The Second Sister of a Farmer's Family's Path to Imperial Destiny

Guo Xi looked at the paper in his hand, clenched his hand holding the brush, gritted his teeth and whispered: "Maybe I ate something wrong, my stomach hurts a little."

"But can you still hold on?"

"Should..." Before he could finish his words, he felt that his body seemed to be out of control. He put down the brush and rushed out.

Yan Yuping, who was sitting in the back, saw this situation and looked in the direction of Su Zeyuan. The two of them curled their lips.

Professor Fang frowned as he looked at the direction where Guo Xi left, wondering why the kid suddenly acted like this. He turned back inadvertently and saw the two of them looking at each other. He became suspicious, but still did not disturb their test.

Guo Xi ran back and forth between the toilet and the classroom, and his train of thought was interrupted many times. He only wrote down his thoughts on a few sheets of beige bamboo paper without having time to fill in the answers.

After collecting the papers, Professor Fang found other professors and briefly explained what he had discovered today.

A professor in plain clothes asked, "According to you, Guo Xi was drugged by Su Zeyuan and Yan Yuping?"

"Exactly."

Another old professor in a green shirt said, "But what is his motive? If he wanted to become Fang Tairu's student, he could have done it."

The professor in plain clothes said, "Perhaps he doesn't know that Young Master Fang is not counted among the student quota? So he regards Guo Xi as an enemy. As long as Guo Xi cannot take the exam, or his exam results are not good, he can become Fang Tairu's student?"

Professor Fang nodded. It was true that only a few professors knew that their son was not counted as his father's student quota. It was very likely that other people would commit such illegal acts in order to get a place in the entrance examination.

Thinking of this, he asked someone to call Guo Xi, Su Zeyuan and Yan Yuping over.

The old professor in green shirt said, "If it is true that Young Master Su and Yan Yuping conspired together, how will they be punished this time?"

The professor in plain clothes said, "Just treat it as a violation of discipline and cancel the score directly."

Before calling these professors, Professor Fang looked at Guo Xi's paper. Although he only wrote a few simple sentences, he could see that the logic was rigorous and the writing was brilliant. So he asked, "If we just invalidate the results of those two people, wouldn't it be unfair to Guo Xi?"

"Guo Xi is indeed a good candidate, but this is also in accordance with the rules!" said the professor in plain clothes, "Also, we should not treat Young Master Su specially because of his identity."

"Although Yan Yuping is not as high-ranking as Young Master Su, he is also the son of our county magistrate and should not be offended."

Professor Fang frowned. If his own academy had to bow down to power again and again, would this still be his original intention in choosing Yong'an County to build the academy?

At the beginning, I could have followed my father to the capital. Even if I couldn't open an academy in the capital, I could still be a teacher in the mansions of the nobles. That would allow me to establish better connections with the powerful than being the dean of Yong'an County now.

The old professor in green shirt shook his head and said, "If this is the case, there will be more cases of bullying of students without background in the academy. I think these two should be severely punished and expelled from the academy!"

"This is not the first time that Su Zeyuan has committed a crime. At that time, he was given a lighter punishment because of his status. It has not been long since he committed a crime again. It is just that the punishment given before was not enough to control these students. I suggest that both Su Zeyuan and Yan Yuping be expelled from the academy."

"This way, Magistrate Su will also see that there are people accompanying the young master, and understand that we are not deliberately making things difficult for them."

Su Zeyuan and Yan Yuping had just walked to the door. When they heard these words, their faces turned pale in an instant.

"Greetings, gentlemen." The two said tremblingly.

The old professor in green shirt looked at the two of them and pressed them: "Can you give Guo Xi drugs? Tell the truth."

Yan Yuping lowered his head and dared not speak, his eyes secretly glancing in the direction of Su Zeyuan.

"No." Su Zeyuan said, pretending to be calm.

He thought that this was the worst time to reveal his identity, and there was no evidence to prove that he had drugged Guo Xi. If he confessed, he would be betraying his mother's teachings.

And even if it was discovered, the medicine was given by Yan Yuping, so what does it have to do with him?

Professor Fang looked at Su Zeyuan disappointedly and said, "Why don't you tell the truth?"

Su Zeyuan is the smartest student in his class except for Guo Xihe's own son, and is cultivated with all the efforts of Su Zhizhou. If it weren't for his crooked character, his path would not have ended here.

"The student didn't do it and that's it. Sir, are you trying to force him to confess?" Su Zeyuan said with his head down.

After hearing this, there was silence in the room, as if everyone was extremely disappointed with the two students in front of them.

At this time, Guo Xi had just taken the medicine and came over. He said, "Greetings, gentlemen. I wonder what you gentlemen want to see me about?"

"Do you suspect that you were drugged?" Professor Fang asked.

Guo Xi looked at Su Zeyuan and Yan Yuping beside him, and said after careful consideration: "I only drank the porridge brought by Yan Yuping in the morning. At that time, he kept urging me to drink the porridge. I felt a little strange at that time, but I was in a hurry to take the exam and didn't think much about it."

Professor Fang waved his hand and called the servant beside him. After explaining some things to him, the servant left in a hurry.

Not long after, the servant brought the porridge that Guo Xi had left over this morning and said, "I just checked with the doctor in the academy and found that it does contain croton powder. Other students saw Student Yan take this porridge to Student Guo this morning."

When Yan Yuping heard this, before Professor Fang could speak, he knelt down and cried, "It's my fault. I was jealous that Guo Xi often received the teacher's praise, but I didn't, so I had evil thoughts and wanted to ruin his future. Not letting him take the exam now is the best opportunity."

Professor Qingshan asked, "Is there any other hidden secret?"

Yan Yuping looked at Su Zeyuan and saw him staring at him. After a struggle in his heart, he said, "This croton powder was given to me by Brother Su. He provided me with the method, so I did it."

Professor Fang said in a deep voice: "Su Zeyuan, do you have anything else to say?"

"I didn't do that. I admit my mistake." Su Zeyuan was angry, but more of it was regret and fear. If his father knew about it, he would probably have a hard time.

"You made a mistake for the first time, so I pardoned you once considering it was your first offense. But now you've done it again, which shows that you have evil intentions, so I'm expelling you from the academy," said Professor Fang.

"Yan Yuping, you have repeatedly bullied other students, and now you have poisoned your classmates, and you are also expelled from the academy. Do you two have any objections?"

"No."

Guo Xi looked at the two of them and couldn't help but said, "Professor Fang, if I forgive them, can the punishment be reduced?"

"Oh?"

"They made such a big mistake, they were wrong. But if a son is not taught well, it is the fault of the father, and if the teaching is not strict, it is the laziness of the teacher. It is not the fault of just one of them that the two of them ended up like this."

Professor Fang looked at Guo Xi in surprise, and then he took the other professors to the back room to discuss again and again, and said: "Su Zeyuan and Yan Yuping have committed a serious mistake and should be expelled from the academy, but after thinking it over again, I will give you one last chance to reform. If you commit the same mistake again, I will show no mercy."

"Guo Xi, who is excellent in both character and learning, is specially accepted as Fang Tairu's student for an observation period of more than half a year."