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Chapter 20 The Emperor Is Wise, The Empress Is Wise

"Originally everyone was competing hard on poetry, and some people couldn't afford to lose in the middle, so they wanted to bet with me on strategy."

"I think I'm good at learning, so I gambled. I didn't expect that the topic of policy theory would appear in the imperial examination questions in the end."

"In this way, I have something to do with cheating in the imperial examination, and I am very helpless!"

As he spoke, he spread his arms and shrugged, showing his innocence.

Someone spoke, and others followed suit. The student in silk who had a similar experience to Yang Yuanqi stood up, shaking his folding fan.

"I'm Liu Shaofeng, styled Qi Nian, who studied under Rushui Layman, Jiangling Jieyuan."

"My experience is similar to Brother Yang's. I also participated in banquets. However, what I participated in was a book fair. I was originally writing articles. The questions given by the organizers were also the questions of the imperial examination."

After Liu Shaofeng finished speaking, Deng Huawu spoke first: "Deng Huawu, Yunmeng Jieyuan."

"I'm not afraid of everyone's jokes. My family's conditions are not good. I rely on the output of the family's land and the embroidery work of the female relatives to sell some money to read these books."

"In order to reduce the burden on the family, I also often take on copying and writing jobs to earn some money and reduce the burden on the family."

"Of course, some people give a lot of money, and there are also people who write articles for others."

"When you arrive in the capital, you will spend a lot of money. Even if you bring all the money at home, you can barely make it to the release of the rankings."

"If you get sick halfway, I'm afraid you may not even be able to enter the examination room."

"I have no choice but to continue doing my old job."

"It's a pity that nine out of ten people in the capital can read and write, and there are not many people who need to write letters. The book shop only lets acquaintances copy books, and does not accept outsiders. The only way left is to help people write articles."

"The topic of the imperial examination is one of the articles I helped write."

"I have always had a habit. I am also afraid that others will cause trouble. I will record what articles I wrote, how much I received, and who gave the money. Now I will hand it over to Your Highness."

As he spoke, Deng Huawu took out the booklets he had sorted out from his bookcase, and handed them to the maid who came over.

The maid took the booklet and handed it to Wei Chenrui respectfully.

Wei Chenrui took the brochure, flipped through it roughly, and put it aside: "Good job!"

With Wei Chenrui's words, Deng Huawu went on with peace of mind.

Immediately afterwards, other people talked about their experiences one after another. Generally speaking, they were all similar.

Those with better family conditions can go to some book fairs and poetry fairs, and the topics in the meetings will have imperial examination questions.

Those with poor family conditions, like Deng Huawu, received money to help others write articles. They never thought that the articles they wrote would be questions for the imperial examination.

There are not many people who are as caring as Deng Huawu, and naturally there are not many people who have left evidence.

After everyone finished talking about their experiences, Wei Chenrui knew it was time to speak out.

Seeing that everyone was depressed, Wei Chenrui took his cousin Yang Yuanqi as a raft to distract everyone.

"Huh? Cousin Qi, if I remember correctly, all the people I invited today were Jie Yuan. With your talent and learning, it seems unlikely that you will be admitted to Jie Yuan?"

"If I remember correctly, your friend Wei Qingyun's knowledge is better than yours!"

When Wei Chenrui asked such a question, Yang Yuanqi really smiled proudly: "Hahaha, you remember correctly, but our Beiliang exam is a combination of the literary exam and the martial arts exam. It's the final grade."

"Although my literary test is a little worse than Wei Qingyun's, but my military test is not better than him at 01:30. If the two tests are combined, my grades will naturally be better than his, and Xie Yuan will naturally become me."

Wei Chenrui nodded suddenly: "That's right, Beiliang is a martial artist."

Combined with what the eunuch said in the yard just now, no one doubted it at all.

After all, to be able to rescue those three people from the hands of the robbers, martial arts will certainly not be low.

They all praised.

"Brother Yang is really chivalrous!"

"Brother Yang is mighty!"

"Brother Yang, can you teach me how to ride and shoot?"

For a while, the whole hall became lively, and the previous downturn no longer existed.

Fearing that they would talk endlessly, Wei Chenrui hurriedly stopped him and said, "Okay, let's all be quiet, let's talk about the business first, and then you can ask him to teach you in private."

The princess had spoken, and anyone who dared to be dishonest fell silent.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, Wei Chenrui continued: "First of all, I want to tell you that the evidence you have is not enough to find out the person behind the fraud in the imperial examination, let alone convict him."

"However, the existence of you is enough to show that the imperial examination is abnormal. Your existence can also be said to be a proof."

"Although it cannot effectively prove that they cheated in the imperial examination, it can effectively prove that they have neglected their duties."

"Because of this, the people behind the scenes will definitely see you as thorns in their eyes and thorns in their flesh, and they must get rid of them quickly."

"That's what I'm worried about, so I issued the notice to let you come over as soon as possible, and want to protect you."

"Fortunately, although you have suffered injuries to varying degrees, you are still alive."

"Furthermore, on behalf of the emperor, this palace wants to apologize to you."

"It's because we don't know people clearly, which caused you not only not to get the good grades you deserve, but also to be in danger."

"At this time, the people behind the scenes are probably already destroying evidence, and we can't find any evidence that they sold exam questions or rankings."

"But don't worry, the emperor and I will not let them go easily, a crime of dereliction of duty is inevitable."

"Finally, I would like to tell everyone the good news that the results of the imperial examination are invalid. All those who spent money on the test questions and rankings were wasted money."

"The people behind the scenes will definitely not spit out the money they received. They spent the money but didn't get the results they wanted. How dog eats dog is not something we should worry about."

Hearing this, everyone present laughed happily, kneeling down and shouting: "The emperor is wise, the princess is wise!"

Wei Chenrui was very satisfied with the result in front of him: "Get up, I will tell the emperor."

Fearing that they would forget that they were still in danger when they got excited, Wei Chenrui continued: "By the way, from now on, you don't want to leave this house."

"It's not that I want to imprison you, but that you are still on the kill list of the people behind the scenes. In order to protect your safety, I can only wrong you to live here temporarily."

"Don't worry, I will be responsible for all the expenses of food and clothing. You can just study at ease."

"In addition to the dozens of guards on the outside, there are dozens of first-class martial arts masters in the dark."

"As long as you don't leave the yard, there is absolutely no problem with your safety."

"As for your luggage, tell Xiao Lizi the address later, and he will send someone to pick it up."

"You can also write a letter and give it to him, and ask him to give it to your friends and fellow villagers to inform you of your whereabouts so that no one will worry."

(End of this chapter)