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The capital city has temporarily returned to calm.

However, just the day before the palace examination, another murder case occurred among the candidates, which plunged the capital, which had just recovered its calm, into turmoil again.

Fortunately, it was not Li Yue's people who had the accident, but Pan Wenbin, Pan Xingzhi's son.

It was said that Pan Wenbin had a good friend in the Goulan Courtyard, and this woman was very attractive to Pan Wenbin, but because of her status and her father's obstruction, Pan Wenbin had never been able to redeem that woman.

But recently, the woman suddenly became indifferent to Pan Wenbin. Pan Wenbin was suspicious, so he searched many ways, and found that the woman had a change of heart and fell in love with a scholar who was going to Beijing to rush for the exam.

That day the scholar went to find the woman drunk, but was caught by Pan Wenbin who had been waiting for a long time.After all, Pan Wenbin is a martial arts practitioner, so if he lost the weight in his hands, he would be killed.

Chun Wei has released the list, the scholar is on the list, he is considered a tribute, he will take part in the palace examination in a few days, he may still be expected to enter the top three, but now he is dead.

In an important place in the capital, the person who died was a candidate waiting for the imperial examination. Naturally, it was not so easy to expose this matter, so Pan Wenbin was sent to prison by the Ministry of Punishment that day.

This matter happened at this moment, Pan Taibao knew that it might not be so easy to pass, so he went to see Li Yue after the morning court.Li Yue was not surprised, after all, he was his own son, and the tiger's poison did not eat children, so Pan Taibao would naturally not ignore him.

Pan Xingzhi entered the Hall of Ninghe and saluted Li Yue.

Li Yue hurriedly helped him up: "The Taibao please get up quickly."

Pan Taibao cut to the chase and said: "Your Majesty, the old man is here today for the sake of the dog."

"This case has been handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for trial, I..." Li Yue said with a normal expression.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is getting old, and he already has the heart to retire. I only hope that the dog will be safe and sound this time, and I beg Your Majesty to make it happen." Pan Taibao said.

Li Yue frowned and asked, "What does the Taibao mean? I don't quite understand."

Pan Xingzhi said: "Your Majesty now has the posture to soar. The old minister asks himself if he is not good enough, but there are still many things that the old minister can't let go of in the affairs of the court. But if Wen Bin can survive this calamity safely, the veteran is willing to let go of the court. Trip, stop meddling in the affairs of the court."

"If I say there is nothing I can do, what will happen to the Taibao?" Li Yue asked.

"Old minister... Your Majesty begs to think twice." Pan Xingzhi said.

Li Yue sneered in his heart, Pan Xingzhi was so arrogant that he actually negotiated terms with him so bluntly in person, it can be seen that he still does not have himself as the emperor in his eyes.

"The Taibao step down first, I will consider this matter." Li Yue said.

Pan Taibao didn't bother, and hurriedly said: "The minister will leave."

After Pan Xingzhi left, Li Yue's eyes shivered slightly, as if he was very displeased.After a while, Zhao Xun came out from behind the screen, obviously listening to the conversation between the two just now.

Li Yue said coldly: "I didn't expect that he would give up his position for Pan Wenbin after so many years, which surprised me."

Zhao Xundao: "Now he has lost [-]% or [-]% of his power. He knows that sooner or later the court will be decided by you. This time, it is not so much for his son, it is better to say that he is going down the slope. He has gained a good reputation and saved his son. .”

"Then should I promise him?" Li Yue asked.

Zhao Xun frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's not that simple."

"What do you mean?" Li Yue asked.

"I can't say it, but I don't think it's a coincidence." Zhao Xun said.

Li Yue thought for a while, and said, "You mean, Pan Wenbin might have been plotted against? Could it be Zheng Yukun's people did it?"

Zhao Xun shook his head and said that it is still difficult to determine. According to the current situation in the court, Zheng Yukun's doing this is superfluous, but it seems to be Li Yue's handwriting.But since Li Yue didn't know about it, it was probably Liu An who did it.

The day of the imperial examination is coming soon.

In the early morning of this day, the examinees took a bath and changed their clothes early, and entered the palace together to participate in the palace examination.The Ministry of Rituals ordered the names of the tributes on the list, and after checking that the personnel were correct, they took them to salute His Majesty.

Li Yue wore a bright yellow dragon robe today. Sitting on the dragon chair, he looked like an emperor. It made the examinees under him not even have the courage to look up at him.In fact, many of these candidates are much older than Li Yue.

The strategy questions for today's palace examination were written by Li Yue himself, and he was really looking forward to how the candidates would answer them.

After the policy questions were issued, Li Yue could leave, leaving the examiners and invigilators, as well as other relevant persons, to stay here to wait for the examinees to hand in their papers at dusk.

Outside the examination hall, Shen Xuan stood in the official residence.

A person behind him strode forward and stopped beside Shen Xuan.

"Brother Shen, long time no see." The visitor said.

Shen Xuan looked at him from the side, and said with a calm expression: "Brother Chen?"

Chen Ziming looked left and right to see if there was no one there, and said in a low voice, "I have something to tell you, why don't you want to see me?"

"Today is the period of the palace examination. Brother Chen should stick to his duty and don't make any mistakes. As for private matters, it's not too late to talk about it after the palace examination is over." Shen Xuan said.

Chen Ziming looked a little irritable, and said: "I went to see him off that day, and when I came back, I went to your house, and the servant said you were not in the house."

"Understood." Shen Xuan said.

"Then what?" Chen Ziming said, "You don't have anything to tell me?"

Shen Xuan coughed lightly, turned to look at him, and said, "Brother Chen came to look for me and asked me what I wanted to say to you? Do I seem like the kind of person who talks a lot?"

Chen Ziming's heart was quite similar, but he said in his mouth: "That's not what I meant."

Shen Xuan turned his head and didn't look at him, and said with a distant look: "I'm going to make an inspection, excuse me."

After Shen Xuan finished speaking, he swaggered away. Chen Ziming kept looking at Shen Xuan's back and left, but before Shen Xuan turned the corner, he quickly looked back at him.

Probably because he didn't expect Chen Ziming to look at him like that all the time, Shen Xuan was startled, and hurriedly ran away.Chen Ziming realized it after a while, and couldn't help laughing.This guy Shen Xuan, is he playing the game of refusing or welcoming?

At dusk, the palace test ends.

When Shen Xuan came out of the hall, he suddenly saw Chen Ziming standing outside the hall, wondering if he was waiting for someone.Shen Xuan hesitated for a moment, not knowing if he should pretend he didn't see it, or go up to say hello.

After knowing Chen Ziming's thoughts that day, Shen Xuan felt a little awkward.Up to now, it was already clear what he had in mind for Chen Ziming, so when he faced the other party, he was a little at a loss.

And this kind of helplessness manifests itself as avoidance and alienation.

Fortunately, Chen Ziming is considered enlightened now, otherwise he wouldn't be waiting for him outside the hall.

"Master Shen, what are you doing standing there?" A passing official from the Ministry of Rites asked loudly.

"Uh...I'm thinking about something!" Shen Xuan answered perfunctorily while glaring at the man.

At this time, Chen Ziming had already seen him and was looking at him with a smile on his face.Shen Xuan bit the bullet and walked over, unexpectedly Chen Ziming didn't say anything, when he approached, he turned around and walked side by side with him, his movements were extremely natural and calm.

"Then what... I have something to ask you." Shen Xuan broke the silence.

"Why are you being polite to me?" Chen Ziming said.

Shen Xuan's ears turned red, and he forced himself to calm down and said, "What do you think of the case of Pan Wenbin wounding someone's life?"

Chen Ziming said: "The Pan family will be frustrated because of this, the confrontation between Pan and Zheng between the DPRK and China will end early, and His Majesty can hold the power in his hands as soon as possible."

"In your opinion, who did Pan Wenbin hurt someone?" Shen Xuan asked.

"Is it important?" Chen Ziming asked.

Shen Xuan frowned, as if he was thinking about something, after a while he said: "The candidate is an innocent person after all, if he takes part in the palace examination, who can say that he won't be the number one scholar this year?"

"This man has a wife, family and children, but he is looking for flowers and friends outside. And relying on his wealth, he has repeatedly bullied and insulted the candidates of the same period. Before the exam, two candidates were absent due to pranks. Moreover, if he hadn't been in the exam when the palace exam was approaching If you go to the Goulan courtyard to have a private meeting, you won't bump into Pan Wenbin." Chen Ziming said.

Shen Xuan was startled, stopped and looked at Chen Ziming.His expression was very cryptic, Chen Ziming couldn't tell what emotion was in his eyes for a while, even if he was a little anxious.

Chen Ziming said: "How did they frame you in the first place, don't you forget? The power struggle is either you die or I die, you should have understood this truth a long time ago. As for whether the examinee is innocent or not, I can only tell you , he will die tragically under Pan Wenbin's sword, and he will be responsible for it."

Before Shen Xuan was framed, although Yan Li was found to be involved, in fact Pan Wenbin also helped in it, but it was difficult to find evidence at the time.

Now that Liu An wanted to put pressure on the Pan family, Chen Ziming took the initiative to ask Ying to plan this matter.Although the two people involved in the incident were all to blame, this incident was the result of his contribution to the flames.

"You really did it?" Shen Xuan asked.

Chen Ziming said: "Yes."

When Shen Xuan heard the words, he turned around and continued to walk forward. Chen Ziming didn't know what the other party was thinking, so he could only follow quickly.In fact, if Shen Xuan didn't ask about this matter, he might not even tell the other party, but since the other party asked, he didn't want to hide it either.It's just that Shen Xuan's attitude now makes him puzzled.

After a while, Shen Xuan suddenly said, "You did it beautifully."

Chen Ziming was stunned for a moment, and he was overjoyed, and then he took the initiative to move a little closer to Shen Xuan, and the two walked out of the palace gate side by side.

Capital, Liu Mansion.

After today's palace examination, the examiner needs to organize and seal up the examination papers, and then someone will review them.Due to his status, Liu An stayed in the palace until night before returning home.

Liu Jing was practicing martial arts in the courtyard, when he saw Liu An came back, he was busy closing his posture, then took the outer robe beside him and put it on his body.He has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and has led soldiers all year round. Now that he has just passed his thirties, he has an undisguised heroism, which looks very pleasing to the eye.

Liu An took the cloth towel and handed it to him to wipe his sweat, while Liu Jing leaned forward like a fool, asking Liu An to wipe it for him.Seeing this, Liu An raised his hand to help him wipe off his sweat, and then Liu Jing said, "There is news from Ziming that Pan Xingzhi seems to be very active these days."

Liu An said: "He only has such a son by his side now, so naturally he must protect it."

But Liu Jing said: "Speaking of his son... I'm afraid there will be more than one by his side soon."

Liu An was taken aback, and asked, "You mean, Pan Wenjie is going back to Beijing?"

Liu Jing nodded.This Pan Wenjie is Pan Xingzhi's eldest son, about the same age as Liu Jing, and had some relationship with Liu An a few years ago.However, this person worked as a child care provider for several years when Li Yue was young, so he was quite close to Li Yue.

"It's really time to come back, I just wanted to meet him." Liu An said.

"Your Majesty was quite close to him when he was young, I'm afraid his purpose of coming back this time is not that simple." Liu Jing said.

Liu An said: "Your Majesty today is no longer your Majesty when you were young."

But Liu Jing said: "That's not necessarily true, you don't know how much love you have for this student?"

Liu An couldn't help but think of Zhao Xun when he heard the words.

Speaking of it, Li Yue and Zhao Xun were just friends when they were young, but they haven't seen each other for several years, Li Yue was able to fall in love with Zhao Xun in a short period of time, and now it's almost impossible to extricate himself the point.

There must be many details that others don't know, but when you look deeper, it still stems from Li Yue's nostalgia, at least in the eyes of outsiders.