The Regent's Sweetheart

Chapter 730 Liu An
With a squeak, the shadow guard came in from the door of the study, bowed to Yan Sihan, and reported: "My lord, the eight students involved in the imperial examination fraud case all committed suicide in the prison of Dali Temple."

"What?" Ye Ming couldn't help being surprised, and then looked at the prince sitting behind the desk with that disbelief.

In comparison, the prince just frowned slightly, and he looked quite calm.

"When did it happen?"

"Only half an hour ago, Dali Temple reported this matter to the imperial court, and His Majesty has already known about it." The shadow guard replied earnestly.

Ye Ming didn't understand, the case was closed, why did something like this happen instead?
He bowed his hands to Yan Sihan: "The prince's students will not receive the death penalty according to the law. At most, they will be deprived of the qualification to take the imperial examination forever, and they will be locked up for another five years. During the period, they may be released early after the amnesty."

"It's too strange for all of them to commit suicide in fear of crime! There must be something tricky in this!"

Ye Ming's voice fell, and the shadow guard next to him explained: "Your Majesty, when this case happened, His Majesty decreed that those who were caught destroying the foundation of the country would be punished by their nine clans. Later asked about beheading, within half an hour of the sentence, all the clothes were twisted into ropes and hanged in the prison."

Such an explanation makes sense on the surface, and scholars have high spirits, but how can these cheating students have such integrity?
After thinking about it again and again, Yan Sihan's eyes darkened, and he lowered his voice: "Go down."

"Yes."

As soon as the shadow guard left, Lin Jiaojiao came back.

Seeing this, Ye Ming, who was still in the study, bowed his hands to the two and retreated.

"My lord." Lin Jiaojiao changed into a bean green long skirt when she came back. The lower skirt is light blue to light green, the embroidery of bamboo leaves looks elegant, and the hair is even more simple. Flower bamboo leaf hairpin.

The whole person seems to have changed.

Under the gaze of the man, she walked quickly to sit next to him, and then without waiting for the man to speak, she said: "My lord, I have something to discuss with my lord."

"Oh? What's the matter?" Yan Sihan looked calm, quietly waiting for the anxious girl to continue talking to him.

Lin Jiaojiao took two short and urgent breaths, even though the room wasn't hot, she couldn't calm down.

Then he reached out and picked up a thin book, shaking it and fanning it.

Just when she was about to speak, the man handed her the teacup. She swallowed the words down to her throat, took the teacup and drank it.

A cup of tea was drunk like this, when suddenly a gentle breeze came, and Yan Sihan's slender fingers held a bamboo fan with jade bones, gently fanning her.

The star-like eyes were lit up inch by inch when she looked over, he stretched out his hand to stroke a strand of hair hanging from her forehead, and said in a gentle voice, "Don't worry, speak slowly, my lord, listen."

"My lord..." She hesitated for a moment, but she still turned serious, and said solemnly: "My lord, I hope you can thoroughly investigate the case of fraud in the imperial examination again."

The breeze stopped suddenly, and then recovered after a short while, Yan Sihan did not directly agree or refuse, but only asked: "Why?"

Hearing Yan Sihan's answer, she felt a little more relaxed, and she confided all her guesses and thoughts: "My lord, everyone knows that the Ministry of Rites belongs to King Duan. The minister's leaking questions must have something to do with Prince Duan."

"En." Yan Sihan nodded, motioning for Lin Jiaojiao to continue.

"The fraud has something to do with Prince Duan, so the officials who leaked the question should all belong to Prince Duan, but..."

(End of this chapter)