Mr. Chi Ge was so choked by Wu Qingruo that he couldn't say anything. He was silent for a long time and could only look at his favorite protégé for help.
But to Mr. Chi Ge's surprise, His Highness Prince Ning was discussing the next treatment plan with Jin Miaomiao. He didn't look at them at all, and seemed not to pay attention to the confrontation between them at all.
Chi Ge Lao had no choice but to face Wu Qingruo alone. Even though this was something he had tried his best to avoid for many years, it was impossible to avoid the current situation.
He looked at Wu Qingruo, cleared his throat slightly, and said, "Prince Ying, I have no choice but to do this. Instead of rushing to convict me, it is better to calm down and let me judge for myself."
"I'd like to hear the details." Wu Qingruo expected that such a thing would happen, and was not surprised at all. He nodded towards Mr. Chi Ge, "Speak out everything you want to say in your heart. There is no need to hide it. However, remember Be careful, everything you say now must be truthful, otherwise..." He raised his eyebrows slightly, "If one day the night is not guaranteed, don't blame me for not warning you."
"My lord, please be careful with your words and actions. Such words are not allowed."
"Say whatever you want, don't take it seriously, you..." Wu Qingruo smiled faintly, "continue to talk about yourself."
Feeling Wu Qingruo's malice towards him, but having done something wrong in the past, Mr. Chige didn't dare to argue with the Eagle King, so he could only swallow his breath. He glanced at Song Jue, who was looking at him with a smile, and said a little nervously, "Your Majesty..."
"What you said is yours, don't worry about me, just pretend I don't exist."
"Yes." Mr. Chi Ge calmed down his mood, "What happened today was not once or twice, nor was it just one or two days. We are really very tolerant of them and have tolerated them for a long time. Starting from them Until now, I have been working on and off for three or four years, and I have published two or three collections of poems."
"It's been three or four years?" Song Qiyun was surprised, "Hasn't you noticed it for such a long time?"
"We discovered it, but the previous times it was because their number was relatively small and the impact was not as big as this time, so we didn't take it seriously and let them do whatever they wanted. In fact, as they said, the change The reason for turning waste into treasure is not unacceptable. But this time, the reason why we set up a trap is because we have no choice." Mr. Chi Ge picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and continued, "The origin of this matter must be traced back. At the end of last year, the Hanlin Academy and the three academies jointly organized a poetry meeting, and those who can participate in the poetry meeting are all the teachers and students of the academies, as well as the Hanlin members of the Hanlin Academy."
"Hey, I think I've heard of this." Song Jue patted Bai Meng, "Did you tell me?" Seeing Bai Meng nodding, he continued, "I heard it's not just a poetry meeting, but In a poetry competition, there are rankings and rewards, right?"
"Your Majesty is right. There are remunerations. The students are in one group, the gentlemen of the academy and the Hanlin are in the same group. The top ten in each group are remunerations, ranging from one tael of silver to ten taels of silver. .”
"It's not a lot!" Song Qiyun looked at Shen Haolin, Chen Cha, and then turned to Bachelor Fei, "Ten taels of silver at most. Although your Hanlin Academy's monthly salary is small, there are other seventy-seven or eighty-eight percent of subsidies added to it. Together, it should be almost done, right? Those few Hanlin won't take such a big risk just because of this little money, right? It's not worth it to lose their own future and official position, right?"
"You forgot what Mr. Chi Ge said. It was at the end of last year, just when money was needed." Bai Meng sighed, "Hanlin's salary is not high to begin with. If there are no subsidies on weekdays, life will definitely be miserable. They are very tight, otherwise they would not have such crooked thoughts. But even so, at the end of the year, it will not be enough for them to do this and do that, not to mention there are still a lot of people waiting in my hometown!"
"That's true. If they can get this money, it can solve their urgent needs." Song Qiyun nodded, "So, in order to win the poetry competition, they stole the poem manuscripts of the gentlemen. This Once...isn’t it the so-called abandoned one?”
"Yes!" Mr. Chi Ge nodded, "This time it is not abandoned as they said, but the gentlemen preparing to participate in the poetry competition. Mr. He was the first person whose poem manuscript was stolen. He told us When we talked about it, we all thought it might be a coincidence. But then several gentlemen lost their manuscripts one after another, and we became vigilant. After rigorous investigation, we temporarily locked in a few people."
"Are these the ones today?"
"Yes, it's a few of them." Mr. Chi Ge said a few names, "The remaining few joined in after they won the first place in the poetry competition, and they didn't mix too much with them. A long time.”
"Poetry competition... came first?" Shen Cha frowned slightly, "They used stolen poem manuscripts and still won the poetry competition? You knew the origin of these poem manuscripts, but you still didn't expose them? Why?"
"General, since the Chinese New Year is coming soon, we don't want to dampen everyone's interest because of something like this. Besides, we don't lack this little money, so we just treat it as a good deed." A contemptuous smile flashed across Fei Xueshi's face. He was born into a distinguished family. Seriously, he was slightly related to Bai Meng. He had never been short of money since he was a child. He looked down on the behavior of these Hanlin officials. "I just didn't expect that because they became famous at the poetry meeting, they were admired by many people, including some Taixue students. At the beginning, these Taixue students were still very honest and should study, but they didn't What special movements? Later, a trend of laziness slowly started to spread in Taixue. The gentlemen did not listen to the lessons well and did not do the assigned homework well. Either this one copied that, or that other copied this. , the most outrageous moment was during the quiz, someone actually copied all the names wrong, and two identical papers appeared."
"Such a situation has happened more than once. In just seven or eight days, it has happened more than a dozen times, even two or three times a day." Mr. Chi Ge sighed, "Gentlemen, please tell me the situation. After talking about it, I feel that it is absolutely impossible to continue like this.”
"The gentlemen didn't know what to do after discussing it for a long time, so they asked me to do it." Fei Xueshi smiled sheepishly, "I came up with this idea, but I really didn't expect that it would lead to this situation. situation." He looked at Song Jue and said, "Your Majesty, this is not your fault, it's your fault. I will bear all the blame."
When Wu Qingruo heard what Academician Fei said, he exchanged a knowing look with His Highness Prince Ning, who had already finished discussing the prescription with Jin Miaomiao, and a meaningful smile flashed across his face.
