After dinner, Jiang Changning personally escorted the banker's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law out.

On the way, Jiang Changning said with a smile: "Old lady, you have also seen that the princess is the only child in the house now. She is quite lonely. If you have time, please ask your sister-in-law to bring Nianjun over to play."

When Mrs. Zhuang heard this, she knew that Jiang Changning wanted to promote Mr. Liao. She glanced at Mrs. Wu and said, "Although Mrs. Liao is a widow, she has a cleaner mind than this one."

"Okay, if you have time, let Brother Wen's daughter-in-law bring Nianjun over. However, Princess, you have to take good care of yourself and give birth to a boy and a girl for the prince as soon as possible." Mrs. Zhuang said with a smile.

Mrs. Wu rushed to speak: "Princess, I have a secret recipe for having a baby. I will send it to you tomorrow."

"The eldest lady is interested, there is no need." Jiang Changning said calmly.

If there really is a secret recipe for giving birth to a child, Mrs. Wu should be the first to use it for Mrs. Liao. Zhuang Jiwen would not have died of illness a few years ago, and Mrs. Wu would still hate Mrs. Liao for not giving birth to a son for Zhuang Jiwen.

When they arrived at Yimen, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the banker got on the carriage.

After leaving the palace, Mrs. Zhuang said with a straight face: "If you can't speak from now on, just shut up."

"I didn't say anything." Wu looked confused.

"You are so stupid that you don't know it." Old Mrs. Zhuang cursed.

Mrs. Wu did not argue with her mouth. She lowered her head and wrung the handkerchief vigorously. It was obvious that she was dissatisfied.

Old Mrs. Zhuang leaned on the brocade cushion and closed her eyes to meditate. After so many years of teaching, she had never learned anything. She no longer expected her eldest daughter-in-law to be smart and capable.

After returning home, Mrs. Zhuang called for someone to investigate the matter.

Jiang Changning also asked someone to investigate. If he didn't investigate, he wouldn't know about it. When he did, he was shocked.

The bet between the two will be publicized, and the Zou family is involved.

When Mrs. Wu found out, she was so angry that she had a fight with Ms. Zou.

Knowing that her mother was injured, Zhuang Qingru came back to visit, "Is it possible that I made a mistake? What the second aunt did to her would not do her any good?"

"You idiot, Mr. Zou doesn't like that our eldest brother is good. Your brother Qiu Wei made a mistake and got into the blue list. But as long as Chun Wei passed the exam, he could still enter the court and become an official. But Jideng has failed the list. Three years later,

He may not be able to pass the exam, he has no chance of passing the imperial exam, and of course she doesn’t want to see Zico’s glory.”

When Zhuang Qingru heard this, she felt it made sense, "I didn't expect Second Aunt to be such a person."

"That's the kind of person she is. She doesn't even think about it. When a talented person is in the palace, she has to rely on her brothers to support her outside."

The mother and daughter attacked the Zou family, but the Zou family, while looking at the injuries on her face in the mirror, scolded the Wu family, "Tiger lady, you are so cruel. Ouch, it hurts me to death."

The maid came in and said: "Second Madam, the old lady wants you to come over."

"What's the matter? Call me over all the time." Zou complained, but she didn't dare not go.

Mrs. Zhuang looked at her little daughter-in-law, whose face was covered with wounds, and frowned, "Are you thinking of letting the door catch you? Instead of doing serious things, you just do something out of place."

"Mom, this matter has nothing to do with my daughter-in-law. I didn't go around talking about Brother Ke's bet with others." Ms. Zou defended.

"Yes, you didn't tell it everywhere. You went back to your parents' house and told your two sisters-in-law. You knew that they had no control over their words, and you still told them about it. Zico has no future, you

Do you think you can get a better deal? You can't write two words "zhuang" in one stroke."

"My daughter-in-law realizes her mistake. My daughter-in-law will never dare to do it again."

Mrs. Zhuang snorted coldly, "You say you don't dare, but when it comes to doing things, you are extremely bold. If you have this spare time, you might as well think about how to find out about the talented people in the palace."

"Mother went to the palace yesterday. Why didn't you ask the princess to find out?"

"The princess said that she has not been in the palace for some days and is not sure about Cai Ren's situation."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, it's true that Princess, after all, Cai Ren is also her cousin, so she doesn't care much about her," Zou complained.

"The princess has her own considerations when doing things, so don't talk here." Old Mrs. Zhuang became even more unhappy, "Get out."

Neither of her two daughters-in-law can give her peace of mind, and neither can support the family business. Oh my, she is such a hard worker.

Mrs. Zou curled her lips, bowed and bowed, then stepped back with a look of disdain on her face.

Time flies, more than ten days have passed, and the matter of Qiu Wei in Sichuan Province has been concluded.

Several officials who were sent to Chengdu hurried back to the capital.

In the morning of that day, Zuodu Yushimoto said: "After comparing more than a thousand examination papers of this provincial examination one by one, we have re-examined seven examination papers and all of them have traces of being cut or altered."

"Who did it?" the emperor asked in a deep voice.

"The person who cut the exam paper that ranked first in Du Qiuwei's exam was a boy named Feng Jin from Chengdu. His family was wealthy, but he had little talent and little knowledge..."

The facts of this case are not complicated. They are just a few rich men with wealth but no talent. They bribed academic and political officials to clear the way, and successfully passed the county examination, college examination, and even the township examination.

It was they who were so bold that they changed the exam paper that topped the list.

If the one who moved was someone with a lower ranking, they might not be able to find it yet, and they would successfully seize the identity of the eldest son.

All the academic and political officials involved in this matter had their family property and status lost their official status, and those rich men also did not get a good end, and were sentenced to death.

Tan Shidu was also implicated due to poor supervision and was demoted three levels in a row.

Several students whose exam papers had been replaced were restored to their due rankings, but the uproar of the rural examination fraud case has not yet been settled.

"According to Feng Jin's account, the reason why the Feng family was able to establish a relationship with Chen Xuezheng was all thanks to Jiao Langzhong, the official secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Jiao Langzhong also received heavy gifts from the Feng family."

In the Selected Works of the Ministry of Personnel, the rank of the officials of the Qing Dynasty was not high, and they were only the fifth-rank officials.

But Jiao Lang had a noble family, and his daughter married Crown Prince Changyu Bo, the brother of Crown Prince Deok's concubine.

To be honest, it is possible to force the Jiao family to have a relationship with Prince De's palace.

In-laws' in-laws are also relatives.

The emperor is not very clear about this complicated relationship.

But King Ding knew that he thought this might be an opportunity to attack Prince De’s Palace. Prince De’s Palace and Prince Jin’s Palace were on good terms, so it would be great if they could still get involved with Prince Jin’s Palace!

"Your Majesty, the imperial examination is the most important thing for the imperial court to select talents. How can we let a young person take advantage of such a loophole? Jiao Langzhong is only a small fifth-rank official. How can he have such ability to let local people who study politics?

I obey his orders. I believe that this Qiuwei incident in Sichuan Province is probably just the tip of the iceberg. I sincerely request your Majesty to investigate this matter thoroughly and make it clear to all students in the world."

Some words, with awe-inspiring righteousness.

The emperor knew very well that Prince Ding was not the kind of person who wanted to protect the world, so his sudden words were evocative.

"Uncle Wang's words are reasonable. I will leave this matter to Uncle Wang." The emperor took advantage of the situation and entrusted Wang Ding with an important task.

After he retired from the court, he summoned King Ding to inquire about the reason.

"Your Majesty, I don't think it's appropriate to leave this matter to Prince Ding." An official came out and said.
Chapter completed!