Male superiority and female superiority: forced love

"Hatsune, another question," Yue Wuyu said excitedly. He was impressed by Ruan Chuyin's mathematical talent. He wondered how many more surprises this girl could bring him!

Zhou Ziyi and others nodded frequently, fully agreeing with the Grand Tutor's proposal.

The cheers from all around grew louder, and not only the young men, but also many noble ladies had pink bubbles in their eyes. Xiang Wanrong and Tong Yuqing were especially impressed, their faces frozen with laughter, their teeth never closing.

Again?

Ruan Chuyin looked at the excited expressions of her second father and grandfather, as well as the increasingly brighter and fiery light in the eyes of the three handsome men, and decided to throw a trump bomb to wipe them out.

"Suppose you have two buckets, one large and one small, placed before you. You are not allowed to mark the buckets. The large bucket can hold five scoops of water, and the small bucket can hold three scoops. Question: If you use only these two buckets to scoop out seven scoops of water, how many times would you need to fill the bucket with five scoops and empty the bucket with three scoops?"

Solving the problem required a linear equation of two variables. They hadn't learned that, so this approach wouldn't work. But if they laid out the buckets and patiently counted, there might be a solution. With this in mind, he quickly limited the time to half an incense stick.

After a few moments of deep thought, they finally had someone bring in three buckets of different sizes, just as Ruan Chuyin had expected.

Five people gathered together to do an experiment, that's too much!

"You can't do that. I need to shorten my answer time," Ruan Chuyin protested. Three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang. What if they really manage to figure it out?

The three handsome men were thin-skinned and knew they were in the wrong, their faces turned embarrassed. Zhenbei Wang and Yue Wuyu remained calm and said, "How can that be? Half an incense stick has passed in the blink of an eye, at least not more."

"Then let's make a deal. We won't compete after we answer this question." Ruan Chuyin ended the competition in a different way.

"This..." Yue Wuyu paused, hesitant.

"Yue Wuyu! Are you done yet?" Xiang Wanrong called out. She knew this man had fallen into his old ways again. Wouldn't he just go home and compete leisurely with Hatsune Atsushi? Why did he have to compete in the main hall?

"Wu Yu, that's enough." Tong Yuqing also agreed with her daughter's opinion.

Emperor Nanxing was so engrossed in his studies, it would be a shame to end it like this! A cunning glint flashed in his eyes, and he said with a smile, "Grandmaster, since Aunt Wang and the Princess have spoken, just answer this question and leave it at that. There are so many comparisons in the Six Arts and Eight Graces, why bother with mathematics?"

Yes! The emperor's words were like a revelation, clearing the clouds and bringing light to my mind.

Thank you so much! Ruan Chuyin looked at Nanxingdi speechlessly.

After half an incense stick of time, the five people put down the big spoons in their hands with embarrassed looks.

"Crown Princess, what's the meaning of this question?" Lu Yinnian looked at her with a deep gaze, filled with unpredictable emotions and a sense of uncontrollable passion. This throbbing from the heart became increasingly obvious, and anyone with a keen mind could have captured it. From another perspective, it also showed that Crown Prince Beiyue was no longer choosing to endure and was boldly expressing his love.

The King of Zhenbei's gaze was as sharp as a torch; Lu Yinnian's thoughts and the deliberately concealed brilliance in the eyes of State Master Zhou were completely unnoticed by him. As long as he was around, all covetousness was destined to be nothing more than a dream.

"You need to use the method of hypothesis to solve this problem." Ruan Chuyin walked to Lu Yinnian's desk, picked up the pen and started to solve it on the paper.

"Based on the problem, let's first assume the number of times we need to fill the big bucket and the number of times we need to empty the small bucket." As she spoke, she drew a simple big tree and a simple small flower on the paper.

The big tree (x) represents the number of times the big bucket is filled, and the small flower (y) represents the number of times the small bucket is emptied.

Five times the big tree minus three times the small flower equals seven.

5x-3y=7

The linear equation of two variables presented by diagram is easy to understand.

The next thing to do is to make up the numbers.

"If the big tree equals two, then five times two equals ten. This means we need ten spoonfuls of water. If the small flower equals one, then three ones equal three, for a total of three spoonfuls of water. And ten minus three equals seven, so the hypothesis holds. The answer is that we need to fill the big bucket at least twice and empty the small bucket once."

As soon as he finished speaking, when he looked up again, the other four people were already surrounding him.

Who can tell them what they saw?

The people present looked at the five people in the hall with dull eyes, and became more and more curious about the contents of the paper.

Emperor Nanxing ordered the white paper to be held upright for everyone to see. After seeing the solution clearly, the people in the front rows finally understood why the Zhenbei King and his men had such expressions.

Suddenly, Zhou Ziyi smiled. As he lowered his eyes, the feathery eyelashes reflected on his eyelids were filled with the beautiful silhouette of the lady.

"This question looks difficult, but after the Crown Princess explains it, it seems so simple. The brilliance is restrained within and not dazzling without, the brightness is hidden in the body and the charm is self-generated. This is probably talking about you." The warm and low voice was more beautiful than the notes played by the lyre.

Some people, though uneducated, are as impetuous as boisterous shallow waters, while others, despite their immense talent, are as tranquil as deep pools. He had never met a woman as beautiful as Ruan Chuyin, whose grace was as beautiful as an orchid and whose talent was as rich as a fairy. Meeting a girl like her was bound to make him fall in love, yearning for her day and night.

Time is passing by minute by minute, but the praises filling my ears continue to come one after another.

Lu Yinnian loved painting and was skilled at it. He gazed at the saplings and plum blossoms Yiren had painted for a long time, his desire to forsake his feelings gradually disintegrating. If his initial attraction was based on lust, now it was his complete devotion.

"Princess, how about we have a competition in the next round?" he asked seriously.