"If there is something to do, we will start, if there is nothing to do, we will retreat..."
The next day.
After morning.
Song Huan did not leave the palace, but planned to go to the imperial study to have a heart-to-heart talk with Emperor Liang and to contact the father and son.
On the way to the imperial study, Song Huan overheard several ministers chatting animatedly.
It seems that it is related to Sun Shutong, the Minister of Civil Affairs.
"Have you heard? Master Sun's house is haunted, and he has been lying in bed for two days!"
"You are so strange and powerful! How can you be haunted by something so good?"
"Yes! Who would believe these stories about ghosts and gods if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes?"
"I heard them tell it very clearly, saying that every time a certain hour comes, everyone in Mr. Sun's house will disappear en masse! Only a female ghost in red who hanged herself is left, wandering around Mr. Sun's house. Saying 'give me my life back'..."
"How can it be so mysterious? It's so real, as if you've seen it with your own eyes!"
"This is not what I said, but what the servants of the Sun Mansion said outside! And the haunting has been going on for two days in a row! Master Sun has been possessed by demons in the past two days. Every day I didn’t dare to get out of bed, for fear of encountering some female ghost..."
"If you don't do anything bad, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door! Mr. Sun must have incurred some peach blossom debts outside and ended up letting others down. That's why the girl turned into a ghost and came to ask for her life..."
"You even dare to arrange a female ghost? You don't want your life!"
"..."
Listening to everyone's teasing arrangements, Song Huan snorted coldly.
It seems that Sun Shutong's character is really terrible. Otherwise, if he was in trouble now, how could there be no one to speak for him?
Those who do unrighteousness will surely be punished by death, that’s probably what it means!
In the imperial study room.
"My son, I pay my respects to my father!"
Seeing that Song Huan was here, Emperor Liang put down the test paper in his hand and said with a smile: "Fourth, you are here at the right time."
"I'm looking through the top five answer sheets for yesterday's Wenyuan Pavilion preliminary exam, and you just happen to come and take a look!"
Song Huan hurriedly shook his head and said seriously: "You are the Ninth Five-Year Plan of Daliang. According to the convention, except for the bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, only you are qualified to review the examination answer sheets."
"My son, I dare not exceed the rules!"
Seeing Song Huan abiding by the rules, Emperor Liang was very satisfied for a while.
"The prince went through the answer sheet privately, but he went beyond the rules."
"But today, I allow you to see it."
"There are no rules!"
Song Huan still waved his hand, as if Tang Monk was seduced by a female goblin and wanted to resist but still welcomed her.
"No, no, no, you can't do it, Father!"
"There has never been such a thing in the past. How can I break the rules?"
Emperor Liang: "..."
"I tell you to watch it, just watch it. Where does all this nonsense come from!"
"yes!"
Song Huan stretched out his hands, took the five test papers from Emperor Liang's hands, and started reading them word by word.
Emperor Liang said calmly from the side: "Fourth, what do you think of the answers of these people who entered the re-examination this year?"
Song Huanzai checked it carefully several times, and after a long while he said carefully: "Since the father trusts his son and allows him to review the papers, he will tell the truth."
"Of these five answer sheets, four of them were very good."
"It's just that there was a policy section in the answer sheet. I felt that the answer was somewhat perfunctory."
"Moreover, some of the answers are wrong!"
"Erchen believes that this level is really not worthy of the top five results!"
After listening to Song Huan's words, Emperor Liang's eyes suddenly lit up.
"I had the same thought when I was reviewing the papers just now!"
"Fourth, are you talking about the third answer sheet?"
Song Huanyi lowered his head: "Father, Emperor Shengming!"
It seems that this answer sheet is really not very good. Not only did Emperor Liang feel bad about it, but even I, who had never learned eight-legged essay, could see the shortcomings at a glance.
Emperor Liang continued to ask: "Apart from this, are there any other questions?"
Song Huan flipped through the test paper several times, and a huge question mark gradually appeared in his heart.
Why did I not see Lin Zhihuan's answer sheet at all after reading these five test papers?
When talking to Lin Zhihuan yesterday, Lin Zhihuan was so excited that he revealed part of his answer sheet to Song Huan.
But Song Huanzi read all the papers carefully, but did not see Lin Zhihuan's answer sheet.
And to be fair, the standards of these five test papers are not up to Lin Zhihuan's level at all!
Is it possible that Lin Zhihuan has been eliminated because of the inside story?
But the names on the test paper haven’t been removed yet, so this shouldn’t happen...
Seeing Song Huan frowning and not speaking for a long time, Emperor Liang thought he had discovered something extraordinary.
"Fourth, you want to say something, but it doesn't matter!"
Song Huan came back to his senses and thought about how to speak to the two places.
I can't tell Emperor Liang directly that I know an answer sheet that is equivalent to a full score essay for the college entrance examination, but it doesn't appear in the top five!
After thinking for a long time, Song Huan finally thought of a good way.
"Father, I have something to say. I don't know whether to say it or not."
Emperor Liang nodded: "Speak!"
Song Huan continued: "It is not easy for these thirteen ministers to come from all over the country to participate in the assessment of Wenyuan Pavilion."
"Although the rules have been set long ago, only the top five in each assessment can enter the palace examination."
"Ke'erchen thinks that it is a pity that the rest of the test papers were discarded before they could reach your eyes."
"Why don't my father read through the remaining answer sheets and make comments? This can be regarded as an encouragement to talents!"
After listening to Song Huan's words, Emperor Liang thought thoughtfully: "You mean, I will personally annotate the examination papers of Wenyuan Pavilion to show that I attach great importance to them?"
Song Huan nodded quickly: "The emperor's grace is so great, my father!"
"The test papers of those failed ministers were originally worthless, but with your comments, the waste paper became a priceless treasure."
"Under such encouragement and urging, the civil servants in Daliang will take this as their goal and work hard to improve themselves."
"This is a great encouragement to our talents in Daliang!"
After Song Huan's reasonable and emotional suggestions, Emperor Liang finally slapped the table and agreed: "Fourth, what you said makes sense!"
"Someone is coming!"
Xue Hai walked in quickly after hearing the sound and saluted: "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
Emperor Liang waved his hand and said: "Pass on my decree and immediately send someone to Wenyuan Pavilion to get all the remaining test papers for me."
"I want to correct it myself!"
"yes!"
Xue Hai immediately sent someone to pass the news to Wenyuan Pavilion. When the editors of Wenyuan Pavilion heard the imperial edict, they all gasped in fright.
"What?"
"Your Majesty wants to review the papers in person?"
"But what went wrong in Wenyuan Pavilion's marking this time? That's why I bothered Your Majesty to review the papers in person?"
These book editors are equivalent to the apprentices of Wenyuan Pavilion's bachelors, and they will do all the ordinary chores.
When they heard that Emperor Liang wanted to personally mark the exams by name, they were instantly frightened to death, fearing that they would suffer disaster because of their incompetence.
