Chapter 176 Dengwengu

"At this point, even if the Fifth Princess refuses to admit it, it will be meaningless."

Thinking that Yun Shu was making her last struggle, the prince snorted disdainfully and was about to list out her "crimes" one by one.
Before he could even open his mouth, Yun Shu asked him back:
"My brother, the Crown Prince, keeps saying that I leaked the test questions and cheated openly. I am very surprised.

The Spring Examination has clearly just ended. How did the Crown Prince know the content of the examination questions?

Could it be that... the Crown Prince knew about this in advance through some other means?"

In order to prevent cheating in the imperial examinations during the Tiansheng period, the questions for the joint examinations and palace examinations were usually set by the emperor himself.

Even the chief examiner would not know the test questions until the day of the Spring Examination.

Yun Shu's question "Did you know about it in advance through some other means" was almost like asking the prince directly whether he had cheated!
Of course, the prince would never admit such a question:
"I just heard from the servants that one of the candidates who finished the exam first said that the test questions for the Spring Examination were exactly the same as the mock test questions that the Fifth Imperial Sister had published at the Tianwaitian Restaurant a few days ago!"

Yun Shu was curious: "Which servant? Which scholar?"

"Why does Fifth Princess ask this?"

The prince looked arrogant and didn't want to pay any attention to Yunshu:

"Could it be that you want to take revenge afterwards?"

"My dear brother, you are joking. Even if I want to take revenge, it is not my place to do it!"

Yun Shu burst into laughter:
"It was you, my brother the Crown Prince, who was deceived, not me. What can I retaliate against?"

"……cheat?"

The prince paused for a moment, then suddenly realized something, and his expression suddenly turned ugly—

He had indeed sent people out of the palace today, hoping to get the news as soon as possible so that he could go to his father and make a severe complaint.

But I don't know what went wrong, the people I sent out never came back.
He had already begun to suspect whether something had gone wrong and was ready to give up the idea of ​​coming to see his father today.

I overheard a guard saying that there was a commotion outside the Imperial Examination Hall, and in order to prevent the situation from getting out of hand, Princess Saint Ann seemed to have detained many passers-by.

He mistakenly believed that everything was going smoothly according to his arrangements, and that the reason his people were unable to return sooner was because they were restrained by Yun Shu.

He was worried that if time was delayed too long, something else might happen, allowing Yunshu to find a way to escape successfully.

Only then could he come to the imperial study impatiently.

But it turns out...

Force yourself to stay calm and composed.

The prince asked coldly:

"What deception?"

"Of course it's about the leak of the exam questions!"

Yun Shu solemnly recited the real test questions of this year's Spring Examination in front of Emperor Xuanwu and the Crown Prince.
Then she handed a piece of paper filled with all the mock exam questions she had published to Emperor Xuanwu.
Then, under the gaze of the prince, whose face was twitching with anger, he began to complain aggrievedly:
"Father, look, this question is not at all similar to the mock questions I published before.
You can say that I leaked the test paper, I am totally in trouble!"

"Well, there really is no resemblance."

Throwing the mock test paper in front of the prince, Emperor Xuanwu said in a calm tone:
"What did the prince say?"

"My son..."

The prince felt like there was something stuck in his throat.

What else could he say?
Is he going to say that the examination questions for the Spring Examination have been changed and are different from the ones he had managed to get before?
Isn't that like an old man hanging himself, seeking death?
The prince took a deep breath and immediately knelt down to plead guilty:

"I shouldn't have believed others' words so easily and doubted my sister. Please, father..." Boom!
The sudden sound of a dull drum interrupted the prince's words of apology.

Emperor Xuanwu, who was sitting in front of the dragon table, suddenly raised his head.
But the prince was still kneeling on the ground, looking confused.
Yun Shu, who was standing aside, raised his eyebrows slightly:
"Huh? Dengwen drum!"

Emperor Xuanwu: “…”

This little brat!

Is there anything else you don’t understand?

Just by looking at the noise, you can tell that it was this brat who caused it again!

I thought that the things she had done before were all part of her plan.
I didn't expect that this kid still had some parts that he hadn't told him!
She really...surprised him greatly!
With a stern look at the kid who was still pretending to be innocent, Emperor Xuanwu snorted coldly:
"Everyone, go down first! Don't forget to attend court tomorrow!"

"My son, I obey!"

The Tiansheng Dynasty stipulated that anyone who beat the drum to report a crime would be punished with thirty strokes of the cane and could meet the emperor and present his grievances in front of all the civil and military officials.

Even if the matter had nothing to do with Yunshu, she had to be there.

What's more, it's obviously related.

I walked out of the Imperial Study with the Crown Prince and saw the Crown Prince's tutor still waiting at the door.

Yun Shu greeted him again very enthusiastically:
"You're still here!"

Prince's tutor: "..."

"I underestimated you!"

It was difficult to lose his temper in front of Emperor Xuanwu just now, but now that he was out of the house, the prince's expression was completely undisguised:
"But don't be too proud!"

"My dear brother, you have wronged me again. I have only cleared myself of the injustice. What is there to be proud of?"

As if he didn't understand what the prince meant, Yun Shu smiled and waved his hand:

“I spent nine days in the Imperial Examination Hall. Although I gained a lot, it was also very tiring.

You guys can talk slowly if you have anything to say, I'll be leaving first!"

This damn bastard...

The prince gritted his teeth and almost couldn't control his temper.

Fortunately, he remembered that this was the entrance to the Imperial Study, and there was also a Prince's tutor beside him who whispered to him,

He then managed to suppress his anger and returned to the East Palace with the Prince's tutor without saying a word.

Only after making sure that everyone around him was his own people did he finally start smashing things without restraint, venting his anger:
"Didn't you say there were no problems? Didn't you say everything was going well?

You just saw how proud Yun Shu was, didn't you? She was laughing at me!
She is just a bastard princess with no support from her maternal family, no power in the court and nothing. How dare she laugh at me, the legitimate crown prince!
Why does she do that? "

"Your Highness, calm down..."

"I can't calm down my anger!"

The prince was almost hysterical.

The Prince's tutor knew that the other party would not listen to anything he said at this time, so he could only silently let the prince vent his anger, and then ask about the specific situation after he calmed down.

"So... Your Highness, what you mean is that the guard is most likely Princess Saint Ann's man?"

Sensing a key point from the prince's words, the prince's tutor's eyes flashed:
"Have you ever mentioned this matter to His Majesty?"