amaotonovel Chapter 803 Layout
Chapter 803 Layout
The imperial study fell into a strange silence. After a long time, Emperor Qianwu said in a cold voice: "Get up and talk."
"Yes!"
Tutor Wang stood up slowly, but after a moment, his clothes were soaked with sweat.
"Taifu, what you mean is that someone leaked the test questions?" Emperor Qianwu spoke slowly with a gloomy face.
"Yes, according to what I have learned from asking Shen Shuhan, there were two rounds of preliminary exams. Before each round, his teacher Ouyang Song would give him some test questions and ask him to answer them. After the preliminary exam, he found that the questions he answered were actually the same as the preliminary exam questions."
"Not only that, this Ouyang Song is also Shen Jing'an's teacher, and he is related to his mother Qin Xuerong's family, the Qin family, by marriage."
Having said all, Wang Taifu simply finished speaking in one breath.
"Is there any other evidence? Does Shen Shuhan dare to confront me face to face?" Emperor Qianwu asked in a deep voice.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the policy papers written by Shen Shuhan have been submitted to Your Majesty before. In addition, I have asked Shen Shuhan, and he can come to Your Majesty to confront him."
Wang Taifu felt concerned, but felt that the matter lacked some evidence.
But what if there is no evidence?
Before the preliminary examination, he submitted Shen Shuhan's questions to His Majesty. Now it is enough to prove that Shen Jingan is not Master Mingde.
As for other evidence... just check it out.
"This matter must not leak out, and the palace examination will go on as usual tomorrow." Emperor Qianwu's eyes were grim, and he was obviously very unhappy about what Taifu Wang said.
"Yes."
After Wang Taifu left, Emperor Qianwu said in a deep voice: "Bring all the test questions to me."
The imperial examination system adopted by Daqian was usually set by several great scholars and old ministers designated by Emperor Qianwu. However, the questions these people set were twice as many as the test questions, and ultimately Emperor Qianwu would designate which questions would be used as test questions.
But even so, it’s not that difficult to prepare the answers in advance.
As long as I can get the original scope of the exam questions...
Late at night, after Emperor Qianwu went to bed, Wang Xi took advantage of the darkness, called one of his godsons and had him go to Jinghe Palace.
*
Concubine Jing was unhappy when she was woken up, but after hearing the news, she couldn't sleep at all.
"Quick, send someone to call Yuncheng into the palace... No... Wait!"
It was really inappropriate to call your own son to the harem in the middle of the night.
She just received the news from Princess Hanyang today, saying only that Shen Shuyi had set his sights on Jinglou and was investigating the person behind it.
She was upset about this matter and went to Xiao Yuncheng to discuss countermeasures.
But she really didn't want to be an enemy of Shen Shuyi, but she was not sure whether she would find out anything, so she couldn't make up her mind for a while.
But she didn't expect that before she took any action, His Majesty got the news!
Concubine Jing was in a panic, thinking that once Concubine Rou fell, her good days would come.
But I didn't expect that the fire would burn me so quickly.
Her mother's family was not as powerful as Concubine Rou's. She had no military power, no important officials in the court to rely on, and she could not come up with much money.
But as a prince, how can he win over the court officials without money and people?
They can only find ways to make money.
But those ways of making money are too risky and too unchecked. In other words, they are blatantly leaked, and His Majesty condones the benefits.
But her family was full of highly respected officials and talented men, so she and Yuncheng came up with this way to make money.
In this way, money can be said to flow into one's pocket continuously.
But even so, they were still no match for Xiao Heyu and the Lu family. After all, the imperial examination was only held once every three years, and they could only make arrangements in the capital at first.
It was only until the last two times that Jinglou was opened in other cities.
But even so, their income was not much more. After all, this kind of thing cannot be publicized. When you first arrive in a place, you need to keep a low profile.
Therefore, they mostly do not do business with strangers, but rely on introductions from reliable people to gradually make money.
But at the beginning, most people didn't believe it, and few were willing to spend two or three hundred thousand dollars to gamble on an uncertain thing.
After all, this amount of silver is not a small sum for wealthy families and dignitaries.
Therefore, at the beginning, they could only lower the amount of silver. Even in Beijing a few years ago, the price was not 200,000.
In addition, because they used the name of a pawnshop, the items they collected were not so easy to cash in. Although they also held auctions, they could not make money as quickly as the Lu family.
But she didn't expect that just when everything was getting better, Xiao Heyu died, and then it was her family's turn.
Concubine Jing was upset and thought about it carefully. She felt that this method was flawless and even if His Majesty went to investigate, he might not find anything.
After all, these things are equivalent to having a clear path.
But there is no guarantee that some of those candidates will not stand up. Even though they will be dead if they stand up, who can say for sure about some things?
"Go and tell Yuncheng to come and pay his respects to me tomorrow morning."
"Yes."
*
On the other side, Xie Mansion.
Shen Shuyi slept a lot during the day, and Xie Jingchi had been there these days. He was suddenly absent today, so Shen Shuyi was a little uncomfortable with it, so he simply picked up a book to read.
Not long after, Jiang Li hurried over.
"Miss, news from the palace."
Shen Shuyi raised his eyebrows: "What?"
"Teacher Wang secretly requested to see His Majesty today and reported the incident of Shen Jing'an stealing Shen Shuhan's essay, which also involved the incident of leaking the test questions."
Shen Shuyi frowned and sat up straight.
She has not yet obtained conclusive evidence, and she may not be completely sure of impeaching Xiao Yuncheng at the moment.
"He also said that afterward, Eunuch Wang Xi sent someone to Jing'an Palace."
Shen Shuyi narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "So, your majesty also knows about Wang Xi's movements."
Jiang Li said nothing, just stood by.
Shen Shuyi pondered for a while, then sighed softly, "Brother knows that I am trying to lure the snake out of its hole, and he doesn't want me to become a target for Concubine Jing and Xiao Yuncheng, so he stands in front of me."
In this way, even if Concubine Jing and Xiao Yuncheng knew about her being in Jinglou, the most urgent task was to keep a close eye on her brother and Shen Jingan.
Perhaps... the people they want to kill most at this moment... are Shen Jingan and Ouyang Song.
Shen Shuyi said in a deep voice: "You and Jiuchou, take your men with you and make sure to keep Shen Jingan and Ouyang Song safe. At least... they cannot die before meeting His Majesty."
"Yes."
"Send another letter to Tong Guan and tell him that he must carefully check all of Shen Jingan's supplies, including his writing brushes, inkstones, food and drink expenses, during the palace examination tomorrow."
"Yes."
Shen Shu's thoughts were racing. There wasn't much time left for Concubine Jing and Xiao Yuncheng. If they wanted to kill Shen Jing'an and Ouyang Song, they only had this one night until the palace examination tomorrow.
Given Emperor Qianwu's personality, he would not start a fight right away. He would definitely wait until the palace examination was over before keeping the group to question them.
If they missed this night and waited until Shen Jing'an entered the palace, they would have no choice but to tamper with Shen Jing'an's personal belongings. Otherwise, other candidates would be implicated and the matter would only get bigger and bigger.
As for his brother... Shen Shuyi believed that he had made all the necessary preparations.
With Gu Yunhe, Cheng Yunliang and Lou Chengxuan around, my brother should be fine.