However, whether he was willing or not, the Crown Prince had already arrived, and they could only come out to greet him.
"Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Liu Li, with a bitter smile, immediately led the officials in paying their respects to Zhao Huan.
Regardless of how the Crown Prince was faring, he was, after all, the heir to the throne, someone a low-ranking official like himself could not afford to offend.
"His Highness Prince Yun has arrived!"
Just as the Crown Prince entered, another announcement was heard from outside the door.
Qin Hui truly felt like crying. What was going on?
He was just supposed to deal with a small fry.
Why were all these big shots appearing one after another?
"Brother, why have you come today?"
Prince Yun saw Zhao Huan as soon as he entered and walked over with a smile.
"I was free today, so I specifically came to take a look. As for you, why do you have time to be here?"
Although they had been brawling privately to the point of being like fighting chickens, in front of others, they still put on a show of fraternal affection.
"I was just passing by and heard that Brother was here, so I came in to see you, as we haven't seen each other for many days!"
After hearing his excuse, Zhao Huan couldn't help but want to roll his eyes. Could he be any more perfunctory?
"Director Liu, what are you preparing to do here? Is there something exciting happening today?"
Zhao Kai smiled and then looked directly at Liu Li.
He held control of the Imperial City Department and was extremely familiar with all the officials, both powerful and minor, in the capital.
The position of Director of the Imperial Academy, which managed the promotion of students in the Imperial College and the admission and expulsion of students in local prefectural schools, was naturally a focus of his attention, as he was eager to win over various officials.
Of course, in terms of familiarity, Zhao Huan was significantly behind.
But this was unavoidable, as he currently lacked capable subordinates.
"Replying to Your Highness Prince Yun, today is the private examination for the Upper Division! This official was inspecting the grounds and discovered a student cheating!"
Liu Li wiped the sweat from his forehead and said quickly.
"Oh? Who is cheating in the Imperial College?"
Prince Yun sneered and surveyed the students present.
"Replying to Your Highness, this student has been wrongly accused!"
Even Han Mo's mind was racing with a thousand thoughts. This was originally a trivial matter, but with the appearance of the Crown Prince and Prince Yun, the situation had suddenly become more complicated.
"Mo Ge'er? How could it be you?"
Zhao Kai showed an expression of surprise on his face.
Hearing the address "Mo Ge'er," Qin Hui's heart sank.
If he had known that this brat would involve so many important figures, why would he have eagerly tried to get involved?
What a mess this was!
"Your Highness, Han Mo is also very helpless today. Since Your Highnesses are here, I implore you to bear witness for Han Mo today!"
Han Mo was also distressed. Since there were already so many people involved, he no longer worried about further complications.
Since they were both here now, he had no right to drive them away. Therefore, he cupped his hands towards them and spoke directly.
"You want us to bear witness? No, no, no, we brothers are just here to take a casual look. You continue with your business, don't mind us."
Zhao Kai smiled again and waved his hand as if nothing had happened. Someone immediately brought over two chairs.
"Brother, I think the sun is quite good today. How about we sit here in the sun for a while?"
Before Zhao Huan could speak, Zhao Kai said.
"That makes some sense. Then let's sit here for a while!"
Although Zhao Huan didn't know his purpose, he had only come to support Han Mo. Since his objective had been achieved, it didn't matter where he sat.
"Director Liu, what do you think of the method the student proposed?"
Although he didn't know why Zhao Kai had suddenly appeared here, Han Mo didn't have time to pay them any attention.
His most important task now was to quickly clear his name, otherwise, the longer this matter dragged on, the more complicated it would become.
"This..."
Liu Li was somewhat hesitant, but looking at Zhao Kai and Zhao Huan sitting nearby, he could only nod helplessly.
"In that case, I think it would be best for us to jointly create this exam paper!"
As the several Doctors of the Imperial Academy spoke, they all implicitly excluded Qin Hui from the list of those creating the exam.
Seeing that they had excluded him in their casual conversation, Qin Hui felt a pang of bitterness.
His days at the Imperial Academy would likely be difficult from now on. The Doctors of the Imperial Academy would probably never trust him with anything.
Although this exam paper was clearly beyond the syllabus, the several Doctors of the Imperial Academy tacitly agreed not to mention this issue.
Since this material had appeared here, it was evident that an unseen hand was behind it.
Otherwise, why would the examination rules have suddenly changed today?
Since Han Mo himself had raised no objection, there was no need for them to stir up trouble.
These were people who had spent their lives teaching, and creating exam questions was a simple matter for them.
Moreover, it was very easy to change mathematics questions; by simply altering a few numbers, it would become a completely new problem.
Regardless, those who knew how to solve it would have no problem, and those who didn't, no matter how simple the problem, would not be able to guess the answer.
In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, a new exam paper was freshly produced under their mutual supervision.
After checking it for any errors, the Doctors nodded in unison and handed the paper to Liu Li.
"Your Highnesses, would you like to take a look?"
After receiving the paper, Liu Li glanced at the two brothers sitting nearby, whispering to each other, and could only step forward with a bitter smile and ask again.
"Didn't we say? We were just passing by, feeling thirsty, and came for some water, and to watch the excitement. You should attend to your own business and don't mind us."
Zhao Kai smiled again and then turned to give Liu Li a meaningful look.
"Yes!"
Liu Li's heart stirred. He suddenly realized that His Highness Prince Yun seemed to be unusually interested in him today. Could he be after him?
However, he quickly dismissed this thought. Regardless of why His Highness Prince Yun had come today, he still had to resolve the matter at hand.
"Someone, light an incense stick!"