Female-to-male: I live on farming

At the morning court session ten days before the imperial examination, Jinyang sat on the dragon chair, his face so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip out of it. The ministers below were as silent as cicadas in fear, not daring to make a sound.

Jinyang threw the memorial in his hand to the ground fiercely and shouted angrily: "Investigate strictly for me, who is involved in the case, how the question was leaked, and who handled it. Don't let anyone off."

All the ministers knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: "Your Majesty, calm down!"

Jinyang Mo's eyes, as dark as deep pools, glanced coldly at everyone, and finally set his gaze on Lu Youqing in front of him.

Lu Youqing took a step forward calmly, bowed his head and said, "This matter is due to my negligence."

Jin Yang interrupted her with a sneer: "You are indeed derelict in your duty. You actually let the test questions leak out in the early stage of the imperial examination. Even if you were not involved, you are still guilty of dereliction of duty!"

Lu Youqing picked up the memorial that Jinyang had thrown at her feet, lowered her head and thought for a moment, then bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I will investigate this matter as soon as possible. I have learned that the leaked questions are only the first set of questions. We can start the second set of questions now to ensure that it will not delay the imperial examination."

When everyone heard this, they suddenly understood and couldn't help but secretly glance at Lu Youqing who was standing in front of them.

Many people felt that Lu Youqing was an unfathomable person. No one had expected that she would prepare two plans.

She looked up at His Majesty again and saw that there was no surprise on her face, so she knew that His Majesty knew about it.

Jinyang nodded slightly to show his agreement with Lu Youqing's words, but his face was still gloomy. He said in a cold voice: "I will give you five days to investigate this matter for me. If you leak it again, watch out for your official hat!"

"Wei Chen accepts the order."

This was the first time that everyone saw His Majesty get angry with Lu Youqing, and he was so angry.

Sheng Huai, who was standing at the back, couldn't help but smile when he saw Lu Youqing being scolded today. After all, he had been humiliated by her several times recently. Now that he saw her in trouble, he naturally gloated over her misfortune.

I wish she would be demoted after causing His Majesty's displeasure because of this matter.

Many civil and military officials in the court had this idea, and they hoped that she would be replaced as the chief examiner.

Sheng Huaiduo was here because of personal grudges, while the others were here because Lu Youqing was too ruthless. In previous years, there were tacit rules in their circle in the imperial examinations, but when Lu Youqing came, he overturned the table in one fell swoop.

No one can get any benefit from it.

Sheng Huai, who was gloating, suppressed the corners of his mouth and went back to the mansion with a gloomy face. Just as the carriage approached the gate of the mansion, he saw the servants in the mansion running over in a panic, and they didn't even have time to wait for the carriage to stop.

"Master, Master, something happened."

Sheng Huai lifted the car curtain and shouted angrily, "What's the matter? You are making a fuss."

"Master, something happened in the mansion," the servant panted, "Just now the government came and took the young master away."

"What?" Sheng Huai's expression changed immediately, his eyebrows raised, and he said anxiously: "What happened? Tell me in detail."

As he said this, he hurriedly walked into the mansion.

Just after entering the house, Wang Yi ran out clutching a handkerchief, looking panicked and with tears in her eyes.

After some investigation, Sheng Huai finally figured out the whole story.

Who would have thought that when he was attending court in the morning, he was secretly happy about Lu Youqing being reprimanded, but when he returned home in the afternoon, he found that his only son had been arrested for suspected cheating in the imperial examination.

Things change over time, and this is changing too fast.

After understanding what happened, Sheng Huai slumped in his chair, covering his forehead with a dejected look.

Perhaps Wang Yi, who was crying, did not realize the seriousness of the matter, but Sheng Huai, who had just witnessed His Majesty's wrath, was deeply aware that this matter was beyond his ability.

Once the evidence is conclusive, according to His Majesty's attitude today, his only son is likely to spend life in prison. Even worse, he will be the target of anger as well.

"Master, please think of a solution. How can our Chuan'er endure the prison environment?"

Seeing that this woman with long hair and short knowledge was still worrying about these things, Sheng Huai became even more angry. He slammed his palm on the table and said angrily: "You are the one who spoiled him. Why did he get involved in such things? Where did the test questions come from? Explain it to me clearly!"

Wang Yi had never seen him like this before and shuddered with fear.

Seeing that she just knew how to cry and couldn't make any statement for a long time, Sheng Huai turned his gaze to the servant beside him, who was the book boy who always followed Sheng Baichuan.

"You tell me!"

"Reply... Reply, sir, I don't know either. But one day, the young master came out of the restaurant and said happily that he was sure of passing the exam. After returning home, he took out a lot of silver."

"How could you not know that he withdrew so much money?" Sheng Huai looked at Wang Yi sternly.

"I... I know, he just said he liked a good inkstone, and I thought it was for studying, so I... I gave it to him."

Sheng Huai was angry at her stupidity. He had always liked her gentleness and kindness, but now that something big had happened, he was completely at a loss.

After all, she is not a noble lady brought up by aristocratic family.

Sheng Huai glanced at her with a hint of disgust, then waved his hand for them to leave as he wanted to be alone.

But he sat there from noon until nightfall, and the people he sent outside the mansion to inquire about the news found out nothing. He only knew that Sheng Baichuan was thrown into jail, and the people in charge of the matter kept their mouths shut, so he could not find out anything.

He didn't even have an appetite for dinner, so he asked his servants to prepare a carriage to visit his colleagues. However, he went to several of his colleagues' houses one after another, but either no one was home or they were too busy to receive him...

This is to draw a clear line between us and not want to be implicated by him.

After being rejected several times in a row, Sheng Huai couldn't help but sigh at the fickleness of the world, but no matter what the reason, he had to save his son.

He knew that there was only one best person who could save his Sheng family.

So the next day, Sheng Huai waited at the gate of Lu Mansion early in the morning.

He didn't know how long he had been waiting at the door. When he was welcomed into the mansion, he saw Lu Youqing already sitting in the main seat waiting for him.

For some reason, Sheng Huai always felt that Lu Youqing's expression seemed to be something she had anticipated, as if she had set a trap long ago and was waiting for him to step in.

This intuition is inexplicable and certain.

His heart began to sink continuously, sinking to a bottomless cliff, and he even forgot how to say the words he had prepared early in the morning.

Lu Youqing looked at him with indifferent and deep eyes, and her tightly pursed lips slightly raised, the arc was almost imperceptible.

But Sheng Huai felt mocked and despised by it.

"I know why you are here," Lu Youqing said in a low voice, "I can also tell you clearly that I can indeed do this."

Sheng Huai's heart skipped a beat, and before he could say anything, Lu Youqing interrupted him.

"The question is, why should I help you?"