On the night before the imperial examination, Xiao Ruiyuan found Mo Qingze just after someone else had already approached him. After unsuccessfully attempting to bribe him with the exam questions and answers, they resorted to forceful methods and stuffed them into his possession.
Mo Qingze didn't believe that the individual had obtained the real exam questions and answers in advance, and even if they had, he wouldn't have accepted them. After that person left, he casually tossed the so-called questions and answers aside.
While Mo Qingze was reviewing his books, Xiao Ruiyuan came to find him. When he heard that someone might use the imperial examination to target him and then entrap the Crown Prince through his daughter, Mo Qingze immediately thought of the papers that had been forced upon him. He hurriedly related the matter to Xiao Ruiyuan and also found those papers.