"What does it mean to leave your hometown? Just explain it clearly. Why keep it a secret?" Ye Qingwan was not in a hurry, but Liu Sheng was very anxious.

The Imperial Master was about to explain when Shi Hu suddenly rushed in: "Master, His Majesty has summoned you to the palace to see him immediately."

Seeing him so anxious, several people were shocked. What was the emperor going to do? Did he have too much salt and was he free?

But Liu Sheng left anyway. It was not until he hurried into the hall that he realized the seriousness of the problem.

All the officials of the third rank in the court came and knelt on the ground in a black mass. Especially the prime minister, who was the first to kneel in the front, and the emperor was so angry that he threw the memorial on him.

"The Prime Minister is indeed a good minister of mine, a good chancellor of Dayu. He is adept at buying and selling official positions, appointing people based on personal connections, and selecting the top three candidates in the imperial examinations. The highest bidder wins. The Prime Minister is very good at this."

The only thing missing was to put the four words "control the government" into a hat and put it on the prime minister's head.

Liu Sheng didn't know what was going on, so he could only go in and pay his respects first.

When the emperor saw Liu Sheng, his anger subsided a little. He pointed at the memorial on the ground with his chin, motioning him to take a look.

Opening the memorial, Liu Sheng frowned as he read it. It was written in blood by tens of thousands of students from the south, accusing the Ministry of Personnel of buying and selling official positions with the prime minister and controlling the imperial examinations. They also attached the account books of the buying and selling of official positions over the years.

The imperial examination was the foundation of Dayu's founding of the country. Controlling the imperial examination was equivalent to controlling the entire court. No wonder the emperor was so angry.

But... Liu Sheng looked at the silent Prime Minister and felt that something was wrong. Although the Minister of Personnel was promoted by the Prime Minister, Liu Sheng was the chief examiner in every imperial examination.

Moreover, all those who passed the imperial examinations in the past were talented writers. There was no such thing as the top three winners, or the one who bid the highest.

Liu Sheng stated truthfully: "Your Majesty, I have been the chief examiner in all the previous imperial examinations, and I have not found any cases of buying and selling official positions. This matter must have been deliberately framed by someone. Please investigate clearly, Your Majesty."

The emperor stared at Liu Sheng with cold eyes. He found that he could no longer see through Liu Sheng. From being his favorite minister to assisting King Xiang, and now even siding with the prime minister, whose side was Liu Sheng on?

"Thirty thousand students in the south jointly filed a lawsuit, written in blood by ten thousand people, and attached with a detailed account book, how could it be false?" The emperor did not want to hear anyone making excuses for the prime minister.

Although the Prime Minister has been doing everything for him recently and has handled things cleanly and beautifully, which is very much to his liking, this does not mean that the Prime Minister cannot threaten his imperial power.

Since he ascended the throne, he has been fighting with the Prime Minister, but he has never been able to shake the Prime Minister. Now that such a good opportunity is in front of him, he must not let it go.

After hearing what the emperor said, Liu Sheng probably knew what the emperor meant. He was making a fuss about a small matter, making a mountain out of a molehill, and fabricating something out of nothing...

The prime minister had been an official for decades, so he knew the emperor's intention. The corruption in the imperial examinations was a major event that shook the country. If it was really as serious as the memorial said, then Dayu would have been finished long ago.

Now the emperor just borrowed a knife to slaughter him severely, so no matter what he said, it was useless.

The emperor had waited for decades and finally got this knife. He would never let go unless he stabbed him to death.

The Minister of Personnel suddenly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, this matter was done by me alone, and the Prime Minister was unaware of it from beginning to end. I am willing to die."

At the critical moment, the Minister of Personnel took all the responsibility on himself.

He knew very well that this matter had nothing to do with him or the Prime Minister. It was just that someone had figured out the Emperor's intentions and set a trap for the Prime Minister.

The prime minister had no intention of arguing, because no matter what he said, the emperor would stick to his own opinion. But seeing that the Minister of Rites wanted to take charge of everything, how could he do that?

Corruption in the imperial examination system is a serious crime.

"Your Majesty, I am indeed unaware of this, but I also believe that the Minister of Personnel would never do such a treasonous thing. Please be clear about this, Your Majesty."

"Prime Minister." Seeing that the Prime Minister dared to come out to protect him and contradict the Emperor at this time, the Minister of Personnel quickly opened his mouth to stop him, but was suppressed by the Prime Minister with a look.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the emperor became even more furious: "Well, well, well, you are indeed the pillars of Dayu. You protect me and I protect you. What a deep affection you have."

The Prime Minister ignored the emperor's sarcasm and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, in the previous imperial examinations, the number of students from the south and the north was almost the same. If we were really buying and selling official positions, why are there no northern students in the joint blood letter?"

"Your Majesty, do you think that the students in the north have no money to buy and sell official positions? Or are the students in the north very rich and all passed the imperial examinations by buying money?"

Not only the emperor, but even the other ministers kneeling on the ground looked at each other in bewilderment.

It seems... that's the truth!

Liu Sheng lowered his head, trying hard to hold back his laughter.

The emperor was too anxious. He had been wary of the prime minister for too long, so long that as soon as he caught the slightest sign of trouble, he wished he could forge it into a sharp sword and stab the prime minister with it.

But the Prime Minister has been sitting firmly in the position of Prime Minister for decades, how could he be overthrown so easily?

The emperor's face turned pale, and he couldn't explain himself for a moment, but he still insisted: "The matter of the northern students needs to be investigated, but the blood letter and account book of the southern students are here, so this matter must be investigated."

"Come here, detain the Prime Minister and the Minister of Personnel. I want to investigate this matter thoroughly."

The Prime Minister bowed firmly to the Minister of Personnel, then took off his official hat and placed it on the ground, then followed the Imperial Guards out.

After everyone had left, the emperor stared at Liu Sheng and said, "Lord Liu, I'll leave this matter to you to investigate. Don't let me down again."

Liu Sheng looked up at the emperor and understood that the emperor wanted to wrongly kill the prime minister: "I obey your order."

After leaving the palace, Liu Sheng immediately went to the Jinyiwei and found the commander of the Jinyiwei. He said to him, "Catch all those southern students who signed the petition. I want to hear carefully how the prime minister and his men bought and sold official positions."

The commander of the Jinyiwei was stunned for a moment: "Master Liu, where are these two or three thousand people? Capture them all?"

"If we don't arrest them, how will we know who is lying?" Liu Sheng laughed: "Not only should we arrest them, but we should also detain them separately and interrogate them one by one. If someone says something that doesn't make sense..."

Halfway through his words, Liu Sheng suddenly came up to the commander and said with a particularly bright smile: "You know what to do, right?"

The commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was stunned for a moment. What did Master Liu mean?

Find the flaws of these people and prove the Prime Minister’s innocence?

This...how is it possible?

Isn't Master Liu a favorite of the Emperor? He is a political enemy of the Prime Minister.

When the emperor handed the matter over to Tutor Liu, they knew that the emperor was really going to wrongly kill the prime minister this time.

But now Liu Sheng actually... wants to clear the Prime Minister’s name?

Does the Emperor know that he did this? !