Chapter 78: The Fearsome Woman (1)

  Time slowly passed by, and some people's papers were still blank...

  "The time has come, sign your names, blank votes are also valid, take care of them!" Ye Lang said as he stood up and reminded the previously arranged guards.

  The guard quickly collected everyone's papers, although some people were very reluctant. However, with so many people present, it was not easy to make any other moves.

  "Seventh brother, your and Seventh sister-in-law's scrolls are blank." Ye Lang first looked at his future Seventh sister-in-law's scroll.

  "I know!! You don't have to say it out loud like that!!" Qī Gē had a somewhat itchy feeling towards Yè Làng, being the first one to be called out, believing everyone would feel annoyed and more or less resentful towards Yè Làng.

  "Why don't you just say it out loud, not being able to answer doesn't necessarily mean there's a problem." Yelang said casually, then continued to call out those who had left their answers blank and those who hadn't answered correctly, making them stand together.

  At that time, those people were red in the face, and in their hearts they all wanted to give Ye Lang a good scolding, but of course, it was just a thought.

  "You too, go over there... those who answered three questions or less." Ye Lang called out to the others, directing them to move to that side.

  "It's indeed worthy of the imperial palace, with talents gathered from all sides. You've actually managed to exceed five questions." Ye Lang looked at the remaining people, and this result seemed to be a bit more than he had imagined.

  "There were five people who answered more than ten questions correctly, what talent... Wait, who is this? Zhao Yaru, she actually got everything right? Who is this terrifying woman?" Ye Lang was unexpectedly surprised to find that someone could exceed ten questions, and the most unexpected thing was that Zhao Yaru actually got every single one correct.

  "What's scary? Yaru is the eighth sister, and among us sisters, she is the most beautiful, well-behaved, and clever. I didn't expect these questions to be so difficult, but she was able to answer them all correctly." The seventh princess continued.

  "Eight sister? Is it the eighth princess?" Ye Lang asked.

  "Hmm, you should know her, you've bullied her before." The Seventh Princess nodded.

  "?" Ye Lang was somewhat bewildered, when had he ever bullied the Eighth Princess?

  "It's just something from when you were little..." Seventh Princess said as if reminding herself, it was just something from childhood, and there was no need to remember or not.

  "Yerong, have you forgotten me?" The eighth princess Zhao Yaru walked in front of Yerong, looking at him with extremely complex eyes.

  Ye Lang glanced at Zhao Yaru, then consciously avoided her, pulled the Seventh Princess's hand and whispered: "Be careful of her in the future, don't get too close to her, she's really too scary!"

  "……" Zhao Yaru and Seventh Princess were both stunned, never expecting Ye Lang to make such a move.

  "What's wrong with you? You just answered her question correctly, what's scary about that?" Seventh Princess asked in confusion. "Is it because she might be smarter than you?"

  "Xiao Qi, some questions aren't better just because you answer more... These questions, if I didn't know the answers, I probably wouldn't be able to answer a single one either." Ye Lang said in a soft voice, which only Ye Lan Yu and Qi Gong Zhu could hear clearly, while others could only make out a rough idea.

  "What's wrong?" Seventh Princess and Ye Lan Yu were very puzzled. "Younger brother (Ye Lang), have you gone silly again?"

  “……”

  "I'm too lazy to bother with you all! Your Majesty, I've done what you wanted me to do. The rest is up to you to handle yourself. I'm out of here!" Ye Lang clapped his hands and prepared to leave.

  It's come to this, and actually there's nothing more to say about Ye Lang's affairs. The emperor himself will figure it out in the end, although he doesn't quite understand what these problems of Ye Lang's are all about. This is just a reference after all, not an important indicator for deciding on a successor.

  But at this moment, the emperor suddenly asked a question out of nowhere -

  "Yè Làng, I want to ask you a question."

  "What? What is it?"

  "If you were to choose my successor, among these children of mine, who would you choose?" The emperor asked a question that surprised everyone, absolutely no one would have thought he would ask Ye Lang such a question.

  At this time, everyone looked at Ye Lang, wanting to get his answer. Although the answer might not be of much use, there were still people paying attention.

  "If I had a choice, I would choose one of them." Ye Lang unexpectedly pointed at those who hadn't answered any questions correctly.

  Is it eccentric?

  "Don't think I'm biased towards anyone, this is my choice, but I know they might be more suitable to be the ruler of a country." Ye Lang pointed at those who answered around ten questions.

  "What?!" With this, everyone was confused, and what's even more confusing is...

  "And she is the only one I think needs to be eliminated, she is absolutely not suitable to be the heir of this throne!!" Ye Lang pointed at a person, someone who answered all questions — Zhao Yaru!!

  This made everyone feel extremely surprised, he excluded all the people who answered correctly, but thought that those who answered ten or so questions correctly were suitable, which made people suspect what kind of standard Ye Lang's question was!

  "Ye Lang!!" Zhao Yaru gritted her teeth as she stared at Ye Lang.

  "Your Majesty, she's intimidating me. I suggest you have her killed to avoid endless troubles!" Ye Lang pointed at Zhao Yaruo and directly expressed his thoughts.

  “……”

  The whole audience fell silent again. Is there anyone who would say such a thing? To ask a father to kill his own daughter, and on the surface, for no reason at all.

  "Yerong, how did you get foolish again? Eighth sister, don't mind him, he's just a little fool." Seventh princess immediately pulled Yerong away.

  "I'm just stating facts, you'll know later." Ye Lang said innocently, as if he hadn't said anything wrong.

  "What is your question, after all, what standard?" The emperor began to ask this most crucial question.

  What is Ye Lang's question?

  "A mother and three daughters, after the mother's death, the younger sister saw a nobleman she had never met before at the funeral, fell in love with him at first sight, and a month later, the younger sister killed her older sister. Why?"

  ……

  "Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess who had been put under a spell by a witch and was locked in a castle, sleeping soundly. It is said that only the deep affection of a prince's kiss could awaken the princess. Later, a very handsome prince occupied the castle and rescued the princess. However, after he awakened the princess with a kiss, he was killed by the princess. Why?"

  ……

  Got it? His questions were all reverse psychological tests, the more people who answered correctly, the more abnormal their psychology would be!! And Zhao Yaru, who got every single question correct, was absolutely an abnormal among abnormals!!!!!

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  Hehe, seeing book friends' comments about Tang in the book review, it seems that most classmates don't know the answer. This makes Xiao Xiao a bit surprised, as this should be something many people know!

  Actually kfio classmate's is closer, but it's not the original answer, this one needs a bit of work!

  Everyone keeps guessing, selling a small suspense, those who guess correctly can add ten points, hehe...