queen drama

The leak of the exam questions was related to the housekeeper of Prince Jian's mansion, so there was a general direction. The secret guards worked together with Prince Shen's son, and quickly found out the ins and outs.

Yan Wenzheng, the chief examiner of this year's scientific examination, is related to Prince Jian Zhao Tingyan by marriage. Zhao Tingyan has a third son named Zhao Jin, who is the nephew of the Yan family.Whether it was intentional or not, Zhao Jin got three exam questions from Yan Wenzheng, instructing Steward He to secretly sell the exam questions to candidates who intend to cheat under the guise of estimating the questions, in order to make money.

The money is not a small amount. Zhao Jin made a secret book and recorded the name and address of each person who bought the title, so as not to cause troubles. Because one day, the butler He was suddenly interrupted and was useless. Zhao Jin I had to point out another butler to intervene. When the two butlers handed over, something went wrong, and the hidden guard took the opportunity to find out the existence of the account book.

However, the hidden guards have never been able to find any evidence of Zhao Tingyan's knowledge, but since Zhao Jin did it, both Zhao Tingyan and Yan Wenzheng cannot absolve themselves of the blame.

Zhao Zheng has already returned to the palace, considering how to deal with this matter and the timing of making an announcement to the public.There are two paths in front of him. Although the current leak is a fact, most of the candidates are not aware of it. If he chooses to use the evidence at hand to deal with the officials involved in the case before the test and change the test questions, this year's scientific test can be passed smoothly. But if he waited until after the scientific examination, he would be able to easily convict Yan Wenzheng and Zhao Jinxie of cheating on exam questions, and it would be difficult for Prince Jane to deal with the wrath of the examinees in Shiguang Tianxia.

Zhao Zheng didn't know what would be best for him, but he was just planning, which would ruin the hard work of this year's candidates. Even if he ruined the results of the scientific examination, and then opened the Enke, it would not be able to completely remedy it. The candidates' resentment towards the leaker, It will also directly affect the trust in the imperial court...

What's more, this is his first scientific examination after taking the throne.

Zhao Zheng rubbed the center of his eyebrows, looked at the people around him and said, "Xuan Yun, if it were you, what would you do?"

After returning to the palace, Meng Xuanyun was still dressed as a bodyguard in order to follow him all the time. Hearing this, he smiled back: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry, I don't understand government affairs..."

The young master is very self-aware, he dictates political affairs according to his knowledge, he is afraid that it will cause trouble to the emperor, and he should not influence the emperor's decision.

"...It doesn't matter." Zhao Zheng laughed at himself: "If the late emperor was alive, I'm afraid he wouldn't be as troubled as I am."

"The first emperor is the first emperor, and the emperor is the emperor."

The young master considered it over and over again, and said seriously: "No matter what decision the emperor makes, I will thank the emperor for his hesitation on behalf of the students."

The Meng family of Xiaoyaohou once respected the emperor at a distance because of the ancestral teachings. When he had the opportunity to get along with the emperor day and night, when he gradually discovered that the emperor's heart would soften because of some things...

He has long since changed his opinion because of him, as long as he has this kind of intention, the emperor will definitely be a good emperor.

"Actually, it's not that I don't know what to do, but that I have already made a decision in my heart. The reason why I hesitate is because the emperor's decision is different from that of the late emperor, isn't it?"

Zhao Zheng patted his hand slightly in surprise, he didn't expect that his thoughts would be punctured by the young master's words.

Meng Xuanyun said softly: "I believe in the emperor, the emperor can deal with the current situation, and he will definitely be able to deal with Prince Jane in the future."

Zhao Zheng's eyes flashed, and after thinking for a long time, he finally made up his mind, and said to Wang Yongshun: "Go and call Prince Shen's son, I have something important to discuss."

With only ten days left until the scientific examination, Zhao Jun, the son of Prince Shen, impeached Prince Jian's son Zhao Jin and the chief examiner Yan Wenzheng for leaking and cheating in the exams in the name of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, causing an uproar.Zhao Tingyan and Yan Wenzheng refused to admit it, but Zhao Jun had convincing evidence, a piece of paper with real test questions, an IOU stating the reason, and most importantly, an account book recording the proceeds from selling the test questions. The names on the IOU are impressively listed.

Zhao Jun said: "The account book was obtained from the Steward He of Prince Jane's Mansion. There are two copies of the IOU, and the other copy is the same in the Steward's hand. If Mr. Zhao Jin's subordinates were not greedy for money, I am afraid that such a ridiculous criminal evidence would not be left behind. , if it’s just an ordinary estimation question, who would dare to ask for 500 taels, and dare to boast on the IOU that it will be voided if it is not correct?

"There are still many names in this account book. If Prince Jane and Lord Yan don't recognize each other, can the emperor summon all those people and ask?"

Yan Wenzheng had a ghost in his heart, so he didn't dare to say more. Zhao Tingyan wanted to kill Zhao Jun. Back then, the emperor put the son of Prince Shen into the Ministry of Justice to serve as the right servant. The ranking among the six departments was at the bottom, and they were usually responsible for solving cases. Zhao Tingyan didn't think that the emperor and Zhao Jun could make any troubles, but he didn't expect that the purpose of the emperor's placement of Zhao Jun in the criminal department was to investigate him, and Zhao Jun even had evidence!

Cheating in the scientific examination is a major case, so naturally it is impossible to directly judge it at the court. Yu Shitai and several senior ministers begged in court, Zhao Zheng "had to" deal with it according to the regulations, and ordered the Ministry of Penalties to try the case together with Dali Temple.Yan Wenzheng and Zhao Jin, as well as related suspects, were first imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.Zhao Zheng has always respected Prince Jane on the surface. This time, he failed to put Prince Jane in prison. Instead, he persuaded Prince Jane to cooperate with the investigation and rest in the Ministry of Criminal Justice for a few days. The courtiers felt that the emperor was forced to do so, but they didn't know that Jane The prince entered the Ministry of Punishment, but was actually detained in disguise.

Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Investigation still have to wait for some time for the results of the investigation, but the imminent scientific examination cannot wait.Yan Wenzheng was suspected of leaking the questions, and he was not suitable to be the chief examiner anyway, so Zhao Zheng asked him to replace Zhang He, who he had long been optimistic about. The officials were all shocked by the series of changes in the early court. be opposed to.Zhang He was ordered in the face of danger, he gritted his teeth, together with the emperor and several university scholars, he insisted on rewriting the topic in the next few days.

This alone was not enough, in order to prevent further accidents, Zhao Zheng detained all the people who set the test this time in the palace without any contact with anyone outside, and did not allow them to go home until the last round of the scientific examination began.

When it came time to review the papers, the officials who were originally responsible for the review were divided into two groups. One answer sheet was reviewed anonymously by two groups of people. Because Zhao Zheng didn't know whether Yan Wenzheng had arranged for people to tamper with the examination papers apart from leaking the questions, so he had to be on guard.

As for the results of the previous scientific examinations, it is extremely scary to think about it carefully, but it is not appropriate to do it with great fanfare at this time. It can only be checked slowly by the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple after this scientific examination is over.

The candles in the imperial study room were lit all night. For the candidates outside, it was just before the battle that they found out that the examiner had changed. Those who bought the questions were of course guilty. not big.

When the list was released, the dust settled.

Among a group of cheering examinees, a little woman held an IOU and cried especially sadly.Someone asked why, and the little woman wiped the tears from her cheeks, regretting that before the exam, Housekeeper He of Prince Jane's Mansion sold her a copy of the test paper, and coaxed her to write a large sum of IOUs. She said that she would definitely pass this question, but when her husband took the exam, it turned out not to be the case at all. The little woman felt that she had been cheated, and the 20 taels of silver that was cheated at the beginning would never come back.

He does not mean that.Many of the examinees have heard of this question, and did not buy it for various reasons. At this time, they are very fortunate, and there are also those who helped the little woman scold the housekeeper of Prince Jane's mansion for collecting money without conscience, and told the little woman in a serious manner. , buying questions is a speculative move, and you deserve to be cheated. After making a lot of noise, someone suddenly discovered that the butler mentioned by the little woman is from Prince Jane's mansion, and the original examiner Yan Wenzheng is also related to Prince Jane ...

Candidates found a well-informed person and asked, Yan Wenzheng had already been sent to prison before the exam, why did the emperor change the chief examiner and put the chief examiner in prison? The questions people got were originally true, so Yan Wenzheng was suspected of cheating, right?

After the ministers, the examinees were also very excited, but they were happy.The emperor has sharp eyes and caught this shameless person Yan Wenzheng in advance, otherwise their three years of hard work will be in vain. The reason why the scientific research can go smoothly is because of the protection of the emperor!

Thousands of candidates knelt down spontaneously one by one, facing the direction of the Emperor's Shangshi Jinluan Hall, shouting long live.

The little woman who was still crying just now wiped her face, looked at the dark figure, screamed silently, ran quickly, and rushed into the palace gate.

Zhao Zheng has been busy with scientific research for the past few days, so he barely touched the ground. He wished he could stay in the imperial study room every night. When the young master arrives, Director Wang put his finger to his lips, and let him in after a soft "shh". up.

The young master understood and walked over quietly. The young emperor was resting at his desk with a dragon robe on his body. Even though he fell asleep, he was still holding a pen tightly in his hand, pressing down a few examination papers.

The little Hou Ye originally planned to take the pen away and help him to sleep on the bed, but he was afraid of waking him up, so he wanted to write hard again when he got up, so he decided to give up after thinking about it.

He hugged him from behind, looked left and right, the sleeping man only exposed a pair of ears, while the young master was still awake, he leaned forward and lightly licked the meat that he had been thinking about for a long time but had never been able to taste. earlobe.

"... Yun'er?"

Zhao Zheng moved and opened his eyes.

The little marquis froze in place, why did the emperor wake up so easily? ?

"Where have you been..."

Zhao Zheng smiled and dragged him into his arms, covering him with the dragon robe he was wearing.