The group arrived at the gate of the palace, got off the car and walked along the long street to the palace where the emperor was deliberating. This main hall is the place where the emperor meets the ministers, and next to it is the imperial study, the palace is gorgeous and extraordinary, golden and brilliant, and everywhere shows the wealth of the heavenly family.

Mu Ruqing and the others calmly entered the hall and walked with their heads down, and the emperor was already looking at them condescendingly on the dragon chair with a cup of dragon well. After saluting, the emperor affectionately called them to get up and give them seats, so that they could see the situation in the hall clearly.

The main hall was very empty, and only a few people sat opposite them, one was the steward of the Gongyuan who had already met, and a few relevant officials, and the rest was a young man dressed as a scholar.

This person has a mediocre appearance, a slightly chubby figure, two round and puffy eyes, and deep eye bags that are eye-catching, which makes people feel that he has no temperament at all that a scholar should have, but has a little more treacherous atmosphere in the market, like a scheming businessman, greasy and difficult to look at. Although this person sat respectfully, his eyes were rolling slightly, and from time to time he looked at the gorgeous furnishings in the hall with a greedy gaze, and he didn't know how to restrain himself at all.

"Brother Huang called us, is there anything wrong?" Jiang Xinyue asked straight to the point, by no means like other people, she was afraid of being submissive, this is also what the emperor and the queen mother appreciate most about her, sometimes looking at her, I feel that it seems that Princess Jingshu at that time should be like this when she grows up, windy and heroic.

"Ah, that's the case, the steward of the Gongyuan, you repeat Fang Cai's words to the county lord." The emperor didn't see any joy or anger on his face, but he didn't seem to be very interested in this matter, "The queen mother heard that you entered the palace, and said that after dealing with these things, let you go to the harem to talk about it, Lan Guifei and Fang Yan are also there, they all miss you." ”

The steward of the Emperor's Tribute Academy wiped his sweat with his sleeve, stood up from his seat respectfully, and bowed to Jiang Xinyue and the others, and then said tremblingly: "Returning to the county lord, it is this candidate, and he wants to report a pin of incense with his real name... colluded with internal and external parties to disrupt the order of the examination room, and used their positions to secretly deliver answers to candidates in the venue. ”

The steward is now very uncertain, after all, no one wants to have many incidents at this time, and what he complained about was a hot incense in front of the emperor, how could the two county lords be easy to provoke? What's more, he had already said these words a long time ago, the emperor just asked people to bring Yipinxiang to ask him for questioning, and after seeing Yipinxiang's people, he was even more angry, and even gave him a seat to care as usual, and he knew which side the emperor was standing on at a glance, so he added another sentence without a trace.

"It's just that the Gongyuan didn't notice any clues in this matter, it was all the words of this candidate Zhou Hu, and I also asked Your Majesty to know it."

Zhou Hu glanced at the steward, and looked down on him very much when he heard this, and said secretly in his heart: I'm afraid of ghosts, sooner or later, I will pull you all off the horse.

Ruan Mianmian looked at this greasy man for a while, and when he heard that he was going to sue Yipinxiang, he suddenly lacked interest, from small to large, from the surface to the inside, Yazi, who is not very smart no matter how you look at it, I am afraid that others also found jokes to smear Yipinxiang.

"This brother, are you also a candidate for this year's exam?" Ruan Mianmian's voice was sweet, with a kind of girlish gentleness, and she listened to the words clearly and gracefully, and she grabbed Zhou Hu's heart at once.

Zhou Hu smiled, Ruan Mianmian only felt a feeling of nausea surging up his throat, and he almost fainted without rolling his eyes, but he still let his eyes open, and seemed to look at him but did not focus, so that he could suppress the disgust in his heart.

"What the county lord said is that Zhou is indeed a candidate for this year's upcoming examination." When he said this, his eyes narrowed slightly, he patted his chest proudly, and held his head high like a colorful rooster showing off his plump feathers, but judging from his size, it was a yellow stewed chicken with grease.

Ruan Mianmian was still smiling, but he half-lowered his head and looked a little aggrieved, like self-blame and shyness and apprehension like a little girl and a strange man asking questions: "Mianmian has never read, but I heard that the readers are very personable and pay special attention to etiquette. ”

According to the rules, even if he Zhou Hu is a candidate for the exam, he may be a very popular minister in the future, but now he is also a commoner without an official title and title, so he has to be a literati to the county lord of a pint of incense.

Zhou Hu was a little stunned by Ruan Mianmian's words, and said in his heart that the brain circuit of this county lord is really different from ordinary people, but he came to sue them, and the crime is not light, she is good, she greeted herself first, and chatted about the sky, but since he let him salute, he will do it, don't say anything about the county lord's concubine, they are all prisoners.

Thinking like this in his heart, Zhou Hu replied with some embarrassment: "Yes, yes, the first time I saw such a noble and beautiful woman as the county lord in a whisper, I was in a trance for a while, and I forgot the etiquette, I should fight, I should fight." ”

Then Zhou Hu got up and bowed down to Ruan Mianmian and the others: "Grass people Zhou Hu, I have seen the two county lords and all the nobles. ”

Zhou Hu saluted and got up and sat down, but Yipinxiang set off a wave of secret waves under the calm. Jiang Xinyue lowered her head and pinched the candied fruit on the table and stuffed it into her mouth, chewing to cover the smile at the corner of her mouth, Mu Ruqing also raised her forehead and lowered her head, and threw a distressed look at Ruan Mianmian. Liu Xin'er sat next to Ruan Mianmian, with a playful smile on her face, touched Ruan Mianmian with her elbow, and said with her mouth: "What a noble and beautiful county lord~" Then she shook her shoulders with laughter.

Ruan Mianmian was even more angry, she had the heart to pick on this Zhou Hu, but she didn't want this person to be such a prodigal disciple who didn't pick up his eyes and didn't know what to do, but let him speak lightly, and immediately shook his hand and hid aside to pretend to be a quail.

"I've seen it on both sides, I'm going to ask why, Zhou Hu, come forward and reply." The emperor also saw that Ruan Mianmian was deflated, and he was not very happy, and he had a bad impression of this Zhou Hu, even if there was nothing to do today, his career would be ruined here.

"The grass people are here." Zhou Hu hurriedly got up and knelt down in the middle, with a flattering smile, Ruan Mianmian turned his face away and pouted, thinking about how to rectify this disciple.

"Since you said that Yipinxiang is suspected of undermining the fairness of the scientific examination, and it has caused trouble in the main hall again, I will tell you the truth one by one, so that I can distinguish right from wrong for you."

"Yes, Caomin is also a candidate for this year, and he took the exam in the number room for the first three days, and he ate all the meals sent in by Yipinxiang. However, on the last day of the policy exam, when the grass people were eating, they happened to see the candidate in the opposite room, named Jin Jiaoyang, took out a note from the lunch box, and then opened it very secretly, and then wrote the answer on the answer sheet, and put the note into the cuffs. ”

The people of Yipinxiang were really surprised when they heard Jin Jiaoyang's name, they also knew that this name was only one day, and someone tied them to a boat, I don't know if it was fate or what the people who set up this bureau realized, but this also made them feel relieved, Yipinxiang and Jin Jiaoyang have never had contact and contact, and the things that do not exist are naturally inconclusive.

"Don't worry, it's full of loopholes." Jiang Xinyue patted Ruan Mianmian's hand and motioned her to continue looking, this level of framing didn't need their daughter's family to make a move, and it was up to Mu Ruqing to deal with it.

"Okay, since you said it by name, then someone will spread the word that this Jin Jiaoyang has entered the palace to speak, what does another Pin Xiang have to say?" The emperor ordered the little eunuch beside him to go down, and then turned his head to look at the side where Yi Pinxiang was sitting.

"Zhou Hu, you said that Jin Jiaoyang took out a note from the food box, so did you see what the note was?" Mu Ruqing took a sip of the pure maple dew tea, smacked his lips with satisfaction, and asked casually.

"This..."Zhou Hu only thought that Mu Ruqing was going to admit it, scratched his head and meditated for a while, and finally raised his head and said affirmatively: "I see it clearly!" It's a note with the answer to the policy theory, and there are some key points of the policy theory densely written on it, and the title of the policy theory is also written, absolutely yes! ”

"And how big is that note? What kind of paper is it made of? Mu Ruqing seemed to inadvertently continue to ask and explore, looking at Zhou Hu very uncomfortable.

"It's the length of a palm, two inches wide, and it's long!" Zhou Hu didn't hesitate this time, anyway, the person who sent him had already explained, at this time, the more detailed the description of the stolen evidence, the more it shows that the matter is true, anyway, no one will check whether there is really this small note, even if it can't be found, it can be inferred that they have destroyed the stolen goods in the past two days, and they only need to splash this basin of dirty water on them, and they can't keep it clean.

"Really, can you guarantee that you say a word is true?" Mu Ruqing put down the teacup, and even had a slight sympathy in his eyes when he looked at Zhou Hu, as if this person would never be able to appear here again after a while, although he didn't make any big moves, but there was an indescribable domineering aura all over his body.

"Then can there be a fake? I saw it with my own eyes! Although Zhou Hu was a little weak-hearted, he still straightened his waist and did not show timidity.

"Then please ask the stewards of the Gongyuan to answer my question," Mu Ruqing smiled and gestured slightly to the steward of the Gongyuan: "The setting of the Gongyuan room, how many meters is the distance between the two opposite rooms?" ”

The steward was suddenly called by name, and immediately stepped forward and replied: "There is a corridor in the middle of the two opposite rooms of the Gongyuan, which is three meters wide, and there are inspection officials walking back and forth to check, and changing shifts every half an hour. ”

"Your Majesty, my words are finished, please ask Your Majesty to judge, this matter has been settled." After Mu Ruqing finished asking, he pushed the matter of birth to the emperor, and he held Jiang Xinyue's hand again and changed his lazy expression.