Chapter 30

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“Your Highness, the female official examined the copper coins, and the silk brocade bag was provided by us, this… this clumsy servant has bad eyes and couldn’t see where the woman cheated.” Eunuch Mo said, slightly surprised.

The crown prince let out a light laugh, “this gambling game only seems fair. The rules of the game were that when the coin is drawn out, if the side facing upwards is ‘Jinghao Chentong’, the coin has to be put back inside the pouch and you have to draw again. Only when ‘Jingming Baojian’ is drawn out, the back can either be ‘Jinghao’ or ‘Jingming.’ They bet on the patterns on the back, which really gives them a 50/50 chance.”

“But in fact, even though the bet is placed on the patterns on the back, Wang Mang chose ‘Jinghao’ and she chose ‘Jingming,’ meaning they each indirectly chose one of the copper coins. Wang Mang’s coin would be ‘Jinghao-Jingming’ and hers, ‘Jingming-Jingming.'”

“In other words, her copper coins would never be placed back inside the silk brocade bag to be redrawn, while there is already half the chance that Wang Mang’s coins will be put back inside the pouch and redrawn before the betting game begins. After these twenty rounds, unless Wang Mang’s luck is extremely strong, the one who would win is her.”

Fan Rusu was stunned for a long time, and only then did he understand that there was something fishy about it. The group of ceremonial officials who were following behind gasped, they were extremely surprised.

Eunuch Mo said in a deep voice, “No wonder she hid as soon as she entered the gate. This woman is treacherous and cunning, this servant will definitely catch her and let His Highness punish her severely.”

Fan Rusu thought about it, and he became even more puzzled. He glanced at Eunuch Mo and then at Wang Mang, wanting to say something, but stopped.

Wang Mang smiled and said, “Commander Fan has something to say, there is no harm in saying it.”

Fan Rusu said, “Then this humble servant will overstep his place. After all, she let the Imperial Censor choose first. If the Censor had chosen “Jingming”, wouldn’t the situation be completely different?”

Eunuch Mo was also stunned, and Wang Mang waved his hand and laughed, “No, there will be no such possibility.”

Fan Rusu was greatly surprised, but Eunuch Mo suddenly figured it out and whispered, “So that’s how it is.”

Fan Rusu was still puzzled and became more and more curious. He had never been a nosy person, but this matter was quite strange, the woman had even dared to make calculations and go for the crown prince.

The prince’s eyes moved slightly and he said faintly, “If Commander Fan was the one to gamble, what would you have chosen?”

Fan Rusu had a sudden realization and immediately understood the game.

“Jinghao Chengtong”, “Jingming Baojian”, the taboo names of the crown prince and Prince Xian!

Wang Mang was the crown prince’s person. No matter whether Wang Mang knew about the cheat or not, he could have only chosen “Jinghao”. If he had chosen “Jingming”, where would the crown prince’s face be?

This seemingly casual bet had already been in the green robed woman’s calculations. Who the h*ll was she?

Fan Rusu was suddenly surprised, but immediately caught another mistake. The crown prince had said at the time; Wang Mang, this is not your fault. Didn’t you already know you were going to lose even before you made the choice?

Who is the prince? He had already seen the problem! Even Wang Mang knew the woman’s plot. Then why did they remain motionless and let Wang Mang continue the gamble?