Chapter 16: Obsession with Names

"Nangong Aiqing, I don't know what interesting things happened?"

Emperor Xia Yu's expression turned to the source of the sound with an unknown expression, among the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, it was only difficult to see what kind of emotions Nangong Qijue revealed-even if it was sarcastic, so at this moment, he, the emperor, couldn't help but be a little curious.

"It's nothing, it's just that I overheard a joke." The corners of Nangong Qijue's mouth were slightly hooked, and the thumb of his right hand gently rubbed the teacup on the table, and his eyelids never lifted.

"I don't know what the little girl said, so funny?"

Before the words fell, there was a dead silence again between the banquets, which couldn't help but make Xiao Huang feel that she was the only living creature in this Qiongxia Palace.

Of course, now she doesn't know that the people who dare to speak to Nangong Qijue like this in the past are no different from dead things.

The criminal governor is an existence independent of any institution above the court, directly under the emperor, and only accepts the emperor's orders.

Setting up torture, solving death cases, gathering intelligence, and secretly sweeping away all dark and filthy things for the monarch, it can be said that the criminal and private governors have always been the embodiment of the dark side of the emperors of previous dynasties.

And Nangong Qi will do whatever it takes to achieve the goal, and the degree of criminal law implemented is even more outrageous, and in the dark room of the criminal and private governor, almost every court official has the handle of the volume, so most people hate it.

In the past few years since he took office, he has cracked the headless unjust cases and old volumes accumulated by the Xia Yu Dynasty, not to mention thousands, but also hundreds.

Emperor Xia Yu was also very kind to him, almost surpassing the previous criminal and private governors, and Nangong Qijue himself was arrogant and domineering, acting perversely and weirdly, and almost didn't take anyone in his eyes.

There was an impeachment in the imperial history, but he slapped people on the pillars of the palace on the spot, and the blood stained the Jinluan Palace, and after that, almost everyone avoided it.

The officials who were in the court at that time, looking at Xiao Huang at this moment, couldn't help but feel a little sympathy, and when they thought that they should mourn for her, a miracle happened......

The man in red not only showed no signs of anger, but said with a chuckle: "Isn't it worthy of pride for those who don't learn and don't know how to do this?" ”

"Hehe, I don't know...... What do you call it? Xiao Huang's unrelated words made everyone in the hall stunned for an instant.

Feelings: This woman has such courage, she is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and she doesn't know who the other party is?!

"Let go, let go, let go of it, this one in front of you is the Metropolitan Governor of Nangong."

The palace attendant who was serving tea to someone stared at him unresponsively, probably for fear of disturbing anyone, and he didn't dare to raise the decibels, and even scolded her in a trembling tone.

Xiao Huang suddenly felt a little funny, of course she knew that this person was the overseer of the criminal governor, because Mrs. Chai had already told her just now, but so what? She just wanted to ask for it herself.

It's a pity that if Nangong Qijue focuses on tasting tea, he obviously doesn't want to pay attention to her, Xiao Huang suffers a dumb loss, and he is very interested in not dwelling too much on the issue of fame.

"Incompetents are not something to be proud of, but ...... How have I ever said that I don't know how to learn? The ladies came to me for a competition, and the subjects of the competition were given by them, and the content of the competition was also known to them. ”

She turned around and swept her gaze over a few people, "I'm not Miss Li, naturally I don't know how to pipa, I'm not Miss Qin, I naturally don't know how to move...... Others will, not necessarily me, and I will, and I will, not necessarily others, so ...... Is it that important to compare or not? ”

At the end of the question, Xiao Huang clearly said it to someone, but ...... Glancing over the sandalwood chair with her eyes closed, as if she had fallen asleep, she couldn't help but wonder if what she said was boring.

"What a clever mouth, the concubine really admires it." Mo Xin'er clapped her hands angrily.

"I don't know what talent Miss Jimo has, we can't compare." Li Manlong asked out loud, crying, very aggrieved.

Even if you are strong, you have to put all the famous ladies present into it...... Alas, sure enough, the villain is too rampant, and it is useless to go out to look at the yellow calendar.

Xiao Huang raised his eyes to look at her, and his face suddenly turned cold, sure enough, it was Nangong Qijue's face that was even more pleasing to the eye......

No, what was she thinking?!

Skimming away the sudden rise in his heart, Xiao Huang calmed down and said, "Miss Li is serious, but she has her own strengths. ”

"Oh? Then you might as well show off your talent as Miss Jimo. Qin Chuyue was aggressive, and her words were full of mockery.

"Since Miss Qin is so strongly demanding, then...... Xiao Huang is respectful and obedient, and he is ugly. She responded coldly, without a hint of panic.

If she accepts the battle post, then she has to concentrate on the battle, and losing, which has always been a stain that she will never allow - this is the perfectionism that Xiao Huang has always pursued.

"Can the emperor borrow the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone of his courtiers?"

Hearing what Xiao Huang wanted, Emperor Xia Yu couldn't help but be stunned, as the arbiter between the two sides of the game, of course he can't be biased, although it is a contest between the daughters of his subordinates, but there is really a little inferior, how can those who are fathers sit still?

If you can take the opportunity to find out the attitude of the ministers under your seat, of course, it is very good, for this ...... Emperor Xia Yu was happy to see it, and with a wave of his hand, he asked people to prepare.

Seeing this, Qin Chuyue just snorted coldly, she didn't believe that the person in front of her who was like a waste material could come up with something that could be put on the table.

There is no doubt about him, most of the people in the hall secretly shook their heads, and those who can use paper and pen are nothing more than - books, writing, and drawing, and the people here are the leading figures of the Xia Yu Dynasty, what plain monuments have not been seen?

It's just that because of Emperor Xia Yu's acquiescence, they should have fun.

A square table was quickly set up in the middle of the main hall, and the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone were also placed on one side by the palace maid.

Xiao Huang dipped his pen in ink, and while drawing something on the paper, he said: "Whether it is piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, or singing, dancing and vocal music, they are inseparable from people's wisdom roots, and this wisdom roots are reflected in wisdom, the higher the wisdom, the faster and more refined the things you learn." ”

She put down the brush, raised her head and said, "Xiao Huang is not talented, in order to save time, how about playing a game with your sisters today?" ”

Without really asking for the opinions of others, she turned to the little palace maid who was grinding ink on the side of the table and asked, "Can you write?" ”

"Huh?!" The little palace maid was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said, "Yes, but the slave maid is not very literate." ”

"Just write numbers from one to nine." Xiao Huang demanded.

"Yes, the slave can write."

After listening to the conversation between the two, the confused people saw Xiao Huang step aside the next moment and let the little palace maid pick up the pen.

What numbers she said, where she pointed her finger, and the little palace maid complied with the words on the paper one by one......

Nangong Qijue opened his eyes and looked at this scene, and the interest in his eyes became more and more intense, that is, Mo Xiaohuang, don't let this governor down.

But after a while, Xiao Huang saw that the ink was almost dry, so he motioned to the little palace maid to hang up the white paper.

I saw a square box drawn on the paper, and there were forty-nine grids of the same size in the frame, some of which had numbers written in them, and the numbers were in different order from one to nine, and some of the boxes were empty......

The rice paper hanging high on the stand, or the content of the paper, rarely attracted the attention of the courtiers during the banquet, and the words in the box were all recognized, but they didn't understand what they meant when they were put together, and the whole looked like a number from one to nine, written in a disorderly space.

"What is this?" Sima Yi asked everyone's thoughts.

Seeing that he was puzzled, Xiao Huang explained kindly: "All the adults are important ministers of the imperial court, and the addition and subtraction algorithms must be proficient in the extreme, and the sisters are all talented women carefully taught by the adults, and the simple quantitative addition and subtraction algorithms must be even more convenient." ”

After flattering everyone present, Xiao Huang continued with a smile on his face: "This is a seven-seven square grid, with a total of forty-nine small grids. ”

"What the sisters have to do is to write addition or subtraction in the space, so that these numbers can be equal whether they are horizontal, vertical or oblique, as long as they are in a straight line."

After speaking, she observed that some officials were interested, while others were still watching in silence.

"In order to let the sisters better understand what Xiao Huang means, I have a simple nine-square grid here, and it has been prepared."

As she spoke, she picked up another piece of paper from the table, pointed to the nine-square grid on it and said, "For example, this horizontal line ......"

Before she could finish explaining, Qin Chuyue interrupted impatiently: "Okay, okay, what do you think it is?" You don't need to teach such a simple algorithm. ”

"Well, it's Xiao Huang who is not interested, so please Miss Qin give it a try, but because there is only one copy of the original manuscript, I also ask Miss Qin to think about it and write it...... Oh, and by the way, there's also pen and paper on the table for others to use. ”

Xiao Huang reminded him very "intimately", and then left the venue safely, returned to the banquet and picked up the teacup and drank it slowly.

"Xiao Er......"

Seeing Lian Huaying's distressed eyes in a blink of an eye, Xiao Huang couldn't help but hold her hand back, and smiled sweetly, "Don't worry about mother." ”

Thinking of the third princess who had been worried about her from the beginning, she felt guilty in her heart, and at the same time, she couldn't help but derive a warm feeling......