How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

When Sheng Yiren saw the transparent and bright white jade, all her sadness disappeared immediately. She quickly took it and took a look at it, saying, "What a good thing. The texture is delicate and tough, and the touch is smooth and flawless. It must be the Hetian jade from Khotan, right?"

"Young lady, you know this?" Jiang Yuan asked in surprise.

Sheng Yiren coughed lightly and handed the white jade back. "No merit, no reward. Master Jiang, you should take it back."

Jiang Yuan waved his hands and said nonchalantly, "It's okay, it's okay. There are plenty of these things. I don't need them!"

"..." Sheng Yiren's face froze. She didn't know what happened, but she suddenly got angry. She stuffed the white jade into Jiang Yuan's arms fiercely, "Who cares!"

Originally, I thought that Jiang Yuan sincerely wanted her to be a housekeeper, so he gave her a lot of rare things, but now it seems that he just gives gifts to everyone he meets!

No sincerity at all!

Sheng Yiren pulled Cheng Wuxue away disappointedly and walked towards Shen Yuan and Xie Chengze.

Jiang Yuan held the white jade in his hands in confusion: What happened again?

Cheng Wuxue looked back at Jiang Yuan, then at Sheng Yiren who was looking furious, and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, "You and Mr. Jiang, did you know each other before?"

Seeing Cheng Wuxue's teasing expression, Sheng Yiren knew what she was thinking and immediately said, "It's not what you think."

"Oh, that's not what I thought." Cheng Wuxue joked, "That white jade looks very valuable, but you are so angry. Is it because of that sentence 'There are a lot of such things, I don't need them'? Could it be that he has given you similar white jade before, but you just forgot about it? Do you think he is fickle?"

Sheng Yiren opened her mouth, then looked at Cheng Wuxue meaningfully.

Cheng Wuxue didn't know that she disguised herself as a man to do business, but just from her words and emotions, he guessed that she had accepted gifts from Jiang Yuan, which was quite scary.

It would be a pity if you don't become an official and investigate the case.

To be honest, given His Highness's support for women, if he really ascends the throne someday, it would not be uncommon for women to serve as officials. Who knows, with Cheng Wuxue's ability, she might really become the Minister of the Dali Temple one day.

So, she placed her hands heavily on Cheng Wuxue's shoulders and asked solemnly, "Sister, have you ever thought about rebellion?"

Cheng Wuxue: ???

What are you planning——?

Aren't we talking about Mr. Jiang? Why are we suddenly talking about treason?!

……

"That's what it is, what do you think?"

Xie Chengze told Shen Yuan what Sheng Yiren overheard outside the room.

Shen Yuan pondered for a while and glanced at Xie Chengze, "What do you think?"

"I suspect that what they are trading is the imperial examination questions." Seeing Shen Yuan asking him what he thought, Xie Chengze immediately said, "The Spring Examination is coming soon. Sheng Shihuai can't just sit there and do nothing, right? Didn't he send someone to ask the Second Prince to open a backdoor in his previous life?"

Moreover, in the book, in order to make things difficult for the Crown Prince and Shen Yuan during the second imperial examination in that decade, the Second Prince teamed up with Sheng Shihuai's forces to leak the test questions. This was a crime against the wind, and he showed no lesson at all.

Xie Chengze suspected with good reason that it must have been Sheng Shihuai who took action.

Shen Yuan didn't comment, just thinking. Xie Chengze was getting impatient and couldn't help but tug at his sleeve, "What are you thinking about?"

"I'm thinking, this matter may not be that simple." Shen Yuan looked up at him, "To leak the exam questions, the chief examiner must come forward in person. Otherwise, those students are not stupid. Why would they spend a lot of money to buy a possibly fake exam question?"

"Think about it, who is the examiner this year?"

It was the newly appointed Minister of Rites, Sheng Yiren's father, Xie Chengze, who made the decision when he went to court.

He didn't dare to leak the test questions under Xie Chengze's nose.

Xie Chengze thought about it and it made sense, "So what you mean is..."

"What was leaked might be the test questions, but they are not secret questions." Shen Yuan looked at him with a faint smile.

"It's the open question?!" Xie Chengze's eyes widened immediately, and then he covered his mouth and exclaimed in a low voice, "The additional question about the flood in Yizhou!"

Many of the students from Yizhou who came to study have not yet arrived in Beijing. Even if they have arrived, they will certainly not easily tell others the solutions they have worked so hard to learn. Therefore, many students in Beijing are still discussing this issue.

As for the children of the powerful and wealthy, they can just go through the back door, so this question doesn’t matter at all.

Xie Chengze sighed softly, "If it's true, I don't know how many people bought the answer to this question and how much money they spent."

After saying that, he couldn't help but look back and pointed his fingers guiltily, "Shen Yuan, I just solved the flood problem for you ladies."

It is estimated that within two days, those who bought the questions will find that there is no need to spend that money at all, and the answer to this question may be thrown on the street and no one will pick it up.

Shen Yuan was not surprised at all. From the poem sent by the female guest, he knew that Xie Chengze must be making empty promises again. So it was reasonable for him to talk about the topic. There was nothing surprising about it.

"However, this is just speculation." Shen Yuan continued, "I will send someone to investigate. If it is really Sheng Shihuai who did it, he must have bigger plans."

Using poor women to conduct shady transactions may just be a test of something.

Xie Chengze nodded.

"Oh, right." Shen Yuan seemed to have suddenly remembered something important and looked at Xie Chengze seriously.

"Hmm?" Xie Chengze raised his head and listened to him carefully.

Shen Yuan said word by word, "Did you see the poem I wrote for you?"

Xie Chengze: ...

Xie Chengze raised his foot to kick him, but Shen Yuan was prepared. He smiled softly and moved his calf away in advance. Then he reached out and hugged his unstable body because of the kick. "Your Highness, be careful, don't fall."

"Shen! Yuan!" Xie Chengze bared his teeth, "Are you sick?"

"It was obviously Your Highness who wrote the sour poem first." Shen Yuan said matter-of-factly, "As Your Highness's loyal subject, how could I not respond to Your Highness with the same passionate emotions?"

"..." Xie Chengze wanted to pinch his face to see how thick his face was, but suddenly a few surprised voices came from behind him, "Lord Shen? We have been looking for you for a long time, and you are here?"

The people who came were the young masters of the capital. They crowded around him, and when they saw that he was holding a beauty in his arms, they couldn't help but reveal a teasing expression, "Oh, Lord Shen, did we disturb you?"

Xie Chengze glanced at them and said generously, "No, you came at the right time."

The young masters could not help but look at each other.

What does it mean to come at the right time?

Shen Yuan looked at these people calmly, "What do you want from me?"

"Oh, just chatting casually." The young masters said one after another, and then they set their eyes on Xie Chengze and said very tactfully, "Miss, do you want to join us?"

Xie Chengze tilted his head and nodded.

Of course, these children of the rich and powerful will all go to the Imperial College in the future, so he must seize the opportunity and do more PUA for them!