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

There was a lot of noise about rural examination fraud.

Everyone inside and outside Yongji City was in danger, fearing that the fire would really ignite themselves. Countless students protested in various places, demanding a thorough investigation into the fraud, setting off a frenzy of questioning the results of students in the same subject.

Jin Wuwei became the busiest person in the city.

Wherever there is trouble, Jin Wuwei will be there.

The Yan family case some time ago has long been forgotten by the people. After the news of the sale of provincial examination questions came out, the talk on the streets was who was behind the fraud and which corrupt official was lining the pockets.

Xie Lang and his people rushed around from morning to night and stayed at the government office for several days in a row.

He didn't even have time to go back home for a meal.

For Xue Mingyue, these days are too quiet.

Fortunately, Jianghua, Jieyuan, has been famous for a long time. Although some people questioned the ranking of the foreign examination, after Gongyuan posted the top five examination papers for everyone to check, anyone with eyes can see that he can take it. The name of Jieyuan.

Those who want to cause trouble for him can no longer continue.

While everyone's eyes are focused on the fraud case.

Xue Mingyue asked Li Nian to seize the opportunity to collect all the Magadha sugar candies in Yongji City, and the opening of the new teahouse was also postponed for a few days. Even the theater troupe took extra time to continue rehearsing and getting familiar with the show.

What is unexpected is that the fourth prince's investigation speed is very fast.

In such a short period of time, the entire gang selling test questions was uncovered, and it was even discovered that many officials from the Ministry of Rites were cooperating behind the scenes. However, the leader fled quickly after getting the news and is still being hunted.

The Minister of Rites wrote a letter to apologize and asked to resign from the position of Minister of Rites.

The emperor dismissed it, and the Minister of Rites resigned again.

Xue Mingyue vaguely felt that the progress was a bit fast. In the previous life, these matters had been investigated for at least half a month, and the person in charge at that time was not the fourth prince Xiao Chi, but the third prince. In short, the details here and there have changed, but the main thing remains the same.

When they catch the fleeing leader, they will probably trace Yan Chengming.

She paid close attention to this matter because she wanted to reopen the new teahouse before Yan Chengming was found guilty and finish the unfinished play that day. After all, there were many things hidden behind it that only she knew.

At that time, we can use Yan Chengming to promote the tea house.

In particular, the teahouse chosen to sell the test questions was the Jing'an Tea House. As early as the day the incident was revealed, Jinwuwei led people to seal down the teahouse, and the shopkeeper and the clerk were jailed for allegedly selling test questions.

There are no competitors on the street. If Wufu Tea House opens at this time, there will be no one who can cause trouble.

"Miss, Miss, the Marquis has sent someone to deliver a message again!"

Liu Xingfeng ran into the house in a hurry.

Hearing this, Xue Mingyue suddenly turned pale and her little face wrinkled up. These days, Xie Lang didn't know which muscle was wrong. He sent three letters to the Hou Mansion every day, and he still said nothing. Use nonsense.

"Oh, by the way, Mrs. Chen's mutton soup noodles are also delivered this time."

Liu Xing added another sentence.

Xue Mingyue's throat twitched slightly and she glanced at the noodle soup in the food box. Then she lazily stood up on the warm couch and reluctantly opened the letter and read it for the sake of food.

Mrs. Chen’s noodle soup is the best in Beijing.

She was greedy for this bite.

Xue Mingyue read the letter at a glance, and quickly read the entire letter, subconsciously sitting up straight.

"Wow—"

The letter paper is folded.

She raised her eyes to look at Liu Xing and said seriously: "Go to Li Nian and tell him that the opening day of the teahouse is tomorrow, and ask him to send all the storytellers out to publicize the matter, and then choose a good time for the theater troupe to do the same. Get ready."

Liu Xing was stunned for a moment: "Hey! Okay!"

Liu Yun blinked and asked curiously: "Miss, is there some progress in the fraud case?"

These days, Xue Mingyue broke things down and told them little by little.

No one asked her why she knew so much, but they knew that the opportunity for the teahouse opening that the lady had been waiting for was the arrest of Yan Chengming. Since it was about to open, it meant that Yan Chengming must have been arrested!

Lidong didn't understand, but looked over curiously.

A slight smile appeared on Xue Mingyue's lips, and she raised her eyebrows and said, "Let me ask you, who is Yan Chengming?"

The three of them looked at each other and said, "Minister of the Ministry of Personnel."

"What is the official department in charge of?"

"Examination for appointment and removal of officials..."

The words stopped abruptly.

Liu Yun suddenly opened his eyes wide and said in astonishment: "Xiao, Miss, what are you referring to..."

"You're not stupid." Xue Mingyue chuckled and pinched her face, "It's what you are thinking about, so we dare to let the theater troupe finish the last half of the play before the incident happens to take advantage of it. "

"Miss, what riddles are you playing?"

Liu Xing scratched his head in confusion, unable to figure it out for a moment.

Lidong heard some things in the military camp and vaguely guessed something, so he whispered his guess in her ear. Her eyes widened immediately, and she subconsciously blurted out: "Selling official positions privately?!"

Nowadays, all the official positions in the court are a mess.

Few new scholars could stay in the Hanlin Academy, and they were all assigned to various ministries.

The reason why Yan Chengming was related to the fraud in the imperial examination was because many of the students who bought the exam questions for the provincial examination would follow this line to find Yan Chengming, who worked in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and buy an official position from him.

The imperial examination fraud made the emperor angry.

But it was far less irritating than someone selling official positions under his nose. This was tantamount to provoking the emperor's prestige.

——So the Yan family is going to end.

Xue Mingyue wanted to make a fortune before the Yan family was destroyed.

Liu Xing swallowed in shock. Knowing the importance of the news, she did not dare to delay and hurriedly ran to tell her second brother.

Xue Mingyue lowered her eyes and pursed her lips slightly.

After hesitating for a moment, he opened the letter again and his eyes fell on the word 'hope for return' written on the last line. Every letter he sent back these days had the word 'hope for return' written on it, but she never replied to any of them. .

She didn't want to have another bond with Xie Lang, but she didn't want to admit his love either.

Xie Lang told her about the progress of the fraud case in letters. He also sent her a box of money when he knew she was planning to open a teahouse. Apart from not agreeing to divorce, he didn't do much.

Xue Mingyue frowned.

Looking at this pink peach blossom paper, I feel a little toothache.

She closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, all the complicated hesitations in her eyes disappeared completely, and her eyes became cold.

He handed the letter to Liu Yun as if nothing had happened, and twitched the corners of his lips: "Bring over the soup noodles."

No matter what the hell Xie Lang is planning, as long as she doesn't take the bait again.

What he did now, she could regard it as an apology from him.

Anyway, he owed her more than that.