It was dark and the rain had not subsided.

There was a dead silence in the courtroom.

The ministers had different faces, and they probably had a guess in their hearts.

What conditions did Elder Cui Ge offer, and could he impress His Majesty?

They looked at the thin figure under the Danqi one after another.

It's a pity......

Why are you number one?

Even if it's a list of eyes and flowers, the gate valve can accommodate you, but the champion can't!

Regret it?

If you were to rewind the clock in the morning, would you do your best on the temple papers?

For a common people, being able to be admitted to the Jinshi ruling party is already the smoke of the ancestral tomb, why bother to climb to the top of the mountain, the scenery there does not belong to you at all.

The sound of messy footsteps outside the hall interrupted everyone's thoughts.

A thin old man in a green shirt hurried over, knelt down, slammed his forehead on the floor, and said hoarsely:

"Your Majesty, the crime is extremely heinous!"

The hall was amazed.

The person who came was Li Xiangwei, the great Confucian of Guozijian, and at the same time there was another layer of identity-

Examiner!

Wonderful!

Hearing the voice, the empress and Cui Huaizhen happened to walk out of the side hall one after the other.

Ji Fuyao quietly glanced at Gu Ping'an, there was no light in those clear eyes, she quickly shifted her gaze, and sat on the throne without changing her face.

To be able to get to this day, is Zhuangyuanlang a dull person?

But even if you guess, it's my decision!

Sacrificing you alone to consolidate the imperial power, your sacrifice is supremely glorious!

The empress adjusted her mood and asked in a cold voice:

"What is the sin?"

Li Xiangwei's heart is like a knife, and when he thinks that the lives of his entire family are tied to the hands of others, how can he go against the will of the other party.

"Micro ...... Wechen abused his power, engaged in personal fraud, and took the initiative to leak questions to Gu Ping'an before the exam, and Wechen was willing to be killed, and apologized to the Daqian scholars......"

"Here's the proof."

Li Xiangwei stumbled towards His Majesty Dan and handed the folded rice paper to the palace maid.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty lowered their hands and bowed their heads, most of the three hundred jinshi gloated, and a very small number of poor scholars felt sad.

The first lesson of the temple is cruel and bloody.

So that there was clearly no blood, but he held a sharp blade and plunged it into the heart of Zhuang Yuanlang.

Gu Ping'an was silent as always, without making excuses, and his rebuttal had no effect, he just felt very cold.

This is a kind of coldness that comes from within him, a coldness that is born with a sense of fatalism, and this is the life of the poor.

The empress unfolded the rice paper, there was not a word on the paper, she instantly changed color, and angrily reprimanded:

"Ignoring the royal law and blatantly committing fraud, this move is indignant to people and gods, and heaven and earth will not tolerate it!"

"Pass the edict, dismiss Li Xiangwei and put him in prison!"

As soon as the words fell, the Imperial Forest Army rushed into the palace and dragged Li Xiangwei out.

It was not so much dragging as Li Xiang took the initiative to climb out for himself, he was ashamed to the top, and he didn't dare to look at the young man from beginning to end.

Seeing the situation, the empress said in a cold voice:

"Gu Ping'an, you disappointed me too much! Standing here with despicable and shameless means, even I was almost deceived by you! ”

"I still have high hopes for you, but I never thought that you would be a cunning villain!"

"Get rid of the results of the examination, deprive the champion of his fame, ask the queen of the autumn to set an example, not repeating the code is not enough to deter the world, who dares to go crooked again, Gu Ping'an is the end!"

The ruthless voice resounded in the hall, and the gate lord was relieved, and finally controlled the situation.

Gu Ping'an was like being struck by lightning, at this moment, what was more unbearable than despair and fear was the complete humiliation of his own personality.

"Do you want to argue?" The Empress stared at him.

Gu Ping'an smiled, muttered a few words softly, looked around at the golden and splendid palace, and said in a self-deprecating tone:

"I remember when I was seven years old, one evening after threshing pigweed, I dragged the pigweed, and my mother held the firewood she had picked up, and told me, 'Peace you must not rot in the mud, you must go out, you have to walk a long, long way alone.'" ”

"In that year, the grassland barbarians went south, and the strong men in the village were all dragged to the battlefield, and when my father came back, there was only a handful of ashes left, and my mother also fell ill, and that day was the last time I cried bitterly."

"I'm very obedient, but this road is really too hard, because there is no restraint, I can only lie on the windowsill of the private school in winter, and my palms are frozen and I don't dare to move, in fact, the physical torture is nothing, my most aggrieved thing is that my clothes are in tatters, and I don't have my mother to sew them for me."

"Fortunately, I learned to do wood carving, work at night and study during the day, and usually go to sit in front of my father's tomb when I am tired.

After being silent for a long time, Gu Ping'an shook his head and smiled:

"Do you think I'm pleading for mercy?"

"No, until now I don't think the long road to study is a joke, the light boat has crossed the ten thousand mountains, I am worthy of the self who has worked hard, I am worthy of my father's prayers, even if the dignity of the body is overturned, I am still proud of myself."

The hall was full of depression, and many officials were moved by grief and even burst into tears.

The young man was determined to go out of the countryside and went to Huangquan in the cold window for ten years.

He was never wrong.

The fault is the absurd government, and the fault is the emperor on the throne.

The empress quietly clenched her fists, and then suddenly let go, and the sadness on her cheeks flashed.

If she were an ordinary woman of twenty-seven, she would be ashamed.

But she is the emperor of mountains and rivers, and the emperor should be hard-hearted, how can she rule the common people if she is indecisive?

A necessary sacrifice!

When I create a glorious and prosperous world, I will overturn the case for you and let you be blinded under the nine springs.

Some ministers could no longer hold back their anger, their eyes were red and they roared:

"Black and white are reversed, good and evil are transposed, Your Majesty listens to the villain's false words, what is the difference between pointing to a deer as a horse!"

"Instead of curbing the arrogance of the gate valve, it has added fuel to the fire, how shameless and incompetent?"

"How can the eyes and ears of all the people of the world be easily blinded? Although Gu Ping'an died wisely, His Majesty's move will be left for thousands of years, and he will have to pay a heavy price for today for the rest of his life! ”

One stone stirs up a thousand waves.

Instantly.

"Seconded."

"Seconded!"

"Seconded !!"

Dozens of officials were not afraid of death and stood out in a dignified manner.

"Presumptuous!" The empress slapped the imperial case angrily, and her tone was Sensen:

"If I allow fraudsters to reach the top of the gold list, I will regret it for the rest of my life, and immediately put Gu Ping'an in prison, I don't want to see this despicable and shameless villain for a moment!"

Gu Ping'an's face was expressionless, and he said word by word:

"Don't you dare look at me, do you? You know very well how filthy your heart is. ”

After speaking, he took the initiative to walk to the Imperial Forest Army outside the palace, without fear or trembling.

He held up the last nobility and dignity, and at the same time expressed his outright contempt for the empress with a calm mockery.

Ji Fuyao's face was embarrassed to the extreme, and the civil and military atmosphere of the Manchu Dynasty did not dare to breathe, and he looked at the escorted figure.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

At the same time, a high-pitched voice sounded in the court, and then there were many people who responded to the peace, and the gate officials admired His Majesty's extraordinary courage from the bottom of their hearts.

As for the fraudsters?

If you want to blame yourself, you can't do it!

But if you are smarter, you should not covet the position of champion, otherwise how can you kill yourself?

This is a fateful disaster, no wonder others.

Ji Fuyao was still angry, raised his hand and grabbed the stack of hall test papers, directly tore the sealing line, and swept it for a while.

"The champion Cui Che, the eyes are close to Taiyu, and the uncle of the flower king is the same."

"Retreat!"

With the departure of the empress, the palace examination came to an indescribable end.