He just feels really hungry.

Some of the more serious, senior officials actually wanted to add their own comment, saying, "What kind of behavior is this?"

Upon seeing Emperor Jing's expression, they immediately fell silent.

No one was truly foolish enough to provoke Emperor Jing at this time.

Emperor Jing also heard several sounds of swallowing, and his face instantly darkened.

Did they skip breakfast? Are they still thinking about Lele's meat buns?

"Lord Ning recounted the events of yesterday in detail."

"Ah, yes, yes, yes."

The Minister of Rites, upon being called upon, immediately raised his head and replied:

"Yesterday, I locked the exam papers in the cabinet, and carried the key with me the whole time. I went out drinking with the other examiners..."

The Minister of Rites spoke the word "drinking" especially softly, and seeing that Emperor Jing was not angry, he continued:

"I drank a bit too much wine at the end, and when I woke up it was already dawn. I hurriedly went to get the exam paper to present to the Emperor, but there was nothing inside."

The matter is actually quite simple: the Minister of Rites and the examiners got drunk and didn't even know when they returned home.

The exam paper was lost the next day, so naturally, I was anxious.

"My esteemed ministers, tell me, where did Lord Ning go wrong in this matter?"

Emperor Jing spoke in a deep voice, his gaze sweeping over the Prefect of Jingzhao before turning away.

The keenly observant gaze made Jing Zhaoyi raise an eyebrow, feeling as if he were being watched.

"Your Majesty, I believe that Lord Ning's biggest mistake was his excessive drinking. If he hadn't gone drinking, would his exam papers have been stolen?"

"It's possible that someone stole the key while Lord Ning was drunk."

The speaker was Yuan Zhengqi, who was practically pointing his finger at the Minister of Rites and saying that he had been framed.

The examiners and Chief Examiner Li all twitched their brows.

The secret passage is in danger.