"Your Majesty, Li Wan/Wang Si/Liu Xun, pay homage to Your Majesty!" The three of them knelt down and saluted.

"rise!"

Hearing the sound of the three people coming in, Chen Jue raised his head and saw the people coming, "What kind of wind blew the three of them into the palace?"

"Forehead--"

Li Wan, Wang Si, and Liu Xun looked at each other, thinking about this and not knowing what to say.

After all, His Majesty has said before that the first imperial examination must be handled fairly and justly.

Now it turns out that the first twenty or so people are all children of aristocratic families, which makes people suspect that someone is cheating.

As for the people who were suspicious, the three of them and the invigilator of Chong College were the first to bear the brunt.

Liu Xun winked at the Prime Minister, and his meaning was very clear, as if he was saying: Prime Minister, it’s up to you!

Li Wan: "..."

This right prime minister is so difficult to do!

Li Wan touched the neck that was still there and sighed slightly, hoping to see the sun again tomorrow morning.

Then he raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, students from poor families gathered in the Ministry of Rites and refused to leave. They claimed that someone cheated in the first exam and asked for fairness."

"What did you say?" Upon hearing this, Chen Jue suddenly sat up, put down the book in his hand in shock, and looked at Li Wan.

Suddenly, he said again: "I remember that this imperial examination must be fair and impartial, and no cheating for personal gain is allowed. Who is so brave!"

There was a bit of sullenness in his tone, but also a bit of disbelief.

In order for the first imperial examination to be successfully completed, Chen Jue thought a lot and did a lot, from the safety of students to the fairness and impartiality of the examination.

First, let the children of the aristocratic family also participate, and use provoking methods to provoke the children of the aristocratic family to want to defeat the poor students.

Once again, each aristocratic family was asked to send out private soldiers to protect the students taking the exam.

Finally, for the sake of fairness and impartiality, each student's name and place of origin were sealed in the student test papers using a special method.

Once there are traces of opening, they will be discovered.

Unexpectedly, despite all precautions, something happened!

"This -" Li Wan couldn't explain clearly and simply handed over the imperial ranking results issued by the Ministry of Rites to Liu Zhong.

Chen Jue frowned slightly as he looked at Li Wan who was hesitant to speak.

Suddenly startled, he seemed to have thought of something, and quickly took the imperial list handed over by Liu Zhong.

It was okay not to look at it, but when he looked at it, he suddenly became furious. He held the hand holding the imperial list tightly, and even the veins on his hand popped out.

Looking at these names on the imperial list, Chen Jue's hands shook with anger.

No wonder!

No wonder Li Wan acted like he didn't dare to say anything!

"Is Marquis Wen's son Wen Zhao talented?" Chen Jue took a deep breath, calmed down quickly, and asked quickly.

"This, Prince Wen——"

Li Wan thought for a moment and spoke cautiously, "According to the Master of Chong Academy, Crown Prince Wen skipped school and drank wine, molested women of private families, and was good at gambling and fighting. I don't know whether the Crown Prince is talented."

Hoho, after hearing this, Chen Jue finally understood.

This Wen Zhao is just a playboy. As for whether he is talented or not, no one knows or is sure.

OK!

Chen Jue took a deep breath again, endured it, and continued to look down, "What about Xue Changyi?"

Xue Changyi, the legitimate son of the Marquis of Ding'an, must not be an idiot too!

"This -" Li Wan wiped her sweat and thought that Xue Changyi, the eldest son of Ding'an Marquis, was even more outrageous!

He stayed in the flower house all day long, dreaming of life and death. He had a bad temper and would beat someone to death at every turn.

However, Xue Changyi had the support of Marquis Ding'an, so even if he killed someone, no one would dare to say anything.

"Xue Changyi——"

"Okay, you don't have to say anything!" Seeing Li Wan's hesitant look, Chen Jue knew what was going on.

I'm afraid I'm just a bag of straw and have no ink in my belly!

Chen Jue had a stern look on his face and directly interrupted what Li Wan was about to say, "Call to Jinwu Wei Wei to investigate this matter thoroughly!"

"As for you three," Chen Jue glanced at the two people below with cold eyes and said, "Go back and wait!"

The second day

"Let's all get flat!"

At the great court meeting, Chen Jue picked up the imperial list and threw it heavily in front of the ministers with a "pop" sound.

Chen Jue stood on the high platform with his hands behind his hands, glanced down, and said in a calm and slow tone: "More than half of the people on this list are from aristocratic families, and only five or six are from poor families. Please tell me why.

One thing?"

Regarding yesterday's incident of poor students making a fuss in the Ministry of Etiquette, the ministers present were more or less aware of it.

Of course they were happy when their children did well in the first imperial examination and beat students from less privileged families.

I also thought that it seemed that His Majesty forced the children of the aristocratic family to study for several months and the results were very good.

I was planning to celebrate, but I didn’t expect that there was something fishy about the list on the first exam list!

My family still knows what level my child is and whether there is ink in his belly.

Although I don’t want to admit it, now that I think about it, this matter is probably true!

But even if it's true, they can't admit it!

"Your Majesty," a minister stood up, "In my opinion, the students from poor families who are not on the list are probably not capable enough and need to study more."

So it's not the children from their aristocratic families who cheat, it's the students from poor families who are not capable enough.

Hearing this, Chen Jue felt ridiculous.

This matter of co-authorship was only brought to the attention of the Ministry of Etiquette by poor students who had eaten enough to support themselves.

If Su Xing and Wang Yuanqi hadn't told him what those children from aristocratic families were like, he might have believed them.

In Su Xing's words, it's all a bag of wine and nothing but a pair of skins.

Of course, there are also a few people here who have real material.

"Oh, is it so?"

Chen Jue glanced at him with a slight smile on his lips, turned around and sat on the dragon chair, "Do the ministers think so too?"

"this--"

The ministers on the left and right looked at each other and then at His Majesty, not sure what His Majesty meant, and no one answered him immediately.

If you give the wrong answer, a bad answer will cost you your head!

After a long time, Chen Jue saw that each of them looked like wooden piles. After asking for a long time, Chen Jue didn't say any nonsense.

He frowned and turned to the two people in front of him, "Since they won't say anything, then Li Qing and Wang Qing, you two can speak for yourself. Do you agree with Yang Lianzhou's words?"

The two people who were suddenly named were walking on thin ice with trepidation.

"I, I, I don't know!"

After "I" for a long time, it turned out to be "I don't know", which made Chen Jue laugh angrily, "What a person who doesn't know!"

"Then you two take a look at this and see if you know it or not!"

After saying that, Chen Jue gave Liu Zhong a note: "Take this to the two prime ministers on the left and right to have a good look at it."

"yes!"
Chapter completed!