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Chapter 801: Human or ghost?

Wang Taifu had been thinking about this matter, but he also felt that he shouldn't do that. After all, pretending to be Prince Mingde and appearing before His Majesty was a crime of deceiving the emperor.

Even if Shen Jing'an is not smart, he is not a fool. He is not stupid enough to seek his own death.

But how did Your Majesty determine that he was Prince Mingde?

Wang Taifu was in a complicated state of mind until Emperor Qianwu finished reading all the test papers. He said in a deep voice, "It is worth my painstaking efforts to prepare for this preliminary examination if I can pick out a few talents that can be used."

Qin Xiang said: "Our Daqian is full of talented people, and Your Majesty is a wise ruler. The imperial examination is coming soon, and I believe that countless talents will serve our Daqian."

Emperor Qianwu nodded with satisfaction: "I hope so."

In the court, every major movement will hurt the vitality, but it is necessary to scrape the bone to cure the poison. Otherwise, how can the cancer be cut off?

"You have worked hard, everyone. There must not be any mistakes in the palace examination tomorrow."

"Yes."

After the group left, Master Wang hesitated for a moment and stayed.

After everyone left, Emperor Qianwu looked at him and said slowly, "Before, my dear minister, you said that Master Mingde would not participate in this preliminary examination. I felt very disappointed, but I didn't expect that he would come."

Wang Taifu hesitated and said, "Your Majesty is referring to... Shen Jingan?"

"That's right, are you still planning to hide it from me?" Emperor Qianwu said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, could you please let me have a look at Shen Jingan's paper?" Taifu Wang asked tentatively.

The examination paper was no longer a secret by now, and since Shen Jing'an was an old and trusted minister, Emperor Qianwu did not hide it. He directly asked Wang Xi to find Shen Jing'an's examination paper and hand it to Taifu Wang.

Wang Taifu glanced through it quickly, his brows furrowed ever more tightly.

This Shen Jingan's answer sheet... the answers to all the questions were the same as Shen Shuhan's previous answers, and even the same as the content of the letter he had given as Master Mingde.

However, he had handed over all the previous letters to His Majesty intact, which meant that His Majesty had already read the same answer sheet.

Emperor Qianwu said in a deep voice: "The general direction of his answer this time is the same as before, but he made some changes. However, I think that the previous idea is more practical, and this change is a bit empty talk."

Tutor Wang was silent for a while, not knowing how to start.

He wanted to explain to His Majesty that Shen Jingan was not Master Mingde...

But he was also afraid that if things were not made clear, Shen Shuhan would be implicated.

"The court is in need of talents, and it is not easy for him to come up with these coping strategies. Moreover, he is still young and will surely become a pillar of the court in the future. It seems that Shen Jingchuan has raised a good son."

Master Wang felt depressed and was eager to go home to ask Shen Shuhan what was going on.

At that moment, he did not bother to listen to Emperor Qianwu's sigh, and said with a folded hand: "Your Majesty, I remember that I have important matters at home, so I am afraid I have to leave first."

Emperor Qianwu chuckled: "I didn't mean to keep you, you stayed on your own accord, and now you blame me..."

Taifu Wang was preoccupied with the matter of Master Mingde and had no intention of dealing with Emperor Qianwu.

Emperor Qianwu waved his hand and Tutor Wang hurriedly retreated.

Emperor Qianwu couldn't help but joked, "It's been a long time since I've seen Master Wang look so anxious."

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After Wang Taifu returned home, the first thing he did was to send someone to call Shen Shuhan over.

"Teacher." Shen Shuhan said respectfully.

Wang Taifu pulled him to sit down, not caring about the formalities: "I will ask you a question, and you must answer truthfully."

"Yes." Shen Shuhan looked calm.

"Are you sure you wrote the letter to me using the name of Master Mingde?" Tutor Wang looked at Shen Shuhan without blinking.

"Yes."

"Why? Why don't you show your true face?" asked Taifu Wang.

"I was ill at the time and it was not appropriate for me to show off. I also did not want to be disturbed, so I hid my life. However, what I learned was the knowledge of governing the world. If I could not express my feelings directly, I would be unhappy. Therefore, I took this bad idea."

Hearing this, Wang Taifu nodded, but his brows furrowed even more tightly.

"Then what you wrote...does anyone else know about it? For example...your brothers and friends?"

Tutor Wang asked in an obscure way. After all, in this kind of matter, since he didn't have solid evidence, he couldn't just put the blame on someone else. Now, asking directly in front of the other person's brother was already rude.

Shen Shuhan looked at Master Wang, and a gentle smile appeared on his bright and clear face: "Teacher, you want to ask about Shen Jingan, right?"

Wang Taifu was slightly embarrassed: "You...you know?"

"Yes, I was set up by Shen Jing'an and Qin Xuerong to bump into Xiao Heyu, so my tendons in my hands and feet were cut. My father was worried that it would affect the Shen family, so he ordered me to reflect on my mistakes behind closed doors and not allow visitors."

Shen Shuhan's words were brief and to the point, but Master Wang was filled with shock.

Is there something wrong with Shen Jingchuan's brain?

Instead of protecting his son, he lets him act crazy and act dumb!

"For many years afterwards, Shen Jing'an often beat me up in order to force and steal my articles. Later, after Xiao Heyu died, I also cheered up, and the Qin family kindly hired a teacher for me, named Ouyang Song."

"From then on, all my essays would be stolen by Ouyang Song and given to Shen Jing'an. Until the early stage of the pre-exam, he even gave me a few pre-exam questions and asked me to answer them."

Wang Taifu didn't have time to think about how Shen Shuhan had survived these years, nor did he have time to think about how shamelessly Shen Jingan had stolen Shen Shuhan's article...

All his attention was attracted by Shen Shuhan's words that Ouyang Song had given him some pre-examination questions and asked him to answer them.

"You mean..."

Shen Shuhan looked directly at Master Wang and nodded, "Yes, Ouyang Song got the test questions for the pre-exam in advance."

"This...how is this possible?" Master Wang could not hide his shock, his heart sank.

Shen Shuhan said slowly: "Teacher must have the answer in his mind."

Taifu Wang could not refute it, because Shen Shuhan had indeed written several policy essays a few days before the preliminary exam. He also thought that Shen Shuhan had meaningful ideas and would be of great benefit to the country if they were implemented earlier, so he could not wait to submit them to Emperor Qianwu.

He thought it was just a coincidence. After all, what he wrote only covered a few pre-exam questions, not all of them...

"Was it because of the haste in this pre-examination that there were mistakes, or was it the same in every autumn examination..." Wang Taifu couldn't help but speak, but he didn't dare to ask further, for fear of getting an answer that he couldn't face.

Shen Shuhan looked calm and said slowly, "Sir, you should think that if they can get the test questions so skillfully in such a rushed pre-exam, then the other party must have a mature process and corresponding manpower."

Wang Taifu's heart was trembling and he could hardly breathe.

The imperial examination is the stepping stone for scholars all over the world, but if one day, this door becomes unfair, then how should we knock on this door?

And who entered this door, a human or a ghost?