Chu Xiaoxiao was thrown into a book, reincarnating as a cannon fodder meant to be drowned shortly after birth. Outraged, she saved herself and vowed to change her family’s doomed fate.
...Looking at the goose carefully, I felt it was impossible. The goose was lying on the ground drinking water. It looked half dead and listless. How could it possibly fly?
After all, Prince Dongsheng is young, arrogant and easily deceived. If he loses, will the emperor cheat?
No, we can’t just have a few people witnessing this bet, we need to call more people.
Tolando was extremely humble and bowed to the emperor, “Your Majesty, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince insists on gambling, you cannot go back on your word.
This envoy hopes to call all the northerners in the post station to come and witness this miracle."
Li Sizuba couldn't help but say: "Okay! How about this! Let's set off to the post station right away, not only to let you people in the North Country witness the miracle, but also to let the people of Dongsheng see whether the geese trained by Princess Lingxiao can fly into the sky.
If it flies up, the envoy's head will be in danger. If it doesn't fly up, the envoy can take my head at will."
"Good! Prince Dongsheng is ambitious."
Tolando felt that he had picked up a great bargain. Being able to kill the Crown Prince of Dongsheng so quickly was also a great achievement of his mission to Dongsheng.
"Without further delay, let's set off for the Northland Post Station immediately."
The emperor waved his hand, and the prince took Chu Xiaoxiao's hand and led the way out.
The big white goose stood up and followed behind its owner, swaying from side to side, with its head held high and its chest puffed out. It was the second biggest in the world, so majestic.
When they arrived at the posthouse, the northerners heard what Tolando said and thought that the young prince of Dongsheng was crazy for daring to accept such a bet.
"Hahaha! It's all thanks to Lord Tolando that he managed to get such a good thing with just one move. Come on! Let's make a bet and bet on Lord Tolando to win."
"Okay, okay, I'll buy it too. You don't have to think about it to know that we will definitely win this kind of bet."
"If we are going to do it, we should make a big bet and let the people of Dongshengjing City participate and make a lot of money."
After hearing this, Chu Xiaoxiao smiled with her eyes narrowed and her eyebrows curved.
[Is there such a good thing? We must play a game! Let the northerners lose everything. ]
Li Sizu: “…”
Good idea, I'll arrange it right away.
The odds of the bet at the post station were 1 to 5. Tolando bought 5,000 taels of silver, but no one bought a single copper coin from Li Sizu.
Chu Yimo had been hanging around on the streets. When he heard that there was a gambling game going on in the post house, the bet was whether his sister's goose could fly, and also the life of the prince, he came without hesitation with 10,000 taels of silver in his hand.
“Bet on Li Sizu to win!”
When the northerners saw that this fool was coming to give them silver, they happily accepted it without saying anything.
Then other people came to buy. Some bet on Li Sizu, some bet on Tolando to win, and some bet on both.
Whoever wins will earn money.
The Northerners set up the trap, and the money bought naturally went to the Northerners. Seeing the white silver constantly passing into their hands, everyone's face was filled with joy.
When the emperor heard that the northerners had set up a bet on this matter, he asked Eunuch Yuanbao to send a young eunuch, disguised as a dandy, to bet 50,000 taels of silver on Li Sizu's victory.
In a short period of time, the stakes in this gambling game suddenly reached more than 500,000 taels.
Among them, 500,000 taels were bets on Li Sizu to win. If he really won, the Northerners would have to pay 2.5 million taels of silver.
This is not a small amount of money, but they did not feel the slightest bit of crisis. Instead, they thought that all the people in Dongsheng were fools.
It's really stupid to spend so much money on a game that you have no chance of winning.
The betting ended after two hours, and the open space of the inn was surrounded by people in three layers. Everyone was curious about who would win the bet.
This kind of competition is very simple. It does not require a large venue or any scene setting. Just set up two stages.
The northerners sat on one side, Li Sizu, Chu Xiaoxiao, and the most important big white goose sat on the other side. The emperor came to watch the battle in his ordinary clothes, and people were deployed around the posthouse to prevent the northerners from playing tricks.
Tolando and his companions had great contempt for Li Sizu, but they did not show it easily.
After all, this was on Dongsheng's land, and being too aggressive would damage the diplomatic relations between the two countries. If Li Sizu's head fell today, they would not laugh at him, but would only feel regret.
Keep the ridicule in your heart, take it back to the North and laugh at it slowly, it will be enough to make them laugh until they die.
I've seen stupid people, but I've never seen anyone so stupid.
He is eager to die and also eager to give away money.
Li Sizu: “…”
Yes! Who made you stupid? You had to set up a gambling game? More than two million taels of silver is no joke.
We have to give it to them! We have the proton in our hands. If you don't give it to them, we can only attack the North.
Chu Xiaoxiao had been feeding water and grass to the big white geese. Others didn't know, but Li Sizu saw it clearly. The water and grass were taken out of the small cloth bag she was carrying on her back.
It was spiritual spring water. No wonder this stupid goose could fly. It must have drunk a lot of spiritual spring water, right?
He had only drunk it once, but he didn't expect the goose to be happier than him. He didn't know how many times it had drunk it. If it still couldn't fly, it should be stewed and eaten.
He is a prince, but he is not as good as a goose. Where can he seek justice?
"Your Highness! Is your goose ready? Our competition can begin now."
Tolando was really afraid that Li Sizu would run away, so when the betting was over, he came to urge him. He also wanted to see if the goose could fly into the sky.
"Well! Let's get started!"
Chu Xiaoxiao patted the big white goose on the back and told it: "Gray, gray, gray high!"
“Gah!”
The big white goose stood up, cried loudly, shook its body, and shook off a lot of feathers.
He walked towards the center of the field with a step that showed he didn't recognize anyone.
The onlookers were all surprised and talked about it.
"No way! Can this goose really fly? It doesn't look like a flying goose!"
"Oh, yeah! It's so fat, can it really fly? It won't fall down in mid-air, will it?"
"That's impossible. I heard that they not only bet on money, but also on their lives."
"What? Who told you that? Are you really betting your life?"
"It's a real gamble. If the goose can fly, the envoy from the Northern Kingdom will die. If the goose can't fly, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will die."
"Such a big bet? Why doesn't the emperor care? What if the goose can't fly? Is His Royal Highness really going to die?"
"I think you haven't figured it out yet. If the goose can't fly, how dare Your Highness bet on it?"
Everyone stopped talking and held their breath, watching the goose walking unsteadily on the field.
At an almost invisible angle, Chu Xiaoxiao stretched out her chubby little hand and pointed, injecting a trace of spiritual power into the body of the big white goose.
[Humph! Tolando is dead. The unfortunate prince is someone I want to protect. How dare you bet on his life? I'll kill you first!]
The big white goose suddenly felt warm all over and immediately felt as light as a swallow. It was so happy that it called "quack quack" and flapped its wings and ran quickly on the field.
He ran round and round, and when he finally started, he jumped hard and rushed into the air like a sharp arrow.