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

Cheng Xunmin, who was reinstated as an imperial officer after three years of mourning due to Ding You.

This is not the first time that he has served as the examiner of the imperial examination.

He had also served as the examiner of the joint examination before, and even served as the paper reader for the emperor during the palace examination. It can be said that he had particularly rich experience in the imperial examination. Moreover, he was an honest official and did not form any clique for personal gain. He had always had a good reputation in the court.

No one expected that he would be sued by his students to the Golden Palace.

Hearing this, Xue Mingyue's mouth twitched slightly, she raised her eyebrows and said, "You mean, those scholars who beat the Dengwen drum sued all the examiners who presided over the provincial examination? How did His Majesty deal with it?"

After all, the rural examination fraud case in his previous life was widely implicated.

But she didn't hear that all the examiners were sued at the same time. They were so confident in suing, could it be that they had found evidence?

"I heard that His Majesty took this matter very seriously. He announced a joint trial among the three divisions in court and put all the students and examiners involved in jail."

Liu Xing was so frightened that she patted her chest: "When I came back, I saw Jin Wuwei leading troops to search the examiners' mansion."

She had never seen such a big scene before.

In previous years, it was not like there were no students who questioned the fairness of the examination. There were many people clamoring and kneeling on the ground crying outside the Gongyuan, but this was the first time that a crowd gathered to beat the drum to complain.

Liu Xing calmed down and glanced at her calm expression.

He whispered: "Speaking of which, I also saw the Marquis entering the imperial city and the palace, and then leading a team to search Master Cheng's home. I'm afraid the Marquis will not be able to come back to have dinner with you today."

"..."

Who cares if he comes back to dine with her?

Xue Mingyue looked at Liu Xing without hesitating to speak.

She couldn't help but hold her forehead, took a deep breath and said: "This matter is very involved. In any case, the results of the provincial examination will be invalid. Go and find cousin Jianghua to ask about the situation and see if he had any relationship with Mr. Cheng before the provincial examination." All dealings.”

The fraud in the imperial examination was exposed in advance, which will definitely have an impact on the candidates.

But I didn't expect that Xue Xujun, who was the Minister of Rites, would be so lucky and just avoid this incident. Although the entire Ministry of Rites may be at fault, since he is not an examiner of this subject, it is difficult to get involved.

The gossip about the Yan family had just spread, and it was about to be replaced by the fraud in the imperial examination.

Xue Mingyue felt a little regretful.

However, anyway, this incident will eventually dig out Yan Chengming, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and will only bring the Yan family's affairs back to the public's attention.

This matter really had nothing to do with her. After she sent Liu Xing out to ask about Jiang Hua's situation, she finished her lunch without being affected, lay down on the newly made rocking chair in the yard to bask in the sun, and closed her eyes. Take a nap.

This incident happened before Qiu Hunt, will your Majesty still organize Qiu Hunt?

...

As soon as the drum sounded, the whole court and field were trembling with fear.

In the Jinluan Palace, the emperor was furious and ordered the three departments to work together to investigate the matter as soon as possible. Everyone felt that this errand would fall on the second prince, even the second prince Xiao Duo thought so.

The emperor lowered his eyebrows and scanned the people in the court with a sharp gaze like an eagle.

His eyes passed over Xiao Duo after pausing for a few breaths, and then fell on the face of the fourth prince Xiao Chi who was standing behind him. The emperor suddenly called his name and said: "Fourth, I will leave it to you to thoroughly investigate the fraud. Can you handle it?"

The air suddenly became quiet.

Xiao Duo raised his head suddenly.

He looked up at the emperor in disbelief, his expression suddenly changed, and his pupils trembled violently.

After hearing this, Xiao Chi was stunned for a long time before he realized that this matter had indeed fallen into his hands!

His heart was filled with excitement, his eyes immediately lit up, he quickly walked out of the queue, bowed his hands and said, "Father, don't worry, I will fulfill my mission! Investigate this matter thoroughly as soon as possible and give an explanation to all the candidates!"

"Dismiss the dynasty."

The emperor stood up, waved his sleeves and left.

Xiao Chi was still a little dazed.

You must know that he had just been reprimanded by his father a few days ago, and in the blink of an eye, his father had entrusted such an important errand to his hands. Could it be that his father really valued him as much as his mother and concubine said?

He couldn't help but laugh.

Just when I laughed out loud, I heard a strange voice beside me: "Fourth brother is really secretive. He took on such a big job without saying a word. You must do your job well and don't let your father down." .”

The palm of his hand patted his shoulder hard twice.

The third prince Xiao Chang twitched his lips.

Xiao Duo smiled: "Yes, fourth brother, my father has entrusted you with such an important matter. If you fail to investigate clearly, it will disappoint the scholars all over the world. Remember to guard against arrogance and impetuosity."

Just as Xiao Chi was about to say something, someone suddenly came over from behind.

A calm and majestic voice sounded: "Your Highnesses, the Second and Third Highnesses, will not bother you. Your Highnesses, the Fourth Highnesses, with the help of the Third Division, will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly. I still have something to say to Your Highnesses, so we will leave first."

"Grandpa."

"The Duke of Qin."

The expressions of the two changed slightly.

Qin Ye nodded coldly to the two of them, stretched out his hand and dragged Xiao Chi away.

Seeing the two people being surrounded by courtiers and leaving, Xiao Duo's face darkened instantly and he stared at them gloomily. He couldn't figure out why his father would leave this matter to the idiot Lao Si.

"Second brother, does the emperor... want to suppress you?" Xiao Chang's eyes flashed slightly and he said hesitantly.

"Obviously, a few days ago, he was scolded by his father in front of the Taifu for being useless. In the blink of an eye, his father re-employed him. It is obvious that you, second brother, are the best person to handle this matter. What can that idiot Fourth Brother do? What!"

"Third brother, be careful what you say."

"I'm just complaining about you, second brother!"

After he said this, Xiao Duo's irritable mood eased a bit.

Anyway, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel are already in his pocket. He can know the inside story whether he follows up or not. It is because his father has given such a credit to the fourth son, which makes him really uneasy.

If this matter is done well, wouldn't it mean that Lao Si would win the support of students all over the world?

Xiao Duo narrowed his eyes.

Therefore, the fraud must be investigated, but the fourth child cannot be investigated.

...

The entire six departments were very busy.

Xie Lang led the Jinwu Guards to search this house and then continued to search the next one. They didn't even have time to drink water. After the search, they carried all the evidence into the imperial city and handed it over to the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and the capital. Procuratorate inspection.

After the fourth prince took over the matter, under the guidance of Qin Guogong, he first interrogated the student who was beating the drum.

What no one expected was that the fourth prince acted surprisingly decisively.

This question actually brought up something useful.

It turns out that the reason why these students dared to complain about cheating was because when they were in the teahouse, they accidentally overheard a fellow student talking loudly next door. They actually mentioned that they had bought the provincial examination questions and had someone take them at home.

Their business was carried out very covertly and would not be discovered at all.

What makes students most angry is:

The knowledge level of these people is not high among the candidates, and they have not studied carefully. In the end, they actually beat many popular candidates and actually won the exam!