Chapter 182: Night Visit to the Library

"You are making excuses!" Xue Ruoxue refused to give in, and seemed to want to let this round of verbal battle last a little longer.

Su Lingxi watched her performance quietly on the side, and then interrupted her at the right time: "Ruoxue, you said it very well, don't say it again in the future."

Then he turned to look at the colleagues who were making trouble, and said calmly: "Today is the day for the Shangshu Lord to check, and several lords are sure to continue the conversation. Are you ready?"

Hearing this, those people showed pain on their faces and covered their faces and left.

Xue Ruoxue was still angry: "Sister Su, just letting them go like this, isn't it too easy for them!"

Su Lingxi looked at her leisurely: "Then what do you think we should do?"

"I think you should tell the Shangshu to make the decision for you. If the Shangshu cannot give you justice, you can go find the eldest princess and the emperor. With the emperor backing you up, I don't think anyone would dare to bully you!"

Xue Ruoxue said a lot, but Su Lingxi just smiled and said, "Okay, it's time. You can walk around here by yourself. Remember not to conflict with others. In the Ministry of Rites, we look at ability, not who has a strong backing."

Xue Ruoxue pretended not to understand what Su Lingxi meant. She nodded naively and said, "I know, Sister Su."

Su Lingxi walked towards the main hall of the Ministry of Rites. After today's encounter, she had a different opinion of Xue Ruoxue.

It was she who was calm and confident in front of the princess, and it was she who played weak and cute in front of him. Now, it seemed that she was fighting for justice for him, but in fact, it was she who tried to stir up hostility among her colleagues with every word.

Su Lingxi smiled. It was interesting that the granddaughter of the Prince of Ruyang was so scheming. It seemed that he had to pay more attention to this little sister in the future.

When he arrived outside the main hall, Su Lingxi put aside his distracting thoughts, tidied his clothes, and walked in calmly.

Gao Ming, the Minister of Rites, was in his early fifties. He was of medium height and thin. He looked at Su Lingxi with sparkling eyes.

Su Lingxi performed the ceremony, told the things he was going to report one by one, discussed the possibility of women taking the imperial examinations in the future, and then stood up to leave.

Gao Ming watched her leave, with satisfaction in his eyes.

This is his territory, how could he not know what happened before.

Su Lingxi has been working in the Ministry of Rites for some time, and she does have her own way of doing things.

But as Xue Ruoxue said, Su Lingxi has the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion, the Marquis of Jing'an Mansion, the Grand Tutor Mansion, and even the Queen Mother and the Princess behind her.

She is also a woman, and it is inevitable that she will be like other women. When something happens, she will cry, make a fuss, and then move to the backers behind her to support her. If

any of the people above intervene, he, the Minister of Rites, will be very embarrassed.

Su Lingxi did not mention a word about the conflict with her colleagues just now, and did not even have a trace of emotion.

And she handled the slander from her colleagues with ease, neither breaking up the relationship nor letting them gain any advantage. This made Gao Ming look at her differently. Although Su Lingxi was a woman, her mind and bearing were no less than that of a man. But Xue Ruoxue did not seem as simple as she looked, and she was clearly here to cause trouble.

As soon as Su Lingxi left, Gao Ming called the guard and asked, "Is there anything suspicious about Xue Ruoxue?"

The guard said, "It seems nothing, but she seems to be quite interested in the library and has been lingering there for a long time, but she has no intention of going in, so I didn't intervene."

Gao Ming looked indifferent. Xue Ruoxue really had other intentions. The library was said to be the place where the imperial examination papers were stored. Unfortunately, Gao Ming was a person who did not follow the usual path, and he put the imperial examination papers in an unexpected place.

Since someone was thinking about it, how could he let others work in vain? He had to prepare something so that the person with ulterior motives would not get away with it.

So Gao Ming hid a scroll wrapped in brocade in his wide robe and went to the library. He opened the door of the library, then opened the big box locked with a copper lock, and then opened the small wooden box inside the big box, and then put the scroll in. After locking the small wooden box, he marked the lock, then locked the big wooden box, marked it in the same way, and finally locked the door of the library and marked it again.

He personally activated the mechanisms of the library. He had improved these mechanisms himself and had never used them once. He hoped that this time he could catch a big fish.

Finally, on a dark and windy night, the bells in the library kept ringing. Gao Ming led the guards straight to the library. Strangely, the door was locked well, and there was no sign of the window being opened, but all the mechanisms inside were activated.

Gao Ming led his men in and rushed in. The box containing the scrolls had been opened, and the small box had disappeared.

Gao Ming had people guard the door of the library and search the library carefully. He also observed carefully. They searched the entire library but did not find any suspicious people. Just when everyone was at a loss, the careful Gao Ming found that one of the arrows shot by the agency was missing.

This meant that his agency had shot the person who broke into the library, but how did this person get in and where would he hide?

"Search again!" Gao Ming gave a simple order. The person must not have escaped.

However, after searching again, the result was still the same.

Just when Gao Ming wanted to give up, a drop of sticky stuff dripped onto his hand. Gao Ming glanced at the bright red blood and suddenly gave the order: "The bad guy is above us, shoot!"

In an instant, the arrows in the guards' hands shot towards the top of their heads. A figure fell from the beam onto the bookshelf. She grabbed a handful of books and threw them over. Then there was thick smoke. Gao Ming and the guards fainted. When they woke up, there was no trace of the person. Fortunately, the small box was still there.

"My lord, it's a good thing that the things are still there. Losing the imperial examination papers is a capital crime!" Everyone present felt a chill down their spines. They were almost about to have their property confiscated and their family exterminated.

Gao Ming looked at the box. The lock was still intact, but the mark he made was gone. It was obvious that the things inside had been moved.

He dismissed his attendants and carefully opened the box. The scroll was still there, and the placement method was the same as before, but the thin thread he had tied to the scroll was gone.

Gao Ming was very curious about who was the one who came to steal the test paper.

He put the scroll back as if nothing had happened, and repeatedly told the people present not to publicize the matter. He changed his clothes, took the token to enter the palace and ran to the palace.

The emperor looked excited: "Are you sure the things have been opened?"

"I am sure, but that person is really amazing. She was only hit by one arrow with such a sophisticated mechanism, and she escaped safely!"