A Cutie Spoiled by Her Seven Uncles

Chapter 1134 - 921 Imperial Examination Prediction (Request for Monthly Tickets and More Updates)

The Emperor, hearing Ji Youzhi’s question, turned and looked over at Suisui."Why are you looking at Suisui?"

The Emperor wearily rubbed his temples.

Princess Lianchun answered for him, "This letter paper was found inside Suisui’s pouch."

Ji Youzhi: "..."

He stepped forward, grinning, trying to look as amiable as possible at Suisui.

"Sweetheart, tell your Uncle Seven, when did you get this thing?"

Suisui blinked, thought for a moment, then shook her head.

Ji Youzhi widened his eyes and asked.

"How can you not know?

Isn’t this thing yours?"

Suisui scratched her head, "But I don’t know what month and day that was!"

Ji Youzhi: "..."

Princess Lianchun chuckled.

"She’s just a child. It’s strange if she understands when you ask like that!"

Ji Youzhi gave Princess Lianchun a glare.

"If you know, then you ask."

Princess Lianchun burst into laughter.

"She said that Zhao Fei knows about this too. She can’t explain it clearly, but asking Zhao Fei should work!"

Ji Youzhi: "..."

Taking a deep breath, she’s a woman, he wouldn’t argue with a woman!

"Alright! I will leave the Palace to ask Zhao Fei now."

Ji Youzhi said, and was about to turn around and leave when he heard Suisui’s "Ah" from behind, "I remember now, Zhao Fei gave me this letter paper and envelope on the boat, the day we went boating on the lake. I was so seasick that day."

Ji Youzhi recalled, narrowing his eyes slightly, "Are you sure?"

Suisui nodded very confidently, that’s the day.

Ji Youzhi let out a big sigh of relief.

"Well, that’s good. This isn’t a case of someone stealing the test questions after His Majesty appointed them, but rather someone is predicting the questions!"

"Predicting the questions?"

Ji Youzhi nodded, "That’s right, predicting the questions."

"The day my mother took Suisui boating on the lake was also the day she and my Ninth Sister first stayed in the Palace. At that time, the Imperial Examination hadn’t started yet, though it was thought to be a few days later. You confirmed the topic the day before the Examination started, so this can only count as predicting the questions!"

"But predicting the questions also has its own tricks."

"What tricks?"

The Emperor immediately asked.

"It’s the officials below who would guess. They would write out a bunch of topics that His Majesty might choose, then eliminate them one by one to narrow down to the topics that His Majesty is most likely to choose. Usually, those who can do this must either have extraordinary knowledge, understand the current national situation and the people’s livelihood, like Old Ji Ba."

"And the other kind?"

The Emperor saw Ji Youzhi stop halfway and eagerly followed up with a question.

"The other kind, also Old Ji Ba, understands His Majesty’s temperament and can get in touch with the person setting the topic, preferably directly the person setting it!"

The Emperor’s eyes widened suddenly, quickly asking, "Is Lu Zezhong such a person?"

Ji Youzhi nodded, "He is also one of the possible suspects!"

"But even as the dignified Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Lu Zezhong shouldn’t have access to the test questions.

So even if he tried predicting the questions as you said, he probably couldn’t get it right, could he?"

Ji Youzhi shook his head, denying the Emperor’s words directly.

"Lu Zezhong has been in the court for many years and has certainly figured out His Majesty’s preferences. Moreover, Xu Zhengzhong, the Grand Scholar of the Wen Yuan Pavilion, was a fellow scholar of the Enke Examination with him.

When I was investigating Lu Zezhong, I checked him carefully. He is a clean official, truly a good one, unlikely to do something so audacious."

"So then?" The Emperor raised an eyebrow.

Ji Youzhi continued explaining.

"Therefore, I have a bold guess. Could it be possible that when Xu Zhengzhong was setting the questions, he discussed it with Lu Zezhong?"

"Brazen!" The Emperor cursed angrily and asked, "The matter of the letter paper is clarified. As for Li Ji’s Pharmacy, immediately send people from the Divine Hunter’s Office to investigate!"

"Yes!"

Ji Youzhi went to the Divine Hunter’s Office, arranged the tasks, and then hurried back to the Imperial Palace because the main event was in the Palace, interrogating Lu Zezhong and Liu Hengyu.

"You’re finally here. I’ve been waiting with my Royal Sister and Mother for half a day for you."

The Emperor looked at Ji Youzhi, who was out of breath from running, and asked.

Ji Youzhi: "..." Can I bite him to death?

If he weren’t the Emperor, he would already be beating him to a pulp!

"Your Majesty! Time is precious, let’s start the interrogation quickly. I have many detainees in custody, many unsolved matters to investigate, and I’m very busy!"

Princess Lianchun chuckled softly, "You should stop teasing him. Can’t you see he’s so out of breath from running?"