"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I only learned about this matter when I arrived in Taizhou. I have observed Mr. Huo, Huo Jinqian, and I am very satisfied with him. I hope Your Majesty will grant me this."

Murong Yuanbo knew that the emperor was pretending to be angry. After all, the marriage of the princess and the prince had to be approved by the emperor. The emperor did this to save face.

"No defense! Since the Marquis of Zhenbei only found out later, and the princess's marriage was arranged before, I agree to it."

"Huo Jinqian, who is Mr. Huo?"

When the emperor saw the steps leading down, he went down the ladder.

"The common people are here!"

"Your humble servant pays homage to the Emperor. Long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor, long, long live the Emperor!"

Huo Jinqian stood up, walked out of his seat and knelt before the emperor.

"Stand up!"

The emperor called Huo Jinqian to get up.

"Thank you, Lord!"

Huo Jinqian stood up.

"He is indeed handsome and elegant, and he is as beautiful as the princess, but I wonder how knowledgeable he is."

The emperor pretended to meet Huo Jinqian for the first time, looked at him carefully, and showed that he was very satisfied with his appearance.

"Your Majesty, I took the imperial examination and passed it. I just finished the exam today and am waiting for the results."

Huo Jinqian said respectfully.

"It's amazing! He's already reached the highest level at such a young age and is now a tribute student. His knowledge is quite good."

When the emperor heard about Li Yuan, he was very satisfied with his knowledge.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your praise!"

Huo Jinqian said smoothly.

Gao Zhijun's revelation that she was engaged shocked the ministers who wanted her to be their son's or grandson's daughter-in-law. They were all very sorry.

Marquis Anyang and his wife felt very upset when their plans were dashed.

I originally thought that I would let my son marry Princess Xiangyun, climb into the royal family, and help him rise to a high position in the world, but now everything is in vain.

Marquis Anyang was not only shocked that the princess was engaged, but what shocked him even more was that the person the princess was engaged to was actually his son with the eldest princess. How could he not be shocked?

"Miss Huo solved the arithmetic, and the minister will come up with another arithmetic. If not, Miss Huo will win this time."

The emperor asked his ministers.

Xie Jinyu and Ma Jun both wanted to know what the woman who could solve this arithmetic problem looked like, and they were full of curiosity about her. They had just calculated it, but couldn't figure it out.

She was a peasant girl, yet she figured it out easily. Could it be that all intelligent women were born in the countryside? Princess Xiangyun was one example, and so was Miss Huo. Both of them had adoring looks on their faces.

"I will also give you an arithmetic problem."

At this time, the chief academician of the Imperial College stood up and said.

"Please, Lord Mu!"

The emperor said.

"A well is ten meters deep. A snail wants to climb out of the well. It climbs three meters a day and then slides down one meter. How many days will it take for the snail to climb out of the well?"

Mu Wei, the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, asked a math problem.

"Isn't this the math problem that Master Mu posed last year? I heard that no student in the Imperial College could answer it, and it became a difficult problem. I didn't expect that Master Mu would pose it here again. I guess no one can solve it either."

"Exactly. My son came back and asked me about it, but I couldn't figure it out either."

"Yes, mine is the same."

"What do you think Master Mu meant by this? He knows no one can figure it out, but he still uses this question to test people."

"Do you think that Miss Huo and Princess Xiangyun can figure it out?"

"I think it's uncertain. Although Miss Huo is good at arithmetic, this is an eternal problem. A peasant girl like her probably can't figure it out."

"Although the princess is extremely intelligent and may be good at writing poetry, arithmetic may not be her strong point."

On the ministers' side, the ministers were whispering to each other. They all knew that this eternal problem probably could not be solved by anyone today.

After Huo Jinxiu heard what Mu Jijiu from the Imperial College said, she knew that she couldn't figure it out.

After hearing this, Gao Zhijun was delighted. This question was too simple. It was also a primary school question.

She also heard the ministers' discussions, but did not say anything.

"Which of you, my dear, can calculate it?"

The emperor asked his ministers.

The ministers did not dare to look up at the emperor because they did not know how.

"Is there no one in Daliang who can calculate the result?"

The emperor looked at the ministers who were cowering like quails, lowering their heads and not daring to look up, and he became angry just by looking at them.

"Miss Huo, what about you?"

The emperor saw that he could not rely on his ministers, so he asked Huo Jinxiu.

"I don't know how to do this either, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Huo Jinxiu said nervously but calmly.

She only said that after her fourth sister-in-law told her the answer.

"No defense! It's normal if it doesn't happen!"

When the emperor heard that Huo Jinxiu didn't know how to do it, he asked her to sit down.

"Father, Princess Xiangyun is intelligent and capable. She will definitely figure it out."

The Second Princess also heard the ministers' discussion and knew that this was an eternal puzzle that no one in the palace could solve. If Princess Xiangyun were asked to calculate it, she would definitely not be able to do it.

She didn't expect that the opportunity for revenge would come so soon.

"Princess, can you?"

The emperor glared at the second princess, this troublemaker, he really wanted the second prince to divorce her.

Gao Zhijun glanced at the Second Princess as if she were a clown.

The other party wants to embarrass himself, but he will not do as she wishes.

"Father, your son will."

Gao Zhijun said.

When the female members of the family heard Princess Xiangyun say that she could tell fortunes, they all looked over.

"What's the answer?"

The emperor asked Gao Zhijun.

"Father, it takes a total of five days for the snail to crawl out of the well."

Gao Zhijun didn't look at the women, she just gave the answer directly.

"Five days, Lord Mu, is the princess right?"

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