In the Taihe Palace, the daily debate between Chen Yuansi and Gu Shihai began again.

Du Jing was still kneeling on the ground and maintaining that kowtow posture, and the other ministers did not dare to interject between the first and second assistants.

Ye Tianhuai listened to the two of them arguing a few words, and interrupted them: "Speaking of this Wang Lisong, I have something here, I want to show it to Zhuqing." ”

As soon as she said this, the ministers all raised their heads to look at her.

Ye Qianhuai said: "If I remember correctly, the literary school sacrificial wine should be one of the candidates for the scientific examination, right?" ”

After Ye Qianhuai asked, he looked at Shi Taiping, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Shi Taiping immediately understood and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, according to the regulations of our dynasty, the Wenxiao sacrificial wine does not participate in the question, but is only the main approval of the first subject of the Ming Book. ”

"Who will come up with the questions for the scientific examination?"

Shi Taiping paused and said, "The three subjects are all prepared by the Ministry of Rites. ”

"Good. Shi Taiping, go and bring the first test paper to me. ”

Shi Taiping was stunned, as if he didn't understand what the emperor meant. After a while, he replied: "The first draft test paper is sealed and stored in the East Pavilion, and the ministers of the court will go to get it and present it to Your Majesty." ”

"You don't have to go down. The East Pavilion is not far away, just a few steps away, you can go and get it now. Ye Qianhuai's attitude was very resolute.

Shi Taiping was confused, he looked around, as if he wanted to wait for someone to say something for him, but the hall was silent.

"Minister, Commander." He replied a little suffocated, and walked out of the Taihe Hall angrily.

After he went out for half a moment, Gu Shihai couldn't bear the silence in the court, and asked, "Why did Your Majesty suddenly ask about the examination papers of Chunyu?" ”

Ye Tianhuai glanced at Gu Shihai meaningfully, and said, "Because yesterday when I was resting, I went out of the palace for a walk, and I happened to buy a set of papers that are said to be the questions of this year's Spring Exam in the market. ”

After speaking, she took out the booklet she bought in the ghost market from her arms and put it on the case in front of her.

"How is this possible? The Spring Exam Questions are a secret of my big scene, and no one can know in advance except for the compiler. This man must be a deceitful. Gu Shihai looked at a few pieces of tissue paper on the table and said angrily.

Ye Tianhuai squinted at him, then suddenly smiled and said, "I think so too. But this set of papers will sell for ten silver ingots, and many of them have already been sold. I felt that the Ministry of Punishment should arrest this trafficker so that he would not cheat again. ”

Gu Shihai was a little confused by her laughter, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

At this time, Shi Taiping finally returned.

Although he was only less than forty years old, he had a big belly and was out of breath for this trip, and when he came back, he saw that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were all looking at him with complicated expressions, and he couldn't help but be a little stunned.

He walked all the way to the bottom of the jade steps, held the scroll in his hand above the top, and said, "This is the first test question, and I would like to present it to the imperial review." ”

His words were respectful, but there was no trace of respect in his tone.

Li Baoquan walked down the steps from the throne, took the scroll from his hand, walked quickly back to the throne, and placed the scroll on the desk.

The volume is also sealed with a wax seal with the word "Jing" printed on it.

Ye Tianhuai didn't immediately open the seal, but looked at Gu Shihai and asked, "Old Gu Ge, have you seen this test paper?" ”

Gu Shihai's expression was no longer as annoyed as before, he pondered, and replied with some caution: "How could the old minister have read the scroll from the Ministry of Rites?" ”

Ye Tianhuai smiled lightly again and said, "Okay." I haven't seen it either. Gu Ge Lao and I will take a look. ”

After speaking, she neatly opened the wax seal and took out the test paper in it.

With just one glance, Ye Tianhuai knew that this set of topics was exactly the same as in his previous life.

She carefully flipped through the test paper page by page, and it was the third time she had seen the questions on it, but she looked at it quietly, as if she was really comparing them seriously.

The hall was so quiet that you could hear the sound of falling pins.

It wasn't until the last page that Ye Qianhuai combined the two sets of test questions, handed them to Li Baoquan on the side, and said, "Pass them to the ministers." Let everyone take a look. ”

Li Baoquan took the test paper, respectfully held it up and walked down the imperial steps, according to the grade, he presented the test paper to Chen Yuansi first.

At this time, Shi Taiping's expression was already flustered, and his eyes roamed back and forth between the emperor and the set of test papers, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it.

"Chen Ge Lao has finished reading it, and he will also show it to Gu Ge Lao." Ye Qianhuai's tone was still calm.

Because Chen Yuansi was old, Gu Shihai walked up to him to get the two test papers. When passing by Shi Taiping, who was standing in the middle, he glanced at Shi Taiping with a sharp expression.

Gu Shihai was much faster than Ye Tianhuai and Chen Yuansi flipping through it, he almost turned two or three pages at the speed of ten lines at a glance, and his face changed greatly.

"You ......" Gu Shihai seemed to be angry, and his speech was stuck, "Shi Taiping, what's going on?" ”

With that, he slammed the two sets of test papers on Shi Taiping's face.

Ye Tianhuai looked at this scene with a cold expression.

Shi Taiping didn't know what was going on, he picked up the test paper on the ground, only glanced at it, then knelt on the ground, and said with a blank face: "My lord, Your Majesty, Weichen really doesn't know what's going on." ”

Ye Tianhuai looked at him, his eyes were like knives, but he spoke calmly: "I don't know how this test question that was well sealed in the East Pavilion appeared in the shop in the West Market." ”

Hearing the shop in the West Market, Shi Taiping's face suddenly turned pale, and he kowtowed like pounding garlic, and he didn't know whether he was kowtowing to Ye Tianhuai or Gu Shihai.

"Your Majesty, you have been wronged. Weichen really doesn't know what's going on...... "He stumbled, suddenly stopped as if he thought of something, and said, "By the way, it's Wang Lisong, he has seen all these topics, it must be him!" Your Majesty, it must be Wang Lisong who leaked the question! ”

"You mean, Wang Lisong leaked the question before he went to prison?"

Shi Taiping seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and said repeatedly: "Exactly!" I beg Your Majesty to thoroughly investigate this matter and return the courtier's innocence! ”

"Innocence?" Ye Tianhuai took the case and said angrily, "The Ministry of Rites has made such a big event as leaking questions about the scientific examination, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, what else can you say about your innocence?" ”

Shi Taiping kowtowed again and again: "Weichen is not well supervised, and he is willing to accept the punishment." But the leakage of the question is really not the minister's doing. I beg Your Majesty to investigate thoroughly! ”

Ye Tianhuai stood in front of the throne and glared at him angrily, so angry that his teeth itched.

The Criminal Department, Yushitai and Dali Temple have long been Gu Shihai's people, and they have even done the thing of pointing out the deer as a horse in front of the emperor, let them go to judge Shi Taiping, the book recommended by Gu Shihai, what can be tried?

Shi Taiping must have seen this, so he insisted on a thorough investigation.

"Elder Chen Ge, what do you think about this matter?" After a while, Ye Qianhuai asked.

Chen Yuansi still looked unfazed, and replied: "The Wenxiao sacrificial wine is not a person in the Ministry of Rites, and there is no qualification or need to contact the exam questions before the scientific examination. If Shi Taiping did disclose the exam questions to Wang Lisong, this move would also be a leak of the questions, a major dereliction of duty, and should be dismissed according to the law. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Shihai kicked at him.

Chen Yuansi's words made Ye Tianhuai calm down. She immediately made a decision and said, "What Chen Ge said is reasonable. Shi Taiping was suspended for investigation, and the Ministry of Rites suspended all work related to scientific research. Du Jing, I ordered you to investigate this case thoroughly, and I can't understand that the same crime as Shi Taiping is the same. The test questions of this branch are going to be re-emerged, Chen Ge Lao, you can lead people to re-emerge. ”

After speaking, Ye Qianhuai said to Chen Yuansi again: "A year ago, I sent the list of candidates for the Spring Exam questions. ”

Chen Yuansi bowed and said, "The old minister has the order." ”