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We can’t do it because every room is locked and we can’t get in at all!”
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Text 022 It takes two to win
Qiaochu smiled softly.
"We can get in. Don't forget, we still have two keys in our hands that we haven't used yet. One of these two keys must be able to open one of the doors."
Qiao Rong was shocked, grabbed Qiao Chu's shoulders, and asked in a trembling voice: "You thought of it a long time ago?"
Qiaochu shook his head. "No, I am only sure of this now, but when I first saw the copper key in the room, I had my doubts. There is only one pillow lock in the room, but there are three keys. This is puzzling, so I kept my eyes open."
Qiaorong nodded repeatedly, but then she remembered something and asked anxiously, "Is there enough time? There are many rooms, and we have to try each key room by room like we did just now."
Qiaochu did not answer but asked, "Do you remember which key you used?"
"Of course." Qiaorong said proudly.
Qiaochu's lips curved slightly as he spoke word by word, "Then there are only two keys left to try. If there was only one person, there wouldn't be enough time, but there are two of us. Look at the key ring. I guess it's not tied tightly."
Qiao Rong looked at the key in her hand and found that there was indeed a small gap in the key ring. She said happily, "The key is not fastened tightly. All of them can be taken off. We can try them separately."
Qiaochu took one of the keys that Qiaorong threw to him and laughed softly, "Since there are three keys, the front door must be locked as well. But as long as we try out the second key, there will be no doubt about the third key."
Qiao Rong quickly walked to a room, inserted the copper key into the lock, and said faintly: "Qiao Chu, this is why you called me. Although you didn't fully understand the Emperor Dongling's overall idea before, you saw the clues and knew that one person might not be able to complete this game."
"This one is not right either," Qiaochu had just tried another room. Hearing this, he said, "When I was about to go get the key, I thought about what the ceremonial officer said again. She once said that there would be two winners in each group. I wonder why there must be two winners instead of just one? Are there some things that must be done by two people later?"
Qiao Rong suddenly asked: "Why did you choose to cooperate with me?"
Qiaochu swallowed the salty taste in his throat and said calmly, "Who is the Emperor of Dongling? He has long seen the grudge between you and me. He grouped us together because he guessed that we were blinded by the grudge and would never think of cooperating. I helped you just to let the people of Chaoge know that although the North is a wild place, the people there are not fools, and we also have the right to decide our own destiny."
Qiao Rong was slightly shocked, and Fang sneered: "Don't think that I will treat you well just because you sell me a favor."
As they talked, they tried seven or eight rooms in a row.
"Whatever you say." Qiaochu shrugged, and suddenly felt her hand sink. Her heart skipped a beat, and she said, "Qiaorong, come here."
The door opened! The bookshelves, desks, incense burners, all the scenes were familiar. The front door was locked with a pillow lock—a pillow lock that was added later.
Qiaorong looked around, surprised and delighted, "This is the first room we stayed in just now. We are back here again."
Exit here and return here.
Qiaochu glanced at the sandalwood in the censer and was startled, "Qiaorong, open the lock immediately, the incense has run out."
Qiaorong did not dare to delay, and stepped forward quickly, inserting the last key in her hand into the keyhole.
Text 023 The most powerful person
The copper lock fell off instantly and the door opened slowly.
"Congratulations to both girls!"
That was Eunuch Mo's voice.
In the courtyard, except for the girls who participated in the competition, the emperor, the empress, the prince, Qiao Mei, the princes, and the court officials were all there, staring at them closely, and some of them had a slight look of disbelief on their faces. Qiao Rong trembled all over, they had completed the first round!
She snuggled into Qiaomei's arms, and Qiaomei smiled in praise. The prince glanced at her and said, "Sister is smart."
When Qiaochu heard the voice, her heart ached. But she was not as happy as Qiaorong, because not all the beauties were still trapped in the second dark room, and they were not the first to come out. There was already a woman standing quietly beside the queen, the queen's niece - Lang Linling.
Most importantly, she was alone.
At this moment, Eunuch Mo suddenly said, "The first game is over."
At the same time, there was a sound of a door being broken from behind, and a woman came out in a panic, with her hair slightly disheveled. Following closely behind her was Wang Yuzhi, the daughter of Master Wang, with her brows tightly furrowed.
Are these two women considered to be among those who have been promoted? Everyone looked at the emperor nervously. The emperor paused, then smiled faintly and said, "Congratulations to the two girls as well."
Wang Taifu and Wang Mang were overjoyed. They both bowed and said, "It's all thanks to the great fortune of the Emperor."
At this time, ceremonial officers led out the women trapped in the rooms one after another. Many of them still had traces of tears on their faces and were in panic. Qin Qiuyu, one of the four most popular beauties, looked pale. General Qin sighed, Qin Qiuyu gritted her teeth, and suddenly glanced at the prince secretly.
The emperor glanced at everyone and said, "You all also want to know how the girls got here."
The wise king smiled and said, "I would like to hear the details of your wisdom, courage and strategy."
Qiaomei touched Qiaorong with his elbow. Qiaorong understood and immediately stepped out, bowed to the emperor and empress, and then told the story.
Qiaorong had already heard Qiaochu point out the key to breaking through the barrier, so it was no longer difficult for her. In addition, she was eloquent and her narration was very likable.
Someone sighed slightly, and the emperor nodded continuously with an approving look.
At this time, the prince looked at Qiaochu and said, "Does the third princess have any additions?"
Qiaorong had already reversed the roles of the two people in Poguanzhong. She was just asking for Qiaorong's light to come out. Qiaochu was already feeling uncomfortable, and facing the prince's gaze, her heart was even more painful. She did not make any further explanations, but whispered, "It is just as sister Qiaorong said."
Everyone was already disdainful of her, and now they looked down on her even more. From the side, a gaze came over, and Qiaochu's heart skipped a beat. It was King Xia.
The queen smiled and asked Wang Yuzhi and the other two the same question. The woman who came out first did not dare to neglect Wang Yuzhi and said that it was all due to Miss Wang's intelligence. Of the two, Wang Yuzhi was the leader.
The emperor praised her a few times and finally looked at Lang Linling who had been silent the whole time. Everyone was also filled with surprise.
Qiao Rong then realized that this woman did not rely on any of the girls in her group for help and came here alone. How is this possible!
Text 024 Order of General Rui Wang (1)
When opening the second door, there were more than a dozen rooms. If there were no two people trying at the same time, there would not be enough time!
Qiaomei had told her long ago that among the three popular beauties who were as famous as her, Wang Yuzhi was well-known for her talent. Even the extremely intelligent Wang Yuzhi did not come out until after she and Qiaochu came out. With so little time, how did this Miss Lang do it
At this time, Lang Linling bowed, then slightly bowed in the direction of the ceremonial officer, frowned, and said, "Aunts, I'm sorry."
Qiaochu's heart moved, and she thought, she understood a little.
Several ceremonial officers all smiled bitterly, and the leading female officer said, "It's the girl who is clever."
It turned out that, like Qiaochu and Wang Yuzhi, Lang Linling had noticed the black window paper before entering the second room, and also calculated that there was less than a quarter of a second left. When the female official opened the door, Lang Linling deliberately slowed down her pace. The moment the female official closed the door, she quickly retreated out of the room, captured one of the female officials, and put a dagger to the female official's neck.
The female official was shocked.
Lang Linling pressed the question, why were all the girls locked in the house? Could it be that a spy had sneaked into the ceremonial officer? Was Xixia upset because Prince Rui had won the battle, so they sent people to tamper with his concubine selection contest
The female official tried her best to explain that it was not the case, but Lang Linling just "didn't believe it" and took real action, and the dagger came to light.
As the time had not yet arrived, the emperor and others were still in the hall. When other female officials led the emperor to the hall in a hurry to resolve the issue, Lang Linling had already learned the real test questions from the female officials and was waiting to see the emperor in the courtyard.
The most risky and direct method, Lang Linling was the only one who came to the yard without cooperating with anyone and without passing through three sealed doors.
Everyone was either shocked or solemn, and the officials whose daughters were participating in the election were secretly resentful. Previously, it was impossible to guess the emperor's intentions, but now that we know the first question, the emperor is testing the women's observation, judgment, decision-making and other wisdom in a crisis. Did Lang Linling's victory by cleverness count as a violation of the rules
Lang Linling knelt down slowly and said, "Linling was reckless. I beg the emperor to forgive me."
The emperor laughed loudly, "You did a great job, Lang girl. It was beyond my expectation. If your father had not gone to war with Jinghong, I would have praised you, Lang Qing, that your daughter has grown up. Good, good!"
The queen was overjoyed, but the virtuous king had already scolded her, "Little girl, why don't you thank the emperor for his judgment?"
Lang Linling didn't need her cousin's hint, she had already bowed down to him again.
Qiaochu was secretly shocked. In terms of reputation, Miss Lang was not as good as Wang Yuzhi in literature, nor as good as Qin Qiuyu in martial arts. But it turned out that this woman was the hidden talent! The next two games would be extremely dangerous.
She glanced at Qiaomei lightly, and saw that Qiaomei was also frowning.
At this time, General Qin seemed to have gotten over his daughter's defeat and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I am ashamed. It's a pity that warriors are crude and my daughters are not as good as them. There is nothing I can do. The girls are naturally smart. If King Rui were here, wouldn't he be happy?"
Prince Ning said with a smile, "Just now the spy reported that my eighth brother has arrived at the street corner. If my eighth brother comes back, this beauty has been chosen, and he will just need to get married in the hall. Isn't that a happy thing?"
Everyone laughed. The emperor stroked his beard but smiled without saying anything, and glanced at Eunuch Mo.
The women's hearts tightened, knowing that the second round was about to begin. When King Rui arrived, someone would inform him of the result of the first round. How would he evaluate the outstanding women? Would he witness the second round in person? What kind of mysterious battle would await them this time
Text 025 Order of General Rui Wang (2)
Prince Rui’s Palace, Cangzhuo Garden.
Qiaochu put down the pen in his hand, the ceremonial officer nodded, the four great men and the beautiful lady were overjoyed, knowing that the riddle was solved, and they supported Qiaochu and continued to move forward.
The second round of competition is limited to one hour. The garden is divided into five parts, and the five outstanding women will compete in five places. The same starting point, different roads, and various lantern riddles are set up as roadblocks along the way. Everyone needs to guess all the lantern riddles before they can reach the pavilion where the emperor is. Each person can choose to bring up to five relatives to help solve the riddles along the way.
After all the efforts have been made to reach the same conclusion, the emperor will award each of them a scroll painting, which will be called “General’s Order”.
With the general's order, you can ask the king for soldiers. After getting the scroll, each person needs to draw as many soldiers as possible on the scroll in the remaining time. The two women with the most soldiers will enter the last round of the game.
This game is of great significance.
Before the game, the emperor said something that surprised everyone.
It turned out that when Prince Rui requested to go to the battlefield that day, the emperor did not immediately agree in the court. Instead, the next day, contrary to everyone's expectation, he issued an imperial decree to allow the eighth son in a wheelchair to lead the army to the west. This was because Prince Rui had taken away his general's order that night.
Emperor Rongrui said indifferently, You must not know that I also gave Prince Rui a similar question that night.
How much time did Emperor Rongrui give Prince Rui to paint a piece of canvas? At most one night. However, at the early morning court the next day, Prince Rui was granted 100,000 soldiers and horses!
The four looked up and said angrily, "That so-and-so is too greedy. He brought five people to guess the riddles. We only have three people. He is at a big loss. Whoever solves the riddles the fastest and arrives at the pavilion first will have the most time to draw the soldiers and have a greater chance of winning."
The beauty touched her chest tightly and said coldly: "If the master brings ten people of your quality, what help can they provide?"
"Beauty, do you want to fight?"
"Fight with me, can you?"