Chapter 245: Officials reported, five-frame fraud
There was silence.
The joy on the emperor's face suddenly disappeared.
Kneeling in the lower hall was a thin young man with clear eyes and sonorous words.
The emperor's eyes were profound.
Under the might of Thunder King, the young man still did not bow his head.
The prince on the side said: "Don't say this nonsense. Which family are you from?"
"Replying to the crown prince, my subject, Aqian'a, is Niu Hulu Aling's third son. He ranked third in today's exam."
Someone looked at Empress Dowager De.
As the younger brother of Empress Xiaozhao Niu Hulu, Niu Hulu Aling'a married Wuya Mayanzhu, the sister of Concubine De.
The couple had four sons and three daughters, all of whom were descendants of the Wuya clan.
To sum it up, Niu Hulu Aqian'a is the serious nephew of Concubine De.
It would be better for him to stand up and accuse the younger brother of Concubine De's daughter-in-law of cheating in the examination.
Concubine De, who was being stared at by everyone, still looked normal and was not affected at all.
As expected of being the first of the four concubines today, she is quite calm.
Lu Pheasant and Shi Shi looked at each other. Could it be that this nephew of the Niu Hulu family came to "revenge" the sixth girl?
The prince asked again: "Niu Hulu Aqi'a, do you know the consequences of what you reported?"
Niu Hulu Aqi'adao said: "I understand! I have witnesses and physical evidence, and please ask the emperor to investigate carefully! If what I said is false, I am willing to bear all the punishment."
Speaking of this, Liang Jiugong accepted the emperor's signal and asked: "Where is the witness?"
Another relatively plump young man stood up and said, "My subject, Hesheli Farsa, is Niu Hulu Aqiya's witness. He ranked eleventh in today's exam."
Why is he the nephew of the Hesheli family again?
Liang Jiugong asked again: "Today, Haha Pearl will select the top twenty. Unless there is any accident, you have all been selected. Even so, do you still insist on reporting the first place, Mr. Wuge, for cheating?"
The two said in unison: "Yes."
Niu Hulu Aqiao: "Your Majesty, the result of today's competition is unfair. If you are selected because of this, I will not feel at ease in the future."
Hesheli Farsa: "The same is true for my ministers."
The emperor saw this and said, "Tell me."
Hesheli Farsa took a deep breath and said first: "I obey the order. When I went to the clean room today, I heard someone talking about giving five squares in exchange for a perfect score paper in order to win the exam."
Liang Jiugong questioned: "Just because you heard the conversation, did you conclude?"
Niu Hulu Aqiana: "It's more than that. I was sitting on the right side of Uranala Wuge during the exam today. I saw him accidentally pouring out ink and contaminating the test paper. How could the examiners recognize the paper with such filth? First?"
"Therefore, someone must have changed the test paper that Wu Ge answered by himself, so he got this false first place."
Liang Jiugong asked again: "Farsa, do you know who is speaking in the clean room?"
Hesheli Farsa shook his head: "Your Majesty, I forgive you, I really don't know."
The prince said: "Khan Ama, if this is the case, we can only open the paper again and check it!"
Brother Eleven immediately became energetic: "I didn't expect that you said you studied hard, but you actually got the first place by cheating."
"Twelve, everyone knows that your homework is mediocre. Is it possible that you, the number one, have some merit?"
Before anyone else could react, the silver blade behind Brother Twelve bared his teeth.
Brother Eleven just shut up.
But this didn't stop people around from talking: "I didn't expect that the royal family would play such a trick in a fair competition."
"It's just a haha bead, and it's not the position of a guard in front of the palace. Is it necessary?"
"You dare to deceive me even now, how can you deal with it in the future?"
"How dare such a filthy child be placed next to the prince to accompany him to grow up? Isn't this going to corrupt other people's children?"
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The five figures at the center of the topic range from disbelief to sadness and anger.
As soon as Niu Hulu Aqiana opened his mouth, he wanted to defend himself, but was stopped by Lu Pheasant on the side: "Be patient and don't be impatient."
The prince has been laying the groundwork for so long, and he will definitely take action in today's exam.
If the other party doesn't take action, how can they crack it?
But Lu Pheasant also didn't expect that the prince would be so vicious and find someone to slander such a young child.
The emperor spoke: "Uranala Wuge, do you have anything to say?"
Wu Ge stood beside the two young men, his face becoming more and more delicate, although his eyes were red, he said firmly: "When I return to the emperor, I have a clear conscience. I got the top spot by relying on my own strength. I am not afraid of investigation."
The fourth elder brother stood up and said: "Khan Ama Rongzhen. Tang Bohu, the leader of the four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River in the past, was an unparalleled genius. Once he was caught in a fraud case, even if someone reversed the case for him afterwards, he would never be able to gain momentum again. He was depressed for half his life. It’s really a pity.”
"In today's Wuge, even if he was born in the Uranala clan and had a reputation for cheating, his life would be ruined in the future."
Wu Ge looked at his brother-in-law with grateful eyes.
Even though his brother-in-law had never spoken softly to him, at this moment, the one who was willing to stand up for him was his best brother-in-law.
The prince squinted his lips and said: "Fourth brother, what are you talking about? Are you going to let a cheating person become the haha bead of other princes? How can the whole court rest assured?"
"Gu Qian was also very optimistic about Wuge. Who would have thought that he would do such a stupid thing."
Originally, the prince really only planned to take Wu Ge to Brother Eleven as a chess piece.
However, who made Si Age and his wife want to be in the limelight so much that they won the right to promote high-yielding crops and refused to let go of hybrid rice.
In this case, don't blame him for being ruthless.
The fourth elder brother said: "Khan Ama, I am not obstructing the inspection. But now that someone has reported it, it has proved Wuge's innocence. It is inevitable that someone will use this to make things happen in the future."
"After five grids, you will become a haha bead. How can you stay with the prince with peace of mind in the future?"
Everyone understood that the fourth prince was seeking protection for his wife's younger brother.
The prince said anxiously: "Fourth brother, you still believe that Wuge is innocent before it has been verified? You are really interested in Sifujin!"
Shi who was on the side still felt a chill in her heart when she heard this.
Isn't it human nature for the fourth elder brother to fight for his legitimate wife's biological brother?
The prince could also say this. It can be seen that in his heart, her legitimate wife is probably dispensable, right?
Mr. Shi became more determined in his decision and his eyes became colder.
"Okay." The emperor turned the Eighteenth Son in his hand and said calmly, "The fourth elder brother's concerns are reasonable..."
"Khan Ama!" The prince couldn't believe it and called out.
The emperor glanced at the prince.
They all dared to interrupt him in public, and the Crown Prince was getting bolder now.
The prince immediately lowered his head and did not dare to speak again.
The emperor continued: "If today's incident proves Wuge's innocence, and if anyone leaks the news or spreads rumors about this matter in the future, I will definitely punish him severely."
"Liang Jiugong, let them open the scroll."
After the examiner saluted, he watched the young eunuchs move out a box of sealed examination papers.
I quickly found Uranala Wuge's paper.
The examiner signaled it to everyone.
Wu Ge himself nodded to confirm the name.
It was handed over to the emperor for inspection, and the emperor nodded.
The examiner slowly opened the test paper.
The entire test paper is clean, with neat and elegant fonts.
Niu Hulu Aqiya immediately shouted: "Look, there is really no ink mark on it! Your Majesty, what the ministers said is true."
"The five-frame paper has been exchanged. He is the top one who has cheated. Please ask the emperor to severely punish those who cheat!"
