On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

Gu Beichen frowned, his brow furrowed with anger, "Fatty Wang, do you want to go back on your word?"

The fat man looked innocent: "No, the 20,000 taels is hush money. We promise not to publicize this matter, but we didn't say you can leave."

"What do you mean? What do you want in exchange for letting me leave?"

"Wait until night, then you can leave."

"Wang Peng! You're going too far!"

Gu Beichen was sure that Lin Zhen pushed Liu Shuyao out just to keep him entangled!

But why is he pestering me?

Where would you go if you leave me?

Attend the Emperor's birthday banquet!

Could it be that he set up this trap just to prevent me from attending the birthday party smoothly?

Definitely! Lin Zhen, Lin Zhen, what on earth are you trying to do? Do you want to lower my favor with His Majesty like this? Aren't you being too naive?

If it's not this, then Lin Zhen must have other purposes!

But I just can't figure it out no matter what.

"Fatty Wang, you have no right to stop me." Gu Beichen took a few tentative steps forward: "I must go out today, if you have the guts, do it!"

"Gu Beichen, you know it well. As long as Fatty is here, you won't be able to leave today no matter what."

After he finished speaking, he saw eight bodyguards had completely blocked the door, and the other two came to the window to prevent Gu Beichen from jumping off the building.

Gu Beichen had never encountered such a rude thing, let alone suffered such humiliation!

This is almost house arrest!

"Fatty Wang, it seems like you want to completely break off relations with my Gu family?"

"Oh?" The fat man laughed. "Are you threatening your uncle? Don't you even look at your own weight?"

"I swear, when I get out, I will make your Wang family pay the price!"

"Okay, okay, whatever you want to say, you can't leave today anyway. Someone, take my sister-in-law back home."

Another pair of servants appeared at the door, one of them was the butler Lin An, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot!

His appearance was like a dark cloud covering the sun, making people feel cold.

When Liu Shuyao saw him, she was so scared that she trembled all over, like a mouse seeing a cat.

He knew about this, and Lin Zhenxian must have known about it as well!

Lin An walked slowly to Liu Shuyao, stretched out his arms and pointed to the door, his voice low and powerful: "Young Madam, please come in."

"Gu Lang...what should I do..." Liu Shuyao tugged at Gu Beichen's sleeve helplessly, her eyes full of panic.

Lin An's face darkened: "Madam, please don't forget that you are the young lady of the Wang Mansion, not the Gu family!"

Gu Beichen knew that he was powerless to change the situation, and the way things had turned out was really pathetic.

But he had no choice. It was all because he was bewitched and fooled. It was no use regretting it now.

"Shuyao, go back with them first. I'll find a way."

Liu Shuyao took Xiao Cui and left the box reluctantly and tremblingly.

Fatty Wang asked the waiter to bring up a lot of delicious wine and food. He planned to have a big meal with Lu Dehao here. It was still early anyway, so Gu Beichen would treat them.

......

Inside the palace.

Murong Yan's face was frighteningly gloomy. She never expected that Chu Xiling would openly make a bet with Daqian in the hall in front of envoys from various countries.

There are three questions. If Daqian can answer two of them, he wins. Otherwise, he loses.

The stakes were the ownership of Qinghe County, a 600-li plain adjacent to the State of Chu.

Murong Yan didn't want to gamble, but the State of Chu was aggressive and the envoys from other countries kept making sarcastic remarks. In order to protect the dignity of Daqian, she had no choice but to accept it.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the first question was asked, all the civil and military officials of Daqian were stumped.

At this time, the members of the Chu delegation were calm and composed, and Chu Xiling was standing in the hall, laughing wildly, as if she was the protagonist today.

"Hahahaha, Your Majesty, if you can't even solve a three-year-old's problem like this, how dare you say that Daqian is full of talented people?"

A simple problem of putting chickens and rabbits in the same cage made more than a dozen great mathematicians in Daqian rack their brains and think hard. They almost broke their abacus but still couldn't figure out how many chickens and rabbits there were.

Gu Yunting stood up and said, "Princess Qingqiu, the conditions you've given for this chicken-and-rabbit-in-one-cage recipe are simply incomplete! Even a god would have trouble calculating them!"

Huang Zhien, a great mathematician of the Chu State and the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, sat calmly in his seat, fanning himself.

"Your Excellency, the question is very clear. There are chickens and rabbits in a cage. There are thirty-five chickens and rabbits on top and one hundred legs on the bottom. How many chickens and rabbits are there?"

"Since we've posed the question, there must be a solution. In my opinion, you shouldn't waste your time. Just surrender and cede Qinghe County to our Great Chu!"

Huang Zhien spoke in a sarcastic tone and looked around with a confident and contemptuous look.

He didn't think anyone in the Great Zhou, which had never pursued mathematics, could answer this question.

really.

A bean-sized bead of sweat slid down Gu Yunting's temple, fell to the ground with countless fears, and shattered into several petals.

This question is so difficult that they have no idea where to start.

Damn it! Where on earth is Beichen?

If he were here, he would definitely be able to solve this problem!

The civil and military officials of Daqian refuted in unison.

"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, old Huang. You want to take over Qinghe County without a single soldier? Dream on!"

"Qinghe is the gateway to our Daqian, and it's also an important town in the southern border. How can I give it to you?"

"Currently, China is a country of seven powers, and the situation is balanced. With your Chu State making such rapid progress, aren't you afraid that we will unite and attack you?"

"Whether we can figure it out or not, we won't agree to this bet!"

"Don't agree?" Huang Zhien seemed to have anticipated the ministers' reaction and sneered, "Oh, then please have Your Majesty write a confession of guilt and announce it to the world, saying that the Qian Kingdom was as cowardly as a mouse and didn't even have the courage to try, thus being defeated by the Great Chu without a fight."

Seeing Huang Zhien being so arrogant, Murong Yan shouted, "Asshole!"

She could not accept such a failure in any way.

Otherwise, will Daqian still have any face in the future?

Murong Yan's face was extremely bad. She stared at Gu Yunting with her almond-shaped eyes and asked, "Minister Gu, where is Beichen?"

Gu Yunting was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead. He quickly stood up and replied, "Your Majesty, Beichen has been delayed dealing with family matters. I think he should be here soon."

I can’t find anyone when the critical moment comes!

Murong Yan looked at these incompetent officials with gnashing teeth and hated them to the core.

They are usually more cunning than the other when scheming against each other, but now they don’t have any real knowledge at all!

Chu Xiling smiled proudly at Murong Yan and said, "Haha, Your Majesty, the Emperor of Daqian, if you can't answer, you lose this round. Qinghe County will belong to our Great Chu!"

"Impossible, Qinghe County cannot be given to you."

"Is His Majesty going to go back on his word in front of all the nations in the world?"

Lin Zhen, who had been hiding behind Lin Zhenxian and watching the fun, couldn't help but sneer.

So that's how it is. I was wondering why even the Qin envoy came all the way to celebrate Murong Yan's birthday. After all, it turns out they were invited by the Chu State to serve as witnesses.

Once Daqian takes the bet, they will be witnesses.

If Daqian fails to fulfill the bet, the State of Chu can send troops to attack with justification.

What a calculation.

In that case, it's time for me to take the stage.

Lin Zhen stood up, bowed to Murong Yan, and shouted, "Your Majesty, this problem can be solved!"