Volume 1 Chapter 40 Give Justice
He has obviously lost all his face.
Xiang Yun had no choice but to change the subject and said, "You failed the exam. Not only did you fail the provincial exam, you didn't even get the title of a scholar."
Liu Yiyi's body softened when she heard this. This news was like a bolt from the blue, completely extinguishing all her hopes in this life.
After a long while, Liu Yiyi said dejectedly, "I wonder how Your Majesty will deal with Yiyi?"
"I love you so much, how can I punish you?"
Xiang Yun smiled and said, "I have read your test paper. You wrote it very boldly. I don't know if you really want to pass the exam. How can the court officials give you fame if you target them like this?"
Liu Yiyi's expression darkened and she smiled bitterly, "It's true that Yiyi has been in Tianxiang Tower for a long time and has seen a lot. Yiyi generally understands the dirty deeds of these officials and has long been fed up with them.
This time, Yiyi used the provincial examination to speak out what was in her heart, and she also relied on the care of His Majesty. "
Xiang Yun nodded: "Well, it's good that you know."
After Xiang Yun finished speaking, he walked forward, put his arms around her waist and picked her up. This time, Liu Yiyi did not resist at all, but just blushed and lowered her head without saying a word.
Since there is no hope of passing the imperial examination, being the woman of the man in front of me is the best choice in my life.
Since I can't resist, I'll just enjoy it. Life like this is much better than living in Tianxiang Tower. Liu Yiyi is already satisfied.
This time, Xiang Yun was very gentle, and Liu Yiyi also became very proactive because of her emotions. She catered to him, which opened up a new world for Xiang Yun and made him extremely emotional.
Xiang Yunke had accumulated a lot of sunlight energy in the past few days. This time he could convert all of this energy and feed it back to himself, making his body stronger.
It is also because of this that time seems to be long.
Four hours later, the two sweaty people were leaning against each other.
After calming down a little, Liu Yiyi suddenly hugged Xiang Yun tightly, rested her head on his chest, and said softly: "Your Majesty, can you come to see Yiyi more often in the future? Please don't just leave Yiyi in this palace. Yiyi... is very scared."
Xiang Yun scratched Liu Yiyi's nose, then said with a smile: "You have excellent literary talent. It's a pity for you to stay in the palace. Are you willing to serve as an official and share my worries?"
Liu Yiyi was shocked when she heard this, and quickly got up. She stared at Xiang Yun in disbelief and asked, "Your Majesty, are you saying that I can do this?"
"That's right!" Xiang Yun nodded and said, "They won't give you fame, but I can!"
"It's not that I have any selfish motives, but your similar article this time really touched me, so I made up my mind to let you take up a government position." Xiang Yun said sincerely.
Liu Yiyi wanted to jump up on the bed with joy, but her expression suddenly darkened and she hesitated, "But I have already performed the Zhougong Ceremony with Your Majesty. If I serve as an official in the court again, wouldn't people laugh at me?
My dignity is not a problem, but I am afraid of losing your majesty's dignity..."
Xiang Yun laughed loudly upon hearing this and said, "Don't worry, no one will dare to laugh in a few days. You will know when the time comes. You should prepare yourself well in the next few days."
Liu Yiyi's already red face now became even more red, as if it was about to bleed.
Seeing that Liu Yiyi hadn't said anything and was just staring at him stupidly, Xiang Yun teased, "Is there something on my face that you're staring at me like this..."
Before Xiang Yun could finish his words, his big mouth was suddenly blocked by Liu Yiyi, and then Liu Yiyi actually knocked him to the ground and launched an active attack.
Although Liu Yiyi was a weak woman, she fought very fiercely. Liu Yiyi finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep with a happy face.
Three days later, in the Golden Palace, Little Melon Seed said in a loud voice: "The Emperor has arrived~"
All the ministers knelt and bowed: "Long live the emperor!"
Xiang Yun specially wore a more luxurious court dress today, with a five-clawed golden dragon embroidered with gold thread, and a huge night-shining pearl on his crown, looking extremely majestic.
Sitting on the dragon throne, Xiang Yun said expressionlessly, "My dear ministers, please stand up!"
The Minister of Personnel Zhao Sanqi was the first to stand up and handed in a memorial, saying, "Your Majesty, the provincial examination is over and a total of 108 candidates have been selected. This is the position in the court that the Ministry of Personnel has assigned to each candidate. Please review it."
Xiao Guazi walked down, took the memorial and handed it to Xiang Yun.
Xiang Yun opened the memorial and took a quick look at it, then he sneered in his heart: "Good fellow, he actually got his son a prefectural position, he has quite an appetite!"
After closing the memorial, Xiang Yun did not reply, but put it aside and asked Liu Xingjian: "Are the candidates for this provincial examination fair and just? Is there anyone who abuses his power for personal gain and sells his position for money?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Xingjian knelt down immediately and explained, "This provincial examination was handled by the Ministry of Rites, and I personally checked the examination papers. The candidates are worthy of their names, and it is absolutely fair and just."
Xiang Yun pretended to be surprised and said, "Oh, then I was wrong to blame you. But I heard these days that scholars all over the world are very dissatisfied with the people who passed the imperial examination this time, and they cursed me as a tyrant and said that there was something fishy going on in this imperial examination.
As far as I know, Jia Jinyu, the son of the Minister of Revenue Jia Yuan, only knows how to drink and have fun all day long. He is uneducated and has no literary talent. He has only written three poems from childhood to adulthood. Such a vulgar person actually became the champion of this provincial examination. Do you still dare to say that this imperial examination is fair and just?
Aren't you deceiving the emperor? You think all the scholars in the world are fools, and you think I am a fool too!"
After hearing Xiang Yun's strong words, Liu Xingjian understood what Xiang Yun meant. The emperor couldn't help but get angry!
The position of the top scorer in the provincial examination was chosen by Xiang Yun in front of him, but now he has turned against him. He refuses to acknowledge it!
Liu Xingjian smiled bitterly in his heart: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have already behaved so well, do you still want to drag me down with you? Please give me a chance to live!"
Liu Xingjian took off the black gauze hat on his head without any hesitation and put it aside. Then he bowed and said, "I just learned about this matter. I am ashamed to say that I have failed your grace and brought shame to your majesty. The scholars of the world are furious. I voluntarily plead guilty and take off this black gauze hat. I will die to apologize. I hope your majesty will calm down!"
After Liu Xingjian finished speaking, he stood up and rushed towards the dragon pillar beside him without any hesitation, as if he was really determined to die.
Liu Xingjian's two good friends quickly pulled him aside and cried out: "Minister Liu, why are you doing this? You have been an old minister for three dynasties, why are you trying to commit suicide at every turn?"
"Don't worry about me. Just let me die here today. Otherwise, I will not be able to see Your Majesty." Liu Xingjian said relentlessly.
Xiang Yun was furious when he saw this scene. This old fox was really hard to deal with, so he cursed: "Enough, how can this be allowed in the court! Liu Xingjian, take your black gauze hat and step aside. I will deal with you later."
Liu Xingjian stopped making a fuss and was dragged away by his two friends. However, he was still very angry and did not continue to seek death. He was secretly happy in his heart: "I don't want to fight, and no one can harm me!"
Xiang Yun glanced at the other ministers one by one, especially at the other five ministers, where he stayed for a while, making the five of them feel their hair stand on end.
Xiang Yun suddenly sneered and said, "It's funny. I have also read the examination papers and selected many talented and knowledgeable people, but none of them passed the exam. I am really surprised."
Minister of Personnel Zhao Sanqi said, "Your Majesty, the list of successful candidates has already been announced to the world. If we change the order and review the examination papers because of this, wouldn't it further undermine the dignity of the court? If the first imperial examination was in such a mess, who would come to take the imperial examination in the future?"
"Then according to what Minister Zhao said, should we just let the mistake go on and let the talented people in the world fall into oblivion?" Xiang Yun sneered, "Humph, since it is wrong, the court should give an explanation to the scholars in the world!"
Xiang Yun waved his hand, and the little melon seed beside him immediately said in a loud voice: "Call all candidates into the hall!"
All the ministers in the court exclaimed in surprise, and saw the thirty-eight talented people selected by Xiang Yun three days ago, led by Zhu Qiyu, entering the Golden Palace one after another.
Liu Yiyi was also among them. There were a total of five women including Liu Yiyi. This situation made the ministers even more unhappy.
When these people saw Xiang Yun, they all knelt down and saluted: "We are the people who pay our respects to the emperor. Long live the emperor!"
"Everyone, stand up!"
Xiang Yun glanced at everyone one by one, nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Today, I want to let you know that your failure to be selected is not because you are incompetent, nor is it because I am unfair, but because the ministers in this court are unwilling to give you justice!
Since the civil and military officials are unwilling to give you justice, then I will give you justice!"
Xiang Yun waved his hand again, and Xiao Guazi hurriedly shouted, "Send the message, Sun Shang, the inspector of the eight prefectures, to see you!"
Sun Shang, wearing the seventh-rank official uniform, strode into the Golden Palace with his head held high. Upon seeing this man, some ministers finally could no longer sit still.
The name Sun Shang was known to everyone outside the court. Relying on the emperor's favor, he conducted extensive investigations on civil and military officials. Many people had evidence in his hands, so everyone was very wary of him.
It can be said that no one in the court liked him.
Many people even sent assassins to kill Sun Shang, but for some reason, all these assassins never returned and there was no news of them.
According to folk rumors, Sun Shang was secretly protected by someone with extraordinary martial arts skills, and ordinary killers could do nothing to him.
In this way, Sun Shang was like a sharp knife hanging over everyone's heads, ready to fall at any time and chop off their official hats, or even their heads!
And looking at the situation today, it seems that the emperor is about to pick up this sharp knife and chop it down on them.
The Minister of Revenue Jia Yuan was the first one who couldn't sit still. Today the emperor directly criticized his son, and it was obviously aimed at him.
If he didn't do anything now, he would be waiting for death. He immediately stepped out of the line and pointed at Sun Shang and cursed, "How dare you, a shameless villain, come out? In this case, I will report all your scandals to His Majesty. Let's see if you dare to be so arrogant again!"
But Sun Shang ignored him, and didn't even look at him. He walked straight into the Golden Palace, sat in the middle hall, and bowed to Xiang Yun: "I am Sun Shang, your humble servant, and I pay my respects to your Majesty!"
Xiang Yun became interested, so he asked, "Please stand up. Sun Shang, Minister Jia wants to sue you. Do you have anything to say?"
Sun Shang said expressionlessly: "I cannot say that I have a clear conscience for what I have done, but I can guarantee that what I have done is worthy of my post as the Inspector of the Eight Prefectures and worthy of the trust that Your Majesty has placed in me!"
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