bookrebus Chapter 782: The Hunter Lady is the Savior of the Powerful Official 43
Chapter 782: The Hunter Lady is the Savior of the Powerful Official 43
Miaomiao was eating candied haws and didn't seem too conspicuous among the crowd.
She fanned the flames behind the students.
"Hey, did you hear that? His father is the examiner, and his sister is the Crown Prince's concubine. I'm afraid the imperial examination has been decided long ago, right?"
What Miaomiao said was not groundless. Her brother had told her at the very beginning that in fact, if the so-called Enke was controlled by someone with ulterior motives, it would only increase the capital of some playboys and nobles.
The educated will still be eliminated and replaced by the uneducated. So this terrible tradition must be broken.
Miaomiao's words seemed to turn on some kind of switch, and everyone soon reacted.
Then Miaomiao shouted again in the crowd.
"Then appeal! Let's have it heard by the heavens!! We can't let these scoundrels taint the imperial examinations!"
The shout was like a spark falling into a haystack, instantly igniting the anger in the whole room.
"Yes, appeal!!"
"Let His Majesty investigate Su Mingzhe's family!"
The excitement finally sobered Su Mingzhe up. He looked at the excited students and his face turned pale instantly.
He turned around and wanted to run, but someone tripped him and he fell to the ground, losing his chance to escape.
The angry students almost swallowed Su Mingzhe, but Miaomiao said something behind him.
"Don't break it. We still need him to appeal! Otherwise, it will become a gang fight."
The girl's voice was sweet and clear, instantly bringing the students back to their senses.
Xiao Yunzhou looked at the chaotic scene and Su Mingzhe who was beaten half to death by the angry students, and a barely perceptible smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He turned around and walked towards Miaomiao, who had not finished eating the candied haws. Seeing her squirming in the crowd to watch the fun, he couldn't help but grabbed her hand.
"Come on, sister, we should go home."
Within half a day, the news that "the illegitimate son of the Su family threatened that the Su family manipulated the imperial examination" spread throughout the streets and alleys under the manipulation of someone with ulterior motives.
The next morning, the students who came to Beijing jointly wrote a blood oath and knelt at the palace gate holding the complaint.
"Your Majesty, please help these poor students!"
"I beg Your Majesty to thoroughly investigate the Enke exam and restore our students' integrity."
What's worse, some people were still shouting in the huge crowd.
"The Crown Prince's concubine is a girl from the Su family, how can the Crown Prince just sit back and watch?
I'm afraid the word "fair" has already been thrown to the dogs! "
Some of those who said these words were students, while some were the work of the Gao family.
Regardless of the spread of the matter or the people kneeling on the ground, none of them were the Third Prince Zhao Jiayu's men, nor were they the work of Xiao Yunzhou. Someone would definitely put in more effort in the follow-up.
The best way is dog-eat-dog.
We just need to let the Gao family know what the Su family has done, and there will be no need to worry about anything else.
The matter became quite serious, especially when the students knelt on the ground at the palace gate, almost pointing at the emperor's nose and cursing him.
At this time, it was the morning court session, and all the officials came in through the door and saw this scene.
In the court, the emperor looked at the petition in his hand and trembled with anger.
Looking at the prince who had turned pale, he felt a mouthful of blood stuck in his chest again. At this moment, he even doubted whether he had made the right choice of prince.
How can such an incompetent person be of any use?
"Investigate! Investigate thoroughly!"
His Majesty even directly ordered Su Mingzhe to be thrown into prison and Su Daoyuan to be dismissed and investigated.
Enke, who was originally under the supervision of the prince, was the one who caused the biggest bombshell this time, and it was his own people who caused the violence. He wanted to kill the Su family, but now he could only kneel on the ground, his face pale, and make excuses repeatedly.
His Majesty looked at him, his eyes filled with disappointment that almost overflowed.
Looking at the third son who was standing aside without being arrogant or impatient and even defending the crown prince, he suddenly felt that it was not impossible to let the third son be the crown prince.
After the court session, the students kneeling outside received a reply from His Majesty: all examiners were replaced and the special examination was postponed.
Even this time the person in charge was changed from the crown prince to the third prince Zhao Jiayu who was in the limelight.
The candidates were cheering at the palace gate, and as the officials came in and out, some of the prince's party members began to become distracted and had other ideas.
In the imperial study, only His Majesty and the Crown Prince were left, and His Majesty kicked the Crown Prince.
"You are a rebellious son. You can't even control your own relatives. How can you have the dignity to be the crown prince?
If you don't handle this matter well, I, as the crown prince, will not be able to help you."
Your Majesty spoke righteously, but he obviously forgot that he himself is a good-for-nothing. If he had not been unable to control his in-laws, how could the country have become like this?
After receiving the imperial edict, Zhao Jiayu did not refuse. He went to the scene to appease the students as he had discussed with Xiao Yunzhou before, and then began to investigate and find the most suitable invigilator in the students' minds.
When Xiao Yunzhou received the secret letter, the ink on the Third Prince's newly drafted list of examiners hadn't even dried yet. He carefully examined the candidates, confirmed they were all acceptable, and then sent the letter off.
These things were just a way to spice up life, interesting but not necessary to take up too much of his time.
When they were walking on the street, Xiao Yunzhou briefly told Miaomiao what had happened next.
"That's good! Those students can finally get a fair exam."
Miaomiao breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and looked at Xiao Yunzhou and said.
The wind blew through Miaomiao's skirt, creating ripples, and her fair skin beneath the skirt flashed by.
Xiao Yunzhou approached Miaomiao and raised his hand to tidy up the hem of her skirt that was lifted by the wind. His fingertips accidentally brushed against Miaomiao's waist.
"Sister is right. Justice is in the hearts of the people."
As the two men were walking on the road, the voices of several scholars on the street corner drifted over with the wind, saying, "The girl from Zhuangyuan Building that day and Brother Wen are a perfect match made in heaven."
Hearing these words, a hint of darkness involuntarily flashed across Xiao Yunzhou's eyes.
He walked forward two steps calmly, using his body to block Miaomiao's figure, and then glanced sideways at a few scoundrel-like scholars at the corner of the street.
The scholar in the lead was wearing a moon-white gown. He looked androgynous, and the jade pendant with the word "wen" hanging around his waist was very conspicuous.
He remembered that this was the mark of the Wen family in Jiangnan. It was said that the Wen family was a wealthy family in Jiangnan and was asking someone to find a way to meet the prince and send the young lady of the Wen family to the East Palace in order to get more benefits.
In his previous life, when the Crown Prince was still the Crown Prince, the Wen family was successful and took the daughter of the Wen family into the Eastern Palace as a concubine...
"Sister, do you want to eat the almond cake from that shop?"
Xiao Yunzhou suddenly spoke, his voice gentle and seductive, while he calmly raised his hand to adjust his cuffs.
A tile immediately slid down from the second floor of the teahouse on the corner of the street and landed neatly at the feet of the man in the moon-white gown. He staggered back in shock, and his jade pendant hit the stone steps with a clang.
Miaomiao was startled by the sound of tiles falling to the ground and turned around, but she only saw the back of a scholar hurriedly picking up the jade pendant.
When I turned around again, Xiao Yunzhou grabbed my wrist and took me to a snack shop not far away. I couldn't pay attention to anything else.
After Miaomiao left, a few scholars came forward to help clean up the mess. They casually mentioned that the couple they had just seen were a local couple, childhood sweethearts who were said to be getting married soon.