Pampering Big Cat Wife

The flower festival poetry contest was held at the imperial garden. A terrace was built in the garden. The men and women, who finished their poem, would paste it on the terrace for people to judge and appreciate. If there are exceptional people, the eunuch in the palace would also recite it aloud to encourage the rest of the people who haven’t finished or already finished, to create a better poem. Finally, the best ones will be selected by a several scholars.

Because Lu You was injured, Yang Xian He had to replace him with another scholar as her partner at the last minute. And because few people knew about the dispute between Yang Xian He and Tang Wan, when they saw that Tang Wan and Zhao Shi Cheng was actually a group, although it was sudden, but it was not as puzzling when they a.s.sociated it with the injured Lu You.

Today, the theme for the poetry contest was flowers. As long as there are flowers in the poem, it can be posted on the terrace.

Tang Wan was known for being a talented woman, but Zhao Shi Cheng was a military official. He naturally let her write the poem first. However, she knew that she was an amateur after her transmigration. She could only rely on her experience in history to make a living. The words she wrote could not be read at all, so after she humbly declined, it was Zhao Shi Cheng who did the actual writing and she composed the poem.

At this time, a breeze unexpectedly blew and the flowers scattered, flying around like snowflakes. She remembered that she saw the “Flirting Scholar” 1programme in heaven. Although Tang BoHu was romantic, his literary attainments were astoundingly high. Looking at their surnames were both Tang, it will probably be fine if she borrowed his poem to use.

“Peach blossoms’ gone and apricot blossoms’ bare;
blooms and falls every year, approximately the same time.
As the solar term 2approaches the end of March,

there’s no need to blame the wind before dawn for making the flower fall.
Vine roots crawled over the roofs,
descending to the ground like broken curtains.
What surrounds him now
Is a broken down house;
As he picks up the silk handkerchief;
He recalled the couple they use to be.”

This was Tang Yin’s Fallen Flower Poem 3and also one of the few lines that she could completely recite from memory.

The slight feeling of sorrow was exactly in line with Tang Wan’s current state of mind. It moved Zhao Shi Cheng deeply. “Good poem! Miss Tang deserves to be called a female scholar. I’m very impressed. I think later on Eunuch Liu will recite Miss Tang’s poem aloud on stage so that I will also benefit from this.” After he said his last word, he was both admiring and sighing. It makes him extremely envious that Lu You has a talented and beautiful woman like her admiring him.

Tang Wan used her big cheat, but she wasn’t blushing or breathing heavily, smiling slightly towards him. She had Xiao Chun give in the poem while she and Zhao Shi Cheng were admire other people’s poem.

Not long afterwards, Eunuch Lou recited a poem on stage to greet everyone and started reciting a poem loudly.

“Peach blossoms’ gone and apricot blossoms’ bare; blooms and falls every year, approximately the same time…As he picks up the silk handkerchief; he recalled the couple they use to be. Up to this moment, all the scholars think this poem is the best.”

When everyone under the stage heard this, they sigh in admiration—

“Good poem, good poem! Since it compared peach blossoms, it is most likely a girl. I wonder who wrote it?”

“From amiable to sorrow, it’s also fit in the seasons. Eunuch Lin, tell us quickly who wrote it!”
Zhao Shi Cheng smiled and looked askance at Tang Wan. She looked like she was shy but inside her mind, she was laughing, it seems that it wasn’t that hard to be a female scholar.

However, Eunuch Liu’s next words made both Zhao Shi Cheng and Tang Wan’s expression change—

“This poem was written by the right prime minister, Yang Wen Chang’s daughter, Yang Xian He and w.a.n.g Xiang!”

As soon as the remarks came out, everyone was in an uproar. She was worthy of being the right prime minister’s daughter, her intelligence was a cut above others. Everyone complimented the Yang Xian He duo.

Zhao Shi Cheng and Tang Wan looked at each other and then looked towards the place Yang Xian He was at, only seeing Yang Xian He smiling coldly towards them from far away as if she wasn’t afraid they would expose her.

Even exposing her would need evidence. Do they have that? If they really fought, it’s likely that people think the scholars can’t afford to lose and in vain, make people look down on them.

At this time, Xiao Chun, who was going to hand in the poem, came back crying. With an apologetic face, she said, “Young miss, young master Zhao, nubi 4… when nubi was going to hand in the poem, Miss Yang’s people stopped me halfway there. They s.n.a.t.c.hed away the poem young miss wrote and said that they wanted to appraise it first. In the end, in the end, it…”

Shameless! Zhao Shi Cheng knitted his eyebrows tightly. He was glad he didn’t listen to his parents carefully and arranged a meeting with Yang Xian He the moment he came. He felt disgusted even going near such a shameless woman.

Tang Wan didn’t have as much of a reaction. Her poem was borrowed anyway. If it was stolen, she could just borrow another one. Therefore, she said with ease toward Zhao Shi Cheng, whose morale was greatly affected, “ Young master Zhao, it’s fine. We can just make another poem.”

“Miss Tang’s sentiment is n.o.ble. I’m impressed.” She could even tolerate this. He likes her more and more.

Unexpectedly, Yang Xian He actually came over with her partner w.a.n.g Xiang, swaggering. She deliberately raised her volume and said, “ Well, the poetry contest is almost over. How come I don’t see Miss Tang and young master Zhao writing a poem? It’s fine since young master Zhao is a military official. But isn’t Miss Tang a renowned scholar in the capital? But you better not be unable to take out anything at the end and lose face!”

As soon as everyone heard this, they knew Yang Xian He was deliberately looking for problems. The dispute between two beauties, coupled with the conflict between Yang Xian He and Zhao Shi Cheng’s fathers, made this confrontation take on a special meaning. Everyone was waiting to see a good show with interest.

Zhao Shi Cheng’s temper was frank and when he saw her, he was extremely angry. He didn’t even make up anything and said with his livid expression, “it’s not that we can’t write anything, but the poem we wrote was stolen.”

Stolen? When everyone heard this,they looked at each other and discussed it animatedly.

Tang Wan calmly took over and said. “Since our poem was stolen, we can only rewrite another one. It’s just that there are too many poems in my mind, I don’t know which one to use.”

Yang Xian He’s expression slightly changed. Of course, she won’t admit that she stole Tang Wan’s poem. In any case, they had no evidence. She didn’t believe that Tang Wan would be able come up with a new trick in such a short time. She jeered, “ Since Miss Tang is so amazing, just now I compared myself to peach blossoms. Can Miss Tang also write a poem about peach blossoms right now?”

“That’s not hard.” Tang Wan smiled lightly and suddenly had a flash of inspiration. She recited gently,

“Light green and dark red flowers wilted a big half,
As the terrible wind brought cold rain,
like scissors wrecking flowers.
Peach blossoms can’t be compared with Yue Zhou woman…”

This poem was Yuan Hong Dao’s Peach Blossom Rain 5

. She also changed the original Hangzhou into Yue Zhou, because Tang Wan’s ancestral home was in YueZhou. But when she recited this, she stopped suddenly, not because she was keeping people guessing, but… she actually forgot the last sentence.

She looked indifferent on the surface, but in her mind, she scolded her rotten memory a hundred and eighty thousand times. How could her mind fail her at this critical moment? She chose this poem to satirize Yang Xian He, but now it was going make herself look bad.

Unexpectedly at this time, Zhao Shi Cheng said slowly and without haste,

“Light green and dark red flowers wilted a big half,
As the terrible wind brought cold rain like scissors wrecking the flowers.
Peach blossoms can’t be compared with Yue Zhou woman,
she doesn’t look nice without rouge.”

That’s it! It’s she doesn’t look nice without rouge! After her surprise, Tang Wan looked towards Zhao Shi Cheng with an expression like she saw a ghost, thinking that this fellow couldn’t have also transmigrated here as well. How did he even know the poems written by later generations?

That’s it! It’s she doesn’t look nice without rouge! After her surprise, Tang Wan looked towards Zhao Shi Cheng with an expression like she saw a ghost, thinking that this fellow couldn’t have also transmigrated here as well. How did he even know the poems written by later generations?

Zhao Shi Cheng smiled apologetically at her. “Miss Tang, how is my continuation of the poem? I just suddenly thought that it was very suitable and casually recited it.”

“It’s good.” He could even write poems in this way. She was admired him from the bottom of her heart. It seems that his brain was better than she imagined. It’s simply perfect that she changed her mind and found him as her partner. She suppressed the ecstasy in her heart and looked at Yang Xian He, who had a displeased expression. She smiled lightly and said, “Miss Yang, the poem just now, was blurted out without thinking. It’s not aimed at anyone. Please don’t mind it.”

There’s no way she wouldn’t take offense. Yang Xian He was almost dying of anger! She used the peach blossom as a metaphor for herself just now. Isn’t this poem obviously saying that she lost her chast.i.ty and couldn’t be compared to the YueZhou woman, Tang Wan. But even if she was trembling in anger, she could only pretend not to know and ridicule, “It’s not bad to be able compose a poem in such a short amount of time. But it’s still uncertain who will win and who will lose.”

The poets of the Southern Song Dynasty pursue gorgeous, flowery language. If it was compared in this way, Tang Yin’s poems were naturally more popular. However, everyone could hear that Tang Wan and Zhao Shi Cheng’s poem satirize the arrogant Yang Xian He. In addition, their response was quick-witted and the poem was absolutely perfect. It’s hard to say who’s good and who’s bad.

Zhao Shi Cheng naturally knew of this point. He wasn’t suitable to directly accuse Yang Xian He of her bad behavior. However, since Tang Wan was in his group, he couldn’t let her suffer so he suddenly shouted, “Get the brush.”

Li Yong hurriedly brought over the brush. He looked decent as he wrote the poem down. Due to the influence of his family customs, his writing showed the extraordinary momentum of warriors which made it hard for people to imitate.

After he finished writing, it also attracted bursts of admiration—

“Good handwriting! The strength of Zhao daren’s words seeped through the back of the paper. His skills are amazing!”

“But, I see this handwriting…why is is so familiar? Eh? Isn’t this the same as the poem Miss Yang handed in?”

The people who went to the terrace to look at Yang Xian He’s great poem, almost all recalled the poem Eunuch Liu recited at the same time. The handwriting was as impressive as that of Zhao Shi Cheng’s and it also occurred to them that Zhao Shi Cheng said that Tang Wan and his poem was stolen. Could it be…

At this time, everyone looked at Yang Xian He with a gaze of doubt and disdain. Although there was no direct evidence, but everyone seemed to be convinced that Yang Xian He made a shameless act of stealing people’s poetry and it also degraded her character. It’s only because of Yang Wen Chang’s face that they don’t dare to speak it explicitly.

All of a sudden, numerous people pointed at her. Yang Xian He jumped up and down in anger and pointed at Zhao Shi Cheng and said, “ Zhao Shi Cheng, don’t forget what we’re doing today. Aren’t you afraid I won’t like you?”

Zhao Shi Cheng said indifferently, “ If I take a wife, I will marry someone with virtue. I’m unworthy of Miss Yang’s shameful manners.”

Yang Xian He didn’t have the face to continued to stay. She turned around quickly after snorting, but before she left, she glared at them fiercely. She won’t let them off so easily!

T/n: I’m sorry for posting it late. I got struck on the last few verses of the poem and I couldn’t exactly post the chapter without finishing the poems. Fortunately, I got help from junelys, iamfeiii and blacklotus. Do you guys prefer Xiao Chun referring herself as I or nubi? Also, happy late thanksgiving.

T/n: I’m sorry for posting it late. I got struck on the last few verses of the poem and I couldn’t exactly post the chapter without finishing the poems. Fortunately, I got help from junelys, iamfeiii and blacklotus. Do you guys prefer Xiao Chun referring herself as I or nubi? Also, happy late thanksgiving.

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The flower festival poetry contest was held at the imperial garden. A terrace was built in the garden. The men and women, who finished their poem, would paste it on the terrace for people to judge and appreciate. If there are exceptional people, the eunuch in the palace would also recite it aloud to encourage the rest of the people who haven’t finished or already finished, to create a better poem. Finally, the best ones will be selected by a several scholars..

Because Lu You was injured, Yang Xian He had to replace him with another scholar as her partner at the last minute. And because few people knew about the dispute between Yang Xian He and Tang Wan, when they saw that Tang Wan and Zhao Shi Cheng was actually a group, although it was sudden, but it was not as puzzling when they a.s.sociated it with the injured Lu You..

Today, the theme for the poetry contest was flowers. As long as there are flowers in the poem, it can be posted on the terrace..

Tang Wan was known for being a talented woman, but Zhao Shi Cheng was a military official. He naturally let her write the poem first. However, she knew that she was an amateur after her transmigration. She could only rely on her experience in history to make a living. The words she wrote could not be read at all, so after she humbly declined, it was Zhao Shi Cheng who did the actual writing and she composed the poem..

At this time, a breeze unexpectedly blew and the flowers scattered, flying around like snowflakes. She remembered that she saw the “Flirting Scholar” 1programme in heaven. Although Tang BoHu was romantic, his literary attainments were astoundingly high. Looking at their surnames were both Tang, it will probably be fine if she borrowed his poem to use..

“Peach blossoms’ gone and apricot blossoms’ bare;. blooms and falls every year, approximately the same time.. As the solar term 2approaches the end of March,.

there’s no need to blame the wind before dawn for making the flower fall.. Vine roots crawled over the roofs,. descending to the ground like broken curtains.. What surrounds him now. Is a broken down house;. As he picks up the silk handkerchief;. He recalled the couple they use to be.”.

This was Tang Yin’s Fallen Flower Poem 3and also one of the few lines that she could completely recite from memory..

The slight feeling of sorrow was exactly in line with Tang Wan’s current state of mind. It moved Zhao Shi Cheng deeply. “Good poem! Miss Tang deserves to be called a female scholar. I’m very impressed. I think later on Eunuch Liu will recite Miss Tang’s poem aloud on stage so that I will also benefit from this.” After he said his last word, he was both admiring and sighing. It makes him extremely envious that Lu You has a talented and beautiful woman like her admiring him..

Tang Wan used her big cheat, but she wasn’t blushing or breathing heavily, smiling slightly towards him. She had Xiao Chun give in the poem while she and Zhao Shi Cheng were admire other people’s poem..

Not long afterwards, Eunuch Lou recited a poem on stage to greet everyone and started reciting a poem loudly..

“Peach blossoms’ gone and apricot blossoms’ bare; blooms and falls every year, approximately the same time…As he picks up the silk handkerchief; he recalled the couple they use to be. Up to this moment, all the scholars think this poem is the best.”.

When everyone under the stage heard this, they sigh in admiration—.

“Good poem, good poem! Since it compared peach blossoms, it is most likely a girl. I wonder who wrote it?”.

“From amiable to sorrow, it’s also fit in the seasons. Eunuch Lin, tell us quickly who wrote it!”. Zhao Shi Cheng smiled and looked askance at Tang Wan. She looked like she was shy but inside her mind, she was laughing, it seems that it wasn’t that hard to be a female scholar..

However, Eunuch Liu’s next words made both Zhao Shi Cheng and Tang Wan’s expression change—.

“This poem was written by the right prime minister, Yang Wen Chang’s daughter, Yang Xian He and w.a.n.g Xiang!”.

As soon as the remarks came out, everyone was in an uproar. She was worthy of being the right prime minister’s daughter, her intelligence was a cut above others. Everyone complimented the Yang Xian He duo..

Zhao Shi Cheng and Tang Wan looked at each other and then looked towards the place Yang Xian He was at, only seeing Yang Xian He smiling coldly towards them from far away as if she wasn’t afraid they would expose her..

Even exposing her would need evidence. Do they have that? If they really fought, it’s likely that people think the scholars can’t afford to lose and in vain, make people look down on them..

At this time, Xiao Chun, who was going to hand in the poem, came back crying. With an apologetic face, she said, “Young miss, young master Zhao, nubi 4… when nubi was going to hand in the poem, Miss Yang’s people stopped me halfway there. They s.n.a.t.c.hed away the poem young miss wrote and said that they wanted to appraise it first. In the end, in the end, it…”.

Shameless! Zhao Shi Cheng knitted his eyebrows tightly. He was glad he didn’t listen to his parents carefully and arranged a meeting with Yang Xian He the moment he came. He felt disgusted even going near such a shameless woman..

Tang Wan didn’t have as much of a reaction. Her poem was borrowed anyway. If it was stolen, she could just borrow another one. Therefore, she said with ease toward Zhao Shi Cheng, whose morale was greatly affected, “ Young master Zhao, it’s fine. We can just make another poem.”.

“Miss Tang’s sentiment is n.o.ble. I’m impressed.” She could even tolerate this. He likes her more and more..

Unexpectedly, Yang Xian He actually came over with her partner w.a.n.g Xiang, swaggering. She deliberately raised her volume and said, “ Well, the poetry contest is almost over. How come I don’t see Miss Tang and young master Zhao writing a poem? It’s fine since young master Zhao is a military official. But isn’t Miss Tang a renowned scholar in the capital? But you better not be unable to take out anything at the end and lose face!”.

As soon as everyone heard this, they knew Yang Xian He was deliberately looking for problems. The dispute between two beauties, coupled with the conflict between Yang Xian He and Zhao Shi Cheng’s fathers, made this confrontation take on a special meaning. Everyone was waiting to see a good show with interest..

Zhao Shi Cheng’s temper was frank and when he saw her, he was extremely angry. He didn’t even make up anything and said with his livid expression, “it’s not that we can’t write anything, but the poem we wrote was stolen.”.

Stolen? When everyone heard this,they looked at each other and discussed it animatedly..

Tang Wan calmly took over and said. “Since our poem was stolen, we can only rewrite another one. It’s just that there are too many poems in my mind, I don’t know which one to use.”.

Yang Xian He’s expression slightly changed. Of course, she won’t admit that she stole Tang Wan’s poem. In any case, they had no evidence. She didn’t believe that Tang Wan would be able come up with a new trick in such a short time. She jeered, “ Since Miss Tang is so amazing, just now I compared myself to peach blossoms. Can Miss Tang also write a poem about peach blossoms right now?”.

“That’s not hard.” Tang Wan smiled lightly and suddenly had a flash of inspiration. She recited gently,.

“Light green and dark red flowers wilted a big half,. As the terrible wind brought cold rain,. like scissors wrecking flowers.. Peach blossoms can’t be compared with Yue Zhou woman…”.

This poem was Yuan Hong Dao’s Peach Blossom Rain 5.

. She also changed the original Hangzhou into Yue Zhou, because Tang Wan’s ancestral home was in YueZhou. But when she recited this, she stopped suddenly, not because she was keeping people guessing, but… she actually forgot the last sentence..

She looked indifferent on the surface, but in her mind, she scolded her rotten memory a hundred and eighty thousand times. How could her mind fail her at this critical moment? She chose this poem to satirize Yang Xian He, but now it was going make herself look bad..

Unexpectedly at this time, Zhao Shi Cheng said slowly and without haste,.

“Light green and dark red flowers wilted a big half,. As the terrible wind brought cold rain like scissors wrecking the flowers.. Peach blossoms can’t be compared with Yue Zhou woman,. she doesn’t look nice without rouge.”.

That’s it! It’s she doesn’t look nice without rouge! After her surprise, Tang Wan looked towards Zhao Shi Cheng with an expression like she saw a ghost, thinking that this fellow couldn’t have also transmigrated here as well. How did he even know the poems written by later generations?.

Zhao Shi Cheng smiled apologetically at her. “Miss Tang, how is my continuation of the poem? I just suddenly thought that it was very suitable and casually recited it.”.

“It’s good.” He could even write poems in this way. She was admired him from the bottom of her heart. It seems that his brain was better than she imagined. It’s simply perfect that she changed her mind and found him as her partner. She suppressed the ecstasy in her heart and looked at Yang Xian He, who had a displeased expression. She smiled lightly and said, “Miss Yang, the poem just now, was blurted out without thinking. It’s not aimed at anyone. Please don’t mind it.”.

There’s no way she wouldn’t take offense. Yang Xian He was almost dying of anger! She used the peach blossom as a metaphor for herself just now. Isn’t this poem obviously saying that she lost her chast.i.ty and couldn’t be compared to the YueZhou woman, Tang Wan. But even if she was trembling in anger, she could only pretend not to know and ridicule, “It’s not bad to be able compose a poem in such a short amount of time. But it’s still uncertain who will win and who will lose.”.

The poets of the Southern Song Dynasty pursue gorgeous, flowery language. If it was compared in this way, Tang Yin’s poems were naturally more popular. However, everyone could hear that Tang Wan and Zhao Shi Cheng’s poem satirize the arrogant Yang Xian He. In addition, their response was quick-witted and the poem was absolutely perfect. It’s hard to say who’s good and who’s bad..

Zhao Shi Cheng naturally knew of this point. He wasn’t suitable to directly accuse Yang Xian He of her bad behavior. However, since Tang Wan was in his group, he couldn’t let her suffer so he suddenly shouted, “Get the brush.”.

Li Yong hurriedly brought over the brush. He looked decent as he wrote the poem down. Due to the influence of his family customs, his writing showed the extraordinary momentum of warriors which made it hard for people to imitate..

After he finished writing, it also attracted bursts of admiration—.

“Good handwriting! The strength of Zhao daren’s words seeped through the back of the paper. His skills are amazing!”.

“But, I see this handwriting…why is is so familiar? Eh? Isn’t this the same as the poem Miss Yang handed in?”.

The people who went to the terrace to look at Yang Xian He’s great poem, almost all recalled the poem Eunuch Liu recited at the same time. The handwriting was as impressive as that of Zhao Shi Cheng’s and it also occurred to them that Zhao Shi Cheng said that Tang Wan and his poem was stolen. Could it be….

At this time, everyone looked at Yang Xian He with a gaze of doubt and disdain. Although there was no direct evidence, but everyone seemed to be convinced that Yang Xian He made a shameless act of stealing people’s poetry and it also degraded her character. It’s only because of Yang Wen Chang’s face that they don’t dare to speak it explicitly..

All of a sudden, numerous people pointed at her. Yang Xian He jumped up and down in anger and pointed at Zhao Shi Cheng and said, “ Zhao Shi Cheng, don’t forget what we’re doing today. Aren’t you afraid I won’t like you?”.

Zhao Shi Cheng said indifferently, “ If I take a wife, I will marry someone with virtue. I’m unworthy of Miss Yang’s shameful manners.”.

Yang Xian He didn’t have the face to continued to stay. She turned around quickly after snorting, but before she left, she glared at them fiercely. She won’t let them off so easily!.

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T/n: I’m sorry for posting it late. I got struck on the last few verses of the poem and I couldn’t exactly post the chapter without finishing the poems. Fortunately, I got help from junelys, iamfeiii and blacklotus. Do you guys prefer Xiao Chun referring herself as I or nubi? Also, happy late thanksgiving..

 . “Flirting Scholar” is an actual drama. You can search it up online to watch. It’s about a married scholar trying to win over a woman with a song. He even worked as servant to be near her.  The Lunar calendar is divided into 24 segments and each segment is a specific solar term. It indicates the different of the season, changes of the weather and etc. For more information,  If you are interested in reading or seeing the raws of this poem :

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桃花诗- 唐寅.

桃花净尽杏花空，开落年年约略同；.

自是节临三月暮，何须人恨五更风？.

扑檐直破帘衣碧，上砌如欺地锦红；.

拾向砑罗方帕里，鸳鸯一对正当中。. nubi- refers to themselves as servants  Here’s the raws to this poem:

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桃花雨- 袁宏道.

浅碧深红大半残，恶风催雨剪刀寒。.

桃花不比杭州女，洗却胭脂不耐看。.