Li Zhiyuan cried out urgently, "My lord... I'll confess! I'll confess!"
"explain!"
“I truly have no idea how they cheated. Including the provincial examination, I didn’t know they cheated. I always thought it was because I taught them well. I taught them to be the top scholar.”
“I often talk about this in the academy. If you don’t believe me, you can ask a few of my classmates to see if I, Li Zhiyuan, have said anything like this.”
"I would say this if I knew they were cheating. I always thought I was incredibly talented..."
Upon hearing this, Prefect Qin and the scholars outside almost burst out laughing; they all believed it.
Li Zhiyuan continued, "I was really looking forward to the provincial examination, hoping to show my talent and become a Juren (a successful candidate in the provincial examination). But a few days before the examination, Li Jiaojiao and Li Ziming suddenly brought me a stack of test questions and answers."
"They said it was the exam question for this year's provincial examination... I was shocked at the time. Only then did I realize that Li Ziming had cheated to get the top score, not because I taught him."
“I… am deeply shocked. Yes, I know they were cheating, but I didn’t! They gave me the answers, but I didn’t take them. I believe in myself… and the adults just showed me my paper.”
“There were questions similar to the original exam paper, but I didn’t use them at all! I admit I covered for them, but I didn’t participate.”
As he spoke, he glared fiercely at Li Jiaojiao, telling her not to betray him.
After all, Zhang Shuiniang is still in his hands. And no matter how Li Jiaojiao is judged, she is still his daughter, and he can ruin her life.
Strangely, Li Jiaojiao remained silent and did not expose him.
Li Ziming was even more dumbfounded, sitting on the ground as if he had lost his soul.
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