In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the daily debate between Chen Yuansi and Gu Shihai began again.

Du Jing still knelt on the ground and maintained the posture of kowtow. The other ministers did not dare to interrupt amid the bickering between the first and second assistants.

Ye Qinghuai listened to the two of them arguing for a while and interrupted them: "Speaking of Wang Lisong, I have something here that I want to show you."

As soon as she said this, all the officials raised their heads and looked at her.

Ye Qinghuai said: "If I remember correctly, Literary School Jijiu should be one of the question makers of the scientific examination, right?"

After Ye Qinghuai asked, he looked at Shi Taiping, the Minister of Rites.

Shi Taiping immediately understood and replied: "Reporting to your Majesty, according to the regulations of our court, the Literary School's sacrificial wine does not participate in setting the questions, but is only the main approver of one subject."

"Who will come up with the scientific examination questions?"

Shi Taiping paused and said: "The questions for the three subjects are all drawn up by the Ministry of Rites."

"Okay. Shi Taiping, go and bring me the preliminary test paper."

Shi Taiping was stunned, as if he didn't understand what the emperor meant. After a while, he replied: "The initially drafted test paper is sealed in the East Pavilion. After leaving the court, the ministers will go to get it and present it to Your Majesty."

"There's no need to go to court. The East Pavilion is not far away, just a few steps away. Go get it now." Ye Qinghuai's attitude was very firm.

Shi Taiping was confused. He looked around, as if he wanted to wait for someone to say something for him, but the whole hall was silent.

"Your Majesty, I accept the order." He replied with some anger, angrily tossed his sleeves and walked out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Half a moment after he left, Gu Shihai couldn't bear the silence in the court and asked, "Why did your Majesty suddenly ask about Chun Wei's exam papers?"

Ye Qinghuai glanced at Gu Shihai meaningfully and said, "Because when I was taking a bath yesterday, I went out of the palace for a walk, and happened to buy a set of papers at the market that were said to be this year's spring exam questions."

After saying that, she took out the booklet she bought at the ghost market from her arms and placed it on the case in front of her.

"How is this possible? The Chunwei test questions are my Dajing's secret. No one can know it in advance except the person who wrote the questions. This person must be a swindler." Gu Shihai looked at a few pieces of tissue paper on the table and said angrily.

Ye Qinghuai narrowed his eyes and looked at him, then suddenly smiled and said: "I think so too. But this set of test papers costs ten silver ingots, and a lot of them have been sold. I think the Ministry of Punishment should sell this

Catch the dealer to prevent him from cheating again."

Gu Shihai was a little confused by her smile, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer the question.

At this time Shi Taiping finally came back.

Although he was only less than forty years old, he had a big belly and was out of breath after the trip. When he came back, he saw all the ministers looking at him with complicated expressions, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

He walked all the way to the jade steps, raised the volume in his hand over the top, and said: "These are the preliminary test questions, and I respectfully submit them to the emperor for reading."

His words were respectful, but there was no trace of respect in his tone.

Li Baoquan walked down the steps from the throne, took the volume from his hand, walked quickly back to the throne, and placed the volume on the case.

There is also a wax seal on the volume, with the word "jing" printed on it.

Ye Qinghuai did not open the wax seal immediately, but looked at Gu Shihai and asked: "Mr. Gu Ge, have you read this test paper?"

Gu Shihai's expression was no longer as angry as before. He thought about it and answered somewhat cautiously: "How could I have read the paper issued by the Ministry of Rites?"

Ye Qinghuai smiled lightly again and said: "Okay. I haven't seen it either. Mr. Gu Ge should take a look with me."

After saying that, she neatly opened the wax seal and took out the test paper.

With just one glance, Ye Qinghuai knew that this set of questions was exactly the same as in his previous life.

She carefully flipped through the test paper page by page. This was the third time she had seen the questions on it, but she looked through them calmly, as if she was really comparing them carefully.

The hall was so quiet that you could hear the sound of a needle dropping.

After turning to the last page, Ye Qinghuai put the two sets of test questions together, handed them to Li Baoquan who was standing aside, and said: "Pass it to the ministers for a look. Let everyone take a look."

Li Baoquan took the test paper and walked down the imperial steps respectfully. According to his rank, he first presented the test paper to Chen Yuansi.

At this time, Shi Taiping's expression was already flustered. His eyes darted back and forth between the emperor and the set of test papers, as if he wanted to say something, but could not.

"After Mr. Chen Ge has finished reading, he will also show it to Mr. Gu." Ye Qinghuai's tone was still calm.

Because Chen Yuansi was older, Gu Shihai walked to him to get the two test papers. Passing by Shi Taiping, who was standing in the middle, he glanced at Shi Taiping sharply.

Gu Shihai flipped through the pages much faster than Ye Qinghuai and Chen Yuansi. He almost flipped through two or three pages at a glance, then his expression changed drastically.

"You..." Gu Shihai seemed to be angry, and his words were stuck for a moment, "Shi Taiping, what is going on?"

After saying this, he slammed the two sets of test papers on Shi Taiping's face.

Ye Qinghuai looked at this scene with a stern expression.

Shi Taiping didn't know what happened yet. He picked up the test paper on the ground, glanced at it, then knelt on the ground and said with a blank look on his face: "Your Majesty, I really don't know what is going on."

Ye Qinghuai looked at him, his eyes were like daggers, but he spoke calmly: "I don't know how the test questions that were sealed in the East Pavilion appeared in the shop in the West Market."

When he heard about the West Market Shop, Shi Taiping's face suddenly turned livid, and he kowtowed as if pounding garlic. He didn't know whether he was kowtowing to Ye Qinghuai or Gu Shihai.

"Your Majesty, I'm unjust. I really don't know what's going on..." He was stumbling, and suddenly he stopped as if he thought of something, and said, "By the way, it's Wang Lisong, he's asked these questions

We’ve all seen it, it must be him! Your Majesty, it must be Wang Lisong who leaked the story!”

"You mean, Wang Lisong leaked the news before he was sent to prison?"

Shi Taiping seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and said repeatedly: "Exactly! I beg your Majesty to investigate this matter thoroughly and clear my name!"

"Innocent?" Ye Qinghuai slapped the case and said angrily, "The Ministry of Rites has caused such a big incident as leaking questions in the scientific examination. As the Minister of Rites, how can you be innocent?"

Shi Taiping kowtowed again and said: "I am willing to accept the punishment for my poor supervision. However, the leaking of the topic is really not my fault. I beg your Majesty to investigate thoroughly!"

Ye Qinghuai stood in front of the throne and glared at him, her teeth itching with anger.

The Ministry of Punishment, Yushitai and Dali Temple have all been members of Gu Shihai for a long time. They are even capable of calling a deer a horse in front of the emperor. If they are asked to interrogate Shi Taiping, the minister recommended by Gu Shihai, what can they find out?

Come?

Shi Taiping must have noticed this clearly and insisted on a thorough investigation.

"Mr. Chen Ge, what do you think about this matter?" After a while, Ye Qinghuai asked.

Chen Yuansi still looked calm and replied: "The Literary School Jijiu is not a member of the Ministry of Etiquette. He has no qualifications and no need to contact the examination questions before the scientific examination. If Shi Taiping did disclose the examination questions to Wang Lisong, this move

It is also a matter of leakage, which is a serious dereliction of duty and should be dismissed according to law."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Shihai glared at him.

Chen Yuansi's words calmed down Ye Qinghuai. She immediately made a decision and said: "Mr. Chen Ge is right. Shi Taiping has been suspended for investigation, and the Ministry of Rites has suspended all work related to the scientific examination. Du Jing, I order you to conduct a thorough investigation.

In this case, we can’t find out whether Shi Taiping is guilty of the same crime. The Spring Examination Questions of this year are going to be re-introduced. Mr. Chen Ge, please lead someone to re-introduction.”

After saying that, Ye Qinghuai said to Chen Yuansi again: "Send me the list of candidates for the Spring Examination before the year."

Chen Yuansi bowed and said: "Old minister, I accept the order."
Chapter completed!