Volume 2 Chapter 10 (1/2)

Notes:

Pie π sounds the same as clap 拍 (pai) and r sounds like 阿(ah) , which is an expression similar to ‘what’

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“Well,off ance and it ithout a doubt they were beautiful like the rest of herShe released s soft laugh

Feng Ming consulted with his inner conscience His Aunt was one fine-lookingthanks to An Xun’s blood on his hands It will be such a pity to destroy her second spring With that thought, Feng Ming’s flashed his eyes onto the King of Li

This proved to be an untimely mistake on the Prince’s behalf, the very ’s gaze was sharp as the tip of a blade, and they did a great job of piercing into the Prince Feng Ming could easily i froaze had the sa intensity, however, it was different Feng Ming would turn into gooey hot mess, his heart and brain would be completely flustered, as if he had accidentally poked his finger into a power socket

Instead, Ruo Yan’s gaze was startling, like cracks of lightning and once he struck, you were left surrounded by a harsh chill The unfriendly gesture, was etched into Feng Ming’snever knew that awith unease by thestare lasted for a brief ered on the Prince Ruo Yan switched on a e’s action sent every last strand of hair standing on his body, Feng Ming shi+fted from his spot fro on his sleeves

“Prince?” Fen Yan asked gently

“Huh?”

The le, “Prince An He, the Third Princess has given her question to you”

“Oh?” Feng Ming was amazed by his own absentmindedness

Any reason to break away fro pulled his sleeves down and patted the beads of sweat fro his attention back to the Princess

The Princess’s observant eyes noticed her nephew’s paled complexion, with a frown she continued, “Why is the Prince in a panic? “ She thought for a , “As for the question I have set for you, there is currently no defined method to resolve an answer efficiently Nor has anyone co the proble this question on the spur of thehis Aunt that this challenge was the last of his proble a bit cold” With that said, he automatically turned his attention to the sand pitThe question, installed for hi closer, his Aunt had drawn a perfect circle, almost as if she had drawn it with a compass

The audience were all focused on the shape in front of them, it was clear that the topic was centric around a circle

Feng Ming frowned, “A circle?”

Don’t tell me you want me to find the circumference of a circle or the area of one?</e hiht as well play the fool, “Royal Aunty, forgive me, as for the question, An He did not understand clearly, could you inforain?”

The Third Princess was surprised to see Feng Ming’s persistence, she stated, “The Prince must be well acquainted with this area of ativity “

Ecck! Feng Ming had a gut feeling that he was supposed to know the question just by looking at the shape she drew

Is this how the ancient folk set out questions? What does she want , lady luck was s on him Fen Yan, out of kindness whispered softly just within his ear’s reach

“Your Highness, the Third Princess’ requested the calculation of how lobe”

In the end, Feng Ming’s worst concerns were co true, even in this erahtning struck his thoughts as he realised, the question was basically asking hihed inwardly, isn’t this a piece of cake?

Given relief, Feng Ming’s tensed er audience a s, “Well, if it is this question, it is rather simpleIf one seeks the volume of a sphere, it can easily be solved by a formula First ill need to know the radius and the formula is four thirds multiplied by pie and furtherhad answered nonchalantly, as if it was the simplest problem he had encountered Everyone in the room was surprised

The Princess’ face was painted with confusion, she queried, “ Aunt cannot follow your prompts, what’s clap? And what’s Ah? What did you mean by four thirds and cubed?”

“It’s quite si Ming grabbed the bamboo pole and etched in the formula on the surface of the sand He drew a line froe to represent the radius

He patiently explained, “This line is given the nahly a number valued at 314159, and cubed indicates a value to the power of three Four thirds is the sa was very fortunate, that during his younger years he’d often get punished writing out formulas by his e for a broad range of formulas, he could explain them in a detailed enius

Fen Yan was astonished, how the belittled Prince had instantaneously ed to captivate everyone’s attention All eyes in the roo his lecture

Master Dong, ide eyed and eager, it was clear theto process this new found inforrey bearded jittered Naturally, as a proud researcher in the field, Master Dong’s first reaction was to send a servant to retrieve ’s solution He wanted to test whether such profound fore

Prior to the Prince’s induction, as part of his research, Master Dong had iven sphere However, this was a pri to find any patterns in the numbers They had simply filled certain spheres with their capable volume of sand The contents of the spheres were hed boxesThis tedious manner was carried out over various sizes of containers When brush and paper arrived, Master Dong jotted down the calculations and found that Feng Ming’s forave the sa was a serious contender, the faces of the Third Princess and Master Dong could only be described as shocked Both of the countless years and placing their souls into research Seeing such an unearthly challenge resolved before their very eyes, they could only stand in awe It was truly, a heaven sent moment and both were extre choked on his words as he struggled to make a coherent sentence, “Third Princessthisis really the sameas our manual quantification “

The Third Princess’s face was still suspended in disbelief, the quick pace at which Feng Ming provided the answer to a baffling proble flustered A blush washed across her cheeks, as if she was being coy with a sweetheart

The Princess turned her head suddenly towards her o retrieve a brush, ink and paper Record everything” And her servant made a wild dash to bid herher attention onto her nephew, her face gloith anticipation, “Prince, seems like your talents as a mathematician was underestimated, there are countless questions which has not been solved, and yet to witness a solution to one unravelled beforeI can offer in return Please Prince, accept ratitude and respect”

The wo hi snapped into action, “Please Aunt, An He does is not deserving of your praise!” Not in aforesee the Princess to be enrapt to this extent, and at once helped her back onto her feet

As he was supporting his Aunt to stand upright, Master Dong had followed suit out of excitement The old , was also very disrespectful to your Highness Please forgive my rudeness” The old man knelt on his knees and offered hi’s face was red as a to to preserve a bit of h job as he had to help people back onto their feet left and right