When Xu Jingxuan got Yi Jue's notice and rushed back to the banquet hall, the competition between Meng Guanshuang and the two waiters had already begun.

The first question that Prime Minister Qiao Cheng came up with was a simple four-digit addition, and before he couldn't figure out the emperor's thoughts, he still had reservations thinking that he couldn't let one or two little girls lose too ugly.

But obviously, the addition is a piece of cake for the two waiters on the left and right who hold the abacus every day and settle the accounts for the incoming and outgoing finances of the treasury.

Prime Minister Qiao Cheng reported the number, and the two waiters crackled their abacus beads, and they were quickly calculated.

Meng Guanshuang again, because the traditional Chinese characters are too troublesome to write, everyone has calculated and waited for her, she wrote the two sets of numbers, of course, the vertical calculation method is calculated, and the final answer is still very correct.

So, Prime Minister Qiao's eyes fell on the emperor's dragon face, which was waiting for the emperor to give a decision on the victory.

After all, the emperor only said that he had competed, and he didn't say that he specifically emphasized that the fastest one won.

Moreover, the status of the Guogong Mansion in the dynasty and in the emperor's mind should not be underestimated, in his opinion, the emperor did not intend to make things difficult for the lord of Huanzhu, but intended to expand her popularity!

It's just that this lord of Huanzhu is also very interesting, and he can see that he has a lot of experience in arithmetic, and he doesn't know how to use an abacus, but a number to a number calculation, which is really strange.

So, Xu Ruixiang, who received the courtier's gaze, first glanced at his precious son Xu Jingxuan, who obviously had something to say, and threw a warning over. stopped his impatience, and then opened Chrysostom, but instead of judging whether he won or lost, he asked: "Do you know how to return the pearl?" ”

Meng Guanshuang immediately sweated profusely, but soon found a very reasonable excuse for himself: "More than a year ago, the Bai family was still poor, and it was not easy to even eat a full meal, and the adoptive father and adoptive mother were not able to buy abacus for their courtiers, so the courtiers wrote and painted on the ground every day, so they didn't know how to abacus!" ”

More than a year ago. What is the situation of Bai Zhihong's family? Not to say that it is a household name, but at least half of the Thai people here have heard of it.

Except for Feng Yuyao and them, everyone in the Guogong Mansion family showed a distressed and pitying expression on their faces, so. Loving father, father, grandfather Meng Tang naturally wants to beg for a copy for his daughter.

"Your Majesty. Frost's previous life was really not easy. Her talent for arithmetic is already a woman's best, and she asks the emperor to accept ......."

It's to take back your fate, don't try it. is still merciful, anyway, Meng Tang said a word, and was interrupted by the emperor at a very timely time.

I only heard the emperor say: "Since Huanzhu doesn't know how to calculate, then I don't care about the time, just decide whether it's wrong or not!" Qiao Qing, you just have to go to the most difficult part! ”

"Yes!" After getting the emperor's dictation, Prime Minister Qiao immediately asked the question again.

This question is definitely much more difficult than the previous four-digit addition.

Seven or eight groups of numbers added and subtracted, although the readings were not fast, but Meng Guanshuang couldn't help but sweat nervously, no way, traditional Chinese characters are too troublesome, after she finished writing the two groups, she had a deep sense of powerlessness.

couldn't help but glance at Xu Ruixiang on the high seat, and thought to himself: The former emperor's uncle and concubine should not have thanked the Arabic numerals in front of the emperor, right?

However, no matter whether she has written it or not, if she doesn't use simple Arabic numerals at this time, she will definitely miss the following set of numbers because the speed is too slow, and she won't even write all the numbers at that time, so she will naturally lose or lose.

Although she didn't know what the old emperor's calculations were, she didn't want to lose.

With this thought and decision, Meng Guanshuang quickly wrote down the Arabic numerals regardless of it, and then gave the answer almost at the same time as the two waiters in the speed that Prime Minister Qiao Cheng was surprised by, and it was exactly the same.

There was a small uproar in the banquet hall.

Xu Jingxuan's originally worried eyes showed a smile, and he glanced at his father triumphantly.

Xu Jingxuan was very smart, and when he returned to the banquet hall after receiving Yi Jue's notice, and knew that it was his father who was going to test Meng Guanshuang, he knew that he might have known about himself and Meng Guanshuang.

It's just that this old man is too treacherous, and he didn't leak any clues before, and when he suddenly came out in front of so many civil and military officials and family members, he couldn't judge what his father meant, so he could only wait patiently to see what it changed.

Xu Jingxuan saw Xu Jingxuan's careful thoughts, and the corners of his mouth twitched, but his mood was heavier than that of Xu Jingxuan, who didn't know anything.

Of course, some people in the Guogong Mansion family are happy and some are displeased, of course, there are still many people who are happy, and there is a feeling of surprise and brilliance in Meng Guanshuang's eyes.

"Come again!" Xu Ruixiang, who received a provocative glance from his son, said in a deep voice that was very unpleasant.

This voice sounded a little unhappy, Prime Minister Qiao was able to mix in the position of prime minister, and naturally he was the best at figuring out the holy will, and suddenly looked at Meng Guanshuang's eyes changed a little.

Of course, Grandpa Guo also heard it, he anxiously wanted to interject and say something more, Xu Ruixiang glanced at him with a cold look of warning, if he dared to question or disturb again, he would not let his daughter out of the palace today, he could only hold his breath.

But he also has his own big calculations in his heart, if the emperor doesn't give him an explanation afterwards, see if he doesn't die, ah, no, it's annoying him.

So, Prime Minister Qiao immediately racked his brains to come up with the third question, this time, it was not four digits, five digits, but as high as ten digits, adding and subtracting alternately, after writing, Prime Minister Qiao himself had a headache.

Now there is no need to worry about whether to use the Arabic numerals of Meng Guanshuang brush a few strokes to write down the number, and then the addition and subtraction should be calculated, and then check again, to make sure there is no error before saying: "Okay!" ”

Her simple words came out, but Zuo Shilang's fingers trembled, and he dialed the wrong abacus bead, and suddenly looked at the girl who looked very confident in despair and surprise.

Although the right attendant calmly calculated the last set of numbers, his eyes were already full of shock when he stopped.

The hall was suddenly so quiet that it was audible that many people were already stretching their necks to see the answers of the two.

"Qiao Qing!" Xu Ruixiang's expression at this time could not see joy and anger, and his voice was very stable.

But if you look closely, you can hear a little eagerness.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Cheng said in response, walked in front of the two, and looked down at the answer in front of them. (To be continued......)