Reborn to marry the emperor, I just want to confuse the emperor and seize the throne

The next day during the morning court session, Tutor Pan also rushed to the Golden Palace. He was very efficient and brought Wang Qing's confession with him.

Master Pan bowed respectfully, "This old minister pays respect to Your Majesty."

"Please stand up, Grand Tutor. How did you come into the palace? Cao De, please let Grand Tutor Pan sit down." The emperor said in a deep voice.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I have come to the palace to report to Your Majesty some things that happened in this year's imperial examination." Although Tutor Pan is old, he is still very strong. Even though Steward Cao brought a soft chair, he did not take advantage of his age and actually sat down. Instead, he slowly recounted what happened in the Imperial Examination Hall yesterday.

They did not dare to delay for a moment and brought in the people arrested by the Five Cities Military Department yesterday for interrogation. Among them, someone directly pointed out that the candidate Wang Qing had cheated. It was not until Master Pan personally went to Wang Qing's home that he found out that before he could conduct a thorough interrogation, Wang Qing took the initiative to admit that he had known the test questions in advance and had cheated.

Wang Qing had no choice but to admit it. If he was really a fool, Master Pan would test him and he would know that he was not lying. He admitted his mistake with a good attitude. For a candidate, he would only be banned from taking the exam for three years to teach him a lesson. However, Wang Qing confessed that he had sold the test questions, so his crime was serious.

After listening to what Master Pan said, the Emperor said, "Master Pan must have found out the truth and knows who sold the test questions to him."

"I did find out, but I am afraid that I made a mistake and wrongly accused someone." Master Pan shook his head, looking a little embarrassed. "The examinee got away with it right under my nose. I failed to do my duty. I plead guilty."

"Taifu, you don't have to blame yourself for this matter. I don't blame you. I am very grateful to you for selecting learned people for me. Now that the truth has been found out, you should deal with it according to the law." Taifu Pan was the emperor's imperial tutor. He served the emperor all his life and devoted himself to the emperor.

Grand Tutor Pan said bluntly: "This matter involves the Crown Prince's Grand Tutor Jiang Huai, and I dare not make a rash decision."

"Was it Tutor Jiang who leaked the test questions?" The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, with a strange look in his eyes.

Master Pan continued to speak slowly, "Given Master Jiang's character, I don't believe he would buy and sell test questions for bribery, but the candidate Wang Qing admitted that he bought the test questions from Master Jiang. I have brought Wang Qing's confession. He has admitted to cheating and took the initiative to confess that he spent a lot of gold and silver to buy test questions from Master Jiang. The process of their transaction is also written in the confession. Please review it, Your Majesty and the Crown Prince."

Xie Shang took the testimony and read it carefully. The testimony was very detailed, even stating where Jiang Huai's test questions came from. There were almost no flaws. The only problem now was that as long as the silver was found in Jiang's mansion, even if it was confirmed that Jiang Huai had indeed sold the test questions, he could be convicted.

If an official is found to be corrupt, it is a serious crime that will lead to the confiscation of property and extermination of the entire family.

The Emperor said, "Prince."

Xie Shang quickly handed the testimony to the emperor, "Your Majesty, please take a look." He cast a calming look at Jiang Jinyan who was standing in the queue.

Seeing the heavy look on the crown prince's face, the ministers all whispered to each other, "There was a stampede at the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall yesterday. The cause was that a candidate was caught cheating. We all know about this, but how could it be related to Master Jiang?"

"Yes, Master Jiang is not an examiner, how can he buy and sell test questions?"

"Could it be a mistake?"

"Master Pan must have investigated it thoroughly before he dared to speak in the court."

"The Jiang family has been in the limelight recently, maybe someone has framed them."

"How can such a big thing be framed? Maybe Jiang Huai dared to do this because he is the father of the Crown Princess. From the fact that the eldest son of the Jiang family was promoted so quickly, we can know that the Crown Princess has been working hard for her family in the Crown Prince's ear! She really has raised a daughter!"

"If one person succeeds, everyone around him will rise to heaven. As a mere scholar like Mr. Jiang, I'm afraid he will never be able to climb to such a high position in his entire life."

"Hey, who let them have such a beautiful daughter to cling to the prince? We don't have a daughter in our family, so don't expect to have such an opportunity in this life."

"He went from being a scholar to working in the Ministry of Revenue. Although it was just an insignificant position, he used his connections to snatch many people's jobs. This position was obtained for him when the crown prince was still the Prince of Heng."

"Later, he was appointed by the emperor as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. It was also the prince who wanted him. He fought in a war and was suddenly made a marquis. He relied on his sister's connections to get to this position."

"If he really wants to rely on his own real talents and knowledge to become an official in the court, it would probably be harder than climbing to the sky."

The once brilliant and talented first son became what others called a "giant man" and a "freeloader" overnight. It's so ugly.

He got second place this time, and everyone looked at him with new eyes. They just waited for the top three to enter the palace examination, and maybe he would become the number one. However, when the cheating case was exposed, it was said that it was Tutor Jiang who leaked the questions. Without asking the reason or waiting for the progress of the case, everyone said that Jiang Jinyan's second place had become a joke again.

Jiang Jinyan was also in the court, and these people dared to talk "quietly", which was clearly an attempt to add insult to injury.

In fact, my father has tried his best to keep a low profile, but he is still envied by others. There are always people who dislike him and want to bring him down.

For a time, the Jiang family was pushed to the forefront.

In fact, these rumors did not start today. There have been rumors for a long time that Jiang Jinyan did not rely on himself. He did not try to argue for himself, but proved his strength with actions.

He didn't expect to receive testimony incriminating his father so soon. No matter how angry he was, he had to endure it. The angrier he got, the more opportunities the enemy would take advantage of him.

It's not like they did nothing, they were just waiting to see what tricks the other side would use to suppress the Jiang family. Unexpectedly, they really pointed their spearhead at the non-competitive Master Jiang. The other side probably only found Wang Qing as a breakthrough point before they attacked Master Jiang.

In fact, Jiang Fenghua and Xie Shang entered the palace early this morning and met the emperor before he went to court.

Jiang Fenghua wants to catch ghosts, but the key is that the emperor must believe her and cooperate with her. If the emperor knows that the ghost's surname is Su, I wonder if he is willing to believe it.

The emperor gave her a chance to clear Jiang Huai's name.

The other party could think that Jiang Huai's test questions were stolen from the emperor, and Jiang Fenghua could also think that the source came from the palace, because Jiang Huai went to the palace too many times during that period, and Jiang Fenghua had been living in the palace, so he was indeed suspicious.

She assured the emperor that it was not her father's doing and offered the position of Crown Princess as a guarantee.

He might have obtained it from the examiner, or he might have entered the palace and obtained it from the emperor. Su Xuan was not in Shengjing during that period, and he avoided it perfectly, which means that his spies in the palace have already penetrated deep into the interior.

Even though Su Xuan thought his control was perfect, Jiang Fenghua still intuitively believed that it was Su Xuan who was behind it.

Jiang Fenghua took advantage of the emperor's suspicion. What made the emperor more angry than leaking the questions was that there was a pair of eyes watching him.

So Jiang Fenghua made an assumption about this incident and told the emperor. She did not say it was Su Xuan, but only said it was someone. Naturally, the emperor also wanted to find out who that person was.

If the emperor's own life is threatened, he will cooperate with Jiang Fenghua.

She knew that the more powerful a person was, the more he would care about his own interests. If some people dared to touch the emperor's interests and took advantage of this loophole, wouldn't the emperor be furious?

Similarly, if it is confirmed that it was indeed Jiang Huai who did it, the emperor would say that the Jiang family's good days would be over.