One day a king decided to test his jester, because he wanted to know if he was still up to the task of continuing to do his job, otherwise he would fire him and go looking for a new one.
He met him at the palace and there he had the following conversation:
"Hello, Your Majesty," the jester greeted him, "did you want to see me?"
"Yes, yes, thank you very much for coming," the king replied kindly. You see, I've been thinking for a while about whether you're still as good as I was at the beginning, so I've decided to give you a test. See if you continue to maintain that spark and that wit.
"Yes, of course I do, tell me what to do, Your Majesty."
"Well, I thought ... I want to see if you can offend me in such a way that your apology is even worse than your offense."
"Okay, well, I'll think about it."
"Perfect, I give you seven days to do it." If in one week you have not been able to overcome the challenge I will start looking for a new jester.
And the two said goodbye.
The jester was thinking of a thousand ways to meet the test that the king had asked him but was unable to find the solution.
And the days passed, and the jester became more and more nervous because he did not know what to do. Each time he had less time left.
Finally, after four days, it occurred to him how to overcome that difficult test.
When the deadline was up, the king and the jester went for a walk in the palace gardens. It was a beautiful morning and they were both talking about different topics.
Suddenly, the jester caught the king by surprise and, holding him by the beard, gave him a kiss on the mouth.
-But what are you doing? Let go of me, let go of me ... you've gone crazy! For this alone you deserve to spend a few days in the dungeon.
"Forgive me, Your Majesty, forgive me, but for a moment I had mistaken you for your wife."