A few days later, the chief officials of the three divisions presented the results of the joint investigation to the imperial court. There were three co-examiners involved in the case, and eight who were selected as tributes.

The cheating method is not very clever, and the agreed words are placed in the broken questions. When the examiner sees it, they will leave the paper and recommend it to the main examiner. Although it is up to the examiner to decide whether to take it or not, if the same examiner gives good comments, the chief examiner will probably take it for the sake of face. Yes, bribing the examiner is just buying insurance. There are nearly 500 tributes selected by this department, and the papers of these eight people are mixed among them, and if there is no impeachment from the imperial family, they may have been deceived.

Of these eight people, three were from Jingzhong Xungui, and the remaining five were from wealthy families in the south.

The Minister of Punishment said: "According to their account, a quota is 15 ingots of gold, that is, 3,000 taels of silver, 20% for each of the three same examiners, and 40% for the chief examiner Yan Ge."

Hearing this, Zhu Yunxuan frowned fiercely, looked at Dali Siqing, and asked in a deep voice, "Yan Shixue also accepted a bribe? But is it true?"

The Dali Siqing bit the bullet and replied: "This minister has already interrogated meticulously, and the three fellow examiners have all confessed their guilt. As for Mr. Yan Ge, he refused to admit it, he just said that he was negligent and did not find those papers. He refused to admit that he had accepted bribes, and the minister sent someone to check on his cronies, and found that his wife and brother had received the money in his name, and his wife also knew about it. Your Majesty decides."

Zhu Yunxuan smashed the imperial case with a punch, and was furious.

When the officials who reported the matter had all retired, Liang Zhen slowly walked into the hall, with a smug smile on his lips, and looked at Zhu Yunxuan: "Can you believe it now, Your Majesty? The minister did not speak nonsense to slander Mr. Yan Ge. , He really did it, even if it wasn't done by himself, what his wife, his wife and brother did in his name would not be regarded as wronging him."

Zhu Yunxuan looked at him coldly: "...You already know, why do you need to go around in such a big circle?"

"The minister knows, but you have to trust your majesty."

Zhu Yunxuan closed his eyes and endured his anger: "I have a decision on this matter, so I won't bother King Zhao."

Liang Zhen reminded him with a smile: "I also hope that Your Majesty will set an example for the world, and don't be good at favoritism."

Zhu Yunxuan didn't want to say any more, he was angry, but more disappointed. He promoted and used Yan Shixue not only because he was his future king, but he really had expectations for this old Yan Ge, but unfortunately the other party was still betrayed his trust.

The next day in the early court, the chief officials of the three divisions read out the results of the trial of the fraud case in public. In two months, the future Guozhang suddenly had such a thing, how to deal with it, the emperor still has the final say, no matter what the people on the side are thinking at this time, they will not talk too much, and no one wants to be fair. Make a mess.

After a brief silence, Zhu Yunxuan gave a solemn decree: "The chief examiner, Yan Shi, who learns the law will be rectified, and the three examiners will be punished immediately. The wife of the official involved will not be admitted to the office, and the eight examinees will be expelled from their merits, and will be punished with one hundred sticks. Parents, brothers, and wives were exiled to join the army, and those who took bribes in the name of the examiners and swindled and cheated were all sentenced to hanging without property, and their families were exiled.”

Then he decreed that after half a month, the trial will be reopened, with Zeng Huai as the main examiner, and the best ones will be selected.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Someone shouted, and all the officials of the court knelt down and bowed to the king.

Liang Zhen raised the corners of his lips lightly, and the smile sank into his eyes.

This kind of treatment is not unreasonable. It seems that everyone can understand the meaning of the emperor. On the same day, there was another imperial court report, saying that the daughter of the sinner could not be treated by the mother. Although this marriage was pointed out by the previous emperor, it could not be done. Numbers, please your Majesty to be clear.

In fact, since Zhu Yunxuan has decreed that Yan Shixue's wife, son and daughter are taken into official slaves, the Yan family's daughter has not yet entered the palace, so it is naturally included, but this marriage was referred by the late emperor, and there is a saying in it. Seeing that Zhu Yunxuan had dealt with Yan Shixue and the rest of the people resolutely, he thought that he didn't want to marry the Yan family girl again. Of course, he had to rush to help the emperor to solve problems. For a time, the request to call off the marriage was like a snowflake. Like the film, it flew to the imperial case and followed the trend.

Zhu Yunxuan did not express his position immediately, but summoned Zeng Huai to the imperial study and asked him what to do.

Zeng Huai shook his head, obviously he was also very disappointed with Yan Shixue: "Your Majesty, the old minister thought that since the marriage was decided by the late emperor, it would be inappropriate to give it up, but this daughter of the Yan family was burdened by Yan Shixue, so it is also true that she was established as the queen. It's not right, it's better to compromise, still admit her to the palace, and seal a lower-ranking concubine."

"What the teacher said is, let's do it like this..."

Zhu Yunxuan didn't care about accepting the Yan family daughter or not, but he just didn't want anyone to make a fuss about it. Zeng Huai's proposal was indeed a solution.

I thought the matter would be resolved, but no one thought that within two days, the daughter of the Yan family would hang herself. The Yan family had been raided. Because of her special status, she was taken by her uncle to stay at home temporarily, and then she was hanged on the beam in the house.

When he heard the news, Zhu Yunxuan was reviewing the memorials, and Liang Zhen, who came uninvited, was helping him polish his ink. Zhu Yunxuan's hand holding the pen paused, as if he didn't react, and subconsciously repeated: "Dead?"

The official who came to report the matter lowered his head and said, "Yes, he died by hanging himself."

Zhu Yunxuan was speechless for a while, but Liang Zhen didn't seem to be surprised, and said disapprovingly: "If you die, you will die. Tell the Yan family to bury them quickly. If you say they died of illness, let them keep their mouths shut."

After dismissing the official, Zhu Yunxuan's face sank, and he looked at Liang Zhen cautiously: "What did you do again?"

Liang Zhen sighed: "Your Majesty, you have never believed in ministers."

"Then you should make it clear, does the Yan family's daughter's death have anything to do with you?!"

"Does your majesty really want to know? I'm afraid it will stain your ears."

Liang Zhen showed disdain, saying that the city gate had just opened yesterday morning, and a member of the Jingwei Army under his command was at the city gate of Nancheng and found two sneaky girls disguised as men who wanted to go out of the city. With the gold and silver soft, after a cross-examination, they asked that the two were the eldest Miss Yan family and her maid who almost became the queen. The ginseng did not dare to make decisions without authorization, so they detained them and reported to Liang Zhen. here.

"That daughter of the Yan family has a childhood sweetheart, and after she was accused of marrying His Majesty, she is still in a relationship with others. In the past, she secretly sent a lot of things from her daughter's family in private. The day before yesterday, she received a gift from her lover. The sachet and a letter with my lover said that I wanted to take her out of here, and I made an agreement with her to meet at a place ten miles outside the city yesterday morning, and that's what happened."

The more Zhu Yunxuan listened, the tighter his brows became, and Liang Zhen continued: "The minister told her not to do such things again to implicate the remaining family members and her lover, so she let her go back, and she hanged herself at night."

"Is that just the case?" Zhu Yunxuan said coldly, "When did King Zhao be so kind, when he caught such a handle, he just gave him a warning and let him go back. You must have threatened her with her lover, implying that she was going to die. Isn't that what you did?"

Liang Zhen did not deny it: "Why should Your Majesty sympathize with her, she has a marriage contract with His Majesty, but she has an affair with others behind your back, so she will die."

"What else have you done? Was it you who made the court officials treat her the same as the rest of the Yan family?"

Liang Zhen's eyes sank slightly, and he smiled contemptuously: "So what, if Your Majesty is not so soft-hearted and insists on admitting her to the palace, she might be able to save her life."

"you!"

"Your Majesty doesn't need to be angry, it's not worth being angry for such a shameless woman who has an affair with others."

"Did you plan her elopement with someone?!"

Liang Zhen disagreed and said, "Then I have to give the minister this chance. Her lover is unreliable. The minister asked someone to scare him, so he sold her and gave all the things she gave to the minister. Only then can the minister deceive her, and if she doesn't have the will, and if she receives the letter and burns it, An'an will be divided into the palace, and if she can't be a queen and still be a beautiful Jieyu, it is she who is willing to sacrifice her own life to be with her. Minister He You?"

"Hello... ok..." Zhu Yunxuan was extremely angry, he didn't pity the Yan family daughter, but disgusted Liang Zhen to stop him from marrying a wife.

Liang Zhen's various behaviors made him very difficult to accept. Liang Zhen wanted to control him, but he wanted to break free.

Liang Zhen reminded him in a deep voice: "The minister said that Yan Shixue deserved what he deserved, and the Yan family's daughters are to blame. If they can keep their duties, the minister will not be able to move them if they want to."

"Who can't you want to move?! Even if they haven't done anything, you can find thousands of excuses to deal with them, so why say those high-sounding words?!"

"That's how Your Majesty looks at the minister?" Liang Zhen's pupils shrank fiercely, "You accuse the minister like that for such a bitch?"

"She's a slut, so what is I?! What are these slapsticks between me and you?! What qualifications do you have to talk about others?! Do you think you are a gentleman?! The most shameless person is obviously You! It's me!"

Zhu Yunxuan's eyes were red, and he was very angry: "Without the Yan family daughter, there will be others. Sooner or later, I will stand up. Even if you can cover the sky with one hand, you can't stop it!"

Hearing this, Liang Zhen's eyes became even darker. He stared at him for a long time and stopped talking. His dark eyes seemed to be accumulating a storm. Intense emotions kept surging, but he finally returned to calm. He only heard his mute voice. : "Your Majesty is right, without this, there will be another, why should I bother with this."