Hearing the words, the emperor thought for a while and then came up with the mystery of the word couplet, but he didn't know what he meant, so he looked puzzled and didn't say anything. Xie Suzhi thought for a long time, but he looked very interested.
Shen Miaoping continued the story: "The first couplet of the relative's original intention was what His Majesty said, 'If it rains, I will stay with you, but I will not stay there. Rainy days, stay for guests, stay for me? Keep'. "
Others immediately reacted, and couldn't help laughing out loud, feeling very interesting, and the emperor also laughed lightly: "It's wonderful."
Shen Miaoping said, "A sentence has different pauses and different tone, and will have different meanings. There are actually several ways to read this word couplet, such as 'rainy day, stay for guests, stay for me or not?', '下Rainy days, stay for guests. Stay? I don't stay!', It's subtle and unusual, it all depends on everyone's understanding, and it is taught by different teachers, so students of different levels will naturally be taught."
When the emperor heard the words, he was somewhat in favor of the "second" theory, and after reading the few words he said carefully, he could not help but let out a long breath of turbid air from his chest, and said with emotion: "I also I hope that all talents in the world can be put to good use, but there are many aristocratic families with deep roots, how can it be so easy to shake, I understand what you mean..."
Shen Miaoping lowered his eyelids slightly, he said so much just to tell the emperor that the children of noble families have too many advantages, both in terms of teachers and connections, they are far superior to the children of the poor family, so this year's admissions made up seven of the honorable people. It is a very normal situation. To fundamentally solve the problem, the emperor can only do his best to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor, so that everyone in the world has books to read...
However, this possibility is very remote, and it may not be possible to exhaust the power of several generations.
The hall was so silent for a while that the needles fell to the ground. The angry cries of the Shilin students echoed above the imperial city. Even in the Wind-stopping Hall, they could clearly feel their hoarse protests.
They still haven't dispersed.
The emperor clenched his teeth tightly, and clenched the armrest in a deep voice: "This time the officials involved in this case will be severely punished, and the cheating candidates will all lose their fame, and they will never be hired in this life!"
The officials involved in the case will die. As for the candidates who cheated, they will die with a stick of 100 sticks. Even if they are lucky enough to survive, they will not be able to gain fame again in this life.
There is no impervious wall in the world, to conceal one thing often requires dozens of lies. Shen Miaoping frowned slightly when she heard the words, hesitated for a long time, as if she had made a decision, and suddenly gave Xie Yuzhi a deep look...
Dude, if the emperor wants to cut off my head later, you must stop me.
That look was too complicated, Xie Yuzhi had not yet understood what he meant when he saw Shen Miaoping suddenly raised the corner of his robe and knelt down to the emperor with a thud, and his words were like thunder, causing an uproar around him: "Damn Miaoping, please forgive me, Your Majesty, Remove my fame."
They just finished talking about the fraud, and Shen Miaoping acted like this on the back, it was like putting a bucket of shit on his head, the emperor's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot when he heard the words, Xie Suzhi was also shocked and almost didn't react.
"His Majesty forgives his sins, his words and deeds are unremarkable, and he must not be taken seriously!"
Xie Yuzhi instantly knelt down with Putong, raised his hand and grabbed Shen Miaoping's wrist and shouted in a deep voice, "How can you talk nonsense in front of the Son of Heaven!"
The emperor's chest was heaving and he slapped the table heavily, and the servants in the hall instantly knelt down, he looked at Shen Miaoping with burning eyes: "Why did you say this, come with me carefully, or be careful of your head!"
Ignoring the gradually tightening strength in her hands, Shen Miaoping said, "Miaoping was born in a slightly cold background and was lucky enough to stand out from all the candidates. The examiner Yan Dongqing didn't know where he got the news. He talked to me many times and revealed some information vaguely in his words. Miaoping didn't care at that time, but it was not until the palace exam that he realized that some of his words were related to the exam questions..."
"Bastard!"
The emperor was furious when he heard the words. The questions for the palace exam were pre-planned by the confidant ministers in the cabinet and then handed over to him to choose. Unexpectedly, there were also scum among these people. He stepped forward and pointed angrily at Shen Miaoping, and finally stopped in anger and paced back and forth in front of him, like a furious lion: "A bunch of bastards! There are talented and talented people in the world, but I didn’t expect that they are all worms! Damn it! Damn it!”
The kneeling palace servants were silent and lowered their heads in fright. Xie Suzhi also hurriedly left his seat and bowed his knees to plead guilty: "Your Majesty forgives your sin, Tanhua Lang was also deceived in this matter. Take it easy."
Hearing this, Xie Yuzhi glanced at Shen Miaoping subconsciously, with a complicated expression, he seemed to be blaming him for not attacking himself, he seemed to be blaming him for seeking a dead end, and there seemed to be something else, but he never let go of his hand.
Shen Miaoping was 80% sure that the emperor would not kill him, even if he concealed this matter today, he would probably be caught in the investigation in the future, not to mention taking 10,000 steps back, if no one found him, then the emperor would give him Whether he wants to be appointed or not.
If you want it, you can’t escape the punishment of the system. If you don’t, you will offend your Majesty, and you will be in a dilemma at that time. It’s better to say it yourself and strive for leniency.
Ever since the imperial examination fraud happened this morning, Shen Miaoping had vaguely realized that everything was under the control of the system, and if he was lucky enough to escape this time, the other party would definitely have another move. It's not his, and he can't keep it if he insists. The original Tanhua Lang position is not worth it, so as not to be frightened in the future.
Turning her head to see Xie Yuzhi's tangled expression, Shen Miaoping couldn't help but want to tease him and moved her lips silently, "It's too late to break up with me now."
Xie Yuzhi narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at him blankly, and said nothing.
The emperor was dazzled by the anger, but he was the ruler of a country, after a few breaths he forcibly calmed down, he sat back in his seat again and looked straight at Shen Miaoping: "You are so courageous, how dare you go with them It's the same kind of fraud, and now you dare to say it, aren't you afraid that I will cut your hair off to join the army!"
The army is the world of the Xie family, so it shouldn't be too hard to be assigned to the army, at most a word stabbed in the face...
Shen Miaoping cupped her hands and said, "Your Majesty's statement is wrong, although what Yan Dongqing said involved exam questions, but Miaoping did not take it to heart, he just listened to it and did not have time to prepare, if he said fraud, he would be wronged. some."
The emperor said: "Then why did you let me relinquish your fame? It's clearly a shame!"
Shen Miaoping was silent for a moment and said, "...If you say you feel ashamed in your heart, yes there is, but it is the outsiders who are truly talented but failed the list. Miaoping has no intention of cheating, but she still takes advantage of the fame, and takes advantage of the reputation of the Duke of Changguo. To make those examiners treat them differently, only to be shy and shy, and it will be unfair to others and not fair to yourself."
The emperor still had a gloomy face: "Don't you feel heartache if you say you don't want to get the fame you've worked so hard for?"
Xie Suzhi was helping, and sighed faintly: "Your Majesty, Miao Ping is a sincere person, and the concubine also said that the Hanlin Academy is complicated, and wanted to ask you to give him a good official position, but he actually pushed it, and what else did he say? The size of the official position is good as long as it can contribute to the great Jin, it can be seen that it is not greedy and vain."
Shen Miaoping continued: "Han Chuang studied hard for more than ten years, and once became famous all over the world, Miao Ping is a layman, and naturally he does not want to be anonymous for a lifetime, but compared with the rest of his life, he will always live in a state of guilt and anxiety. Idlers also enjoy themselves, and reading is just to understand the truth and open their eyes, these two points are much more important than getting a job title.”
The opening was a piece of philosophical chicken soup, which made everyone in the hall feel that he was of noble character and upright, and the anger in the emperor's chest was strangely calmed down.
Just a few paragraphs of confrontation, Shen Miaoping did not look like a piece of shit, he said that he had never cheated, the emperor believed it, and if he died, he would be implicated, and he would be revoked from fame and no longer hired, but if he really resigned. , Shen Miaoping also has some eloquence and eloquence ability, which makes people feel a pity.
Shen Miaoping lowered her head with a sincere look of repentance and waited quietly for the emperor's departure, but after a while, he only felt a cool wind blowing beside him, when he looked up, it was the emperor's figure walking away, and there was a sound in his ears. The eunuch sang a long voice—
"Swing back to the palace!"
In the end did not say how to deal with him.
With this singing, the low air pressure in Zhifeng Hall dissipated instantly, Xie Suzhi looked complicated, she never thought that a proper appointment would make things like this today, she saw Xie Yuzhi and Shen Miaoping still kneeling on the ground, she couldn't help but get angry Said: "Get up, His Majesty is gone, who are you still kneeling for?"
Xie Yuzhi snorted coldly at Shen Miaoping when he heard the words, let go of his arms, stood up by himself, bowed to Xie Suzhi and said, "Today is my younger brother, isn't it, it's causing trouble to eldest sister, it is inconvenient to bother me any more, Come back another day to say goodbye, and I will retire first.”
Xie Suzhi also had a headache and waved his hand in approval.
Shen Miaoping also got up from the ground: "Miaoping retire."
But in the blink of an eye, Xie Yuzhi was gone in an instant without even a figure, Shen Miaoping could not help shaking his head in admiration, Xie Yuzhi had seen the fastest lame man he had ever seen, he hurriedly followed, and in a short while he caught up in the palace road.
Xie Yuzhi usually walked slowly and slowly, but now he suddenly increased his speed, which inevitably caused his leg problems, but he only had a gloomy face, remembering the words "Break with me now" that Shen Miao Pingcai said in the hall, he couldn't help but come back even more. gas.
Shen Miaoping didn't know why, he quickly stepped forward and grabbed Xie Yuzhi's hand, still smiling, "What's wrong with you, walking so fast, you are not afraid of falling."
Xie Yuzhi sullenly threw him away: "I'm fine if I fall to my death."
Only then did Shen Miaoping see that Xie Yuzhi was a little unhappy, he was at first at a loss, then after thinking about it, he suddenly realized. That's right, I thought I had found a Tanhua Lang husband-in-law, who would have thought that he was a cheating impostor, maybe he would lose his fame after a while, and who would be happy if he changed it.
I want to "get it", but I don't bother to put my face on my cold butt. The two are separated by a distance, with a maid behind each, ignoring each other, just like strangers.
Xie Yuzhi saw that Shen Miaoping pulled herself and then stopped moving, so she could not help but look back, but saw that he had his hands behind his back, looked left and right at the imperial city, whistled so leisurely, and was fascinated by the passing little Gong E. The road will not go.
Xie Yuzhi flicked his sleeves and snorted again.
The carriage stopped outside the palace gate, and the two got into the carriage and sat on each side. No one spoke to the other. Shen Miao folded her legs and lifted the curtain to check the movement outside. I can't help but let go of half of my heart.
Xie Yuzhi played with the teacup on the small table, and said sarcastically, "Look, are you afraid that the emperor will cut your head off?"
Shen Miaoping smiled, "My crime is still too small, should I commit a crime of punishing the nine clans and bring the second master together, have you ever heard of the same acupoint in life and death?"
Xie Yuzhi sneered instantly, raised his eyebrows and said, "Just now he said he was going to break up with me, but now he is looking for death and wants to pull me together."
Shen Miao said flatly, "It's not and it's not, I just said that just because I was afraid to implicate the second master, the second master Yushu is a talented person, why bother hanging me on a tree with a crooked neck, I can't say that the emperor's will arrives after returning to the palace. , the name of a leather is a white ding... "
Before he could finish his words, Xie Yuzhi suddenly stepped on his side, leaned his upper body slightly, stared into his eyes and said, "How about the official body, how about Bai Ding, is it possible that I covet your reputation?"