Yan Wenjing pulled out a stack of papers from his pocket and said calmly, "These are the essays of those candidates, copied from the test papers."
Xia Miaoyuan immediately became alert when he heard this. [Is Wei Chong's paper in there?]
She was playing with Nine Rings, but she threw it aside and came to Xia Zhengqi's desk.
Xia Zhengqi took the stack of papers and flipped through them one by one.
[Let me see if there's any Wei Chong here.]
Xia Miaoyuan simply climbed onto her father's lap.
Xia Zhengqi smiled inwardly and took her into his arms: "Miao'er, you also want to see the candidates' essays? Come, read with your father."
Yan Wenjing was a little displeased when he saw the emperor holding the baby while reading the scroll, but when he thought about how Emperor Mingxi usually treated his daughter as a treasure, he suppressed his dissatisfaction.
Xia Miaoyuan stretched out her little hand to help Xia Zhengqi turn the pages of the article.
Ahhhhh! Wei Chong! He really is something!
For a moment, Xia Miaoyuan was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead.
What should I do? What should I do? How should I remind Daddy?
Xia Zhengqi deliberately said casually: "Wei Chong, this name is easy to remember."
Yan Wenjing interjected, "Yes, this Wei Chong's essay impressed me and the deputy examiners."
"Oh? Really? Let me take a look." Xia Zhengqi picked up Wei Chong's paper.
[This article is not good! It's plagiarized!] Xia Miaoyuan bit her lips anxiously.
What should I do? What should I do? After Master Yan leaves, I will tell Dad that this article is not good.
Just as Xia Miaoyuan was getting anxious, Emperor Mingxi said, "Eh? That's not right. I feel like I've read this article before!"
Yan Wenjing was stunned: "How is this possible?"
[Yes, yes, this article is plagiarized. If the original author's article had been circulated, someone would have read it.]
"Ah, could it be that Daddy has read this article?" Xia Miaoyuan's eyes sparkled, and his nervous mood relaxed a lot.
Xia Zhengqi pretended to try hard to recall, and thought for a while with his hand on his forehead.
He slapped his thigh suddenly and said, "I remember now!"
"A few years ago, when I was on an incognito tour, I came across a collection of essays. It was a collection of essays collected by a scholar himself. It was a collection of essays he and a good friend had written."
Xia Miaoyuan clapped her hands excitedly.
[Yes, yes, yes. That talented person has a good friend. The two of them often study together. They even come up with their own topics, and then each writes an essay and compares their results.]
[I didn't expect that friend had already compiled a collection of articles! This isn't mentioned in the book!]
[That's right, it's just an insignificant supporting role, so it's normal that it's not mentioned.]
When Xia Zhengqi heard his daughter say this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.
Haha, it’s all thanks to his fairy-like daughter who reminded him, otherwise how would he know so much.
He tried to suppress the corners of his mouth and continued, "After reading it, I praised the article for being well written. There was one article with sharp views, which is basically the same as Wei Chong's article."
Xia Miaoyuan was surprised and delighted when she heard this. "Ah, right, right. Wei Chong copied the article from that talented scholar."
Yan Wenjing froze in disbelief. "Is there such a thing?! It's been several years. Could Your Majesty have remembered it wrongly?"
Xia Zhengqi said seriously, "I can't remember it wrongly. When I read this article, I wanted to recruit the scholar's friend to serve as an official in the capital. But when I asked, I found out that he had already died of illness."
【Wow! What a coincidence!】
At this time, Xia Miaoyuan had excitedly jumped off Emperor Mingxi's lap and was spinning around.
"Pa pa!" Xia Zhengqi clapped his hands twice with force. Cheng Feng flashed in from outside the house and saluted Xia Zhengqi.
"What are your commands, Your Majesty?"
"Cheng Feng, hurry up and go to Wei Chong's hometown to investigate and find his teachers and classmates."
"Investigate Wei Chong's reading experience from childhood to adulthood, and write articles about his life from childhood to adulthood."
"And..." Xia Zhengqi took out the article written by Wei Chong, folded it several times and handed it to Cheng Feng.
"Show this article to your teachers and classmates and ask them if they have any impression of it."
Cheng Feng took the order and left.
Xia Zhengqi looked out the window with a determined look and said, "First, eliminate Wei Chong. You examiners can select the champion from these candidates."
"As for whether the article is plagiarized, we will wait for Cheng Feng to return and the evidence will be the final word."
Yan Wenjing nodded in admiration: "Your Majesty, this is very appropriate."
Xia Miaoyuan looked up at Xia Zhengqi in admiration, "Dad is truly wise and powerful. He's truly admirable."
[Hey, why does the book say Daddy is a useless emperor? He's not useless at all.]
"Ahem..." Xia Zhengqi was drinking tea from the cup when he almost choked when he heard his daughter's words.
Xia Zhengqi: ...
Debao hurried forward and patted Xia Zhengqi on the back, "Your Majesty, please drink your tea slowly."
Xia Zhengqi paused for a moment, then asked Yan Wenjing, "Among the successful candidates this time, is there a candidate named Zhu Qi?"
"There are three hundred and sixty successful candidates, but I cannot remember their names."
As Yan Wenjing spoke, he took out a document from his pocket and handed it to the table with both hands.
"However, I have brought the admission list with me. Your Majesty, please take a look."
Xia Zhengqi immediately took the document in his hand and looked through it.
When Xia Miaoyuan heard this, he thought of Zhu Qi and became nervous again.
[Oh right, Zhu Qi, oops, I was so preoccupied with Wei Chong that I almost forgot about Zhu Qi.]
"Let me see!" Xia Miaoyuan said in a baby voice and climbed onto Emperor Mingxi's lap again.
Xia Zhengqi looked at his daughter lovingly: "Hahaha! Our Miao'er really cares about national affairs!"
The father and daughter began to check the list carefully from the beginning to the end, line by line.
It was not until they looked slightly to the back of the middle that the father and daughter discovered the two words "Zhu Qi".
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief almost in sync.
"Okay, it's good that this person has passed the palace examination!" Xia Zhengqi said.
Yan Wenjing glanced at Xia Zhengqi with some doubt, and asked tentatively, "Is this Zhu Qi an old friend of Your Majesty? Is there anything special about him?"
Xia Zhengqi stroked his beard and tried to make up a lie: "Well, I heard that he has a very special appearance, and I want to see it with my own eyes."
Yan Wenjing: Your Majesty, are you serious?
Xia Miaoyuan blinked her big eyes, puzzled.
[The book doesn't mention Zhu Qi's unusual appearance. Could it be that there are so many hidden secrets in the book?]
…
In a blink of an eye, it was the fifth day of the next month, the day of the City God Temple fair, and also the day the prince and Rong Chuyue had agreed to go out and play.
Rong Mansion.
Rong Chuyue got up early in the morning, washed and dressed herself, and changed into men's clothes.
This time, Rong Chuyue only told her family that she wanted to go to the City God Temple to burn incense and pray.
When the old lady and the wife of the Rong family heard that they were going to burn incense, although they were not very willing to let her go, they did not try to stop her too much and tacitly agreed.
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