In an instant, everyone in the hall, except Bai Yao, knelt on the ground.

Trembling, begging for mercy.

"Your Majesty, I was wronged. It was the Minister of Civil Affairs who forced me to do this!"

"Your Majesty, we were coerced by Wu Zhuo, not voluntarily, Your Majesty."

The Emperor has seen this kind of scene too many times, and everyone calls out for injustice, but no one is innocent and has no sympathy at all, which only makes him angrier.

He waved his hand.

"Check, check for me, how many people are cheating and substituting this time, let me arrest them all."

"Also, all the answer sheets from previous years have been brought out for me and compared one by one. If there is anyone who can't answer the questions or whose handwriting doesn't match, regardless of the size of the officials, they will all be put in the dungeon and await their fate."

When the official minister heard this, his body softened and he sat paralyzed on the ground.

The emperor is really serious about this. Now it's not just him, there are other people who have done something inside. None of the officials who did something before can escape.

This is a big reshuffle of the imperial court. It's over. Everything is over now.

Seeing that the emperor wanted to investigate thoroughly, Wu Zhuo looked at his father in panic, but seeing his father's behavior, he knew that there was nothing he could do, and he became even more panicked. There is nothing I can do at this time, I can only keep asking what to do and what to do!

The Minister of Civil Affairs was already annoyed, but seeing him like this made him even more annoyed. Suddenly, he slapped him hard on the face.

"Guizi, if it weren't for your failure, how could I have ended up in this situation?"

Wu Zhuo was stunned and stood there in a daze.

Liu Ye looked at this scene and shrank back, his cunning eyes rolling around, trying to think of a way to escape, but looking at the guards around him, he had no way to escape.

He was also the one who changed the answer sheets, but his was not obvious. He was not as high-profile as Wu Zhuo, who dared to change the top spot directly.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Ye Zewen had no background and was just a poor boy from a remote mountain village, they wouldn't be so bold.

Bai Yao sat aside, scanning the people in the hall, and his eyes fell on Liu Ye.

"If you recruit people who are not mainly involved in this incident now and reveal their evidence of guilt, the Emperor may consider letting you go, right, Your Majesty."

"Ah, yes, if you confess in advance and the circumstances are not serious, I can consider letting you go."

The emperor was stunned for a moment, then thought, he didn't need to kill them all, he just needed to eradicate the most important ones, and teach the rest a lesson, so that they would not be able to serve as officials for life.

In this way, it can also reflect his generosity.

When Liu Ye heard this, his eyes showed excitement.

He has a lot of clues about the officials and ministers. If he tells them all, he can be absolved directly.

After all, he only occupies an unimportant position. He is not as ambitious as Wu Zhuo and just wants to earn a living in the capital.

But he was also worried that if the official won in the end and he told the matter, wouldn't it completely offend him?

He is struggling, and so are others.

The choice between the Emperor and the Minister of Civil Affairs, no matter which side he chooses, seems to have a bad outcome, but at least there is a glimmer of hope for the Emperor.

"I, I have."

Ye Zewen's colleague stepped forward and directly told him that the people from the Ministry of Personnel had found him.

The emperor clapped his fat hands and said, "This is unreasonable."

When the gold nugget fell to the ground, he already knew that it was the Minister of Civil Affairs who did it. The reason why he did not convict him now was just waiting for sufficient evidence.

The Minister of Civil Affairs and Wu Zhuo stared at him. If eyes could kill, he would already be riddled with holes.

At this time, Liu Ye no longer cared about whether they said it or not, because he was also fighting in his heart.

After burning the incense, the results came out.

When the guard leader took the evidence and called the officials involved, they were still confused and did not understand what happened.

They had just been waiting outside the palace to attend the apprenticeship banquet of the fifth princess. They heard that something had happened inside, and they were curious about what happened.

They never expected that their old affairs would be turned upside down.

"Your Majesty, I have been wronged!"

With a "pop" sound, the emperor threw the evidence onto their faces.

"Unjustly accused? Did I have people fabricate these?"

When those people picked it up and looked at it, their hearts suddenly sank to the bottom.

"Your Majesty, I know I made a mistake. It was my stupidity back then that made me commit such a big mistake. For the sake of my loyalty over the years, please forgive me this time!"

"Your Majesty, please spare me this time!"

The officials were kneeling on the ground, and the emperor was horrified to see this scene. Unexpectedly, half of the officials in Xiling had tampered with it.

If everyone loses his temper, the world in Xiling will probably change!

But if you don't show off, you won't be able to convince the public.

"Pull a few of them down and give them twenty punishments." The emperor pointed at a few of them who were guilty of less serious crimes.

"They were put in prison, removed from their official positions, and left to die."

"As for you." He looked at the Minister of Civil Affairs. "Remove from official position and beheaded in thirty days."

The reason why he didn't choose a day to be beheaded was because today was the apprenticeship banquet of the fifth princess, which was a good thing. He wanted to back off from this unlucky event to avoid bringing bad things to his fifth princess.

"As for Wu Zhuo and Liu Ye, their rankings will be canceled and they will be exiled to the border areas and will not be allowed to enter Beijing forever."

The Minister of Civil Affairs was completely stupid, and Wu Zhuo was also stupid. He just kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Liu Ye regretted that he didn't say anything at that time. The evidence brought by the guards was included in it. It was useless for him to say anything at this time.

But he still refused to give up and told them all what they had done.

Mu Yiheng stepped forward and gave him a kick. He was cowardly beforehand and pushed his own people out afterwards. He was the most disgusted with this kind of person.

Normally, Liu Ye would have yelled at Mu Yiheng a long time ago, but now he looked at Mu Yiheng as if he was looking at his savior.

"Prince, Prince Beiyun, what happened before is all my fault, it's all...Wu Zhuo, Wu Zhuo asked me to do that, it's because I'm blind and can't see the mountains, please save me, I'll do the work for you It doesn’t matter, as long as you save me.”

Liu Ye had no dignity to speak of at this time.

Exiled to the frontier, it sounds like nothing, but on a long journey, many people can die on the way, and when they get there, they are no better than pigs or dogs.

At this time, what dignity does he have to talk about!

Seeing him like this, Wu Zhuo, who was on the side, was already furious and had nowhere to vent his anger. Now he couldn't help it anymore and punched and kicked Liu Ye directly.

"I'll kill you, you white-eyed wolf, running dog, worse than a beast. You molested women, you were a frivolous girl. The Wu family didn't solve that trouble for you. You still have the nerve to accuse us."

Liu Ye yelled and dodged, but the two people responded with punches and kicks from the elder brother of the guard.

In the end, the two became honest.

Bai Yao sat aside, waiting for the mission reward to arrive, but for a while, Wu Zhuo and Liu Ye were about to be suppressed and there was no sound.

What's going on? System failure?

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