The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

As Xing Mingyue, burdened with an irreconcilable feud, asked the emperor to make a decision, Shi Anxia slowly approached with a group of people from afar.

Her brows were stern and every step she took was dignified and majestic.

The people behind her include ordinary people, court officials, victims, and perpetrators.

When Ying Liangchen saw the group of people, he knew that it was all over. Despair surged in his heart, and he was overwhelmed by a fear he had never experienced before.

Shi Anxia led the group to kneel before Emperor Mingde, raised his head and said in a loud voice, "Father, I, on behalf of Xing Mingyue, a candidate from Yunqi Academy, ask you to investigate the whole story."

What a scene!

The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites are in a hurry. The time is almost up. Should the martial arts competition still begin?

As if he knew what they were thinking, Emperor Mingde said, "The competition will be postponed for an hour. I want to see what kind of irreconcilable hatred there is under the bright sun and moon!"

At this time, the entrance to the Imperial Examination Hall was already tightly packed with people, and both the Dongyu Guard and the Imperial Guard had sent additional personnel to maintain order.

Eunuch Qi was worried that the emperor was tired, "Your Majesty, why don't you move to the Imperial Academy?"

Emperor Mingde shook his head, "No, I want to listen here, in front of the people, and together with the people, to what irreconcilable hatred and injustice a scholar has."

He deliberately raised his voice to excite the people standing nearby and make them shout "Your Majesty is wise".

If it entered the Imperial Examination Hall, ordinary people would not be able to eat such a big melon.

As soon as the people in the front row shouted, the people in the back row followed suit; as the voices spread from one layer to another, the cries of "Your Majesty is wise" echoed throughout the square in front of the Imperial Examination Hall.

The people from the Ministry of Rites brought out a chair, and Emperor Mingde sat down. He suppressed the people's praises with a deep voice, "Now we can start. Don't talk nonsense. We must have ironclad evidence."

Shi Anxia agreed, "I obey your order."

She followed the order of Emperor Mingde, but she was introducing herself to the people, "Before Xing Mingyue came to my Yunqi Academy, she was the first in the college examination of Hong County, Qizhou, and the first in the provincial examination..."

As soon as these words were spoken, the people were immediately in an uproar.

"I was wondering if Yunqi Academy would pick up the missing pieces. Wouldn't this score be a top scorer in any academy?"

"Xing Mingyue! What a great name!"

"Look at Xing Mingyue, she has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and at first glance she looks like a top scholar."

At this time, Emperor Mingde was also observing Xing Mingyue.

But this boy was eight feet tall, with a majestic torso, firm eyebrows and clear eyes, and he was indeed a general.

Such a promising young man was harmed by a traitor and lived a miserable life...Emperor Mingde was extremely sad.

It was a dream, he thought. Reality was the opposite of dreams.

Look at Ying Liangchen who was forced to kneel on the ground. He had shifty eyes and a sinister look. How did he manage to get fourth place in his previous life?

And it happened while he was in power!

Someone in the Ministry of War must have cheated! Thinking of this, he glared at the Minister of War who was standing by.

The Minister of War was already worried about the problem with the stone carrying equipment, and now he was glared at by Emperor Mingde and couldn't help but tremble.

But before he had time to think about the reason why Emperor Mingde glared at him, he heard that Xing Mingyue was "secretly sentenced to death" in Qizhou.

The framed failed candidate, Xie Cangping, was kneeling on the ground, trembling like a chicken, accusing someone of bribing him.

The person he testified against was Yang Guan.

That jade pendant was not an heirloom of the Xie family, but was given to Xie Cangping by Yang Guan, who asked him to put it in Xing Mingyue's bag.

Now that one of Yang Guan's ears had been cut off, he was terrified, watching his fallen master unable to protect himself, let alone save him.

Another witness was Mr. Wang, the official of Hong County.

It was he who arrested Xing Mingyue and it was also he who secretly sentenced Xing Mingyue to death.

Fraud for personal gain! Secretly murdering candidates! Making up punishments privately, aggravating the crime! He cannot escape the death penalty. If the system of collective punishment had not been abolished, his whole family would have died.

Lord Wang burst into tears, "Your Majesty, I have no other choice! The Ying family has absolute power in Qizhou! The Ying family asked me to arrest someone, and I had to do it. If I don't do it, I and my family will die!"

Emperor Mingde was furious when he heard this. This was his father and mother official in the northern wing!

With officials like this, how can the people live in peace?

Emperor Mingde blamed himself very much. While blaming himself, he glared at the Minister of Personnel who was next to the Minister of War.

This is how officials are assessed when they receive salaries from the imperial court! Well, well, the Ministry of Personnel should reflect on itself.

The Minister of Personnel originally just came to join in the fun in front of Emperor Mingde, who would have thought that he would be implicated?

He was startled by the glare from Emperor Mingde and felt the official hat on his head tilted.

But the slightly sad voice of Emperor Mingde sounded, "The Ying family is so powerful! I didn't know that Qizhou was originally the territory of the Ying family!"

The spies of the Ying family in the capital quickly withdrew from the crowd and ran away. They had to go back and report to their master quickly, otherwise they would be killed by the Ying family in Qizhou.

In fact, why did they need to report there? Someone from the Ying family in Beijing was already present, and their faces were livid, as if they were about to face a disaster.

Lord Wang dared not hide anything and confessed everything, including the bribes he had received.

The case of Xing Mingyue being wrongly imprisoned was solved, and the evidence was clear. The witnesses and evidence, as well as the jade pendant used to frame her, were all presented to the Dali Temple for handling.

It wasn't over yet. Xing Mingyue's grandmother, parents, brothers and sisters, and aunt all knelt before Emperor Mingde.

Xing Mingyue presented the note with the illegible handwriting "If you want your family to be safe, go to Fuyuan Teahouse alone" and the packet of deadly powder.

Xing Mingyue pointed out Yang Guan loudly, "This man wants me to poison and kill six candidates, including me. They are Tang Xinghe, the eldest son of the Minister of Revenue Tang, and Ma Chuyang, the second son of General Ma..."

He listed the identities of the other five candidates one by one, which made Emperor Mingde angry again.

Even though he had already known the news last night, hearing it again still made him want to tear Ying Liangchen into pieces.

The villain wants to harm the pillars of his northern wing!

If Xing Mingyue goes astray for the safety of her family, Tang Xinghe and others will surely die.

A waiter at Fuyuan Teahouse testified that Yang Guan had brought the woman with her hands and feet tied to wait for Xing Mingyue in the private room yesterday.

It was really shocking to commit such a blatant crime under the emperor's feet. Even if the powerful people in the capital wanted to do something, they would do it secretly.

Is this because he is afraid that others will not know that he is going to do something bad? At the same time, it also indirectly shows that the Ying family is so domineering in Qizhou.

At this point, the kidnapping case was confirmed.

But at this moment, Ying Liangchen shouted, "I know nothing about these things! It must be that bastard Yang Guan who did it behind my back!"

This is intended to be a clean sweep.

Yang Guan hesitated for a moment, and was about to take all the blame when he heard Emperor Mingde's slow and heavy voice like a rock pressing down on him, "Anyone who tells a lie or gives a false confession will be punished with the entire clan! No mercy will be given!"