Chapter 176 It's All Her Fault
Mo Junye didn't even look at her, "As you wish."
He has no opinion on what Yuyao does, as long as she doesn't hurt Xiao Tangbao. If she hurts Xiao Tangbao, he will be angry no matter who it is.
Princess Yuyao looked at the Crown Prince's receding back, and the hatred in her heart grew stronger.
"It's all Shen Tang's fault!"
Shen Yuanbai is recognized by the whole world as a big fool. How could he possibly get the top spot in the imperial examination? The Shen family must have bribed the examiner with money!
Thinking of this, Princess Yuyao immediately contacted those who were jealous of Shen Yuanbai and asked them to go home and tell their father about Shen Yuanbai's cheating.
Among them was the Minister of Revenue, who was angry because his son failed the exam. Suddenly, when he heard that Shen Yuanbai had bribed the examiner, he perked up.
"Is it true that you said the Shen family bribed the examiner?"
The man nodded his head in a steady voice, "Sir, this is absolutely true. I heard the news from the palace. His identity as a child prodigy is fake!"
The Minister of Finance nodded proudly, "I was wondering how that idiot could become a child prodigy overnight, it turns out it was all fake! This is a crime of deceiving the emperor!"
That person also echoed, "The top two candidates must go through the palace examination of His Majesty. I hope you can go to the palace to meet His Majesty and ask His Majesty to change the questions temporarily. In this way, Shen Yuanbai will definitely be exposed!"
The Minister of Revenue nodded and went to the palace to meet His Majesty that night.
After listening to his statement, the emperor's eyes were filled with doubt, "Mr. Liu, do you know that what you said today is a crime of deceiving the emperor?"
Lord Liu knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I am also thinking about your Majesty. The Shen family deceived the emperor to seek an official position, which is the real crime of deceiving the emperor."
Seeing that he was so determined about the Shen family buying official positions, the emperor did not say much, lest people think that he was biased towards the Shen family.
"In that case, how about we change the test questions together in the palace tomorrow?"
Lord Liu knelt down and kowtowed, "Your Majesty is wise!"
After Lord Liu left, the emperor walked into the inner chamber and said to Mo Junye, who was sitting in front of the dragon table reading a book: "Ye'er, did you hear what Liu Qing said to me just now? Do you think Shen Yuanbai's identity as a child prodigy is true or false?"
Mo Junye raised his head slightly, not avoiding his father's gaze, and said calmly: "Father, you know the Shen family best, and I naturally believe in the Shen family."
The emperor was amused and patted Mo Junye on the shoulder. "Ye'er is right. I will change the test questions tomorrow to the Spring and Autumn Period. It shouldn't be too difficult, right?"
Mo Junye knew that this was a test from his father. As the saying goes, between a ruler and his subjects, no matter how good their relationship is or how much they love each other, the ruler is the ruler and the subject is the subject, and they can never cross this gap.
"Father, this question is very good."
"It's late at night. Ye'er, you'd better go to bed early. Let's go back first."
Mo Junye put down the book in his hand and stood up, "Father, I will take my leave."
After leaving the bedroom, Mo Junye walked straight to the East Palace. The eunuch beside him asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, should we send someone out to tell His Majesty the Shen family to change the test questions?"
Mo Junye suddenly stopped and stared at the young eunuch with his dark eyes, as if he wanted to see through him.
"Xiao Linzi, you've only been here for a short time, and you're trying to guess what I'm thinking?"
Even though the prince was not very old, he exuded royal majesty from head to toe. Xiao Linzi immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
"Your Highness, that's not what I meant. Please forgive me this time!"
Mo Junye smiled coldly, "You don't have to serve me tomorrow."
If it weren't for what happened today, he wouldn't have known that the little eunuch next to him was actually a spy planted by someone else.
The young eunuch fell to the ground, tears streaming down his cheeks. Why was he so talkative? He had been hiding for so long, and yet he was discovered because of a single word!
Mo Junye knew very well that if he sent out the message tonight, his father would know about it at any time.
Then it doesn’t matter whether Shen Yuanbai is a fool or not, the Shen family may also be suspected by the emperor because of this.
Thinking of Xiao Tangbao's cute and charming little face, Mo Junye felt annoyed.
There are always villains who want to harm his little sugar baby!
As the night deepened, Xiaotangbao had just finished taking a bath when the ghost in the rag doll actually spoke.
"My dear little master, I have a little secret. Do you want to hear it?"
Little Tangbao is drinking water and is too lazy to pay attention to it.
The shadow said helplessly and pitifully: "Can you take me out to play for a while? I heard the emperor said he wanted to change the test questions three times."
Xiao Tangbao's face wrinkled into a small bun, "Did you hear what the test questions were changed to?"
The black shadow cried, "The dragon energy in the palace is too strong, I can't get in. I only know that the test questions have been changed three times."
"Tsk, considering it's not easy for you to come to the palace, I'll take you to play with my third brother for a while."
"Oh yeah, time to get some fresh air!"
Little Tangbao put on cute little tiger pajamas and hopped into the yard of his third brother.
It was almost late at night, and Shen Yuanbai was still sitting at his desk, studying hard, which made Xiao Tangbao feel a little sad.
[Third brother is really working too hard! If Shen Fangcheng hadn't taken away his luck, he would have been the top scorer in high school! ]
"Third brother!"
When Xiao Tangbao came in holding the baby, Shen Yuanbai quickly put down the book in his hand and held her on the couch.
"It's a cold night. Why did you come out barefoot?"
"Is Third Brother going to take the Palace Examination tomorrow? What is the Palace Examination? Is it the Emperor personally testing Third Brother's knowledge?"
Shen Yuanbai couldn't help but laugh and gave Little Tangbao a thumbs up, "My little Tangbao is really smart. He doesn't need Third Brother to tell him anything. He understands everything right away."
"Did Third Brother guess what question His Majesty would ask?"
Xiao Tangbao's question hit the nail on the head. Shen Yuanbai asked the servants to bring shoes and socks, and shook his head while putting them on Xiao Tangbao.
"Third brother has just read a lot of books, but I'm not sure what His Majesty will ask. How about Little Sugar Baby give me some advice?"
Xiao Tangbao is the lucky star of the Shen family, and what she says must come true.
Little Tangbao supported his head with his chubby hands, and scanned the room with his big round eyes, and suddenly his gaze fell on the plum blossoms in the corner.
"Third brother, I think His Majesty will definitely use the topic of the north-south climate to let you talk about the people's livelihood."
Shen Yuanbai slapped his thigh and said, "Yes! This year there was a flood in the south of the Yangtze River and a war in the north. They must be asking about these things!"
After thinking through the test questions, Shen Yuanbai already had an outline of the answer in his mind. He excitedly picked up Little Tangbao and spun around.
"Little Tangbao, you are really our family's lucky star, I love you so much!"
Little Tangbao giggled happily, "Third brother, stop shaking. I feel dizzy."
It was late at night and everyone was asleep, but laughter and joy could still be heard from the yard.
The next day, the new top three and second place winners all entered the palace examination, and the emperor set the test questions and conducted another test in front of all the civil and military officials.
There were two tall and strong men standing around Shen Yuanbai, and they all looked at Shen Yuanbai with jealous eyes.