Young Prince? Which country's Young Prince was this?
What many people understood even less was this point. They seemed to have never heard of such a person. At the same time, what Xiaoyao wore seemed too ordinary, seemingly unrelated to the term "Young Prince."
"I'm waiting to go together with you. It's more fun if we advance and retreat together," Xiaoyao smiled, stroking Chi Chi in his arms.
"Chi chi..." Chi Chi was very much enjoying this. Xiaoyao rarely held it like this, this time was to seem more like a spoiled young master, as spoiled young masters generally held and petted their pets this way.
"Thank you Young Prince for thinking highly of me and advancing and retreating together!" Prince Li Cheng replied with a smile, though thinking to himself: You following me in advancing and retreating is the best choice, you can smoothly pass this round.
Li Cheng thought it over and finally decided to choose "true." He wasn't listening to Xiaoyao's words, nor was he influenced by Xiaoyao to choose the opposite answer, he only went by his own thinking. This Li Cheng was indeed a capable person, as shown by his not being influenced in this way.
Xiaoyao indeed followed over afterward, making many people feel Xiaoyao was very shameless, but currently their most important task was to choose answers first.
At this time, Li Cheng's answer might influence some people, but definitely not everyone. Many people still went by their own thinking, because this question seemed to have high possibility for both answers, unless someone had truly memorized all these details. Otherwise, they could only guess.
...
As a result, those choosing true and false were split fifty-fifty, meaning after this answer, fewer than a hundred people would remain.
"The answer is true. Those who chose 'not' please leave," The civil official announced the answer. Very fortunately, Li Cheng was right again, and Xiaoyao was naturally also correct.
"Alright, everyone remaining follow me inside," After seeing the remaining number, the civil official put away his subsequent questions because his purpose was achieved, reducing the number to within a hundred. No more questions were needed.
"Tian He, you also made it through. Congratulations," Xiaoyao said to Tian He.
"Mutual congratulations, you too," Tian He also smiled similarly, while his companions beside him were very displeased, glaring fiercely at Xiaoyao.
"Hmph, you'd better quit early. This isn't a place for small commoners like you. Don't think that just because Princess Wen Ya doesn't restrict status, you can really rise from rags to riches," A very discordant cold snort was directed at Xiaoyao and others. The person making this sound seemed to be the line-cutter.
"You also made it through. With so many people eliminated, how come you weren't eliminated? What good dog-shit luck," Xiaoyao replied casually.
"Who are you calling dog-shit lucky? This is my ability!! You're the one with dog-shit luck," The man was angry. He seemed provoked because they indeed relied on luck for several questions, especially the last one, there was indeed some dog-shit luck involved.
"I can't deny my luck is quite good, but I relied completely on ability before. I knew all those questions," Xiaoyao shook his head and said very arrogantly.
"Bullshit. If you rely on ability, then I'm a master craftsman," the man spat.
Most people present agreed with this person's words, including honest Tian He, who felt Xiaoyao was just following Li Cheng.
"You could never become a master craftsman in this lifetime. You don't have that qualification," Xiaoyao said directly to the man.
"You're talking crap," the man roared angrily at Xiaoyao.
"This is my advice to you. Whether you listen is up to you," Xiaoyao said very calmly, without any emotional fluctuation due to the man's words.
"I'll kill you..." the man was burning with rage.
"Ahem! Young Master Dong, please restrain yourself. If you make a move here, we'll immediately disqualify you," a guard said to the man at this time.
It seemed this Young Master Dong was no ordinary person. It was said Baiyue Kingdom had a family surnamed Dong with considerable influence.
"Hmph, you're lucky," Young Master Dong snorted coldly, glaring viciously at Xiaoyao.
"Don't say that. You could hit me now, you're just cowardly, not me being lucky," Xiaoyao said very disdainfully.
After hearing Xiaoyao's words, Li Cheng could only say this Great Tang Young Prince was indeed outrageously spoiled. Others had already let it go, but he was still provoking people.
How could he know Xiaoyao was originally here to cause trouble...
"What did you say," Young Master Dong jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, pointing angrily at Xiaoyao. That anger could burn his entire being.
"Oh, didn't you hear? Are your ears that bad? Then I'll say it again, you're cowardly," Xiaoyao picked his ear and said very indifferently.
"Damn, kid, you're looking for death," Young Master Dong was provoked and rushed to punch Xiaoyao, but was blocked by the guard.
"Young Master Dong, don't be impulsive. If you make a move, you'll definitely have to leave here," The guard blocked Young Master Dong, then turned to Xiaoyao, "Friend, if you continue talking nonsense, you'll also have to leave,"
"Leave? Do you have that authority? Even if your king came, he wouldn't have that authority. Also, I wasn't talking nonsense. Which sentence do you think was nonsense?" Xiaoyao said very impolitely. At this moment, he immediately outdid Young Master Dong because he dared to speak and act, while Young Master Dong didn't dare.
"This..." The guard frowned, wanting to say something but finding he indeed had no authority and no reason, although Xiaoyao's words were somewhat provocative.
"Hmph, do you dare hit me? Aren't you just as gutless?" Young Master Dong was unwilling to be outdone and said to Xiaoyao.
"Of course I dare hit you. As long as you stand there and don't move, I'll show you," Xiaoyao looked at Young Master Dong very disdainfully, as if asking: Do you dare stand there?
"Of course I dare. I'll stand right here. Hit me..." Young Master Dong stood there and said, his eyes very disdainful. He felt Xiaoyao absolutely wouldn't dare hit him. Even if not in this palace, not in this marriage competition situation, he felt Xiaoyao wouldn't dare.
Because hitting him would bring the Dong family's revenge. Would such a small commoner dare?
Dare! Of course he dared, under any circumstances.
Xiaoyao's fist answered Young Master Dong's question. When Young Master Dong stood firm and spoke, Xiaoyao's punch had already landed on his face. This punch's speed might not have been fastest, under normal circumstances, Young Master Dong might have been able to block it, but at this moment, he was too careless, feeling Xiaoyao wouldn't act at all, completely unprepared.
Just as Young Master Dong finished speaking, Xiaoyao's fist made direct contact with his face. Then with a bang, Young Master Dong was knocked down. He didn't react for a long time, somewhat stunned by the hit, because he still couldn't believe Xiaoyao actually dared to act.
At this moment, almost everyone was stunned, as if seeing something incredible. This kid really dared to hit! Wasn't he afraid of being disqualified?
"Friend, you've gone too far," The guard was also stunned for a while before immediately stepping forward to address Xiaoyao, his tone very cold and unfriendly.
It would be strange if he were friendly. He had just stopped Young Master Dong from hitting, but unexpectedly the other party acted instead, hitting Young Master Dong. This situation made him feel somewhat embarrassed.
"Gone too far how? Didn't you just hear? He told me to hit him. I'm a good person, when others ask me to do something, I help if I can. Moreover, this was just a small favor, plus I really wanted to beat him up anyway. Although my martial arts aren't very advanced, beating up a person is more than sufficient," Xiaoyao waved his hand and said unhurriedly.
Everyone fell silent. Thinking carefully, these words were indeed fact, Young Master Dong had indeed said "hit me" just now.
"You, you stand still and don't move, I want to hit you too," Young Master Dong was furious, jumping up and roaring at Xiaoyao.
"Tch, am I sick? Standing there to let you hit me, do you think I'm you?" Xiaoyao shrugged, looking at Young Master Dong like looking at an idiot.
"You, you... I'll kill you. No matter if today is Princess Wen Ya's marriage competition or not, no matter if this is the royal palace or not!! I'll kill you!!!" Young Master Dong began exploding, drawing his sword and charging at Xiaoyao.
"Ah, someone's trying to kill! Guards, quickly apprehend this person. It's one thing if he injures others, but if he injures me, the problem would be serious," Xiaoyao said while hiding in the crowd.
"..." At this moment, the guard really didn't want to stop him, he wanted to let Young Master Dong just hack Xiaoyao to death. But his duty required him to intervene.
Fortunately he did intervene. If he knew Xiaoyao's identity, he would understand Xiaoyao's words were very correct, if he were injured, this problem would become very, very serious.
"Young Master Dong, please stop," The guard blocked Young Master Dong. "If you use weapons here, we'll ask you to leave."
"Damn, I just got punched by him, what about that? Why didn't you stop him? Why didn't you kick him out," Young Master Dong was furious. He was going crazy, feeling too frustrated.
"He..." The guard really didn't know how to explain Xiaoyao's situation, he couldn't find reasons to punish Xiaoyao.
"I don't care about anything else. I want to beat him up, just pretend you didn't see," Young Master Dong said viciously. He also knew Xiaoyao had cleverly avoided trouble, but he couldn't swallow this anger.
"This..." The guard was very troubled. They didn't want to offend Young Master Dong, especially for a small commoner, so they showed some flexibility, seemingly somewhat agreeing with Young Master Dong's statement.
(End of Chapter)