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The Second Princess was so angry that she was speechless. She received many mocking looks from the other girls, which made her face black and red, like a color-changing palette, which was very funny.
"Alright, now we have our beloved minister. Sir, would you like to challenge the princess?"
The emperor asked about your highness's ministers and their families.
"We, your servants, are ashamed that we cannot match the talent and learning of Her Royal Highness the Princess."
The ministers spoke quickly.
"No one challenged me. The winner of the first round of the poetry competition is Princess Xiangyun, and she will receive a coral tree!"
The emperor saw that no one dared to challenge, and the winner was Princess Xiangyun.
The Queen Mother asked the nanny beside her to give the coral tree to Gao Zhijun.
Hongyue took the coral tree and placed it on Gao Zhijun's table.
After taking a closer look, Gao Zhijun felt that if she brought this coral tree back to the modern era, she would definitely become a billionaire.
It's a pity that she can't go back and can't take it back, otherwise she really wants to take the antique back to the modern era, live a lazy life, and lie down every day.
After seeing the coral tree, he showed it to Hong Qiujue and the others.
"Now we begin the second round of the competition, arithmetic. Which of you would like to go first?"
The emperor asked his highness's civil and military ministers.
"I am here!"
Dr. Tian from the Imperial College stood up and said.
"My dear Mr. Tian, please!"
The emperor said.
"Zhang San has three sons. He bought twelve pears and wanted to divide them equally among his three sons. How many pears did each son get?"
The doctoral students of the Imperial College asked questions to the ministers and their families in the hall.
As soon as the doctor from the Imperial College posed the question, people in the hall began to whisper and talk to themselves, and some began to think about the answer.
Even Huo Jinqian was thinking about the answer.
Gao Zhijun felt amused when she heard this. In modern times, even a six-year-old child could probably calculate such elementary school problems.
This is very simple. As long as you know the multiplication table, you can calculate that each person will get four pears.
However, she didn't want to draw attention and didn't plan to answer.
Just because she doesn't want to answer doesn't mean she can't let the people around her answer.
She leaned over to Huo Jinxiu's ear, explained the meaning of the question, told her the answer, and then asked Huo Jinxiu to answer.
"Fourth sister-in-law, I can't do it!"
Huo Jinxiu was so frightened that she couldn't speak clearly.
"Jinxiu, you can do it. Believe in yourself and just do as I said."
Gao Zhijun cheered Huo Jinxiu up and encouraged her.
"Zhijun, Jinxiu can't do it. She hasn't learned anything."
Huo Jinxiu's mother, Yu, also said worriedly.
She knew her daughter had no courage.
"Aunt San, you have to believe in Jinxiu. She can do it."
"Jinxiu, believe in yourself, you can do it."
Gao Zhijun said encouragingly again.
"Jinxiu, if your fourth sister-in-law says you can do it, then you can do it. Believe in yourself and believe in your fourth sister-in-law. Grandma believes you can do it."
Zhang Chan also encouraged Huo Jinxiu, hoping that she could take the first step.
She knew that this was an opportunity Gao Zhijun gave to her granddaughter. As long as her granddaughter stood up and gave the answer, she would become famous in the capital, and the young men in the capital would pay attention to her. She would have the opportunity to marry a wealthy man in the capital in the future.
Zhang Chan was wrong. Gao Zhijun hadn't considered this. She just wanted to test Huo Jinxiu's courage.
If Huo Jinxiu were to get married, she would definitely find her a man who was honest and loving to his wife, and they would be together for life, and there would not be any concubines in the house.
Her sister doesn't need to rely on men, nor does she need to marry into a wealthy family, because she is a wealthy family.
As soon as Zhang Chan said this, the women of the Huo family and the Sun family all encouraged Huo Jinxiu.
Facing the encouraging looks from her family, Huo Jinxiu's flustered heart calmed. She encouraged herself, then stood up calmly and said, "I'm willing to give it a try. The answer is four pears for each son."
As soon as Huo Jinxiu gave the answer, pairs of eyes stared at her.
The emperor and the doctor of the Imperial College looked at Huo Jinxiu in shock, wanting to see whose daughter she was.
When the emperor saw that the seat was next to Princess Xiangyun, all the people sitting there were from the Huo and Sun families. He just didn't know whether the little girl was from the Huo or Sun family.
"My dear Mr. Tian, is the answer correct?"
The emperor asked Dr. Tian.
"Your Majesty, the answer is correct!"
Dr. Tian said.
"How did you figure out the answer?"
The emperor asked Huo Jinxiu.
Huo Jinxiu was panic-stricken, her hands were sweating, and she looked at Gao Zhijun.
When she received Gao Zhijun's encouraging look, her panicked heart calmed down, and she said calmly: "Because..."
Huo Jinxiu repeated exactly what Gao Zhijun had explained just now.
"Wonderful! The girl is famous!"
The emperor praised Huo Jinxiu's explanation highly. He couldn't imagine it could be calculated this way.
"In reply to Your Majesty, my name is Huo Jinxiu, and I am from Huojia Village."
Huo Jinxiu answered truthfully.
"Princess, who is she to you?"
The emperor asked Gao Zhijun.
The Huo family refers to his nephew's adoptive parents.
"Replying to Your Majesty, she is my husband's sister-in-law, and we are like sisters."
Gao Zhijun took this opportunity to let everyone know Huo Jinqian. In this way, Anyang Hou would recognize Huo Jinqian and would have to think twice before trying to harm him.
Moreover, she used Huo Jinqian to prevent those who wanted their sons and grandsons to marry her.
"Husband's family? When was the engagement decided? I was not informed of it."
The emperor pretended to be furious.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. I didn't have time to tell you. Please forgive me. My marriage was arranged by my adoptive grandmother in Taizhou."
Of course Gao Zhijun knew that the emperor was pretending to be angry. The emperor knew that she was engaged to Huo Jinqian.
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