Chapter 37 No wonder you can’t sit on the dragon chair for long

Her second brother Xue Wuyang and her eldest brother Xue Wuji are twin brothers. The eldest brother is a man of great talent and bravery, while the second brother is a humble gentleman with great talent.

One of them was good at literature, the other at martial arts, and both were handsome and promising young men.

With her second brother's level, how could he cheat in the palace examination?

Someone must have framed me on purpose!

The Book of Heaven immediately confirmed her guess.

Before the palace examination, Xue Wuyang wrote three answer sheets at Wanze Academy, one of which happened to hit the topic of this palace examination.

Relying on his photographic memory, he wrote down on the answer sheet the 20 suggestions for governing the country that he had previously put forward regarding the current situation in Kyushu.

When the cabinet scholars were marking the test papers yesterday, they found that the contents of two answer sheets were almost identical.

One of the answer sheets was from Xue Wuyang, and the other was from Song Jingqian, the grandson of Taifu Song.

The person who reported Xue Wuyang's cheating was Song Jingqian. He stole Xue Wuyang's three answer sheets before the palace examination, then copied the contents of Xue Wuyang's three answer sheets overnight, and quietly put his own copied answer sheet back to Xue Wuyang's room.

After the palace examination was over, he pretended to be the culprit and falsely accused Xue Wuyang of the crime. He also deliberately led the scholars of Wanze Academy to search Xue Wuyang's residence and found three answer sheets that he had copied and replaced with others.

This situation was a case of stealing and gaining something. After everyone confirmed that the handwriting on the answer sheet was Song Jingqian's, Xue Wuyang was arrested by the Ministry of Justice for cheating and directly thrown into jail.

Now the petition had been delivered to Murong Che, and the university scholar who graded the palace examination papers also presented Xue Wuyang and Song Jingqian's highly identical answer sheets to him.

Xue Youli knew that this case was difficult.

Not to mention that the forged testimony given by Song Jingqian was impeccable.

Just because he is the grandson of the Grand Tutor, the group of scholars in the academy who curry favor with him will stand up and testify for him unconditionally.

But it is true. Song Jingqian could steal her second brother's answer sheet, but she could not steal his knowledge.

Xue Youli thought about it and immediately came up with an idea, "Banxia, ​​didn't I finish the pigeon soup that was sent to me by the kitchen at noon? Let's go to Zicheng Palace and deliver it to the emperor!"

"ah?"

This time it was Banxia's turn to be confused, "Master, there is not much pigeon soup left. Is it not enough to send to Zicheng Palace?"

Moreover, if the emperor were to drink the remaining soup and it were discovered, it would be very embarrassing even if the emperor did not blame me.

Xue Youli completely misunderstood her meaning, "It doesn't matter if there isn't much left, just add some water to the soup to make up for it."

Banxia, ​​"...Master, are you sure you can count like this?"

"Hurry up and prepare the soup. The Emperor is waiting to drink it!"

Xue Youli didn't have time to explain to her that delivering soup was just an excuse for her to meet Murong Che.

Anyway, Murong Che was worried about cheating in the palace examination and was definitely not in the mood to drink the soup she gave him.

Half an hour later, Xue Youli came to Zicheng Hall carrying the pigeon soup she had prepared.

"I'm here to bring soup to the emperor. Please let the eunuch know."

Outside the Zicheng Palace, Wang Defa looked at Xue Youli with embarrassment, "It's not that I don't want to report it, but the emperor just ordered that no one is allowed to go in and disturb."

As soon as he finished speaking, Murong Che's voice came from the hall, "Wang Defa, let her in."

"..." Okay! It's true that your heart is hard to predict!

Wang Defa respectfully opened the palace door and said, "Lady Xue, please come in."

"Thank you, Eunuch Wang."

Xue Youli left Banxia outside and walked in with the lunch box.

In the main hall, Murong Che sat at the desk, looking at the two palace examination papers in his hand.

After Xue Youli finished her greetings, she glanced at the table and said in a roundabout way, "I had a quick meeting with the emperor in Yu Garden. I learned that the emperor was busy with government affairs, so I personally stewed pigeon soup for you to nourish your body. Your Majesty, will I serve you a bowl?"

As she spoke, she made a gesture to open the lunch box.

Murong Che could hear her inner voice, so he said straight to the point, "No need, you came at the right time. I want to hear your opinion on something."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

Xue Youli immediately threw the lunch box aside and waited for the man to continue.

Murong Che pushed two palace examination papers in front of her, "I just received news that your second brother cheated in this palace examination, and the answers he submitted are very similar to those of another candidate from their academy. Take a look."

Xue Youli met Murong Che's peach blossom eyes, which were unable to tell whether he was happy or angry, and was unsure of his attitude for a moment.

However, since he came to ask me, he should have guessed the doubts.

"Your Majesty, my second brother has been well-read since he was young, and he knows what a gentleman should and should not do. He disdains to commit fraud, and there is no need for him to do it. I think he is the victim of the fraud. Please find out the truth and clear my second brother's name."

[Murong Che, these things were all caused by the unpromising grandson of Song Taifu. You can't just wrongly accuse my second brother! Otherwise, Jiuzhou will lose a pillar of talent! ]

Murong Che also pushed the evidence presented by Song Jingqian in front of Xue Youli and deliberately asked her, "These are the evidences that Song Jingqian used to accuse your second brother of cheating. Song Jingqian made a prediction before the palace examination. I have compared the handwriting and found that these three essays are indeed written by Song Jingqian. The essay on your second brother's palace examination paper is exactly the same as the one Song Jingqian wrote before. There is evidence from both the witnesses and the objects. How do you think I should clear his name?"

[Bullshit! The evidence is all fake! These three answers were all written by my second brother. Song Jingqian stole my second brother's original manuscript, copied it by hand, and deliberately put it in my second brother's room to frame him! ]

[Murong Che, you better be more careful! You believe everything others say, no wonder you can't sit on the dragon chair for long! ]

Murong Che, "..." Xue Youli, you are so brave!

Xue Youli cursed him in her heart, but her expression was obedient and submissive. "Your Majesty, Song Jingqian said that he wrote all three essays, but I think the writing style of these three essays is consistent with my second brother's. In my humble opinion, we should just create a new topic and let Song Jingqian and my second brother write the essay in front of Your Majesty. We will know who is the real cheater and who is the victim after one try."

She had checked the Book of Heaven's Secrets and found out that Song Jingqian was just a fool and didn't know much.

The reason why he was able to enter Wanze Academy was entirely due to the money spent by the Song family.

In order to establish himself as a talented and combative person, he would hire gunmen in advance every time he wrote poetry or articles.

Because he had money, he spent a lot of money and accumulated a certain reputation in Wanze Academy.

Others thought that Song Jingqian had real talent and knowledge, but he knew his own limitations very well. In order to stand out in the palace examination, he set his sights on Xue Wuyang.

The best way to prove Xue Wuyang's innocence is to let him and Song Jingqian take the test again.

Murong Che also had the same idea, "This is a very good idea, let's do as you say."

So he immediately asked Wang Defa to summon Song Jingqian and Xue Wuyang.

Xue Wuyang was reported to prison by Song Jingqian and could only see the emperor as a prisoner.

When Xue Youli saw Xue Wuyang being escorted to the main hall, his heart ached.

There were bloodstains on Xue Wuyang's white prison uniform, obviously he had been tortured in prison.

However, even though his body was covered with wounds and his hands and feet were chained, he still stood straight with a proud spirit that would rather die than surrender.

"Students pay homage to the Emperor!"