Feng Qing Shaoyi

Chapter 8
Murong Sheng and Murong Xiu were a little surprised when they heard this, but their faces were still calm, making it difficult to see the clue.Originally thought that Emperor Zhaozheng didn't intend to let the Qi family go, but it doesn't look like it now, put him in the prison, and then send him off?On the surface, it was to put Qi Wen to death, but in fact it was to give the Qi family a chance.

As long as the Qi family has a solution to appease the scholars all over the world, Qi Wen may be released.Qi Wen's being sent to the sky prison is just a formality, it can be regarded as a buffer period for the Qi family.

But it's not easy to calm down the anger. If it's done well, it's okay, but if it's not done well, it will cause more anger than the gain.So the best way now is to stand still, respond to all changes with the same, and watch the fire from the other side to watch the excitement before making a decision.

Qi Ze understood what Emperor Zhaozheng wanted when he heard the news that Qi Wen was imprisoned in the prison and then released.The fact that Emperor Zhaozheng did not execute him immediately meant that what Emperor Zhaozheng wanted more was a solution to reduce incidents and bring peace to the world.If you think about it carefully, as an emperor, you definitely want your name to last forever.During his reign, he definitely didn't want to leave bad things to be criticized by the world.

At the same time, Murong Sheng and Murong Xiu did not intervene in this matter, and prepared to take a wait-and-see attitude.This was beyond Qi Ze's expectation. The Qi family's disaster was a once-in-a-lifetime event, and it finally showed its flaws. It is the best decision to make at this time.Unexpectedly, they could give up this opportunity, without the hostilities being shattered, and they did not help to win them over. This kind of patience is really impressive.

Therefore, the current situation is beneficial to the Qi family. Compared with the other two options, this situation is the best.As long as there is a solution, all problems will be solved.It seems that the Qi family should not be killed, but how to solve it is really a problem.

Qi Ze held a pen in his left hand, and a piece of paper was spread on the desk.Because she participated in the palace examination, the articles are public, including handwriting, so most people in Ding capital now know her handwriting.But at the same time, she didn't want to be involved in the battle for the succession, it was too dangerous, and now she didn't have the ability to retreat unscathed.

Although in the future, as an official of the court, it is impossible for her to be alone and clean, and it is inevitable to choose one of the factions, but at least not now, when she is not sure yet.So Qi Ze secretly practiced writing with his left hand, making her handwriting unrecognizable.

After thinking for a while, Qi Ze started to write. At first, he was a little intermittent, but then he wrote freely, like flowing water without pause, and completed it in one go.The white fingers shone with a strange brilliance in the candlelight, which was eye-catching.

In fact, when the bribery in the imperial examination happened in the Qi family, she had already thought of a solution, but it was inconvenient for her to speak out for various reasons.Even though Qi Yuan looked at her many times, she shook her head and said that she couldn't think of a way, so Qi Yuan had no choice but to discuss it with Qi Wen and Qi Chen.

For Qi Cheng and Qi Zhe, Qi Yuan never gave hope or expectation.Qi Cheng only listened to what Qi Wen said, as long as it was said by Qi Wen, he was right, and he had no opinion.Not to mention Qi Zhe, it would be good not to piss off Qi Yuan and Qi Wen to death. During the past few days when the Qi family was in trouble, Qi Zhe had been locked in the study to prevent him from coming out to cause trouble.

Qi Ze looked at the square font on the top of the rice paper with satisfaction. He could only understand it, and there was no calligraphy artistry at all. He was like a child who had just learned to write and had not yet formed his own calligraphy style.

When the ink on the rice paper was dry, he folded it and put it in an envelope, called Zhu Yu, and asked Zhu Yu to slip it under Qi Yuan's door secretly.

Qi Wen was arrested and sent to the sky prison, apart from Qi Chen, Qi Yuan was probably most worried.Give this to Qi Yuan, she believes that Qi Yuan will definitely use the above method when he is desperate.It's not convenient for her to come forward, but Qi Yuan is convenient, and besides Qi Yuan, no one in the whole Qi family can solve the above solution.

In the private room in Chenyue Tower, Que Yu held the news from the palace in his hand and read it for a long time before throwing it on the table with a solemn expression.

Seeing Que Yu's uneasy expression, Meng Yanxi curiously picked up the news on the table.After reading it at a glance, I was also a little surprised.

"Unexpectedly, this time the crown prince and the king of Jin chose to wait and see, and didn't plan to intervene in this matter." Then, looking at Que Yu, "Yelan, what are you going to do?"

The corners of Que Yu's mouth curled up, and a hint of amusement flashed in his eyes. The gorgeousness in his eyes was enough to overwhelm thousands, and the laziness and carelessness revealed in them made people unable to move their eyes away, but the coldness in them could not be ignored.

"Murong Sheng and Murong Xiu have grown up this time, they understand what patience is, and they no longer scramble for the first. I am very pleased with this."

Que Yu was the only one who dared to call the crown prince and King Jin by their names like this. Meng Yanxi felt very helpless, as his opponents had grown up and became more difficult to deal with than before.Probably only Que Yu felt relieved, because he was no longer so boring.

Que Yu looked at the weather outside. It had been raining heavily a few days ago, but now the sun was shining through the clouds.The sun rises after the cloud breaks, and the sky clears after the rain.The golden sunshine shone by the window, bringing warmth to the young man.I have never felt that the sun is so dazzling before, and it brings a burning sensation for no reason, but it is not uncomfortable.

"Then what should we do when we come down, do we need to add fire?"

Although the crown prince and King Jin chose to watch the fire from the other side, if they wanted to bring people into the water, there were many ways.As long as one more fire is added, the fire will burn even bigger and burn directly to the other side, won't they jump into the water themselves?It is not so easy to watch the fire from the other side.

"No need." The boy changed his posture lazily, allowing the sun to shine on his body better.Opening his eyes and looking at the dazzling sunlight, "It's too late, the Qi family... count them lucky this time. Besides, if they act rashly, it will only arouse suspicion from others. Brother Murong is waiting for us to make a move."

Choosing a wait-and-see attitude, in a deeper way, is waiting for him to make a move, so as to seize his flaws.The enemy is in the light, and I am in the dark.If you make a move, it will become that I am in the light and the enemy is in the dark.Why do this for a Qi family, the gain outweighs the loss.

"And wouldn't it be more interesting to see how the Qi family turned the crisis into safety this time? It's not easy to solve it perfectly, so let's see how capable the Qi family is without Qi Wen."

The young man turned his head to look at Meng Yanxi, the corners of his lips curled up casually without any warmth, his expression was that chilling indifference.

Qi Yuan looked at Qi Chen in front of him, although Qi Wen went to jail, fortunately, Qi Chen has Qi Wen's talent and courage, and he has become more mature and stable during the few months in the Imperial Academy.

"Yizhi, your father is in prison, and now the Qi family has lost its backbone. The Holy Father intends to let the Qi family go. As long as you come up with a solution, the Qi family will be able to turn the crisis into safety."

Qi Chen lowered his head in some embarrassment, then looked at Qi Yuan and replied: "Grandfather, there are only those ways to induce him, but you also know that none of them can withstand scrutiny, and it is very likely that it will get worse."

At this time, Qi Yuan came to discuss with him instead of Qi Ze, because he planned to train him as the future heir of the Qi family.That's right, he is the eldest grandson of the Qi family, and his blood is orthodox, which is incomparable to Qi Ze.But despite this, he really has no good solution, he is not sure at all, and I am afraid it will only make the situation worse.

Qi Yuan was a little taken aback when he heard the words. When they discussed together a few days ago, Qi Chen had already mentioned his solution.But it is really not a good way, there are too many loopholes, if you are a little careless, you will lose everything.Could it be that no one in the entire Qi Mansion would have a solution?

"Du Du Du" was thinking about Qi Yuan when he heard three slight and cautious knocks on the door.Afterwards, I saw the housekeeper of Qi's mansion gently push open the door, holding a letter in his hand. "Old man, today's maid gave it to me. She said she found it under the door of the old man's room. I thought it was very important, so I brought it here."

Afterwards, the butler handed the letter to Qi Yuan, and hurriedly retreated.

Qi Yuan looked at the envelope in his hand, it was quite heavy, there must be a lot of paper inside, and there was no signature on it.who is it?The letter was stuffed into the room without a signature.

The Qi Mansion has maids to clean the rooms every day, and there is a place at the door of the mansion to deliver and receive letters. This letter was stuffed under the door without a signature, which just shows that there is something wrong with the letter, and no wonder the housekeeper said it looked like it. Very important.Who would write a letter without a signature for no reason?

Qi Yuan and Qi Chen looked at each other, then opened the envelope.As soon as he took it apart, Qi Yuan felt that he wanted to scold it when he saw the calligraphy-style font, it was really ugly.Qi Yuan, as a cabinet scholar in the first emperor's period, has taught countless students, especially strict requirements on fonts.Seeing such fonts, I naturally want to correct them habitually.

Afterwards, seeing the content above, Qi Yuan stopped thinking about correcting the font, and Qi Chen was also very surprised. He looked at the content of the letter carefully and felt that he had picked up a life-saving straw.After looking at each other, Qi Chen said, "Grandfather, it's possible."

Qi Yuan also nodded, this method is feasible, although it is a bit troublesome, but it is really a good method, and it can ensure nothing goes wrong.

After that, a major event happened in Ding capital.As long as the aristocratic families involved in this imperial examination have jointly submitted a letter requesting another imperial examination to prove the fairness and justice of the imperial examination.There were even ministers from high-ranking aristocratic families who knelt on the Golden Luan Hall on the spot to prove their reputation.

Due to the wide range of classes in the palace examination, most of them were from aristocratic families, more than half of them were officials who submitted the letter this time, and the papers submitted could not even fit on Emperor Zhaozheng's desk.The kneeling ministers of the aristocratic family occupied almost half of the Golden Luan Hall, everyone was crying and emotional, and the scene had to be said to be very spectacular.

At the same time, several ministers of the DPRK and China reported to Emperor Zhaozheng that they would jointly donate money to students who failed the exam and those from poor families to encourage them to take the imperial examination, reduce the related fees of the imperial examination, and allow more children from poor families to participate in the imperial examination.

Seeing this scene, Emperor Zhaozheng also focused on investigating the matter of taking bribes in the imperial examination, and proved it to be a rumor, and released Qi Wen, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the chief examiner of the imperial examination on the spot.At the same time, he also agreed to the proposal of donation and made a donation decree.

People read the joint letter from various aristocratic families to prove their innocence, how can it be false?I felt that the matter of accepting bribes in the imperial examination should be false, and finally the Holy Majesty also found out that it was a rumor.It is said that scholars all over the world should be so angry that they didn't have any fame after studying every day, so they believed this rumor.

Some children from poor families received supplementary funds for the imperial examination, and they all thanked Emperor Zhaozheng for his sageness, and did not mention the matter of accepting bribes for the imperial examination.

After Qi Ze knew the news, he knew that Qi Yuan had used her strategy, and it worked very well.

In fact, it is not difficult to solve the matter of bribery in the imperial examination. As long as those who fan the flames get what they want, naturally the rumor of bribery in the imperial examination will no longer be spread everywhere.The reason why Qi Yuan and the others had no choice was because they couldn't get out of the habitual thinking of how to save the Qi family from danger.As long as the matter of accepting bribes in the imperial examination is resolved, the Qi family will naturally be safe and sound.Therefore, to solve this problem, we need to start from the essence, and the essence is to provide money to comfort those who have failed the rankings and live in hardship, so that they have nothing to say and no longer follow the trend.

The main reason for the aristocratic families to jointly submit a letter is to block the mouths of many people, in the name of re-examination, and to retreat in order to advance.On the surface, he took a step back, but in fact, the awe-inspiring righteousness shown was enough to make everyone feel guilty. Everyone knew that it was impossible to retake the exam.

If the scientific examination is really re-examined, on the surface it is for the sake of fairness, but the actual harm is far greater than the meaning of fairness and justice.Let scholars all over the world think that the imperial examination is not as majestic as it seems on the surface, it is an exam that determines their life.Such behavior will deal a heavy blow to the imperial examinations that have existed for many years, and make the government even more chaotic.

Emperor Zhaozheng was an emperor, and it was not what he wanted to make the government and the world out of control.So it is absolutely impossible for him to agree to re-examination.

The rumors of taking bribes in the imperial examination this time are nothing more than those who failed the exam and those from poor families. The reason why they support this rumor is nothing more than the expectation of benefits.People make money and birds die for food. The benefits they want are nothing more than money, and they won't mention it when they have money.If someone doesn't give up, the family and the big family will jointly write a letter to block their mouths.

For Emperor Zhaozheng, he mainly wanted to solve this incident, but for ordinary scholars, they dared to publicize it because of the credibility of this incident.The joint letter has proved that this is just a rumor, so it will be useless to yell around, and people will point their noses and scold them.

After all, there are too many factors for failure. It is not a problem of the imperial examination, but a problem of one's own ability.Without that diamond, I still think the porcelain is too hard, not for scolding.

Qi Yuan was a cabinet scholar in the first emperor's time, and his students were all over the world. Most of the ministers in the court were still willing to give Qi Yuan a bad face.Furthermore, the bribery of the imperial examination has a huge impact, not only the Qi family will be affected, but anyone who participated in this year's palace examination will be affected, so for their own sake, they will also agree to jointly submit a letter.

However, Qi Yuan's ability to act really surprised Qi Ze, and he managed to contact various families in just two days.This grandfather of hers is really not to be underestimated, no wonder he was able to cultivate characters like Qi Wen and Qi Yun, he really has some small skills.

But why would Emperor Zhaozheng be willing to let the Qi family go?The impact of bribery in the imperial examination was not small, and Qi Ze was puzzled.Sure enough, the emperor's thoughts were the most puzzling.After that, what happened gave Qi Ze the answer.

After the incident of accepting bribes in the palace examination and imperial examination this year, it was revealed at the local level that the rural examination and the general examination received bribes.Emperor Zhaozheng was furious, and ordered a thorough investigation of the matter. This investigation is not a big deal. Most of the local officials were found out by Emperor Zhaozheng.

As long as all the officials who are found out are dismissed, there is a shortage of officials this time. The outstanding talents who have entered the Imperial Academy in this year's palace examination can also leave the Imperial Academy to take up part-time positions in advance to fill the vacancies.

Now, Qi Ze completely understood.No wonder she was able to leave the Imperial Academy ahead of schedule. Emperor Zhaozheng probably wanted to thoroughly investigate the incident of bribery in the imperial examinations, but he never had the chance.The opportunity Que Yu created this time was just right for him, and Que Yu probably knew what Emperor Zhaozheng was thinking a long time ago, so he followed his mind and created rumors about accepting bribes in the imperial examination.

It seems that the biggest winner in this incident is not only Que Yu, but also the one on the throne.Qi Chen was also blessed by misfortune, and was able to come out to work early, so she will be busy in the future.However, the Qi family survived in the end, and everyone was happy.

(End of this chapter)