Chapter 321 – One Man Defends Against a Group of Ministers

Chapter 321 – One Man Defends Against a Group of Ministers

“Fifty-fifty?”

Mounted blinking bright eyes, surprised: “dog slave you grasp is quite big ah.”

Then, those small charming peach blossom eyes, swept a glance at Huaiqing, humming, “If you want to enter the palace, just look for me, why bring some irrelevant people.”

“You’ve gotten a lot bolder lately.” Wyvern nodded and walked towards her.

According to the past, at this time, Prosper must have jumped in shock, hopped like a bunny, and slipped away.

But this time she didn’t go, proudly stood up her small chest, pinched her waist, even chose to harden herself against Huaiqing, crisply yelling, “What’s the matter, what this palace said is wrong?”

Xu Qi’an didn’t move and blocked between the two, smiling bitterly, “Don’t make a scene between the two Highnesses, there are outsiders all around, don’t make people laugh.”

Are you not an outsider? Huaiqing glanced at him gently.

The body development is superior +, but the temperament is like an iceberg goddess Huaiqing slightly knit her e brows, she realized that the relationship between Yinluo Xu Ningyan and Lin’an has been heating up rapidly in a short period of time.

For example, when Xu Qi’an crossed between them, it was with his back to Lin An and his face toward her. It was a subconscious move to protect the former.

Then again, when they came in company, Lin An and Xu Ning Banquet were so close that they had exceeded the bounds of etiquette between a courtier and a princess.

It was obvious that Xu Ningyan had gradually moved closer to Lin’an, and this discovery made Huaiqing’s heart inexplicably irritated and uncomfortable.

“Your highness is not asked me before, how to deal with this case, I did not say, because the grasp is not big. Now, well, what should be done are done, plan things in people to accomplish things in heaven.”

Xu Qi’an steered the topic, not giving the two princesses a chance to tear into each other, and seeing that he had indeed attracted the attention of Huaiqing and Lin’an, he smiled and continued on:

“At first, I agonized over how to prove Jiro’s innocence, that he hadn’t cheated, and racked my brain over it. But then I realized that it didn’t matter at all whether he had danced or not.”

Hsu New Year is just a pretext, a reason, or, a knife for the civil officials to start a political game.

In layman’s terms, Erlang Xu was a victim of political struggle.

Therefore, the crux of the problem, the key to break the situation is the word “political struggle”, only to win this battle, Jiro will be able to get a fair trial.

Otherwise, does it matter if a guy who has no backing in the courtroom is innocent or not?

Huaiqing nodded slightly and said, ”What you need to do is to find him help, help that can win the situation in the court. That’s where the difficulty lies.

“The identity of the scholar of the Cloud Deer Academy makes him destined to be a rootless floating duckweed, and it’s fortunate that the princes don’t fall on their swords, it’s impossible for them to favor him.

“If Duke Wei makes a move, then those neutral civil officials will also go down. No one wants to see Duke Wei ally with the Yunlu Academy, and I’m afraid that Chief Minister Wang won’t turn a blind eye either.”

Huaiqing herself understands these mysteries, but what bothers her is the word “helper”.

Without Wei Yuan, how could Xu Qi’an identify forces in the imperial court that could counterbalance the Left Capital Minister, Minister Sun, Duke Cao, and the Minister of War?

All of his bottom line was nothing more than Wei Yuan.

In this game, Emperor Yuan Jing is only the referee As long as he does not actively screw Er Lang, I can still try Xu Qi Xin said.

The princes entered the Golden Palace, kept silent, and waited quietly for a quarter of an hour before Emperor Yuan Jing came late.

The old emperor, reincarnated by Ufa, wore a simple Taoist robe with two fluttering sleeves, like a Taoist priest rather than an emperor.

After the normal play right, the Ministry of Justice Sun Shangshu suddenly came out of the line, said aloud, “The micro minister has something to rise.”

In an instant, a gaze looked toward the back of the scarlet robe official uniform in the body, the slightly dead atmosphere of the court, at this moment, like stirring up a raging undercurrent.

A whirlwind passed and raged between the courtiers.

The foreplay is over and the curtain is rising.

Yuan Xiong, the left imperial inspector, and Qin Yuandao, the minister of war, who plotted this matter, quietly straightened their backs, displaying strong fighting spirit, as well as confidence.

The parties involved in this matter, such as the Secretary of the Da Lisi, had the corners of their mouths raised as they both waited for the opening of the good show and were somewhat impatient to launch their revenge against Xu Qi’an and Wei Yuan.

The faction of Zhao Tingfang, a university scholar, is single-minded and frowning.

In normal times, there is no fear of provocations between parties, no fear of the Minister of the Ministry of War. However, now the Minister of the Ministry of War has come with “great power”, and has tied the East Cabinet scholar and the students of Yunlu Academy together. To clear the name of the East Cabinet scholar is equivalent to clearing the name of Xu New Year, so there are too many enemies.

Inside and outside the hall, the rest of the neutral parties, tacitly watching the fun and waiting to see what happens. If we talk about the stance, naturally, it was in favor of the Ministry of Justice, and it was impossible to favor the Cloud Deer Academy.

“Aiqing, please speak.” Emperor Yuan Jing was seated high in the dragon chair, his demeanor abundant.

“I have been ordered to investigate the case of Zhao Tingfang, a university scholar in the East Cabinet, who accepted a bribe and leaked questions to Xu Xinxin, a candidate, and now the truth has come to light and the water has settled. There were three people involved in the case, namely, Xu New Year, a student of Yunlu Academy; Zhao Tingfang, a university scholar of the East Cabinet, and his housekeeper who acted as an intermediary.

“In addition, according to Xu New Year’s account, he was befriended by the East Cabinet university scholar through his brother, Xu Qi’an.”

Sun Shangshu finished his report.

Corresponding confession, long before the first step to the emperor to see, but all the things discussed at the court, are a day in advance of the submission of the zhangzhi.

Yuan Xiong, the Left Capital Royal Historian, sidestepped and gave Wei Yuan an expressionless look.

The rest of the officials also looked at Wei Yuan with them, waiting for his response and counterattack, this step of Sun Shangshu was forcibly dragging Wei Yuan into the water, not giving him the chance to stand by and watch.

“Your Majesty, if you please, I have something to say.”

At this time, an old imperial historian with gray hair came out, and it was Zhang Xingying, who had made great achievements in Yunzhou.

Emperor Yuan Jing’s answer didn’t change, and he said in a deep voice, “Aiqing, please speak.”

Zhang Xingying glanced at Shangshu Sun with his afterglow and raised his voice, “I would like to file a lawsuit against Shangshu Sun Min of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs for abusing his power and giving in. I ask Your Majesty to order the three departments to conduct a trial and investigate the imperial examination fraud case again.”

This is a common trick used in officialdom: the trick of procrastination!

How effective this move will be will ultimately depend on what the Emperor wants.

This is it? Sun Shangshu laughed coldly and sneered back: “This case is His Majesty’s personal order, the Ministry of Justice and the government offices to jointly hear the case, mutual supervision, how to say that the beating is a confession.

“The three prisoners are detained in jail, and whether they have been beaten into submission or not, His Majesty will know when he sends his men to find out.”

Emperor Yuan Jing slowly nodded his head, no longer looking at Imperial Inspector Zhang, and asked, “Everyone, what do you think should be done about this case?”

Zhang Xingying stood there disappointed.

Shangshu Sun glanced back at Governor Zhang, with a slight disdain in his gaze, such a weak and feeble counterattack, this is the intention to give up?

At the same time, Sun Shangshu was inevitably flooded with disappointment; His Majesty’s attitude was clear, and the word procrastination was useless, but neither did he immediately characterize the case.

His Majesty is giving Wei Yuan and Zhao Tingfang’s party a chance to fight back.

But Yuan Xiong, the left imperial historian who was thinking of dragging Wei Yuan down, his eyes lit up and he immediately stepped out and made a bow:

“Your Majesty, I feel that the nature of this case is extremely serious, after many days of fermentation, everyone in the capital knows about it, the grievances of the students are enormous, and the people are filled with righteous indignation, so if it is not dealt with severely, it will not be enough to spread the anger of the people.”

At this time, the Secretary of the Da Lisi stepped forward and shook his head, “That Xu Qi’an represents the Sitian Supervisor to fight the law, and has newly established a great merit that cannot be disposed of.”

The Secretary of the Da Lisi said this is the words of the heart, to the Yuan Jing Emperor, to all the public in the hall to set up a “Xu Qi’an hostage to the pride of success” arrogant image.

When he said this, Emperor Yuan Jing had to deal with him, or else he would be verifying the saying of “holding on to one’s accomplishments and being proud of oneself” and setting a very bad example.

Zhao Tingfang’s party members have come out to rebut.

The court wait a few moments, shocked to find that Wei Yuan actually did not speak, hand under the imperial historian actually also lay down.

This. He’s going to cut off his beloved Xu Qi’an?

Various thoughts flashed in the hearts of the officials in the temple, the wind quietly changed, the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of Mandarins have given the ministers to come out and speak tentatively:

“The words of the Secretary of the Da Lisi are very true, this case must be dealt with severely, and must not be tolerated, otherwise the court’s prestige is all gone, and His Majesty’s prestige is all gone.”

For a while, the six sections of the Gurus came out in favor of the view of the Secretary of the Da Lisi.

The Minister of War, who was one of the promoters but did not speak, turned his head to look at Duke Cao.

Now that the civil officials had taken a stand, and Duke Cao, who was a first-class duke, had added more fire to the fire, a strong force could be formed in the hall, and His Majesty had no reason, and would not fight against this force on a pinpoint basis for the sake of a university scholar.

Duke Cao’s expressionless appearance on the line tugged at the gazes of the ministers and lords around him.

Cao Guo Gong also in the “imperial examination fraud case” to help him if he represents the noble face, lost the first opportunity Wei Yuan, it is difficult to turn the situation, in his case, the Xu New Year may not be important. However, this will make him and his beloved Xu Qi’an create irreparable suspicion. The princes thought to themselves.

After Cao Guo Gong came out of the line, he stood shoulder to shoulder with Sun Shangshu and made a bow:

“Your Majesty, I feel that the Ministry of Justice and the Prefectural Government Office have been too rash in handling this case. Zhao Tingfang, a university scholar in the East Cabinet, has always been clean and has an excellent reputation, so how could he accept a bribe?

“In addition, although Xu New Year is only a scholar, Yunlu Academy has not had any “Huiyuan” for many years, so if the case is decided so rashly, the academy’s great Confucian scholars will not let it go.”

Cao Guo Gong’s words, distilled, were actually quite simple: Xu Xinxin was a key cultivated student of Yunlu Academy, and when dealing with him, the Academy’s attitude should be taken into consideration and not be overly heavy-handed.

Sun Shangshu stiffened his neck and twisted his head a little bit, staring at Duke Cao incredulously.

The left imperial historian and the minister of war’s face changed slightly, before submitting a letter of impeachment, the two had some conspiracy. And then, Duke Cao took the initiative to push the envelope and united the nobles, wanting to support the two.

Multiple parties tacitly form an alliance and work together.

At this moment, Yuan Xiong and Qin Yuandao felt the anger of betrayal of the “revolution”.

What’s going on?

All the eunuchs in the hall could not hide their astonishment, Duke Cao has switched sides? Then what was the point of his previous efforts?

Suddenly, the princes were creeped out and looked at Wei Yuan.

When was it, when did Wei Yuan convince Cao Guogong to promise any benefits?

Just as the princes were speculating, Wei Yuan turned back to his senses and glanced at Duke Cao rather unexpectedly.

Wei Yuan seems to be extremely surprised, does he also not know . This detail fell into the eyes of the crowd, making the ministers more and more puzzled.

For a while, the situation in the courtroom was suddenly treacherous.

The ministers lapsed into silence, not immediately jumping out to retort, choosing to watch the situation unfold from the sidelines.

The Minister of War, however, was unable to remain silent, and stepping forward three steps, he said in a deep voice:

“Your Majesty, Duke Cao’s words are heartbreaking. Imagine how the Imperial College would feel if Xu New Year was given a lighter sentence because he was a student of the Yunlu Academy? How would the world’s readers feel?

“Back then, Emperor Wenzu established the State Scholarship and swept the readers of the Yunlu Academy out of the imperial court, for what reason? It was because the readers of the Yunlu Academy had no eyes for the emperor and used literature to disrupt the law.

“Cheng Yasheng set up a monument in Yunlu Academy and engraved an inscription: “To serve the king’s kindness by dying for righteousness and honor, and to be known throughout the ages. This is to tell future generations how to be loyal to the king and love the country.

“Do you all want a repeat of the helplessness of Emperor Wenzu back then?”

Emperor Yuan Jing instantly narrowed his eyes, no longer in an indifferent air, switching into a monarch with power in his hands.

Awesome!

Sun Shangshu and the Secretary of the Da Lisi’s mouth slightly raised, this move to steal the concept with a wonderful extreme, as if in the courtroom to draw a line, on the one hand is the State Elementary School origin of the readers, on the other hand is the Cloud Deer Academy.

How to choose in the battle of Taoism?

And then if a civil official wants to speak up for Xu New Year, he or she has to consider his or her own position and whether or not he or she will turn his or her back on the court and the ministers because of not only his or her remarks.

Yuan Xiong, the left imperial historian, was close to stroking his beard and laughing, so that Wei Yuan had to go down, because there are some words that are not good for the readers to say. But he, the leader of the eunuch party, can, because he is not a scholar from the imperial examinations.

If Wei Yuan went down, how would the Chief Minister Wang make his stand? How would the rest of the neutral civil officials react?

Dragging Wei Yuan into the water and then defeating him with great power to make him compromise and back out of the control of the Duzhaoyuan, this is the important plot of the left imperial historian in the near future.

“Hmph!”

At this moment, a cold snort filled with monstrous anger resounded within the hall.

The crowd followed the sound and turned their heads sideways, it was actually the ever so small transparent Honorable King, this Prince wearing a dark yellow plate dragon suit stepped out with an iron face, his temples were frosty white, his eyes had deep crow’s feet lines, he looked incomparably old.

Seeing him out of the line, Qin Yuandao, the minister of war, who was still emotional and impassioned just now, his heart sank in vain.

“Going back two hundred years, this king has never heard of a reader from the Yunlu Academy doing anything to assassinate a county princess. Is this the so-called loyalty and love for the country by your State Academy readers?”

King Yuhang loudly scolded, “Hypocrisy!”

Afterward, he turned towards Emperor Yuan Jing and bowed, “Your Majesty, I don’t care what the truth is about the Imperial Examination fraud case. I just feel that the officials of the Ministry of Justice are corpses and incompetent.

“If they will handle the case, my poor Ping Yang and how will cry injustice and death, if not the night watchman silver gong Xu Qi’an thorough investigation of this case, I am afraid that today still can not sink the injustice.

“The case of the imperial examination fraud is of great importance, and I hope that Your Majesty will reopen the case and have it heard by the three divisions of the court in conjunction with the beaters of the night watchman.”

Emperor Yuan Jing frowned and hesitated.

King Yu immediately cried out, “Your Majesty, my poor Ping Yang”

Shameless!

Sun Shangshu, the Secretary of the Da Lisi, the Left Imperial Secretary, and the Minister of the Ministry of War changed their faces dramatically, the case of the Pingyang County Princess was a thorn between the civil officials and Emperor Yuan Jing.

The Minister of War had told Emperor Yuan Jing that the readers of Yunlu Academy were unmanageable. And now, King Yu is telling Emperor Yuan Jing that the readers of the State Scholarship Academy have the same intention of plotting against the clan and will act on it.

Wei Yuan secretly laughed in his heart, that kid could beg for the help of the King of Goodwill, it was in his expectation, but why Cao Guo Gong was on the verge of turning against him, he had a rough guess in his heart, but he couldn’t verify it now.

Although Xu Ningyan is not good at party disputes, he is extremely perceptive and sees the situation in perspective.

At this point, Duke Cao and the rest of the lords and nobles echoed, vaguely forming a confrontation with the civil officials.

Wang chief minister cold eyes, but inwardly quite surprised, the current situation of the Lord and the civil ministers against the situation is he did not even expect.

Duke Cao and King Yu were not all the way, and these two were not all the way with Wei Yuan, but it was indeed an indisputable fact that the two sides had joined forces.

Who’s behind all this?

The man behind the curtain knows exactly who his enemy is and strategizes to find a counterweight to that “enemy”.

The case of King Yu’s Pingyang County Princess. Is he? A guess flashed through Chief Minister Wang’s heart, and his face gave a slight lurch, then returned to normal.

The situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and Sun Shangshu and others are in a state of shock. If this case is re-trial, the night watchman Yamen also come to play a foot, then all the plans will be all in vain.

It will end up in a situation where many parties are pulling their punches and stalemate.

Although Xu New Year was unable to participate in the Imperial Examination because of this, but, who cares if a Huiyuan can participate in the Imperial Examination?

Sun Shangshu, who was an important backbone of Wang’s party, frequently gave Wang Shoufu a wink.

What’s wrong with you, Boss? We’re fighting at the front, and you’re at the back, not saying a word?

Chief Minister Wang noticed Shangshu Sun’s eyes and frowned slightly, from his standpoint, he didn’t care who won or lost in this case. For one thing, Wei Yuan did not go down, and for another, Xu New Year could not represent the entire Yunlu Academy.

If you really don’t like it, you can find a reason to send it to the corner.

However, as the backbone of the Wang Party, Sun Shangshu charged into battle, he would have chilled the hearts of the people if he had stood by at this time. Herein lies the downside of party affiliation.

A lot of times, the body can’t help itself.

“Your Majesty, I do have a way to end this case quickly.” Chief Counselor Wang stepped out to bow and slowly said:

“Whether or not Zhao Tingfang, a university scholar in the East Cabinet, has leaked the questions, you need only try Xu New Year. Your Majesty can summon him into the hall, and you will personally give the questions for the test, so that he can compose a poem in front of all the public.

“Whether or not the song ‘Hard to Walk’ was written by someone else will be known once the test is over. As for the essay on the scriptures and theories, the palace examination is approaching, and His Majesty will decide for himself whether Xu New Year has any real talent after he has read the essay.

“If it’s really a straw man, it means that the question leak is real, the fraud is real, and it will be severely punished.”    Emperor Yuan Jing stared at Wang Shoufu for a moment and smiled, “This is a reasonable statement, so I will follow what the Aiqing said.”

Sun Shangshu and the others showed joyful faces, the words of Chief Minister Wang, at first glance is to make peace, in fact, the bias is very obvious.

His majesty personally issued the questions for the poetry test and had Xu Xinxin compose a poem in the hall. In the entire Dafeng, the only one who could do so was the Poetry Leader, Xu Qi’an.

If you can’t pass this test, how can we talk about the Imperial Examination?

King Yu immediately said, “Your Majesty, this method is too frivolous, poetic masterpieces, in fact, idle people can be at their fingertips?”

Zhang Xingying immediately agreed.

Yuan Xiong, the left imperial historian, laughed and said, “On the examination hall, time is equally limited, since this Huiyuan Xu can make one song, why can’t he make a second one?”

“King Yu’s words are wrong, Xu New Year’s ability to make a masterpiece that will be passed down to the next generation shows that he is extremely good at poetry. When he composes another one, the comparison between the two will naturally be clear.”

“Your Majesty, this is a wonderful method.”

The Six Section Giver was the first to strongly support it, and the rest of the civil officials agreed.

Cao Guo Gong stood by and watched with folded arms; he only promised to help Xu Xinxin get off lightly, and did not intend to let him off the hook.

King Yu’s face sank, and he was about to continue to persuade, when Emperor Yuan Jing waved his hand and faintly said, “My mind is made up, King Yu doesn’t need to say anything else.”

After an incense stick of time, the armor-clad and sharp-armed inner guards entered the Golden Palace and respectfully said, “Your Majesty, Xu New Year has been brought.”

The original stagnant atmosphere was instantly energized, and the courtiers were instantly energized.

Emperor Yuan Jing nodded, his voice majestic, “Bring it in.”

The big inner guards retired, and a few minutes later, wearing a prison uniform, the handsome features of the Chunxin Exam Club Yuan, Xu New Year arrived.

He slowly walked through the scarlet-carpeted passageway, through the group of ministers on either side, and came before Emperor Yuan Jing.

This, this is the legendary Golden Palace?

This is where the courtiers go to court?

Why did you mention me to the Golden Palace . Xu New Year flashed a series of question marks in his head, his heart was so excited that his hands and feet actually trembled a little uncontrollably.

In a very low voice, he applied a buff to himself, “The mountain crumbles before the face!”

In an instant, Xu Erlang’s inner peace was as calm as well water, unperturbed, his eyes clear and bright, as if he didn’t put the eunuchs on either side of him in his eyes.

Making a bow, he said, “Student Xu New Year, meet Your Majesty.”

The great inner guard immediately said, “Your Majesty, it has been examined.”

Emperor Yuan Jing scrutinized the young man whose skin was so good as to be lawless, nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice:

“I ask you, did the East Cabinet university scholar accept a bribe and leak the questions to you?”

Xu New Year shouted, “Your Majesty, the student is unjustly accused.”

No one paid attention to his defense, Yuan Jing Emperor faintly interrupted, “I give you an opportunity, if you want to prove your innocence, you will be in this Golden Palace to write a poem, by me personally question, Xu New Year, you dare?”

I don t dare, I don t dare . Xu New Year’s face turned slightly white.

He didn’t expect to be brought inside the Golden Palace and faced with such a situation.

The poem “Hard to Walk” was written by his elder brother, not by him, although he had changed two words and could pat himself on the back and say: I wrote this poem.

However, he simply could not do it if he was asked to write another poem, and to do it on the spur of the moment.

This can only be done if a saint possesses him. Xu New Year’s heart was in despair, and he even had the idea of confessing everything and praying for a lighter punishment from the court.

But reason told him that once he admitted that he did not write “The Road is Hard”, the end of his slide into the abyss awaited him.

No one cares that it’s Big Brother betting on the right question.

What should I do, what should I do, I did not expect that I Xu New Year came to the Golden Palace for the first time, but the last time? He deeply realized the difficulties and dangers of the officialdom.

Brother, what should I do.

Xu New Year’s expression, his face, was seen by all the ministers, and by Emperor Yuan Jing.

Sun Shangshu’s eyes flashed with pleasure, Xu Qi’an had nailed him to the pillar of shame by composing a poem in the first place, and now that the wind and water had turned, it was time for him to be the fifteenth.

Qin Yuandao, the Minister of the Ministry of War, exhaled without a sound and only felt that the big picture had been decided. After bringing down Zhao Tingfang, his next step was to plot the position of the East Cabinet University.

And since the Cabinet is Chief Minister Wang’s turf and Minister Sun is a backbone of Wang’s party, it’s almost a nail in the coffin.

The left imperial historian Yuan Xiong looked at Wei Yuan, he was in an extremely bad mood because Wei Yuan never made a move, in this way, his calculations fell through.

However, it wasn’t a loss to make Wei Yuan lose one of his capable generals.

I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to do this. Wei Yuan sighed silently, initially learned that Xu Xinxin was involved in the imperial examination fraud case, Wei Yuan felt that this matter was not difficult, and then Xu Qi An confessed to the matter of writing poems on his behalf, Wei Yuan gave him advice:

Seek a lighter sentence.

It’s fatally broken.

Xu Ning Banquet seems to have a different dependence, he did not say, but I can feel it. Cao Guogong’s pro-forma Wei Yuan heart has a rough guess, but how to solve the matter of poetry, Wei Yuan is completely clueless.

Emperor Yuan Jing condescended to look down on Xu New Year, his voice majestic and low: “Don’t dare?”

Gulp Xu New Year gulped down his saliva, stretching his head and shrinking it was a knife, gritting his teeth and saying, “Your Majesty, please come up with a question.”

Emperor Yuan Jing smiled and said leisurely, “To repay the king’s kindness by dying for righteousness, well, let’s write a poem under the title of “Loyalty to the King and Repaying the Nation”. I’ll give you one incense stick of time.”

Hearing Emperor Yuan Jing’s question, Sun Shangshu and the others couldn’t help but laugh secretly.

His Majesty knew that Xu New Year was a student of Yunlu Academy, but he made such an exam question deliberately.

Moreover, since ancient times, most of the heirloom poems of loyalty to the king and the country were written at the time of the destruction of the country. There are very few masterpieces with this theme in times of peace and prosperity.

This is a very difficult question!

Loyalty to the king and the country for the title Xu New Year s body was stiff and froze in place.

On that day, his elder brother drew lots for two exam questions, one was Wing Chi and the other was Patriotism. The poem “Chanting Zhi” had already played a role in the Chun Exam, helping him to become the current Huiyuan.

The rest of the patriotic poems, then, are naturally useless.

He never expected that the title given by Emperor Yuan Jingdi would be a poem on the topic of loyalty to the emperor and love for the country.

Could it be that His Majesty has been working with Big Brother for a long time? Otherwise, how can we explain these coincidences.

Yuan Jing Emperor expressionless face looked at the palace of the Chunxin Exam Huiyuan, detecting the words and observing the colors is an emperor in the period of the emperor’s son in the furnace perfect skills.

All the expressions and eyes of this Xu Huiyuan were articulating his inner panic and despair to the point that he was frozen in place.

King Yu, who had also walked over from the era of the imperial prince, coughed and said in a deep voice, “Your Majesty…”

“Honorable King!”

The Minister of the Ministry of War raised his voice to interrupt, saying, “One incense stick time is limited, you can’t disturb Xu Huiyuan from composing a poem, the courtroom princes are waiting.”

King Yu’s face sank.

In response, the ministers looked differently, some worried, some pleased, some with a sneer on their faces, and some coldly watching.

In the midst of silence, Xu New Year loudly said, “It doesn’t take an incense stick of time, and the student thanks His Majesty for being gracious enough to grant the opportunity. My elder brother Xu Qi’an is the Great Feng Poetry Champion, and composes poems with ease.

“Naturally I can’t disgrace him.”

Uh-huh?

Suddenly so confident?

The courtiers, King Yu, and Emperor Yuan Jing all froze at the same time.

Immediately afterward, a subdued voice resounded in the inner sanctum:

“The city is about to be destroyed by black clouds, and the light of the armor opens to the sun with golden scales.”

The brief sentence sketched out a vivid picture of the siege in the hearts of all the people. The enemy rolled in like a black cloud. On the city walls, the defenders’ armor glittered with sunlight as they stood at attention.

Xu New Year looked back, swept his eyes slowly over the gentlemen, and recited, “The sound of horns filled the sky with the colors of autumn, and the swallows’ fat on the plug congealed in the purple of the night.”

Full of dynasty lords and nobles stunned look, this scholar has never been on the battlefield, but why will the scene of the battlefield, describing so apt, so deep into the hearts of the people?

“The half-rolled red flag is facing the easy water, and the frosty drums do not sound cold.”

“A good frost heavy drums cold sound does not work, this marquis seems to be back in the year, horse leather wrapped corpse, guarding the border years.” Wei Hai Bo was mesmerized and exclaimed loudly.

The rest of the Lords were equally engrossed in the poetry.

The civil official, on the other hand, frowned and swept a displeased glance at the coarse martial artists, loathing their sudden outburst of interruption.

Shangshu Sun glanced at Yuan Xiong, the Left Capital Royal Historian, who looked blankly at Qin Yuandao, the Minister of the Ministry of War, who looked at the Secretary of the Da Lisi with a grimace on his face.

The four men exchanged silent glances and their hearts sank.

The Secretary of the Da Lisi said in a deep voice: “This poem . . is certainly good, but what does it have to do with loyalty to the emperor? What you have written is nothing more than a sandy field of military horses, and the Hall will be Yuan, but you can’t even fit the title of the poem.

“What’s not fraud?”

“Exactly!” Qin Yuandao exclaimed.

Xu New Year turned his ears, turned around in a hurry, bowed his head towards Emperor Yuan Jing, made a bow, and his voice became more and more high-pitched, resounding through the hall:

“To repay the king’s intention on the golden stage, and to carry the jade dragon to die for the king.”

The Secretary of the Da Lisi’s breathing stuttered, staring blankly at Xu New Year, only to feel that his face had been slapped viciously by an invisible slap, and a rush of fire surged to his heart.

Sun Shangshu and the others similarly turned blue, their foreheads blooming with veins.

I will repay you for your intention on the gold stage, and carry the jade dragon to die for you. Emperor Yuan Jing leisurely reminisced, and then revealed a smile, the dragon’s face is very happy:

“Good poem, good poem. Worthy of being a Huiyuan, worthy of being a talented person who can write ‘Hard to Walk’.”

With that tone and demeanor, anyone could tell that His Majesty was in an excellent mood.

After a pause, Emperor Yuan Jing asked, “But what is the meaning of this golden platform?”

The Golden Platform is supposed to be a high platform made of gold. Xu New Year bowed and gave his own interpretation, “To serve His Majesty and die for Him, not to mention a golden platform, even a jade platform would be within reach.”

Emperor Yuan Jing slowly nodded his head, the smile on his face deepening, “Not bad, the court has always been clear in reward and punishment, never treating meritorious officials poorly. I am the same.”

He went on to say: “Xu Huiyuan’s poetic talent is not inferior to that of his elder brother, and ‘It is difficult to walk the road’ was composed by you. As for the scriptures and the treatises, I will personally read them at the time of the Imperial Examination, so don’t let me down.

“As long as you can enter the second grade, I can promise to let you enter the Hanlin Academy and become a concubine scholar.”

Hanlin Academy is also known as the place of the storage of the prime minister, the concubine jioshi although not more than a A, but also has the qualification to enter the Cabinet, is the dynasty of the first class of the clear and noble.

Wei Yuan and Wang Shoufu, one head to the left and the other to the right, simultaneously glanced at Xu New Year.

Xu New Year was relieved and suppressed his inner joy, “Many thanks, Your Majesty.”

Emperor Yuan Jing said, “I’m tired, I’ll retire from the court.”

It’s over. The case of the imperial examination fraud, at this point, is almost finalized.

Unless Xu New Year played badly in the temple examination and wrote a lousy essay, the probability of which was slim to none, as a scholar of the Yunlu Academy and the current Huiyuan, his talent was definitely at the top of the tributes.

The most crucial thing is that His Majesty seems to appreciate this son quite a bit.

The faces of the court officials were strange, not expecting the case to end in such a way.

Stealing the chicken does not eclipse the rice Sun Shangshu face ugly, to be after the temple exams, the end of the imperial examination fraud case, there will certainly be people who will take advantage of the opportunity to attack, accusing him of abusing his power and planting evidence to frame.

The Six Section Giver, as well as the rest of the Third Grade officers, all had a pang of disappointment and dissatisfaction in their hearts.

This dissatisfaction almost reached its peak after hearing Emperor Yuan Jing’s promise to let Xu Xinxin into the Hanlin Academy.

What qualifications does a scholar of the Yunlu Academy have to enter the Hanlin Academy. In the two hundred years since the founding of the Imperial College, there has never been anything like this.

The princes in the temple, and the ministers outside the temple, dispersed with mixed feelings, and as they crossed the great square, they saw a silver gong standing on a sword.

Facing the noon gate, facing the ministers.

The two princesses, Huaiqing and Lin’an, stood at a distance, not alongside Xu Qi’an.

On one side, there are hundreds of people in clothes, and the capital officials who have real power in their hands.

On one side is a crude martial artist standing all alone, with a silver gong for the night watchman.

One man blocked the group of people with the most power in Daewoong.

The ministers noticed the little silver gong who made a roadblocking gesture and recognized him; no one in the capital officials did not know him.

What does he want?

This crude martial artist is meant to be smug and flaunt his power?

The ministers of the six ministries, the ministers-in-waiting, the six departments, the clansmen, and the honored nobles . A pair of gazes fell on Xu Qi’an, scrutinizing him.

How dare a mere martial artist stand in our way?

A man with a sword stood at the noon gate, standing alone against the group of ministers.

Xu Qi’an greeted the group of ministers, slowly sweeping over all of them, suddenly letting out a cold laugh, sinking his qi into his dantian and slowly saying:

“Ercao’s body and name are extinguished, but the river will not be abolished for ten thousand years yuck!”

Spitting hard, he carried his knife and walked slowly away.

Group mockery!

Inside and outside the afternoon gate, there was a dead silence all of a sudden.

PS: This chapter was written like constipation, a little bit of holding it in and biting off more than I could chew.