Palace Fighting Naive Concubines’ Ascent to Power

Chapter 444: Chapter 444: Like Sitting on Pins and Needles

With that beginning, the rest of the people swarmed in and soon the room was packed, all gazing at that piece of calligraphy.

Minister Jia had no time to drive the students away, and even if he had, he would not have. For things that were right, he always encouraged students to listen and think more, which was why these students dared to come in so boldly.

He could not afford to be angry, lost in his thoughts, vaguely feeling that his own writing lacked something, some essence, and was stagnating. Hearing these comments, he began to understand a bit more.

His dissatisfaction had already dissipated, and instead, he eagerly asked, “And the second point?” His mind seemed to have grasped something, and he was eager to know more.

Lian Musu took a few steps back, surveying the whole piece of calligraphy, and said, “The second point is that it lacks spirit. Master He’s calligraphy is square inside and round outside, just like Master He’s way of conducting himself in life, while your characters are square both inside and out, reflecting your very upright and strict nature. However, by forcibly imitating Master He, it ends up looking neither here nor there.”

Hearing this, one of the students who had faced Minister Jia’s harsh teachings couldn’t help but mutter under their breath, “Strict? It’s simply a Shura field…”

Minister Jia turned and glared, the noise was too disruptive, utterly scattering his train of thoughts; the grasp he had was gone without a trace.