"I'm just scratching the surface. I can only guess what numbers you are thinking about right now, and I can only guess twice a day. Why don't you invite the princess and your entourage to participate?" She circled around, "You can each guess it in your mind."
Think of a number in your mind. You can choose a number between 1 and 9. Then perform the calculation according to the calculation requirements I mentioned and record it. Finally, I can guess what the number you recorded is." Wait until the people are fully in place.
Finally, Meng Xinzhu said with a smile, "Now add 2, subtract 3, add 1 to the number you have thought of, and then multiply by 9. Add the result. If the result has only one digit, add 0, and finally subtract 8. Do the math.
Did it come out? Write the answer on the paper, fold it, and don’t let anyone see it.”
Then Meng Xinzhu walked around each of the people in a circle, wrote a few answers on the paper, and handed them to each person. "Let's see if it's your answer."
When everyone opened the paper and took a look, they couldn't help but be shocked. Everyone else knew that the Bamboo Concubine had guessed their numbers, but they didn't understand how they had guessed it. Can any empress really be able to read minds?
Before the Asian people had a chance to communicate, Meng Xinzhu said again: "Let's try again. For the number in your mind, first add 2, subtract 4, add 2 and then multiply by 9. Add up the resulting numbers, and finally subtract 7.
Or write the answer on paper."
As a result, Meng Xinzhu guessed correctly again, and everyone was shocked. Yu Ling looked at Concubine Zhu in disbelief. How could it be possible that after such complicated calculations, she could still guess the number in everyone's mind? She was so relaxed.
Won two more games.
Meng Xinzhu just smiled slightly, returned to her seat, and took a sip of tea, "Oh, I have counted so many people all at once today, my energy has been damaged, and I need to make up for it!"
Hongde Longqiu looked at Concubine Zhu, his eyes full of admiration and love. After not seeing her for a year, she became a lot more magical.
Prime Minister Lin looked at Concubine Zhu with a deep look, then at his niece, and couldn't help but shook his head secretly. He had long heard that the emperor's new favorite Concubine Zhu, even Concubine Yue, couldn't compete with her. Now it turns out that she is extraordinary, both in terms of talent and talent.
She is superior to others in terms of intelligence, even Princess Yu Ling, the most talented girl in Asia, was defeated. With such a person, how could my niece's status in the palace be improved?
Everyone in the hall was still talking about Concubine Zhu's miraculous mind-reading skills. Prime Minister Lin suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to the princess, "Princess, nine games have passed and Concubine Zhu has won. Do you want to continue the competition?"
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He also knew that Yu Ling didn't actually want to marry the Moon Kingdom, and that he underestimated the strength of Concubine Zhu by making a win-lose agreement. Concubine Zhu must be immersed in the joy of victory now, and simply forgot that she won at the same time.
, also helped the emperor win a concubine, and won himself an additional competitor. With Yu Ling's intelligence, he could compete with Concubine Zhu. In the future, the battle between these two concubines will definitely be very lively in the palace.
The niece can also benefit from it.
Yu Ling was startled. Of course she had known that she had lost, and she had lost miserably. She only blamed herself for underestimating the enemy. She raised her head and looked at Concubine Zhu who was also looking at her, "Yu Ling knew that she had lost.
But I still want to ask the Concubine Zhu to give me another question so that Yu Ling can truly understand the wisdom of the Concubine."
Everyone looked at Concubine Zhu again, and she smiled faintly. At this time, the Nine Emperors Uncle and his wife had already brought people and put things up.
"Princess Yuling, this is the question I asked. There are two sealed rooms. One room contains three golden dragons that can spit fire, and the other room contains three mechanisms that can control the golden dragons to spit fire. Now the golden dragons and the mechanism
The order has been disrupted, so the princess helps to find out which mechanism corresponds to which golden dragon. Each room can only be entered and exited once, and each of the three mechanisms can only be opened and closed once."
Yu Ling looked at the model on the table and was stunned. A room could only be entered and exited once. How could she see which switch controlled which golden dragon? She frowned and thought carefully, and everyone in the hall was also discussing it.
Hongde Longqiu turned to look at Meng Xinzhu. She just smiled and continued drinking tea.
After a long time, Yu Ling stood up and said, "This question has no solution!"
"Since there is a question, there will naturally be a solution."
Yu Ling looked at Meng Xinzhu for a while, then lowered her head and said, "Mother Zhu Fei, Yu Ling has lost. Please give me some advice. How can I solve this problem?"
"Go into the room with the mechanisms, number the three mechanisms 1, 2, and 3 respectively, open two of them at the same time, wait for one stick of incense, then close one, go to the room with the golden dragon, and start breathing fire.
The one that is open must correspond to the mechanism that is still open, and the one that does not spit out fire but is hot must be that the mechanism has just been closed, and the remaining one naturally corresponds to the one that has never been opened."
Yu Ling thought for a while, then looked at the model and nodded, "Your Majesty is so smart, Yu Ling is convinced."
At the end of the state banquet, a wonderful battle of wits was talked about by everyone. The Bamboo Garden was very lively. Meng Xinzhu, the Emperor, the Ninth Emperor's Uncle and his wife, the Tenth Prince and his wife, the Sixth Prince, Elder Feng, and Xiao Zhao all gathered together around the stove.
"Daughter Xinzhu, my godfather can't guess it. How do you know the number they have in mind? Have you really practiced magic? Then you must teach your godfather!"
"Hahaha! Where did my daughter get her magic power? But there is a secret." Everyone looked at her curiously, "The secret is that no matter what number you think about, add 2, subtract 3, add 1, and then multiply by 9
, the result is added, and after finally subtracting 8, all you get is the number 1. As for the second item, no matter what number you choose, the final result is 2."
"How is it possible?" The old uncle really didn't believe it. He calculated every number and the results were consistent with Meng Xinzhu's answer. Everyone couldn't help but look at her. "Hey, you little girl is so amazing!"
"There's nothing magical about it. They say everything has its own rules. As long as you master the rules, everything can be solved relatively easily. I just used the rules a little. In fact, the most important thing about playing this game is to let them use their own skills.
The answers are checked secretly. If everyone takes a look, they will be exposed and the game will no longer be fun, and it will no longer be mysterious."
"Hahaha! Little girl, you have a lot of tricks!" Aunt Jiuhuang gently touched her hair, "You are so impressive today that you convinced the most talented woman in Asia to lose."
"Actually, Yu Ling's intelligence is indeed outstanding. First of all, I looked at the winning and losing results she proposed, and she already gave me a warning. Then looking at the questions she asked, including mathematical calculations, observation skills, logical reasoning, unconventional thinking, etc.,
To use a common saying, she is a master, a master, a master!" Meng Xinzhu smiled and sighed, "It's just a pity that the opponent she met was me. In fact, it's not an honor for me to win, after all, she has thousands of years of experience.
Civilization accumulation. But there is nothing I can do. I don’t want to go to Asia right now, and more importantly, I don’t want to go as a loser.”