Chapter 197 Riddles
Pfft—
When this question was posed, not only First Scholar of Wulin Kingdom, but even the Hun Kingdom officials in the Golden Throne Hall nearly burst out laughing.
Isn't this just a damn insult?
First Scholar of Wulin Kingdom froze for a moment, then felt utterly humiliated and blurted out without thinking.
"Eight! This is too simple!"
Shen Yulou shook his head, a cold smile appearing on his face.
"Wrong."
He turned and shouted to outside the hall, "Come, let our little princess help this Wulin Kingdom's top scholar answer!"
No sooner had he spoken than Princess Qionger, with her short legs, pattered in from outside.
She was wearing a pink princess dress today, with two adorable bun hairstyles, and her small face was exquisitely carved, so cute it made one want to pinch it.
Qionger walked to the center of the Golden Throne Hall and first bowed respectfully to Emperor Ren.
Then she timidly looked at First Scholar of Wulin Kingdom and said in a soft, sweet voice.
"Envoy, you answered incorrectly."
She held up two fair, tender fingers and seriously announced the answer.
"It's two monkeys!"
First Scholar of Wulin Kingdom was instantly dumbfounded: "Why two?!"
Princess Qionger blinked her big eyes and explained earnestly.
"Because 'a monkey riding on a tree', 'riding' means there's only one! Add the one on the ground, and isn't that two?"
After speaking, Princess Qionger even made a gesture.
Making everyone understand the difference between 'qi' (riding) and 'qi' (seven).
First Scholar of Wulin Kingdom: "..."
He felt his CPU was about to burn out!
This was a damn homophone pun!
Playing dirty, huh?!
First Scholar of Wulin Kingdom's face turned green with anger, and he pointed at Shen Yulou, furious.
"You... you're playing dirty! This is opportunistic!"
"Oh, don't rush."
Shen Yulou waved his hand and said with a smile.
"This is just an appetizer. I'll give you a few more chances so you lose fair and square. If you answer even one correctly, you win!"
He extended his second finger.
"Second question, 1+1, under what circumstances does it equal 3?"
At this question, First Scholar of Wulin Kingdom actually calmed down.
He sneered and answered confidently.
"Impossible! 1+1 can never equal 3 under any circumstances! This is an arithmetic axiom!"
Shen Yulou winked at Princess Qionger.
Qionger immediately understood and answered crisply.
"It equals 3 when calculated incorrectly!"
First Scholar of Wulin Kingdom: "???"
He was utterly speechless and roared.
"Can that even be called an answer?! If it's calculated incorrectly, it could equal 6 too!"
Shen Yulou spread his hands: "Yes, if calculated incorrectly, it could even equal hundreds of millions. But the problem is, you didn't answer it."
Princess Qionger delivered an even more devastating blow, putting her hands on her hips and proudly saying.
"When our Tianbao from the Imperial Academy first came, he couldn't even calculate 1+1 and said it equaled 3.
But now, under Mr. Shen's guidance, he can calculate numbers in the thousands and tens of thousands very quickly!"
"Cough, cough!"
Grand General of Cavalry, standing among the military officials, instantly blushed.
He quickly stepped forward, bowed to Emperor Ren, and said awkwardly.
"Your Majesty, Your humble servant was negligent in his discipline, but thankfully, with Lord Shen's careful guidance, My Son has made great progress!"
Emperor Ren laughed heartily, slapping his thigh.
What a talent!
Just as First Scholar of Wulin Kingdom was about to speak, Shen Yulou gave him no chance.
"Third question, listen carefully. How many steps does it take to put an elephant into a refrigerator?"
First Scholar of Wulin Kingdom: "..."
He really didn't know this one.
Shen Yulou held up three fingers and announced the answer.
"Three steps in total.
First step, open the refrigerator.
Second step, put the elephant in.
Third step, close the refrigerator door."
"Pfft—"
This time, even Emperor Ren on the dragon throne couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing on the spot.
First Scholar of Wulin Kingdom's face was completely flushed, clearly infuriated.
Shen Yulou then asked with a smile, "So, how many steps does it take to put a giraffe in?"
With the previous experience, First Scholar of Wulin Kingdom was smarter this time and answered reluctantly.
"...Also three steps."
"Wrong!" Shen Yulou shook his head, "It's four steps in total."
Now, everyone was curious.
"Why four steps?"
"Could it be... that the giraffe's neck needs to be cut off first, so there's an extra step?" a military official whispered.
Shen Yulou heard him, his mouth twitched, and he quickly announced the answer.
"First step, open the refrigerator door.
Second step, take the elephant out.
Third step, put the giraffe in.
Fourth step, close the refrigerator door."
First Scholar of Wulin Kingdom felt a sweetness in his throat, almost spitting out a mouthful of old blood.
"You... what kind of question is this?! How is it related to the previous one?!"
"You didn't ask me if it was related or not," Shen Yulou said with an innocent expression.
He looked at First Scholar of Wulin Kingdom, who was on the verge of a meltdown, and decided to deliver the final blow.
"Alright, I pity you, so I'll give you one last chance. Make sure to seize it."
"Please tell me, when the animals held a meeting in the forest, who didn't go?"
This question finally sounded like a proper one.
First Scholar of Wulin Kingdom's brain started working rapidly. Animal meeting, who didn't go?
Snakes have no legs, so they can't go?
Fish are in the water, so they can't go either?
He thought for a long time, figuring that turtles crawl slowly and definitely couldn't make it, so he gritted his teeth and answered.
"It's the turtle!"
"Wrong!"
"I think you look like a turtle."
Shen Yulou shook his head, looking at him with the gaze one would give an idiot.
"It's the giraffe."
"Because it's still locked in the refrigerator."
...Silence.
Dead silence.
A few seconds later.
"Hahahahahahaha!"
"Holy crap! The giraffe is still in the refrigerator!"
"I can't, I can't, I'm dying of laughter, who the hell would think of that!"
The entire Golden Throne Hall instantly erupted in thunderous laughter.
The civil and military officials were doubled over with laughter, clutching their stomachs, tears almost streaming down their faces.
First Scholar of Wulin Kingdom stood in the center of the Golden Throne Hall, listening to the unrestrained mockery around him, his face alternating between green and white, finally turning a purplish-red.
Social death!
A major scene of social death!
He felt that he wasn't here today to compete in wisdom, but to perform a stand-up comedy act for the Da Hun monarch and his subjects.
He pointed at Shen Yulou, trembling with anger.
"You... you're simply opportunistic! Outrageous! Outrageous!"
"How am I opportunistic?"
Shen Yulou spread his hands, an innocent expression on his face.
"For the elephant question just now, I already told you that questions can be related, and you yourself implicitly agreed, so why couldn't you think of it?"
He scrutinized First Scholar of Wulin Kingdom, shook his head, and clicked his tongue in wonder.
"With your intelligence, you're Wulin Kingdom's smartest person? I think your Envoy, Miss Yue Yao, is much smarter than you."
Yue Yao, whose name was called, did not get angry; instead, her beautiful eyes shone with brilliance.
She looked at the man who was chatting and laughing in front of the assembled civil and military officials, completely outwitting her top scholar, and the good impression in her heart had completely transformed into deep admiration and infatuation.
This man is too interesting