Back In Time For Imperial Examination Chapter 168

The most exciting part of this Lu Ming Banquet is writing poetry. Once the poems are finished, people can enjoy the banquet with peace of mind.

Ryan Cui took a deep breath, picked up a piece of steamed fish with chopsticks to calm himself, and ate while listening to the people behind him composing poems. The ninth person at the table behind him did not compose a four-character poem, but directly chanted a seven-character poem "The holy dynasty has gathered all the heroes"; the person behind him composed a four-character poem, which was also "The jade tent is opened, and the heroes are gathered, emerging and showing their prowess for the first time." This was obviously a seven-character poem, and it was not much better than his.

Ryan Cui felt more and more at ease. After eating the fish, he extended his chopsticks to other dishes.

The roasted lamb is from lamb legs outside the province, with crispy skin and white fat. There is charcoal fire underneath to keep it warm, so the fat is forced out and pools on the bottom of the plate. The lean meat is moistened with fat, fresh and tender, and has no fishy smell at all. Deer meat is not as tender as lamb, but when it is roasted on an iron plate with sauce, it has a fragrance that lamb does not have. The meat is more lively, firmer, and tastes good. The fried chicken tastes like Sichuan, with red oil. The stir-fry ingredients are mixed with peppercorns and spicy oil pickled from jujube. The taste is spicy and slightly sour, and it tastes quite nostalgic.

He could not help but eat a few more bites of chicken, sip some rice wine, and listen to the candidates reciting poems one after another. When someone recited a good poem, the prefect and the examiners would raise their glasses to drink a cup of wine with the good lines, and even personally revise the poem.