"Your Majesty, I dare not speak nonsense." Eunuch Hai really didn't dare to say a word at this time.

The emperor had just been hurt by the two princes, and at this time he would easily offend the emperor if he was not careful.

"You little dog slave, just say what I tell you to say." The emperor became even angrier when he saw how cautious he was.

Eunuch Hai was so frightened that he trembled and had to bite the bullet and speak out his thoughts.

“Your servant…Your servant knows that the emperor has always felt guilty towards Your Highness.

He fell off a cliff and broke his leg while trying to save you, and you couldn't bear to hurt his heart.

I guess that the Emperor has always been concerned about Your Highness.

Fortunately, God has been kind to His Highness and has allowed him to stand up again, so I would like to advise His Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible.

There are only three princes who have reached adulthood, and there are two more princes who will soon reach adulthood. If you let them grow up, it will be a mistake and Your Majesty will be even more worried."

"You're right. The old thigh is fine now, but I don't know what he thinks of that face.

In a few days, ask the Marquis of Zhenguo to come to the palace. I want a definite answer.

Remember to remind me of this. I need to relax these two days.

Let's go to the Queen's Palace and listen to Lao Ba playing the piano. "The Emperor felt exhausted.

His brothers had the same idea back then, which caused him a lot of trouble, but fortunately his father was wise and never changed his original intention.

He was framed by his brothers several times, but his father believed him and gave him a chance to prove his innocence.

Fortunately, Prince Rong had always firmly supported and helped him, and he was not able to ascend the throne smoothly without him.

Thinking of the past, the emperor felt a wave of emotion in his heart.

Slowly walked towards the Queen's Palace.

Two days later, the Ministry of Justice posted a notice announcing the truth and punishment of the imperial examination cheating.

The main culprit was Zhuang Zizhou, an aide to the prince's palace, who deliberately took revenge out of love and hate.

He instigated the prince to take the imperial examination to make money, committed a serious crime, and was executed immediately.

Many accomplices were sentenced to crimes of varying degrees.

When Yu Yuanzheng heard this news, he was still a little skeptical.

I pulled Shangguan Ziqi aside to ask for clarification.

She also loves gossip.

What does it mean to hate because of love?

"Back then, this Zhuangzi Zhou was one of Grand Tutor Huang's favorite disciples. He often went out of the Grand Tutor's residence and had a secret crush on Concubine Yun.

But Concubine Yun had long had her eyes on the emperor and wanted to marry him.

But at that time the emperor was only the crown prince.

The status of the Grand Tutor is already very high. If he marries his daughter as his principal wife, then when the Crown Prince ascends the throne, she will be the Emperor's Tutor.

If there is another legitimate prince, it will easily foster the ambitions of the relatives. The late emperor decided on another candidate for the crown princess.

And Concubine Yun could only enter the Prince's Mansion as a concubine.

Zhuangzi Zhou was so disappointed that he had to marry someone else, but he was always worried about it. But no one knew.

As time went by, he began to resent the then crown prince and joined the camp of another prince. Later, when the crown prince ascended the throne, he was implicated and sentenced to exile.

After serving his sentence, he returned to his hometown to teach in a private school. Later, he was remembered by Concubine Yun and was invited to serve as an aide to the prince.

As to whether he instigated the prince, anyone who is smart would know.

The prince is such a big man, how could he not know what he is doing? However, the emperor was also happy that the Ministry of Justice gave him a way out. After all, he was the emperor's own son, and it was impossible to execute him immediately. He could only let Zhuang Zizhou be the scapegoat.

But the prince has no chance of becoming the crown prince. The emperor has already banned him from going to prison, and when the time is up, he will be sent to his fiefdom, and he cannot return to the capital without an imperial decree."

"Oh, so there is such a connection. It's really no coincidence." Yu Yuanzheng sighed.

"Then how did they commit the crime?" Yu Yuanzheng asked again.

It is said that scientific research management should be strict, so how could someone succeed?

And there is also a prince involved.

"The exam is not completely flawless. Everyone's handwriting is different. If you know the examinee's handwriting in advance, it will be much easier to write an essay.

After the examination, the examination papers were covered and numbered, and then copied one by one by transcribers, who basically had a certain level of cultural literacy and writing skills.

Then they can also judge whether each test taker has answered well or not.

Zhuang Zizhou bribed several of them to memorize the handwriting of the two merchants. Once they had copied it, they would replace their nicknames with the nicknames of students they thought had a chance of passing the imperial examination.

This will exchange their relationships.

But this happened to be discovered by the Third Prince, so he bribed these people to replace one of them with the test paper of a candidate they thought might be able to get into the top ten."

“Oh, it can be operated this way.”

"In order to make the matter bigger, the Third Prince secretly sent someone to kill Miao Bianwen, because he knew that Miao Bianwen's score was the same as the score of the person who ranked first.

If a student is assassinated, the Ministry of Justice will naturally launch an investigation, which may expose the fact that the prince cheated in the imperial examination.

If we just swapped the test papers of those two people, and their scores were lower, it is possible that no one would notice. "

"It seems that the Third Prince has a wide network of contacts." Yu Yuanzheng didn't expect that the Third Prince had become much smarter in recent years.

Thinking back to the first time he brought the doctor to see his husband, he was still impulsive, but in just a few years, he has learned how to make plans.

"The third prince has incorporated a force in the capital and used it for his own benefit, making him even more powerful," Shangguan Ziqi explained.

"In other words, the reason why the Third Prince is so powerful now is because he has met a good helper?"

"Yes, this force, my father and I both suspect that it might be a group of people that my third uncle left in the Wei Dynasty, but the secret guards have followed them many times but have not been able to find them. These people are all well-trained masters.

In addition to being good at martial arts, they also know how to hide. Until now, my father and I have not found their hiding place. Shangguan Ziqi was also very upset about this.

"Isn't the Third Prince trying to get the skin of a tiger?" Yu Yuanzheng couldn't understand why the Third Prince dared to offend these people?

“Now that the Third Uncle and the Third Old Lady are both dead, he thinks these people have no master.

And he is a prince. If these people want to continue to gain a foothold in the capital, finding a prince to rely on is the best choice.

It is normal for him to do so. These people are the people of Wei. "

"But this is all just our guess."

"Yes, so my father and I will continue to investigate."

"Then lure the snake out of its hole. Doesn't the Third Prince want the position of Crown Prince? What if I cure the First Prince's face and see if he is anxious? As long as he is anxious, he will make some moves." Yu Yuanzheng came up with an idea.

"Madam, that's right. My father and I think so too. On the eighth day of the eighth month, the emperor will go to Yuntai Mountain to offer sacrifices. I think that force will definitely not miss the opportunity then.

On the surface, they are attached to the Third Prince, but in reality that may not be the case. They should have other goals, or they may continue to work for Canglan.

It’s just that the idiot Third Prince thought he got the upper hand.

The emperor usually doesn't leave the palace, so this opportunity is rare for them. I guess they will make some moves."

“You mean, you want me to cure the eldest prince’s face during this time?” Yu Yuanzheng heard the implication in his words.

"Madam, you really understand a husband's heart. I wonder if you can cure the eldest prince's face?" Shangguan Ziqi hugged his wife gently and rubbed her head in a flattering manner.

"It's no problem to treat him, but his face is different from that of County Lady Xiangling. The eldest prince's wound is more serious, so it will be more difficult to treat and take more time. Once the treatment begins, the eldest prince will not be able to see people for a long time, or he will have to wear a mask. It's very ugly during the treatment."

It is such a pity to think that such a handsome man has his entire face ruined by a scar.

I wonder what Yue Yuying feels when facing that scar every day.

"By the way, you haven't told me what happened in the fire in the examination room? Who did it?" Yu Yuanzheng listened for a long time and almost let it slip.