[Red Chamber] The imperial examination life of the great master

Cold sweat dripped down Cai Hengan's forehead.

Xu Chengsong's face was cold, the flesh on his face was shaking with anger.

No one has ever dared to do this to him!

He threw the torn newspaper back to Cai Hengan, and waited for the arrival of the morning court with a livid face.

However, this morning is destined to be not peaceful.

Feng Daocai choked his throat and shouted: "Sometimes I go to the court early, and I leave the court if there is nothing to do."

Then an official came out of the line, holding a wat board, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Xu Chengsong and others saw that the man was Bo Zhaoran, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate sent by His Highness the Prince.

Xu Chengsong frowned. Bo Zhaoran was always a taciturn person, but he praised him endlessly for his words.

If he comes out today, I'm afraid that something bad will happen.

What Xu Chengsong expected was true.

The first thing Bo Zhaoran mentioned was the newspaper that was published in the downtown area today, he took out a newspaper from his sleeve, stepped forward a few steps and handed it over.

A little yellow door took it, and after a test, it was forwarded to Feng Dao.

Emperor Jianming took the newspaper from Feng Dao, opened it, and found that the center of the newspaper was the story that Jia She entrusted with the name "full of nonsense". He rolled his eyelids and looked around at the expressions of His Highness.

The crown prince lives in the East Palace and knows nothing about the outside world. His face is blank at this time, but he has always been well-behaved and sensible. Even if he is curious at this time, he will never overstep the rules.

The Seventh Prince already knew about this, so he lowered his head and clenched his hands tightly.

Xu Chengsong is a capable general of his faction, if Xu Chengsong is humiliated, it means that he is humiliated!

Part-time work depends on the owner!

Jia Enhou really pissed him off this time!

"It's just a story." Emperor Jianming turned and turned his mind, and finally came to a conclusion, "Why come to the hall to tell it."

"Your Majesty, this story looks like a story, but the deep meaning in it cannot be underestimated. In this story, a small official can use public opinion to harm others. This is why I thought of what happened to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not long ago..." Bo Zhaoran sure enough ruthless!

One sentence immediately made this matter extremely serious.

Originally this matter was just a conflict between the Jia family and the Xu family, but it suddenly became a matter between the crown prince and the seventh prince.

Although, in fact it is true.

When it came to the crown prince, Emperor Jianming could no longer lift it high and put it down gently.

What's more, he was already angry about this matter at the beginning, and now he brought it up again, bringing up the two things at the same time, which made his original favor towards the Seventh Prince drop again.

He looked at the Seventh Prince with anger in his eyes.

"Father, this is just a joke, how can it be taken seriously?" the seventh prince Tu Lu hurriedly explained.

He was annoyed in his heart, it was clear that they were not the ones who did what happened to the prince before, but everyone was sure that they were the ones who did it, this time Xu Chengsong used almost the same strategy again, it's no wonder that others misunderstood.

"Hmph, joking words?" Emperor Jianming said with a cold face, "If it's really joking words, why bother to speak in front of the hall."

The same sentence has a different meaning this time.

Xu Chengsong knew in his heart that Emperor Jianming had changed his mind!

Bo Zhaoran stood upright in the hall neither humble nor overbearing, "Your Majesty is wise."

As a courtier, the most important thing is to know how to save face for the king. For example, now, when Emperor Jianming changed his words for a while, he had to be so smart that he pretended to be deaf and dumb, pretending that he didn't know.

"This matter must be thoroughly investigated. I would like to see which minister is so clever that he actually murdered Yi Jieyuan. If this is successful, won't the Huiyuan and the number one scholar be at your disposal in the future!" When Emperor Jianming said this, he patted the dragon chair angrily.

Long Yan is furious!

Everyone held their breath, not even daring to breathe loudly.

The hall was silent.

Even the sound of breathing can be heard clearly.

Some people feel like a drum beating in their hearts at this time, their hearts are beating so fast that their backs are almost soaked.

Everyone heard what Emperor Jianming meant by beating the Seventh Prince.

It has to be said that the Seventh Prince really played a bad move this time, even if the Crown Prince did such a taboo thing as influencing public opinion, it would not end well.

He was still faintly able to fight against the prince, but now he is at a disadvantage.

The seventh prince, Tu Lu, was almost in a cold sweat at this moment.

Thorough investigation? !His legs went limp almost instantly.

You don't need to think about it, you know what the result of the thorough investigation will be - all the shady things he has done will be dug out by Zhang Heng. The emperor likes it. In front of the ninth and fifth positions, the relationship between father and son will be more fragile than a piece of thin paper.

"Your Majesty, this matter is the minister's fault." To everyone's surprise, Xu Chengsong actually dropped out of the seat.

He pushed back his robe and knelt down.

Zhang Heng clicked his tongue in his heart, the old fox is the old fox, abandoning the pawns to bail out the car, it's ruthless!

Everyone froze for a moment, the look they looked at Xu Chengsong could no longer be described as complicated.

Tu Lu breathed a sigh of relief, and gave Xu Chengsong a grateful look.

Xu Chengsong lowered his head, his eyes were deep, the so-called thorough investigation was just a cover, Emperor Jianming might not be unaware of this matter, instead of dragging His Highness the Seventh Prince down, he might as well give up himself to share His worries, and secondly It seems open and aboveboard.

"Oh?" Emperor Jianming narrowed his eyes and looked at Xu Chengsong.

"What does this have to do with Xu Qing?"

"Your Majesty, the minister in this story is Weichen. There is a nephew of Weichen who is the only son of Weichen's brother. He also passed the exam this time. Who knows that his talent and learning are shallow, but he is not famous. Weichen always loves this nephew. His instigation made him lose his mind for a moment, and he did such evil things, please punish him!" Xu Chengsong lowered his head, appearing to confess his guilt.

Zhang Heng shook his head.

Xu Chengsong is Xu Chengsong, even at this time, he still knows how to reduce his guilt.

Shifting the blame to the nephew, in this way, the courtiers will be less charged, and a little more innocent.

After all, he is just a poor man who is "provoked".