The Nine Beauties of Quzhou simultaneously looked up, all pale-faced, and even Mr. Lei was sweating profusely…
He had received instructions from a nobleman in the capital to cooperate with Zhang Xiu's every move.
The courtesan Ci Lou was utterly humiliated by Lin Jialiang's exquisite poem.
A poetry gathering catapulted Lin Su to fame, making her a household name, and earning her the imperial favor.
Meanwhile, they suffered a crushing defeat!
A complete and utter defeat!
Zhang Xiu's literary career was ruined; with his literary career destroyed, his path to literary success was blocked for the rest of his life!
This was the greatest punishment for a scholar, truly a fate worse than death!
If it were an ordinary person whose literary talent was broken, there would still be ways to re
