After the test papers were packed, Yu Yan and the Imperial Academy went to the palace to present them for reading.

When he just reached the palace gate, Chang Ming rushed over and said, "Your Majesty, the princess is ill again."

When Yu Yan heard this, his face suddenly turned cold. He turned around and hurriedly left a message to the Imperial Academy to offer the wine, "Please send it yourself, sir."

After saying that, before the Imperial Academy’s sacrificial wine even realized what was going on, Yu Yan had already strode away.

Reluctantly, the Imperial Academy had no choice but to deliver the papers himself.

The emperor rested for two days and was in good spirits. When Lord Jijiu passed by, he was feeding the fish in the small pavilion in the imperial garden.

"Your Majesty, these are the top ten papers in this assessment."

The emperor threw a handful of fish food into the pond, causing the pond to be full of koi carp, swarming in and out to grab it. The emperor looked amused, smiled, turned to the Imperial Academy to offer wine and said: "Why did you bring it yourself? Banquet"

Where is your son?"

The Imperial College minister stood respectfully to one side while offering wine, "When we were approaching the entrance of the palace, someone suddenly came from Prince Anbo's Mansion to send a message, saying that the princess was ill and that the prince was in a hurry to go back."

The emperor frowned, "Didn't you say that everything has been cured for a while? Why did you get sick again?"

As he spoke, the emperor took the handkerchief handed over by the chamberlain and wiped his hands. He lifted his robe and sat down on the stone bench covered with thick cushions next to him. He took a sip of hot tea and pointed to the paper on the table.

Chamberlain: "Open it now."

In order to ensure the fairness and impartiality of the assessment, these papers are sealed with the name and place of origin column.

The chamberlain opened the envelopes one by one with a knife, stacked them neatly in the order in which the imperial wine was delivered, and sent them to the emperor.

The emperor first briefly looked through the birthplaces of these students and frowned slightly, "Three from Yuhang, two from Guangdong and Guangxi, three from the northwest, one from Liaodong, and one from Kyoto...

?”

Hearing this when offering wine in the Imperial College, he dared not express his anger.

The emperor snorted coldly, said nothing more, and looked at the test paper on the top again, "Is this the best?"

The Imperial College priest immediately said: "Reporting to your majesty, this student has answered questions about general affairs very well, and every sentence is down to earth. His analysis of riverbanks and dams is even more unique. He seems to be very knowledgeable about related aspects, especially the construction of dams. He can read between the lines.

It doesn’t look like a flower stand just on paper.”

The emperor frowned and read through the paper for a long time, "Why didn't I see where he wrote about building a dam?"

Imperial College Jijiu said hurriedly: "As for the last question, the question requires students to ask practical agricultural questions based on the current national conditions and give corresponding answers."

The emperor looked at the last question, glanced at it twice, then threw the paper towards the Imperial Academy's sacrificial wine with a heavy expression, "What's written on it?"

The Imperial Academy Jijiu hurriedly bent down to catch the paper, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it. His face suddenly changed, "Your Majesty, this... this is not the first place paper, this is the second place paper. It is about agriculture."

There were not many good answers to the questions, but the first ones were answered brilliantly. Xu Shichen was careless and put them in the wrong order."

When the chamberlain heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward and rummaged through the papers to find the answer to the last question that mentioned building a dam.

However, after searching for ten papers, I still couldn't find them.

When the head chamberlain was rummaging through the paper, the Imperial College Jiujiu also followed him to read it. However, when the chamberlain turned to the last page, he was suddenly stunned. He quickly pressed down the paper and pulled it out. He was shocked and at a loss and said: "This, this

It's not the top ten, this is the eleventh paper, how could it get in? Where did the first place go?"

The emperor looked at the Imperial Academy offering wine, was silent for a moment, and said, "Who sealed the paper?"

The Imperial Prince offered wine and said hurriedly: "I and Prince Yu were present at the same time, so I asked the palace attendants who were waiting to mark the papers in the Imperial College to seal it."

"You saw the sealing with your own eyes?"

"yes."

The Imperial Prince was anxious about drinking wine, and he knelt down, "Xu Shichen put it in the wrong place. At that time, I sorted out the papers and sent them to the young prince Yu. The young prince did not look through them and just asked him to seal them."

If you misplace it, the first-place paper will not disappear. Instead, the eleventh-place paper will be replaced one after another.

The emperor glanced at him and turned to the chief chamberlain: "Go and collect all the papers this time. Don't disturb anyone."

The chief chamberlain receives the order and executes it immediately.

As soon as the chief chamberlain left, the emperor went to the Imperial Academy to offer wine and said: "When the papers were sent over, you were always with Yan'er?"

The Imperial Academy nodded in offering wine, "Yes."

After saying that, he shook his head again, "No, at that time..."

He couldn't say what Yu Yan said at that time, so he just made up a random sentence, "There was something going on outside. I went out for a while, but I didn't leave the room where the young prince was. I only walked to the door, said something and then said something again.

After turning back, the young prince never touched the paper.

When we arrived at the gate of the palace, although the young prince had something to do and left, I escorted the scroll into the palace, with the servants guiding the way, and no one else touched the scroll at all."

The emperor was noncommittal and said nothing.

However, after a while, the chief chamberlain brought all the papers for the scientific examination and looked through them one by one in front of the Imperial Academy's Jijiu. However, he never found the paper that the Imperial Academy's Jijiu mentioned was number one, and found that there were a total of fifty references.

Man, there are only forty-nine papers here.

The first place paper was lost!

This is an examination held in the Imperial College!

The Imperial Prince Jian was kneeling on the ground with a pale face, shaking so hard that he couldn't stop shaking, and was covered in cold sweat.

The emperor didn't even look at him. He only ordered the chief chamberlain, "Check to see who lost it."

The head chamberlain took the list of students who were referred this time and checked the list one by one on the paper. After about half a quarter of an hour, the head chamberlain handed over the verification results, "Your Majesty, Qin Mo, candidate from Kyoto, White Deer Academy, paper

Not here."

The emperor raised his eyebrows.

Qin Mo?

Why is this name so familiar?

The head chamberlain looked at the emperor's face, took a step forward, and replied in a low voice, "This student had some disagreements with Prince Yu because of Princess Anbo before, and they were not very happy."

The emperor immediately remembered who this person was.

Isn't this the same one who almost died in Yunhaiju last time to save Gu Luo?

It was previously rumored that he gave Gu Luo a pot of ink chrysanthemum worth several thousand taels of silver, saying it was a token of love.

As a result, Gu Luo married Yu Yan!

The emperor almost laughed out loud.

He tried his best to suppress the good mood in his heart, and offered wine to the Imperial Academy who was kneeling on the ground: "The scientific examination is related to the foundation of the country, but you can't even protect the student's paper. The student studied hard for ten years and got the first place in the exam.

But you want to miss the opportunity like this?"

The Imperial College priest was so frightened that his face turned pale. He pressed his forehead to the ground and did not dare to move. He only repeated, "I know the crime, I know the crime."

The emperor sighed, "You are guilty! It's just that you have worked hard in the Imperial College these years without any merit and still have hard work. This time I will make up for it for you.

If Qin Mo's papers can be found, the results will be released tomorrow, and he will still be number one and take part in the palace examination normally.

If you can't find it, then take the second to eleventh place in order. As for Qin Mo, I will make arrangements later."

The Imperial College minister was stunned for a moment, and then he burst into tears of gratitude and kowtowed, "I thank your Majesty for your grace!"
Chapter completed!