A thousand-year-old family begins with one fighting against ten thousand.

This shows that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Li Longji, had become completely addicted to pleasure and even believed such absurd words.

After Li Linfu walked out of the Daming Palace, he breathed a sigh of relief. He hadn't expected things to go so smoothly.

It seems there's nothing to worry about now. His Majesty is completely corrupt. As long as I can provide him with plenty of money for entertainment, I'll have no more worries.

Upon returning to the Secretariat, Li Linfu ordered the results of the imperial examination to be posted.

The entrance to the examination hall was crowded with students who had taken the imperial examinations, their relatives and friends, as well as a large number of high-ranking officials and nobles, all waiting for the results of the examinations to be released.

Seeing the Ministry of Rites official holding a huge red cloth, everyone craned their necks in anticipation, countless eyes fixed on the red cloth in the official's hand.

The officials' hands were trembling as they held the red cloth. What if the students saw that the red cloth was just blank paper when it was hung up? Would they tear it up?

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, they dared not run away. They could only grit their teeth and hold the red cloth high in their hands. The moment the red cloth fell, they turned and ran.

Under the watchful eyes of countless people, they finally hung up the red cloth. The moment it was hung up, they quickly climbed down the ladder and fled in panic.

But no one cared about them anymore. The moment the red cloth was unfurled, countless students looked up, searching for their names.

"Blank? How can it be blank? Did the officials from the Ministry of Rites take the wrong red cloth?"

The crowd was noisy and shouting, but no one dared to think that no one had been admitted in this imperial examination.

"Sir, don't go! You've taken the wrong cloth!"

The crowd began shouting at the two officials from the Ministry of Rites. Several soldiers standing guard beside the red cloth were also puzzled. Could the Ministry of Rites really make such a mistake?

The two officials from the Ministry of Rites paused, almost forgetting that they had another task: to announce the results of the imperial examinations.

They turned around stiffly, and the people in front of them looked like man-eating monsters to them.

"Everyone failed the imperial examination this time!"

After saying that, they turned around and continued to run away.

Their words exploded like a bomb in the minds of many test takers.

What did those two officials from the Ministry of Rites say? They said they had all failed the exam!

How is that possible!

Since the Tang Dynasty began the imperial examination system, nothing so absurd has ever happened.

Are there really no talented people in the world?!

How is this possible?!

Standing here are scions of prominent families, disciples of various schools, geniuses from humble backgrounds, and outstanding students from academies across the country. Each of them is an elite selected from various regions. How could no one be on the list!

Absurd, absolutely absurd!

Although the test was somewhat difficult, each of them was a well-read person and believed that their scores would not be too bad.

If some of them failed the imperial examination, that might be their problem. But if everyone failed, there must be something wrong!

There's something fishy going on! There must be something fishy going on!

These students, disregarding their sadness at not being accepted into the college entrance examination, all gathered here to protest.

Li Bai and his companions stood at a distance, looking in this direction. They saw that there was indeed no name on the red cloth, and their faces were filled with anger.

"Brother Taibai, you were right! Li Linfu is indeed incredibly audacious!"

Du Fu smiled bitterly, saying that something inside him was quietly collapsing.

"Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad."

Li Bai said calmly, "Let's go, a great upheaval is about to unfold!"

After Li Bai and his companions left, these students, their anger clouding their judgment, began to storm the red notice board guarded by the imperial guards.

Although the Imperial Guards were armed with armor and swords, they dared not lay a hand on the students. They were pushed aside by the students and watched helplessly as the students tore down the red notice.

"Let's go to the palace to see His Majesty and ask him to set an example for us!"

One student raised his arm and called out, and all the other students followed suit, and a large group of people marched toward the palace in a grand procession.

Upon seeing this, the Imperial Guards immediately reported the matter.

"What?! How dare you! How absurd!"

The matter was quickly reported to Li Linfu, who was furious!

A group of lowly commoners, not even worthy of being called lowly officials, actually dared to rebel!

That's practically suicide!

"Assemble the Imperial Guards immediately and arrest them! We cannot allow them to disturb His Majesty!"

"Arrest them all?"

General Li Ruo hesitated, "Prime Minister Li, these are all candidates for the imperial examinations, many of them from prominent families and various academies. If we arrest them all, it will surely shake the world and cause an uproar!"

"I urge Minister Li to reconsider!"

Li Ruofu recovered from her anger and felt a little scared. If they weren't hired, she could say it was because they weren't capable enough, but if they were all arrested, it would be really hard to explain.

"Then drive them all away! We absolutely cannot allow them to disturb His Majesty in front of the palace gates!"

"promise!"

Li Ruo, the Imperial Guard Commander, nodded hurriedly and then led his men to drive away all the students at the palace gate.

The news caused an uproar throughout Luoyang.

No one could have imagined that such a thing would happen in the imperial capital of Luoyang.

This is absolutely outrageous!

Keep in mind that there are students from the Imperial Academy and the Yanzhou Academy among them. The Yanzhou Academy is quite far away, but the Imperial Academy is right in Luoyang.

News of the collective failure of the students to be admitted to the Imperial Academy quickly reached the academy, enraging many of its doctoral students.

If one or two students are not admitted, they have no objection, since the Imperial Academy cannot guarantee that all students will be admitted through the imperial examination.

But if you don't record any of them, that's a direct slap in their face!

They can't pretend nothing happened; how will they face others afterward?!

In particular, Wei Mai's secret leak of the news that Li Bai was participating in the imperial examination made these scholars even more uneasy.

They were initially furious at Li Linfu's audacity, but now all they felt was schadenfreude.

No matter how powerful Li Linfu was, how audacious he was, even daring to interfere in the imperial examinations, so what?!

You're dead this time!

Even if Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Li Longji, were willing to protect him, he would only have one fate in the end: to be stripped of all his official positions and exiled to a remote area.

Only in this way can the Wei family's anger be extinguished!

The Prince of Yan's personal disciple finally managed to participate in the imperial examination, hoping to enter the court, and you, Li Linfu, are doing this? Are you targeting my Wei family? Are you looking down on my Prince of Yan?!

If we don't teach you a lesson, does that mean everyone will dare to shit and piss on the Wei family's head from now on?!

How can we tolerate this?!

However, they also knew that now was not the time for the Wei family to make their move. If the Wei family made their move now, it would only allow Li Linfu to find a scapegoat and let him escape a disaster.

The reason this news is being leaked now is to get them to make the first move and force Li Linfu out, so that the Prince of Yan can directly kill Li Linfu with a single blow.