Outside the Taihe Palace.

Wang Jue and more than 20 other tribute students knelt outside, waiting for the saint.

Qiu Xi glanced at Wang Jue, who was kneeling beside him, and said in a low voice, "Why do you want me?" ”

"Just a meeting yuan should be regarded as a meeting gift for you." Wang Jue said in a low voice with an expressionless face.

An imperceptible smile tugged at the corner of Qiu Xi's mouth.

"Remember what we said was good, and we'll see what the saint said in a while." Wang Jue said in a low voice.

Qiu Xun nodded.

"Your Majesty announced that all the tribute students will enter the temple to face the saints." Gonggong Li walked out and said.

Qiu Xi and Wang Jue glanced at each other and walked towards the Taihe Hall together.

Zhao Gou sat on the high dragon chair and looked condescendingly at the protégés of the Son of Heaven kneeling on the ground.

"Flat, sit down."

Wang Jue sat on the table and chair used for the exam, and looked around with the corner of his eye, King Qi, Ji Changge, Yu Guangxian, the first assistant of the cabinet, the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and some officials who did not know.

King Qi also glanced at Wang Jue and Qiu Xian, with a smile in his eyes.

"Wen Aiqing, let's start."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After Wen Qiran finished speaking, he distributed the examination papers in his hand to each Gongsheng, and the palace examination officially began.

Half an hour later, several officials of the Ministry of Rites put away all the examination papers, and then put them in the hands of the eight paper readers next to them, and the eight people took turns to read the papers, and added "○", "△", "\", "1", "×" five kinds of marks on the examination papers, "○" is the best, and "×" is the worst.

The eight examiners nervously looked at the exam papers in their hands, and then passed them on to the next examiner after scoring. After the last, the ten examination papers with the most "○" were selected among them and handed to Emperor Zhao Gou.

Zhao Gou looked at the ten papers in front of him, but there was no one from Wang Jue, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, but he didn't say anything, and quickly swept the ten exam papers in his hand, but the cinnabar pen in his hand did not fall for a long time.

Everyone stared at Zhao Gou, waiting to see who the flowers would be.

"I can add one more question, and if I answer it well, I can get extra points. Let's talk about it. How do you view the changes in Xuanwumen? Zhao Gou looked at the crowd, and his gaze stayed on Wang Jue for a moment.

Everyone's originally happy eyes suddenly became puzzled, the change of Xuanwu Gate. It's not a good topic. I'm afraid I'm going to lose my head.

The ministers of the court didn't know why Zhao Gou suddenly added a question. And it is also this particularly sensitive topic, the crown prince has just been deposed, and King Xuan is still under house arrest. Is this implying anything?

Ji Changge glanced at King Qi and saw that he lowered his head, and his face was not as calm as Shicai, obviously a little weak-hearted.

Zhao Gou looked at the people who were peeking at each other, but no one dared to step forward, and his voice was slightly angry: "Do you only know the Four Books and Five Classics of the Tao of Lu, the Tao of Confucius and Mencius, and don't even have a little idea of your own?" ”

Seeing that the emperor was angry, all the candidates were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt on the ground.

Wang Jue stepped forward: "Back to His Majesty, the students think that if there is no change in Xuanwumen, there will be no later Zhenguan prosperity, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji are arrogant and lascivious, no talent and no virtue, if these two people win the world, they will repeat the mistakes of Emperor Yang of Sui, and there will be no later Zhenguan rule, Kaiyuan Prosperous Era, since ancient times, those who have become great things, do not be informal, however, the root cause is in Tang Gaozu, if it is not for Gaozu to listen to slander, insist on Li Jiancheng as the prince, and change the Qin King Li Shimin as the prince, it will not make brothers kill each other. ”

After Wang Jue finished speaking, everyone broke out in a cold sweat, the silence in the hall was terrifying, and King Qi's eyes showed appreciation, Wang Jue's words were obviously beneficial to him.

A drop of sweat slipped from the tip of Ji Changge's nose, this Wang Jue was too bold.

"Your Majesty, the students don't think so, killing their brother and usurping the throne is a great rebellion, and they are not filial piety to establish the country, and their name is not right, how can they convince the people? If it is not for the loyal ministers and good generals, I am afraid that there will be no Zhenguan rule in later generations, and if Li Jiancheng is the emperor, there are loyal ministers to assist him, it is not necessarily bad, after all, the young and the young are orderly, and the descendants are different. Qiu Xi stepped forward.

King Qi's face changed, and when did this Qiu Xian's elbow turn out

"It makes sense."

Zhao Gou said approvingly, and his gaze suddenly turned to King Qi: "Second brother, what do you think?" ”

King Qi was stunned for a moment, his eyes rolled and said: "Back to my father, my son thinks that what Qiu Huiyuan said is reasonable." ”

"Yes, I originally planned to make you the crown prince, since you have no intention of inheriting the unification, then give up, although Lao Jiu is a little stupid, but with your brothers, as well as many loyal ministers and good generals in the court, I believe that I will not live up to my expectations." Zhao Gou said indifferently.

After listening to Zhao Gou's words, Qi Wang was like a fish in his throat, and he opened his mouth, but he couldn't say a word, and his mind was inextricably linked, but he couldn't figure it out.

The ministers of the court looked at each other, and let the stupid and dull old nine inherit the position of the crown prince, which is too much

Zhao Gou picked up the pen, picked up an exam paper in his hand, and wrote a few words on it.

"Emperor Xuan's edict, the champion of this imperial examination, Wang Jue. Bangyan, Qiu Raid, Tanhua"

The eight examiners were shocked, Wang Jue's test papers were not among the ten test papers at all, how did the saint judge the top three?

Qiu Xi suddenly knelt in front: "Your Majesty, the student has something to do." ”

"Say." Zhao Gouhu looked at Qiu Xian suspiciously.

"The students want to join the prince of Qi, the king of Qi plotted to rebel, framed His Royal Highness the prince and Prince Xuan, and the criminals are monstrous!"

Qiu Xian's words were like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and everyone was stunned, especially King Qi, who was even more shocked and almost jumped up.

"What nonsense are you talking about? How dare you slander this king! King Qi changed his elegant image and accused loudly.

Zhao Gou's eyes were gloomy, and he looked at Qiu Xian and said, "Oh? What evidence do you have? ”

"Father, don't believe what this despicable villain said, the son has never done such a dirty thing at all." King Qi hurriedly knelt down and said.

"The minister is the evidence, last year, the king of Qi instructed the minister to kill three people, Zou Ming, Fang Wenbin, and Su Zi'an, said to blame King Xuan and the prince, some time ago, the king of Qi personally wrote down the 'evidence', let the students send to Dali Temple, so that the emperor is suspicious of the prince and King Xuan, the students know that the death penalty is inevitable, thanks to the wrong love of the saint, the students are ashamed of it, can not watch the prince killed, Jiangshan Sheji fell into the hands of treacherous people, the students did not have half a lie, please the saint to see." Qiu Xi said the words that he had already recited silently in his heart many times in one breath.

Zhao Gou's face was gloomy, and he looked at King Qi coldly and said, "Second brother, what he said is the truth?" ”

King Qi cried and said: "Father, there is no such thing, how can the minister not get along with himself, write a note and send it to Dali Temple, if it weren't for his father's clear inspection, his son would still be locked up in Dali Temple at this time." ”

"Because you are accurate, so that the emperor will not suspect you, then King Xuan and the crown prince will become the object of suspicion, this is a plan to kill two birds with one stone." Qiu Xun continued.

Zhao Gou's face became more and more gloomy, and the court was silent. (To be continued......)

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