Xiao Ruoyun, the eldest princess of Daliang, is very talented and can write plum lantern seal characters with both hands. The princess was over twenty-nine years old, and the emperor wanted to recruit a consort for her. After discussing with the princess, the princess said: "I have a piece of plum blossom seal script written by me. I will post it outside the Meridian Gate. Whoever can recognize it will be chosen as the consort." The emperor nodded and agreed, wrote the imperial list himself, and posted it outside the Meridian Gate together with the plum blossom seal script written by the princess.
Unexpectedly, during the time when the plum blossom seal characters were posted on New Year's Eve, I didn't meet anyone I could recognize.
One day, a young shoemaker named Tian Xuewen came from the countryside and passed by the Meridian Gate carrying a shoemaker's pick. He saw a picture-like message posted beside the door. It looked very nice, so he put down his pick and went over to take a look. At this time, the duty officer guarding the imperial list hurriedly walked over and asked, "Do you recognize this plum blossom seal character?" The little cobbler shook his head and said slowly, "I don't know a word." The officer guarding the imperial list thought to himself: It has been several months since the imperial list was posted, and no one said they recognized the plum blossom seal character. This young man only didn't recognize one character, so that's pretty good. He grabbed the little cobbler and refused to let him go, and immediately asked the emperor to make up his mind. The emperor also thought that as long as he didn't know a word, he was quite knowledgeable, so he sent an order to summon the little cobbler.
Tian Xuewen was brought into the palace by the chamberlain, changed into court clothes, and was sent to the court to see the emperor. Tian Xuewen was confused and thought: My pick is still on the street, what is going on! While he was thinking wildly, he heard the emperor ask: "Do you know the plum blossom seal script?" Tian Xuewen hurriedly knelt down and replied: "Your Majesty, I don't know a word." When the emperor saw Tian Xuewen's appearance and talent, he said: "It doesn't matter if I don't know a word.
What a new book, it makes me spin around Binzhou