chapter 11.1

"Lord Huang, please stay." Ren Anle called out to him.

"What else does Lord Ren want? Now that the fraud case has been solved, Da ren does not need to gather evidence. The three people will be tried together in the court, so there is no need for this official to hinder Ren daren's eye."

Huang Pu said indifferently with a cold face.

"Lord Huang, after so many years of being the shao qing of the Da Lisi, don't you think that there is something strange about Lord Li hanging himself tonight?"

Ren Anle's voice was deep and inexplicable. Huang Pu turned his head back and looked at the woman under the tree, narrowing his eyes slightly as he spoke, "What does Lord Ren mean by this?"

"Lord Li has been an official in the court for more than ten years and has a high reputation. Everyone knows that the Li and Wu houses are close friends. Wu Yue's usual reputation is also there. How could he leak the test questions to Wu Yue, if Wu Yue is to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat, anyone would have suspected him. Besides, His Majesty only issued a decree for a thorough investigation yesterday, but in one day, he pleaded guilty and committed suicide. Isn't it too much of a coincidence?"

[to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity]

Huang Pu looked away: "What is the use of Lord Ren saying this at this time, didn't Lord Pei decide to..."

"The reason why I'm preventing him from entering the emperor's palace tomorrow is to face His Majesty to reach a verdict" Ren Anle spoke slowly, "Lord Huang, we have two days left."

Huang Pu suddenly looked up: "Lord Ren, you..."

Ren Anle walked up to Huang Pu, looking solemn: "Lord Huang, if I had not raised this proposal at noon, Lord Pei would never have given me the token of the minister of the Da Lisi. I already changed the group of Da Lisi's magistrate guards this afternoon, so no one has access to the three candidates locked up inside."

Huang Pu looked slightly stunned, but when he saw the clarity in Ren An Le's eyes, he said, "If that's the case, I have wrongly blamed Ren da ren."

Ren Anle waved her hand: "Let's not say whether it's Li Chong-en who leaked the exam questions. There is one thing that your lordship must have thought ... Wu Yue's question is by no means learned from Li Chong-en's mouth."

Or perhaps the person who made Li Chong'en gamble on his career by leaking the questions for the exams would not be the son of a mere official.

Huang Pu nodded: "Given Lord Li's character, it's unlikely that he would do something so self-destructive to his future prospects. It's just that now that it's a foregone conclusion. Even if we suspect it, we have no proof."

Ren Anle clapped her hands and Yuan Shu suddenly appeared in the courtyard, making Huang Pu jump.

"Miss, I walked around the marketplace for a day and I found out that a few days before the imperial examination Wu Yue had met with the young master of the Marquis of Zhongyi's residence at the Juxian House. The two were acting in a very low-key and mysterious manner." Yuan Shu finished her speech and stepped aside.

The young marquis of the Marquis of Zhongyi's residence is indeed ignorant and incompetent, and he has a good relationship with Wu Yue, but...

[(Pinyin: bù xué wú shù ) a Chinese idiom that refers to having no learning and thus no means/ referring to a person's lack of academics or skills]