Chapter 308

Chapter 308

Not long after, Gao Demao trotted in while wiping his cold sweat with a handkerchief, knelt down and said, "Return to Your Majesty, the ones knocking on the Dengwen drum outside Wude's gate are the candidates who failed this exam. Cheating, I beg Your Majesty to give them justice."

The emperor's body stopped slightly, the irritability in his heart dissipated, and his expression became solemn: "Do you have proof?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, there is no evidence, but the leader shouted loudly outside... Among the top ten, seven are already the children of the families of noble eunuchs, including Lu Yuanqing, Lu Yuanbao, Wu Anbang, Zhang Ruohuai, Lin Chaodong, Wang Chengyu Lu Yuanqing, Lu Yuanbao and Chen Zhaolu dare not question it, but it is absolutely impossible for Wu Anbang, Zhang Ruohuai, Lin Chaodong, and Wang Chengyu to be in the top ten!"

Gao Demao looked up at the emperor's increasingly gloomy facial features, and continued: "The one who took the lead also said that Wang Chengyu, Lin Chaodong, who bought a house in Dadu City, and their grandparents who lived in sojourn before the list was released. Wu Anbang from his family, each of their households bought a large amount of celebration supplies, and prepared rice for porridge and money."

Lu Yuanqing, Lu Yuanbao, Wu Anbang, Zhang Ruohuai, Lin Chaodong, Wang Chengyu, and Chen Zhaolu are not the seven of the top ten just now!

The emperor gritted his teeth and asked, "Where are Wen Zhenkang and the other deputy chief examiners? Let the imperial guards detain them and prevent them from leaving the palace!"

"Yes!" Gao Demao hurriedly got up and ran out.

Gao Demao, as the chief eunuch next to the emperor, is not unaware of the fraud in the examination halls in the past. The honorable family stuffed money for the chief examiner, and it is not uncommon for people to go in and take the exam for them.

During the last imperial examination, Gao Demao felt that if the honorable officials didn't restrain themselves, they might alarm the emperor, but he didn't realize it... This time, they really alarmed.

The emperor suppressed the fire, and his voice was so cold that it made people feel chills: "Prince, go... and bring all the test papers for this palace test to me! Send people to the Imperial College to offer sacrifices to wine, Siye... Doctors from all disciplines. Come on, you stare at them...give me one paper and one paper!"

"My son takes orders!" The prince quickly took orders and went to work.

The emperor was so angry that his fingers were shaking. If the fraud in the examination room is true, Wen Zhenkang should die!

King Yan of Xiliang hadn't left yet, and Emperor Yan was only planning to return tomorrow, so Wen Zhenkang made him an embarrassing case of fraud in the examination room.

Besides, the imperial examinations over the years are for the purpose of selecting management talents for the imperial court. Although he likes treacherous ministers...he doesn't like courtiers who are too capable and high-powered, like Bai Weiting, but he also knows that there can't be no capable people in this court. If capable ministers do practical things, the state of Jin is in danger.

"Broadcast to Dali Temple Minister Lu Jin!" The emperor opened his eyes, and the bottom of his eyes was full of murderous looks.

Outside the Wude Gate, more and more failed candidates knelt outside the gate and shouted for fraud in the examination room, begging the emperor to give them justice. This sudden excitement shocked almost all the people in the metropolis.

The few families who were named were anxious and wanted to dispose of the celebration items purchased in advance, but they were also afraid that if there was any movement, people would catch them, fidgeting, and didn't know what to do.

Even Lu Xiang couldn't sit still, called his son and daughter-in-law over, and asked the two sons and daughter-in-law if they had given gifts to the chief examiner? Have you bought celebration supplies in advance? Have you bought rice in advance to prepare porridge?

Lu Yuanpeng, who had just been released from the ancestral hall, had just leisurely drank a cup of tea when he heard his parents being called by his grandfather.

Lu Yuanpeng was worried that his grandfather would come up with some idea to discipline him, so he put down his teacup and followed him, looking in through the window of the study.

"You bastard!" Xiang Lu smashed the teacup in his hand angrily, "You four are crazy! The two children Yuan Qing and Yuan Bao are top-notch in their studies, even if they don't give gifts, they will definitely be in the top two. ! Then what is Wen Zhenkang, my majestic prime minister wants to give a gift to that lackey?!"

"Father, you can't say that. Everyone else has given gifts, so let's not give them... Originally, we could be in the top two, but maybe we will be squeezed into the top three! Maybe that man surnamed Wen will secretly play tricks and let our family The two children couldn't even pass the test, and it's not like this kind of thing has happened in previous years!" Lu Xiang's eldest daughter-in-law said quietly.

"A woman's opinion!" Lu Xiang was so angry that his brain ached, "I am a majestic right minister, how dare he have the surname Wen?!"

Lu Yuanpeng's third son, Lu Yuanpeng's father frowned and said, "Then who is Wen Zhenkang... Others don't know, but don't you, father? The sage Yun would rather offend a gentleman than a villain. Now His Majesty favors Wen Zhenkang." , my eldest brother and I are just following the wind, not asking Wen Zhenkang for real help, but asking him not to trip up the two children!"

"Yes, father, besides, you also said that the two children must be in the second class. It is precisely because of this that the daughter-in-law, after discussing with the third sibling, sent people out to buy them! After all, there are two tribute students in the family. What a joyful event!" Lu Xiang's eldest daughter-in-law said again.

Lu Yuanpeng's mother rolled her eyes at her sister-in-law. Her sister-in-law... never thought of her when good things happened, and when bad things happened, she would definitely be dragged into the water.

"That's right, father, and my daughter-in-law thought so too, so when my sister-in-law mentioned it, my daughter-in-law agreed with her sister-in-law's idea, but unexpectedly caused a catastrophe, so I asked my father to advise me on how to remedy it." Lu Yuanpeng's mother said to Lu Xiangfu He saluted, with a guilty expression on his face.

Lu Xianghuo, a person who looks like an adult, can't tell what the eldest daughter-in-law and the third daughter-in-law mean, and is even more angry.

"If something goes wrong, if you don't work together to figure out a solution, but instead push each other, what can you do? You are really good daughters-in-law of our Lu family!" Lu Xiang's face darkened, "This matter can only be done by me personally. Go to the palace, and tell the emperor the truth as soon as possible!"

"But... what about the fame of the two children?" Lu Yuanpeng's father was shocked.

"Your father, I'm going. The two children still have a chance to retake the exam. If you don't go...the future of the two children may be over!" Xiang Lu clasped the armrest of the seat tightly, gritted his teeth, "The emperor will definitely take the exam in this matter." Let Lu Jin, Minister of Dali Temple, preside over the interrogation, and you two... go to Dali Temple to find Lu Jin now, and confess about bribing the chief examiner! The faster our family moves, the more leniently the emperor will punish you."

"But father, if that's the case...our family will offend all the noble officials who have bribed Wen Zhenkang!" Lu Xiang's eldest son frowned and said, "Besides, those officials have already said that if our family Yuan Qinghe Yuan Bao is among the top ten, they are convinced!"

"It is precisely because these actions are all convinced, but we have committed bribery ourselves, so our Lu family is going to confess to the emperor and Dali Temple!"

Beg, beg, beg, monthly pass...