Chapter 1032: Live up to expectations (second update)
Author: Moon Meow
Chapter 1032: Live up to expectations (second update)
Beijing.
Yu Yang was happily waiting at home to see what happened in Nanzhou.
As long as the imperial examination fraud becomes a big issue, Su Yueling's reputation will be tarnished among the literati, and she will have no choice but to live with it.
Women should take care of their husbands and raise children at home, or be a high-ranking mascot. There is no way for them to get involved in the important affairs of the court.
He even invited his other allies to come to his home to make tea. Nowadays, the most popular thing in the capital is scented tea, but Yu Yang thinks that scented tea is girly, and he still likes to simply make tea. Not only him, but also others
When my friends mentioned the incident in Dingnan Prefecture, they all beamed with joy. News from Dingnan Prefecture would arrive every ten days, and things there had been progressing as smoothly as they expected.
"Speaking of which, Prince Rong has been ill for more than a month, right?" Someone suddenly mentioned Yuan Suijun.
"Yes, the emperor has visited the princess's residence three times. It is said that the princess's residence has arranged for three imperial doctors. This shows that Prince Rong's situation is quite bad."
"I think it's retribution."
"Perhaps it is the poison administered by the emperor, otherwise Prince Rong has never been seriously ill in these years, but this time he is so seriously ill that even the imperial doctor in the palace is helpless."
The more they discussed, the more they felt that this was the case, and they were so happy that they could let the news come to light.
"Ask Madam to get three more bottles of wine."
Although Yu Yang dislikes Su Yueling, he loves the wine she brings out. Every month when the wine is available in the store, the servants of the Yu family will be the first to queue up. Unfortunately, the price of the wine is there, and he is the only one.
The most I can buy is two bottles a month. If I wasn't in a really good mood today, I wouldn't be willing to take these out.
Mrs. Guan quickly got three bottles of wine, and the maid behind her also brought several side dishes to go with the wine, which as usual won praise from everyone present. Especially the fried whitebait, they were full of praise.
Guan smiled and said, "As long as you like it." After all, it will be difficult to eat these again in the future.
The princess's people have already sent her news, and they won't be happy for long.
Although Guan was mentally prepared, the emperor's people arrived faster than they imagined.
When Yu Yang and the others were having a good time drinking, the Imperial Forest Army surrounded all of their families. Since these people were all in the Yu Mansion, they were all captured in one fell swoop.
When being suppressed by the Imperial Guards, Yu Yang's head was a little unable to react. What's going on?
"Yu Yang, Zhao Jin, Su Fan... you coerce and lure Nanzhou officials, coerce them into leaking examination questions, and create fraud cases. Come with us."
The door was opened wide, and the cold wind from outside came in, directly waking up the few people who were dizzy from drinking.
They stayed where they were.
Isn't the fraud a trap they dug for Su Yueling?
How come they were the ones who fell in?
Yu Yang and the others wanted to struggle, but then they saw the familiar letters found in the study - they actually kept the letters to tease other people, but in the end they got themselves into trouble.
The Yu family, the Zhao family, the Su family, the Jiang family...the families involved were all surrounded, and the masterminds and accomplices were also taken away.
It can be said that these families are panic-stricken.
Mrs. Guan was very calm, and took this opportunity to ransack the homes of those servants who were extremely corrupt - those few were her husband's confidants, and this time they were also taken away by the Imperial Guards.
Guan's son Yu Qin escaped because he was grounded some time ago. However, he was frightened by this incident and stayed in the yard and did not dare to come out.
Guan's daughters were also frightened. Their father suddenly became a guilty minister, and they became the daughters of a guilty minister. What will happen in the future? Will they also be exiled?
Guan held all her daughters in her arms (including several concubines) and said, "Don't be afraid, we will be fine."
The princess will intercede for them. Moreover, her behavior is a righteous act of annihilation of relatives. With the emperor's temperament, he will definitely not punish these women.
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Because of the preparation in advance, the county examination ended smoothly.
After the papers for each county were corrected, Yuan Suijun personally checked the papers that had passed the county examination, which was considered as finishing work for this time's county examination.
This is something that Yue Ling cares deeply about, so naturally he won't allow any mistakes.
The county magistrates of Dingnan Prefecture were all shocked when they saw Prince Rong. They had also heard the news that Prince Rong was seriously ill. How could they have imagined that he actually left the capital on the pretext of illness?
, returned to Dingnan Prefecture.
This would have been impossible without the emperor's protection.
A Weiguo princess, plus Prince Rong - even the examination questions were given by the emperor himself, which shows the emperor's determination to promote the women's imperial examination.
When they heard that two county magistrates were colluding with the court ministers to try to cause fraud in the imperial examinations, they all wanted to shrink into quail eggs to show that they were different from those two idiots.
After the list came out, Su Yueling took a look at it and felt quite good.
Although the number of women who pass the county examination is not as good as that of men, that is because the number of applicants is not as high as that of men. If we only look at the male-to-female ratio and the probability of passing, female students' scores are even better.
Especially Guangning County, they are so proud of her.
The first and third place were both women, and the third place was Lin Shuangyu, the daughter of Lin Zhixian. Su Yueling had read her papers and found that as long as she did not perform abnormally in the subsequent government examinations and college examinations, she would be safe to become a scholar. To Su Yueling's surprise,
The first place is from a poor family, named Qi Juan.
Su Yueling said: "Send a congratulatory gift to our county chief."
The results achieved by someone from a poor family shows that the other party is not only talented but also hardworking enough, and Su Yueling is willing to push her again.
Lin Zhixian's son also came to an end this time. There were a lot of people applying for the exam in Guangning County this year, more than in previous years. There were more than 400 people, and he ranked 187th and failed directly. The number of people who passed every year
It is related to the number of admissions, and only 10% is taken, which means that only the top 46 will pass the county examination.
Lin Zhixian was naturally very happy about his daughter's third place this time. If it wasn't for the sake of keeping a low profile, he would have wanted to celebrate. With this result, his daughter can become a scholar, which is younger than when he was admitted as a scholar.
And now everyone knows that the paper this time was not written by him. He only read the paper before the exam started, so there is no suspicion of leaking the questions.
When he was happy, he gave his favorite inkstone to his daughter as a gift.
As for his son's ranking, he was not surprised. As the son of a county magistrate, his learning resources were already coveted by many people. He was over 20 years old and could not even pass the county examination. It can only be said that he did not pay attention to his homework.
Lin Zhixian called his servants and ordered: "Shuangyu is in the top three this time. Ren Ping, the eldest brother, should also let Ren Ping, the eldest brother, know such good news."