Chapter 174 The Lantern Festival ends.

"This third question is also a riddle. Please listen carefully!"

He unfolded the paper, but did not read out the question. Instead, he turned the paper over and showed the front side to everyone.

Everyone gathered their eyes and looked at it, only to see that the piece of paper was empty, and they were all shocked.

What does this mean? There is nothing on the white paper, not a single word. Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. What is this for? Did they take the wrong piece of paper, or did the princess not prepare a third puzzle?
The waiter first looked at the princess, and when he saw her nod slightly, he turned his attention to Li An and Zhu Wenlong and said no more.

Li An's smile was a little stiff. Could it be that he was finally going to fail today? Isn't this a blank piece of paper, and it's the question? He was surprised, and he was afraid that he had fallen into a trap! He stood up and paced back and forth pretending to think, not hurriedly or slowly, as if giving people a great sense of confidence. But what was strange was why he picked up a black piece of paper with his right hand trembling and tapped it frantically?

Although everyone in the room was surprised, they were very quiet. They were afraid that their words would disturb the two people's thoughts, so they waited quietly.

Others didn't know, so how could Zhu Wenlong not understand? This was not put in the wrong place, it must be a puzzle without words, but it might as well be put in the wrong place!

How should I answer? I will answer with my head!

Dad, I am an unfilial son. I will probably offend the princess today and bring disaster to our family!

Zhu Wenlong was shocked and his face was full of despair.

Although Zhan Xuqing knew Zhan Doudou's purpose and knew that today would not end peacefully, he still forced himself to remain calm. Maybe if the person in front of him could not answer, then the crisis would naturally be resolved. He only needed to avoid it carefully and pretend to be stupid, and maybe he could fool His Majesty!
He had regained some composure now and was staring at Li Ang with interest.

As for Zhu Wenlong, Zhan Xuqing didn't take him seriously at all. If he could answer the correct answer, she would have deserved this disaster today!
Li An's pace reached the end, because the wordless puzzle searched on his phone had given several answers, and he found the one that felt most correct. After a little thought, he felt that it should be almost right. From time to time, thoughts flashed through his mind. He excitedly stopped in front of the table with paper and pen, took the brush and started writing.

Perhaps because of excitement, this word was written with such vigor and vitality, as if it were the realm of a great master of calligraphy!

This is forgotten to hide!

The word "迷" caught everyone's eyes. Regardless of whether it was right or wrong, the fact that Li An had already answered it, while Zhu Wenlong was still confused, showed who was better!

Ji Hang and the others felt a pain in their hearts at first, as they were afraid that their money would be wasted! As for the loan mentioned earlier, whoever believed it was a fool!

As for Young Master Hong, who paid the most money, he already knew the outcome when he saw Mr. Sijue present, so he was not too surprised at this moment.

The people present couldn't even figure out the riddle, let alone solve it. They looked at Princess Qing with admiration. How did you come up with this? Seeing the answer given by Li An, they all became curious and waited for him to explain.

"The answer is the word '迷'. I wonder if Your Highness is right?"

Zhan Xuqing said expressionlessly: "Not bad."

Regardless of whether it was right or wrong, as long as the explanation given by the person in front of her was reasonable, she would say it was right, which was also considered to be giving face to His Majesty and saving his dignity. However, what she didn't expect was that the person in front of her could actually answer correctly, and the answer she prepared was indeed this word "迷"!

"Sir, please stop keeping us in suspense and tell us how you guessed the answer!"

A neutral student in the room couldn't help but be curious and asked Li Andao.

Li An laughed: "This riddle is quite interesting, but if you can see through the intention of the person who made the riddle, it will be worthless!"

Zhan Xuqing's heart suddenly jumped, and she gritted her teeth, but she didn't lose her temper on the spot. Seeing that there was no one to support him, Li An had to continue: "There is nothing on the paper, but it is a 'riddle' question asked by Her Royal Highness, which is exactly the word 'riddle'. And there is no word in the riddle, so if you remove the word 'word' from the word 'riddle', naturally there is only 'riddle' left! And this word 'riddle' is the answer to the riddle!"

Everyone suddenly realized what was going on. While praising Li An's talent, they also praised Princess Qing loudly and flattered her.

Is this the answer to this riddle? This is similar to the one I answered downstairs earlier. It's a pity that I couldn't figure it out. Zhu Wenlong was full of disappointment. The successive blows today had already devastated him and he no longer had any extra thoughts.

He called his followers and placed all the silver and money he had brought on an empty table, totaling more than 8,000 taels of silver notes. He only said that there were still several tens of thousands of taels that would be delivered to Prince Jing's Mansion tomorrow. Then he said goodbye to Princess Qing and left without looking back.

After Ang Lee revealed the answer, everyone lamented that the riddle was very simple, but they just couldn't guess the answer. This is also the charm of riddles.

The students who had spoken just now took out the silver from their pockets with miserable looks and placed them on the table. After a short while, the money on the table became more and more, which made the waiters and servants breathe faster, and then they quickly lowered their heads and stopped looking at it.

Among them, the one who gave the most was Ji Hang. His family got rich as merchants and later supported a Beijing official. Although the position was not too high, it was a lucrative position given after arranging things among the upper and lower levels, so his family was not short of money.

He also paid the huge amount of 50,000 taels of silver as promised!
Even so, he did not dare to leave regardless of the occasion like the son of the Minister. He could only stand there in a daze, feeling unhappy and saying nothing.

After counting carefully, the total amount of treasures on the table was just over 200,000 taels, which was still a long way from the number of 500,000 taels. All the shortfall was counted on Princess Qing.

Zhan Xuqing looked at Hong Xiangyu, and the latter nodded to him expressionlessly.

Hong Xiangyu waved her hand, and the servants carried the table and the silver down. These were too trivial, and he represented Zhan Xuqing's face, so he naturally couldn't just give away 500,000 taels. He would pack the 500,000 taels into a box and send it neatly to the house of the great master, which could also save some face.

Everyone in the hall was talking about it, and they were excited because they had witnessed such a large number of high-profile gambling competitions.

Li An stretched his body, turned his head to look at Zhan Doudou, and asked softly:

"Beautiful lady, have you eaten enough?"

"I am full."

"Did you have fun today?"

Zhan Doudou glanced at Zhan Xuqing with a strange expression and chuckled, "It was pretty enjoyable!"

"Okay then!" Li An looked at the sky outside the window and nodded, "You've been out for a long time today, I'd better take you back!"

This first date was over, because we had been delayed for too long. But Li An was not discouraged. As the saying goes, once there is a first date, there will be a second one. I think the next date will not be too far away. Zhan Doudou was also very interested in walking out of the palace and playing freely, and she did not feel repulsive, so let's make an appointment next time.
Li An took Zhan Doudou's hand, pushed through the crowd with her shy face, and walked out.

This question and answer scene and the final hand-holding really scared Zhan Xuqing!

Did this person really not know or was he pretending to be confused? Zhan Xuqing couldn't tell for sure.

Just thinking of the five hundred thousand taels of silver, she still shouted loudly: "Where should I send the silver to you?"

"My name is Li An, and I live in Wanshizhai in the city!"

Li An's voice came from far away, leaving fragments all over the ground.
(End of this chapter)