Chapter 572

It was because it was mysterious that more and more people wanted to guess this riddle.

"Ning 'er, let's guess this lantern, how about it?"

Chu Shao Bai excitedly pulled Chen Ning to the four lanterns and began reading the riddle on them.

"Yi, this is a couplet." He said word for word, "The first couplet is: White isn't, black isn't, red isn't, yellow isn't. It's like a fox, wolf, cat, or dog. It's neither a domestic animal nor a wild beast."

After pausing, he continued to read the second couplet, "There are poems, there are lyrics, and there are also rites. It's vague on the north, south, east, and west. Although it's short, it's still a wonderful piece of writing.

After reading it, he couldn't help knitting his brows like the people around him.

He thought that with his intelligence, it would be easy for him to guess this riddle and he would win the mysterious gift for her. He never thought that this riddle would be harder than he expected.

He guessed several words in his heart, but he felt that they were all wrong. He couldn't help feeling depressed.

When he looked up, he happened to meet her slightly smiling eyes.

"Ning 'er, could it be that you've guessed it?"

Chen Ning said with a faint smile, "This isn't hard to guess."

The surrounding scholars all sucked in a cold breath as they stared at her with wide eyes.

"I say, little girl, you don't look that old, but your tone isn't small at all. All of us can't guess it, but you're saying it's not hard?"

"Humph, it's easier said than done. Since you say this riddle isn't hard, then what do you think the answer is?"

These people were not convinced and began to ridicule Chen Ning.

Chu Shao Bai's eyes revealed a look of anger as he coldly said, "You pedantic scholars, if you don't have any skill, how would you know that others don't have any skill? You only know how to be jealous, no wonder you have a large beard and are wearing white robes. You can't wear a purple robe! "

The people saying these strange words were not young and they were wearing the scholar's white robes. They were proud of their status, but they had been slapped in the face by Chu Shao Bai's words.

They were filled with anger as they pointed at Chu Shao Bai and said, "Stinky brat, stop protecting that little girl. She dares to brag, so why don't you make her say the answer and let us pedantic scholars see this little girl's talent for being the champion!"

Chen Ning pursed her lips and disapprovingly said, "It's just a riddle, it's not that great of a skill. Even if I become the champion, I wouldn't care about it."

She did not have a good impression of these old scholars. They spoke in a sour tone, were narrow-minded, and had no tolerance for others. It was no wonder that they failed all the examinations. If she was the chief examiner, she would definitely not accept these kinds of students.

Hearing this, the surrounding people looked at her and their chins fell to the ground.

Hearing this, everyone looked at her and their jaws fell to the ground.

A waiter smiled at Chen Ning and said, "This miss, if you can guess the answer to this riddle, then please write it down on this piece of paper and let this little one take it to the owner of the lantern. If you can guess it, then I'll have to congratulate this miss."

This little girl's tone was becoming more and more arrogant the more she spoke!

Chen Ning nodded with a smile. She wrote two words on a piece of paper and gave it to the waiter.

The waiter quickly squeezed out of the crowd with the piece of paper and went up to the high platform. He said something to an old man on the high platform and then handed over the answer to Chen Ning's riddle.