Xuanmen Xiaoguo Shi is divination again

Chapter 139
This matter... is not as complicated and difficult as he thought?

How can it be!

He Kangsheng raised his brows blankly, no one in the middle of the situation could understand the difficulty of this matter better than him, Chao Ling alone is not terrible, what is terrible is that the one allied with him is the Marquis of Anping!

Anping Hou Zhusheng, the uncle of the third prince and the uncle of the fifth prince, his wife is the daughter of the Xiangfu, and his sister is married to the Minister of the Household Department.

The alliance of the three governments is almost unbreakable, and it can be said that they have controlled half of Qianping's court officials!

And...the fate of being enemies with a few of them is known to everyone in the court, and no one is ignorant.

——Jingyang Bofu, isn’t it the best example?
He Kangsheng smiled and pulled the corners of his lips, his eyes were full of sadness and melancholy, poor Mr. Zhan lived his life clean and upright, but in the end he ended up with such a decapitated and decapitated family.

This example is before, how dare he have the idea of ​​​​resisting it?

The man rolled up the rice paper in his hand and put it on the table, then buried his face deeply between his hands.

Reason made him desperate and he didn't want to say much, and he didn't want to talk about it with the Taoist in front of him, but his sensibility and intuition drove him to stay a little longer.

So under the tug of sensibility and rationality, he spoke, with a slight tremor in his voice that he didn't even notice: "Sir...why did you say that?"

"Master He," Mu Xici sighed after hearing the words, and lowered his calm tone slightly, "You hold an important position in the court, so you must be aware of the differences between this spring exam and previous years."

"Different?" He Kangsheng's slack pupils gathered slightly, "You mean His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince who is taking the exam and presiding over the palace exam for His Majesty?"

"Of course." Mu Xici nodded, and guided him to go deeper, "Then, you may have guessed the current Holy Majesty's intention?"

Without hesitation, He Kangsheng said, "Your Majesty...Your Majesty, he naturally wants to take this opportunity to inspect the talents and abilities of His Highness the Fourth Highness, to see if he can take on the great responsibility."

"Of course." Mu Xici slightly nodded his chin, and continued to dig deeper, "So, do you think that His Majesty will really entrust such an important thing as the palace examination to His Highness the Fourth Highness, and you will not interfere at all?"

"This...Of course he..." He Kangsheng was stunned for a moment. When Emperor Yunjing ordered that the fourth prince would be in charge of the imperial examination, but according to the temper of the Holy Majesty...

When he thought of this, cold sweat suddenly dripped from the top of his head. If His Majesty's temperament was followed, he would definitely find an excuse to do a spot check on the day of the palace examination.

The questions for this imperial examination are unusual. In previous years, the Ministry of Rites would set the questions and submit them to His Majesty. His Majesty would randomly select them, and then question the candidates.

In this way, although it is "random", it is actually a fixed question. Naturally, Chao Ling and others can give all the test questions to those few scholars who have paid bribes. Students can successfully pass the examination.

But this year is different, this year it is Mrs. Xiao who wrote the question. Although the old Mrs. Fu is very old, she is very knowledgeable, and she is used to impromptu essays.

Therefore, if he came up with the questions, they would not be able to know the questions of the palace examination until the day of the palace examination.

It's useless to know, the old master can change a new topic at any time——

He Kangsheng subconsciously raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead. Under such circumstances, the chances of those few scholars who had paid bribes but had no real talent and learning, would be exposed on the day of the palace examination were almost [-]%.

And cheating in scientific examinations is such a serious crime——

At that time, the emperor will be furious, not only will the entire Ministry of Rites be implicated, but even the Fourth Prince, who is the assistant and chief examiner of the imperial examination, will not be able to escape punishment.

Rather than being confused by Chao Ling and others and losing his head in a daze, he might as well confess to the Holy Majesty the evidence in his hand that the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites colluded with the Marquis of Anping's Mansion—at least he can save himself from death!
"Sir, what you said is very true. He is short-sighted and not thinking carefully." He Kangsheng stammered for a moment, and then greater doubts surfaced in his mind, "But, sir, there is still one thing that is unclear to Mr. He, please clarify."

"Fusheng Wuliang Tianzun, Mr. He, please tell me." Mu Xici closed her eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of her lips.

She knew that He Kangsheng had thought it through clearly, but it was still a little too late.

Right now, he probably still doesn't know what to do in order to be able to retreat completely.

——even advancing instead of retreating.

It doesn't matter, she can see that he is a person with a conscience, and she is willing to give him a hand.

As long as he can control the little desire in his heart in the future, he will not become the next "Chao Ling".

otherwise.

Mu Xici's eyes were dark, otherwise she wouldn't mind sending another He Kangsheng away.

"Sir, as you said, this fraud is probably going to be leaked, so why is the Anping Hou Mansion still joining forces with Chao Ling this time?" He Kangsheng frowned.

Chao Ling may be like him, focusing on the immediate matter, never thought of the deep meaning of His Majesty's move, but Marquis Anping and others have countless disciples, some of them are wise, how could they not see through it?
"Because they made more than one preparation from the beginning." Mu Xici's voice was cool, and he touched the table with his fingers lightly, "Master He, did your Majesty directly assign this matter to His Highness the Fourth Highness? "

"Of course not. Before that, His Majesty summoned three, four, five, three Highnesses at the same time, but in the end it was His Highness Fourth who took over the important task." He Kangsheng pondered for a while, "And He heard from Eunuch Yu who is beside His Majesty, The Third Highness and the Fifth Highness voluntarily withdrew and left this matter to the Fourth Highness..."

"Hiss—" He Kangsheng, who was thinking about this, suddenly took a breath, and he suddenly understood.

From the beginning to the end of this matter, His Highness the Third Highness, His Highness the Fifth Highness and others jointly set up a huge net for the Fourth Highness.

If during the imperial examination, the bribe-giving scholars escaped His Majesty's spot check by chance, they could take the opportunity to place two more chess pieces next to His Majesty the Fourth Highness.

If they hadn't escaped, once the fraud was exposed, the fourth prince, Mo Shucheng, would be completely out of the top position.

As for the Hou Mansion... Marquis Anping, Xiangye and the others almost covered the sky with one hand. His Majesty will not touch the foundation of the court for a while for the stability of the court.

After this time, what they lost was only two nails buried in the Ministry of Rites.

"So, the 'Chao Ling' you mentioned was an abandoned child from the beginning to the end." Mu Xici smiled, got up and fiddled with the burning incense burner, "My lord, it was you who lost the way during the palace examination." It’s the best time to know return’.”

"That Mr. Chao has become an abandoned son, but the Ministry of Rites cannot be left alone for a day. The current sage is a wise king. As long as you seize the opportunity and do what you have always wanted to do, he will definitely not make things difficult for you. "

"Then, if Marquis Anping and others find He in the future..." He Kangsheng hesitated slightly.

"They won't make it too difficult for you." Mu Xici smiled quietly, "This is a fat job, and they will definitely not give up. I'm afraid they will still have a good relationship with you when the time comes."

"But He doesn't want to get along with him." He Kangsheng frowned.

When Mu Xici heard this, her brows and eyes relaxed slightly, and she looked at He Kangsheng with a kinder gaze. She opened her lips softly, and uttered four words coolly:
"False and submissive."

　I wrote it cool

　　It's not a big problem if you don't understand
　　should be able to understand

　　
　
(End of this chapter)