Chapter 83: Song Jiaren's Tenderness [10,000 Words for Monthly Tickets!]_5

Song Yu said, embarrassed, "For a young lady."

Although he still wanted to revel in a life of pleasure, his father had given a strict order: within the year, he must settle his marriage matters. Reluctantly, he began to prepare for settling down.

Third Miss Shen came from a family background that suited his own quite well. Her appearance was also quite proper, and he had heard that she enjoyed poetry. Thus, he wrote her a poem.

As a student at the academy, soon to be tested in the Imperial Examination, one must have a grasp of poetry and prose, calligraphy and painting, and even military strategy and penal law. Song Yu could expound on military strategy without frowning, but he truly lacked skill in poetry...

Fortunately, there was someone at home who understood poetry; the poems he gave Old Lady had earned plenty of praise—they were always better than his own attempts.