Just when everyone thought the game was over, Xie Zhichan said, "Your Highness, I just lost a chess piece to you. If I had placed the chess piece a little faster, I might not have lost. So I don't accept it."

Many people present gasped. In the Great Jin Dynasty, no one had dared to challenge the authority of the Eastern Palace like this. Could this Crown Prince's Consort be stupid?

This was the first time the Crown Prince had encountered such a situation. The smile that had just won froze on his face and turned into a sneer. He asked, "What if the Crown Prince's wife is dissatisfied?"

Xie Zhichan said: "This minister would like to compete with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince again."

Li Er thought to himself, could he, a dignified prince, be afraid of a challenge from a young girl? He immediately responded, "I will compete with you again. This time, the Crown Prince's wife must be willing to admit defeat."

Xie Zhichan was secretly delighted, finally you are willing to jump into the pit!

She put on a stubborn expression, unwilling to admit defeat, and said, "This Sudoku has a total of 9981 levels of difficulty. The previous set of questions is just the easiest. Since Your Highness is so smart, I would like to challenge Your Highness to the most difficult level. Do you dare?"

After hearing this, Pei Yi secretly sighed in his heart that the little fox was really scheming. She did not ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince "Are You Willing?" but "Do You Dare?". Even though Li Er really did not dare to do so, it was not easy for him to answer with "Dare" in front of so many officials' families.

As expected, the Crown Prince Li Er's mouth twitched, and he almost gritted his teeth and replied: "Since the Crown Prince's Consort is not convinced, why not have another fight?"

Then the two of them sat down again. Xie Zhichan asked the servant who was in charge of arranging the questions to place the last set of question papers. The two of them then held the tray with the question papers and presented it to Princess Yongtai for her review.

Princess Yongtai took a look at the question paper on the tray and saw that it was almost entirely blank, with only a few scattered numbers in each small grid. She frowned slightly.

She had studied numerology and knew how to use the River Map and Luo Shu. The most difficult level was extremely difficult. It was as difficult as climbing the highest peak of the Da Jin Dynasty. The prince had better not embarrass himself in front of so many female relatives.

But now he was in a dilemma. It would be embarrassing to escape in the face of danger. He didn't know what to say. He just nodded and asked the two servants to place the question papers.

After the question paper was laid out, the onlookers took a deep breath, only to see that there were only three numbers in each small nine-square grid. There were a total of eighty-one squares on the whole paper, but fifty-four of them were empty.

Is this really still the River Map and Luo Shu?

Another gong sounded, and the prince and Xie Zhichan began to fill in the chess pieces.

The prince's speed was extremely slow this time. He would often think for a long time about one space. He would pick up one piece and put it down, but after placing that one, he would think that this one was not right, so he would replace it. This cycle repeated many times, and he did not finish placing all the chess pieces.

Looking at Xie Zhichan again, she returned to the state of the first round. She just glanced at the question board, closed her eyes and meditated for a moment, then picked out the required number one from the question box. Her finger swept across the question board, and all the number ones returned to their places.

In this way, in just a moment, the piece of paper in front of her was filled in. She checked the question paper again, then easily picked up the small copper stick on the table and knocked it on the gong next to her.

The sound of the gong rang out, once again striking everyone's nerves. The speed was almost the same as the time it took the Crown Princess and Miss Huang to play the first game!

But that round was at the first level of difficulty, while this round was at the 81st level, the highest difficulty!

Is this really human speed?

After the old accountant who checked the questions looked at Xie Zhichan's question paper, he broke out in a cold sweat. It was not because of Xie Zhichan, but because he did not dare to check the prince's question paper.

Xie Zhichan urged, "Why don't you report the results, old sir?"

The old accountant wiped his sweat before reporting: "The Crown Prince's Consort has answered all the questions, and they are all correct."

After looking through the Crown Prince's questions, he reported tremblingly, "Your Highness answered eight, but got five wrong. You lost fifty-one."

If this person was not the prince, everyone present would probably laugh at the loser when they heard such a comparison of results.

But this person was Crown Prince Li Er, and everyone present dared not even breathe a word. They just felt that they should not have come to this flower-viewing banquet today, as they had just watched the Crown Prince make a fool of himself.

The Crown Prince’s Consort is right, they are just two pots of flowers and plants, there’s nothing wrong with enjoying them!

Li Er's face was so dark that he looked like he was about to be destroyed on the spot.

After all, he grew up in the deep palace, and now he knew that he had fallen into Xie Zhichan's trap.

But he couldn't lose his temper in front of so many people. Otherwise, it would be even more ridiculous for a prince to be tricked by a little girl than losing a game of River Map and Luo Shu.

Xie Zhichan also saw through this point and didn't worry about his life at all. After all, the prince wouldn't dare to kill the Crown Prince's Consort of Prince Yan here.

Only then did Xie Zhichan feel that the identity of the Crown Prince's Consort of Prince Yan's Mansion was somewhat useful.

She smiled at the prince and said, "Your Highness, I appreciate your concession."

Then she continued, "Your Highness, I lost one piece to you before, and I owe you one hundred taels. Now, Your Highness lost fifty-one pieces to me. After the two are offset, Your Highness still owes me five thousand taels. Would you like to pay now or write an IOU?"

Everyone present then remembered that the prize had been raised from one tael of silver per chess piece to one hundred taels.

Dan Feng finally understood what the prince meant by "the prince's wife is digging a hole". The prince's wife was too amazing. Not only did she dare to dig a hole for the current prince, but she also made five thousand taels in just a short while?

With the speed at which the Crown Prince's Consort makes money, wouldn't their Prince Yan's Mansion become the richest place in Dajin?

How could Li Er let the joke of a prince writing an IOU spread? Although he was furious, all the rich ladies and some young masters from aristocratic families were here, so he had to maintain his image.

He gritted his teeth and ordered his servant to go to the nearest bank to fetch five thousand taels of silver notes, which he slapped on the table in front of Xie Zhichan. He left only a threatening remark, "The Crown Prince's Consort is indeed a good one," and then walked away angrily like a rooster with its feathers standing on end.

Xie Zhichan took the silver note, put it in his sleeve pocket, and threw it into the medical space.

Then he glanced at everyone and said with a smile, "I think now no one will want to play the River Chart and Luo Book with me anymore. In that case, Xiao Liu'er, collect all the question plates."

Xiao Liuer went to collect the two sets of question plates, all the question papers, and chess pieces.

Princess Yongtai also understood that Xie Zhichan was deliberately plotting against the prince. This made her more determined to teach Xie Zhichan a lesson. One day, she would make this arrogant girl kneel down and beg for mercy like a toothless dog.

The gloom in her eyes flashed away, and she looked at Xie Zhichan and smiled, "I didn't expect that the Crown Prince's Consort is actually such a talented person."

Xie Zhichan smiled and replied, "Princess, you are too kind. I only know this one game. I am not as good as the ladies present who are good at playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Those are the real talents."

Princess Yongtai snorted in her heart, not knowing whether the girl really couldn't hear her mocking tone or was doing it on purpose, and she laughed again, "The Crown Prince's Concubine is very good at playing the River Map and Luo Shu. There are very few girls in Kyoto who are so good at numerology. She must be the top girl from aristocratic families at this spring banquet. I don't have anything good to reward you, so I will reward the Crown Prince's Concubine with a pair of flying wings inlaid with gemstones, as a wedding gift for the Crown Prince's Concubine and the Crown Prince."

After saying this, he signaled to the servant beside him who had already prepared the reward, and asked him to bring the hairpins on the tray to Xie Zhichan.

Xie Zhichan knew that this gift was not a good thing. As soon as the hairpin came in front of her, she smelled the scent of catnip. Then she thought of what the eldest princess was planning. She put the pearl flower into her sleeve pocket without changing her expression. In fact, it had been put into the space, so the cats outside would not smell the scent.

Princess Yongtai saw Xie Zhichan put away her hairpin and said, "Why don't you wear it, Crown Princess? Do you think the things in my Princess's Mansion are not good?"

Xie Zhichan thought to herself, yes, I just dislike the food in your house, it smells like a black heart, and she just said lightly, "I dare not."

Then he calmly took out the hairpin from the space again, handed it to Pei Yi and said, "Prince, can you help me put it on?"

She knew that Pei Yi was worried about her, and just now he grabbed her hand under his sleeve, wanting to tell her that she couldn't take back the hairpin. But since Princess Yongtai had made a move, if she didn't accept it, the Princess's Mansion would definitely have other moves waiting for her. It would be better for her to accept this move and temporarily avoid the other moves.

At least the dangers that can be foreseen are less than those that cannot be foreseen.

She took the opportunity to wink at him, signaling him to be patient.

Pei Yi immediately felt relieved and inserted the hairpin into Xie Zhichan's bun as she said. It was a high-quality hairpin, which made Xie Zhichan's delicate face look more dignified and elegant, and added some luxurious grace.

This made all the female members of the family envious for a while, as Prince Pei actually loved the Prince Consort so much.

Only Qin Baiwei, He Ying and the others rolled their eyes on their faces or in their hearts, cursing secretly, saying that they were shameless for showing their affection in front of so many people.

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