The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

Chapter 146 The ignorant are fearless

Ye Ren suppressed his fear and snorted coldly, "Since His Highness the Eighth Prince is so arrogant, if I don't compete, it would seem that I'm afraid... Then I will compete with the Eighth Prince in this second round!"

He took a step forward and looked at Jiang Fan with cold eyes.

When the people around saw this scene, they couldn't help but break into a cold sweat for Jiang Fan.

Although Shi Wenzong was defeated by Jiang Fan, what they were competing in was literacy, and Ye Ren obviously would not compete in this. Jiang Fan would probably be defeated when facing this knowledgeable prime minister!

After all, this prime minister was more talented than Shi Wenzong, and he was also very cunning. In front of him, everyone felt that Jiang Fan was still too young.

"Prime Minister Ye is courageous, I will just wait for your performance!" Jiang Fan smiled when he heard it. The indifference in his expression stunned Ye Ren and the court officials.

Everyone thought that Jiang Fan would be wary and afraid of Ye Ren, but they didn't expect that he would have an impatient expression.

Everyone felt that Jiang Fan was too young and hot-tempered, and the reason he was not beaten severely was that he probably didn’t know how terrifying Ye Ren was!

Everyone couldn't help but curl their lips, wanting to see Jiang Fan's expression after being tortured and crying.

Emperor Yan couldn't help but worry about Jiang Fan, but when he thought of his son's unexpected performance, he felt a little bit of anticipation.

Concubine Ning, Concubine Su, and Jiang Xing clenched their hands nervously, looking apprehensive.

Ye Ren glanced at Jiang Fan coldly and said calmly, "I have an arithmetic problem here that I would like to compete with the Eighth Prince. This problem comes from the imperial examination. However, with the Eighth Prince's extraordinary intelligence and wisdom, it shouldn't take him too long to answer the problem."

"How about we set a time limit of half an incense stick. If you can answer this question, the Eighth Prince wins. If you can't answer it, the Eighth Prince loses! Do you... dare to accept it?"

As soon as he said this, the scene suddenly fell into silence. Everyone looked at Ye Ren, their eyes showing contempt and anger. They secretly cursed Ye Ren for being a cunning old bastard.

There was nothing wrong with him asking arithmetic questions, but when he asked arithmetic questions for the imperial examination, he had sinister intentions. The most hateful thing was that this guy even set a time limit of half an incense stick to answer the questions.

In order to make Jiang Fan willingly fall into his trap, he even resorted to the trick of flattery. What does it mean to be extremely smart and intelligent? Are you praising him or setting a trap?

You have to know that even the top scholar would need to spend at least several hours calculating the arithmetic questions in the imperial examination to get the answer. After half an incense stick, he probably wouldn't even have a clue.

If they were not afraid of offending Ye Ren, many court officials would probably scold Ye Ren for being shameless and despicable!

This was not a question, it was clearly a difficult one, making it impossible for people to win. Everyone looked at Jiang Fan, and most of the court officials used their eyes to signal Jiang Fan not to fall for it.

After all, as long as Jiang Fan agreed to such a bet, he would definitely lose! The ministers really didn't want Jiang Fan to be tricked and lose unclearly.

Emperor Yan frowned and looked at Ye Ren with cold eyes. He opened his mouth to stop him. After all, such a rule was obviously not in his son's favor.

Ye Ren was so despicable, how could he let his son suffer such a loss.

You have to know that my son made a big promise and challenged a group of people one-on-one. If he lost, he would probably be criticized to death the next day!

They called him arrogant, but in the end he was defeated miserably!

However, before Emperor Yan could speak, Jiang Fan’s faint voice rang out.

"Why not... Prime Minister Ye, just ask the questions and I will answer them. However, Prime Minister Ye... you should think before you ask them. Otherwise, they will be too easy! I am afraid that if you answer them too quickly... you will lose face!"

Jiang Fan looked at Ye Ren jokingly. As soon as he said this, a hint of doubt flashed in Ye Ren's eyes, and his heart suddenly became uneasy.

Jiang Fan was really too calm, not even a bit afraid or nervous. He didn't know whether Jiang Fan was really confident or just pretending.

The people around were staring at Jiang Fan in a daze, unable to come back to their senses for a long time. They had seen meaningless things, but they had never seen someone as meaningless as Jiang Fan.

Could it be that the Eighth Prince didn't know the seriousness of the matter? Or didn't he know the difficulty of the questions Ye Ren asked? They were arithmetic questions for the imperial examination!

All the officials present had experienced the fear of being dominated by this kind of arithmetic problem. They had to pull their hair out before they could figure it out. Those who were lucky might need several hours, while those who were unlucky might need several days!

Anyway, when I saw the question, I felt dizzy and couldn't even make sense of it for a while.

But at this moment, Jiang Fan didn't seem to care at all. Does this mean he really has real talent or is he just ignorant and fearless?

Considering Jiang Fan's identity as a prince, he probably has never come across any questions related to the imperial examination. Everyone feels that Jiang Fan might be fearless because of ignorance!

Everyone couldn't help but look at Jiang Fan with pity and shook their heads.

They could foresee that Jiang Fan would be at a loss after hearing the question. At that time, they didn't know if Jiang Fan could still be as calm and composed as he is now.

As for Jiang Fan's boastful answer, they all sneered, answering too quickly? Are you kidding! ?

Upon hearing this, several princes and the courtiers who were attached to them curled their lips in disdain and sneered.

Their expressions were full of anticipation. They wanted to see Jiang Fan's desperate, terrified, helpless and ridiculous expression after hearing the questions.

Ye Ren suppressed his doubts and uncertainty, with a trace of contempt on his lips. After thinking about it, he felt that Jiang Fan was probably ignorant and fearless. He didn't know the difficulty of arithmetic in the imperial examination.

He smiled coldly and said, "In that case, then please listen to the question, Eighth Prince..."

He opened his mouth and wanted to continue to ask the question, but just as he said this, he saw Jiang Fan stretched out his hand to stop him.

"Ye Xiang, you don't want to get it for free, do you?"

As soon as Jiang Fan said this, everyone was stunned. They stared at Jiang Fan blankly, and it took a long time for them to come back to their senses.

When they came back to their senses, everyone couldn't help but want to laugh again. This Eighth Prince was really funny. The word "freeloader" would probably make Prime Minister Ye depressed for a long time.

Emperor Yan was originally worried about Jiang Fan's mood, but was almost amused by Jiang Fan's words. He looked at Ye Ren in a strange way, with amusement in his eyes.

Ye Ren's face darkened, and he immediately felt like he was slapped in the face. Was he being called shameless? He opened his mouth and wanted to curse back.

But thinking of his own identity, he had to suppress his anger and resisted the urge to curse. He took out a silver note of 200,000 taels and handed it to Liu Fu.

But anyone could see from his expression that he was feeling very aggrieved.

Everyone tried their best to hold back their laughter, but their expressions looked very uncomfortable.

They looked at each other and saw the person next to them who wanted to laugh but couldn't hold it back. They couldn't hold it in any longer and burst into laughter.

After the first person laughed out loud, the rest of the people seemed to have turned on a laughter switch, and laughter broke out one after another.

Ye Ren listened to everyone's laughter and was so angry that his face turned green. He felt so aggrieved.

He just forgot to place the bet, so Jiang Fan took the opportunity to make a profit. How could he go about suing for justice?