The Imperial examinations were held once every three years and covered all students from all over the capital, from the poor and humble family to the aristocratic family of the Qingliu faction. An imperial decree of Emperor Jianing directly pushed Da Lisi to the peak of the wind and waves.
[ the peak of the wind and waves/ pushes he to the mouth of the storm/sharp wind and wave mouth - meaning a metaphor of an outpost of fierce and sharp social struggle; It means being pushed into a dangerous situation.]
At noon on the second day, Ren Anle was invited to the inner hall of the Da Lisi in a rare and respectful manner. At this time, Qing Pei Zhan of Dali Temple, who is usually an exquisite official and full of authority, was only pacing in the hall. On the contrary, shaoqing Huang Pu, who had exposed the matter, was sitting at the side more calmly.
[(qīng) - high ranking official (old)]
[ (shǎo qīng) - is an ancient name for an official position; it was a deputy to the official title of the main minister.]
When he saw Ren Anle coming, Pei Zhan didn't bother to respond. He just casually waved his hand and invited her to sit down.
"Yu An, what do you want me to say about you. This matter has become so big. How do you think it should end!
Obviously this was something Pei Zhan had been muttering all morning. His brow furrowed and his expression unsettled.
Huang Pu coughed, and saw Ren AnLe sitting aside, a little embarrassment appeared on his stiff face, but he still said to Pei Zhan, "Your Excellency, the matter of the fraud in the imperial examination is so important that it cannot be covered up at all. If we don't report it to His Majesty, I am afraid that the whole Da Lisi will be implicated."
Of course he knew that Huang Pu had done the right thing, but... but how such a mess had fallen on his head, he still couldn't understand how he had become the unluckiest cannon fodder since the founding of the Great Kingdom of Jing just by attending a banquet overnight.
The power to investigate the fraud in the imperial examinations may sound impressive, but to put it bluntly, it is still a way of life in the fingers of the powerful and wealthy of Great Jing.
"How will this official investigate? Wen Shuo gong zi, the first son of the Left Minister, the youngest son of the Marquis of Zhongyi, and from Marquis of Qi Nan's family ... are all candidates in this examination. There is no faction in the court that is not involved in this examination. Could it be that you want me to lock them up one by one in the Da Lisi for questioning?"
No matter who is involved, his official career has come to an end. Therefore, although Emperor Jianing issued the imperial decree yesterday, he still only walks through the scene today. He did not seriously interrogate the few candidates who were carrying the cheat sheets.
Ren Anle glanced at him, somewhat surprised. Huang Pu was born into a poor family, but at the age of thirty, he must have gone through hardships to climb to the fourth-rank Dali Shao qing. She did not expect him to gamble on his career to find out the truth just to give an explanation to the capital's scholars.
"Pei da ren." After listening for a while, Ren Anle understood that these two had completely different positions, leading to a stalemate in the trial. Presumably summoning her to come just because she is the only one who is qualified to get involved in the current Da Lisi.
[(dà ren)- title of respect toward superiors; adult; grownup]