In less than half a month, the scientific research case of Shuntian Prefecture had spread all over the country. Jiangning Weaving Cao Yin's memorial also arrived at Kangxi's case at this time.
Li Pan and Jiang Chenying come from a scholarly family, a family of poetry and etiquette, and one of them is the number one scholar, the other is a third-ranked scholar, and they are both elderly. They are not frivolous people who are greedy for money and disregard reputation. I ask the emperor to send capable personnel to investigate carefully...
After reading Cao Yin's letters and remembering Chengde's bitter face in front of him before, Kangxi felt a little depressed after not seeing him for a long time.
Jiang Chenying's death was not at all expected by him. Kangxi himself did not expect that the old man could not think about it so much. He felt humiliated just after being sent to prison. In anger, he asked his family to send medicine to the prison, and then committed suicide by taking medicine.
"Prisoner Jiang Chenying is disheartened, and this... I have nothing to say." This is what Chengde said in front of Kangxi, because although the two examiners were imprisoned, they did not use punishment and did not start interrogation.
, Jiang Chenying committed suicide. Apart from lamenting, there really is nothing to say.
At that time, Kangxi just felt pity, but Chengde's words made Kangxi nervous. Chengde told him that there were already rumors outside that the crown prince had killed Suo'etu to keep him alive!
"Absurd!" Kangxi was furious, "I have ordered people to try again for Shuntian Prefecture. Although Yiduli is young, he is also really talented and learned. It is obvious that he failed to succeed and caused trouble. How can he be implicated in the crown prince!"
Chengde was helpless. Suo'etu, Yisang'a, Yiduli, and Wang Shihong were closely linked to Jiang Chenying's imprisonment and suicide. At this point, if there hadn't been any rumors about the crown prince,
That's not normal.
Kangxi lost his temper, and when he calmed down, he also knew that if the prince had nothing to do with this matter, then Kangxi would be worried, but worrying is not enough to explain to outsiders.
"You go and see Li Pan first. Don't let him die in prison. He, the examiner, must be blamed for this happening! I want to punish him, but it is really abominable to spread rumors after he failed. I will do it again."
Take a look, you go first."
Now everyone inside and outside the court is watching Qianqing Palace and Yuqing Palace. Since the Shuntian Prefecture Examination Hall case implicated the prince, countless people inside and outside the palace have been accompanied overnight, lest the two generations of masters, old and young, are in a bad mood one day, and the prince will be killed.
Lightning struck the slave.
This examination case has become somewhat confusing until now. As Kangxi said, at first everyone thought it was just a matter of failure and unwillingness to make trouble. But Jiang Chenying is dead, but it can also be done both inside and outside the court.
Understand, the old celebrity was so angry that he wanted to die. Throughout the history of the dynasties, there are precedents for this.
But now that the prince is implicated, everyone feels that this case is probably because Li Pan was unlucky to be the person responsible. The emperor withdrew and gave an explanation to the scholars, and then slowly dealt with the failed cases who spread the rumors, and finally settled the case.
.But no one expected that the case would once again become turbulent in the dark hours before dawn.
The rumors in the capital actually changed from "The prince asked Jiang Chenying to commit suicide in order to save Suo'etu" to "Mingzhu helped Prince Zhi frame the crown prince!" And this statement was so powerful that there was already a jingle in the capital: "Prince Zhi didn't do it"
Straight, Lao Ming doesn’t understand.”
The prince vs. Prince Zhi, Suo'etu vs. Mingzhu, although it is a piece of cake, it is well-founded and has explosive points, and there are still people cheering for it!
Since ancient times, the fight for the heirloom has been a sensitive matter, but it is only for high-ranking officials. For ordinary people, the battle between Tianjia is the most attention-grabbing gossip, not to mention that it is now spread all over the streets.
There is nothing else that cannot be said.
"Prince Zhijun wants to seize the throne, so he wants to frame the crown prince! This time I will be a record reader, after all, he is close to the water!"
"Yes, Prince Nao is the eldest son and always bows his head to his younger brother. And with an uncle like Mingzhu, it is human nature to have ideas."
"It's hard to say, maybe... there is really a problem, there is really fraud in this case."
"Then drag the uncle into the water, and stir things up more and more so that the emperor will not pursue it? It makes sense to think so."
"Yeah, it's hard to say! But it's an advantage for those candidates. In this situation, the court may not be able to take care of them, tsk tsk." In the teahouse in the capital, the idle men under the banner gathered together and started talking about this.
Yinti never expected that one day he would become the protagonist of a jingle in his life. After he realized that he had been dragged into the water, Prince Zhi became so furious that his eyesight went dark and he almost fainted from anger.
It was the children who discovered it.
Su Rige usually has no other hobbies. Apart from reading, writing, riding horses and hunting, she also likes to go shopping. Daoqin said to her, "Your mother dotes on you, but you are not allowed to cause trouble outside." And Yinti.
Well, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with my daughter liking shopping.
This day happened to be Hong Han's holiday. The siblings took the eunuchs out for a walk, but there was no place to go. The weather was still cold and it was a lean period, so they couldn't stand on the street eating big radishes - in the capital in winter
The red-skinned radish is also a must-have.
Honghan looked at the weather, discussed it with his sister, and finally decided to go to a teahouse to drink tea. Then he heard about it. Surige felt that her scalp was numb at that time. She was not young anymore and was very aware of the seriousness, so she threw it away.
After drinking the tea, he took people back home and ordered them to send a message to Amma as if urging him to do so.
"Amma..."
Hong Han called out cautiously, and his Ama's expression was extremely bad. The two children had never seen Ama look so angry since they were young.
Yinti felt dizzy for a while. If it weren't for the fact that the children were still there, he would have wanted to smash something.
"It doesn't matter, you go back first and check on your brothers and sisters. Ama is fine." Yinti took a deep breath and forced a smile and said, "Don't worry, especially you, Honghan, you have to enter the palace tomorrow."
The siblings exited the study room. Su Rige looked at the study room worriedly, then looked at Hong Han, and found that his younger brother looked very unhappy.
"What's wrong with you..." Da Gege immediately understood, "Are you worried that you won't look good when you see De Shou and Hong Xi when you enter the palace tomorrow?"
Hong Han nodded, shook his head and said, "Sister, don't worry about me, I just... feel a little awkward. How can Amma explain this mess!"
Su Rige thought to himself, it is no longer important whether he can explain clearly or not. What is important is what Khanmafa thinks. But there is no need to tell his brother these things. In case there is no one to keep his mouth shut in the palace, he can tell
It's not good to talk privately.
Talking about Yinti's children, the two younger ones are nothing special, but the two older ones have very different personalities. Surige is partial to science because of her crush on this master and her own personality...
Anyway, she didn't have to take the imperial examination, nor did she have to pay equal attention to history, so her schoolwork focused on history books. In addition, Yinti, a Western lover, often brought home gadgets such as clairvoyance, and Surig was also very interested in Western culture.
Interested. From this perspective, his daughter Yinti is at the forefront of the world.
Relatively speaking, Hong Han is more like a child of this era. Hong Han is considerate and attentive, and is not as energetic as his sister when it comes to troubles. And because he is the eldest son, he is relatively more orthodox.
Now Yinti can't say whether his son is good or not. He can only try to take his child to see the world as much as possible when he is at home, at least to prevent him from falling into the illusion that "I am the best in the world".
But the current Prince Zhi really doesn't care about his children. He is sitting in the study, wishing he could grab the ground with his head. Which bastard is orchestrating him behind his back?
I want him to die!
It is no longer important whether such words are true or false. What is important is that since such words are spread, those bastards in the court who are just watching the excitement and not taking it too seriously will definitely use the topic to their advantage. Yinti sat slumped in the study, Yinreng. Yinreng, don't imitate firecrackers now and explode at the first sign, otherwise we will both be fooled and become a joke to others.
If he had known this, he should have asked Shen Le to return to the palace quickly...Yinti was afraid that some gossip would spread, so he asked Shen Le not to return to the palace for the time being. When a fraud case came out in this department, he was afraid that someone would notice him and himself. relationship, and then involve Kuexu in it.
Haha, Yinti is so angry that he might as well just call the people back to the house regardless. There will always be people doing their own work, so let them do it!
These were angry words, and King Zhi knew it himself, so after he calmed down, he still had to find a way. King Zhi knew that he would have to fight back, and the reason was already there, and it must have been done by Suo'etu. He asked people to go out and say, "Suo'etu framed Prince Zhi in order to get away with it!"
Secondly, this matter is related to Kangxi. Yinti rubbed his face. It concerns the prince. Yinti knew very well that in order to calm down the trouble, Kangxi would sacrifice himself to save the prince. If the matter continues to escalate, I am afraid that Li Pan will be unlucky together. It really must be him, or Uncle Mingzhu.
Yinti couldn't let this happen. He couldn't take the blame for nothing. What's more, if someone pressed his head and bowed his head to admit defeat this time, it would be difficult to raise his head in the future. Unexpectedly, after so many years, he would still have to be pitiful and ask for some room for himself. .
What was originally a ridiculous case of fraud in the examination hall has turned into a thorny matter today. Kangxi was upset. He originally wanted to deal with Li Pan after the re-examination to prevent the court officials from being wronged. Who knows that it has been less than a month since the incident occurred. He actually dragged his two sons into trouble!
Rumors are terrible, rumors are terrible. This is no longer the case of one person behind the scenes. Kangxi knew it very well. This is still the sequelae of the Mingsuo dispute. Kangxi cleared his mind and originally thought that Suo'etu was because of his grandson Yi Duli. Being swept up by rumors, the prince was next... This may be the work of many people. Some people want me to close the case as soon as possible, while others want to throw dirty water on the prince. This is possible.
Kangxi was the first to suspect Suo'etu. He wondered whether the old man was really bribing the examiners or buying and selling candidates' quotas, dragging the prince into trouble so that he could escape. But this time the rumors shifted from the prince to Prince Zhi. Kangxi I also thought, could it be that Suo'etu was seeking death and was not afraid of the trouble, and wanted to solve the problem of Mingzhu and his son?
But such a big move is more likely to cause complications. After all, Suo'etu has been in power for many years, so he won't understand.
Excluding other possibilities, Kangxi could only draw one conclusion. The initial rumors were spread by his son who had failed in office, but the development to this point was definitely the result of all parties adding fuel to the flames.
The ministers of the clan, the scholars who had issues with the Pearl of Suo'etu, the ignorant and idle people in the market who followed the news... and even the Pearl of Suo'etu herself were all involved.
Everyone is suspected. In other words, it would be too troublesome to investigate those who are suspected. The emperor rubbed his eyebrows. The foundation of the country is the most important, and the reputation of the prince is the most important. Now he must first think about how to extract the prince.