Chapter 138 No way, is there really someone who can’t even do this?

The Minister of Revenue was so angry that his breathing became uneven:
"May I ask, Your Highness, how do you plan to check the accounts without using an abacus?"

"Isn't this something that you can know the answer just by looking at it?"

Yun Shu raised his head with a puzzled look on his face, and said innocently:
"Isn't it possible for Master Yan?"

Minister Yan: “?”

Yun Shu's unexpected reaction once again stunned Minister Yan.

For a moment, looking at Yun Shu's innocent and pure eyes, Minister Yan almost doubted whether she really thought so from the bottom of her heart!

However, the next moment, he heard Yun Shu's tone again, which seemed innocent and compassionate, but was actually full of sarcasm:
"No way? Is there really someone who can't even do this?

Otherwise...I should just use an abacus to pretend a little bit?"

"No need!"

Yan Shangshu's face suddenly darkened:

"Princess, please do as you please. This is a good opportunity for me to learn something new from you!"

"alright."

Yun Shu shrugged her shoulders, smiled and held her chin with one hand. She waited until Minister Yan sat down opposite her and began to move the beads on the abacus.
Then he slowly opened the account book in front of him and happily communicated with Yun Ni in his heart:
"Let's get down to business! Is your calculator ready?"

"Ready!"

Yun Ni responded promptly:
"Just count directly!"

"Row."

Yun Shu calmly began to report the numbers that needed to be calculated in the account book, whether addition or subtraction, multiplication or division.

Often, as soon as she finished reporting a series of formulas, Yun Ni's answers would come out in the villa.

Because this account book was specially used for her to compete with Minister Yan, there were occasionally some numbers in it that were deliberately changed.

Yun Shu would only raise her precious right hand and write a few strokes casually when she found something that needed correction.

Anyway, in the eyes of others, it was just that the abacus beads on Minister Yan's side were clacking, and the five fingers of his right hand were almost leaving afterimages.
Yun Shu, who was sitting opposite him, seemed like a naughty child who was leisurely reading a storybook in class. Only when he occasionally thought of fooling the teacher would he remember to pick up a pen and pretend to write a few words.

No matter how you look at it, the latter doesn't look like he's checking the accounts seriously!
What's even more outrageous is that Yun Shu flipped through the account books even faster than Minister Yan!
Minister Yan had just finished reading half of the book, but she had already switched to the second one!

"Will Princess Saint Ann check the accounts?"

Among the officials waiting to see the results, some could not help but start whispering to their colleagues:
"Since this is the account book used for the competition between Princess Sheng'an and Minister Yan, the numbers on it should be extremely large and complicated. The princess didn't even use an abacus, and she flipped through the numbers so quickly. It doesn't look like she has finished the calculations."

"I don't know! Princess Saint Ann looks very confident. Could it be..."

"Hush! Keep your voice down! This is not allowed!"

……

The whispering among the ministers had no effect on the communication between Yun Shu and Yun Ni.

The three account books were quickly settled. Yun Shu stretched himself and took a nap on the table with his head propped up to the sound of Minister Yan's abacus beads.

Emperor Xuanwu: “?”

Is she afraid that she isn't being arrogant enough?
But...did this kid really check all the account books?
Is she going to do something else?

Emperor Xuanwu sat on the dragon throne, thinking for a long time, but couldn't think of any other way to fool her if she didn't check the account book. In the end, he simply gave up thinking about it and waited until Minister Yan finished all the calculations. Then he coughed and called in a deep voice:

"Little five."

"Uh-huh?"

Yun Shu, who was just pretending to doze off and almost fell asleep, woke up from his half-sleep and stood up quickly:
"Father, have you verified my answer?"

"Not yet."

The corners of Emperor Xuanwu's lips twitched twice imperceptibly:
"Whether it's right or wrong, it's up to you and Yan Aiqing to decide!"

"Oh."

Yun Shu rubbed his cheek, which had a little mark on it from sleeping on it, lowered his head and picked up the paper with the answers written on it from the table and flipped through it twice:
"Hmm... On the third page of the first account book that Minister Yan took, the final total should be 237,258 taels of silver plus 193 coins, right?"

"...That's right."

Minister Yan glanced at his calculation results and frowned slightly:

"That's the answer, too."

"It's still this one, in the middle of page nine..."

In order to prevent these people from being dissatisfied, Yun Shu was the first to read out the answer to each question.

Minister Yan's answers hardly changed from beginning to end. He just kept repeating words like "right", "that's right", "I have the same answer" over and over again.

After finishing the last answer successfully, Yun Shu lightly threw down the paper in his hand.

"After the competition, when all the answers were the same, I was faster.

So this round should be won by me, right?"

"..."

There was silence in the Xuanzheng Hall. Minister Yan had a frown on his face, and the paper in his hand was wrinkled badly where he was holding it!
He stared at the girl in front of him, her lips curled slightly, her eyebrows raised casually, and her smile was full of provocation and mockery. Suddenly, he lowered his head, bowed to Yun Shu, and said solemnly:

"I, your humble servant, cannot figure out how the princess calculated all these complicated accounts without using an abacus. Princess Saint Ann, please enlighten me and tell me something!"

"Didn't I tell you? You can get the answer just by looking at it. This must be a kind of talent, right?"

Yun Shu smiled softly and spoke leisurely, with a relaxed and happy tone in his voice, as if he had heard some funny joke:
"Minister Yan doesn't believe it?

Or in other words, Minister Yan, do you suspect that I already knew the answer to the competition?"

"I dare not!"

Minister Yan said he didn't dare, but his body still kept bowing and asking her for advice.

"I think you are quite brave!"

Yun Shu sighed:
"Forget it. If I don't clear up your suspicion today, you will definitely spread bad things about me behind my back in the future!
I am a petty person, but I cannot stand that kind of grievance.

How about this, the Right Prime Minister will ask a few questions orally, and I and Minister Yan will compete again on the spot.

If I can still win this time, Minister Yan should be able to put aside his doubts and honestly admit defeat, right?"

She had asked the Right Prime Minister to set the questions, so if someone said that she knew the answers in advance, that would make no sense, right?