Chapter 13: A Thorn in the Flesh
Mrs. Song's words caused many people to laugh along, and the mockery contained in the laughter and the smugness that should have been so felt could be felt across several walls. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Meng Xia listened silently but no one paid attention to it and didn't say anything.
She just waved her hand lightly to speed up the drying of the ink on the answer sheet, as if nothing else had anything to do with her.
The laughter grew quieter and less, and finally stopped.
Looking at it like this, it doesn't seem like giving up halfway.
The behavior of the monster made those people very puzzled, and subconsciously many people calmed down again and looked again.
"Ninth Princess, what else do you want to say?" Mrs. Song spoke, and she was also a little puzzled for a while.
Looking at Meng Xia's appearance, it didn't seem that he had completely given up the assessment as he thought, could it be that the ninth princess still wanted to fight for other aspects, or wanted the emperor to give her another chance or something?
"Mrs. Song, please wait a moment, the ink on the answer sheet will soon dry completely, and then Mrs. Song will be able to judge the answer sheet in public."
Meng Xia said politely, and the small movements of the flick on his hand were natural and gentle.
"What does the Ninth Princess mean that you haven't given up the assessment yet?" At this moment, Mrs. Song was a little stunned.
"Mrs. Song laughed, why did the good Axia give up?" Meng Xia smiled, and after his eyes swept over Mrs. Song, he seemed to casually sweep around, confident and calm.
Hearing this, Mrs. Song came back to her senses and said with a little amusement: "The Ninth Princess is joking, you have to answer forty-five questions correctly in this test paper to be qualified, but you haven't finished it at all now, it's hard to ......."
Before he finished speaking, Meng Xia had already picked up the test paper that had already been dried and took a few steps forward, and walked in front of Song Taifu: "Ah Xia has just finished writing forty-five questions, and he has reached the qualified standard in terms of numbers. ”
Looking at the test paper that had been handed to him, Mrs. Song took it by himself, but he obviously didn't take Meng Xia's words seriously at all in his heart.
"Ninth Princess, why are you wasting any more time?"
He glanced at the test paper, quickly laughed, and continued: "Weichen admits that the Ninth Princess's skills are really good and beautiful, but this test is not calligraphy. Could it be that the princess really thinks that all the questions she answered are correct? If this is the case, why is the Ninth Princess still empty of the simplest five questions? ”
After hearing this, the onlookers also nodded for a while, and couldn't help but whisper.
Naturally, no one would believe that in such a short period of time, Meng Xia could really answer all the questions accurately, without any mistakes, which is simply impossible!
Even Emperor Meng Zhao whispered a few words to Empress Jiang on the side, seemingly not holding out any hope, and was ready to drive first to busy with other matters.
But at this moment, Meng Xia said with a slightly helpless smile: "Mrs. Song misunderstood, although the answers to these five questions are the easiest among all the questions, the number of words in the answers is the largest. Ah Xia only had a total of one pillar of incense, and it was impossible to complete all the questions, so he directly discarded the five that took the most time from the beginning, so that the remaining forty-five would have enough time to go all out. ”
As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar!
"Ninth Princess, you're too conceited, aren't you?" Mrs. Song looked at Meng Xia like a fool, and shook his head on the spot.
In any case, he didn't believe that Meng Xia could get all forty-five questions right.
Seeing this, Meng Xia argued with this pedantic old man, and turned to ask Emperor Meng Zhao directly: "Father, the son has already submitted the papers, whether the first one is qualified or not, and ask a few princes to check and judge the papers in public!" ”
Seeing this, Emperor Meng Zhao quickly dispelled the idea of starting first, and immediately signaled Song Taifu and others to mark the papers together.
At this moment, Emperor Meng Zhao was really looking forward to it.
I have to say that Meng Xia's analysis of the way he answered the questionnaire alone is enough to prove that the composure and confidence shown by this kid are by no means forcibly pretended.
He had probably looked at the entire test paper before, and now that he looked back and thought about it, if he wanted to pass within the specified time, Meng Xia's abandonment of those five questions was really the most perfect choice.
To be able to make such a decisive choice in such a short period of time would not have been possible without knowing all the answers to all the questions.
If this girl really answers all the questions correctly, it means that her basic knowledge is so broad that it feels incredible, and she is pleasantly surprised to think about it.
Although Mrs. Song still felt that this was a joke at the moment, the holy will could not be violated, so he had to say no more, and looked at it reluctantly.
Looking at it, his complexion gradually changed.
Moreover, the more he got to the back, the more dignified and weird he became, and even an old face was flushed.
But he didn't say anything in public, just raised his eyes from time to time to look at Meng Xia, who was standing there quietly waiting, with an indescribably strange expression.
Seeing this, the onlookers were a little confused about the situation in front of them, and the voices of discussion became louder, and there were all kinds of eyes.
Soon, they found that Mrs. Song had passed the test paper in his hand to several other Mrs. Song for inspection, but he still didn't say anything with a solemn expression.
And after seeing Meng Xia's sweep, the other Taifu looked like Song Taifu, and their expressions became extremely complicated.
In the end, several of the ladies were still discussing there in a whisper, as if there was some kind of dispute.
"A few masters, do you have a result?"
After waiting for a while, Emperor Meng Zhao was a little impatient and urged loudly.
Mrs. Song quickly stepped forward and replied: "Your Majesty, the ministers and others are not very consistent, so they failed to reply in time, and ask the emperor for forgiveness." ”
"Not quite on the same page? What does that mean? Emperor Meng Zhao immediately asked, "Then, is the scroll signed by the Ninth Princess all right, or is it wrong?" ”
"Back to the emperor, the questions answered by the ninth princess, the ministers have carefully checked them, and they are indeed all answered correctly!" Although Mrs. Song did not approve of a princess going to the study, she still reported it truthfully and did not make half a word.
"Really? I really did it all right, haha, I didn't expect my ninth princess to be so powerful! ”
When Emperor Meng Zhao heard this, he was immediately excited and laughed in public.
The others were completely shocked, looking at Meng Xia incredulously, unable to believe their ears.
"Taifu Song, since the nine princesses have all answered correctly, it means that she has done forty-five questions correctly within the specified time, and this first one is naturally qualified, but how can you say that several princesses do not agree on the same opinion?"
Ning Guifei was the first to recover from the shock, and while she was happy, she quickly asked Mrs. Song.
"yes, what do you mean by that?" Seeing this, Emperor Meng Zhao also followed suit.
Song Taifu replied again at the moment: "The emperor, Niangniang, Weichen and Tang Taifu assessed that the ninth princess passed this first test, but Liu Taifu and Wang Taifu thought that the ninth princess had not completed the entire test paper as required, and there were five questions that had not been written at all. They thought that the Ninth Princess's move violated the rules and disrespected the requirements, so even if she did forty-five things correctly, she could not be considered qualified. ”