Traveling through the emperor, overthrowing the empress dowager at the beginning

On top of the carriage.

Ye Chen looked at the letter in his hand with a sharp look.

"In the kitchen, I found some salt mixed with what looked like laxative powder."

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes. Some candidates were about to enter the examination room today, and someone had tampered with the salt in the kitchen.

It is clear.

There is something wrong with the chef in the exam room!

"Send someone to the lakeside cottage to get some flour, and then find someone to make noodles. As for seasonings, don't add any. People won't get hurt if they don't eat salt for a few meals."

"And while those people are making the noodles, have the Supervisory Department send someone to watch them."

There would naturally be no shortage of salt in the homes of military generals and nobles, so nothing should go wrong if they had a few meals without salt in the examination hall.

Ye Chen gave the order immediately.

The matter of investigating the chef will have to wait until later.

After all, all the candidates are taking exams now, so Ye Chen has to put other things aside.

Then, the carriage Ye Chen was riding in arrived at the gate of the examination hall.

At the entrance of the examination room, many candidates are entering the examination room.

When Ye Chen personally arrived at the gate of the examination room, he found that several imperial guards and people from the Supervisory Office were guarding the entrance.

Ye Chen also knew the person in charge of the exam, it was Su Fu.

As soon as he saw Ye Chen approaching.

Su Fu's face changed and he quickly stood up and was about to step forward to salute.

"No need. You are the examiner today. I will just watch from the side."

Ye Chen stopped Su Fu, smiled slightly, and said in a gentle tone.

Su Fu met Ye Chen's gaze and lowered his head slightly.

"Yes."

Watching Su Fu leave, Ye Chen couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Every time he approached the Su Fu, he could always smell a faint fragrance.

Today's fragrance is a bit like the scent of gardenia.

"That's weird. Does Su Fu usually carry a sachet? Does he have a lover?"

Ye Chen had some guesses in his mind, but he couldn't be sure.

After all, in addition to carrying a sachet on his body, it is also possible that Su Fu has a family background, and his wife at home always bathes in water mixed with various flower petals.

But Ye Chen didn't take it too seriously and just watched the candidates enter the venue quietly.

Most of the candidates held reference cards in their hands and wore masks or face shields.

The place where the candidates registered was curtained with thick cloth to prevent others from seeing them.

However, this thick cloth only blocked three sides.

Standing at the entrance of the examination room, Ye Chen could see the candidates registering and being searched.

After all, this was Dayu's first imperial examination.

These candidates don't have many ways to cheat.

The most important thing is that Ye Chen did not explain the content of the test.

If these guys really wanted to cheat, they wouldn't know where to start.

The only thing to be wary of are candidates impersonating others.

However, Ye Chen had already asked the people from the Supervisory Office to draw portraits of the children of various nobles.

As long as the other party reports their identity, we will use the portrait for comparison.

And under such strict investigation, someone was soon found out.

"Sir, I, I got pockmarked the day before yesterday and got pockmarks on my face! Look, there are no pockmarks. I look just like this image, seriously!"

"Sir, this is a mistake. The portrait is a mistake!"

"Have mercy, have mercy!~"

One by one, the candidates who impersonated others were arrested. Some of them were definitely implicated, but most of them were definitely not arrested in the wrong place.

As for these candidates who impersonated others, Ye Chen only wanted to severely punish the impostors, but Lin Ziyun still wanted to let off the sons of military generals and nobles.

And even if it is a severe punishment, it is at most a dozen lashes with a stick, and then imprisonment for a few dozen days to reflect on the situation, and then released.

After all, if the punishment system is so strict from the beginning, the backlash will definitely be strong, and in Ye Chen's view, these military generals and nobles who are willing to take the exam are also a force that can be won over.

Even if Ye Chen's ultimate goal is to promote the imperial examination system, he has to wait until he has enough power and enough say before he can implement it.

"It seems there won't be any problems here, Qiu'er, come with me and take a look around."

When Ye Chen said goodbye to Shen Qiu and was about to leave, he suddenly saw a familiar figure walking to the registration area.

Yun Fuyao also noticed Ye Chen.

She was stunned for just a moment, then quickly lowered her head.

The imperial guards in charge of registration were about to search her. She felt a little flustered but didn't know what to do.

"There's no need to search this person. Let her in."

Ye Chen suddenly said.

Just by looking at her, Yun Fuyao has a scholarly air, with fair skin, delicate facial features, and a tall figure. The only thing is that her chest looks flat, but it seems to have been pressed, and it is unknown how big it is.

But if you ignore her breasts, she is definitely a beauty.

Ye Chen thought it was very interesting for a woman to take the imperial examination, so he tried to stop it.

At this time, Yun Fuyao was panicking as he hugged the bamboo box containing pens, ink and inkstone, lowered his head, and rushed into the examination room.

As panicked as a little rabbit.

When the examiner Su Fu saw this, he looked at Ye Chen in surprise.

"Sir, do you know this man?"

Su Fu noticed that something was wrong with Yun Fuyao and asked.

"Haha, he's an old friend."

Ye Chen smiled and said to Su Fu, "Take care of it and prepare a separate toilet for this person."

Hearing this, Su Fu was slightly stunned, then looked at Ye Chen with a complicated expression, and then clasped his fists and said: "Yes!"