completely shocked. At this moment, he realized that Chen Ce was not without real talent and knowledge, but he was never willing to show his knowledge to the outside world.

He actually didn't know Chen Ce yet. If Minister Qin and Minister Xu were here, they would definitely think that these kinds of knowledge were exactly the things that Chen Ce was most reluctant to show off.

Because this is not worth Chen Ce showing off at all.

Those who truly understand Chen Ce know that what Chen Ce is doing is definitely not so low-level and boring. He has already begun to control the direction of the situation in this country. If you ask him to demonstrate his literary knowledge, isn't this a dimensionality reduction attack?

inside the room.

Lun Wenxu realized it later. When he found out that the person who was playing couplets with him was Chen Ce, and that Chen Ce could beat him with just a random pair, his self-esteem suffered a great blow again.

He was the top scholar, and what he was most proud of was his knowledge. He had thought that Chen Ce was capable before, but that was only because Chen Ce had a wide network of contacts and high emotional intelligence. At the very least, his knowledge was not as good as his.

But today he realized that Chen Ce was much smarter than him.

Ning Zhijun's expression was also complicated under the red veil. It turned out that he was here today too...

Seeing Ning Zhijun's body trembling slightly under the red veil, Lun Wenxu's face became more displeased. In fact, he always knew that Ning Zhijun married him not because she liked him!

in the courtyard.

Chen Ce still didn't understand what was going on. When he saw so many people staring at him, he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

He quickly came to Zhu Houzhao and asked in a low voice: "What were you doing just now?"

The Zhang brothers drunkenly said: "Haha! Nothing!"

"This guy is competing with us in pairs. Haha, he went to his eldest brother for help. He is also the top scholar. Haha, even the top scholar cannot beat you, brother Chen... No! Even the top scholar cannot beat us two brothers!" Chen Ce: "..."

Finished!

Chen Ce originally thought that Zhu Houzhao and the guests present were just showing off, which was understandable, after all, that was Zhu Houzhao's personality. But Chen Ce never expected that the person who was competing with him for pairs was actually the groom, and that he had won.

In the eyes of Liang Chu and others, they would definitely think that they were here to cause trouble.

If Mr. Lun knew about this, I wonder what he would think.

Even if Chen Ce wanted to explain something now, he couldn't.

He could only smile awkwardly and said to everyone: "Master Cheng, you are joking. How can I be capable of coming up with such a couplet? Um, haha."

Forget it. Chen Ce simply stopped explaining and whispered to Zhu Houzhao, "Are you still not leaving?"

After he finished speaking, he said to Madam Wu, "Let's go."

Not far away, Chen Ce saw Ning Cheng. He thought for a moment, walked up to Ning Cheng and Liang Chu, and said with a folded hand, "I really didn't mean to cause trouble. The matter about the couple... was just a misunderstanding anyway."

Ning Cheng let out an "oh".

Liang Chu's face twitched slightly. Are you here to provoke me? This is too much!

Zhan Ruoshui stopped Chen Ce and said, "Wait a moment."

The Zhang brothers looked stern and asked, "What? You want to compete too? Do you have the ability?"

Chen Ce grabbed the staggering Zhang brothers and threw them backwards, saying to Zhu Houzhao, "Take them away quickly!"

I really can't afford to lose face like this. Next time I go anywhere, I will never travel with these two brothers!

Zhan Ruoshui had no intention of embarrassing Chen Ce, so he just asked, "What is the second half of that couplet? Can Master Chen teach me?"

Chen Ce: “…”

"I have something else to do. Let's talk about it another day."

Chen Ce made some excuses, then fled away from the wedding banquet with Mrs. Wu and Xiaohua.

Walking on Chengqingfang Street, Chen Ce glanced at Zhu Houzhao and the Zhang brothers who spoke with a lisp, and said speechlessly: "Send them back quickly."

Zhu Houzhao said with a sigh, and said to Chen Ce, "Little brother, how are you doing? Are you feeling awesome today? Are you feeling relieved?"

"Ok?"

Zhu Houzhao winked at Chen Ce and said, "I am deliberately helping you to mess up the wedding banquet, just to embarrass that bastard Ning Cheng!"

"When we were having the feast, my two uncles heard about your experience and decided to help you disgust the other party."

Chen Ce: “???”

You...I, Chen Ce covered his forehead and said, "Thank you!"

The Zhang brothers laughed loudly: "You're welcome, uh, give it to us, uh, fifty taels..."

(End of this chapter)