Just as Bai Wanwan felt a chill run through her whole body, leaving her mind blank, Feng Changge suddenly reached for her cold hand. He asked, "What’s wrong with you? Why are your hands suddenly so cold?"
Hearing this, Bai Wanwan snapped back to reality and hurriedly shook her head at Feng Changge, saying, "Your Highness, I’m fine. I just didn’t expect my sister to have such skills. It was a bit surprising."
Feng Changge raised his eyebrows as he looked at her still slightly pale expression and said, "What is it? Are you envious of her receiving father’s reward?"
"Don’t worry, it’s just ten thousand taels of gold, just a piece of land. Sooner or later... I will fulfill your wishes." Feng Changge whispered these words close to Bai Wanwan’s ear.
Bai Wanwan was momentarily stunned and looked at Feng Changge in surprise.
In the next moment, she couldn’t help but grip Feng Changge’s hand tightly.
Then she gave him a slight smile, "Alright, I’ll wait for Your Highness to fulfill those words soon."
Seeing her gaze at him had suddenly lost the wariness and dislike of the past, Feng Changge felt exceedingly cheerful, "I never eat my words."
"Yes." Bai Wanwan nodded.
No need to say more, she knew for certain that Feng Changge was a man of his word.
Meanwhile, Feng Wuchen was staring intently at Bai Susu.
He calculated everything, yet he never expected that Bai Susu would be the one to solve this puzzle.
Even though Bai Susu gained the limelight, she was now Feng Qiwu’s fiancée, wasn’t that still Feng Qiwu taking the credit?
After this grand meeting of all nations is over, everyone will probably envy Feng Qiwu for having such a talented and wise lady like Bai Susu.
If only he could have successfully schemed to bring Bai Susu into his own mansion back then, what business would Feng Qiwu have now?
Just regrettable that he miscalculated back then, allowing her to slip out of his grasp.
At that moment, Bai Susu, under everyone’s gaze, composedly returned to her seat.
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He whispered, "Susu, well done!"
Our Da Qin did not lose face!
Most importantly, Daqin managed to gain a treasure for no reason.
Hearing Prime Minister Bai’s words, Bai Susu just gave a faint smile and said, "Grandfather overpraises me, I was really just lucky this time."
"Even if it’s luck, so what? Luck is a kind of strength too!" Prime Minister Bai said with a smile.
Many people criticized the Bai Family for having no male heirs.
The children from a hundred men couldn’t compare to their Susu alone.
It’s just a shame that the Crown Prince snatched her away!
Fortunately, the Crown Prince is not the kind to be unable to tolerate overly intelligent women, so Susu wouldn’t have to worry about being suspected like the empress of old.
After Zhao Country, it was Xixia Kingdom’s turn.
Soon, Prince of Xixia, Wanyan Song, appeared before everyone with an imposing demeanor, then said aloud, "I have also brought a rare treasure to present to His Majesty this time, come, present the Nine-Curved Exquisite Pearl to me!"
As soon as Wanyan Song’s words fell, an attendant stepped forward holding a tray.
Once the red silk on the tray was pulled away, a pale golden pearl the size of a basketball appeared before everyone.
Miraculously, the surface of the pearl emitted a faint golden glow, dazzling and brilliant.
For a moment, everyone’s gaze naturally fell on the Nine-Curved Exquisite Pearl.
Feng Qingyang was also overjoyed.
This Nine-Curved Exquisite Pearl obviously looked like a good treasure.
At this moment, Wanyan Song continued, "Honorable Emperor Daqin, it is said that this Nine-Curved Exquisite Pearl was made from the Dragon Ball within a true dragon. Originally, a gold thread ran through it, and only by threading it with a gold line could one see the wondrous display of a dragon swimming within."
"However, unfortunately, when I found it, the internal gold thread was already broken, so the Nine-Curved Exquisite Pearl has continuously emitted a golden glow, preventing the sight of the dragon swimming within."
"My greatest wish now is to see the true dragon once more. I would be immensely grateful if, after presenting this pearl to Your Majesty, you could fulfill this wish of mine."
Hearing this, everyone present could not help but exchange glances swiftly.
What treasure presentation?
To put it plainly, wasn’t this just using the guise of offering a gift to give their Daqin people a hard time?
If they could solve the problem, that would be all the better. But if not, they would surely become a laughing stock for being a vast empire without a capable person, unable to solve even such an issue.
Upon hearing Wanyan Song’s words, Feng Qingyang could only nod and say, "I understand, my dear ministers, do any of you have a way to thread the Nine-Curved Exquisite Pearl?"
Upon hearing this, a minister immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, for tasks like threading a needle and string, no one is more skilled than the embroiderers in the palace. Why not let them give it a try?"
The interior of the Nine-Curved Exquisite Pearl was very intricate, with twists and turns, and threading such a thing was something the men weren’t good at, so finding palace maids who commonly do needlework seemed like the best option.
Feng Qiwu also agreed with the idea, so he immediately ordered someone to call over the palace embroiderers and let them try threading the Nine-Curved Exquisite Pearl with the gold thread.
However, the inside of the Nine-Curved Exquisite Pearl was so winding and twisting, similar to an eighteen-turn mountain road, that even the most skilled embroiderers were eventually stumped.
During this time, Bai Susu quietly sat by the table without saying a word, merely watching the others’ performance with interest.
In fact, the author, when writing this segment, borrowed the historical challenge laid down by Tang Taizong to test Songtsen Gampo’s proposal to thread silk through the Nine-Curved Pearl.
Therefore, to her, who already knew the answer, this problem was actually quite simple.
However, since she had already stood out just now, it wasn’t appropriate to take the spotlight again now.
Most importantly, Bai Wanwan was also present.
If she successfully answered both difficult questions, Bai Wanwan might suspect she was also reborn.
By then, if Bai Wanwan decisively told Feng Qiwu about it, she wouldn’t know how to explain her origins.
The best outcome would be for Feng Qiwu to not care about her origins.
But if Feng Qiwu feared the supernatural tales and cared about her origins, then she would be in danger.
After all, when a man loves, his affection is genuine. But if the love is gone... he could be more ruthless than a woman when turning his back.
She wasn’t going to risk testing Feng Qiwu’s feelings for her at this moment.