Rebirth of the beauty of the peasant girl

Chapter 283 The Unexpected Incident
Two papers.

One sheet is densely filled with words, and the handwriting is elegant and quite ancient.

And the other one, except for an ink blot that appeared out of nowhere, was completely blank.

The first one was signed by Yun Ming, and the second one was signed by Liu Qingluo.

The queen glanced at the answer roughly, and it was almost exactly the same as the scroll paper presented to her by Qingluo.

If it wasn't from the same person, I'm afraid it would be difficult to achieve such a similarity.

Anger slowly surfaced in Her Majesty's heart.

How important it is for the imperial court to select talents!

Even women Wenxiu and the others are so blatantly engaging in favoritism and fraud, let alone men's imperial examinations?
In the past few years, she has delegated power to her courtiers because she trusts them. Unexpectedly, they would dare to do such a thing under her nose!
This is taking the imperial court as a joke!

The more the queen thought about it, the angrier she became, she threw the cup at hand with a clatter, and the tea fragments scattered all over the floor.

"Let the Minister of Rites get the hell out of here!"

Li De was so frightened that he knelt down: "Your Majesty, Mr. Deng, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, he was sick at home some time ago..."

The empress, in her rage, had indeed forgotten about it.

This batch of examination papers has always been the responsibility of the chief examiner and officials of the Ministry of Rites.

The queen slowed down and suppressed her anger, "Then call Xueshi Cui."

Xueshi Cui was the gentle examiner who presided over the exam that day.

Although she has a soft and talkative personality, she is very knowledgeable, otherwise she would not be a bachelor in the Imperial Academy, and was entrusted by His Majesty to preside over the examination.

Not long after, Xueshi Cui rushed over in a hurry, with a look of fear on his face, as soon as he came in, he knelt down and begged His Majesty for forgiveness.

The queen sneered: "Cui Aiqing, I haven't spoken yet, how do you know that you are guilty?"

Cui Xueshi kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty heard that His Majesty is unhappy, it must be because of what I have done to make His Majesty dissatisfied, so I beg Your Majesty to forgive me."

"You can talk, see for yourself!"

The Empress threw two scrolls in front of her.

Xueshi Cui picked up the test paper on his knees, looked at it, and said, "Return to Your Majesty, this is the test paper for this year's Wenxiu exam."

"It's up to you to say that? You are the one who reviewed this paper. Tell me, what's going on?"

Cui Xueshi wiped the sweat from his brow with the wide sleeve of his official uniform, carefully re-read the two papers, and said in fear: "Your Majesty, the poems in this paper are brilliant and amazing. It is also extremely refreshing and timeless, and it is real and feasible, so I gave it full marks. Is there something wrong? As for this blank paper, I just gave zero points..."

The queen patted the dragon case: "I didn't ask you to praise poetry and articles! What I asked was why Yun Ming's name was written on Liu Qingluo's paper!"

"Ah?" Xueshi Cui was a little dumbfounded. He hurriedly compared the names of the two test papers, and said puzzledly, "Although the handwriting of the names is different, they were all added by the officials of the Ministry of Rites... Besides, after collecting the papers, they immediately put the names on the test papers." It's sealed, and we reviewing officials can't see the names... I just look at the papers and give points, and I won't check the names..."

It is also a way to prevent cheating by the marking officials.

However, the scroll in the middle has not only passed through her hands alone, it has gone through at least three procedures by the officials of the Ministry of Rites from winding up to sealing the scroll.

The queen stared at her, and said slowly: "So, Cui Qing thinks you have nothing to do with this matter?"

"Your Majesty just checks the examination papers, but I really don't know what's wrong here. Please investigate clearly!" Cui Xueshi kowtowed.

The crime of favoritism and fraud is a dead end if it is committed!Xueshi Cui is so courageous, she dare not admit that she has something to do with it!

The queen rubbed her brows, and waved her hands wearily, "You go down first, I have high expectations for you, I hope you have failed my trust."

"Yes, I'm leaving." Cui Xueshi's forehead was dripping with sweat, he lowered his head, and slowly exited the hall.

There was a moment of silence in Zhengyang Palace.

After a long time, Lin Jinyu brewed tea again, handed it to the Queen herself, and said, "Your Majesty, take care of yourself and don't get too angry."

The queen gave a wry smile, and sighed: "Everyone in the world thinks that being an emperor is so majestic and happy. In fact, is this world so easy to govern? Under my nose, they are still like this, don't you know that the people in this world are living in the same way? What kind of day is it..."

Although the emperor has supreme power, in the final analysis, she still has to rely on her courtiers to help her govern the world.

Besides, this matter now involves the Prime Minister of a country - Yun Tianyang.

"I must thoroughly investigate this matter!" The queen said slowly, "But we need to figure it out gradually, and we must let all the officials involved show their feet..."

Lin Jinyu said: "Your Majesty, I have an idea, I don't know if it will work."

……

Three days later, the palace held a large banquet to celebrate the successful conclusion of this year's Wenxiu exam.

And all the female students on the list were invited to this state banquet.

Although Qingluo failed the ranking, as a special honored guest, she was invited to the banquet by His Majesty personally posting a post.

It's not every day that you have such a big face.

The banquet was held in Chang'an Palace.

There is a long table inside, a row of ministers, a row of female Wenxiu, the empress attended in full dress, sitting high on the dragon chair, with a smile on her face.Sitting next to her is the queen's husband, Prince Gongsu.

Prince Gongsu has always been idle, low-key, does not participate in government affairs, and only shows up on necessary occasions.

The delicious food and wine were served like flowing water, and Li Beibei sat beside Qingluo, drooling greedily.

On Qingluo's left, Chen Xiangxue was sitting.

Yun Ming, who won the first place in the examination, was specially placed in the position closest to His Majesty, so that everyone in the hall could see clearly.

The ministers sitting on the other side are all prominent figures in the court.Right Prime Minister Yun Tianyang sat in the first place, followed by the academicians of the Imperial Academy and the officials of the six ministries.

The last ones to appear were the three princes and two princesses.

However, Lin Jinyu and Shangguan Jun'er did not show up, and they went somewhere.

Her Majesty the Queen seems to be in a good mood today, but those who are interested know that today will not be so peaceful.

Sure enough, when the banquet was halfway through, Prince Gongsu said with a smile: "I heard that there are a large number of talents on the Wenxiu list, and I am suddenly interested in seeing them."

"Alright." The queen looked at the prince with gentle eyes, "In that case, why don't you ask the leader of the list to read the poem she wrote, I think it's very good, I like it very much, and let all the lovers listen to it and taste it Tasting."

Everyone was a little puzzled after hearing this.

According to the previous practice, the empress would also test the top three teachers, but most of the questions were improvised, and they would not be asked to recite the questions they had passed.

What's the matter today?
Yun Ming's expression also flustered for a moment, and then he forced himself to calm down, stood up slowly, and walked to the center of the hall.

Today Yun Ming is very beautifully dressed, radiant and radiant.

She was already a well-known beauty, but when she stood in the middle, she attracted countless envious looks.

"The Pearl of the Yun Family really shines even brighter." His Majesty smiled slightly, "Yun Wenxiu, do you still remember the exam questions I gave?"

(End of this chapter)