Chapter 1279 - 52: Father-in-law and Son-in-law Duel (Part 1)
"This riddle is a bit difficult. My father came up with it, and it took me three days to solve it," Su Yang said with a smile.
"Giving the officials three days for sure, they’ll definitely come up with the answer."
Want to know the answer?
How could it be so easily revealed to them?
Solving this riddle, they might just present another challenging one right after.
He didn’t mind solving problems; it’s just that he wouldn’t stand for being given a hard time just upon his arrival.
King Beimo fiercely glared at those ministers pondering the riddle.
They claimed it would be a difficult riddle, yet it turned out to be less challenging than others’!
Wasn’t this an invitation to embarrass him?!
King Beimo was so angry that his headache worsened.
Knowing King Beimo’s thoughts, many nobles stood up to challenge Su Yang, hoping to make an impression before the Emperor.
From martial contests to musical and artistic skills, and then to poetry and song...
The defeats were unprecedentedly miserable.
King Beimo felt that whatever little face they had was completely lost.
In the end, he could only muster up the courage to regain some dignity, "He indeed lives up to being the son-in-law chosen by Me. Truly remarkable."
"The Emperor is wise!"
The praise from Beimo Ministers helped align the face that King Beimo had just picked up.
The first round of the in-law competition—
King Beimo suffered a crushing defeat.
Looking at Su Yang’s triumphant and spirited demeanor, King Beimo felt that this kid really needed a beating.
The Beimo Empress didn’t think so much.
For her, the more she looked at her son-in-law, the more pleased she was.
Such a handsome and exceptional son-in-law.
The Beimo Empress had initially been reluctant for her daughter to marry far away and hoped to find a Prince Consort in Beimo, but now, after the examination, no one could compare to Su Yang, and much of the reluctance faded away.
Although getting married to the Daqi Capital was quite far, the heart and gesture of the Marquis Dongxiang in allowing her daughter to visit home after marriage were rare indeed.
Especially given that Su Yang and Princess Yinchuan pledged themselves for life without knowing each other’s identities, there was no fear of them lacking affection.
Moreover, with friendly relations between Beimo and Daqi, as long as war doesn’t break out, Daqi would certainly not mistreat Princess Yinchuan.
After Su Yang stole the spotlight at the Welcome Banquet, the event proceeded conventionally.
No one dared to provoke Su Yang anymore; instead, they silently sat there reflecting on why they ever challenged him, only to embarrass themselves.
After the banquet ended, Princess Yinchuan stayed with the Beimo Empress, while Su Yang was invited by the Beimo Crown Prince to enjoy the flowers in the Imperial Garden.
The two men weren’t interested in flowers and plants, so they chatted in the pavilion.
The Beimo Crown Prince, not fond of Su Yang, summoned a Palace Attendant to bring a chessboard for a game in the pavilion.
Su Yang’s skills in chess were truly exceptional, second only to his martial arts.
The Beimo Crown Prince was utterly defeated, left disgracefully without a helmet and armor.
The Palace Attendant on the side couldn’t help but twitch their mouth.
I’ve never seen a brother-in-law give his brother-in-law such little face.
Poor Crown Prince, not experiencing any of the glory of being the elder brother-in-law, but was instead oppressed by the brother-in-law.
Zhao Xu is not even worth mentioning, having beaten the Beimo Crown Prince twice.
Su Yang was even harsher, using bees to sting the Beimo Crown Prince.
The Beimo Crown Prince held the White Jade Chess piece.
Suddenly—
With a plop,
The chess piece fell onto the board.
Su Yang looked at the Beimo Crown Prince.
The Beimo Crown Prince said, without blushing or breathlessness, "Hand tremor."
"After-effect of the bee sting."
Su Yang, "... ."
The reprimand came so unexpectedly.
Su Yang cleared his throat lightly, "In the past, when ignorant, please forgive me, Crown Prince."
"Moreover, the tremor from a bee sting is easy to cure."
"Someday I’ll find a swarm of bees and sting once more, treating poison with poison, guaranteed to be fine."
Su Yang smiled sincerely.
The Beimo Crown Prince, "... ."
This kid really needs a beating.
It seems only Daqi’s methods can treat him.
Hmm.
The Beimo Crown Prince had Princess Yinchuan make shoes for Su Yang.
Daqi’s Princess Fu Yun could make Su Chong lose face.
His Imperial Sister is definitely not worse than Princess Fu Yun.
This confidence, the Beimo Crown Prince certainly had.
Su Yang, "... ."
This is too harsh, isn’t it?
Leaving him no room to respond at all.
Princess Yinchuan resided in the Beimo Palace until her wedding, her chamber still just the same as before she fled marriage.
However, being already married, she could no longer stay in her own chamber.
She and Su Yang lodged in the Palace.
While they were staying in the Palace, the riddle Su Yang posed at the Welcome Banquet had already spread outside the palace.
Tea houses and taverns were abuzz with discussions.
Some even put up a reward.
Whoever could solve the riddle would receive a reward of one hundred taels.
With such a high reward, people were racking their brains to figure it out.
The riddle was simply too tough, leaving everyone clueless.
Since Su Yang had figured it out in three days, Beimo had to recover face by providing an answer within three days too.
As time went by, the reward increased from one hundred taels of gold to two hundred, three hundred...
Su Yang got hungry while strolling, without a coin on him.
He quietly earned himself this amount of money.
Hmm.
His father-in-law and the brother-in-law hadn’t bothered him in three days, leaving him no chance to exploit money.
Three thousand taels could at least do in a pinch.