Time slowly passes, and some people's papers are still blank...
"Time's up, sign your names, the same goes for blank papers, and keep an eye on them!" Ye Lang stood up and asked the guards who had been placed in advance to pay attention.
Soon, the guards collected everyone's papers. Although some people were reluctant, with so many people present, it was not appropriate to do anything else.
"Seventh brother, your papers and those of your future sister-in-law are blank." The first person Ye Lang looked at was his future sister-in-law's paper.
"I know!! You don't have to say it directly like that!" Brother Seven felt a little itchy towards Ye Lang. Being the first one to be named, he believed that everyone would be unhappy and would hate Ye Lang to some extent.
"Why don't you just say it out loud? Not being able to answer doesn't mean there's a problem." Ye Lang said casually, then continued to name those who had left the answers blank, as well as those who hadn't answered a question correctly, and asked them to stand together.
At that time, the group of people blushed, and they all wanted to give Ye Lang a profound lesson. Of course, this was just a thought.
"You, go over there too, and the rest..." Ye Lang asked those who answered less than three questions correctly to go over there.
"As expected of the imperial palace, it's teeming with talented people. You can actually overcome five questions." Ye Lang looked at the remaining people. This result seemed to be a little more than he had imagined.
"Five people answered more than ten questions correctly, what a talent... Hey, who is this? Zhao Yarou, she actually answered all of them correctly? Who is this scary woman?" Ye Lang was surprised to find that someone could cross ten questions, and the most surprising thing was that Zhao Yarou actually answered all of them correctly.
"What's so scary? Yarou is the eighth sister. She is the most beautiful, well-behaved and smartest among us sisters. I didn't expect that these questions are so difficult, but she can answer them all correctly." The seventh princess continued.
"Eighth sister? Is that the eighth princess?" Ye Lang asked.
"Well, you should know her. You even bullied her." The Seventh Princess nodded.
"???" Ye Lang was a little confused. When had he ever bullied the Eighth Princess?
"Things from your childhood..." The Seventh Princess said as a reminder. Those were just things from your childhood, and it didn't matter whether you remembered them or not.
"Ye Lang, have you forgotten me?" The eighth princess Zhao Yarou walked in front of Ye Lang and looked at him with extremely complicated eyes.
Ye Lang glanced at Zhao Yarou, then deliberately hid himself for a moment. He took the Seventh Princess's hand and whispered, "Pay attention to her from now on. Don't get too close to her. She's really scary!"
"..." Zhao Yarou and the Seventh Princess were both stunned. They didn't expect Ye Lang to do such a thing.
"What's wrong with you? She just answered your question correctly. What's so scary about that?" The Seventh Princess asked in confusion. "Is it because she might be smarter than you?"
"Xiao Qi, for some questions, the more correct answers you get, the better... If I didn't know the answers to these questions, I might not be able to answer any of them." Ye Lang said softly, and only Ye Lanyu and the Seventh Princess could hear his voice clearly, while others could only hear the general idea at most.
"???" Princess Seven and Ye Lanyu were confused. "Brother, are you being stupid again?"
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"I don't want to bother with you! Your Majesty, I have already done what you asked for. You can handle the rest by yourself. I'm leaving first!" Ye Lang clapped his hands and prepared to leave.
At this point, Ye Lang actually had nothing to do with the matter. The emperor would figure it out himself. Although he didn't quite understand what these problems Ye Lang had, it was just a reference and not an important indicator for deciding the heir.
However, at this moment, the emperor suddenly asked a question for some unknown reason:
"Ye Lang, I want to ask you a question."
"??What?"
"If you were asked to choose my heir, among all my children, who would you choose?" The emperor asked a question that surprised everyone. No one would have thought that he would ask Ye Lang such a question.
At this time, everyone looked at Ye Lang, wanting to get his answer. Although this answer might not be of much use, some people were still paying attention.
"If I had to choose, I would choose one of them." To everyone's surprise, Ye Lang pointed at those who had not answered a single question correctly.
Is it biased?
"Don't think I'm partial to anyone. This is my choice, but I know they might be more suitable to be the king of a country." Ye Lang pointed at those who answered about ten questions correctly.
"???" This time, no one understood, and what was even more confusing was——
"And she is the only one I think needs to be eliminated. She is absolutely unsuitable to be the heir to the throne!!" Ye Lang pointed at someone who answered all the questions correctly - Zhao Yarou!
This surprised everyone. He only eliminated those who answered all the questions correctly, but felt that those who answered more than ten questions correctly were suitable. This made people doubt what the standard of Ye Lang's questions was!
"Ye Lang!!" Zhao Yarou looked at Ye Lang with gritted teeth.
"Your Majesty, she is scaring me. I suggest you kill her to avoid endless troubles!" Ye Lang pointed at Zhao Yarou and expressed his thoughts directly.
“…”
Once again, everyone was silent. Who would say something like that? Asking a father to kill his own daughter, and apparently for no reason at all?
"Ye Lang, why are you being stupid again? Eighth sister, don't bother with him, he is just such a little fool." The Seventh Princess immediately pulled Ye Lang.
"I'm just stating the facts. You'll know later." Ye Lang said innocently. He didn't say anything wrong.
"What is the standard for your topic?" The emperor began to ask the most crucial question.
What exactly is Ye Lang’s question?
"There were three of them, a mother and her two daughters. After their mother passed away, the younger sister saw a nobleman she had never met before at the funeral and fell in love with him at first sight. But a month later, the younger sister killed her older sisters. Why?"
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"Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess who was cast under a spell by a wizard and locked in a castle, where she would never wake up. It was said that only a prince's passionate kiss could awaken her. Later, a very handsome prince captured the castle and rescued the princess. However, after he woke her with a kiss, she killed him. Why?"
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You see, all his questions are counter-psychological tests. The more people answer correctly, the more abnormal their psychology becomes! And Zhao Yarou, who answered all the questions correctly, is absolutely the most abnormal of the abnormal!
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Haha, after seeing the question about soup in the book review by book friends, it seems that most of the students don’t know the answer to this riddle. This makes Xiaoxiao a little strange, because many people should know this!
In fact, kfio’s answer is closer, but it is not the original answer. This requires some processing!
Everyone, keep guessing. I'll keep it a secret for a bit. If you guess correctly, you can get 10 points. Hehe...
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