Chapter Eighty-Four: The Princess Arrives
"Question 3!" Fat Toutuo simply saved all the red tape that Rory was rambling and went straight to the last question.
The bucket was opened, and all eyes were fixed on the table. Before the start of the exam, people did not know the content of the exam. The questions are not exactly the same for each candidate, so it is normal to have some surprised eyes and unexpected scenes. Zhou Yu felt a little uneasy when he looked at the eyes of the audience, these people showed a confused and suspicious expression on their faces, and it was obvious that most of them didn't know the answer.
He himself tiptoed over to the table, where a small piece the size of a palm lay flat and he couldn't see why. He muttered in his heart, and his heart was like a deer.
"Can I take a closer look?" The Governor made his comments.
The fat man glanced in the direction of the jury for help, and saw that most of the nobles nodded in acquiescence, and his heart had a total.
"Yes!"
With that, Zhou Yu strode forward. Standing at the table, he bent down to take a closer look at the gray thing. As soon as I bent over, a familiar smell came to my nose. It didn't get any more familiar to him. It reminded him of a slave camp, of Cassido, of the past.
"It's a manure dumpling. It was made by trampling and fermenting livestock manure and served as a ration for slaves in some fiefdom slave camps. Not to mention that I have seen this thing, I have tasted it in the next place. If you have a bad stomach, this thing is definitely a cure. β
Speaking of the back, the more the Metropolitan Governor spoke, the louder he became, deliberately raising the credibility from a psychological point of view. In general, the more confident a person is, the higher the voice. Of course, just in general.
At this time, the nobles and priests who didn't know the details were dumbfounded, and they didn't know what the answer was, how to talk about it? It's okay to say it right, but if it's wrong, you'll lose the adult. Therefore, Zhou Zhou Yu talked eloquently, and the people below were in groups of three or five, talking to each other.
"Alright, Examiner. I'm done answering, please announce the answer! After Zhou Yu finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, his expression was very confident.
"Uh, this, this answer!" Fat Toutuo's expression was very painful, as if he was constipated, and he couldn't speak.
"What's the matter with you? Slurred? Katsune-sama couldn't sit still, and he didn't allow the unforeseen to happen in the exam he led. This is a common trait of all men who are possessive, controlling and hegemonic.
"Back to His Royal Highness Kejin, this question is a temporary question from Princess Felina. She said the questions were too easy and that they needed to be made more difficult. The last questions of the fifth and twelfth candidates were changed respectively, and the small ones were instructed not to be leaked until they were revealed. This bucket was supposed to contain the Fire Turtle Scale Armor. β
Oh! The audience once again resounded with boiling discussions. Zhou Yu didn't care what they were talking about, nor who Princess Fei Lina was, he only cared about whether he had passed the test.
"Soβwhat about my answer?" Zhou Yu looked at the fat head in wonder, and then turned his head to look at the old fox Kejin. The old guy shrugged his shoulders with a look that I couldn't help it. You can't do anything, so if Philena is a princess, isn't she your niece? Call her out and I'll see what cup it is!
Jingle bells, and suddenly there was a crisp rattle outside the tent. The nobles and priests who were talking about it hurriedly stood up one by one and looked solemnly at the door. In a moment, two stout sergeants lifted the curtain, one left and one right, and a woman of about twenty years old entered, followed by several soldiers with knives and several maids.
This woman does not have the characteristic skin and plateau red of the steppe people. Willow eyebrows and green daisies, thick lips and white teeth, blonde hair coiled high, fixed with a jade hairpin. Looking at her complexion like congealed fat, she can be broken by blowing, and at first glance, she is not a laborer, but must have a noble bloodline. What surprised Zhou Yu even more was that she had a dignified appearance and a kind smile, and she already looked like a mother in the world at a young age, and her royal temperament of not being angry and arrogant penetrated out of her bones, forcing the entire big tent to shine.
"See Her Royal Highness the Princess!" As soon as Kezin saw this woman come in, he hurriedly led the crowd to kneel down on one knee. Isn't that your niece? As for the daughter of a city-state lord to make such a big show? Zhou Yu secretly wondered, but he was not exempt from vulgarity, thinking that he did not have hard bones like Wen Tianxiang and Baili Xi, so he knelt down with the crowd.
Princess Philina smiled lovely, stretched out a hand, spread out her palm and stroked it slowly, and behaved in a gentle manner. A maidservant beside her said loudly, "Excuse me, Her Royal Highness the princess orders you all to get up." β
Everyone stood in place, not daring to take their seats. The sergeant in the back carried a colorful cloth chair and placed it in the C position, and the princess sat down. The hall full of noble priests sat down and returned to their places.
"Uncle Kazin, this county changed the exam questions without the permission of your old man, and I hope you will forgive me." Princess Philena smiled, although the words were low-key and humble, but there was no doubt that there was domineering in her tone.
Her Royal Highness the Princess is serious. It's a small honour for you to be here and to be here in person, an honor to be here, an honor to be Electric. Kazin got up again, fell to his knees, and almost threw himself to the ground.
Gods and horses, gods and goddesses. What kind of drama did your uncle and nephew play? Zhou Yu was confused. Just as he felt that it had nothing to do with him, he was about to find an opportunity to slip away, and found that the princess's eyes moved slightly, staring at him, looking up and down, like a scanner. It is always seen in this way of nuclear magnetic resonance, and the Metropolitan Governor expresses his disapproval, disapproval, and disobedience.
Lao Tzu is not so handsome, and he still wears an iron mask.
"I heard you say outside the tent just now that you are from Xilan, yes or no?" The princess asked. At this time, as soon as the princess spoke, there was no sound below, and no one exchanged ears. It was a world away from the chaotic scene just now.
"Exactly." Zhou Yu didn't answer much, you can be regarded as a princess. If you ask me anything, I'll say what I have, knowing is knowing and not knowing is not knowing. If you answer wrong, can you still pull me out and cut me?
"How is your lord, Bruno?" The princess took a sip of the tea that Kazin had brought and looked at him with a smile.
"It's okay, but I haven't been in good shape lately. Took a vote of house slaves to find the elixir of life. Zhou Yu used this set of rhetoric five, six, seven or eight times.
"Giggles!" Princess Philena laughed wildly, Zhou Yu didn't know what she said wrong, could just such a sentence make her laugh like this? Then Her Royal Highness the princess smiled a little lower, right? If I tell her a story about the old man you roasted sweet potato and dropped my feet, she won't be happy to faint?
"This son of stubbornness is still so unfashionable. I think that my great-grandfather and grandfather had made great contributions to Thoraxia, and how heroic they were at that time. A good family has fallen into the middle of the family and his father's two generations, and the situation has deteriorated. He doesn't learn all day long, and is obsessed with sound and sensuality. How can you be worthy of your ancestors? "The princess's words are praised, and derogatory. Even fools understand what people mean, that is the meaning of hating iron and not steel, and feeding dog food before beating dogs.
What a princess who looks gentle, but is actually domineering. Zhou Yu muttered to himself in his heart, but he had to deal with it. If one is not careful, it is very likely that the previous efforts will be wasted, and the burden on his shoulders is very heavy, so don't capsize in the gutter.
"What's your name?" The princess is down to business.
"Princess, the little one is called Fakemi."
"Well, take the mask off." The princess added some weight to her voice, and it was obvious that wearing a mask in front of such a domineering princess was very disrespectful and inappropriate. Although everyone was aware, no one dared to remind him.
"Oh, oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. The small one is a house slave, and this mask is made by the lord for all the house slaves, telling the little one that he can't take off for life. Now when I see the princess like a fairy descending to earth, the reincarnation of a phoenix, the country and the city, and the national color and fragrance, I forgot to pick the small and small ones when I was nervous. β
"Presumptuous!" The slave next to her shouted angrily, obviously because the Metropolitan Governor said too much, you can answer whatever you ask, and let you do whatever you want. That's the royal rule. How can there be so much nonsense? Kezin, who was standing in the distance, also sweated for this kid who didn't know how to die, what do you say you are okay to fool around? If you were to be labeled as a flirtatious princess, would you still be able to eat dinner today?
"Well, forget it. He who does not know is not guilty! What's more, he's just a house slave! The princess stretched out her hand again and stroked the maid beside her, and the wicked girl glared at the Metropolitan Governor on the other side and withdrew.
"Hehe, what a country and a city, a beautiful country, and a good mouth!" The princess got out of her chair and took a few steps forward, carefully examining Zhou Yu's mask.
The Metropolitan Governor secretly screamed that it was not good, this decree has not been carried out yet! hurriedly took off his mask, revealing that hideous face. The faces under the masks of the Immortals are terrifying, like ghosts. Xerxes uses a peep magic technique that actually a few acupuncture points in a person's face with needles to give a person a facial expression that has had a stroke, and once the needle prick site is recorrected, it will return to normal within a few days. The main purpose of this is to deceive the enemies who have killed the Immortal Army soldiers, and when they take off their masks, they will be shocked by the evil countenance.
"Tut-tut!" Seeing the appearance of this majestic house slave one meter in front of her, Princess Philena sighed a few times. I thought that this person had some insight, and had the ability to talk eloquently and deal with chaos without being surprised, but I didn't expect that not only was it not good-looking, but it was simply ugly and embarrassing. Others don't know the mystery. Now it is the time for Princess Fei Lina to employ people, this time she personally moved here, the supervision and inspection is false, and the selection and appointment of people is real.
"The county has granted you permission to wear a mask for life, even in front of the royal family." Princess Philena waved her hand, and Zhou Yu put the mask back on. I thought to myself, you have such a big ability, you have said that this Ilek City does not count, and it is still royal? Royal, you big head.
"Her Royal Highness Princess Qiqi, do you think of this little exam?" Zhou Yu hurriedly brought the topic to business. Delay a little longer, and go back to the cafeteria without food.
"What do you say is this last thing?"
"Well, it's the barn and the slaves eat."
"Good, good, I have some insight. This was the food that many lords fed to their lowest slaves. You are a house slave, and it stands to reason that you are also a person close to Bruno, how can you have such insight? Philena said.
"Well, the little ones have also been slaves, and have eaten a lot of manure and gluttony." On this issue, Zhou Yu didn't want to lie, if he said that he was the leader of the cooking class, it would be too unconvincing, because he didn't have a big head and a thick neck.
The audience was in an uproar again. Good fellow, a slave? On the continent of Soracia, slaves are inferior people, not to mention that compared with the noble nobles and priests here, even those craftsmen and businessmen cannot sit on an equal footing, and they live like pigs and dogs on weekdays, being slaughtered, sold, and disposed of. Now that a slave is standing here to participate in the Heavenly Husbandry Hunting Competition, which can only be participated in by the best people, how do you say it is acceptable?
Kejin, who was listening to the side, was also surprised, but he didn't expect this kid to be a slave, if it was found out that he modified the rules to let this kid enter the rematch, it would really be a fire and he couldn't eat and walked around. At this moment, he really wanted to chop off his two hands. Alas! Why do you take other people's things?
"Don't you know the rules of slavery?" Philena's expression changed from lost to slightly majestic, obviously reminding Zhou Yu to pay attention to her identity.
"That's right, Your Highness Princess. Before his departure, Lord Bruno had officially pardoned all his slaves, and swore an oath to the statue of the rain god and the water king Li at the rain temple, and if he broke this oath, he would be punished by heaven. According to the small one, the little one is now, and now it should be free. The Governor said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
The audience was dumbfounded, can a slave become a free body? This is the humility that has been imprinted in the bones for a lifetime or even several lifetimes, how can it be said that freedom is freedom? Even if your master pardons you, there is no precedent for such a practice, and it is unknown whether it will be approved by the rest of the ruling class.
The most important thing they did not figure out, and their intelligence, could not have imagined, that is, whether the pardon of a slave would trigger a cascading effect, a chain reaction, and eventually lead to the awakening of the entire slave class in pursuit of freedom. That's the crux of the matter!
"Well, to Her Highness the Princess. Although there was no precedent for this, Bruno had indeed pardoned his slaves and restored their status. There is nothing out of the way this kid participates in the competition. "Lord Kazin seems to have stood up and said something fair, but who knows that the calculation in his heart is actually paving the way for himself. In case this kid is broken, I can also come up with a reason: I don't know, who knows if the slave will be pardoned or not?
"Well, it doesn't matter. Since Brother Bruno has pardoned you, it doesn't hurt that you are a triad. Phirina looked tired, obviously tired from the toss. It was such a simple sentence for her, and in the eyes of others, it was as heavy as a thousand pounds for the ugly masked man in front of her. As soon as the princess Chrysostom comes out, you will be free, and no one will trouble you again.
"So, then I should be considered to have passed the test, right?" Zhou Yu looked down at the piece of stable, trying to connect everything that happened today, but he always felt that there were few clues. When I looked up again, there was still the beautiful and moving princess in front of me, and even the noble priests who were watching had gone to intermission.
"I said, brother, you're scared to death!" A bear's paw slapped on his shoulder, it was Kezin's old man.
"Oh, Katsune-sama, I don't think I'm ashamed of you!"
"Well, depending on the situation, it should have passed this first test. Fortunately, Princess Philena showed up in time, otherwise you might not have made it out of this tent alive. Kazin was clearly referring to the fact that he was hiding his identity.
"I'm wondering, how can a princess of Iclair City be so pompous? Do you still need to be so polite to your niece? Zhou Yu was obviously still wondering why everyone was so depressed.
"Are you crazy?" Kazin rushed up like a hungry tiger and covered his mouth. Vigilantly looked at the fat head and thin head who were cleaning the field around them, and the two of them were pretending to be sweeping robots as always, as if they hadn't heard anything.
"Don't you want to die? You don't want me, I want it! Kazin scolded viciously.
"Any questions?"
"And where is the princess of Iclair? That's the princess of Drunken Flower City, the next generation head of the continent of Soracia! β
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