Ouchi Taming the Cat, starting with the Ten Tiger Forms!

Chapter 510 Add Me

The Ninth Princess handed the banknote to Princess Ankang as requested.

Including the challenge fee, she spent a total of four hundred taels of silver.

If it continues to double like this, the more challenge money someone will have to spend to challenge Princess Ankang in the future will be even more.

But the problem now is that no one knows how many games Princess Ankang’s physical strength can sustain.

Anyone could see that the iron ball on the ground was extremely heavy. Although it seemed easy for Princess Ankang to throw it every time, she was a human being after all, and there would always be a time when she ran out of energy.

By then, she certainly wouldn't be able to hit the target as always as she is now.

And when Princess Ankang becomes exhausted, that is their chance.

In the current supplementary competition, the only ones who have not withdrawn are the eldest prince's three siblings, the third prince, the fifth prince, the eighth prince and the ninth princess.

And Princess Ankang, who everyone wants to challenge and succeed.

As for the others, they either did not participate in the supplementary competition in the first place, or they wisely paid the "ransom" and withdrew from the competition on their own.

After all, no one wants to be like the two people in the field, wearing only a pair of underwear and blowing in the cold wind in such a cold weather.

The eighth prince also waved to his attendants and asked them to fetch a fur coat and put it on.

You know what, his and the third prince's looks are quite unique. Apart from the fact that they don't have a tight-fitting suit, they really look a bit like Superman.

Li Xuan looked at the two brothers and felt really funny.

But the competition must go on. Now, except for the Third Prince, the Eighth Prince and the Ninth Princess who each lost a fortune stick, everyone else is safe and sound.

But in the current situation, no one wants to be cannon fodder, so everyone hesitates to move forward.

Princess Ankang quietly waited for the next challenger, not being anxious at all.

No one dares to challenge Princess Ankang easily in her current state.

Just when everyone was silent, the Fourth Prince came up with a plan.

"I will forcefully challenge the Ninth Imperial Sister."

Everyone else, including Princess Ankang, was stunned.

I didn't expect the Fourth Prince would suddenly do this.

Even Li Xuan was somewhat confused by the Fourth Prince's actions.

"Hmm? Why is he challenging the Ninth Princess?"

"Does he know that the Ninth Princess's monthly allowance is higher than his?"

"But after the monthly allowances of the princes and princesses were reduced, I'm afraid they are all about the same amount."

"It's not worth spending a hundred taels of silver for the challenge, is it?"

The Ninth Princess was not as strong as the Fourth Prince, and she had just challenged Princess Ankang, so she quickly lost the game.

"Manager Zhao, can I not change my monthly allowance and just take something worth one hundred taels of silver from the Ninth Princess?"

After winning the game, the Fourth Prince asked Zhao Feng.

"It turns out that they wanted to eliminate other competitors first."

Li Xuan immediately understood the Fourth Prince's intention.

But I have to say, it's risky.

If there are not enough people to exhaust Princess Ankang's physical strength in the end, it would be like shooting oneself in the foot.

Zhao Feng shook his head and explained, "Your Highness the Fourth Prince, the challenger can only choose to exchange the monthly allowance as a reward."

"Only the party who is forced to challenge can choose to obtain items from the other party that are equal to the value of the challenge money."

The Fourth Prince did not seem overly disappointed with this explanation. He just nodded to indicate that he understood.

Then he accepted the reward of exchanging monthly salary with the Ninth Princess.

Zhao Feng immediately wrote two notes and gave them to the Fourth Prince and the Ninth Princess respectively. Written on them were their monthly allowances after the exchange.

When the Fourth Prince saw the amount on the note, there was no expression on his face, but the Ninth Princess was delighted.

Obviously, after the exchange, it was the Ninth Princess who gained the advantage.

The Ninth Princess even happily showed the Third Prince the amount after the exchange, and her intention to show off was very obvious.

The Third Prince shook his head helplessly and said, "There is no point in exchanging monthly allowances between us. Right now, only Ankang's monthly allowance is much higher than ours. Successfully exchanging with him is the biggest reward for the additional competition."

"Oh--"

The Ninth Princess answered in a drawn-out voice, sounding a little unhappy.

The Third Prince naturally sensed the Ninth Princess's emotions, sighed, and continued:

"You only have one life sign left, so just go and challenge Ankang. Even if you lose, you can still keep the fourth brother's monthly allowance, so it's not too bad."

Hearing this, the Ninth Princess became even more reluctant.

"Ah, but it will cost four hundred taels of silver to challenge Ankang again. It's not worth it."

"And judging by her appearance, it would be easy for her to beat me again."

The Ninth Princess looked at Princess Ankang, who was full of energy and had shining eyes, and had no intention of challenging her at all.

"Then we'll either be challenged by someone else and lose our current monthly salary."

"Either challenge yourself, pay the money and leave."

Among the other options given by the Third Prince, forcing oneself to challenge oneself and then choosing a side is the most cost-effective option.

Since she had been challenged by the Fourth Prince once, the Ninth Princess only needed to pay another two hundred taels of silver to safely leave the additional competition.

But the Ninth Princess did not want to end the game in such a frustrating way.

"Then I'll challenge Ankang again."

Rather than paying the money and leaving in frustration, the Ninth Princess chose to contribute her own strength.

Although she didn't know who would accept this contribution, it was easier for her to accept than the other two options.

The challenge of the Ninth Princess had no practical effect except for contributing an additional 400 taels of silver to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Princess Ankang.

Of course, the other princes and princesses did not think so.

Princess Ankang fought for one more round and consumed a little more of her physical strength.

As for who will be lucky enough to win Princess Ankang, it depends on their own abilities.

In the following time, the princes and princesses who were still on the field took turns to challenge Princess Ankang, and even the eighth prince was no exception.

In a competition like this, they won't show any mercy.

With the continuous challenges, the challenge money continued to rise and doubled, making Zhao Feng smile from ear to ear, extremely happy.

Princess Ankang gradually showed signs of exhaustion, could no longer score more than five points, and made frequent mistakes.

But even so, the other players could only score three points at most, so even if Princess Ankang made one or two mistakes, she could still guarantee victory.

As the challenge money got higher and higher, Princess Ankang stopped teasing others and simply asked for their money.

Princess Ankang earns as much as the Imperial Household Department earns.

"After going through all this, I'm afraid we can really squeeze a lot of money out of them."

Li Xuan said secretly.

The nobles in the palace have enjoyed wealth and glory for so many years, and I'm afraid many of them have accumulated a rich foundation.

The antique paintings and calligraphy in the palaces, the silks and satins and jewellery they wore were all priceless.

Today's game is just the beginning.

If we keep squeezing them slowly, sooner or later we will squeeze them dry.

Outside the palace, Emperor Yongyuan was also busy planning to deal with the family behind them.

As long as Li Xuan's ideas are followed and financial transactions are continuously promoted, Emperor Yongyuan can take whatever he wants with the money in the market.

This money is just sitting there anyway, so instead of putting it in the vaults of these families as a decoration, it would be better to use it to contribute to the court.

Anyway, this money is the people's hard-earned money, so this way it can be used to its full potential.

When Emperor Yongyuan overthrew Prince Zheng and reorganized the government, he would naturally have plenty of time to deal with these good-for-nothings who were just sitting there doing nothing.

Gradually, the princes and princesses who challenged Princess Ankang began to develop a tacit understanding and challenged her one at a time.

But Princess Ankang stumbled and managed to win all the time.

When everyone had only one chance left to challenge, they returned to their previous silence.

"How to do?"

The princes and princesses, except Princess Ankang, looked at each other.

They now only have one life left. Whoever is eliminated first will completely lose the chance.

Of course, it is also possible that the person who challenges first will defeat Princess Ankang and pick the biggest peach in this additional competition.

"Your Highnesses, are you not going to challenge me anymore?"

"If that's the case, I have to declare the game over." Even at this tense moment, Zhao Feng did not forget to provoke them with words, hoping to disrupt their actions.

Seeing that everyone was wary of each other and suspicious of each other, the Eighth Prince stood up.

"Don't waste time. Rock, paper, scissors. The winner will decide the final order of the challenge. No matter what the result is, you are not allowed to deny it afterwards."

Others couldn't help but feel moved by the Eighth Prince's proposal.

Although this move is child's play, it is indeed the best solution at the moment.

"No, the three of them are of one mind, so we can only send one representative to play rock-paper-scissors."

The third prince raised his objection, pointing at the eldest prince and his three siblings.

The Sixth Princess was about to make a sarcastic remark, but the Third Prince continued:

"If you don't agree, I will challenge the boss now."

After saying this, the Sixth Princess took back the words that were about to come out of her mouth.

The Third Prince and the Eighth Prince both noticed that the First Prince had some strength left in his previous challenge.

Honestly, they are the same.

Otherwise, even if they exhausted Princess Ankang's strength, it would be in vain if they did not defeat Princess Ankang.

Seeing that the Third Prince was so tactful, the Eighth Prince immediately agreed:
"Hey, I think this makes sense too."

The Sixth Princess was still a little unconvinced and was about to argue something, but was stopped by the Fourth Prince.

"Okay, we agree." The Fourth Prince gave a direct response.

"Fourth brother, why are you afraid of these two guys in shorts?" The Sixth Princess was very angry.

The third prince and the eighth prince tightened their fur coats at the same time, looking embarrassed.

"There are three of us and only two of them."

"I will take their pants and fur coats off right now so they can cool down."

The Sixth Princess rolled up her sleeves, looking as if she was going to challenge them directly.

The two brothers in Pants were so scared that they silently clamped their legs together to protect their underwear.

Fortunately, the fur coat was covering it, otherwise such an embarrassing action would have been seen by everyone.

Princess Ankang looked at her brothers and sisters who had joined forces to deal with her and were even discussing plans. She felt like she had become the villain.

You know what, it feels quite fulfilling.

"Forget it. There's no point in us wasting each other's energy."

When the Fourth Prince said this, he stared closely at Princess Ankang, who had a calm expression.

Although Princess Ankang made frequent mistakes at the beginning, there was no sweat on her forehead and her breathing was not disordered.

At first, the Fourth Prince thought that Princess Ankang was just holding on so as not to let others see her actual condition.

But as the game progressed to this point, he already had a bad suspicion.

"Are they playing tricks on us?"

The Fourth Prince looked at the indifferent Princess Ankang, and then at the smiling Zhao Feng.

This additional match lasted for a long time, and all the money went into the pockets of these two people.

This game has continued until now and has almost become a bottomless pit.

Right now, Princess Ankang's challenge money has skyrocketed to 25,600 taels of silver. This is the result of several internal conflicts among them, wasting time on each other.

If they really used all their challenges on Princess Ankang, I'm afraid the challenge money now would be even more terrifying.

No one expected that the challenge money, which started from just one hundred taels, would reach such an outrageous number after being doubled continuously.

Of course, it is also possible that all of this is part of someone else's calculations.

The Fourth Prince looked at Princess Ankang and Zhao Feng, who were the calmest people on the field, and felt that he was in a difficult situation.

He had just felt this feeling not long ago.

After all, the so-called Jinpeng Dynasty antiques taught him a profound lesson.

The Fourth Prince felt that the rational thing to do now was to withdraw, but so many people were watching, especially their mother.

Adding to that the challenge money they had invested previously, even if they wanted to withdraw from the competition now, Concubine Zhang would not agree.

Instead of this, it’s better to end it as soon as possible.

"Brother, go play rock-paper-scissors."

The eldest prince nodded and walked forward to play rock-paper-scissors.

Unexpectedly, the eldest prince won.

"Fourth brother, how do we determine the order?"

The eldest prince asked the fourth prince happily.

But this stumped the Fourth Prince.

"These two bastards!"

The fourth prince glared at the other two who lost the game of rock-paper-scissors.

Rock-paper-scissors is not just a game of luck, especially when you play it with someone you know.

The Eighth Prince is extremely proficient in these "unorthodox methods", and the Third Prince has the advantage in cultivation, so no matter how you think about it, the Eldest Prince should not win.

It’s not that the eldest prince is too suspicious, but this choice is too inappropriate for them.

The fourth prince glanced at Concubine Zhang who was watching them from the pavilion in the distance, and said with a look of despair, "The eighth prince is first, the third prince is second, and we will challenge him last."

The eldest prince and the sixth princess did not notice anything unusual about the fourth prince and just nodded.

After all, this is the most reasonable order after they win the rock-paper-scissors game.

But they didn't expect that if the Eighth Prince and the Third Prince lost, they would face a challenge fee of more than 100,000 taels of silver.

By then, whether you challenge it or not, it will be a deep pit.

The fourth prince now only hopes that the first two people can come to a conclusion so that it won’t be their turn.

No matter how high Princess Ankang's monthly salary is, how long will it take for her to save up another 100,000 taels of silver?
At this point in the play-offs, it is no longer a question of whether or not to hold the monthly competition.

They have been set up without realizing it, and it will be impossible for them to step down safely without bleeding heavily.

But now it was too late for them to turn back.

The Eighth Prince had already stepped forward, and Zhao Feng asked him:

"Your Highness, the Eighth Prince, a forced challenge to Princess Ankang will cost you 25,600 silver coins."

"Have you thought about it?"

The Eighth Prince swallowed nervously with a gulp. Just hearing this number made him dizzy.

Although he earned almost that much money in last month's competition, it would be painful for him to spend his own money for a challenge.

"Do you really think I'm a fool for fooling around with you guys?"

"Whoever wants to pay for these twenty thousand taels of silver can do so!"

That’s right, the Eighth Prince regretted his decision.

No, it should be said that he had no intention of cooperating with others from the beginning.

Although he was the one who proposed the game of rock-paper-scissors, he just wanted to trick those fools into continuing to challenge Princess Ankang and not backing down in the face of difficulty.

He lost the rock-paper-scissors game on purpose to prevent any accidents.

"Ok?"

Princess Ankang saw the Eighth Prince walking up to her reluctantly, and she made faces at him, with her face twitching violently as if she had a stroke.

"Are you feeling unwell, mynah?"

The Eighth Prince made subtle lip movements, but Princess Ankang couldn't see clearly what he wanted to say due to the distance.

"…return the money in full…split the bill 70% to 30%."

The Eighth Prince, with his hands behind the back of the First Prince and others, was still quietly making gestures to Princess Ankang and Zhao Feng.

He cut twice in the air, then pushed one portion to Princess Ankang, one portion to Zhao Feng, and the last small portion in front of himself.

Princess Ankang didn't hear clearly what he said, but Zhao Feng who was standing beside her heard it clearly.

Zhao Feng immediately asked with a fierce face: "Your Highness the Eighth Prince, are you still going to challenge?"

"Challenge, why not challenge?"

While the Eighth Prince was speaking, he kept winking at Zhao Feng, as if they were all one family.

Zhao Feng ignored him and stretched out his hand:

"Pay the money!"

(End of this chapter)