Study room in Xiangwang Mansion.

"How could this happen? Those officials are still in Chaoyang Gate?" King Xiang was upset by the sudden news, and the ink on the wolf's hair was dripping on the rice paper without even finding it.

"The incident happened suddenly, and now I only know that King Yu brought three leading officials to the palace to meet the saint." This voice was also uneasy, and it was Cai Yan who spoke.

"My good fourth brother always likes to play the role of being ordered in danger!" King Xiang pressed the brush into the inkstone.

"This is obviously a good opportunity to show in front of the emperor. Not only King Yu, but also the prince is on the scene. Your Highness, I'm afraid this matter cannot be good!"

"Mr. Cai, I want to ask you for help if I have something to do." King Xiang showed a meaningful smile.

Cai Yan was flattered and said, "Your Highness Xiang is so awkward. Just tell me if you have something to do. I will do my best!"

"Then please ask the young master to go home immediately to see what Cai Xiang did!"

"Go to monitor my father?"

"Oh, it can't be said to be surveillance. After all, Cai Xiang is the prime minister of my Daliang. He has always been steady in his work. I am afraid that Cai Xiang will need to coordinate this matter in the end."

"Oh, Your Highness is right. Since that's the case, the Lord must do what Your Highness said."

Seeing Cai Yan leave, King Xiang's smile gradually faded, and Bingshuang hung on him and ordered: "Create the car immediately, I will enter the palace!"

At the same time, the Lingwang Mansion, which is separated by the Xiangwang Mansion, is very peaceful.

In contrast to King Xiang's restlessness, King Ling performed dullly after receiving the news.

"Your Highness, things have already gone in the direction we expected."

"It's too early to draw a conclusion now. Mr. Zhang, although my father hates the fraud of the imperial examination, then again, my father has always loved my fifth brother very much, and there is Concubine Jingjia in the harem."

"Your Highness, we did not intend to defeat King Xiang in one fell swoop. King Xiang's strength is all over the court. If we want to completely defeat him, we still have a lot of ways to go."

"I'm not in a hurry. I have more time than theirs. Humph, Fifth Brother, I'm going to see how to protect your people this time!" King Ling ordered with some pride: "Mr. Zhang, please go back first. I must also prepare and go into the palace."

When the prince and King Yu brought the prince all the way to the harem from the previous dynasty to ask for a meeting, Emperor Liang was warmly acquainted with Concubine Ying in Qiluo Garden. Eunuch Cui whispered outside Qiluo Garden: "Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Majesty is resting."

When the prince heard this, he advised from the side: "Fourth brother, why don't we wait until our father wakes up before we talk?"

King Yu firmly refused, "When is it now? How can I wait until my father wakes up? Brother, have you not seen the fierce and powerful sects outside Chaoyang Gate? If you delay any more, something will happen!"

"This is the palace. How big a mess can those scholars who are powerless to tie up?" The prince still disagreed with meeting Emperor Liang at this time.

"No matter how my father blames me later, I will take it all my responsibility!" King Yu ignored the advice of the prince and Eunuch Cui, walked to the gate of Qiluoyuan, pushed open the palace gate hard, and rushed in with great strides. Emperor Liang was resting on Yingpin's thigh, while Yingpin was fanning the fan on the side. Hearing the panicked call of the palace maid, he raised his head to see the frosty King Yu, and screamed in surprise, which woke Emperor Liang.

"What's wrong?" Emperor Liang opened his sleepy eyes and saw Yingpin looking nervously outside the yard. Following her eyes, he saw King Yu standing outside the yard. Seeing Emperor Liang woke up, King Yu immediately bowed and apologized for guilt. "My son has something to report to his father and disturb him. Mr. Liang is willing to take the crime, but I hope that the father will allow him to report the matter to the end!"

Emperor Liang was obviously angry. After hearing what King Yu said, he held back and asked, "What exactly is it that you need to disturb me at this time?"

"It is the day when Japan has released the exam. However, the officials who went to Beijing to take the exam to tear the imperial list because they suspected that the exam would be unfair and gathered outside the Chaoyang Gate. They asked the court to give an explanation!"

After hearing the report from King Yu, Emperor Liang angrily smashed the cup at hand, and suddenly stood up and shouted: "Bold! How dare you tear the imperial list and come to the palace to cause trouble. What are the imperial guards doing?!"

"Father calms down! The imperial court was to give justice to the imperial examinations and recruit scholars to put fairness first. At this moment, there was a suspicion of fraud in the imperial examinations. The imperial court must deal with it with caution, otherwise it would be a shame for the hearts of all the officials in the world!"

"What do you mean is there fraud in this Beijing Examination?" Hearing the word "fraud", Emperor Liang's anger was obviously more obvious than before. "Yun Qi, please tell me clearly! Yesterday, the tribute court also gave me a review of the third-class test papers, why did it become a fraud in the imperial examination today?"

"The specific one is not clear about whether there is fraud. If there is any fraud, it needs to be thoroughly investigated. The most important thing at this moment is to appease the gathered disciples, give them an explanation, and let the disciples disperse first!" King Yu suggested, and paused and added: "Report to the father, three of the students who took the lead have entered the palace with the disciples."

"You are getting more and more courageous! You have been in the frontier for too long and don't even understand the rules in the palace!" Emperor Liang blushed in anger, and Yingpin hurriedly comforted her gently.

"This matter was taken by the sons of the sons and asked their father to punish them. However, they also did it to calm the anger of the ministers, so that the officials in the world could see that the court still loved and cherished talents, and let the officials see that the court would never tolerate fraud in the imperial examination!"

"Oh? So, you have done a good job, but I blamed you wrongly?"

"My son is wrong first and let his father deal with it. I hope that the father can forgive the ministers for their hardships in taking the exam thousands of miles away!"

"Can you still want me to see them?"

"My sons don't dare, they just need the father to pass an oral order, indicating that the court must thoroughly investigate the inside story of the Beijing Examination. If there is really fraud, the relevant people will be severely punished and justice will be given to the officials in the world!"

"Okay, I follow you, King Yu!"

"My son is here!"

"I am rumored to you: The court must find out whether there is any fraud in the Beijing examination and let the officials retreat quickly, otherwise the Imperial Guard will be killed!"

King Yu replied slightly surprised: "My son received the order!"

Just as King Yu left Qiluoyuan, he was stopped by Emperor Liang, "Immediately let the prince, King Xiang, King Ling and the relevant people from the Beijing Examination come to Chengyuan Palace to see me!"

"yes!"

When he walked out of Qiluoyuan, the prince was the first to rush forward to hold the arm of King Yu, and asked with concern: "What's wrong? Fourth brother, my father didn't blame you, right? You didn't tell my father that I'm here too?"

King Yu patted the prince with his hand tightly holding his arm and comforted him: "Don't worry, my elder brother, my father doesn't know you are here too. At this moment, I will go outside Chaoyang Gate to persuade the troubled officials to withdraw. The father's words are passed, and the elder brother needs to go to Chengyuan Palace to wait immediately."

Then King Yu turned around and said to the three officials who had been standing in the distance and waiting, "Three, I have reported the situation to the emperor just now. The emperor declared that he would definitely thoroughly investigate the situation and return the officials of the world to justice. Now I will go outside Chaoyang Gate to explain to those officials who are like you, are you three willing to go together to help me persuade them to withdraw from them?"

The three sects nodded in agreement. It was because they persuaded each other from the other side that King Yu finally told the troublemakers gathered outside Chaoyang Gate to temporarily fade away. Looking at the backs of the sects leaving, King Yu's uneasiness still did not decrease at all, because he immediately had to take the three sects to Chengyuan Palace with them. What would happen there? He was really unsure of what would happen there for a long time after leaving the capital.

When King Yu brought three officials into Chengyuan Palace, the prince, King Xiang, King Ling and the five examiners of the Beijing Examination were all present. Emperor Liang, who was sitting firmly on the dragon throne, closed his eyes, and everyone held their breath and focused. The entire hall was extremely quiet, so quiet that they could even hear each other's breath.

"My son, please see the father!" King Yu knelt down and saluted. "Report to the father, the son of Chaoyang Sect has persuaded him to leave. My son, brought three sons to see him."

The three officials saw King Yu kneeling down and hurriedly kneeling down. Although they were full of energy outside Chaoyang Gate an hour ago, they were in such a depressing atmosphere and were inevitably upset in their hearts.

Hearing the voice of King Yu, Emperor Liang opened his eyes and looked at the kneeling people for a while before saying, "Flat!"

"My son thanked my father!"

"The grass people thank the emperor!"

"You three are the officials who are the ones who are leading the trouble?" The anger contained in Emperor Liang's voice sounded creepy through a sarcastic tone. The officials no longer had the righteous words they had before when they were outside Chaoyang Gate. Two of them were obviously shocked by the emperor's demeanor and refused to reply for a long time. Only the person among the three was quite brave and replied with a tough forehead: "The people... are... the students who have been admitted to the official in Beijing Examination this year!"

"What's the name?"

"Caomin is named Tan Qian." This official named Tan Qian was very brave. He hurriedly pushed the two people beside him, and the two tremblingly replied, "Caomin is named Zhang Shi, Caomin is Li Ming."

"I heard that you were causing trouble and even tore up the list article?"

"Yes...it's true"

Emperor Liang clapped his palm on the handle of the dragon throne, "Bold! Is the list of words that can be tear them at will!"

The sudden change of the storm made the three officials kneel down involuntarily, and the two of them were already trembling all over in fear.

"Caomin...Caomin knows that tearing up the list of articles is a serious crime...but...but we have no choice!"

"I have to do it? I have to tell me in detail. If there is a lie, I will be executed immediately!"

The three of them buried their heads lowered, and replied: "Yes...yes..."

King Yu looked at the three officials, his eyes full of worry and regret.

"The people who went to Beijing to take the exam just to seek fame, but... but ten years of hard study can't match the money of the powerful and noble. They were angry for a moment, so... so..."

"So you will tear the list of articles!"

"Emperor! The people of the grass know that they are wrong, so please be kind to the emperor!"

"What did you say just now? You mean someone cheated on the imperial examination?"

As soon as Emperor Liang said this, Cheng Bobin, Hu Ziming and others couldn't help but tremble, and everyone present turned their attention to the three people kneeling on the ground.

"Caomin...Caomin also heard from the beginning. Long before the exam started, there were rumors among the officials that someone bribed the examiners of this exam and would definitely be on the list..." Tan Qian quietly turned his head and looked at the examiners beside him, and continued: "We didn't believe it either, but until today's list was released... When the list was released, the legendary names were indeed on the list."

Hearing Tan Qian’s narration, Emperor Liang’s brows frowned and tightened, “What names?”

"Yes...yes, Caomin remembers Sun Jincheng, Lei Xinyang, Wu Zhe, Ma Daochuan, others...I can't remember the others."

"These people you mentioned are all the top three in this Beijing Examination. I have read all their articles personally. Are you doubting me?"

"Caomin dares not!Caomin dares not!" Tan Qian kowtowed and begged for mercy while constantly bumping into Zhang Shi begging beg for mercy. Zhang Shi lowered his head, gritted his teeth and raised his head and said, "Emperor!Caomin does not doubt the emperor, but because... BecauseCaomin and Na Daochuan are fellow villagers, Caomin knows his knowledge. He has never even passed the provincial examination!"

"What? Say it again!" When Emperor Liang heard that he had not even passed the provincial examination but was now ranked in the top three, Emperor Liang widened his eyes, both incredible and incredible.

"Yes... Ma Daochuan is a rich child and is ignorant, but his father has always hoped that he could use this to shine his family in high school. These things are well known in my hometown. The emperor can send someone to inquire, and the grass-roots people are not lying!"

Emperor Liang held the handle of the dragon chaise tighter and tighter. As the facial muscles gradually became tense, the wrinkles became deeper. "What are you going to explain?"

Liu Yi had already clearly felt that Emperor Liang's eyes looked in his direction. As the examiner, he had no choice but to leave and reply, but heard a sound behind him. When he turned around, he found that Zhong Lin had already kneeled on the ground with a plop, his whole body was trembling.

"Emperor! I am forced, I am forced!" The sudden scene suddenly made the atmosphere at the scene frozen. "I am indeed accepted the money sent by Ma Daochuan, but... I am forced. This is not the original intention of me!"

"Tell me clearly!" Emperor Liang asked in a fury.

"Weichens are all forced by... Lord Cheng and Lord Hu!" Zhong Lin confided in a crying voice.

Cheng Bobin and Hu Ziming did not expect that Zhong Lin would come like this at this moment, and hurriedly knelt down in panic. Cheng Bobin said, "Your Majesty, I am wronged. I don't know why Lord Zhong slandered me so much!" Hu Ziming also shouted injustice: "Yes, Your Majesty, I am wronged!"

"They quibble! The emperor, since Mr. Fu passed away, the tribute court has been in their hands. They wanted to cling to the Secretary Sun and Censor Lei, so they decided to include the only sons of Secretary Sun and Censor Lei in the Three Classes; they also sold official positions and titles, and Ma Daochuan and Wu Zhe bribed them money! If the ministers do not join, they will threaten to be detrimental to the ministers and their families!"

"Zhong Lin, don't talk nonsense!" Cheng Bobin was so angry that his beard started to blow.

"Mr. Zhong didn't say nonsense!" Chen Kangji, who had been standing aside without saying a word, knelt down on the spot, not looking at Zhong Lin, nor did he look at Cheng Bobin and Hu Ziming. He looked at Emperor Liang without evasiveness, "Mr. Zhong didn't say nonsense, I can prove it."

The most surprising thing about Chen Kangji's actions was Cheng Bobin. A layer of sweat had already oozed out of his forehead and he had not even returned his head. His breathing had begun to be rapid.

"Weichen is a subordinate of Lord Cheng, and many of the things that Lord Cheng does are done by Weichen. The money sent by Ma Daochuan and Wu Zhe is collected by Weichen, and is now hidden in Weichen's mansion. Not only are they, but Cheng and Hu also accepted the money sent by eight other officials, and they are also in the mansion of the minister. The emperor can go and search at this time." Chen Kangji spoke casually and had no expression on his face, as if he was stating a trivial matter that had nothing to do with him.

"Chen Kangji, you!" Cheng Bobinji was excited, angry, and panicked for a moment. He couldn't speak, and he was trembling all over.

"emperor!"
To be continued...