During the palace examination, dozens of ministers looked at two or three hundred test papers, and it did not take much time, not to mention, the papers of the students in the palace examination had nothing to see at all, they only needed to scan them at a glance.

Two hours later, the reading of the papers was over, and after several ministers discussed, their opinions and rankings were presented to the old emperor.

After the palace test, the results of Feng Bijin, Jing Yan and Jiao Xiangdi were all mentioned on the premise. Feng is the first in the second class, and Jing Yan and Jiao Xiangdi are also in the second class, but they are ranked lower.

The three people in the first class, except for Qi Mao, who was originally ranked second, is still the second, and the first and third in the original exam are not there, and they are all lost in the second class, and this is because the emperor doesn't want to be too ugly, otherwise according to the results of their palace examination, they will not even be ranked in the top three.

At this time, it was already dark, the students waiting in the side hall were tired and hungry, there were a few plates of pastries and tea on the table, but no one dared to move.

Although the old emperor and the ministers were also busy for a day, they had tea to drink at any time, and there were palace people to deliver food at the point, and no one dared to starve them at all. Even if they are busy for a day, these people are in good spirits, only the Fifth Prince and Qin Xiaoyan are more miserable, and the two of them have been kneeling since the morning.

Qin Shiyan is okay, even if he kneels for a day, his back is still straight, but his sweaty back is silent, and he silently tells everyone that he is not easy at this time, but he refuses to admit defeat and refuses to fall into his pride.

And the five princes look much miserable, beating the little emperor and protecting the concubine, the five princes have not suffered so much, they have long been staggered and kneeling on the ground, moving their hands and feet from time to time, looking tired and miserable.

The current appearance of the fifth prince is indeed very miserable, but people will not only not sympathize with him, but will look down on him.

There is a gap when there is a contrast, the five princes and Qin Xiaoyan knelt down at the same time, kneeling for the same time, but the five princes put on a look of being abused, who are they doing to see?

Not to mention that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty looked down on the five princes who were soft and couldn't endure hardships, even the old emperor didn't like it. If it weren't for Qin Xiaoyan's comparison, others would have thought that he had abused his son.

In fact, the old emperor really abused his son. What parent punishes his son by making them kneel on the cold ground for four or five hours?

Not to mention the five princes, even Qin Xiaoyan couldn't hold on, if it weren't for the internal force to protect him, Qin Lianyan would also fall at this time, and he would never be much better than the five princes.

After the old emperor was sealed, the ranking of this scientific examination officially took effect, but just when the officials of the Ministry of Rites were about to read the ranking, the eunuch hurriedly stepped forward, "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good." ”

"Wait." The old emperor had a bad premonition in his heart, and hurriedly stopped the officials who went out to read the ranking, "Put it down first, and then go back and read it out." ”

The officials of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly withdrew their feet and stepped aside, and only then did the old emperor ask, "What's wrong?" His tone was calm, but his trembling hands showed that he was nervous at this time.

Although the little eunuch's face turned pale in a hurry, his speech was very clear, and he explained all the causes and consequences.

Left and right are the lifters who accidentally discovered the leakage of the scientific examination, and found some evidence along this line. However, this group of people did not make trouble, they just wrote a complaint and went to Shuntianfu to complain.

Everyone present knew how dark this year's scientific expedition was, but when things started up, everyone was still shocked, "How can this be?" ”

"Leaked exam questions? How is this possible? This year's exam questions are only known to Master Kang, and he lived in the Gongyuan after learning about the exam questions, how could he leak the questions, is there something wrong with him? ”

"There has never been a leak of questions in the scientific examination every year, but it is not that the group of lifters deliberately made trouble."

There are many ways to cheat in the scientific examination, although the leakage of questions is stable, the risk is too great, the chief examiner cherishes his reputation and will never make a leak, and Kang is also a good person, so there are many people who speak for him.

"Didn't you say there was evidence? It's better to be cautious about this matter. The scientific examination is held once every three years, which is a major event for my Daqin scholars, and if the scientific examination leaks the questions, it will be unfair to the lifters, and it will be harmful to the Jiangshan Society to select a group of incompetent people. ”

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No matter when, it will always be like this in the court, a group of people quarrel and quarrel, each with their own reason, but the parties are thrown aside by them.

The old emperor was so troubled by their quarrel that he roared angrily: "Shut up! "Can quarrel bring out the truth? Does arguing fix things?

What else will this group of people do besides arguing?

Like the flow of water being cut off, the sound of the quarrel stopped instantly, and even some people stopped as soon as they made a sound, and the picture was indescribably funny.

The old emperor slanted coldly, and said to Lord Kang who was kneeling in the hall: "Lord Kang, what is going on?" I want to know the truth. "The only one who has the ability to leak the test questions is Kang Daren.

At this time, he couldn't admit that he was killed, and Master Kang didn't want to think about it: "Minister, minister doesn't know." ”

Something so big happened, it wasn't something that could be shirked without knowing a word, and the old emperor asked again: "Apart from you, who else knows the subject exam questions?" ”

"Nope." Master Kang buried his head, not daring to look at anyone, let alone the emperor, he was afraid of revealing the fear in his heart.

originally thought that the palace examination was over, and this year's imperial examination would come to an end safely, but I didn't want such a thing to happen at the last moment.

I didn't know what to ask three questions, and I didn't have to think about it to know that I couldn't ask anything from Lord Kang's mouth, so the old emperor turned to ask the eunuch who came in to report, "Who took the lead in going to the yamen to complain?" "It's a joke that you want to be an official with such a character. Dare to take the lead against the imperial court, even if you are admitted to the top prize, don't go far in the officialdom.

"A child of the Confucian family in Shandong." When the eunuch said this, he didn't even dare to come out.

No one knows that the children of the Confucian family in Shandong are extraordinary, but no one has entered the court as officials, and they only participate in the imperial examination to test their talents, and the court cannot threaten them at all.

"The children of the Confucian family in Shandong have fallen off the list?" The old emperor frowned, and looked at Lord Kang with sharp eyes.

The children of the Confucian family in Shandong can all fall off the list, which is a joke.

Master Kang hurriedly said: "No, the children of the Kong family are in the tenth of the second class. ”

"It's not the Confucian family, it's a side line." The eunuch hurriedly explained, "In addition to the son of the Kong family, the virtuous hermit is also in the yamen, saying that he came forward on behalf of the people, hoping that the court will not embarrass the people." ”

The virtuous hermit was also a person who did not want to be an official, so the court could not threaten him with an official position.

Even the great Confucians of the current dynasty came forward, and the fraud in the scientific examination could never be covered, let alone good, no matter how much the old emperor suppressed it, it was useless.

However, as soon as the case of fraud in the scientific examination came out, the son of Xiangbei, who was locked in a prison and had no household registration, also took the opportunity to "escape" and stumbled to Shuntianfu to sue the imperial examination and someone impersonated......

A word to readers: Two more are served. I finally saved a day in advance, and I instantly felt relieved!