An Lin took a few more glances at the letter sent by the substitute. After understanding the rules of the competition, he said to everyone: "The rules of the competition are as follows. Master Taifu and Master Ning will set the questions. Master Taifu is responsible for the abacus, and Master Ning is responsible for it."

mental arithmetic."

"Mr. An," Tang Lin asked, "is Master Taifu and Master Ning having an addition and subtraction question, and whoever gives the correct answer first between me and the imperial concubine will win, right?"

"Yes!" An Lin said, "Let's start with abacus. No matter how many questions are asked by Master Tutor, whoever solves them correctly within a quarter of an hour will win. Next, there are mental arithmetic and mental arithmetic questions.

, do not use an abacus to calculate! Another point is that within one stick of incense, the two empresses could not complete the questions set by Taifu and Ning. I declare that the two empresses lost in the first half. The two empresses

, do you understand?"

Taifu Li walked to the middle in front of Tang Lin and the imperial concubine, and stood in front of two abacus. Before starting to ask the question, he looked at Concubine Xuan and Concubine Ling who were sitting at the table. If the arithmetic question is deepened, then these two concubines

, both missed the opportunity to win the first half...

Han Lingying said to her: "Look at the incense stick, it's almost half burned, it should be almost over! I see that the imperial concubine is so serious, I believe she can persist until the end!"

Mr. Li never stopped talking, and he read very quickly, with no intention of relaxing. He only asked one question, and it was a very long question. He wanted to finish it in a quarter of an hour before giving up.

It happened that at this time, Taifu Li suddenly stopped reading, and after a few seconds he opened his dry mouth: "Okay, that's it!"

Everyone thought, what else should be announced? Didn’t the two concubines lose?

Tang Lin and the imperial concubine looked at each other, both had no objections, and nodded towards An Lin.

After a while, Tang Lin raised the hand wearing the watch and looked at it. It had been ten minutes. Her other hand was still fiddling with the abacus. It seemed that if Mrs. Li didn't stop, she had no intention of stopping either. Also

It ended in five minutes. I hope it will pass quickly. It was so boring.

Yu Shengjun looked at Tang Lin's hands that were playing with the abacus, and then looked at Taifu Li. Suddenly his eyes lit up, and then he laughed and said: "This ghost elf is so weird, he has deceived everyone!"

"Sister..." Tang Lin wanted to express concern, but was afraid of hindering the imperial concubine's calculations, so she did not speak.

Turning his eyes, Yu Shengjun's eyes fell on Tang Lin, watching her hands randomly fiddling with the abacus. She did not look at it, but looked listlessly at the surrounding audience who were amazed at the performance of the imperial concubine.

Tang Lin immediately opened her eyes and looked over, "What's wrong?"

The hearts of the whole audience were in suspense.

After Taifu Li adjusted his mentality, the whole place became silent. At this time, he opened his mouth, and countless astronomical figures slipped out of his mouth quickly, as if he was reading a rhyme, and he kept reading without any intention of stopping.

Ventilate

It's very fast, it doesn't even take the blink of an eye, "Please listen to the question, add nine thousand seven hundred and fifty-three to three million seven hundred and fifty-three thousand four hundred and four, add fifty-three thousand nine hundred and ninety-one, add it to

Thirty-five million four hundred and sixty thousand, then less..."

An Lin nodded in response, "Well, no objection, let's start the competition!" With that, he faced the incense burner and told Xiao Xiong, who was standing beside the incense burner, "I announce that the competition will start immediately. Guard Xiao, light the incense!"

Li Fei said: "I think it's a bit dangling. Look, her hands are not flexible anymore."

An Lin loudly shouted to everyone: "The first half of the abacus competition is over! Next, let's invite the arithmeticians to come on stage and announce the results of this abacus competition!"

After a while, Tang Lin raised her hand wearing a watch and looked at the time. Five minutes had not come yet, let alone fifteen minutes. She was so bored that she smashed her mouth and put her hands on the abacus to tap, but she did not look at the abacus.

He was so bored that he sometimes yawned and sometimes looked at the audience around him.

At this moment, the imperial concubine, who was not good at using her left hand, suddenly twitched her hand, and when she moved the beads again, she became even more clumsy. Seeing her like this, Mrs. Li slowed down her speech.

Immediately, the imperial concubine and Tang Lin took a step forward and stood firmly in front of the abacus. As long as Taifu Li opened his mouth, they would calculate the numbers that slipped out of Taifu Li's mouth on the abacus one by one.

Concubine Hua raised her eyebrows, "Isn't this better? In this way, we can see whether Concubine Huang and Concubine Tang are capable of welcoming them!"

Master Li straightened up and An Lin said to them: "The cabinet has arranged for arithmeticians to do the calculations. At the end of the competition, they will announce whose answer is correct. Master, please come up with the question immediately!"

Yu Shengjun looked towards the stage and observed the imperial concubine. When he noticed that the imperial concubine's fingers suddenly stiffened, his eyes tightened. Looking at her face again, there was already a layer of sweat beads on it. This

When women work hard, they should not be underestimated.

Taifu Li looked away from where the concubines were sitting and fell on Concubine Tang and Concubine Huang in front of him. He bowed to them and said, "Concubine Concubine Tang, Concubine Tang, I'm offended!"

On the stage, as soon as Taifu Li spoke, Huang Guifei and Tang Lin quickly started adding and subtracting calculations on the abacus. Huang Guifei used one hand and kept moving the beads on the abacus with five fingers, with an unusual expression.

She has a quick turn, and her hearing is extremely sensitive. She seems to be born for arithmetic and is proficient in such things. No matter how many astronomical figures Mr. Li reads, or how fast he reads, she can write them down on the abacus.

Taifu Li straightened his expression and adjusted his mentality.

But she looked so bored, and it didn't look like she was operating an abacus. Everyone thought, was it incoherent?

Concubine Hua next to her asked: "What's wrong?"

Yu Xinrui explained: "When she was learning arithmetic from her master, she asked Xinrui to recite a series of numbers. The master wanted to see how long she could use the abacus. As a result, within a quarter of an hour, her hands were so stiff that they were shaking.

No! It’s already a miracle that Master can persist until now!”

Tang Lin frowned, "Is it over?" She looked at her watch, it was exactly fourteen minutes.

"It's so long!" Seeing that Taifu Li had no intention of stopping, Concubine Li felt sleepy.

The imperial concubine said calmly: "Master Taifu, there is no need to be polite, this is a competition. Please start."

Everyone in the audience was nervously looking forward to the passage of a quarter of an hour.

As soon as Taifu Li spoke out, everyone in the audience was shocked. Not to mention asking them to use an abacus to calculate, they didn't even hear clearly which number Taifu Li read. It was really that Taifu Li read too fast, and all he read were thousands.

The numbers above.

"What's wrong, Your Majesty?" the Queen Mother asked.

Yu Shengjun said: "The game is not over yet, so don't worry too much, Queen Mother."

The Empress Dowager asked: "How did you tell that the Imperial Concubine's hand was cramped?"

Seeing that Huang Guifei's rhythm could not keep up with Mrs. Li's reading speed, many people were worried about whether Huang Guifei could persist to the end.

As if feeling her father's state of mind, your concubine suddenly had a bad premonition, "Not good! Could it be that Dad wants..." 13acv.

Suddenly, the imperial concubine next to her let out an "ah" sound.

At this moment, Tang Lin stood in front of the abacus, placing her hands on the abacus, and kept moving the beads on the abacus as if she were playing the piano. Her expression was leisurely and contented, not as focused as the imperial concubine.

Tang Lin glanced at the arithmetic official and showed an expression of admiration. She was indeed a master of counting. She could actually hear the astronomical figures spoken by Taifu Li in such an environment and calculate them accurately. She hummed in her heart.

"Hmph! It doesn't matter, as long as the imperial concubine is not as powerful as you!"

Yu Shengjun suppressed his excitement and said to his mother: "Queen, it's nothing, let's continue watching." When he looked at Tang Lin on the stage, Tang Lin still looked listless and weak.

Seeing Tang Lin's listless and weak look, the Queen Mother sighed deeply and said to Yu Shengjun beside her: "This series of long questions has stumped her!"

Yu Shengjun smiled bitterly, Tang Lin's look made him laugh.

Tang Lin glanced around the cabinet, and when her eyes fell on the Queen Mother, she waved happily.

At this juncture, she was still in the mood to say hello, but the Empress Dowager was completely defeated by Tang Lin. She shook her head and smiled helplessly in response to Tang Lin. "This girl really doesn't know how hot and cold the world is!"

The imperial concubine said: "We all lost!"

Concubine Hui said, "Stop talking and concentrate on watching the game."

What surprised everyone even more was Tang Lin.

When Tang Lin looked over, one of the imperial concubine's hands stiffened, but this did not defeat her. She continued to move the abacus with her other hand, but she could no longer keep up with Taifu Li's mouth movements.

What puzzled everyone was that the imperial concubine suddenly retracted her hand and stopped doing abacus. She rubbed her sore wrist and looked at Tang Lin next to her. She actually saw Tang Lin dozing off, her hands carelessly pressing on the abacus.

As if playing.

Ling Fei worriedly said: "Will my father deepen the question so that neither the Imperial Concubine nor the Tang Concubine can win in the first half? No matter how powerful the Imperial Concubine is in abacus, how can she stand up to the mouth of the person who asked the question?"

"Concubine Tang!" the imperial concubine called.

Yu Xinrui turned around and said to the two of them: "Brother Emperor, Queen Mother, Sister Tang and Master will definitely lose this round. Xinrui finally figured it out, Taifu Li only planned to ask one question, and he planned to finish it in a quarter of an hour.

She didn’t give up until now. No matter how good the master’s hearing is, her hands can’t keep up with Mrs. Li’s mouth. Mrs. Li speaks so fast, and if the master can’t hold on until the end, her hands will probably cramp by now!”

Lin fell in love with him first. In the cabinet, an arithmetic hand had been arranged, an official in the palace who was responsible for counting the treasury. I saw that his gestures were much faster than that of the imperial concubine, and he could accurately calculate Taifu Li's gestures.

Calculate addition and subtraction problems.

Xiao Xiong quickly put the incense on the ground.

After the arithmetic hand wrote down the calculated numbers on the paper, he took the paper to the stage and read out in front of everyone: "The final result of the addition and subtraction problem raised by Taifu Li is... nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine!"

The imperial concubine lowered her head to look at her own abacus. She was still far away from the answer. She glanced at Tang Lin's abacus. It was better not to take a look at it. But she was shocked when she took a look and saw that Tang Lin's abacus actually appeared on it.

'Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine' situation.
Chapter completed!