Volume 1 Chapter 7 The Storm of the Rite of Passage
"This Wenying Hall is really lively today." While laughing, Concubine Shu had already entered the Wenying Hall with a group of maids and maids.
"Erchen greets the concubine."
"The ministers say hello to the concubine."
"No courtesy, flat body, get up, you know, the mourning family never talks about this false courtesy." Concubine Shugui said with a smile that since entering the palace, in order to avoid exposing her lack of talent, she has always created an approachable and amiable image.
The second prince, the third prince and the other princes looked up at each other, and quickly lowered their heads, this matter is so big, now they don't even dare to come out of the atmosphere, where do they dare to get up.
"Why did the concubine have time to come over today?" Wang Chang was already calm at this time, and got off the dragon chair with a smile on his face and came to hold the concubine's right hand.
"Your Majesty is really a noble person, today is Zhao'er's eighteen-year-old coming-of-age ceremony, the queen mother led all the ministers in the Jixian Hall early in the morning to wait for Your Majesty to come in person." After Concubine Shu finished speaking, she turned to the princes kneeling on the ground and said, "On the day of great joy, why did you make your father unhappy?"
The second prince snorted and said, "Erchen...... Erchen ......"
The third prince said in a strong voice: "The sons and daughters have answered the arithmetic questions of the seventh princess incorrectly, and they are being punished for kneeling."
"Your Majesty, our Yunmeng Kingdom has always been based on farming, and the princes can only practice literature and martial arts, isn't it normal to answer arithmetic questions incorrectly? That's what it's called rare. Just let them get up. Well...... The emperor ......," the concubine pulled Wang Chang's sleeve and said coquettishly.
Wang Chang was confused by the words of the envoys of Taibai Kingdom before, and felt that he had to give Taibai Kingdom a unique and correct answer to satisfy the whole Taibai Kingdom, so as not to be ridiculed by the world. And now listening to the concubine, he suddenly came to his senses, yes, as long as the answer to the five colors is wrong, then no matter what the correct answer is, there is no plagiarism, let alone cheating, and answering the wrong arithmetic question is the same as dressing and eating for the prince and grandson of Yunmengguo, it is not the same thing at all.
When the concubine first came in, Wang Zizhao was concentrating on painting the color, not daring to be distracted, so as not to make a mistake, so he didn't have time to give a salute to the concubine, and at this time he happened to finish coloring the map, so he came to greet the concubine.
Wang Chang pretended not to see Wang Zizhao, walked straight to the finished map, and asked the envoy of Taibai Kingdom next to him: "I don't know what the envoy wants?"
The envoy of Taibai Kingdom carefully measured the four-color map in front of him, and couldn't help but gasp in his heart, although the seventh princess was born to a concubine, she was gentle and lovely, smart and clever, and was deeply favored by the emperor of Taibai Kingdom, not to mention, Taibai Kingdom has never had a precedent for a princess to marry outside, so he deliberately debuted arithmetic problems to make Yunmengguo embarrassed and kill the prestige of Yunmengguo, so as not to marry the princess in the future and be wronged. It is said that this Yunmeng King Sun Guixuan has never learned arithmetic, but now, this problem jointly developed by more than a dozen top arithmetic masters in my Taibai Country for nearly a year, I thought that it would stump Yunmengguo for at least ten years and eight years, but I didn't expect that in less than ten days, it was easily solved by Yunmengguo, the thirteenth prince who had never learned arithmetic and had just turned eighteen years old, and it was one color less than his own domestic solution. Now, is that right or not? If he is wrong, isn't that a lie with his eyes open? But if you say that your answer is wrong, won't it destroy your own country's prestige?
Xian Liangchen looked at the eleven princes kneeling on the ground, and then glanced at the only son of the queen of Yunmeng Kingdom, his eyes rolled, and his heart turned sideways: "Thirteen princes, I'm sorry, I'm offended." So, he threw off his sleeves, knelt down on one knee and pleaded guilty to Wang Chang, the lord of Yunmeng Country: "Please atone for your sins!" Your country is based on farming, originally did not learn arithmetic, the seven princesses of our country are too naughty, but a joke with your country, how can it really embarrass the princes, I did not expect that the thirteen princes of your country are young, born geniuses, a few days of kung fu is untaught, if God helps, to solve the arithmetic problems developed by more than ten top arithmetic masters in our country in a year, it is really gratifying! ”
As soon as he heard the envoy's words and prickly congratulations, the atmosphere in Wenying Hall suddenly became a little subtle. The eleven princes kneeling on the ground seemed to have a heart in their hearts, and they all kowtowed to Wang Chang and begged: "Father, the sons are stupid, and the sons can only dance and play with ink, guns and sticks, and they really can't solve this arithmetic problem, please ask your father to see it!" Ask my father to be gracious! ”
Wang Chang couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, admitting that the eleven princes were guilty, so how to explain the matter of the thirteenth prince, who is self-taught and born a genius? Who believes it? Yunmeng Country prohibits business, except for the untouchables, even the children of ordinary families do not learn arithmetic, by the way, there are still eight princes standing in the main hall of the previous dynasty, which one of them does not have a father and uncle who is a big official in the dynasty, and he really cheats with the eleven princes, not only my face is gone, this court will definitely be shocked, and even the national capital of the country based on agriculture will be questioned...... You said that you Wang Zizhao, Wang Zizhao, you don't stay in your Jixian Hall on your eighteenth birthday today, you have nothing to do here, what is it good to call me here? Headache...... Although the relationship with the queen is indifferent, the prince Zhaolai is obviously out of brotherly love to relieve the princes, and now he ...... Look at the crowds in this hall, but Shuguifei and the eleven princes, which one really thinks about you......
Wang Chang returned to the dragon chair, suddenly felt a darkness in front of him, and shouted, "I'm not feeling well!" Then he fell on the dragon chair and fainted.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Quick, pass on the doctor. Concubine Shu hurriedly stepped forward to support Wang Chang, the hall was in chaos, and all the princes, including the idle people, were invited to retire by Jin Shang, the chief administrator of the inner house, and the deacon and eunuch, leaving Concubine Shu to take care of Wang Chang.
Prince Showa and the princes did not dare to leave, and all knelt down outside the Wenying Hall, and some people kept crying: "Father!"
Empress Yun was still waiting with the ministers for the emperor to come and congratulate the prince on his birthday, but she didn't expect to wait for the eunuch to pass the news about the emperor's sudden illness, so the ministers who congratulated the birthday retreated like birds and beasts without a trace, and the queen personally hurried to the Wenying Hall with the imperial doctor.