[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls":3,"chapter-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-355":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Clan Prosperity Starting With My Servant Girls",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1202565,1553,"Chapter 355: Wen Tian Xiang","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-355",355,"\u003Cp>The young masters gasped silently when they realized that they had misspoken about Qian Shi and they gave an awkward smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, Lin Xuan Qi came to their rescue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Qian Shi, I have a gift box with a few bars of soap and a bottle of the Lin Clan Taste Transcendent Essence for you.\" He said and he picked up the gift box he had reserved for Qian Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the servants standing behind came over and got it from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She bowed and passed it over to the two men that were standing behind Qian Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then... I must thank you for your gift.\" Qian Shi didn’t bother with the young masters and he gave a toast to Lin Xuan Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought that he could show what he got from Lin Xuan Qi to his uncle and let his uncle be more confident in the future of Da Qian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Things weren’t going too well in the northern borders and it was troubling his uncle very much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei saw what happened earlier with the young masters and she quickly took the opportunity to get the atmosphere going again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don’t mind, it would be an honor to dance and sing for you, master Qian Shi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her ability to read the room was the reason that young master Heng liked her and he nodded at her approvingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Shi stretched his hand at the middle of the room, gesturing to her to go ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Music sounded in the room while Mei danced and showed all the moves that she had for Qian Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her every movement hooked the eyes of the young masters and they followed it with their mouths open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, when she was done with the dance, she sat down and began to sing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time she sang a tune about a village girl longing for the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Shi lowered his head and twirled the wine cup in his hand, immersing himself in the poetic mood of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Marvelous.\" He picked up his wine and gave Mei a toast when she was done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei quickly bowed to him and returned the toast to Qian Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My uncle is right about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Songs, poetries can indeed stir the heart and mind in times of trouble.\" Qian Shi gave out a sigh and lamented on what he had experienced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young master Heng sat up straight and said, \"We have someone who can do that, maybe he can help with something that can boost the troops’ morale in the north?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. It will be great!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It would be so honoring for me to be able to witness a great poem born.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can’t wait.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young master Lin, please do us the honor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They goaded Lin Xuan Qi on, when they heard the suggestion from young master Heng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone turned around and glanced at Lin Xuan Qi including Qian Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an opportunity to see how much Lin Xuan Qi was hiding from him. Qian Shi thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately for Lin Xuan Qi, he had come prepared and had a selection of poems he could go with, from what he knew from the Tang and Song Dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in this case he knew he had to go with something that was written by Wen Tian Xiang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Tian Xiang was a statesman, poet and philosopher of the late Song Dynasty who was renowned for his resistance towards the Yuan invasion, refusing to surrender.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guo Ling Ding Yang would be appropriate to rally the troops in the northern borders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi cupped his hands at Qian Shi and said, \"I shall try my best.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huo Fei Li nodded at him with pride, being very sure that Lin Xuan Qi would be able to come up with something that would be astonishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sima Long who was sitting beside him, was also equally confident in Lin Xuan Qi’s ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having seen what he could do when they were in Hong Feng City, he was sure that the young masters and Qian Shi would be as shocked as he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem.\" Lin Xuan Qi cleared his throat and he stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began to pace around, pretending to try and think of something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone in the room kept quiet and watched while Lin Xuan Qi paced from left to right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one dared to make a move in case the noises would distract Lin Xuan Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only silence except for the sounds of their breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the young masters began to frown when they saw that Lin Xuan Qi was thinking hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they kept quiet and thought that maybe it was too much of an ask from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coming up with a poem in such a short time wasn’t easy and even some of the great masters they knew wouldn’t be able to do so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, their doubts were cleared very soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t take too long for Lin Xuan Qi to stop pacing around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a deep breath and put his hands behind his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glancing out in the distance through the windows, Lin Xuan Qi lifted his hands and began reciting the poem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Through bitter trials my path in learning rose, while war’s cold stars around the empire froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The realm lies torn like thistledown in flight, my life adrift like duckweed in the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At Fearful Shoal I spoke my heart’s dismay, on Lonely Sea I mourned my fate’s dark way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since ancient days, what man escapes the grave? Let loyal souls shine bright for ages brave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only complete silence when he was done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Shi lowered his head and mumbled to himself, reciting the poem sentence by sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped and kept repeating the last sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since ancient days, what man escapes the grave? Let loyal souls shine bright for ages brave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was such a moral and emotional climax to the poem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reminder that death is unavoidable and that your honor and moral courage would outlive your body was something that was sorely needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone longed for immortality with cultivation instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not many saw it that fighting for something that was bigger than themselves granted them immortality in another way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other young masters were silent and they were trying hard to memorize what they had just heard.\u003C\u002Fp>",1051,"2026-06-03T13:58:56.971Z",1,"novelbin.me","2c38407f0551061bc2b7b9bb5403ce9345b4fef40d62e611aa1a5527fdc2dcd6","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-356","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-354",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fclan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-cover.jpg"]