The princess is so powerful that the fish pond is full of people

That night, Liang Chongyue received the news that the house of the Minister of Taichang Temple had been sealed off. Minglang personally led people to seal it up and found a batch of things that should not have been there.

"Empress Mother, a pile of exam questions were found in the residence of the Minister of Rites. I see that several of them are similar to those on this year's examination paper. There is a risk of the exam questions being leaked."

Liang Chongyue was leaning back on the Luohan bed, looking at the pile of waste paper that Minglang had brought over. The handwriting on it was sloppy, as if someone had written it in a hurry. It was difficult to find any problems without looking carefully.

"Where was this thing found?"

"My Queen Mother, it was in the Minister's study. When I arrived, he was preparing to burn the exam papers. Several were already mostly burned. They were sent to the Dali Temple, where they tried their best to restore them."

There was indeed a faint smell of fireworks on the paper in Liang Chongyue's hand. The imperial examination questions every year were set by Liang Chongyue after reviewing them.

Looking at the questions on the paper, which were very similar to those on this year's examination paper, Liang Chongyue put the paper down leisurely after reading them all.

"It's indeed similar, but this year's imperial examination is already halfway through, with only two days until it ends. Even if we find the same questions in his house, what do you think we should do?"

Minglang's gaze moved from the pile of waste paper beside the Queen Mother, met the Queen Mother's waiting gaze, and fell into a brief contemplation.

"Replying to the Queen Mother, I feel that this matter is strange. Everything is too coincidental. It's as if everything has been prepared and is waiting for me to arrive."

Liang Chongyue did not interrupt, but remained a listener, waiting for Minglang to speak out his thoughts.

"I think the snake release must have been done by the Minister of Rites, but there must be someone behind him. This person pushed him out as a scapegoat, trying to gamble on whether I would stop after catching the person and complete the Queen Mother's orders perfunctorily and perfectly."

Using a person whose death would not matter to him to test the future monarch's style and character, this person is really calculating.

"Whether I continue investigating or not, a new scapegoat will be presented to me. The person behind this is extremely well hidden. Does the Queen know who he is?"

Facing Minglang's straightforward questioning, everything was within Liang Chongyue's expectations. Once she had thought some things through, she was unwilling to waste time on unnecessary people, so she would come to her sooner or later.

"I've already handed this matter over to you. You've found a scapegoat and are now asking me who's behind this with a bunch of waste paper. Minglang, the Queen Mother can't be with you forever. You'll have to deal with some of the dirty water yourself."

Liang Chongyue's words were already quite straightforward. When she looked at Minglang, her brows slightly raised, as if she didn't take the matter to heart at all. While she felt that she could do it well, she also regarded the person behind the scenes as a clown.

"So the Queen Mother already knows who is behind this?"

Liang Chongyue neither admitted nor denied it. The imminent result made Minglang's throat tighten. This was the only result she had found after five days of investigation, but the Queen Mother had already traced the person behind the scenes.

She didn't even know when her mother found out.

The gap between them is as big as a river. Maybe this is the result of the Queen Mother deliberately going easy on her.

"Do it with confidence. Most of those who are brought before you as scapegoats are not innocent, but their crimes are not serious enough."

Even if Minglang catches someone, he will investigate again and again and will not wrongly accuse any good person.

This was an obvious display of her style of doing things, and she believed that the old man must have noticed it.

As an official in the court, who can be truly clean? Even if one can restrain oneself and observe etiquette for the sake of high official positions and generous salaries and the future of his children and grandchildren, there is always a child who does not live up to his expectations.

As parents and elders, who can resist not protecting their children?

No one is perfect, and there are few clean people in this world.

Knowing that he couldn't get anything out of the Queen Mother, Minglang stopped focusing on the pile of waste paper.

"Regardless of when this pile of waste paper was written, there's a risk that the examination questions will be leaked. I've come here today to ask the Queen Mother's permission."

Liang Chongyue has always been gentle and kind towards Minglang, who is studious and ambitious.

"Why do we need to use the word 'please' between you and me?"

Minglang's Adam's apple rolled slightly as he spoke out what was in his mind.

"I would like to ask Her Majesty to change the way the palace examination is conducted. Although the examination questions have not been completely leaked, there are still risks. I would like to ask Her Majesty to stop using the original palace examination paper and replace it with a new one."

Liang Chongyue remained silent, just looking at her quietly:

"Minglang, do you know how many days are left until the palace examination begins?"

In less than half a month, the examination papers are at risk of being leaked. The examiners from the Ministry of Rites not only have to review the memorials, but also have to look for possible problems among the papers that have been approved.

The workload has increased significantly, and selecting toilet paper that may have problems is an annoying job.

The candidates who were able to qualify have their own abilities. After ten years of hard study, they finally see the light of day.

Among those papers that are finally selected as having problems, there will inevitably be some who are wrongly accused. If they have to rush to produce a paper for the palace examination within another half a month, the officials of the Ministry of Rites will probably be very busy.

It is normal to make mistakes in a hurry.

"In half a month, the Ministry of Rites will have to review the papers and select those with possible problems. Not everyone is like you, and they are not as young and energetic as you. If those old guys make mistakes in their rush, you will have even more things to do."

Not to mention the need to investigate the person. After this year's spring examination, there is no need for that person to take risks anymore. From now on, he can hide his hands in the dark and will never be found in the open.

Liang Chongyue's worries were all based on reality. Ever since he found that person in the system, Liang Chongyue had already planned the best path for Minglang in his mind.

He could have avoided more trouble and put an end to that person's plan, but it was foreseeable that Minglang had chosen a path that was not easy to follow.

The Spring Examination weighed heavily on her shoulders, and she had many things to consider. Catching the person from Minglang was secondary. The most important thing was still this year's Spring Examination.

"But hasn't Queen Mother cracked down on all forms of cheating since she first took over the Spring Examination? Even if it meant offending many people, she was determined to give fairness to all scholars in the world, right?"

Minglang didn't understand why her mother didn't understand her when she had chosen the same path as her mother did.

When Liang Chongyue met Minglang's stubborn eyes, he knew what she was thinking.

"Who will come up with this new scroll? You? Or me?"

These days, if you can't lead a team, you will exhaust yourself. Seeing that Minglang was stuck in a dilemma of conscience, Liang Chongyue simply changed her thinking and guided her growth in another aspect from a new perspective.