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At this time, the scene of Yu Zhengguang and others walking straight to the place where the officials were seated was naturally seen by some students who were still unaware of the situation.
Many people looked at the group of seven or eight people, and were curious about what they were going to do.
The officials at the table no longer thought about the sparse rain and strong wind last night, but looked curiously at Yu Zhengguang who was in the lead.
Cui Yu happened to know Yu Zhengguang, so he asked, "Zhengguang, is there anything I can help you with?"
Yu Zhengguang looked at Cui Yu and bowed: "Teacher, I am here to expose this person!"
As he spoke, Yu Zhengguang looked at Xia Yaomo.
A student behind Yu Zhengguang bowed to Cui Yu and said, "Teacher, Xunzi said that a gentleman is happy to get the way, while a villain is happy to get what he wants. This guy sneaked into us today with ulterior motives. He wanted to be a talented girl in the same subject as us, and he had prepared in advance. So before the meal started, he asked his tablemates whether the girls in the same subject would fall in love with him because of his poems, and whether he could take her away directly. He kept looking at these girls, especially Miss Linhan, and asked about Miss Linhan. His words were vulgar. From what his tablemates said, he said that he must find a girl today, and his sister and sister-in-law both agreed that he came here. He also said arrogantly that his literary talent was better than that of the queen."
After that, the student bowed again and said, "I just heard what my deskmate said. It is not false. Please understand. Miss Linhan, please don't listen to his slander and be deceived."
After the student said this, several people around him immediately said, "Teacher, please investigate and severely punish this person!"
As soon as these words came out.
The entire restaurant suddenly became quiet, and everyone's eyes turned to Xia Yaomo.
Xia Yaomo looked at the student who was speaking, blinked, and pointed at himself: "Are you talking about me?"
Those officials immediately looked at Xia Yaomo in surprise.
Among them, Yang Guofu, who was still daydreaming, as well as Su Wenqing, Yang Shanchang, Mu Xu and others were all stunned.
As for Cui Yuer, after being stunned for a moment, she pulled Su Linhan to her side, a little away from Xia Yaomo.
but!
While the others in the restaurant were still thinking that this boy was very thoughtful, no wonder he could come up with such good poems, and even said some nonsense like sister-in-law, it turned out that he was plotting something bad.
Zhu Zhuo had already rushed over and bowed, saying, "Teacher, Brother Yu and the others have misunderstood."
Hearing what Zhu Zhuo said, everyone was stunned again, and then looked at Zhu Zhuo in unison.
Including officials, as well as Yu Zhengguang and others.
Zhu Zhuo bowed again and said, "Teacher, Brother Xia asked at the beginning whether I could win the favor of the talented girls of the same subject as us by presenting poems, and also asked whether it would be better to give my poems to the girl I like. But he didn't say anything about taking away the talented girls of the same subject as us. And Miss Linhan, Miss Linhan was chatting with someone at that time, but Brother Xia saw it, so Brother Xia asked who that person was, and didn't say anything else. As for his literary talent, that was not the case, because Brother Xia said that the poems he brought were not worse than those of the Queen, and he never said anything about his literary talent. As for other things like vulgar language, lustful eyes, etc., I have been by Brother Xia's side, and I can testify that there is no such thing."
"As for what Brother Yu and the others just said, it is true, but what they heard was exaggerated by the people at the same table because they were angry and dissatisfied with Brother Xia. At that time, Brother Xia had already come to the seat of honor, so he was unable to explain. Moreover, we wanted to explain, but it was too late. No one believed us, so this happened now."
"..."
Zhu Zhuo spoke very clearly and logically, so everyone understood it immediately.
The same is true for Yu Zhengguang and others.
After a slight pause, Yu Zhengguang looked at Zhu Zhuo and asked, "Are you serious, Brother Zhu?"
Zhu Zhuo nodded immediately: "Teachers, the Grand Tutor and the Grand Master are all here, I, Zhu Zhuo, dare not speak nonsense."
Just after Zhu Zhuo finished speaking, Zhang Yiran, Wu Fan and others came over, bowed to the seat of honor and said, "We can testify for Xia Yaomo."
Looking at Zhang Yiran, Wu Fan and others.
Yu Zhengguang and other righteous students who wanted to expose Xia Yaomo and others looked at each other, and then turned their heads to look at the people who were sitting at the table and feeling very uncomfortable.
Among them, Yu Zhengguang immediately said: "Miao Renen, wait for me"
But then I have to speak.
Yang Guofu was a little surprised and asked, "Prince An's son Xia Yaomo!?"
"Ah?" Xia Yaomo was originally thanking Zhu Zhuo in his heart for helping him clarify, but when he heard Yang Guofu calling his name, he responded and looked at Yang Guofu curiously.
But
Yang Guofu had been thinking about what Su Wenqing and the others meant when they looked at him just now, which made him tense.
When he heard the name Xia Yaomo, he immediately spoke like this.
Yang Guofu also immediately realized that he had lost his composure, and immediately clasped his fists towards Su Wenqing, Mu Xu and others: "My humble servant is rude, please continue."
After saying that, Yang Guofu sat down and looked at his father who was still calm and composed.
After glancing at Su Wenqing and Mu Xu, Yang Guofu pursed his lips and cursed himself in his heart for standing up when he heard the name! !
But
The officials and students present all looked at Xia Yaomo in surprise.
what?
Prince An?
Everyone looked at each other in surprise.
But right away
Everyone realized another thing!
That is the identity of the sister-in-law that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just mentioned.
Your Majesty's brother, who could his sister-in-law be!
Besides that person, who else could have revised the poem "Quiet Night Thoughts" that he wrote himself, and who else could have made Miss Linhan so happy?
It can only be the Queen!
This moment!
Everyone looked at the book "Last Night's Rain and Wind" in their hands again, and the feeling suddenly changed.
Looking at the Crown Prince again, it feels even more different!
Snapped! !
And it was at this time.
One of the people who had just told lies collapsed to the ground, and his face turned pale!
The other three people who had told lies looked at Xia Yaomo in horror, their eyes full of fear!
His Royal Highness
They are mocking His Royal Highness and slandering His Royal Highness.
One of the three standing people suddenly seemed to remember something, pointed at the person lying on the ground and said, "It was him, Mu Renen, not us. It was him who said that His Royal Highness's sister-in-law was nothing."
When he got to this point, the student realized how he could say such a thing, and immediately changed his words, "He was the one who insulted the Queen, not us. It has nothing to do with us."
The man lying limp on the ground looked at this man with a look of bewilderment, then looked at Su Wenqing and the others with a dull expression.
Completely finished!
The man suddenly felt weak all over, and his eyes became dull in an instant. He was no longer as energetic as he was when he passed the imperial examination.
When everyone heard this, they all frowned. Regardless of whether it was the Queen or not, it would be fine if it was just slandering others, but you also insulted that person's family? This was even more disgusting to them! !
Then, everyone looked at those people with disdain, and only had two words to say to them: "You deserve it!"
We are sitting at the same table, why are Zhu Zhuo and others so upright while you are so vile that the only way to describe you is that you have bad conduct!
Of course.
Zhu Zhuo, Yu Zhengguang and others also looked at Xia Yaomo in surprise.
but
The ones who were really scared were Wu Fan and Zhang Yiran, who had experienced similar things during the day.
The two men looked at Xia Yaomo in horror for a while, then looked at each other.
I suddenly thought of Bai Tian, and it was most likely His Majesty and the Queen.
It's night time now and your two younger brothers are out scaring people again, right?
"Haha, Yaomo, you're exposed." Su Wenqing looked at the silence in the audience, smiled, then looked at Xia Yaomo and said.
Xia Yaomo felt helpless. He hadn't been discovered by anyone, so how come something like this happened and exposed him?
However, Xia Yaomo didn't mind being exposed. After all, he didn't like anyone present, so he didn't need to worry about his identity.
When Xia Yaomo heard Su Wenqing's words, he looked at Su Wenqing, bowed and said, "Greetings, Grand Master."
After the ceremony, Xia Yaomo said helplessly: "I didn't expect something like this to happen, so it's exposed. The important thing is that the matter that the emperor's sister-in-law asked me to help pass on has been handed over to you and the second young lady."
Su Wenqing smiled and said, "You little brat, you asked such a question at the beginning, which made people misunderstand you. I asked you to come here to make friends with the scholars of this year's imperial examination, but you did something like this and caused others to misunderstand you. When your father and mother come to apologize later, you can also go to His Majesty to apologize. This will also be considered as disturbing the banquet tonight."
When Xia Yaomo heard this, he was stunned and didn't react for a moment.
Su Wenqing was helpless, thinking that he was just like Prince An before, stupid and ignorant, unable to tell good from bad, so he laughed and scolded: "Go sit over there!"
Xia Yaomo didn't know what to say, but after looking at Su Wenqing he said "Oh", bowed his hands, and then looked at Mu Xu, Yang Shanchang, Su Zimu and other third-rank officials who all saluted.
Everyone returned the gift one after another.
As for those with lower official ranks, they saluted Xia Yaomo. After all, although the prince had no rank, his title was very high.
However, the conversation between Su Wenqing and Xia Yaomo, as well as what they said later, further confirmed Xia Yaomo's identity.
The students present all took a deep breath and just looked at His Royal Highness the Prince of An.
Inexplicable.
Looking at this Crown Prince again, he doesn't have the feeling of a fool or a rookie as he did just now. Instead, the more I look at him, the more I find him pleasing to the eye.
Especially when they thought about what Old Master Su had just said, that the Crown Prince did not reveal his identity and came in in order to make friends with them, the eyes of those who had ulterior motives immediately lit up.
Su Wenqing could tell what the students were thinking. After all, he said it on purpose.
However, Mu Xu glanced at Su Wenqing and cursed in his heart, which would be an excuse. Otherwise, Zhu Zhuo's words that the Crown Prince asked at the beginning whether poetry would be favored by women would have some impact if they got out.
But when the idea of making friends with a Jinshi is put out there, who would think about it anymore?
Old fox!
After Mu Xu cursed like this, he looked at the people who were slandering and talking nonsense with some disgust. After thinking for a while, he said, "If you are trustworthy but doubted, and loyal but slandered, how can you not feel resentful? This is a passage from [Liezi said]. Since you have passed the imperial examination, haven't you read it? You don't have to do this. Now you are imperial scholars, and your names are included in the files of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites. For such a crime, we are not qualified to punish you, but what you did today is related to your moral character. If you do this today, you will definitely do the same when you get an official position in the future!"
"So your behavior should be reported to His Majesty for His Majesty to decide. But now, on this happy day, you have already disturbed the banquet. If you can't stay any longer, then leave here, so as not to spoil our mood!"
As soon as these words came out.
No one present dared to say anything more.
But everyone knows, basically.