The blackened marquis insists that the husband should be more valuable than the son!

Xue Mingyue thought about it and couldn't decide what to give.

After a while, she suddenly realized and walked towards the study. She entered the study without any obstruction. She picked out a book of commentaries on scriptures by a great scholar from the previous dynasty on the wall shelf full of books, and patted the dust on it. .

Cousin Jiang Hua is a scholar and will definitely like this gift.

Liu Yun hesitated to speak, and opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he said nothing.

Lidong, who also followed, had no worries and asked straight to the point: "Madam, are you planning to give this book to Young Master Biao?"

Xue Mingyue said in surprise: "Of course not."

Seeing what they were thinking, she couldn't help laughing, and tapped the two of them on their foreheads: "This book is very precious, and it will be useful to the Marquis of Qi in the future, so I plan to hand-copy a copy and give it to my cousin. Originally, He continues to stay in the Hou Mansion."

Lidong: "So that's it."

Liuyun covered his forehead and laughed, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Xue Mingyue smiled and said: "Okay, don't be stunned, follow me back to the house to help."

...

The commentary on this scripture is not thick, but it is not thin either.

Xue Mingyue copied the new scriptures from scratch according to the great scholar's notes and annotations. Liu Yun stood aside and concentrated on grinding. He was still awake at the beginning of winter, but he became drowsy and yawned as he read.

Xue Mingyue stopped writing when someone from the small kitchen came to ask about the dishes.

She rubbed her sore wrist, turned her head and looked outside. The strong light made her squint her eyes slightly, stood up and stretched, and asked lazily: "What did you eat for lunch? "

Don't tell me, I'm already hungry after copying all morning.

Reading is indeed not something that ordinary people can insist on, she sighed in her heart.

"Go back to Madam, Chef Li has prepared shredded rabbit meat."

Xue Mingyue suddenly looked sideways.

I walked quickly to the hall and saw a plate of hand-shredded rabbit meat on the table among several light dishes. It didn't seem to be marinated, so it wasn't greasy with too much salt, but it tasted very fragrant.

Unexpectedly, he just mentioned it to Chef Li last time and he made arrangements.

Xue Mingyue couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks, and her apricot eyes suddenly lit up: "I'll reward Lao Li with a tael of silver later."

Suddenly, her movements stopped.

He turned to look at the people around him, raised his eyebrows slightly, and wondered: "Wait a minute, why hasn't Liu Xing come back yet?"

Liu Yun's hand in laying the dishes for her also suddenly stopped, and he looked around slightly confusedly. Sure enough, he didn't see Liu Xing's figure. He just went out to look at the list. He should have been back by this time, right?

Her expression was slightly solemn: "Miss, I will send someone to find her."

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Xing's voice came from outside.

"Miss! Something big happened outside!"

Liu Xing ran in quickly with her skirt in hand, panting and bending over. After a long while, she said in a hoarse voice: "...There is a big mess outside! Someone beat the drum to report the imperial examination. The provincial examination It’s unfair and someone is cheating!”

Everyone was shocked: "What?" Imperial examination fraud!

Xue Mingyue frowned quickly. How could the imperial examination fraud be exposed in advance?

She remembered that this incident must have happened after Qiu Lie returned. At that time, it was a major event that shocked both inside and outside Yongji City. It was so good, why was it so early?

"Drink some water first and speak slowly."

"Thank you, miss."

Liu Xing calmed down after taking a sip of water from the teapot.

She talked about whatever came to mind, and told all the thrilling experiences like pouring beans: "When I rushed to Gongyuan, there were already a lot of people around, and I couldn't squeeze in, so I just wanted to stand outside. To hear the good news from the official, all you need to do is hear the name of the young master."

After all, Master Biao's knowledge was praised even by Mr. Lou.

So Liu Xing simply stood outside and waited, but after waiting for a long time, she didn't even see the shadow of the official. She had to give up waiting for the letter and continued to squeeze forward. It took a lot of effort to squeeze in front of the red list.

"Our young master is Jieyuan this time! He ranks first in the provincial examination!"

Xue Mingyue had known about this for a long time, but she was still a little surprised when she heard the news. Fortunately, this matter has not changed.

Lidong quickly asked: "Then what? What about fraud?"

Liu Xing gave them a calm look.

His expression looked slightly excited: "After I saw Master Biao's ranking, I wanted to come back and announce the good news to the young lady, but I didn't expect that at this moment, the scholar who was watching the ranking next to me was crying and laughing, and suddenly stepped forward and tore up the red list like crazy. When I got down, I shouted loudly that the provincial examination was unfair, someone must have cheated! Then someone nearby immediately followed suit."

In that scene, there was a huge response.

Liu Xing was so frightened that he froze.

Liuyun: "Huh?"

Lidong: "At the feet of the Emperor, aren't they afraid of being stopped by officers and soldiers?"

Xue Mingyue frowned and reminded in a deep voice: "Next time you encounter something like this, please remember to leave immediately. Don't stay there to watch the fun. If you are just accidentally injured, it is nothing, but if you are regarded as an accomplice, it will be a big deal." It’s over.”

"Don't worry, miss, I understand everything."

Liu Xing nodded sadly.

In fact, when she realized that something was wrong, she immediately stayed away from the crazy scholars and waited for the officers, soldiers and patrolling Jinwu Guards to arrive. Unexpectedly, someone among them suddenly said, "Go and beat the drum to report to the emperor." Please inform Heaven to hear the matter."

Everyone immediately headed in the direction of Dengwengu.

Denwen Drum is at the end of Tianjie, at the southern gate of the Imperial City.

Liu Xing saw that the common people were following the scholars towards the south gate of the imperial city, so he followed them without thinking and blended in with the crowd.

Although she was just joining in the fun, she didn't expect that someone would actually dare to beat the Dengwen drum.

She was trembling with chills all over her body, shaking and saying: "When you beat the Dengwen drum, you have to play the clapboard. I was far away and didn't see it, but I saw the officers and soldiers bringing them all into the imperial city. The clapboard was played at the door. .”

At that time, she only heard the retelling of the person next to her, saying that she had hit nearly a hundred big boards.

This is the price of beating the drum. Only by fighting to the death can the words in their mouths be credible. However, these scholars all survived and were carried into the Jinluan Hall.

Xue Mingyue frowned slightly, her expression darkened, and she pressed her fingers silently.

These things are no different from those in the previous life. The only and biggest difference is: time has changed, and the petition has been filed too far in advance.

Liu Xing swallowed and looked at them with wide eyes.

"Do you know what they said in the complaint?"

Liuyun shook his head and nudged her gently with his elbow: "Stop showing off."

Lidong urged anxiously: "That's right, just say it quickly!"

Liu Xing pointed to the top and said word by word: "They are suing Cheng Xunmin, the examiner of this provincial examination! They are suing him not only for revealing the test questions in advance, but also for collaborating with officials from the Ministry of Rites to buy and sell test questions!"

"Wow—"