East Palace.

In the main hall.

Following Cai Yuanji's words, the entire hall suddenly became silent, filled with a depressing atmosphere.

"Xue Ru?!"

Zhu Biao glared at Xue Ru and shouted in a deep voice.

"I know I made a mistake, please forgive me, Your Majesty the Crown Prince!"

As soon as Zhu Biao finished speaking, Xue Ru knelt on the ground, trembling all over and looking pale.

Because Hu Fei answered the questions very quickly, the words that came out of his mouth were the first to complete all the questions, and now they have spread throughout the capital.

But it turned out that Hu Fei didn’t answer a single question at all!

"what happened?!"

Zhu Biao stared at Xue Ru and asked sternly.

"Back to Your Highness the Crown Prince, even the humble ministers don't know."

"Weichen only knew that Marquis Jiu'an fell asleep on the table shortly after he entered the examination room, so Weichen thought that Marquis Jiu'an was extremely smart, could solve the questions at a glance, and answered questions very quickly, but..."

"But, who would have thought that Marquis Jiu'an didn't answer a single question, he just wanted to sleep."

"It's all my fault that Wei Chen didn't check it carefully at that time and made such nonsense to His Highness the Crown Prince. Wei Chen knows his mistake and asks His Highness the Crown Prince to punish him."

Xue Ru knelt on the ground and said with a look of self-blame, but his heart was full of grievances.

He also didn't expect that Hu Fei didn't write a word.

In fact, I can't blame him entirely, because no one else would have thought of this.

"you..."

"Now the entire capital already knows that he answers questions very quickly, but now you tell me that he handed in a blank paper? How do you want me to explain to everyone? How to explain to my father?!"

Zhu Biao looked at Xue Ru and said helplessly.

He knew that this matter must have spread to the palace a long time ago. If his father knew that all this was false, he would definitely blame him.

"I know I made a mistake, please punish me, Your Highness."

Xue Ru said with a bitter face and begged.

Cai Yuanji stood motionless on the side, as if he was afraid that he would be involved.

"Since this is a blank paper, how can you be sure that this is Hu Fei's test paper?"

Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment, looked at the test paper, and couldn't help but ask.

On the blank paper in his hand, not only was there no question answered, there was not even a signature.

"Back to Your Highness, Prince Jiu'an was sleeping on the table at that time. Wei Chen has checked it and found that there are traces of saliva remaining on the examination paper in your hand. You can tell if you take a closer look."

Cai Yuanji cupped his hands and said respectfully.

After listening to Cai Yuanji's words, Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment, looked at it carefully, and soon found a mark on the examination paper that looked like it had been soaked in water.

Seeing this mark, Zhu Biao breathed a sigh of relief and almost fell over. He gritted his teeth and tore the examination paper into pieces and threw it on the ground, gasping in anger.

"Your Highness, please calm down."

Seeing this scene, Cai Yuanji hurriedly knelt on the ground and spoke at the same time as Xue Ru.

"If you have nothing to do, just go down!"

"Xue Ru, if my father asks me about it then, you can explain it yourself!"

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Biao stared at Cai and Xue and said impatiently.

Cai and Xue hurriedly bowed and exited the hall in fear.

At this time, Xue Ru even wanted to die, and in his heart he had already cursed himself as a human being.

In the main hall, Zhu Biao stood up in anger and paced back and forth.

He also did not expect that Hu Fei would dare to hand in the paper without answering a single question, but even so, he never thought that it was because Hu Fei could not answer the question at all, so he turned in a blank paper.

What he was thinking was that there must be some reason why Hu Fei did this.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Biao stopped suddenly, frowned slightly, and thought of an answer to the reason why Hu Fei handed in the blank paper.

So Zhu Biao decided to question Hu Fei personally during the second exam tomorrow.

...

The next day.

Hu Fei was woken up early in the morning.

However, the person who woke him up this time was Princess Anqing, so he did not get angry because of it, so he had to get up obediently and accompany Princess Anqing to the front yard for breakfast.

In order to prevent Hu Fei from being late again, Princess Anqing left the palace early today and rushed to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Seeing his son who had appeared at the dinner table early, Hu Weiyong smiled and praised Princess Anqing, which made Princess Anqing blush.

After breakfast, Hu Weiyong urged Hu Fei out of the house, telling Hu Fei that he would rather arrive early than late, and waited for his triumphant return.

In desperation, Hu Fei could only take Princess Anqing and everyone out of the house early and went straight to the Wenxian Pavilion.

But when they rushed to the Wenxian Hall, they found that not a single candidate had come yet. The entire Wenxian Hall was very quiet, and they could only see the occasional invigilator walking around.

Hu Fei was the last one to arrive yesterday, but he was the first one to arrive today.

Since Princess Anqing was curious about the examination room, Hu Fei took Princess Anqing and Chundie into the Wenxian Pavilion and wandered around while other candidates had not yet arrived.

"So this is what the examination room is like?"

Princess Anqing said happily while shopping, her eyes full of curiosity.

"Isn't it just an examination room? What's so surprising?"

Hu Fei smiled bitterly, shook his head and said.

After careful consideration last night, he didn't care anymore. The matter was at this point, and there was no use thinking about it anymore. Since everyone thought he was the number one pick, he would act like the number one pick for everyone to see.

Thinking of how everyone was stunned after the announcement, he couldn't help but want to laugh in his heart.

"Brother Hu!"

At this moment, a voice sounded, interrupting the conversation between Hu Fei and Princess Anqing.

Hu Fei turned around and looked around, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he realized that Song Shen had been following him without knowing it.

"Brother Song, why is it you?"

Hu Fei smiled and waved hello.

Song Shen walked over quickly with a smile on his face.

"I have met Princess Anqing."

Immediately afterwards, Song Shen glanced at Princess Anqing and bowed respectfully.

Princess Anqing didn't know Song Shen, so she looked at him suspiciously and just smiled back gently.

"This is Song Shen, the grandson of Tai Shigong, who is on duty at the Hanlin Academy."

Hu Fei pointed at Song Shen and slowly introduced Princess Anqing.

"Oh, it turns out he is the grandson of Taishi Gong. Taishi Gong's family has a great academic background, so I guess Song Gongzi must also be extraordinary."

Princess Anqing suddenly realized it and said with a smile.

"Princess is too praised. In front of Brother Hu, my meager knowledge is not worth mentioning."

Song Shen smiled, shook his head and said.

"Okay, you don't need so many vulgar etiquette in front of me. You don't need to call me princess, just call me sister-in-law."

Hu Fei waved his hand, interrupted Song Shen, and said with a smile.

After hearing what Hu Fei said, Song Shen couldn't help but be stunned for a moment and was speechless for a moment.

But Princess Anqing was surprised and shyly rolled her eyes at Hu Fei, and lowered her head shyly.

"By the way, why are you here?"

Hu Fei laughed, looked at Song Shen and asked.

"Oh, that's it. During the Spring Festival, some people from the Hanlin Academy were transferred to assist. I am one of them, little brother."

Song Shen smiled and said slowly.

"Oh, that's it. Can you know the content of the test paper in advance?"

When Hu Fei heard this, his eyes lit up and he lowered his voice and asked.

"Brother Hu, please stop making fun of me. With your intelligence, do you still need to know what the test questions are in advance?"

"My little brother has heard about it a long time ago. In the first game yesterday, you answered the questions very quickly. You became the fastest person in history to complete all the questions. The whole capital has spread the news."

After listening to Hu Fei's words, Song Shen said with a smile.

"They're all rumors, they're all rumors. They're not that exaggerated. They're just a little faster than others."

Hu Fei waved his hand, deliberately held his head high and said nonchalantly.

Seeing Hu Fei's expression, Song Shen couldn't help laughing.

Immediately afterwards, Song Shen also accompanied Hu Fei and walked around the Wenxian Hall together, seeming to have completely forgotten his responsibilities.

But not long after they walked away, a figure slowly walked out from the corner. Looking at Hu Fei's leaving figure, his face was extremely ugly.

This person was none other than Xue Ru, the palm print of the Imperial College who happened to pass by just now and overheard some words.

However, while Hu Fei was walking around the Wenxian Hall with Princess Anqing, doing nothing, Zhu Yuanzhang in the Yangxin Hall was talking to others about what Hu Fei did in the first exam yesterday...
Chapter completed!