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On the day when the list was announced, Yan Qin immediately went to find Dugu Liu, and his behavior was quickly reported to the King Regent through the people placed by his side.

In the truth-telling game that day, Yan Yuge only believed half of Yan Qin's answer.For example, when the little emperor said that he only had ordinary liking for Dugu Liu, but not the kind of liking between men and women, he didn't take it seriously.

When he heard the news that Yan Qin was looking for Dugu Liu again, he even had a feeling that he knew it would be like this.He thought about the information from the previous butler's investigation, and the talent on the 21st was extremely outstanding, only because he offended Deng Lun, a dignitary in the dynasty.

Wait, who is Deng Lun, how can he remember that there is no such person in the current court.

Out of doubt, Yan Yuge casually asked the person who reported, and the latter replied, "You forgot that Deng Lun is the son-in-law of the head of Ningguo's mansion."

Ningguo Duke's eldest house is only an only daughter, who was born arrogant and domineering. This Deng Lun came from a humble background, so he was half married to Ningguo Duke's mansion.

Speaking of Ning Guogong, Yan Yuge already had such an impression. When he started to clean the court last time, he seemed to exile Ning Guogong's family.

Without the obstacle of Deng Lun, Dugu Liu's ranking would not be low.He remembered that Huiyuan's top papers would be handed over to the little emperor, maybe Yan Qin recognized Dugu Liu's papers, and when the imperial list came out, he couldn't wait to announce the good news to Dugu Liu.

"Where's the imperial list this time?" As the regent, Yan Yuge naturally didn't need to squeeze through the crowd to see the ranking. Regent House.

The housekeeper at the side said: "It should be placed at the porter's office, my lord, please wait for a while, and I will fetch it for you."

Yan Yuge glanced at the name of the Huiyuan this time, Xiao Hanshan from the Xiao family in the capital.

If he remembered correctly, the last time he saw Xiao Hanshan was at the autumn hunting ground a few months ago. Xiao Hanshan approached him and said some specious things to him.

At that time, the other party was still a young Xuanjiawei, and in the blink of an eye, now he became the first name in the test.Judging from this situation, the Xiao family intends to let Xiao Hanshan enter the court to flex his muscles.

Yan Yuge took his mind back from the face of Xiao Hanshan in his memory, turned the long imperial list from the first name down from the front to the back, and from the back to the front again, but did not find the name of Dugu Liu .

"All the royal lists are here?" He confirmed to the housekeeper.

"There are a total of sixty Jinshi candidates for this examination, and the list is here." The list is all marked with numbers, and it is impossible to miss one.

Yan Yuge figured out that something was wrong. Logically speaking, Deng Lun was gone, Dugu Liu also won the first place in the township examination, and they all became Xieyuan, so they wouldn't lose their name in the general examination.

There are 32 prefectures and [-] counties in Dayan, and those who can pass the Jieyuan exam have never heard of anyone who failed the exam.What's more, Dugu Liu is still the Jie Yuan of the capital, so he won't perform abnormally to such an extent.

As if thinking of something, he asked the housekeeper again: "Xiao Hanshan from the Xiao family, what ranking did you win in the general examination?"

"This Mr. Xiao is Xie Yuan from the provincial examination three years ago." Normally, as long as you pass the examination, the Juzihui will take the provincial examination and the palace examination together, but Xiao Hanshan obviously belongs to the unusual category. "At this time three years ago, the former crown prince was gone, Mr. Xiao did not participate in the examination for some reason, and then the former emperor passed away, and the current sage was enthroned. This delay was a full three years."

The death of the former crown prince had the greatest impact on Empress Xiao's natal family. As a direct descendant of the Xiao family, Xiao Hanshan was greatly affected. Not incomprehensible.

"Bring me the dossier of the first place this time, as well as the dossier of Dugu Liu."

The butler asked cautiously, "Didn't you miss No. 21?"

The Prince Regent didn't pay attention to the previous princes, but the only number 21, he paid a lot of attention to. On New Year's Eve that day, the Prince Regent went to the suburbs of Beijing. It was really hard for the steward not to think too much about it.

But to be honest, this No. 21 seems to be quite close to the current emperor. Under the promotion of some caring people, the reputation of his master's innocence is already in jeopardy. , that's not so good.

Why did both of them feel that he was interested in Dugu Liu? Yan Yuge was not in the mood to explain so much, so he just glanced at the housekeeper expressionlessly: "If you want to do something, when did you start talking so much?"

The housekeeper panicked and said, "Your Majesty, forgive me, this subordinate has overstepped."

It has to be said that the management efficiency of the palace is very fast. With the order from the regent, the housekeeper easily took the file of the first name of the test from the place where the file of the test was stored. After searching for a long time, Dugu Liu's dossier has never been found.

After the rankings came out, except for the [-] or so names on the list, the dossiers of the rest of the candidates were all based on the candidates' rankings. Logically speaking, the form of Dugu Willow is very rare, so it should be easy to find, let alone Dugu willow is gone, and he has never seen even a person whose surname is Dugu.

At this time, even the housekeeper, who didn't pay attention to the examination at all, figured out something was wrong. He stayed in the place where the files were stored all afternoon, counted the number of files, and said a few more words, leading the current champion The dossier was returned to the Prince Regent's Mansion.

Yan Yuge first read the dossier of the Zhuangyuan Lang, and his expression was very calm at first, but the more he looked at it, the more dignified his expression became, and finally his solemnity turned into admiration for the dossier: "This Xiao Hanshan is much better than his old man." few.",

Who doesn't know that the current King Regent is very stingy in complimenting others. What he says is so-so, that is, very good, and passable, that is very good. If he can praise anyone, it is good to the limit.

Of course, the exaggerated little emperor is an exception, that's just a few polite words on the surface.Everyone knows it well, and there are countless things to do.

Being able to hear praise for this dossier from his mouth shows that Xiao Hanshan and Xiao Hanhuiyuan's policy theory is indeed quite well written.

Xiao Hanshan has been famous since he was a child, and in the past few years he had to get to know Yuan. Although he was delayed for a few years, the housekeeper was not surprised to be able to achieve this result.

After reading the theory, Yan Yuge put down the file in his hand, and asked again, "Where's Dugu Liu's?"

The housekeeper hurriedly shared his achievements this afternoon: "This subordinate followed your instructions and entered the place where the examinee's dossiers were placed, and it was easy to get the first dossier. However, among the rest of the candidates, The subordinates did not find Dugu Liu's dossier."

In order to prove that he was not careless, he continued: "At that time, this subordinate thought that the person who stored the files might have made a mistake in the order, so he looked down one by one from the first name, and after reading for a full hour and a half, he finally confirmed it. Among them, there is no dossier of candidate Dugu Liu."

Seeing the interested expression on the Prince Regent's face, he continued to say: "In order to prove the guess in my mind, I counted the number of files and found that there were a total of 530 candidates participating in this test."

He swallowed his saliva and moistened his dry throat: "This subordinate asked the person in charge of the file again, and the result was also 530. However, after looking at the number of enthroned people in the file, I found the word 32 , apparently someone has modified it."

The result is already quite clear. Dugu Liu clearly participated in this exam. Given his talent, it is impossible for him to fail Sun Shan, but the fact is that not only did he lose his name, but even among the rest of the failed candidates, his dossier was missing. .

What does this mean?It shows that someone destroyed Dugu Liu's dossier and sincerely refused to let him enter the court.But Dugu Liu's enemy has disappeared, whoever hates him so much has this ability.

An idea popped up in the butler's mind, but he didn't dare to say it, as it tickled his heart like a cat's paw.

Yan Yuge could tell what was going on in his heart just by looking at his expression, and he glanced at the file with the first name, and then said, "Say it straight, who do you think about?"

"The subordinates dare not say."

"This king sees that you don't dare to say or think about it."

The housekeeper swallowed again, his Adam's apple moved up and down nervously, he lowered his voice, and spit out four words: "My lord."